prior to joining gao, mr. goldstein held positions with the district of columbia financial control board, the internal revenue service, and senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. welcome, mr. goldstein. the witnesses' full written statements will appear in the record and now the chair recognizes admiral hutd for -- admiral hewitt for five minutes. >> thank you chairman donovan, rankingmember payne and distinguished members of then b subcommittee it is a distinct honor the for me to be here to provide an overview of what our office has done since ten years ago and more specifically within the last three years since our previous hearing to improve communications and enter operablity nationwide. communication is undergoing unprecedented change with the deployment of firstnet. next generation 911, cellular alert and warning estimates. to ensure all these systems work seamlessly together we promulgated the 2014 national emergency communications plan, custom is the road map to ensuring inter

show ross: well, we have been working closely with the gao. you will be hearing from them a bit later. and we are cooperating with them in their audit of work we have been doing. >> my question, we only have five minutes. i want to give you an opportunity to answer this is a yes or no would be sufficient. are you familiar with the list of 30 recommendations? secretary ross i couldn't hear : you. >> are you familiar with the list from the gao the 30 recommendations? secretary ross: sure. >> and you're aware only six have been implemented have been followed up on as of january of this year? secretary ross as of january. : that was true. i believe there's been further progress since then. there will be continuing progress. >> i think it's extremely important that when the gao or the oig make recommendations when they have findings of issues that federal agencies federal departments act on them. it's frustrating to the folks who are doing the work. it's frustrating to us and the over -- in our oversight capacity. it's not just the census bureau th

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s work is important, so is gao. there are 15,000 i.g. reports out and recommendations that are out there have not been implemented. it's important that we get those recommendations. this is the same issue with the last administration, when they took five or six years to even recommend someone to be an inspector. it is very important that we get those individuals in there. they should work in a cooperative way but they're also exceptionally important to be there and be a part of that conversation. i'm very supportive of what they're doing with the inspector general and the council. they've done some remarkable work. if you've not seen the website they put together, they have one central website for all the inspectors general of all the reports from every single agency. what is done, what is not done. so for the first time about two months ago, anyone can go online and see all of the reports from all of the inspectors general. is that just as oversight? we will pull that to make sure you have the right website. >> you mentioned -- what els

as we know, the gao identified several sources for the backlog. i am eager to hear about eoir plans to hire additional immigration judges, to implement best management practices, and to potentially set some metrics for case completion. make no mistake, immigration judges must be autonomous and without bias while hearing cases and rendering decisions. but they must also be mindful of all components of the administration of justice. needless changes of venue or continuances made in bad faith for the purpose of delay are detrimental to our system and should not be tolerated. it may turn out that legislative action as the best recourse to ensure that no matter what administration is in charge and what their principles may be, eoir will have clear statutory parameters under which to function. i look forward to hearing from our witness on that issue. there is no question that congress must take action to reform many facets of immigration law in an attempt to ensure national security and streamline the process. but those actions will mean little if eoir

citi not only the igs work is important so as the gao. their 50,000 ig reports and recommendations out there that have not been implemented across federal government. that's exceptionally important to get those recommendations implemented. this is the same issue we have a the last administration where they took six years to even recommend someone to be inspector general of one of these agencies. it's very to get those individuals and they should work in a cooperative way with the leadership of all the agencies but they are exceptionally important to be there and to be a part of the conversation. very supportive of the cities of what they are doing, the inspector general and the council. they have done with remarkable story. if you've not seen the web site they put together they have one central web site for all the inspectors general of all the reports out from every single agency. what it's done and what is not done so for the first time two months ago anyone can go on line to be able to see all the reports from all the inspectors genera

host: gao makes several recommendations when it comes to retirement savings programs, niversal access to retirement savings is one of them. one of the ones you list, number options for rove spin down phase of retirement. why is that important? as the gentleman said earlier, when you get, even if figure out if you are able to invest wisely problems some market and you saved a bunch of money, you now retired, what do you to your money? have a couple hundred thousand authorize or more, what do you do? sure it lasts for remainder of your life? it is not obvious, most provide any sort of annuity option, don't provide say gram where you could take a -- get a monthly check out of your money and make it a amount to make sure it lasts until remainder of your l. sum. simply give you a lump a lot of people, it can be very existing o pay off debt or to go on a long vacation, give money to th children, children don't realize may look like a lot of money, it in fact has to many ou for probably people another 20 or 30 years. hen you think that way, it is not as much, the challenge is who are u help

