genachowski at his heart. this is really what he wants to do.i agree, though, i'm not so sure we're going to be able to see it in the rulemaking process. >> host: well, you're two professionals who follow these issues, do you have trouble with the fcc web site? >> guest: i don't, but when i first started covering it, it took a little while to find some of the filings that people would be putting through. but i think it definitely could become more user-friendly, for sure. >> guest: i think 1998 called its web site back. the information's all there, but the interface could be better, and chairman genachowski talked a lot about i think he said web 2.0 at one point, another crossoff in your buzz word bingo chart, but that would be an improvement. the site has the information you need if you know how to find it. >> guest: yeah. no matter how good the site is if it doesn't have the information we're looking for, we're still going to be calling up all of the staff and asking them to tell us. >> host: well, kay bailey hutchison had played quite an act

. >> host: the senate commerce committee this week held nomination hearings on julius genachowski to be the new fcc chief, and joining us to talk about that this week on the communicators, andrew fine virga broadband census.org and fawn johnson of dow jones newswires. mr. feinberg, before we had reviewed the hearing itself, give us a little background on julius genachowski. >> guest: the guy has been everywhere. he is than that the fcc. he has been in the private sector on both the entertainment side. he has been a venture capitalist, actually weisser in washington with a d.c.-based start of incubator and he served-- sort have been a tech and city terry to the obama campaign all the way through. he is on the advisory committee, and now he is probably going to be our next sec chairman, barring anything horrible or strange. >> host: phone johnson, given his background what we know about him now and where do you think he will take the fcc? >> guest: we know he is passionate about the internet and this comes from the obama presidential campaign. he was one of the early supporters of obam

[laughter] >> genachowski? >> it's genachowski. thank you, chairman -- [laughter] >> you know, all these people -- >> that's your first victory over the chairman. >> all of these people are going to be laid off. [laughter] i would hope that you would introduce your family. >> thank you, chairman rockefeller. first, thank you to you for your generous -- >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> let me -- i should proceed to introducing my family before we lose, we lose my kids. i couldn't be happier that my wife, rachel gosselin is here and all three of my children starting youngest to oldest, aaron genachowski, leila, and my oldest son jake. i'm so pleased that my parents were able to come from new york, and my brothers joey and alan, and i believe that a couple of cousins are here, too. so thank you all for coming. chairman rockefeller and ranking member hutchison, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i'm grateful for this chance, i look forward to answering your questions and seekin

genachowski, i mentioned i want to talk about one bill that i introduced. i don't want to spend much time on that. but i want your commitment that you're willing to work on us just estimates 90% of broadband installation is digging up the roads and if we can do it at the same time we have an open road because of federal highway projects we could save a lot of money. >> yes, senator. i'd love for the fcc to be a resource for you and senator warner in this idea and others. we're thinking about the communications infrastructure for the country for, you know, the next several decades. and some of it is a real infrastructure issue. and if we can deliver the best bang for the bucks for taxpayers by laying broadband lines at the same time that we're building highways i don't see why we'd want to explore that. >> another quick area is the e911 area. i'm the cochair of the e-911 caucus. the good -- when we had our bridge collapse in our area right in the metropolitan area had done a very good job of interoperability because of our sheriff and others and i've seen di

genachowski at his word. but there are some other concerns i have regarding heaping more obligation on broadcasters, especially at this time. but throughout as well. the broadcast industry is really taking it on the chin right now due in part certainly to the recession. about one-third of their advertising revenue comes from car dealerships alone. and, of course, we all know the fate of car dealerships. there are more and more stations, broadcast stations in distress these days. and then there's the whole aspect of all the new media competition i sort of outlined in my opening statement. the eyeballs and ears and ad dollars are going to new media. i think we need to be mindful of that before we impose any new regulations. >> thank you. i'd like to ask you the same question that i also posed to mr. genachowski regarding the media ownership rule. the newspaper, broadcast, television station, fcc parameters and ask if you think that it is time to look at those restrictions in a new light. i said earlier that i h

we have been discussing the nomination of julius genachowski to be the next year of the fcc. when will the vote happen? if it hasn't already? >> guest: it could happen before the july 4th recess. there are things that could stop it obviously. it only takes one senator. that is in the plan. we will have to wait and see. we expect other nominees to go forward a lot more quickly and then they have got held up so we are still waiting on that one. >> host: you can watch the full herring if you want at c-span.org. thank you both for being on the communicators. >> guest: you are welcome. steve opnet veering gain reregulating oh mcandrew this. witnesses include mary schapiro, a securities and exchange commission, officials from regulatory agencies have had read that trading organizations for zilpha this is celestin 2-1/2 hours. >> let me call the hearing to order. i want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us this afternoon, and i am particularly happy to welcome back chairman schapiro, thank you and also i want to thank chairman gensler foresting tett testified before us on th

. >> monday on "the communicators" a discussion on julius genachowski's president's obama's person to lead the f.c.c. and fawn johnson, what the f.c.c. would look like under a new chairman monday at 8:00 on c pan 2. . communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television. tony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from protesting election results to protesting the behavior of the supreme leader. the entire region, going into dangerous waters, that is where the rubber is meeting the road. although it is getting less measured as the days go

julius genachowski work during the clinton administration. it also includes testimony from robert mcdowell, a republican appointed by president bush. his term expires june 30. this hearing is two hours. >> in welcoming you, i want to set a communications technology is sort of the vibrating, pulsing driver of our nation. it has been let to lapse a bit. for our nation to meet any kind of challenges, no matter what you look at, if communications aren't perfect, between different strata, different parts of the country aren't perfect. we are in lots and lots of trouble if we are not already. because the communication is policy -- because good communications policy will lay the foundation for achievable goals, we need real expertise. that means people who really know what they're talking about. i have said before, being an fcc commissioner is one of the most daunting awesome, fearsome, time consuming, sleep depriving jobs in washington d.c.. and i think it is also one of the most underappreciated. it is one of the very most important. the powers of

. >> he will be -- he will do a good job of keeping genachowsky honest. one administrator raise a few problems about him. we will see how that works out. >> why did they have problems? >> is not entirely clear. there was a merger with bellsouth that he recused himself from, even after he was asked by chairman martin to vote on it. it caused some problems for at&t. there were other decisions that he may down the line that they have not been too happy with. he looks at the statute first. so he will look at what an individual character might want in any particular context. >> as another republican been nominated yet, or more than pass the discussion stage? >> i do not believe so. >> the word on the street is that meredith baker who is the former head of an gia, the commerce department -- ntia. as plans conceived around, the plan is to have hurt nomination go forward. that is the plan. >> one senator talked about that neutrality. this was his answer. >> if there is a competitive market for broadband services for consumers to purchase broadband from multiple i

tonight on the communicators a discussion on julius genachowski president obama's choice to be the federal communications commission. with andrew feinberg. what the fcc would look like under a new chairman tonight at eight eastern on the commute hitters. >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> you know, grants and stuff like that. >> may be from sponsors? >> it might get some government funding. >> viewers? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> up next bridget branson who started virgin atlantic airways 25 years ago speaking on the airline industry. he opposes the possible merger of british airways.