i think what -- the current chairman, genachowski, put that marker out there to focus people, and i guess that's what they were thinking in doing that. i think it is a challenge to get it done in 2014. there's so many complexities to the thing. so many issues they have to figure out before the auction, just setting up the rules, and then the whole issue, what's going to be the nature of the economy? that's one of the issues, the wireless community, which has to raise the money to bid at auction. that is going to be one of the big unknowns, and that's an issue the commission cannot control. so, i think 2014 is definitely ambitious. would i rule it out? . no but at the same time i'm not sure i'd bet a lot of money on it. >> you were the architect of the national broadband plan. fcc people no longer talk about a total. i want to get pretickses from you about how much spectrum from the auction? >> again, if we were betting i would be in the 80 to 100. i think they ought to shoot for 120, and they should try to get it. and every bit of spectrum that goes into the wireless broadband is an accel

congressman mel watt districting the finance agency and replacing julius genachowski is the chair of the f.c.c. would be tom wheeler who is the former president of the national cable television. homeland security chair announced today that they have set a date for hearings to taking place, examining the boston bombings and implications for homeland security. that is scheduled for may 9. witnesses include the boston police commission davis and senator joe lieberman of connecticut. that is next thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. we will likely cover that. from the associated press today, three more people in custody accused of helping the bombers afterwards. that is according to massachusetts governor deval patrick. two have been held in jail for more than a week on allegations they violated their student veesass, the identity of the third suspect has not been released. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by congressman mel watt and thomas wheeler. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. thank you. thank you so much. g

and i just want to also comment that right now julius genachowski, the chair of the fcc, the federalcc commissioner is also stepping down. that leafs two -- leaves two of the five seats open. this is a very critical time for fcc policy. we know what happened about ten years ago. you know, i had talked about koh lib powell being -- colin powell being secretary of state and making that push for war at the u.n. february 5, 2003. his son, michael powell, was the chair of the fcc, the federal communications commission. you know, it used to be people didn't even know what the fcc was, this arcane agency in the u.s. government. but their sure figured it out fast when, um, michael powell started to try to deregulate the media. which meant, you know, a lot of people across the political spectrum are deeply concerned about one media mow dull owning the newspaper, radio, television in a town. and when you relax the regulations, that's what happens. and it is very dangerous when you only have, um, you know, one media mogul towns and cities. it is a very serious issuement we need to open up the d