government accountability office or gao. brenda ferrell is the gao watchdog who first called for reform in 2013. she says there's a lack of communication and duplication of work. >> it's not clear which lab is doing what. it also can be inefficient. it's why do you want two labs doing the same thing? >> on top of that you would think there are files tracking each of the 73,000 americans who are missing from world war ii. well, there aren't. retired colonel windbush told us in a june interview a new file system is being built. >> the challenge that we have is taking all of in many cases hard files, flat files, pieces of paper, and getting them into that system. and, oh, by the way, some of that information is still classified. >> the problems at the pentagon slow down the process and like a part of her history is missing. >> i just wish i had known him because obviously i don't have any of those memories to share. >> reporter: do you have hope? >> i do have hope actually. i'm very much an optimist. it will come i think eventu

small examples like doggie hamlet and large examples as well pay the tax gap has been an issue the gao has listed year after year is a high-risk. is currently afford a 58 billion dollars. that is where the iris is the mayor on the valuation through the national research program trying to identify where they are collecting taxes and they have identified ford and 58 billion but they are not actually acting are to collect the taxes that aren't owed. there's also a do not use system system. the system set up among multiple agencies to say this is a contractor or today that should not be paid before and since they are in the dead master file from the social security mr. sim meaning this person is deceased so don't pay them a check related to whatever entitlement may have been due to them in life but not in doubt. that is not being fully integrated among all the different agencies. this should be a common thing to do. let me show you where that shows up in s.n.a.p. are the retailers that provide s.n.a.p. benefits there are 3400 retailers that are using an individual that is deceased. that is

i have raised similar concerns as has the gao in report after report after report. indeed given the miserable track record of the program may have called for ending it all together if the chairman of the rest of this term has attempted is a necessary fixes, bring the program back in line with the statute, directing to improve oversight and accelerate progress on the national lifeline eligibility verifier. now we are seeking, a more fundamental revisions. some of argued that changes stop by the prior commission are sufficient but some of those are forms like the national verifier vote be completely in place for years, if ever. in the meantime we can't and must do better to safeguard the program and the ratepayer dollars that find it. during this latest push you over a lifeline i focus three particular forms. establishing a real enforceable budget for the program, targeting the subsidies to those consumers who would not otherwise have service, and return the program to its original purpose of providing discounted, not free, service by requiring minimum contribution fr

gao highlighted some abuse in the may, 2017 report. for example, the gao could not confirm whether more than a million individuals actually participate in the qualifying benefit programs claimed on their lifeline enrollment applications. the gao identified over 6,000 individuals who were reported as deceased by the social security administration, but are unin the less signed up for lifeline. what's more, their enrollment and annual recertification all took place after the supposed subscribers had passed away. despite the program's one per household rule, in one instance gao found 10,000 separate enrollments associated with a single address. these concerns have been echoed by members of congress on both sides of a political aisle, as well as members of the commission in 2012, in 2016 when they voted on reforms. now, i don't view these widespread instances of fraud as a basis for eliminating the program, but they're certainly a call for serious reform. indeed, the commission has responsibility to both the rate payers who fund lifeline an

agrees with the gao's a conclusions and agrees with recommendations. the v.a. hopes to implement the changes by next october. five unidentified va hospitals were used as part of the study. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. nancy: this just in -- the pentagon must admit transgender recruits no later than january 1. that is according to a federal judge who clarified the order blocking most of president trump's transgender band. the judge said the military must follow the policies previously established. jonathan: more funding is needed to target the violent ms-13 gang. and report found 9% of county residents between the ages of 16 and 24 are at risk. gang recruiters are targeting montgomery village, wheaton, in silver spring. they are trying to add more money to the anti-gang soccer league. minutes andries miles apart, but are they connected in montgomery county? that is what the police are trying to figure out tonight. tim: investigators say the robber walked through these doors and said he had a bomb. then another bank, another robbery. only abc 7 was there when det

