conversational commerce.ut that typing or speaking in itself is seven times faster than typing. that makes it more efficient. when you can streamline the whole process. just a few words and you get something done. believe me, you do not go back to the old way once you have tried it. you want to get a hotel room, you say, get me a room at this place friday night. charlie: and these are the specifics of what i like. in the front, on the waterfront. -- once are hitting on you have shown some pattern towards preference on one of those it will start to learn. it will ask, or you can tell it. charlie: is the technology for echoes, which is amazon, whatever google is doing, siriver apple will do with , is the technology the same? dag: no. it is definitely not all the same. charlie: it is not the same. that would determine who wins and loses in the endgame. dag: in part. i think you have -- different companies have different strengths. speech recognition, some people are really good. google is the best in the world.

so what we call conversational commerce. >> right. >> we find out that speaking in and of itself seven times faster than typing it. so that makes it more efficient. but when you can stream line that whole process where just a few words and you get something done, believe me, you don't go back to the old way once you have tried it you want to get a hotel room, get me a room at this place on friday night. >> these are the specifics of the room that i like. >> yeah. and you can-- in the front, on the waterfront. >> yeah. now are you hitting on-- i suite, a junior suite. >> exactly. once you have shown some pattern towards preference on one of those t will start to learn or ask you, or you can tell it. it will just start takek care of those details. >> rose: is the technology for echo which is alexa which is amazon, whatever google is doing, whatever apple will do with siri, is the technology all the same? >> no. definitely not all the same. >> rose: the underlying technology is not the same. >> no, i mean-- . >> rose: is that what will determine who wins and loses in the end game? >> in p

so the first thing that people will notice is that it is something we call conversational commerce.an make buying and doing things easier. a few examples would be -- get me a window seat on a one way nonstop flight from jfk to san francisco three days from saturday. >> so flights are not the easiest thing in the world to do, but doesn't it get much easier when you can just say it. >> can she answer what the weather is? that is very detailed. >> send marco $20 for drinks last night. so it knows the service call. and it will very quickly, that simple, he has his money. >> so we know it can make airline reservations and send money to marco, what else? >> let me give you one more example. >> when is animal collective playing in new york? that is a band by the way, the next date is wednesday in november, and ticket master pops in and we're going to go ahead and find a ticket there. >> tm is ticket master. >> how do you see these virtual assistants will be used in the next couple years. low it transform our lives? >> i think at the end of the day, you're going to be talking to more and mo

the first thing people notice is that it's something we call conversational commerce. just talking to things can make buying and, you know, doing things a lot easier. >> okay. >> a few examples would be -- get me a one-way nonstop flight from jfk to san francisco three days from saturday. >> wow. >> obviously the flights are the easiest thing in the world do. but boy, isn't it much easier when you can say it? >> can she say what's the weather? are they all complicated? that's very detailed. >> let me give you a few ideas. something like send marco $20 for drinks last night. it knows the service call -- venmo will quickly -- that simple he's got his money. >> we know it could make airline reservations and can send money to marco. what else? >> yes. one more example. when is animal collective playing in new york? that's a band, by the way. okay, we see date is wednesday in november and ticketmaster pops in, and we're going to find a ticket there. >> tm is ticketmaster. >> how do you see that these virtual assistants will be used to transform or lives the next couple of y

is a lot also on the economic level with the amount of commerce and trade to improve the keys of transportation you'd be surprised that conversation of counterparts to status secretary of commerce or agriculture would never give talks in washington for security of international studies american policy makers from all agencies come to hear about mexico to include about the attorney general's office, the fbi in never surprises me the defense department, a wide range of individuals and if you did these over a period of years you'd see they were just as expert to involve in mexico as an outsider and a scholar. >> the first state dinner with with this and take fox has he been to the states? >> yes. of italy was our contact with u.s. government but the council on foreign relations and to have some significant change and you also have an exchange in double sides of the borders and a number of the border states because of the publicized position that for years governors in the border states have had a lot of contact because a lot of the problems are local. and with teeone on with gesso of how far those relationships go. >> what about the

