cities until the municipal power company, called "epb", came to the rescue. comcast, america's largest cable company and the state cable association sued -- not once but twice -- to prevent epb from bringing the gig to chattanooga. >> why are you so fired up about this? >> i didn't realize what i was gonna be up against (laughs). >> tennesse state senator janice bowling is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee which has pitted her against what she calls the legacy providers. >> can you talk about the lobbying presence of these big companies in tennessee? >> the hill was swarming witth new lobbyists representing at&t in particular, comcast and charter - >> wow. >> - um... my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we really do need this in tennessee. we need it across america. >> chattanooga's plan went up in 2010 thanks to the municipal utility. >> the latest upgrades from existing providers were not coming to chattanooga. >> david wade is the chief operating officer of epb. he says they b

comcast, and the state cable association sued not once, but twice to prevent epb from digging the gigtanooga. >> i haven't realize what i was going to be up against. >> tennessee state senator is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee. >> can you talk about the lob being presence of these big companies in tennessee. >> the hill was swarming with new lobbyists representing at&t, comcast, and charter. my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we need this in tennessee and across america. >> 2010. >> the latest upgrades were not coming to chat gu that. >> david wade is the operating officer of epb. they also brought ultrahigh-speed internet to the citizens. they raised bond money and federal stimulus funds to build the network, now in addition to providing electricity, they provide high-speed internet, phone, and television to more businesses. >> what would you do with that? >> so many things. i wouldn't have to come to the money. >> paton is one of the 19 million americans who do not have access to dsl or cable in th

. >> reporter: under a pentagon program 19 tpho*epb at 1033 equipment and gear no longer wanted by theitary is passed on to the police. for example alabama has nine grenade launchers from, 2006 until june last year, among the military equipment that has been passed on to america's police forces including 432 mine resistent ambush protected armorial vehicles. fore 435 other armored vehicles, more than 43,000 pieces almost 94,000 machine guns capable of firing in sustained burst. >> the idea that our police officers are armed with military gear and trained in military tactics and operate with a military mind set are all independently problematic, you put those things together without sufficient transparently, without accountability for cost overruns and without any particularly accountability in the sense of insuring that these weapons are used for the purposes that they are specified for. none of that is happening. >> reporter: heads of police around the country are reviewing their tactics and how to rebuild trust with local communities the white house clearly believes looking less like