gao characterized nasa's planned launch date of november 2018 as precarious. part of what i hope to get out of today's hearing is a better understanding of what that clear plan and an updated launch date for em 1 as well as the opportunity to continue examining other important issues, including the reasons for the latest delay in launching em 1 and the basis for having confidence in nasa's plan moving forward. indicators and milestones, congress should use as a -- should use for measuring progress made by both the sls, orion and egs programs and by nasa in establishing a production capability. and how a return to the moon including establishing a human presence would impact the goal of sending humans to mars in the 2030s as directed in the 2017 nasa transition authorization act. in closing, mr. chairman, you've often heard me talk about growing up in the middle of the space race, growing up in california, home of much of the apollo mission and how that inspired me along with the generation of kids to think about the sciences and beyond. what we're talking abou

seven years ago, congress's investigative arm, the gao, told fema to figure that out.you think you're paying the insurance companies too much? >> you know, there's a cost to running a business, and we are a private-public partnership that is there. but the costs are one of those things that i'm examining. >> sullivan: what kind of a profit do you think they're making? >> i've never looked at the book of business to understand their profits. >> sullivan: that's a big statement for somebody that is giving insurance companies more than an excess of a billion dollars a year to not know what their profit structure would be on that. >> yeah, so flood is one of the perils that these companies run. so you'd need to go specifically to the companies to understand those numbers. >> sullivan: since the insurance companies wouldn't agree to be interviewed, i asked their representative about the profit margins. do you know for a fact how much it actually costs the insurance companies to run the expenses every year? >> the insurers will price their services to cover their costs and w

gao characterizes the planned launch date as november, 2018. part of what i have to get out of today's hearing is a better understanding of what that plan and a day of launch date as well as the opportunity to continue examining the issues. congress should use for measuring progress as made by both the sos and the orion program and in establishing a production. and those sending humans to mars as directed in the 2017 nasa transition authorization act. in closing, mr. chairman, you often heard me talk about growing up in the middle of the space x. with much of the apollo mission and how that inspired me along with a generation of kids to think about the sciences and beyond. what we are talking about in terms of the systems and the reestablishment of the leadership in the space program as we start to think about going back to the moon and going back into deep space. that does have the ability to inspire another generation of kids and reinvigorate our desire to explore the curiosity about the universe around us. one of those inspirational figures

international relations expert victor gao says that trumps harsh words of pyongyang are unhelpful. president of the trump is. a very controversial president but i think from the chinese perspective we need to deal with the presidency of the united states very seriously so whatever rhetorics or other things which president obama trump may result to china need to stand firm on its own principle and do the right thing president on trial has been normal in recent months for using very inflammatory rhetoric about d p r k and i personally believe these rather reeks of very threatening in nature threatening war warmongering for example is not helpful at all ever see the president on. need to know why allows the united states has been selling huge amount of military weapons to many countries in different parts of the world selling more weapons this may actually make whatever military confrontation which may happen even more bloody causing more loss of lives and that's the wrong thing to do at this very particular moment when peace as at stake while the u.s. president conducts his asia trip

it's kind of, gao is a supply side, we have our own statistic now as a supply sider. gdp is more on demand. it's more than consumer and government demand, and business demand. but the supply chain is, turns out this is spending as percent of gross output is 60% of the economy. so i argue based on my work in the structure production that business spending is the elephant, the big elephant in the room. consumer spending is 30% of the economy, not 70%. because gross output measures spending all activity, not just final output. so i hope that's pretty clear. my students get it, especially for business students, when i say topline bottom-line. they get it just like that. the economists are a little slow but are finally getting it. >> host: so in a sentence or two what is the supply sider believe? >> guest: the supply sider believes that the key to prosperity is innovation, entrepreneurship, savings, thrift, frugality. i actually think ben franklin said it best. i quoted him several times in his interview. he's one of my favorite founding fathers. so he says there's three v

under international law what north korea is doing is not legal fundamentally though i agree with victor gao that it's really important for china and i think it's work well on this issue and i agree that sometimes the because of such a complex relationship we have copyright in some areas and disagree and others we end up with this problem of priorities and i think really important for the thompson ministration to prioritize the korea issue over the other areas in dispute such as economic and so on which they were doing initially but the message become a little less clear recently so i would like to really i agree with victor wins reaffirm the centrale of the that but i disagree that this freeze for freeze supposal would really make any progress at this point given how much capability north korea has given their lack of interest senate and given the challenges it would present in terms of the equivalence it would suggest with what the u.s. is doing with north korea's doing roshi were trying to come in there what was your point. well i think there's some inconsistency is in victor's position b

