no one knew more on how to do this than herbert hoover. it is a great problem solver. against the wishes, truman reached out to hoover and asked him to come in and helped him how to figure out how to do european relief. they are suspicious of each other. they had not had a relationship before. as they got over their suspicions and were very much united in the urgency of what they were up against, a tremendous sense hoover 50,000 miles around the world meeting with others to negotiate moving food from countries that had it to those who needed it. it was so successful and dedicated that he and truman then worked together on one project after another on which only a former president had the standing and stature to accomplish what needed to be done. truman found interesting ways to thank him. he hung a portrait of hoover's wife in the white house. fdr had changed the name of the hoover dam to the great boulder dam. truman signed an order renaming it the "hoover dam." ofthe time they're out office and planning their libraries, there are letters where hoover that is an auster

buff jim clifford says the last significant visit from a sitting happened way back in 1932 when herbert hoovering the advice of a newspaper executive. >> hoover didn't want people to know he was here. you know, obama does. and that says a lot. that says a lot. that there's hope and faith still going on. >> reporter: clifford says similar to hoover's visit, the president is visiting redwood city during tough economic times. >> he's saying, i'm here, i'm here. hoover didn't want anybody. so i don't think that the economy, as bad as it is, is anything like what hoover went through in the depression. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate mitt romney is expected to visit the bay area for a fund-raising trip as well. on may 30th he's expected to attend a fund-raiser in hillsborough. during the month of april, romney raised about $40 million, roughly the same amount the president raised during that same month. live in redwood city, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> stay with nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com for continuing coverage of the president's visit. we'll also have information on ro

republicans are the wellborn and they like to nominate people from humble origins, ronald reagan herbert hoover. the problem with romney is that he reinforces that stereotype of the republicans of the party that is wellbornrn and out of touch. >> not saying that senator mitchell's report is s entirely wrong. i'm saying the statements about me are wrong. i have n never taken steroids or hdh. >> that is roger clemens testifying before congress in 2008. he is on trial for perrjury. nina you were there. >> the prosecution's star witness was supposed to be andy pettitte because they're under main witness has credibility problem. the problem is that he was not the icing on the cake, and he basically recanted when the defense lawyer on cross- examination said, "is it possible you are e wrong? what are the odds that this was 50/50 that you are wrong was " he says, "that is about right." >> evan? >> there is a show trial aspect of this, the second time around. me with the edwards' case. when you go for celebrities, are you making a greater point that will deter others? >> i don''t know the merits of the

republicans are well off and they nominate people for humble, ronald reagan, herbert hoover. ronny reinforces the stereotype of the republicans as a party that is well-off and a little out of touch. >> romney does not help fat cat image, talking about the cars. don't, and look, i understand why they keep stumbling into that. that is his weakness. i am surprised he is so careless with that. one point that mark brought up about the stereotype people have of democrats being uneducated rubble could that shifted over to the tea party if you years ago, -- a few ago, considered uneducated gravel, and it turned out to be an extremely important force in politics that raise the level of discourse by making people look at the constitution. let me say one thing about romney and newt. newt's endorsement is not important, but santorum's will have some effect. santorum gained some influence with social conservatives, who are still not enthusiastic. it would be hard for him to do it, but if he did something for romney that is half a sincere, it would help to shore up the base and let romney

it was the first time a president has come to redwood city since herbert hoover. reporting live in redwood city, leslie brinkly, abc news. >> thanks, leslie. and speaking in redwood city, the president attended a fundraiser at the atherton home of doug and lisa goldman. the guests paid $36,000 a plate. silicon valley of monthers and shakers mixed with actors and musicians. in all of this the bay area is expected to raise about $3 million for the president's re-election. and president obama will spend the night in san jose tomorrow morning. he will meet with the asian american pacific islander at the faremont hotel. we will have continuing coverage on the bay area campaign on the abc morning news at 4:30. >> while the president was in redwood city, a strange and dangerous situation there. not far from where the president was speaking. alan wang is live with developing news. alan? >> dan, we are about half a mile away from the theater where the president was to appear. el camino real was closed down and people were lining the streets when police say a vehicle drove

it was the first time a president has come to redwood city since herbert hoover. reporting live in redwood city, leslie brinkly, abc news. >> thanks, leslie. and speaking in redwood city, the president attended a fundraiser at the atherton home of doug and lisa goldman. the guests paid $36,000 a plate. silicon valley of monthers and shakers mixed with actors and musicians. in all of this the bay area is expected to raise about $3 million for the president's re-election. and president obama will spend the night in san jose tomorrow momomomorning. he will meet with the asian american pacific islander at the faremont hotel. we will have continuing coverage on the bay area campaign on the abc morning news at 4:30. >> while the president was in redwood city, a strange and dangerous situation there. not far from where the president was speaking. alan wang is live with developing news. alan? >> dan, we are about half a mile away from the theater where the president was to appear. el camino real was closed down and people were lining the streets when police say a vehicle

