we think senatorwideen and congressman issa proposed an approach, and that's what we're pushing. >> host: first of all, if you would, talk about the international aspect of the show, how many visitor from out of the country attend here, and are those piracy bills something that people care about beyond the u.s. borders? >> guest: well, everyone looks to what the u.s. does in terms of their policy, so we are a leader, and it's very important what we do. and, of course, this is about international -- us regulating international web sites as well, so we have to be careful. we have about 30-35,000 international visitor come to the show. it's a great source of income to the unite. we have these people sending their hard-earned money to stay in las vegas hotels, they probably gamble some, they eat here, and it's a great thing. we have to encourage more visitor to the united states, and we have so many government officials as well. so they're looking at what we're doing, and it's also something as a matter of national policy that's good to encourage. people come to the u.s., see our culture, ge

, probably the most important asset in the developed world the united states has. >> host: darrell issa darrell issa is chairman of the oversight government reform committee and joins us at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. >> guest: thank you. "the communicators" attended the consumer electronics show in las vegas in january. the next several weeks we will be showing you these interviews as well as some of the

issa says the national parks service is not responding to his questions.parks service allowed demonstrators to what he called damage and destroy mcpherson square. he also questioned whether the decision not to econvict the demonstrators is politically motivated. >>> 6:45. a drug bust at dulles airport. customs workers seized a pound of heroin. agents arrested a 61-year-old nigerian man last week. they say he swallowed 20 condoms filled with heroin with a street value of $31,000. the man eventually passed the pellets and was taken into custody. >>> delays on the blue and yellow lines last night can't be blamed on metro. thanks to a shoplifter, trains were delayed for about ten to 15 minutes last night. police say the man stole something from nordstrom at the pentagon city mall. security guards chased the suspect into the metro station. that's when he jumped on the tracks and took off to the tunnel. metro officials were forced to shut down the trains in both directions for a short time. arlington police eventually caught up with the suspect and arrested him.

california representative darrell issa has also asked the park service to justify how the protesters have been allowed to camp out in the square, claiming the park service is on the making excuses. darrell issa released a statement saying the city is trying best to protect the health, welfare, and safety of people in and around the campsite and in this situation the national park service has so far been more interested in making excuses than protecting the public." the protesters have about one month left on their permit. this encampment could grow with the occupy congress protests moving in. john gonzalez reporting. >> a fallen soldier from maryland is going to be laid to rest today. army specialist ronald wildrick will be buried at arlington national cemetery and there will be a funeral procession from woodsboro. he died last month after his truck hit an ied in afghanistan. >> the region is marking the 30 years since air florida flight 90 crashed into the potomac river. survivors and rescuers today will honor 78 people who died with a wreath-laying. it crashed into the 14th street

the microsoft up withe also knocaught carol eisa of california, who has attended the show -- daryl issa of california, who has attended the show for many years. >> tell me why this software is different. >> well, we really do think we take a different approach than what the competition is doing. you put the phones side-by-side, you will see. >> this is a nokia phone using windows software. it is different than the iphone which is hardware and software from one vendor. >> that is right. just like the pc, the phone follows a very similar model. we have several nokia phones. we have an atc. >> you're doing droid and microsoft. -- they are doing droid and microsoft. >> absolutely. they can work with many partners. >> that is a big screen. >> and 16 megabytes of camera. >> -- megapixel camera. >> is the screen different? >> the screen is a larger size. what we believe that microsoft is that one size does not fit all. some people like a white phone with curves. something like -- some people like a larger phone with a better camera. we are bringing this experience across windows, and acrossxbo

so attorney general holder will appear before issa's committee a week from today. shepard?eunesse in los angeles. william, thank you. riot police russia country's leader away from hundreds of angry protesters. and that tops our world -- news around the world in 80 seconds. australia: we're told security pulled prime minister julia gill ladder through the crowd and into her car after they determined that she could be in danger. she was at a restaurant to mark the country's national day with an on osession party leader. some activists outside the place had reportedly began banging on the windows. the prime minister later said she was fine. slovakia, the roof of a hockey rink in a northern city collapsed under the weight of snow. just watch the video here as cracks appear and then get bigger before the big drop. a former national hockey league player was on the ice before the collapse. working with younger players. some of the kid's parents saw the roof start to fall and helped clear the children. nobody hurt. iraq. police say militants bombed a cop's home killing him and at l