hard to include after significant amounts of testimony after a number of hearings and conversations within the commerceommittee to make certain that we were doing good work. don't let that opportunity pass us by. so my point in having this, in this case monologue, hopefully a dialogue on the senate floor is, first of all make sure we stand firm. i'm a senator who would be opposed to a short term, even 18-month extension if it does not include the broad array of things that the senate has included in our bill, and my message to my house colleagues and friends is don't bog this process down in a way that makes it impossible for us to pass the reauthorization legislation to begin with. these are important issues that we ought not let be sidetracked by a proposal that remains dubious and with great concern is considered by members of congress. and as i said earlier, every indication that i know and see is that proposal would not receive support in the senate or even in the house. so my request, once again, is please, to the u.s. house of representatives, please take up the senate bill, work it, work your w

amount of commerce and trade and physical aspects of trade relationships trying to improve the transportation, the ease of transportation between the two countries. you'd be surprised at the conversation going on among counterparts on both sides of the border in say the secretary of commerce or the secretary of agriculture when i used it to get talks in washington that were sponsored by say the center for security international studies and more recently the mexico institute of the woodrow wilson center, american policymakers and higher middle level from all agencies come to these settings to hear what experts have to say about mexico. they would include the attorney general, often, the fbi. it's never surprised me that the us military, defense department, it's just a wide range of individuals who have a real interest in mexico and if you did these of rape or a deck of years like i have done you would see the same faces they were just as expert in their pets to their areas involving mexico as i was at an outsider and a scholar looking at both country. host: 2001 george w. bush first date dinner-- dinner, has enrique pena nieto been to the states? guest: he has been to the states. he ac

let's begin with david westin's exclusive commerce asian with general motors ceo maryborough -- exclusive conversationith general motors ceo maryb barra. avid: it must frustrate you bit that the stock prices have not capped up. -- kept up. an industryis effect going on right now. a lot of people, specifically in the u.s. market, a large percentage of our profits are made, there is a big question of are we at peak, or are we heading for a trough? another issue is what is happening with sharing and of thomas. people are seeing it is a cyclical business, and as we come out of the cycle, what will be different? andre really disciplined, we have been talking to investors to make sure they understand that we are well prepared. it is a very different general motors, and the fundamentals are strong. we understand we are a cyclical business, and we are prepared for it, but we are doing things to get rid of the bottom of the cycle by having businesses like to have a profit generation model rather than the core business that fluctuates with the size of the industry. david: what about the possibility of a downtow

] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and now to those reports from commercesecretary penny pritzker two new georgian university graduates. [applause] thank you. thank you very much for this honor. and thank you very much for your extraordinary words. it's really an honor to receive this degree. it's also wonderful to be here with our esteemed graduates on what feels like the first nice d.c. day in weeks. the world that i entered when i graduated from business school 25 years ago was a bit different than the one that all of you are entering. i understand one of the new classes offered to you as a student is strategic management of social networks. when i was in business school, mark zuckerberg had not been born yet, and the closest thing that i had to a social network was my rolodex. so trust me, you are very lucky that you have missed the era when business operated at the speed of fax machines, pagers, and while you were out sticky notes. so while the business world has changed a great deal since then, the keys to success are largely the same. each of you has

commerce gets kudos for realizing this. congress played a role in providing oversight and having a conversation on that, and the state department decided to go back and renegotiate the entire multilateral agreement. and they decided to take some private sector experts to europe for the negotiations. so that is a, that is a huge victory, and my -- what i've heard about these negotiations over the last couple days is that the technical expertise of the private sector, that came from the private sector was invaluable in discussing how do we have a multilateral agreement that helps prevent bad guys from getting some of these tools but doesn't hurt international businesses, local businesses from doing everything to protect themselves. so i think this is a good example of when strong oversight from congress led to something that was a good outcome. >> host: and finally, congressman hurd, what can we expect from your subcommittee in the coming months or year? >> guest: sure. one of the things you can expect is talking about what is a digital act of war. you know, we can also looking at how do we, how do we allow the chief information

