amy schatz, senator rockefeller seemed to hit this really hard, that this was very important and that these nominations were important. what was his goal with that? >> guest: well, jessica has worked for him for the past five years, so i think he had a vested interest in this in a way that most senate commerce committee chairmen don't. they really want to have five people at this commission because it's a hot harder to find consensus when you've only got three bodies there. when you're looking at doing mergers, you'd like to have five people in there. this has been something that's been holding on for a while, and they were excited to get it finished this week. >> host: cecilia kang, what do we know about jessica rosenworcel? >> guest: we've been seeing her sitting behind the senator in many meetings on the hill. she is, as is her colleague-to-be, ajit pai, they've worked at the fcc before, they know tech policy inside and out, so they're not coming -- they're coming with very thick and padded pedigrees when it comes to the subject matter, and what's interesting is they're coming at a

amy schatz, senator rockefeller seemed to hit this part of this was important and these nominations were important. what was his goal with that? >> welcome jessica worked with him the past five years so he had a vested interest in this in a way that was the senate commerce committee chairman really don't but what you're looking at is that the really do want to have people in the commission it's harder for that place to find a consensus on things and you only have three bodies there so when you were looking at doing mergers or anything like it, you would like to have people in there so this has been holding us for awhile and and they were very excited to get through this week. islamic cecilia kang, what we know about jessica rosenworcel? >> we know quite a bit in what we have seen her for five years has mentioned, sitting behind a senator in many hearings and many meetings on the hills. she is colleagues to be there veteran. the fcc official. the new the policy inside and out and so they are not -- to your coming with this subject matter and what is interesting about them is they're comin

newest fcc commissioners with the "washington post" technology policy reporter cecilia cong and amy schatz, technology reporter for "the wall street journal" tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> over the past year c-span's local content vehicle cities tour has taken book tv and american history tv on the road from tampa to sir vavannah, charleston to knoxville. crews have visited the places that tdefined the city's heritae and literary life. watch for our special programming from wichita, kansas, on book tv and american history tv on c-span2 and 3. >>> a senate's banking committee held a hearing last week on state of the financial industry. thomas hoenig, board member and randall, former federal reserve board member were invited to testify about the safety and sounde soundness of the banking industry. this is about 35 minutes. >> perhaps no stronger advocate for security banks than thomas hoenig. for two decades he served as president and chief officer of federal reserve bank of kansas city, 18 years as bank supervisor at the kansas city fed. randall is profe

. >> amy schatz, what else do you see out there? >> i think another one that is going to be fascinating to watch is we are still waiting for the supreme court to decide whether the fcc has the authority the and in the meantime we have had six or seven years now of complaints that have been piling up over there since they haven't been able to act on them. >> why? >> because the legal authority is a challenge and so the basis for what they were going to be doing the foundation of it has been challenged by the broadcasters who were upset with the former chairman and as the sort of dream of what they consider terror they would oppose and we haven't seen any decency for several years now as we are expecting the court to rule any monday now on and so that will be one of the things particularly with commissioner rosenworcel because both of her former bosses were very, very hard core in their belief that they should be to restrict about how they enforce and commissioner copps is very strong on this owls is chairman rockefeller and we really

. >> learn more with cecilia and amy schatz tonight on the communicators on c-span2 coup de grace tomorrow morning, we will look at a lawsuit by the group common cause that challenges the constitutionality of the senate's filibuster rules. republican representative marsha blackburn of tennessee, the deputy republican whip, will be along to discuss bank and finance regulations. she will be joined by the author of the books "buying america back." "washington journal," live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. next, the discussion on efforts by the gay and lesbian victory fund to train and elect openly gay officials on the local, state, and national level. chuck wolfe was a guest, and this runs about 40 minutes. host: with gay marriage front and center, we turn to chuck wolfe for a discussion of openly gay candidates running for office. first, tell us the role of the victory fund, the institute, and what you do. guest: we work to prepare day, lesbian, and transgendered individuals to serve public life. host: you are set to endorse a record number of candidates this year. what is the num

. >> host: amy schatz, "wall street journal," cecilia kang, thank you both for the coming over, and they should be in office by the time this "communicators" airs. >> coming up next, a discussion about the u.s. role in managing global conflicts in postwar nations. then we're live with remarks by armed services committee ranking member john mccain on american defense and trade interests in asia. and later the senate returns at 2 p.m. eastern for debate on the export/import bank bill that aims to help u.s. exporters sell their products and services overseas. >> later today former u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burn, releases his report on relations for insuring the long-term violent of the alliance. -- viability of the alliance. this comes ahead of this weekend's summit in chicago with president obama and other nato leaders. ambassador burns will speak at the atlantic council here in washington. you can watch his remarks live beginning at 4 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> now, assistant secretary of state rick barton lays out several approaches for how the u.s. can maintain stability ar