coming up, an interview with gary epstein, and then a discussion on the u.s.-mexico border and then a discussion on iran's role in the middle east after the nuclear agreement with the international community. >> c-span, brought to you by your local cable or satellite service provider. >> host: now on the "the communicators," we want to introduce you to gary epstein, he is fair of the fcc incentive auction task force. what does that mean? >> guest: thank you, peter, i am the head of the task force at the fcc which is responsible for implementing the incentive auction which as a first time ever auction at the fcc for spectrum. >> host: and the incentive auction is the spectrum auction involving the broadcasters. >> it is called a two-sided option and it will acquire spectrum from broadcasters in reverse auction, turn around, repackage it, and make it available to the wireless carriers. it is a back-to-back auction and a reverse auction. >> host: two follow-ups to that is the fcc set march of 2016 as the date for the incentive auction to happen. will that date ho

peter: we have gary epstein on the program and gautham nagesh from "the wall street journal." we appreciate your participation and hope you come back before march 29, 2016 for an update. mr. epstein: i would like to. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. nazi, he was a concentration camp commandant, and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> this sunday night on "q&a," jennifer teege on her life altering discovery that her grandfather was the nazi concentration commandant. >> he was a tremendously cruel person. -- he was capable, he had two dogs, and he called them ralph and rowlph. he trained them to tear humans apart. he was a person -- there was a when he that he felt killed people. this is something, when you are normal, if you do not have this aspect in your personalit

thought communications law would be a great opportunity to do so. >> host: well, we're happy that gary epsteinwho is chair of the fcc's spectrum auction task force has been on the program. gautham nagesh of "the wall street journal," as always, we appreciate your appreciation too. and, mr. epstein, i hope you'll come back before march 29, 2016, to give us an update. >> guest: certainly would like to. thanks. >> host: thank you. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> today nasa astronauts mark and scott kelly discuss their work, cooperation with other countries and whether a 2030 mission to mars is possible. astronaut scott kelly will speak from the international space station where he's on a yearlong mission. live coverage begins at 9 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> the bush foundation recently hosted a graduation ceremony for the inaugural class of presidential scholars, a program created by the bill clinton, lbj, george w. bush and george h.w. bush presidential centers. the ceremony be

. >> monday night on "the communicators" -- gary epstein, tasks -- chair of the fcc force will discuss the upcoming spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airwaves space. >> a congressional term -- congressional determination made in the spectrum act, one thing i want to emphasize is we're not taking spectrum from broadcasters, it is a voluntary auction on behalf of broadcasters. continue to be an extremely valuable service that congress passed this act where on a one-time only basis, they can relinquish their spectrum rights for a return on the share of proceeds from the auction. congress'ressman's -- determinations to use market forces to meet wireless broadband needs. the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning by multiples and exponentially there isn't a lot of good low band spectrum left. method a new and novel congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. >> that's monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> middle school and high school teachers, we are happy to announce the student cam video competition. with 2016 being a

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monday night on "the communicators," gary epstein, chair of the fcc's incentive auction fest -- task force, will discuss the auction that will allow companies to bid on airwaves space. >> a congressional determination made in the spectrum acted -- one thing i want to emphasize, we are not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it's a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. be anasters continue to extremely valuable service, but congress passed of this act where broadcasters will be able to relinquish their spectrum rights in return for a share of the proceeds of the forward auction. is congress's determination and the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more spectrum to meet broadband needs. the need for broadband spectrum exponentially. there isn't a lot of good low band spectrum left. this is a new and novel not did that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. c-span interviews with republican presidential candidates george pataki and rick santorum. after that, republ

. >> host: gary epstein, you said you have been working on this issue for 44 years. what did you mean by that? >> guest: i have been in this business as a lawyer or in business or in government since 1971. >> host: why? how did you get into that? >> guest: engineer undergrad, degree from harvard and i thought communication law was a great way to put them together. >> host: we are happy gary epstein, chair of the incentive auction task force, happy to be on the program and we hope you come back before march 29th, 2016. >> guest: certainly would like to. thanks. >> c-span, create bide america's cable company 35 years ago and brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. >> all before the supreme court of the united states draw attention. >> number 759. >> madison is probably the most famous case this court every decided. we wanted to change society. >> i cannot imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than by telling the human stories behind the great supreme court court cases. after being convicted to failing to report for relocation, he took

. >> tonight gary epstein, chair of the fcc and sent to an auction task force will discuss the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airway space. >> a congressional determination i was made, and one thing i want to emphasize, we are not taking spectrum. itspectrum. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. they continue to be an extremely valuable service, but congress passed this act where broadcasters will be able to relinquish the spectrum rights in return for a share of the proceeds. and so what it uses congress' determination and the ftc's implementation to use market forces to make available more low band spectrum to meet wireless broadband needs. in other words, the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning multiples and exponentially. there is not a good -- there is not a lot of good, low band spectrum left. this is a new and novel method. >> tonight at 8:00 o'clock eastern on c-span2. >> british foreign secretary philip hammond answered questions on uk foreign development in the parliamentary hearing in london. topics i

