against reporter eliza krigman at politico. next topic area get >> another issue you are going to be looking at in february is the reform of the universal service fund. could you delineate with the agency can do on its own and what it needs the congress to legislate? if there are bills in congress and it's a little bit technical and confusing to the estimate is technically confusing and i use the word bone crunching confusing. it's an $8.8 billion fund. last quarter of the contribution factor was 15.5% and what that means is it is a 15.5% tax on every once phone bill. its $8 on a $50 phone bill. that is a lot in an economically challenging time. it's clear that it isn't sustainable and that it needs reform, and i think we have commitments from all sides of the commissioners to move forward on that. congress is also interested in this and if congress has more ideas on how to revise the fund that's been traditionally for telephone for broadband, then obviously those ideas are very welcome. i think we all kind of have similar star

eliza krigman, "politico," thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: thanks. >> "the communicators" is c-span's weekly look at the issues and people impacting telecommunications policy. if you missed any of this discussion with fcc commissioner meredith attwell baker, you can watch this program again tonight in prime time at 8 eastern, 5 pacific here on c-span2. >> next on c-span2, two speeches from the u.s. conference of mayors' annual winter meeting.

. >> eliza krigman? >> is this a matter of self restraint with the commission is? >> we do what congress tells us to do. we know congress is going to take a look at it. it is an area of concern that i have. >> if it were up to you, how would this have been conducted differently? >> it would have been more rapid it would have been in a timely manner. there would be a nexus to the harm called by the conditions. there were some conditions that are extraneous to the deal. >> congress was mentioned. there is a new republican house in the 112th congress. several members of the energy and commerce commission have talked about bringing the fcc to task and to hearings up on the hill. how do you see that? >> i expect to spend a lot of time on capitol hill in the next few months. that is their prerogative. the first order of business is to look at our net neutrality rule. this is something i have objected to. if you want to talk about all of my objections to this, meet -- which might be here all day. my basic exemption to it is that i wish we had been more humble. if we look

eliza krigman, politico. thank you. >> anti-abortion activists were in the nation's capital today to mark the anniversary of the supreme court 1973 roe v wade decision >>> abortion opponents were on the national mall earlier to protest the anniversary of the 1973 roe v wade supreme court ruling that legalized abortion in the united states. speakers include members of congress and religious leaders. this is about two hours. ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whos' broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ ore the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ oh say does that star spangled banner ♪ ♪ still ♪ or the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave [cheering] >> welcome to the march for life, 2011 triet [cheering] ladies and gentlemen, i want to introduce to you now nellie grey, president of march for life. >> welcome to the march for life, everyone.