republicans oother part of the wallboard, so they nominate people from humble origins, ronald reagan, herbert hoover. ronny confirms the stereotype of the wallboard. >> i don't understand why they keep stumbling into that. that is a problem he has and he has to be careful about how he handles it. i am surprised he is so careless about that. one point mark brought up about the stereotype of democrats being the party of the uneducated rabble. that stereotype shifted to the tea party, who were considered and a ticket rabble, -- uneducated rabble, and they have raised the level of discourse by making people look at the constitution. let me just say one thing about romney and newt. newt's endorsement is not important, but santorum's will have some effect. i don't expect newt will get anything in tampa. santorum gained influence with social conservatives, who are still not enthusiastic. it will be hard for him to do it, but if he did something for romney that is half-sincere, it would help to shore up the base and let it run the appeal to the middle. -- romney a bill to the middle. >> it is problem that r

it was the first time a president has come to redwood city since herbert hoover. redwood city, leslie brinkly, abc news. >> thanks, leslie. and speaking in redwood city, the atherton attended a home of doug and lisa goldman. the guests paid $36,000 a plate. silicon valley of monthers and shakers mixed with actors and musicians. in all of this the bay area is expected to raise about $3 million for the president's re-election. and president obama will spend the night in san jose tomorrow morning. he will meet with the asian american pacific islander at the faremont hotel. we will have continuing coverage on the b ea campaign on the abc morning news at 4:30. >> while the president was in redwood city, a strange and dangerous situation there. not far from where the president was speaking. alan wang is live with developing news. alan? >> dan, we are about half a mile away from the theater where the president was to appear. el camino real was closed down and people were lining the streets when police say a vehicle drove on to the road they tried to stop it, but the driv

the last time this happened was way back in 1932 when herbert hoover rolled in. >> hoover didn't want people to know he was here. obama does. and that says a lot. so i don't think that the economy is as bad as it is is anything like what hoover went through in the depression. >> on the other side of things, presidential candidate mitt romney also expected to make a fund-raising trip right here to the bay area on may 30th. expected to attend a private fundraiser in hillsboro. >>> 4:37, nancy pelosi will get a treat in golden gate park named after her today. middle drive east between martin luther king jr. drive and john f. kennedy drive will be renamed to honor pelosi. a ceremony will be held at 2:00 p.m. the honor is to recognize representative pelosi's 25 years in congress. >>> and if you're planning to vote in the upcoming primary election, today is your last chance to register. voter registration cards available at the u.s. post offices and the dmv. must be signed and submitted in person or by mail. must be postmarked by today to meet the dd line and the primary election is set for

. >> the first thing the start of us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover. there were such politically different men and ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would participated in and it of being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them about how important it became to one another are extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. the private and public relationships of american presidents from truman and herbert -- truman and hoover to george w. bush. >> on thursday, -- >> defense secretary leon panetta says that if congress changes key parts of his department's budget proposal, there could be risks to national security. he and general martin dempsey spoke to reporters for a half hour. the site is in the 2013 defense authorization bill being considered by the house. this briefing is about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. let me -- let me begin with some comments on the defense budget. i have spent much of this week, including two hours this morning on capi

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover, who were too such personally and politically different men, and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated, and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what become a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become to one another are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. co-authors michael duffy and nancy gibbs on the private and public relationships of the american presidents. from truman and hoover to george h.w. bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >>> over the past year, c-span's local content vehicles cities tour has taken book tv and american history tv on the road, from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and baton rouge. and last month in oklahoma city. the crews have visited the places that define a city's heritage and literary life. june 2nd and 3rd, watch for our special programming from wich

just a few days after the election, richard nixon spoke to herbert hoover and eisenhower, two who had no desire to see kennedy and the white house, and both of them told nixon not to challenge, that it would not be good for the country. it would not be good at a time when all over the world you have a emerging democracies coming out of a colonial period and looking to the united states as a model, so that was a higher priority than who was going to take over office at any given time, so both of them asked not to challenge the results. >> you have a book from richard nixon that said after kennedy was shot that he wept, and to not let him die. what was your reaction? >> i think there was genuine affection, which surprises us when we think about these men as we see the now. i think there was a real connection. your >> also they thought about the president's differently. they felt a connection they do not feel any more. it is hard to imagine democrats or republicans having that kind of sentiment. >> how official is the president's club as an organization? >> there are no legal documents,

