our guest is fcc commissioner michael copps. jonathan make of communications daily is also with us. >> commissioner copps, you raise an interesting number of points about traditional and new media and some of the of course relates to the execution of the national broadband plan, which we were just speaking about. succumb to take one data point if you will, and part of the plan seize tv stations and large markets essentially getting back some or all of their spectrum so that there can be more, faster wireless broadband. as that occurs what concerns does that phrase in your mind about continuing to have these as you would like to see vigorous public interest oversight of tv stations if there are fewer of them and some of them are getting back a chunk of their weight how do you achieve both of those things? >> i'm glad you asked that question and i am hoping that is a question that we will be alive to. there is no question in my mind we need spectrum for wireless technologies. exactly how much, i don't know. we will be doing some m

>> this week on "the communicator's" a discussion with fcc commissioner michael copps. >>we are pleased to welcome back to "the communicators" fcc commissioner michael copps. also joining us is jonathan make, from the "communications daily," where he served as assistant editor. commissioner copps, we appreciate you coming over and talking about some of the issues facing the fcc. ów'9&éf@y2c@&c+ one of the issues that is a little bit nebulas right now. it deals with the comcast court cases, net neutrality, and the ftc. there is a provision in the house financial regulatory bill that would give the ftc, the federal trade commission, power over the internet, thus taking it away from the fcc. what did you think of that, and did i interpret it correctly? >> i do not know if it is taking away or sharing. this is a huge infrastructure and ecosystem, information technologies and broadband that we are talking about. i do not think any one agency or any one office has a monopoly on addressing it. i think the ftc has things that it should be doing. i think the fcc has things it sh

[laughter] why not by a pillow filled with copps? he did because he had trouble sleeping at night so he slipped my fellow stuffed with hops. of course he didn't. that is total nonsense and even if he did it had absolutely no effect on his insomnia and walking at night. there should be a warning on here that alcoholics shouldn't use this below. [laughter] next, please. there are nine churches in the united states that have a dedicated stained-glass windows to abraham lincoln. only three of the churches he was associated with. the other six canoas is occasion with him at all. this happens to be in washington at the methodist church. next is the lincoln church in washington, d.c., the new york lincoln church. and they chose this window because while the presbyterians kneal when they pray lincoln always stood up and prayed in the middle of the congregation so they show him standing and praying. next, please. this is the abraham lincoln presenters association. there are i believe 105 individuals who represent themselves as abraham lincoln

commissioner michael copps. there are nearly 6,000 references to abraham lon in our video library.ou are one of the millions of americans that enjoys our 16th president, you will find a lot of information online. there is c-span's book "abraham lon" in paperbook. >> the british election is may 6. in a moment we will look at the three major political parties three major candidates. the parties and broadcasters agree on an allocation that's free.

discussion of the issues before the federal communications commission, with democratic commissioner michael copps, on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> c-span 2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings. weekdays, live coverage of the u.s. senate, and weekends, "book tv," 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and sign up for schedule alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> the british election is may 6. in a morget we'll look at the three major political parties' election broadcasts. in the u.k., paid political ads are not permitted on tv. instead the parties and broadcasters agree on an allocation on air time that's free. under the law, the b.b.c. and i-tv are required to air them on their main national tv and radio channels. span spoke with a british journalist on campaign advertising in the u.k. >> the political parties can't advertise on television or on radio. there's a legal ban on advertising. it limits the amount of money they can spend. they spent a lot on direct mai

nobody likes saying we have too much heart disease and instead of sending doctors sending copps. this is a waste of money and time. we've proven that. we haven't gotten rid of drugs and all. almost every drug and the cost of dollars cheaper now, more distributed and higher quality than in 1975. >> host: eight week from joe. charles bowden is right. a part of the latter is one man killing another man what substance is he may use and fighting over it. how does the arizonan immigration bill play into all of this? you live in tucson. >> guest: ayman in arizona. the arizonan immigration bill cannot be enforced. they don't have enough jail for one. every police force in the state has come out against it. number two, it will make it impossible to investigate a lot of crime. police now can move freely through the neighborhoods that are full of illegal mexicans because the illegal mexicans know if somebody asks about a murder they are going to be deported. that is off the table now. so this law was passed for domestic political reasons. was passed so the governor could live that there is

. >> a discussion with fcc with commissioner michael copps.ost: paul volcker of its ran the world bank from 2005 to 2007. here with us to talk about the global economy and the imf report, the financial stability of the world is paul wolfowitz. why did decreased need this? guest: basically, they are spending more than they can afford. the deficit went up to 30% of their economy. to be fair, european banks were lending them money. by the way, the imf is participating, but to share is being supported by european countries. -- and a share is being supported by european countries. host: what do you think this will mean to the political structure of the eu and its ability, the common currency of the euro? guest: there has been speculation that this is the end of the euro, but i think it will stay together on of the problems with greece, i think this is the biggest bailout that the imf has participated in. greece is going to have to take some punishing steps. this is not an easy decision for the prime minister in greece, war for any of the eu countri

. >> tonight, a discussion of the issues with michael copps.t is on c-span2. >> representatives for more than 100 countries are meeting at the united nations for a conference to review the international treaty on nuclear weapons. the secretary of state hillary clinton is speaking this afternoon. until then, a look at today's comments by president ahmadinejad of iran. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. in the beginning of like to say a word about the statement by the secretary general. he said theiran must accept the few exchange, and that the ball is now in iran's court. i like to tell you and informed him that we accepted that from the start. i like to announce that to us is an accepted deal, therefore, we have not run the ball and the court of those who should accept our proposal, and the mark on cooperation with us. in the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful, of praise be to allah, lord of the universie, and all blessing be on those of the profit mohammed, and his also. hasten the arrival, and grant him good health and victory a