. >>> tonight, on the communicators, gary epstein, chair of the fcc's incentive auction task force discusses the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction allowing wireless companies to bid on air wave space. >> a congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act. one thing i do want to emphasize, that we are not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. broadcasters consider -- continue to be an extremely valuable service. congress passed the act where broadcasters on a one-time-only basis will be able to relinquish spectrum rights in return for a shares of the proceeds of the forward auction. so, what it is is congress' determination and the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more low-band spectrum available to meet needs. the need for broad band spectrum is burgeoning exponentially. there is not a lot of good low-band spectrum left. this is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. >>> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators, on c-span 2. >>> live here on c-span 3

tonight, on the communicators, gary epstein, chair of the fcc's incentive option task force will discussing broadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless countries -- welders companies to bid on airwaves space. >> one thing i do want to emphasize, without taking spectrums from broadcasters, it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the spectrum -- on behalf of the broadcasters will stop broadcasters continue to be an extremely valuable service. a one-time only basis, will be able to relinquish their spectrum rights and return for a share of the proceeds. congress'at it is, is determination and the fcc's implementation to make available more low band spectrums for the broadband needs. the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning by multiples, exponentially. there is not a lot of good low band spectrum left. this is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc will implement. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, on the communicators. on c-span-2. the houseesday, government reform committee held a hearing on the safety of u.s. personnel and assets in northern mexico, and alo

. >> monday night, on the communicators, gary at -- epstein will discuss the upcoming auction that will align -- allow parties to bid on airwave >> space. one thing i do want to emphasize, we are not take a spectrum from broadcasters, this is a voluntary action on behalf of broadcasters. to beasters consider this a valuable service, but congress passed this act that they will be able to relinquish spectrum rights in return for a share of proceeds from the auction. what is is congress's determination and the implementation to use market forces to make available more low band spectrum to meet wireless needs. the need for broadband spectrum is moving by multiples, there is not a lot of good low band spectrum left and this is a new method that congress has put in place. ,> monday night at 8:00 eastern on the communicators, c-span2. tonight, q & a. the will be followed by prime minister of great britain taking questions from the house of commons. and conversations with candidate ♪ >> this week on "q&a," jennifer teege discusses her book "my grandfather would have shot me." she discovered her

tonight, gary epstein, chairman of the incentive auction tas b force, will discuss the spectrum auction to allow wireless companies to bid on air waves space. >> a determination made in the spectrum act and one thing i want to emphasize, that we're not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the spectrum. the broadcasters. broadcasters consider continue to be an extremely valuable service. but congress passed this act where broadcasters on a one-time only basis will be able to relen quish their rights in return for a share of the proceeds of a forward auction and so, what it is is congress's determination and the fcc's implementation to use market

tonight, gary epstein, chairman of the incentive auction tas b force, will discuss the spectrum auction to allow wireless companies to bid on air waves space. >> a determination made in the spectrum act and one thing i want to emphasize, that we're not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the spectrum. the broadcasters. broadcasters consider continue to be an extremely valuable service. but congress passed this act where broadcasters on a one-time only basis will be able to relen quish their rights in return for a share of the proceeds of a forward auction and so, what it is is congress's determination and the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more low band spectrum. the need is burgeoning by multiples. there isn't a lot of good low band spectrum left and this is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on cspan 2. >>> more now about taiwan. of recent discussion that focuses here on the relations between taiwan and china with topics including the political

. >>> tonight on "the communicators" gary epstein chair of the fcc's incentive auction task force, will discuss the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airwave space. >> congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act and one thing i want to emphasize that we're not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. broadcasters continue to be an extremely valuable service but congress passed this ability where broadcasters, on a one-time only basis, will be able to relinquish spectrum rights in return for a share of the proceeds or the forward auction. so what it is, is congress' determination and the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more low band spectrum to meet wireless broadband needs. in other words, need for broadband spectrum burgeoning by multiples exponentially. there is not enough of low band spectrum left. a method congress put in place and fcc is to implement. >> tonight, 8:00 eastern "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> next, outreach programs to pr

. >> tonight on "the communicators," gary epstein, chair of the fcc's incentive auction task force, will discuss the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airwave space. >> a congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act, and one thing i do want to emphasize, that we're not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the spectrum -- on behalf of the broadcasters. broadcasters consider, continue to be an extremely valuable service, but congress passed this act where broadcasters on a one-time-only basis will be able to relinquish their spectrum rights in return for a share of the reeds of the forward -- the proceeds of the forward auction. and so what it is, is congress' determination and the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more low-band spectrum to meet wireless broadband needs. in other words, the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning by multiples and exponentially. there isn't a lot of good low-band spectrum left, and this is a new and novel method congress has put i

. >> tonight gary epstein, chair of the fcc and sent to the auction task force will discuss the upcomingbroadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airway space. >> a congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act, and one thing i want to emphasize, we are not taking spectrum. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. broadcasters continue to be an extremely valuable service. they will be able to relinquish rights in return for a share proceeds. and so what it is is congress' determination in the fcc's implementation to use market forces to make available more spectrum to meet needs. in other words, the need for spectrum is burgeoning by multiples and exponentially. there is not a lot of good low band spectrum left. this is a new and novel method that the congress has put in place in the fcc has to implement. >> tonight at 8:00 o'clock eastern on c-span2. >> and after that testimony from state department and border control officials on security issues at the us-mexico border. this book border. this book before the house oversight

. ♪ >> tonight on "the communicators," gary epstein, task force, fcc will discuss the broadcast spectrumon that will allow wireless companies to bid on airway space. >> a congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act -- and one thing that i do want to emphasize is that we are not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. continue to be an extremely valuable service. when congress has this act that broadcasters on a one time only basis will be able to relinquish spectrum rights for a share of the proceeds of the auction. congress' is that determination and the fcc's determination to make market forces available to meet broadband needs. in other words, the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning by multiples and exponentially. there is not a lot of good and low band spectrum left. this is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: we're going to talk now -- budget it matters

. >>> tonight, on the communicators, gary epstein, chair of the fcc's incentive auction task force discusses the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction allowing wireless companies to bid on air wave space. >> a congressional determination that was made in the spectrum act. one thing i do want to emphasize, that we are not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of the broadcasters. broadcasters consider -- continue to be an

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