others like it around the country contain the records of the presidents dating back to 1929, when herbert hoover lived in the white house. they're part of the national archives' vast holdings that tell the story of america. our holdings also include the charters of freedom, the declaration of independence, the constitution, and the bill of rights, which are located in the rotunda of our main building in washington, but we also have 12 billion more pages of documents, not to mention millions of photographs, charts, and billions of electronic records and artifacts that are part of the national archives. you don't have to read and study many of them to realize that the story of america is a story of people struggling to achieve the rights promised in the charters of freedom or protesting because they have denied those rights. it is of course the constitution and amendments that presidents have used to underpin major actions and upon which the united states supreme court has based so many landmark decisions involving civil and human rights. the list is daunting and franklin roosevelt outlawed discri

a public meeting about the projects will be held this afternoon at herbert hoover elementary school on east charleston road. the meeting starts at 4:30. >>> good morning to you, it's 4:39, meteorologist christina loren says it's going to get a little warmer today. looking forward to that. >> yeah, possibly breaking records. good morning to you. it's cool out there right now. if you did want to walk the dog, do anything outdoors that's going to cause you to sweat, for instance, you want to do it early before about noon as temperatures will be climbing into the 80s. about as warm as we were yesterday in the heat of the day at noon. we're at 52, good morning in sunnyvale, and 48 degrees in santa rosa headed toward a good-looking day as high pressure moves over the great basin. driving the winds offshore. and as they pump from land to sea, they warm up along the way. we are talking about a substantial warm-up for today staying just about as hot for tomorrow. 80 degrees at noon inland, about 90 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and that's pretty warm for this time of year. whenever we're talking about r

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover who were two such personally and politically different men, and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated, and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become to one another are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. co-authors michael duffy and nancy gibbs on the private and public relationships of the the american presidents. from truman and hoover to george h.b. bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >>> six-term senator richard lugar of indiana was defeated in the gop state primary on tuesday. mr. mourdock joined us on c-span's washington journal for 30 minutes. >> well joining us on the panel is richard mourdock, who knocked off richard lugar in the primary on tuesday. mr. mourdock, thank you for being with us. if we could, let's start with what we were talking abo

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover, who were two such personally and politically different men, and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and it ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation, a very deep friendship. the letters between them about how important they'd become to one another are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. co-authors on the private and public relationships of the american presidents, from truman and hoover to george h.w. bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >>> next week, nato leaders meet for a summit in chicago. earlier this week in washington, the u.s. ambassador to nato ivo daalder spoke. he was introduced as the ombudsman for pbs. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jim duff here at the museum and it's my tdistinct pleasure o weking you all here. wonder follow event, 50th anniversary celebration you're all participating in at the columbia journalism review and it just gives us all the more

a republican consultant, cnn political contributor, and the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. margaret, who was born in my home state of iowa, a hero to iowans. margaret, for months democrats have said a republican war on women will help president obama. these polls, are they telling us something different? >> i think that it's true. i think the republican or the republicans' war on women was this mechanism that seems to have been contrived by democratic strategists but in order to exploit the gains among women. the truth is when you look at the numbers democrats and president obama need to win more women because they're losing men. and so they won women handily in 2008, split women evenly in 2010. they need women to come back to the democratic fold if they're going to win in november. >> and certainly women were really energized in 2008 and that is something that is important from the democrats' point of view. hillary, i want to ask you. women care about jobs more than anything else. do you think it was a mechanism as she puts it, margaret puts it? was the war on women a mec

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between herbert hoover and harry truman. they were different men and they ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated. it ended up being enormously productive, and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. michael duffy and nancy gibes on the relationships of the american presidents. sunday at 8:00. >>> at the state opening of the british parliament wednesday, queen elizabeth ii outlined the government's priorities for the kohling year. the last state opening was two years ago, shortly after the last general election. this is a little less than two hoursp >>> a very warm welcome to the program. it's been two years since the queen last opened parliament. the very early days of the coalition government. so today, we'll be looking at david cameron's program for the year ahead. just a week after those heavy losses for them in the local elections, we'll be ask

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover who were two such personally and politically different men, and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and ended up being enormously productive. and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters

the first sitting president to visit since herbert hoover.re closed and so are some businesses tonight. >> this is mountain view. air force one is now within 10 minutes of touchdown as the president comes to silicon valley to launch a major campaign fund raising drive, good evening, everyone. >> the visit is the start of a massive new effort. the president holds a edge over mitt romney but it's shrinking. and he's scheduled to arrive at moffett field and will be whis