thing to do at this very particular moment when peace as at stake on the korean peninsula writer victor gao international relations expert joining us live here on r.t. international today many thanks for your time and thank you for your insight thank you very much thank you you thank. it is r t international the russian football team are set to play a friendly game with argentina twenty fourteen world cup finalists already in moscow preparing for this game other team conducted a training session at the new spot tax stadium which will host matches for the upcoming fifo world cup one of the players that's grabbed the most media attention is the argentinian captain messi the game between russia and argentina will take place at the newly rebuilt luzhniki stadium. football fans prepare for the upcoming fifa world cup r.t.s. launched a new program hosted by former england striker stan collymore it's in the latest episode he interviews former english football star michael owen is a quick preview and do stay tuned with r.t. this friday for the full show. i just had this what i thought was normal th

charlie from the gao talking about it. thank you for your time. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, the atlantic's caroline talks about how the presence and influence of political extremist groups have grown on the internet. then the latest on nafta renegotiations. the trump administration's trade policy, with public citizen global trade watch director and peterson institute senior fellow. carolherald reporter rosenberg explores the future of guantanamo detainees under the trump administration. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. c-span, a couple of panels from the george w. bush institute. here is ambassador to the you and, nikki haley on threats to freedom and democracy. we here from former housing secretary mel martinez. trump announced monday that the united states is designating north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. later, we will hear from secretary of sta

the gao is estimated the availability of generic drugs has staye saved $1 trillion ovee last ten years. the success you envision when he created it. >> we really didn't have a model to know what term vision for the future. the hatch act is an enormous -- the orphan drug act has been very successful. they just want to be bothered, no profit potential of the generic drug market we had competition allows for the good that we never expected it to be as great of a success as it has been. $1 trillion, very few members can say what they did to help save a trillion dollars. >> will we noticed also the brand-name that manufactures if we paid in the so-called secondary pad like the quote you to come that goes with the fda that they engaged in with factors. refusing to supply samples if you nee were rewriting the act y would you do anything differently? >> the brand-name company would try to discourage people from buying generics. that's always been the case. the talk about generics not been the same are as good as the brand-name drugs are public relations campaign from the very beginning, but i

. >> 5 va hospitals, let's look at a segment, the gao found from october 2013 through march 2017 the not inform providers who should have been reported to national practitioner data bank or state licensing board in accordance with the age a policy. how do we fix it? >> the things it needs to happen is the law donald trump signed into law needs to be enforced and donald trump's secretary is enforcing it so you need to fire, not pay off or allow doctors without medical boards, get out of the medical system. just like donald trump campaigned on, didn't give veterans real choice so there's competition and the va is forced not to engage in this practice so they can keep veterans in the system so that is why you have legislation, the veterans empowerment act which would give that choice and this is something donald trump campaigned on, incredibly popular at other campaign stops, something as va secretary supports and needs to pass legislation like that bill. bill: needs a health care choice. how do you think donald trump is doing so far? >> i think overall this has been a success story for

findings, we've utilized the information sigir identified in iraq, we've also utilized information the gao, dojid, as well as was acting commission that set up. so we've kind of utilized those that is the about as far as i can go. don't know if anybody has compared the two reports. daniel now, om daniel in tacoma park, maryland. good morning. yeah frshgs my analysis, the whole reason we're there, we and so far n -- we've wasted one or two trillion iraq s on both countries, and afghanistan and never going o get our money back and i was actually in high school when we were in afghanistan and i don't and 20 or us there 30 more years and i don't want to see any more troops being and killed. i guess your job is to analicize reconstruct se is that country on a troop's life it i don't think it is worth in the end. i think that most americans are it g there and i think that is sad we've had both democrats do republican presidents nothing to lead the countries and i don't think we'll leave in the next two or three presidents? host: thank you, daniel, again, policy issue. i appreciate the caller's i

the united states as permanent residents. 10 years later we have a terrorist who has done what the gao warned was going to happen a decade ago. we need to do a better job of vetting and looking at this program. >> sandra: thank you for joining us and hopefully we'll get an update if law enforcement soon. bill. >> bill: sandra, that's about 40 minutes away we'll have that live for you. in the meantime three areas of investigation. one is over my shoulder 150 yards down the street at the intersection that rented truck is still sitting. there elsewhere in new jersey 15 miles from our location investigators combing through the home of the killer looking for more information there. we'll take you there live as we get it here. but at home. she thinks she's the boss. she only had me by one grade. we bought our first home together in 2010. his family had used another insurance product but i was like well i've had usaa for a while, why don't we call and check the rates? it was an instant savings and i should've changed a long time ago. there's no point in looking elsewhere really. we're the ten