today, republican california congressman darrell issa will introduce a competing legislation. talked about that at 5:00. it is called the open act. essentially, what it will do is make this process more transparent. right now, as the bill is written, the justice department has complete control over whether or not u.s. web sites connect to these foreign piracy web sites. darrell issa wants to make the international trade commission the ultimate power authority so he says that whole process will be more transparent if he makes that move instead. back to you. andrea, mike? >> stay tuned. sounds interesting. >> shrinking budgets, taking their toll on public preschool programs. new study shows a quarter of the nation's 4-year-olds and more than half of the nation's 3-year-olds do not attend any form of preschool. the national institute for early education research at rutgers university says that on average, kids from low income families who start kindergarten without going to preschool start school about 18 months after their peers and when it comes to the content, they may never c

darrell issa chairs the committee. he has sent letters to the office of interior demanding answers as to why processers are still here. though park rules ban camping. the hearing comes week after the d.c. health inspector found a rat infestation and other violations. i've asked the national park service myself numerous times why they're calling this an on- going 24-hour vigil and not what it appears which is camping. they've never provided a good answer, telling me they're protecting the protestors' first amendment rights. for many, that's an answer that's good enough to allow the protestors to be here. congressman isa released a statement at the time saying "the city is trying its best to protect the health, welfare and safety of people in and around the camp site. in this situation, the national park service has so far been more interested in making excuses than protecting the public." this comes of course just a short time after the d.c. mayor himself said he wanted these protestors evicted from mcpherson heading ov

that they go too far for you, what is your alternative proposal that you and representative darrell issa, republican of california, have proposed? >> guest: what we do is offer an approach that's built around the proposition that we're essentially dealing with international commerce here. and we've got an agency that deals with physical goods, the international trade commission. and we think you use the same kinds of principles when you're dealing with digital goods. those principles are essentially transparency, consistency and due process. for example, there are hundreds of federal judges who are issuing opinions with respect to these issues, they widely diverge. you don't see that sort of thing at the international trade commission. >> host: and yours, your act is what is so-called the open act, and it cuts access to foreign rogue web sites engaging in counterfeiting -- >> guest: when they engage in it willfully, and then we take a follow the money approach so that when you see somebody who's willfully engaging in these kinds of copyright infringement practices, you basically cut off

darrell issa wants to know why the national park service approved the permit for the protesters to camp on park service property despite a federal ban. park officials call the occupation a vigil and matter of free speech. city officials want the group relocated because of health concerns. >> we are learning more about their real problems that military cemeteries. veterans affairs department found numerous misplaced headstones and at least eight cases of misplaced remains at several national cemeteries. there was widespread beryl problems at arlington national cemetery is. >> three days of mourning in happy valley in memory of joe paterno. they will remember above penn state football coach today. he died sunday at the age of 85 after a short battle with lung cancer. there'll be another viewing tomorrow morning followed by a private funeral service in the afternoon. >> divers found two more bodies inside the ship wrecked coast of concordia and that brings that death toll to 15 people per there are 17 others unaccounted for. the bodies were found in a submerged portion of the submerged cru

issa says: we have the abillty to grant limited immunity. we take it seriously, we don't want to do it haphazardly, so ultimatelyywe may grant him some immunity after we have ssen if we can get the same inffrmation from other sources the justice department isnnt commenting. &p3 3 the latino vote is a politiccl force to be reckoned with.as ninette sosa explains... the republican candidates foo president prepare tt face off in florida, they're reaching out to the state's large latino voting bloc. bloc. the republican presidential winninggflorida may be its &phalf-million republican latii vvters.the candidates have been fighting hard for those votes -- giving peeches... "thank you."...ann running ads targeted to the latino community.immigration is one of the top prioritiis for latino oters......ann iitwas one of the dominant topics in a debate last night as mitt romney slammed neet gingrich for aa ad casting him aa "the most anti-immigrant candidate." ""the idea that i'm anti- immigrant is repulsive."a new univision a-b-c poll shows romney has

