gordon smith of the national association of broadcasters. coming up, u.s. officials say the integrity of iraq is being threatened. sunnis gain in the uprising. coming up, what does the secretary of defense do? former secretary of defense, william cohen, that is next. ♪ >> this is taking stock. i'm pimm fox. former vice president dick cheney made comments on charlie rose. >> it was not a flawless war but i have never seen one that was. i don't hesitate to defend what we did. we can argue about it. different people have different views. >> watch the former vice president's interview here at 8:00 eastern. for more, let's go to washington. william cohen served at the pentagon, and currently is executive of the cohen group. what would you be telling the u.s. to do right now? >> i would be telling them what the president is telling them right now. get as much intelligence as possible. try to persuade the iraqi government they have to change. either a change at the leadership level or to have some kind of a combination where you bring the kurds and the sunnis in t

a conversation with gordon smith. in a half our, our booktv program focuses on soldiers returning from war beginning with ron capps discussing his book "seriously not allright." in a little more than an hour and a half phil clay talks about his book "redeployment" and then a panel at the los angeles times book festival discusses the retalities of war. >> national association of broadcasters and president ceo gordon smith is our guest this week. senator smith, the aereo decision came down by the supreme court. what is your reaction? >> guest: i am smiling, peter. i am gratified the supreme court stood by a principle that is as old as the constitution which is that copywrite material has a value and those who own the copy write should be free to negotiate it's value. >> aereo was compared to a cable company. is that fair? >> guest: of course it is. you had broadcast, cable and then satellite. what if satellite said we are different than cable. we have a different technology. and we will take that and not consider oursel

supreme court decision against areo with the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith, n monday night at 8:00 p.m. on "the communicators." >> july marks the 50 year anniversary of the civil rights bill. president johnson held a signing ceremony in the white house east room. coming up on the presidency, we'll hear his speech and see him interact with guests including martin luther king jr., robert f. kennedy, and hubert hum if i. this is about 30 minutes. >> my fellow americans, i am about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. i want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to very american. 88 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor ot only to found a nation, but to forge an ideal of freedom. not only for political independence, ut for personal liberty. not only to eliminate foreign rule, but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of men. that struggle was a turning point in our history. today in far corners of distant con

national association of broadcasters' president is and ceo gordon smith is our guest this week on "the communicators." senator smith, theç aereo senator smith, theç aereo decision came down byÑ supreme court. what's your reaction? >> guest: well, i'm smiling, peter. i'm gratified that the supreme court stood by a principle which is as old as the constitution which is that copyright material has a value, and those who own a copyright should be free to negotiate for its value. and i think they came down on the right side of the law and history. >> host: in justice wryer's opinion -- breyer's opinion, he compared aereo quite a bit to a cable company. is that -- >> guest: of course it is because you had broadcast tv, and then cable came along and then satellite. but what if satellite had said, you know, we're or different from cable, we have a slightly different technology, so with we going to take that and not consider ourselves to be in law which is called an nvpd, so we don't have to negotiate. but satellite didn't do that. and so why should aereo be able to come up with a different t

. >> gordon smith. gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. >> c-span. created by america's cable companies 35 years ago. and brought to you as a public service. next, supreme court oral argument in the case abc versus aereo. decision, the court violatedt aereo copyright law. this oral argument is one hour. chief justice roberts: we'll hear argument next in case 13461, american broadcasting companies v. aereo. mr. clement. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- aereo's business model is to enable thousands of paying strangers to watch live tv online. aereo's legal argument is that it can make all of that happen without publicly performing. but congress passed a statute that squarely forecloses that rather counterintuitive submission.

communicators"he with gordon smith, talking about the future of television. then supreme court oral argument in a case dealing with streaming video and copyright law. then the communist party usa convention in chicago. >> c-span -- created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> national association of broadcasters president and ceo warns smith is our guest this week on "the communicators." the aereo decision came down from the supreme court. what is your reaction? >> i am smiling, peter. i am gratified that the supreme court stood by a principle that is as old as the constitution, which is the copyright material who ownlue and those the copyrights should be free to negotiate for its value. down on the came right side of law and history. breyer's opinion, he compared aereo quite a bit to a cable company. is that a fair assessment in your vie

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supreme court decision against aereo with the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. morning, linda robinson discusses u.s. military options in iraq. then john gabel from the university of chicago's national opinion research center examines the impact of the health care law so far on insurance plans including pricing. later, the former republican llaas congressman henry boni talks about the group's recommendation to break the lyrical gridlock in washington. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. ♪ good morning. welcome to "washington journal ." you are looking at live footage outside the supreme court. case will beby decided today. the court is meeting today for a final time to release decisions in this and one of the case before they take off for the summer. we want to hear from you on your thathts on this case included a contraception mandate. our phone lines are open.