. >> host: gao makes several recommendations when it comes to retirement savings programs.universal access to retirement savings is one of them but one of the ones you list could prove options for the spend down days of retirement why is that important? >> guest: as the gentleman said earlier when you even if you are able to figure out that you been able to invest wisely and you've avoided some market problems and you saved a bunch of money you aree now retired and what you do with your money you have a couple hundred thousand dollars or more and what do you do? how do you make sure it lasts for the remainder of your life. it is not obvious. most employers don't provide any sort of annuity option or provide program where you could say getet a monthly check out of your money and make it a certain amount to make sure it lasts for the remainder of your life and they simply give you a lump sum. a lot of people it can be tempting to pay off existing debt or go on a long vacation and get money to their children and people don't realize that this lump sum may look like a lot of mo

while i appreciate having witnesses and the gao report that we requested as we speak there are many millions of american citizens living without electricity and many are facing dire conditions for over a month now as hurricane harvey and irma have shattered their lives and devastated their livelihoods. mr. chairman it is my hope that this hearing will shed light on additional steps need to be taken quickly to restore power while also assuring those residents in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands specifically that their government has not forgotten about them and that we will provide the same, the exact same attention to helping them as we will for any other american citizen. mr. chairman as you know more than six weeks after hurricane maria made landfall nearly 70% of puerto rico and 80% of the u.s. virgin islands -- the power needed for basic everyday services. drinking water preserving food and medicine or making emergency calls or other critical functions that are necessary for normal daily activities. providing essential resources for the safety of individuals. over the long-term we

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political pressure onto the fed that could affect our monetary policy decisions by policyng real-time gao reviews of recent decisions that would second-guess the decisions made by the fed and call into question the legitimacy and credibility. senator lee: i understand that that is your position. i'm at the same time, while we are talking about independence, the fact that these reviews are undertaken in the first place suggests to me that making them subject to a transparent review process would allow the public to have input. i understand it is the desire, it is the impulse of any policymaker anywhere to insulate him or herself from public review, but we do live in a republic, in a republic where the people are the sovereigns, where ultimately the government is accountable to the people. and you at the fed exercises significant amount of government ing authority, and that is why i think these things are appropriate. my time is short. i want to get to a couple other issues quickly. the joint tax committee analysis of the tax plan pending before congress is expected to assume an aggressive

. >> 15 of the 15 schools the gao investigated found instances of fraud, deceptive practices, or madeisleading statements to prospective students. >> smith: in this hearing, they unveiled hard evidence. >> and if you can just sign and date right there for me. >> okay, now, i'm not signing up for the school right now? >> yeah, you're actually reserving your seat. >> oh. i was hoping i could talk to the financial people first. >> no, they won't even let you back there. >> am i on the hook for the $38,000? >> the thing about those tapes is that it was really hard in the face of this evidence to deny that there was a problem there. >> you should be ready to make the investment of time and money necessary to get you to where you should be at this point. but you're not. what are you really afraid of? >> smith: congressional investigators also found that for-profit schools were failing to prepare students for the workforce. >> too many of the students who go to these schools are coming out with nothing other than big debt and no education, no gainful employment at all. >> smith: in 2010, the

first panel joined by frank, director of the natural resources and environment government from the gao. welcome. >> chairman upton, ranking member rush, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss our past and ongoing work on energy resilience and particularly the effectiveness of the strategic petroleum reserve in responding to domestic petroleum supply disruptions caused by extreme weather and other events. the spr was created at a time when global oil supply was dominated by opec and oil markets were characterized by long-term contracts with fixed prices. at that time, a global oil supply disruption as occurred during the arab oil embargo had the effect of physical oil shortages and in the united states and elsewhere, long lines at the gas pump. it made sense at the time for the spr to be comprised of crude oil, centrally held in cheap salt dome storage in louisiana and texas, near the nation's largest refining centers. today, global oil markets are robust and prices change to equilibrate supply and demand so that physical shortages and long lines are l