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house oversight committee chairman darrell issa issued subpoena to u.s.ney's office in arizona over operation fast and furious. patrick cunningham is chief of the criminal division for the office. issa says the justice department accuse cunningham of giving them inaccurate and misleading information about the failed gun tracking program. vice president biden does it again. and why virginia is worried about the rats at the occupy b.c. encampment. the >> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. two gift shops at the u.s. capitol are losing money, even though 2 million people a year visit the complex. the hill reports lawmakers are now demanding a plan to make those shops profitable. office of the architect of the capitol faults the buy american restrictions that led to higher prices. taxpayers for common sense argues that there may be another reason for lagging sales. citing congress' 84% disapproval rating. it's hard to sell memorabilia of unpopular people. virginia attorney general is up in arms over a d.c. wildlife law he says is crazier th

leaving chairman darrell issa with few options.yer. >> we have the ability to grant limited immunity. we take it seriously. we don't want to do that haphazardly. so ultimately we may grant him some some munt after we've seen if we get same information from other sources. >> reporter: issa told holder in a letter, quote, this is a major escalation of justice department culpability. without their testimony, the committee can not gauge the veracity of claims that holder and others in washington didn't know about the operation. critics say issa's next option would be, put these attorneys in front of the cameras, where it would appear they're covering up for themselves or for washington. >> i wouldn't discount the power of putting on a public hearing and asking a lot of very difficult questions to increase the pressure so that they definitely do have leverage. >> reporter: so the stakes are very high next week when the attorney general appears before issa and his oversight committee again. that is a week from today. no comment on the le

. >> congressman darrell issa has called the hearing and has been vocal about evicting the protesters. >> one of the questions d.c. police chief lanier has been asked is whether or not she is keeping them from patrolling the neighborhood. she says the movement has nothing to do with the recent spike in neighborhood crimes. >> i do not think it has become a burden on public safety. i do not think you can correlate officers they're taking away from the neighborhood. >> documents obtained through a freedom of information act request show officers are being taken from neighborhood patrols some time as many as 14 per shift. >> they are polling police officers out of neighborhoods then this is a good time to hire people to become police officers. >> an internal memo says they have restricted vacation from officers as a result of the redeployment of neighborhood patrols. in an effort to ensure adequate staffing levels, the following adjustments have been made. chief lanier has set from time to time there taken from neighborhoods but insists the redeployment has had no effect on crime. as to

committee chairman darrell issa released a statement a short time ago saying "the city is trying its best to protect the health, welfare and safety of people in and around the camp site. in this situation, the national park service has so far been more interested in making excuses than protecting the public." congressman isa has demanded all communication from national park service, from the government, d.c. government and from d.c. police regarding the occupiers here. so, he's asking for a lot of paperwork. hopefully he'll get some of his answers today but i have spoken to many of the protestors here and they say they're not moving under any conditions. we'll have more on what they have to say coming up in a half hour. back to you, andrea. >> thank you, delia gonsalves reporting live from northwest washington this morning. >>> also on the hill tonight, president obama delivers his state of the union address. his focus will be the economy. both raising tax on the wealthy and creating new jobs. the white house believes the president can get those things done even in an election year.

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. >> congressman darrell issa points to memos, let a bunch of guns walk in a previous case and breweruggested allowing straw buyers across into mexico with the weapons with mexico's help. on the next day, the justice department denied allegations they knowingly allowed the sale of to straw buyers who took them to mexico. >> fast and furious wasn't just about who knew, who was kept from knowing. the u.s. ambassador in mexico city. atf agents in mexico. >> the report clears top atf officials in washington and instead, blames atf and the u.s. attorney's office in phoenix for lying or misleading and mismanaging the case. >> late today, congressman issa says he believes holder was actively engaged in a coverup and unless he turned over subpoenaed records by the end of next week, the oversight committee will begin contempt proceedings against the attorney general. holder attendance that hearing. >> still ahead the highlights and low lights after negative florida primary campaign. first, the u.s. pushes for regime change in syria. [ dad ] i'm usually checking up on my kids, but last year my

now, today, a little later this morning, congressman darrell issa, a republican from california, will introduce a competing bill that he says will make this whole process a little more transparent. instead of the justice department controlling the web site, he wants the international trade commission to control the web site. also, coming up in ten minutes, we'll have a live interview. we'll sit down with a representative from net coalition. her group opposed to this bill, she's going to sit down with us with jessica doyle in just about ten minutes and explain why she's opposed to the bill. back to you. >> all right, delia gonsalves live in our information center this morning. thank you. >> the secret service wants to find whoever threw some kind of object emitting smoke over the fence of the white house last night. it happened during the occupy protests outside the presidential executive mansion. >> the secret service says more than 1,000 people were there at one point. the president and first lady were not home at the time. >>> hours before that, occupy protestors crowded the west si