. >> the thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover. they were such a different man -- they were such different men that ended up forming an alliance and being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they have become to each other or extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. on the private and public relationships of presidents, tonight at 8:00. >> welcome to "newsmakers." our guest this week is senator john hoeven of north dakota. he is a member of the conference committee working out the differences on the surface transportation bill. over $100 billion is at stake, thousands of jobs. june 30 is the deadline for expiration. thank you for being with us. let me introduce our reporters. meredith shiner is a reporter at "roll call" print senate leadership. elana schor is the congressional reporter for "environment and energy daily." we will start with you. >> you are entering this conference. the white house h

months or a year less than a year with stimulus rather than dragging us through three years or herbert hoover . well actually not quite i mean i would i would say actually is that the main reason this is not as bad as the great depression and by the way give given a chance right you know that given what's happening in europe that that comparison may not be quite as favorable as it looks right now but a couple things happened one was that the banks were not allowed to fail on nass the way they were in one thousand nine hundred thirty one the other thing is that actually big government has been our salvation here the fact that the medicare checks keep going out in the social security checks keep going out that unemployment benefits provide a lifeline for a lot of people that food stamps provide a lifeline those are all things that conservatives hate them and they say oh look at those all that government spending those are actually things that cushion this without those we probably would have had a full on replay of the great depression. how do you explain the attack on cain. well. the book end

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover, who were two such personally and politically different men and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become to one another are really extraordinary. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world. co-authored michael duffy and nancy gibbs on the private and public relationships of the american presidents, from truman and hoover to george h.w. bush and bill clinton, sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >>> from the newseum in washington, d.c., a discussion on the future of journalism and digital media. npr host robert see gal moderates a discussion with panelists from reuters, voice of america, google, and the academic world. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jim duff here at the museum and it's my distinct pleasure to welcome you all here. it's a

spending since 2009 will have risen only 1.4% a year a tiny amount, less than herbert hoover increasedlast year ofbush's tenure spending jumped 17.9%. we know there is a problem because the deficit is so big, but republicans want us to think spending is the problem, that way they cover up the real cause of the deficits enormous tax cuts that we could never afford. a recession caused by wall street's loss of reason judgment and morals, and two cars we had no plan to pay for. republicans want to hide some real solutions. if we think we're spending more then spending is what we'll try to fix, but if we focus on the true source of these huge deficits, we might decide to do the so, you guys grew up together. yes, since third grade... what are you lookin' at? not looking at i anything... we're not good enough for you. must be supermodels? what do you model gloves? brad, eat a snickers. why? 'cause you get a little angry when you're hungry. better? [ male announcer ] you're not you when you're hungry™. better. [ male announcer ] snickers satisfies. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the

the vietnam war, i even go back into some of the things before world war ii, woodrow wilson, herbert hoover to show what the situation in the country was when we started. >> is it fair to say you concluded earl warren was a gift to the conservative movement? >> you could say that, i guess, people would argue with that, but earl warren had a huge impact on this country, and he and his fellow justices of the supreme court. warren had been the governor of california, never been a judge when he became the chief justice. he was used to making executive decisions as a governor and as attorney general, and that's sort of the way he approached -- approached judging, and he had these cases that came before him, these cases that made a tremendous difference in the country. the first, of course, was brown v. board of education, which was actually pending in the court when he got there, and the court was completely tied in knots over the case, they couldn't get a majority. a very persuasive politician and was able to get the other eight justices on his side and decided brown. of course, when he did, fo

president herbert hoover. i'm live in redwood city, abc 7 news with a lot of excitement. >> thank you. >> house speaken john boehner is in the bay area to raise money for his party. the republican leader is at the tom of the founder sevel systems. tickets range from 1,000ses today $35,000 per head. >> when' rifs any moment now, the president will be asked to save the historic old hangar one. you can see from this video it's now under repair and contains cancer causing chemicals being removed and funding for a full restoration one of the largest free standing in the world. supporters hope they can convince the president to help save it. here is a live picture from moffett field. air pors one expected to land any minute and we'll return as the president gets off the plane. stay with us. >> and hp announced it's cutting 27,000 jobs world wide. the biggest purge in its 73-year history. allen wong is in palo alto tonight. >> you know the growing trend towards ipads, smart phones and other mobile devices has been ma

. >> the first thing that startled us is the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover who were two such personally and politically different men and two ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated and ended up being enormously productive and formed the foundation of what became a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in their lives about how important they had become to one another are extraordinary. >> it made the most exclusive club in the world. the co-authors of "the president's club" from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton sunday at 8:00 on cspan's "q &a." this morning president obama's support on same-sex marriage. then we talk about the federal investigation as to who leaked information about an al qaeda plot on a u.s.-bound flight. plot on a u.s.-bound flight.