while i appreciate having witnesses here to discuss the gao report that we requested last year, the fact of the matter, mr. chairman is that as we speak, there are still many millions of american citizens living without electricity and many are facing life and death conditions for over a month now as the hurricanes harvey and irma and maria shattered their lives and devastated their livelihoods. mr. chairman, it is my hope that this hearing will shed light on what additional steps need to be taken quickly to restore power while also assuring those residents in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin island specifically and their government and that we will provide the same -- exact same effort and the exact same attention to helping them as we will for any other american citizen. mr. chairman, as you know, more than six weeks after hurricane maria initially made landfall, nearly 70% of puerto rico and 80% of the u.s. virgin islands still, mr. chairman, still don't have the power needs for everyday basic services such as lighting their homes, treating drinking water, preserving food and medicine

and medicaid coverage, and the gao report was just released last week. it found that nonhospital settings like lily's place are a proven model of care to treat n.a.s. newborns. it identified this model of care as a proven effective treatment approach, and can actually reduce the cost of care. here is my ask. i would encourage this committee to advance two measures critical to the care of these precious newborns. first, i have sponsored the crib act, pending before this committee, with congressman mike turner which makes sure these models of care are included in nonhospital treatment facilities oreck recognized by medicaid to remove the barriers. second, based on the gao report i ask you, working with me, this committee, to memorialize -- so these precious newborns can receive the very best possible care. thank you, mr. chairman for your interest in this issue and i yield back. >> their thanks the gentleman. dr. winstrop, you're recognized. >> thank you for host thinking today. i mean that sincerely. we're hearing a lot of 2k3w50d ideas and gives us a lot

here is what the gao found. in 2003, the inspector general fromd concerns that aliens countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism could apply for diversity visas. assessment back 10 years ago, just three years before the alleged attacker came to the united states. if you want to see that report itself, the gao makes its reports available on their website, gao.gov. you can read through it yourself. rachel is in alexandria, virginia, a democrat. good morning. caller: i just wanted to say that i feel that immigration makes the country stronger and i agree with some of the previous scholars that said this is a lot of fear mongering on the part of the president and it is also periods ofg and in our history when immigrants have been scapegoated have been some of the darkest times in our nation's history. i'm thinking partially of the 1860's and during the civil war when irish immigrants were scapegoated and ended up in draft riots in new york. that was one of the reasons. additionally, i feel like a lot of peo

host: gao makes several recommendations when it comes to retirement savings programs, niversal accesso retirement savings is one of them. one of the ones you list, number options for rove spin down phase of retirement. why is that important? as the gentleman said earlier, when you get, even if figure out if you are able to invest wisely problems some market and you saved a bunch of money, you now retired, what do you to your money? have a couple hundred thousand authorize or more, what do you do? sure it lasts for remainder of your life? it is not obvious, most provide any sort of annuity option, don't provide say gram where you could take a -- get a monthly check out of your money and make it a amount to make sure it lasts until remainder of your l. sum. simply give you a lump a lot of people, it can be very existing o pay off debt or to go on a long vacation, give money to th children, children don't realize may look like a lot of money, it in fact has to many ou for probably people another 20 or 30 years. hen you think that way, it is not as much, the challenge is who are u help pe

congress asked gao to study these years ago. they even concluded no data showed that they harm the public interest. seems to me it's time to put this topic to bed. >> i think for the people who are not into the lingo, were talking about two ways consolidation might take place to is a gross potentially on a gross scale. one is a horizontal point which is that the combined company would own more stations across the country and therefore cover a larger part of the country. the question there is what percentage is okay for broadcasters to have as a horizontal matter in a world where many distributors reach 100%. now the internet has change that. the second question within each market how many stations can you all or have a significant relationship with. when it comes to the markets' importance remember there's two screens and a deal has to pass. one the department of justice where they look to see if the combination of stations is going to be too large. if it is, they say you have to get rid of the station. then the overlay involves