. >> reporter: gordon smith came to the sonoma staff six years ago, unmarried, no kids.ith terminal cancer, he decided his baseball family could use his entire life savings all $1.3 million of it. >> we raised money, you know, $100 at a time. and we raised about $100,000 a year. but you know that big of a donation coming all at once was a shock. and i don't think it really registered until he handed me the will. >> reporter: this picture was taken just before the sea wolves left for college world series. when they returned, he was gone. >> when i got there in the morning i walked into his room and there was no one in his bed and then when we -- i asked the nurse, where's gordon? she said that he had passed. >> reporter: smith was never able to see sonoma state win the college world series. but his gift ensures they will have many chances to come. newfield turf, lights and a baseball facility are already in the works. >> i feel like it's something that the coach deserved. i don't feel like the university is really stepped up for to us provide great facilities and this jus

by the way, i'm happy to come back on the show if you want to invite gordon smith. i'd love to hear his answer to the question how should the country reallocate spectrum over a 10-20 year period. he's never answered that question and the country deserves an answer from the broadcasters. >> guest: the administration would like to use the money for incentive options to help reduce the deficit. is there enough money for both? how should this be parched out? >> guest: look, congress is spending the money the way they want to spend the money. i don't have expertise in that, nor if i did, would they listen to me anyway, but the more important point is i was involved in the first auctions and followed every auction as an analyst. you can make estimates about auctions, but they are very tricky, and there's so many different variables that affect the auction. if you had a spectrum auction in 2007, if you had it a year later after the financial crisis that has nothing to do with telecom, that would be a different result. everybody needs to have a certain level of humility abo

by the way, i would be happy to come back on the show if he wanted to invite gordon smith. i would love to hear his answer to the question, how should the country we allocate spectrum over a 10-20 year period? but he has never answered that question. i think the country deserves an answer from broadcasters. guest: the administration and congress would like to use the money from the impending auction to not only build the public safety network but to reduce the deficit. is there enough money for both, and how should this be parsed out? guest: congress is spending money they want to spend money. i do not have expertise in that, nor if i did, would they listen to me. i was involved in the first auctions as an analyst. you can make estimates about auctions, but they are very tricky. there are some different variables that will affect the auction, the market conditions. if you have a spectrum auction as we did in 2007, if you had a year at later, after the financial crisis, you have a very different result. i think everyone needs to have a certain level of humility about what th

and, by the way, i'd be happy to sit here with gordon smith and here his answer to the question, how should the country reallocate spectrum over a 10, 20-year period? he's never answered that question, and i think the country deserves an answer from the broadcasters. >> host: let me ask a follow up. the administration and congress would like to use the money from the incentive auctions to not only build the interoperable public safety network, but also help reduce the deficit. is there enough money for both, and how should this be parsed out? >> guest: well, look, congress is spending the money the way they want to spend the money. i don't have expertise, nor if i did would they listen to me anyway. but the more important point is i was involve inside the first auctions. i have followed every auction as an analyst. you can make estimates about auctions, but they're very tricky. and there's so many different variables that will effect the auction, what the markets are at a particular point. if you had had a spectrum auction as we did in 2007, if you'd had it a year later after the fin

here in the united states senate, i have had a chance to work with our former colleague, senator gordon smith, and now with senator merkley to send to both republican and democratic presidents some outstanding men and women for their consideration for the district court in oregon. today senator merkley and i send to the senate for its consideration today another outstanding individual, someone who's going to take his place with the other leaders that have been named to the district court of oregon. michael simon is one of those persons who, when you look at what kind of jurist you want to have, he meets all the essential tests. he is a thoughtful man. he is a fair man. and he's an individual who always wants to have all the facts in front of him before he makes a reasoned judgment. and when i look at his background -- and senator merkley has laid out several of the areas that we're especially proud of. his work in the private sector, perkins kuhey, i come particularly to his work in consumer protection and the antitrust field because it highlights the kind of person michael simon is. he made