congressman darrell issa who chairs the government reform she and holding the meeting. in the past he's said he wanted protesters removed from federal lands because of concern about rats and damage to public property. >>> a controversial effort is underway on capitol hill to rededicate the d.c. war memorial to all americans who fought in world war i. the memorial sits on independence avenue west of 17th street, near the tidal basin. it was dedicated back in 1931 to salute the 26,000 washingtonians who fought in the great war. representative ted poe of texas is sponsoring a bill that would turn it into a national monument. city leaders plan to fight that. congress allocated $7.3 million in stimulus found restore the monument. those renovations were completed in november. >>> the man accused of trying to kill president obama by firing a gun at the white house will be formally charged today. oscar ramiro ortega hernandez is scheduled to be arraigned in court this afternoon. last week a grand jury indicted him on charge of assaulting three federal officers and

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republican congressman darrell issa who chairs the oversight and government reform committee is holding hearing. in the past issa has said he wants the protesters removed from federal land, citing concerns about rats, public safety, and damage to park property. occupy d.c. posted a statement on its web site saying, "the members of occupy d.c. at mcpherson square do not relish being in uncomfortable conditions that humans without housing have endured for millenia. it has become a necessary tactic to express our concern for the country's direction in a way that will maintain public attention." >>> this morning, family and friends are mourning the loss of a woman who was hit and killed in the parking lot of an elementary school in prince george's county. police say a driver in a maintenance van backed over 48-year-old bernette tucker may at samuel chase elementary school in temple hills yesterday morning. her family tells news4 that she was walking to the bus stop to visit her father. her daughter tameka butler is devastated. >> heartbroken. i lost my best friend. breaks my heart that some

darrell issa called for big changes to the post office earlier on "squawk." >> the biggest challengeice. in the private sector there would be 400,000. it's not a debate about whether we need to get to the number. how do we get there, induce retirements or trim the workforce or wait for people to retire from an organization that has three full time employees that are 98 years old literally, not a talking point. we have a problem at the post office it can't seem to shrink on its own fast enough. the biggest problem is we're paying people who we don't really need and not doing the reorganizations we should. >> joining us right now his reaction to chairman issa's comments is patrick donahoe, postmaster general of the united states. thanks for being with us today. >> good morning action becky. >> we know there is a problem in terms of how business is done these days. we realize that the percent of people who use first class postage has been dropping rapidly, i think since 2002006, about 25% has gob away, we expect another 25% to go away the next five years. the question is how do you deal

. >> darrell issa accused the park service of making excuses instead of protecting public. he has written the department of interior and has given them until the 24th of this month to respond. >> thank you. and overturned tractor trailer causing major traffic delays on interstate 270 near shady grove road in rockville. we were over the scene a short time ago. hazmat crews were checking reports of a diesel fuel spill. it's not clear what might of caused that accident or if there are injuries. drivers are encouraged to avoid the area. we are on storm watch this afternoon. it was cold this morning but even more bitter cold weather is on the way in and potentially could lead to light snow. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> it is cold outside. not only cold air moving into place but gusty wind, pounding the issues. barry gusty air outside, windy at times in excess of 40 and approaching 50 miles an hour. feels like 12 degrees below in mchenry, maryland at the ski resort. frostburg feels like 2 degrees below. in northwest d.c., 33 degrees feels like 21. feels like 25 at d

. >> reporter: congressman darrell issa who chairs the committee on oversight and government reform asked the park service to justify why these occupiers have been allowed to stay. he wants an answer by january 24th. he says the park service is simply just making excuses. unlike the protesters at freedom plaza, though, here at mcpherson square, they do not have a permit. last week the occupy d.c. folks here went to court and applied for a court order to avoid an eviction. so clearly they saw this coming but so far the tents are still up. that's the latest here at mcpherson square. back you to. >> thank you very much. >>> we do want to mention we're going to talk with mayor gray later this morning. he's going to join us at 9:00 straight up to talk about a new initiative called the one city summit. we'll also get an update on what's happening with his efforts to oust the occupy protesters from mcpherson square. >>> a look at this morning's other top stories. arrests in a gang rape near the greenbelt metro station. last month a woman was walking home from that station when a group of four me

