washington, the erosion of video subscribers was just one of the topics discussed as the american cable associationthful and members of the national cable television cooperative ascended on washington for their annual policy summit. indeed, some cable operators such as cable one have abandoned the marketing of video services because of high costs and instead focus exclusively on broadband and phone. >> guest: it is an important issue that many of our companies are looking at today and, no doubt, tom's company is as well. the video -- we consider ourselves cable guys, to be honest are you. but with the advent of broadband, we could provide phone service as well as p broadband high-speed internet. the cable business isn't what it used to be because of the increasing cost of not only cable programming, sports programming, broadcast programming through retransmission consent, and as a business, it is failing. it is very, very difficult for a cable operator in many cases to even break even on the cable side of the business which is why broadband is so important in giving consumers more of the choice tha

summit in washington, the erosion of video describers is one of the topics discussed as the american cable associationnd members of in the national cable television cooperative ascended on washington for the policy summit. indeed, some cable operators such at cable one, have abandoned the marketing of video services because of high costs and instead focus exclusively on broadband and phone. >> it is an important issue that many of our companies are looking at today and no doubt tom's company is as well. we consider ourselves cable guys, to be hospital honest -- to be honest with you. with broadband we can provide phone service and now broadband high-spied internet. the cable service is not whatted used to be, high cost, cable programming, sports programming, broadcast programming for retransmission consent and it is failing. it's very difficult for a cable operator to break even on the cable side of the business, which is why broadband is so important, giving consumers more of a choice that we can't give them on cable through the broadband pipe. so, i agree with the article. agree with the statement t

american cable association president and ceo matthew polka. the cable guz business isn't what it used to be because of the high costs, the increasing costs of not only programming, sports programmingion, broadcast programming through re aansmission consent and as business it is failing. it is very, very difficult for a cable operator in many cases to even break even on the cable side of the business, which is why broadband is so important, giving consumers more of a choice that we can't give them on cable through the broadband pipe. >> and tom larsen, senior vice president of government and mediacomlations for communications corporation. tom: the company that are taking risk, borrowing the money to build the networks, are being criticized, made out to be villains whereas the companies making all the cash off the internet are being lauded for their wonderful innovation. saying that these are bad companies in the sense that they haven't done amazingly innovative things. they make aing that ton of money off the internet. and for them to go scott f

with american cable association matthew polka. the cable business is not what it used to be of high costs and sports programming and broadcasting programming through retransmission offense and as a business it is failing. it is difficult for a cable operator in my cases to break even on the cable side of the business which is why broad ban is so important given consumers more of the choice that we can give them cable on through the broad ban type. >> tom lawson. the company that are taking the risk and borrowing the money in the network being made out of villains i am not saying these are bad companies have not done amazingly innovative things. they make a ton of money on the internet. maybe we should look at who should be making the money and because they are selling your information. watch "the communicators" tonight on c-span 2 at 8:00 eastern. corporate executives testify at a hearing on the potential impact of new tax policies on jobs and the economy. this ways and means committee hearing is just over three

cable industry and issues it faces including viewership, broadband, and regulations, with american cable association president and ceo. >> the cable business isn't what it used to be because of the high cost, the increasing cost of not only cable programming, sports programming, broadcast programming, and as a business the it is failing. it is very, very difficult for a cable operater in many cases to even break even on the cable side of the business, which is why broadband is so important giving consumers more of the choice that we can't give them on cable through broadband. >> and senior vice president of government and public relations for media comcommunications corporation. >> the companies that are taking the risk borrowing the money to build the networks are being criticized whereas the companies that are making all the cash off the internet are being lauded for their wonderful innovation. and i'm not saying these are bad companies in the sense that they haven't done amazingly innovative things. i'm just saying they make a ton of money off the internet. for them to go scot free with no regula

