will get a status report on how the fec is to bring viewers for the change. the communicators on c-span2. and we have more live events for you later with the director of national intelligence dennis blair. that dni is speaking to the intelligence and national security alliance and you can see that live here starting at 8:45 eastern after the communicators on c-span2. how he sees and funded? private donations. >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> federally. >> contributions from donors. >> how he c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government money. >> now a discussion on iran, its relations with the u.s. and its neighbors and the upcoming presidential election there. the rand rand corporation in washington, d.c., hosted this event last week. it's about an hour. >> okay. we are going to resume and we will start as people flow in. as is our panel before hearing from a doctor krasinski at our lunch. yo