. >>> today on one on one with montgomery county executive issa leg ate and he is calling at least one of governor martin o'malley's proposals as a non- starter. now, this -- these are fighting words! let's discuss what is specifically that you think is a non-start? >> the shifts of the teachers pension to the local communities. it will have a $41 million hit when montgomery county next year. and that number is likely to increase after that. understand that the real problems at the state level working diligently to resolve it. but i think this proposal resolves it too much on the backs of the local -- especially montgomery county. >> doesn't the governor feel that he's going to share these funds with the state and county and maybe give you more money? >> well, there's a little give and take here. we're going to give and give and we get a little back to what we give. >> i see. >> and so i've said to a number of people, i'll maintain the status quo rather than take the give than -- today. i think that the proposal is not something that i can accept on behalf of the citizens of montgomery

republican congressman darrell issa who chairs the committee is holding the hearing. in the past he's said he wants the protesters removed from federal land citing concerns about rats, public safety, and damage to the park property. >>> a controversial effort is underway on capitol hill to rededicate the d.c. war memorial to all americans who fought in world war i. the memorial sits on independence avenue west of 17th street near the tidal basin. it was dedicated in 1931 to salute the 26,000 washingtonians who fought in world war i. representative ted poe is sponsoring a bill to turn it into a national monument. city leaders plan to fight it. congress allocated $7.3 million in stimulus funds to restore the monument. >>> get your walking shoes ready. smert closing the north entrance at the dupont circle station on 19th street northwest on the 1st of february. it will remain closed for up to 8 1/2 months while crews tear out and install three new escalators. during that time, riders will have to enter and exit the station at dupont circle using the south entrance, on q

darrell issa, congressman from the great state of california. thank you.day. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, new calls for indiana governor mitch daniels to make a late entry into the presidential race. laura ingraham, that woman right there weighs in next. >> gretchen: top of the morning to you. it's tuesday, january 24, 201. i hope you're having a fantastic day. i'm gretchen carlson. mitt romney releasing his taxes this morning and demanding newt gingrich explain his income. what exactly did newt do for the company at the center of the housing clams? >> i think it's pretty clear to say that i have never, ever gone and done any lobbying. >> you can call it whatever you'd like. i call it influence peddling. >> gretchen: we'll look at the facts so you can decide. >> steve: meanwhile, the current president of the united states promising a state of the union address tonight devoted to the economy and the american people as well. but republicans say watch out. he's cleverly disguising a campaign speech. seep oradvisor to the president joins us to respond. >>

hearing scheduled by san diego congressman darryl issa that would have attacked those two laws were canceled today. let's take a tour around the internet. wikipedia in black sha, taking english language offline. there are two funny tweets from high school students angry about wikipedia offline. and craigslist. you can click through at the bottom of that site. google didn't go offline but instead added a black bar over its logo. >>> yahoo! founder jerry yang said he would step down from that company's board and a day later market shares are higher. john, first shakeup since yahoo! got a new ceo, scott thompson, probably not the last. >> probably not the last. i've been hearing that there could be some more board members who also step down, particularly chairman roy bostock is one who people are looking at. the board has a lot of work to do. they've been looking at potentially spinning off asian assets, including yahoo! japan and ali baba, a lot of yahoo!'s market value is tied up in those assets. investors looking for some sort of deal with those. >> investors haven't been very angry with yan

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attorney in phoenix mike morrissey but the attorney general says it cannot leaving chairman darryl issa of those is flipping a key play. >>> we have the ability to grant a limited immunity. we take it seriously. we don't want to do that happen hazardly so ultimately we may grant him some immunity after we have seen if we can get the same information from other sources. >> issa told holder in a letter "this is a major escalation of justice department culpability and without the testimony they can't gage the veracity of claims that holder and others in washington didn't know about the operation." critics say the next option is to put the attorneys in front of cameras where it would appear that they are covering up for themselves and washington. >> i wouldn't discount the power of putting on a public hearing and asking a lot of difficult questions to increase the pressure. they definitely do have leverage. >> the stakes of high next week when the attorney general will appear before issa's committee on thursday. no comment from the justice department. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fo

issa wrote to cunningham, quoting, yesterday you canceled your interview scheduled with the committeecommittee has made every effort to accommodate your sudden withdrawal without any explanation. it's unfortunate. it has also delayed the committee's ability to uncover the truth about this reckless program, issa said officials told the committee that kung hap cunningham relayed inaccurate information to the department. it sound like they are lawyering up themselves. bill: the fight over copyright and material on the internet. the dramatic move from harry reid, what this battle is all about and how it could affect you in a moment. martha: what is at stake for mitt romney tomorrow in south carolina? could be this a game-changing day? bill: sounds like a book, huh? plus there is a reason you stick to the trails when you're hike being in the great outdoors. one guy decided to stray a little bit and that was a bad idea. >> when i got up to the top i waited about five or ten minutes and when i didn't hear from him i are th started to make my way back down, i saw him signature at the bottom o