with american cable association president and ceo matthew poca businessthe cable isn't what it used toe because of the increasing cost of cable programming, sports programming, broadcast programming to read transmission consent, and as a business, it is failing. it's difficult for a cable operator to break even on the cable inside of the business, which is why broadband is so important, having consumers the choice we can't give them on cable through a broadband i and tom larson, senior vice president of media, communications corporation. >> the companies taking the risk are being made out to be villains, whereas companies making the cash are being lauded for their wonderful innovation. thatot saying these are companies in the sense they haven't done innovative things, but they make a ton of money off the internet. for them to go scot free with no regulations suggest to me that maybe that is not the right approach. a beat we should look at who is making all the money and why are they able to take so much out of the system. it's because they are selling your information provided >> watch

cable or satellite provider. >> recently, american history tv was that the american historical association's annual meeting in denverlorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> here to talk about civil war medicine and disabled veterans, sarah handley-cousins, phd candidate at the state university in buffalo. joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university. our focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley. how would you describe that showed to people who have not seen it and how realistic is it?

cable or satellite provider. >> recently, american history tv was that the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> here to talk about civil war medicine and disabled veterans, sarah handley-cousins, phd candidate at the state university in buffalo. joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university. our focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley. how would you describe that showed to people who have not seen it and how realistic is it? ashley: it is a scripted drama that takes place at a union field hospital. exceeding, a union general hospital. it is pretty accurate. they worked with a lot of historians. they did a lot of research into both what occupied alexandria was like an specific family members -- the green family, a major character in the show. they were real people. some of the physicians and surgeons and other folks are composites of the various people w

american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. the arms control association held its annual meeting to discuss issues of nuclear security and arms control policy. this portion looks at the nuclear weapons nonproliferation treaty and its next review conference scheduled for 2020. this is 90 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] good morning ladies and gentlemen. good morning and welcome to the 2017 arms control association annual meeting. i ai'm the executive director of the arms control association, and as most of you know we are an independent nonpartisan membership organization established in 1971 and dedicated to reducing and eliminating the threat posed by the world's most dangerous weapons which would of course be nuclear chemical biological weapons as well as certain conventional weapons that pose particular harm and risks to civilians. you can find out more about the association, its history, its ongoing work coming in to get more information and analysis about these issues to the website arms-control.org and you can follow us at arms control now. the

american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. the arms control association held its annual meeting to discuss issues of nuclear security and arms control policy. this portion looks at the nuclear weapons nonproliferation treaty and its next review conference scheduled for 2020. this is 90 minutes.

cable mopp and are seeing new york. american forces in yemen have reportedly been involved in the interrogation of detainees and prisoners were told to allegations are rife that's according to investigation released by the associated press let's get more from all middle east correspondent. paula what exactly has the investigation revealed so far . well as you say it shows that the united arab emirates and allied yemen i forces have allegedly been running a network of some seventeen secret prisons across southern yemen and one in eritrea now the locations include military bases at least one airport even private villas and a nightclub there are reports of regular abuse and extreme torture now u.s. forces are reportedly also involved in these interrogations and one of the methods of torture is reportedly one that includes a grill in inverted commas now this is when the victim is tied to a suspect like a roast and spun in a circle of fire here is what two former detainees had to say. i stayed there for around one hundred seventy seven days without proper investigation the question me after ten days of the tension and that was it but during those one hundred seventy seven days there were beatings insults humiliation an

. >> with american cable association president and ceo matthew polka. >> the cable business isn't what it used to be because of the high cost, increasing cost, not only sports programming broadcast programming through retransmission consent and as a business it is failing. it is very, very difficult for a cable operator in many cases to even break even on the cable side of the business, which is why broadband is so important in giving consumers more of a choice that we can't give them on cable through the broadband pipe. >> and tom larson, senior vice president of government and public relations from media come communications corporation. >> the companies that are taking the risk, borrowing the money to build the networks are being criticized, where the companies that are making all the cash off the internet are being lauded for their wonderful interventions. i'm not saying these are bad companies, i'm just saying they make a ton of money off the internet. for them to go scot-free with no regulation suggest to me that maybe that -- that's not the right approach. maybe we should look at