commerce. looking at those things. and a lot of the conversation we've had when it comes to industry participating in weather forecasting is really just a matter of contract. who's going to get this advantage, who gets that advantage, who gets the redistribution rights. what are the royalties. those kinds of things. and if you're actually having a conversation and a dialogue, which it sounds like you are, then you can work out those contractual matters. and i appreciate the efforts being taken by everybody in this respect. and dr. busalacchi, congratulations on your appointment to head ucar. and obviously, that's a very important organization for colorado at the national climate and atmospheric research center. so i appreciate the efforts to continue to work together because i do think it's a three-legged stool, as you're talking about. you've got academia. the private sector. and government. because the one thing we know is the private sector is interested in profits. and that's okay. that's the way it works. and if they're in profits then the que

commerce. laredo, texas, on the u.s.-mexico border. we continue our conversation from there this morning.bob cash is joining us from the world trade bridge, state director for the texas fair trade coalition. bob cash, we heard from the congressman that the north american free trade agreement has been good for the community texas, forfor south texas, and the country. what do you think of that? guest: you know, any trade agreement is going to have winners and losers. our contention is that for the united states, texas, and for south texas, there have been more losers than winners, particularly among working-class folks. , you come here to laredo, and as the congressman said, you have a lot of jobs based on nafta trade. transportation, brokerage, warehousing, service jobs have, and those been created by trade with mexico. the argument could be made that texas is going to be trading with mexico regardless of whether or not there is a free trade agreement. there have been studies that tradehat, in fact, our balance with countries that we do not have free trade agreements with are better than t

[inaudible conversations] >> the ceo of first met, public safety broadband network, will brief members of the senate commerce committee this morning on progress made in deploying their network. that's at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. actinic in federal reserve chair janet yellen testifies before the senate banking committee on the state of the u.s. economy. we will bring it to you live on c-span and c-span radio. >> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald talked about the veterans health care system and his transformation strategy for the my va program. the brookings institution hosted this. it is about one hour. >> all right, good afternoon, everyone. my name is elaine kamarck. i'm the director of the center for effective, you know, something are rather. center for effective government management here at brookings, and also a senior fellow. it is my great privilege today to open this session on can the department of veterans affairs be modernized, with the secretary of veterans affairs robert mcdonald. so let me introduce the secretary, and then i'm going to introduce norm eisen, one of my colleagues her

commerce. laredo, texas, on the u.s.-mexico border. we continue our conversation from there this morning.bob cash is joining us from the world trade bridge, state director for the texas fair trade coalition. bob cash, we heard from the congressman that the north american free trade agreement has been good for the community texas, forfor south texas, and the country. what do you think of that? guest: you know, any trade agreement is going to have winners and losers. our contention is that for the united states, texas, and for south texas, there have been more losers than winners, particularly among working-class folks. , you come here to laredo, and as the congressman said, you have a lot of jobs based on nafta trade. transportation, brokerage, warehousing, service jobs have, and those been created by trade with mexico. the argument could be made that texas is going to be trading with mexico regardless of whether or not there is a free trade agreement. there have been studies that tradehat, in fact, our balance with countries that we do not have free trade agreements with are better than t