issa came to mexico be made where the taste improved in mexico. why did they bring this toxic, one of these historical mystery. i started thinking what he plans come from? which somehow my elementary school teacher neglected to tell me. and i thought, i looked at my garden, absolute f'ing i grew, i live in new england, wasn't from around there. and i realize my garden which i sort of hovering around, kind of homey and was this exotic cosmopolitan modern globalized object, like completely weird artificial construct. which was sort of strange to think if you are in moving around in there, and i thought how did that happen? largely that was -- >> it would've been if i were you, it would've been satisfactory to write a book called the tomato, but this is only one chapter of this book about earthworms, and about malaria. there is something in this book, it's almost as though you credit the events of 1492 with opening a door in the imagination of the world, and the five centuries after, i think the book ends in the 1990s, the five centuries that you str

issa. >> thank you mr. chairman, welcome. i'll be brief. the question here is not about whether general motors is making good cars. whether or not general motors is coming back. i think those are undeniable and i'm very happy for that. and i think the president took great pride in that last night. the question here is, is this in your history recognition, and as far as you know, a typical response to a typical catastrophic event? is this less aggressive or more aggressive by nhtsa? in their response to a mysterious fire on a brand-new automobile when there are only a few thousand in the field? >> as we speak, there are about, excuse me, mr. chairman, about 8,000 -- >> right, and i was correct, there were about 4,000 when this occurred. you've sold -- you may be making 400 a day, but you're selling far less than that. 4,000 or less, in june/july. 8,000 or so now. the question is, when this occurred, the director has said, administrator has said, this is what we do. it takes six months to do it. this is just what it is. in your experience, wo

this four month long protest has lasted long enough but that wasn't enough for representative darrell issa he had his powerful subcommittee called in d.c. police chief cathy lanier and the national park service amongst others to figure out why the protesters were able to circumvent the district's ban against camping in a federal park so members of the committee hint that they'll question the park services decision making process and possibly mer vincent gray's change his views on the cabinet seems that gray has taken a cue from mitt romney going back on his original support encouragement to call me curious and dangerous and a serious sanitation problem now usually that would be a city issue is a city issue the mayor has spoken but no you see for some reason congress wants to get results is quite rare as usually they don't really delve into local d.c. governance issues they continue to overlook serious issues in the past like the shocking aids epidemic where one of the highest rates of aids rates of aids and hiv in the entire country disease department of health says that seven percent of d

congressman idarryell issa is n so sure about that. he's also concerned about whether or not the white house has been prompting the national park service to keep them in the park because the white house favors the occupy wall street movement. white house denies there's any mingling here, and the park service has given the argument you've just given, but issa is not satisfied and he means to move ahead. >> it does impact the federal enclave, per se, but apparently, d.c. mayor vincent gray has weighed in as well on this issue. >> he wants them to move? >> he wants them to move. >> to freedom plaza. >> and i think there's a citation of health concerns. so it's pretty hard to argue with that. the issue, though, they're using very careful language to protect the rights of free assembly and free speech. so, i think they see this as potentially a political hot potato, but i'm not so sure that the oversight committee has the same sensitivity to d.c. matters, per se. >> i would disagree that the white house is behind this, since we just had a r

marking other legislation and the opposition to that was on both sides of the all you had darrell issa and zoey lofgren, democrat and republican, very liberal democrat, to offer amendments to fix the flaws they said were in that bill so that is just one example where there is a bipartisan support. speed a good example, a lot of times it is the details. so in the spectrum for instance the republicans and democrats both agree we need to get more spectrum out there. but how do you do it? for instance the house bill that was passed that involves the spectrum, it would basically say to the fcc you can't limit eligibility. you can't say verizon come at&t can't participate in this because you're so big or you can bid on these particular licenses that is the provision they got so there's also the net a truck with a provision. so the big issues people may support and be bipartisan, but then it's the little details of you will. they are not so little, but those five provisions that can draw people to take one side or the other to the estimate this is the c-span's communicator program. we are loo