gary, mr. shapiro, the question more was as new innovative items come out of the oem market and new fleet, there's an ability to get perhaps some but not all of those benefits government at least in the age of aviation has blocked the ability of thousands of small pilots pilots with a piper cub made before you and eye were born in which a mobile device can be put on board today are blocked from knowing there's a fast mover heading for them because the faa has seen fit to block it, unless you're sending a signal. that's really the question of enabling as much benefit from potentially low cost hand-held devices. >> mr. chairman, as a member of the flying public, i never quite understood that decision and i'm glad it's being rectified albeit after dozens of years. >> it is being rectified all aircraft in the matter of a few years will have abs -- i'm sorry, abs out. however, today somebody can carry a few hundred dollar product. if it were allowed to receive the signal they would be part of knowing where

gary shapiro, president and ceo of consumer electronics association. mr. dean garfield, president and ceo of the technology industry council. baywall, president and ceo of a alliance of automobile manufacturers. and mr. morgan reid, executive director of act, a.c.t., act association. before i go down the road for the witnesses, i have to a little bit of a personal privilege. the other three know it. mr. shapiro and i go back a long time. we were there at the berth of the modern consumer electronics association. and i once worked for him on an unpaid highly compensated by unpaid position as the chairman. so if today i rough him up, remember, get back. it takes a while. and with that, mr. shapiro. >> thank you, chairman. this is indeed a historic moment in my life. i have been referring to you as boss for 25 years. and you as chairman oversaw a good portion of our freedom and our growth. and thank you ranking member adler, chairman goodin and other members as well. it represents 2,000 technology companies. we own and produce the ces which is held each januar

former sec -- fcc chairman michael powell, gordon smith, and consumer electronics association ceo gary shapiro. this is part of the conference of the advanced television conference committee, which develops standards for television. this is about one hour 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this super panel on the future of television. of course, we have a trio of panelists who lead industries that are vitally interested in that future. it's hard to believe it was 20 years ago in the fall of 1995 that an fcc advisory committee made recommendations to the commission for the world's first all-digital television transmission system. and many of you were involved in that epic process. but we all know that time and technology march on. and today we stand on the dawn of a fully new system, one that promises an even more flexible standard, also alterating high definition television, and really a marriage between video and the internet. with all this in mind, we ought to turn now and sample the unique perspectives of our super panelists, television system and industry luminaries. because t

gary shapiro, president and ceo of the consumer electronics association. mr.president and ceo of the information technology industry council mr. mitchel bainwol, president and ceo of the alliance of automobile manufacturers, and mr. morgan reed, executive director of the association for competitive technology. before i go down the road for the witnesses i have to take a little bit of a personal privilege. the other three know it. mr. shapiro and i go way back a long time. we were there at the birth of a modern consumer electronics association, and i once worked for him on an unpaid highly compensated an unpaid position as the chairman. so if today i can rough them up, remember, get back -- get back state law. and with that, mr. shapiro. >> thank you, chairman dick this is an historic moment in molecular i've been referring to you as boss for 25 years. and you oversight good portion of our freedom and our growth. thank you ranking member nadler, chairman good law and other members as well. the consumer electronic association represents 2000 technology copies an

and consumer electronics ceo gary's you own -- gary shapiro. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this super panel on the future of television. we have a trio of panelists who lead industries that are vitally interested in that future. it's hard to believe it was 20 years ago in the fall of 1995 that an fcc advisory committee made recommendations to the commission for the world's first all-digital television transmission system. and many of you were involved in that epic process. but we all know that time and technology march on. today we stand on the dawn of a fully new system, one that promises even more flexible standard, ultra high definition television, and really a marriage between video and the internet. with all this in mind, we ought to turn now and sample the unique perspectives of our super panelists, television system and industry luminaries. because they are so well known and mark has almost already introduced them, i will do it briefly. on my immediate left is michael powell, the president and c

. >> gary, mr. shapirothe question more was asked new innovative items come out of the oem market and new fleet and there is an ability to get perhaps some but not all of those benefits government at least in the case of aviation has blocked the ability of thousands of small pilots pilots with a piper cub made before you and i were born in which a mobile device to be put on board today are blocked from doing that there's a fast mover heading towards the because the faa has sought to block and ushers in a signal. that's really the question of enabling as much benefit from potentially low-cost handheld devices. >> mr. chairman, as a member of the flying public i have never quite understood that decision and i'm glad that this is being rectified. albeit after dozens of years. >> it is being rectified all aircraft and amount of a few years we'll have a bs -- i'm sorry, a dds out. however, today somebody can carry a few hundred dollars product before allowed to receive the signal, they would be part of knowing w

host: let's start with the topic of education two professors have written that, gary morson, yourself, and mort top shapiro who teaches economics and happens to be the president of northwestern university, what do you teach here prefer professor? >> guest: i teach russian literature. i'm an expert on tolstoy and dote receive city, and the russian novel. and i always do something else because i feel like it, though anything in the humanities -- i teach a class with morty shapiro, which is about the relationship of humanities and the social sciences, and this book came out of that class. >> host: what's the importance of teaching russian literature today's world? >> guest: you can see what's the importance of teaching hit tour in today's world? russian literature happens -- if you're interested in the novel by common consent the russian novel is the height of that form. well that's one of the problems that we address. we constantly here that literature is in decline and student aren't taking those classes anymore. and if you ask professors whoa, they'll tell you it's the students' fault. they only care about