commerce? >> within the world that lindsey covers, within that apparel world, ralph lauren is one of her favorites. >> so converselyh and beyond, foot locker, jcpenney -- >> those can be sold by anybody online. if you have a skew, if you have something that can be scanned and priced, that's the part of the business you want to be out of. >> why is it inevitable that amazon takes that from them? walmart has fought back quite successfully, hasn't it? >> right. really where the issue is is these are companies that have relatively large fixed costs, running those stores, having the square footage around it. when you start to see e-commerce take 10% of the market, it pushes them down below those fixed costs. when you start closing stores, the other 90% of that business has to go somewhere else and a lot of it is going online. >> how vertical to the ones that are succeeding have to be? how much do they have to have in terms of fulfillment to themselves? >> well, a lot of that fulfillment you're seeing particularly some of the startups use third parties to do it, particularly during the holidays, those third parties end u

conversation of capital importance. >> the acting director general of the british chamber of commerce adam marshall joins me now.ed or your members wanted, you're going to have to live with it now. how difficult is it going to be? >> on the contrary, we remained very strictly neutral throughout the referendum debate because local business communities up and down the uk have got very different views on this particular subject. and we saw an intense amount of variation there. i think what all of them were dismayed with, though, were the tone of the campaign, and they want to get on with. >> that's over with, that's over with. now a negotiation, now britain, your members have to do business with uncertainty, not only of a, now of a prime ministerial change, but several years when we don't know the trading environment for the eu/uk relationship. >> that's absolutely right. and i think we need to see some steps taken to reduce that uncertainty wherever possible. you'd need the government and the bank of england looking to reassure markets and business take those decisions like airport runways which we've talked about

[inaudible conversations] and blocks president obama from closing the prison at guantÁnamo bay. they also started working on the 2017th spending for commerce justice and science. they came to the floor late in the session to pay tribute to former ohio senator who died at last sunday at the age of 79. here are those remarks now. ob >> matter president i am joinedd with the senator from ohio to discuss the passing of a dear friend of his and mine. i will make if you short remarks on senator portman who will be speaking at his memorial service later in the week in cleveland. we will offer a resolution and some comments to the resolution. this weekend, we were awakened on sunday to learn that the state of ohio and the city of cleveland lost one of its champions.or as mayor of my beloved city, the city i call home, cleveland, thr two-term governor was my colleague for the first four years in the senate. george dedicated his life to public service but he was a man of conviction. he was willing to listen to the other side of the argument and put what he believed best for our state and for our country ahead of partisan politics. of course we didn'

commerce act? and it has the same potential. really to really break down artificial barriers between companies. >> let me conclude just by first thanking my co-panelists here. i think to break down the conversation wes heard today as we head towards the prime minister arriving late ared to is both countriesed in to focus on the deeds of the other side rather than just the rhetoric, particularly around campaign time. ray mentioned we need breck down these brackets that sometimes just between area of engagement. positive momentum on one side and such concern and aggressive behavior on the other side and we need to make sure we have more of a wholesome approach to our engagement. government meetings are help below but business persons who make the investments and do the deals that make the stuff come to fruition so making sure the governments don't forget what about business needs to see. and great to hear this, i promise it wasn't a plug but the important of engaging india's state leaders and not just what mod dibut there's 29 other leaders that you can follow just as closely. i think on this visit we're looking potentially to wrap up some of the deals that were initiated earlier and are within re

conversations is is really about our values. these groups? it is also about spreading democracy, strengthening democracy, protecting our economic freedom of navigation, freedom of commercee are not to be taken for granted. without strong alliances, without the military, without defense, you cannot have all of this economic things of prosperity and democracy. you are here to listen to the sizzling sikes place. i think you each have five minutes to give your synopsis or just the high points of things you think are most important about the report. i have a few questions for you and i'm sure these folks have very interesting sessions and comments. over to you, ambassador burns. . amb. burns, ret.: first, i want to say thank you to the atlantic council. it is the fastest-growing think tank in washington. when fred and damon took it over, it had fallen on hard times. it is now one of our most influential centers for learning and debate in washington, so congratulations to frank, damon, david, and everyone else at the atlantic council. i want to say what a pleasure it has been to work with general jones over the last eight months on this report. we worked together at nato at a