cory bennett is what the hell on the cover cybersecurity there are, kate tummarello works for "politico" and covers technology and lydia beyoud with bloomberg where she covers telecommunications. lydia beyoud one of the big issues coming up are the spectrum auctions in march. >> guest: march 29 is the official kickoff day for broadcasters. they will be looking to go out of business or possibly channel sharing agreements with their colleagues and a few months after that essentially that will wrap up and we will see the wireless start and we are looking at public bidders as well, comcast announced today that they might looking for some of that hard spectrum so it will be several months of close attention on the fcc fcc. prescod you say fcc. >> host: accuse a several month so most of 2016 we will be talking about this but i'm auctions are looking at it? >> guest: fcc is looking at the auction closing sometime the third quarter. >> host: closing in the third quarter. kate tummarello is there a just, he'll? >> guest: tons of interest. a lot of lawmakers have activity necessary because all of

. >> host: cory bennett, kate tummarello mentioned national security. 2015 we saw a lot of highly publicized, high profile security breaches. is there a solution that the federal government can come up with? is there a solution that the congress can come up with? >> guest: it's a solution that comes in many pieces. the one refrain you constantly hear on capitol hill and from the white house is no silver bullet. they took a first step in 20 saw. backers -- 2015. backers of the cybersecurity act of 2015, most people know it as the cybersecurity information sharing act, but that was signed into law late december passed through as part of the omnibus budget bill, the $1.5 trillion budget bill. and the idea behind that is it is a first step in allowing people to understand more about the hacking threats that the country faces. backers of the bill which, you know, the white house was onboard, had broad bipartisan support. many industry groups were onboard. they said we want to be able to share more information with the government and have the government share more information with us. the idea bei

.>> reporter: that is because senators michael bennett and cory gardner asked o take a look inside. this is essentially ground zero for zika virus research, with dozens of samples being brought -- center foo medical facilities nationwide to test for zika virus. the senators toward this facility which specializes in what is known as vector borne diseases such as zika virus. this mosquito did not have zika buu they had specimens that they can infect mosquitoes with to research which ttey had beenn doing for almost a decade. we found out after this tour why we should not be overly concerned about being affect did i this. >> these are mosquitoes sr used the tropics. we are very dry. for a number of reasons we don't think colorado will have an infestation by these mosquitoes. >> reporter: we will have more of the tour inside of the building coming up at 10:00 as well as why it's never going to impact you -- and the best repellent to can have, noo just for mosquito bites for --, but for fleas and ticks as well. >>> imagine elk running into the window of your home. >> it happened in boulde

we'll speak with cory bennett, a psycher security reporter for "the hill," kate tomerello. >> the cyberthe omnibus budget bill, the $1.15 trillion budget bill. idea behind that is it is a first step in terms of allowing people to understand more about the hacking threats that the country faces. >> there has been a lot between the telecom and defense community to find the happy medium where people can get the spectrum they need without sacrificing any of the defense department's capabilities. >> many isps are make being the argument why is it okay for us to be regulated on this issue when other companies that also collect a lot of data like facebook or google do similar things with that sort of the flip side of that is consumer groups say, well, you're not just controlling where people go but you're also controlling how they get there. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> mississippi governor phil bryant delivers his state of the state address last month the a the state capitol building from jackson. his 2016 budget called for tax cuts and improving the st

>>reporter: michael bennett and republican senator cory guard turned the cdc in fort collins this afternoon specifically the division there that studies the zika virus. the colorado center fought budget cuts by the obama administration that would have shut down the facility in fort collins since 2007. researchers have been actively fighting the zika virus on a global level. the zika virus is spreading through north america. they'll be allowed into the facility to see the work done to combat the zika virus. officials don't expect large outbreaks here in the u.s. -- they went from the proposed budget cuts that the senators fought to avoid to now requesting $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the zika virus. we'll be on hand for this tour this afternoon. here on cbs 4 at 6:00 and 10:00. live in denver, jaime leary, cbs 4 morning news. >>> let get to your weather with lauren whitney. how about the bus top? >> temperatures in the mid-to low 30s. above freezing, so mild and a few clouds. not a bad start. >>> we have a couple of spots in cold spot. one at jersey and another one on the right