the supreme court decisiosupreme courtwith the hel broadcasters, gordon smith, monday, 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> "book tv" sat down with hillary clinton in little rock newest book,r "hard choices.. >> i've learned the secretary of state to expect the unexpected. nobody expected the so-called upon us ng until it was us. and we have to learn to be agile and ready for the unexpected while we try to build the world want, especially for our children and now for my future bendchild, but we've got to aware of the fact that all of these other countries, all of people,llions of they're making hard choices every single day. that.e to be ready for i am absolutely convinced that we have to continue to lead the futurento the kind of that we want. we can't sit on the sidelines. retreat. we're going to have setbacks. we're going to have disappointments. but over time our story has dominant story. it represents the hopes and spirations of people everywhere everywhere. that's what i want americans to understand. the main reason i wrote this book -- i know there's a big debate going on about our role

gordon smith, republican senator from oregon, i went to him and said you were up in 40 days. need to take a pass on this -- his colleague was going to vote against the bill of the time. i was never forget his answer. he said he has the face the constituent tomorrow morning. he is not sure how to explain the vote. he said the constituent is the mirror. i have to believe this is the right thing to do for the country. he cast a vote for it and 40 days later he lost his seat and in the senate. the point is that was a tough vote. i couldn't agree with barney more. i will go to my grave believing we did the right thing for the country at that moment. had we not done so, we will be looking at a very different place today. i know historians will talk about it endlessly. resourcescouped the but stabilizing the financial institutions at that moment was absolutely essential. a democratic house and senate with a republican president were 40 days away from a national election to get beyond partisanship and do the right thing for the country. [applause] >> we were not as successful in gett

supreme court decision against aereo with the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith. tonight at 8 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> booktv sat down with hillary clinton in little rock to the discuss her newest book, "hard choices." >> i learned, well, i've learned before but certainly as secretary of state to expect the unexpected. nobody expected the so-called arab spring until it was upon us. and we have to learn to be agile and ready for the unexpected while we try to build the world that we want, ps for our children and -- especially for our children and now for my future grandchild, but we've got to be aware of the fact that all these other countries, all these billions of people, they're making hard choices every single day. we have to be ready for that. because i am absolutely convinced that we have to continue to lead the world into the kind of future that we want. we can't sit on the sidelines, we can't retreat. we're going to have setbacks, we're going to have disappointments, but overtime our story -- over time our story has become the dominant

take a look at what gordon smith had to say. he's the president of the association of broadcasters. here is his reaction to the decision. [video clip] today was theheld fundamental constitutional principle that you cannot take someone else's copyrighted intellectual property and resell it without dealing with the owner of that copyright. however future cases develop, that principle was decisively established and settled by the supreme court today. gordon smith,uest president and ceo of national association of broadcasters commenting on the decision on communicators, the full interview is on c-span's website. next, ralph, north carolina, democratic caller. good morning. we are talking about speaker boehner's decision to sue the president of racing action -- over executive action. caller: what this shows me is that what john boehner has shown me is that the executive pen is to be used by the white male president only. ever since this man has been in the white house, it looks like by the time we as black people seem to get a little happiness, it seems like we cannot be happy about anyt

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supreme court decision against aerial with the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >>> what are the economic impacts of climate change on the wildlife and agricultural industries? panelists from the fishing, forestry, farming, and wile life sectors updated a senate subcommittee recently. montana senator jon tester talked about farming conditions in his home state before the senate's subcommittee on green jobs asked questions to the panelists. this is just over two hours. >>> i call this hearing of the green jobs and new economy subcommittee to order. just yesterday the president made a historic announcement moving forward with the proposal to tackle the single largest source of climate pollution in the united states, coal fired power plants. this action could not have come too soon. what we're seeing already are real impacts of climate change, impacts that are being felt today on the ground. it's no longer a conversation about hypothetical events or computer models, what might or might not happen in the future

. >> that was a portion of this week's "communicators" program with gordon smith, head of the n.a.b. you can see the complete show on saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> what i have right here is a partially processed plant that i've cut down into sections that are the right length for hanging. and then i take off all the big fan leaves and those are sent to the kitchens to make edibles. they have a small amount of thc, is they get that for a really good price from us. then these little leaves here are the tight trim and that can be dried and made into joints or it can be sent to the places that make extractions and made into hash and that sort of thing. and then right here we have a finished bud. this is sent over to cure and hang to dry then cured in buckets for a couple of weeks before they sell it in the dispensary. >> "washington journal" looks at the recreational use and legal sale of marijuana in colorado with guests from denver and your phone calls live friday morning 7:00 to 10:00 eastern on c-span. >>> what's the government's role in supporti

and gordon smith, of course, is the ceo of the national association of broadcasting.ood to see you both. thank you for joining us. vincent, let me -- obviously, both of you will be telling us how pleased you are with the ruling by the supreme court. we get that, but i'm wondering, is there still a business opportunity to pursue here? aereo was a growing concern here. the technology still exists. that's not going to go anywhere. vincent, would you pursue a business model like aereo's, to go after those mobile customers out there? >> yeah, it's a really interesting conversation. the broadcast business has always provided a terrific amount of spectral efficiency in providing one to many technology with these big, tall towers in these markets, reaching a lot of people, versus cellular technology, which is a one-to-one. so, i think as we look forward and think about the future of our industry, we're very excited. having been the original mobile providers, we're very excited about the opportunity we could play. but we do differentiate that significantly from the aereo busin

. >> next, "the communicators" with gordon smith, president and sea owe of the national association -- ceo of the national association of broadcasters. then former president george w.