spending since 2009 will have risen only 1.4% a year, a tiny amount, less than herbert hoover increased the last year of president bush's tenure spending jumped 17.9%. we know there is a problem because the deficit is so big, but republicans want us to think spending is the problem, that way they cover up the real cause of the deficits enormous tax cuts that we could never afford. a recession caused by wall street's loss of reason, judgment and morals, and two cars we had no plan to pay for. republicans want to hide some real solutions. if we think we're spending more then spending is what we'll try to fix but if we focus on the true source of these huge deficits, we might decide to do the rashal thing recalibrate our tax policies and cut spending for wars that should have ended long ago. >>> the iraq war cost hundreds of billions of dollars and claim some 4,500 american lives, and much of our government's credible. peter van buren chronicled some of that waste and criticizes u.s. foreign policy on a regular basis. in a recent book and ongoing block both . he says, and i quote: joining

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and she is the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. >> how about that?> i'm the great granddaughter of -- let's get to our starting point this morning. senator 36 years ousted by a tea party candidate who says we need less cooperation in congress and more confrontation. richard lugar lost to richard mourdock. nice to see you as always. there are many, many iterations, james. tea party, he was out of touch. he was a victim of his own sort of failures to navigate his own campaign. there's an anti-incumbent vibe. is the big moral in this particular story, moderates have no place in congress right now? >> first of all, he didn't lose. he got smoked. he -- >> oh, sorry, let me change that. smoked. >> that was -- so let's start with that. what it means is this. it's pretty clear now if you're a republican senator and you're voting, you better fall in line because if you don't, people gonna get in line to run against you. that's very clear this happened to senator lugar. and there for the grace of god, i'm lining up -- >> which means what for congress now? >> b

warren hardy, even herbert hoover won a majority of women, all the way through eisenhower, it was literallyhe feminist movement that -- to being this party that was trying to drag women back to to the 19th century, they are now married to being the virgin of the party that the john birch society wanted them to be. i don't understand it but they're wedded to it. >> according to a new nbc "wall street journal" poll, the president leads among women voters, 53% to 38%. back in april, romney was asked whether he supports the lily ledbetter act. is this the reason romney is so far behind? is there anything that romney and republicans can do to win over women voters like yourself? >> well, i think that there are a lot of different reasons for women to have their particular views on which candidate, but it does seem like as senator reid said, there's an opportunity here for republican presidential candidate and for the members of the senate to identify themselves as supporting this legislation and being in favor of women being paid fairly for a fair day's work. i don't see why they would want to su

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among academics people revere george marshall who said in reconstructive europe he did something herbert hoover did after. he was heavily nominated for the peace prize but never won at. >> host: 1958 figure if it was prominent then is ralph bunche that stood out at the time of two very well remembered today but another interesting figure. can you talk about it in the book? >> guest: i remember being to the committee on a postage stamp and i was glad to see that. he was one of the most impressive men we have known it yet he was born in 1904. born in detroit makes his way to his grandmother. the parents are gone and he went to a white high school in a los angeles he's a sports star and a valedictorian, sports story and all the treen of ucla we're talking about a young black american 19 teens and twenties. the black women of l.a. reza thousand dollars of cash for him to put in the pockets as he goes across the country to harvard. he is the first black person to earned a ph.d. in political science and a master's from harvard as well. he has a flirtation with a left that rejects him and he becomes a

another major business man, president herbert hoover. did his corporate background help him run the country? he presided over the start of the great depression. homelessness skyrocketed. people started living in shantytowns call hoovervilles. so much for his business experience. here eat thing. running a business is not the same as running the country. because the goal in business is to make money. it is to make sure you win and your competitors lose. and that's not what we want from our president. and that's why romney's history at bain capital is such a focal point in this election. >> with romney and bain capital making money, whether the companies they work in and made money or not was irrelevant. bain capital always made money. he promised us the same things he promised the united states. he will give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> he'll give you nothing. romney's goal was to make money for him and his investors. that's fine. and he made lots of money. somehow this makes him more qualified than president obama to help al

. >> the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover who were such politically different men and who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated. they ended up being enormously productive and formed a very deep friendship. the letters between them later in life were really extraordinary request it may be the most exclusive club in the world. michael duffy and nancy gibson on the private and public relationships of the american presidents. >> this week on "the communicators, a look at the to the communications commission as two new commissioners prepared to join the agency that regulates communications by radio, television, phones, satellite, and cable and that overseas aspects of the internet. >> for the first time in nearly a year, the federal communications commission will have a full complement of commissioners. as it pie