. >> this week on "the communicators" west virginia senator jay rockefeller, chair of the commerce, science and transportation subcommittee. he talks about cybersecurity legislation before the senate and the nature of cyber threats. >> senator jay rockefeller, chairman of the commerce committee, you recently said that cybersecurity legislation is absolutely necessary now than citizens are at risk. why do you say that? >> because it's true. george bushes last director of national intelligence, the highest intelligence position in the country and obama's first one, said the same thing, and they continue to say. that's the number one threat to the national security in existence. bob mueller says within a year he will be taking cybersecurity as a much more urgent problem for this country than loose nukes, ex-soviets nuclear weapons. >> host: do you view of cybersecurity or cyber attacks as terrorism? >> guest: we do. i view it as war. i like to discipline myself into thinking because if you're hacking into the pentagon three, four, 5 million times a day, you know, every senator's office, virtua

he talks about cybersecurity legislation and the nature of cyberthreats. >> senator jay rockefeller, chairman of the commerce committee, you said that cybersecurity is necessary now and that citizens are at risk. why do you say that? >> do you view cybersecurity or cyber attacks as terrorism? >> i do. i view it as war. i like to discipline myself in that thinking because it really is. if you are hacking into the pentagon three, four or five million times a day, and every senator's office, virtually all corporate america, something has to wake us up. we are not awakened to it. we started this cybersecurity bill. i am impatient about it. we started this thing really the day before obama was inaugurated. when he was elected, i knew he was going to be interested in this. we got to work and put out a bill. then joe leash and -- lieberman and susan collins have come in, and it has progressed. it is virtually pottable. we have to get some republicans on board, but i think we can do that. >> senator rockefeller, how current is -- how similar is the bill that you brought to committee three ye

i think we will work our way through that. >> host: senator jay rockefeller has been a guest on "the communicators." he's the chairman of the senate commerce committee and we have been talking about cybersecurity. >> the house armed services committee will hold a hearing on military operations in afghanistan. federal communications commission chairman julius genachowski was on capitol hill monday to testify about his agency's budget. last month president obama sent his 2013 budget request to congress allocating just under $347 million for the fcc. the total includes funding for expanding broadband services nationwide. >> in each case these are examples of modernized programs whose collectively yielding hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings already. in addition to our programmatic changes we also review the agency's rules and processes asking tough questions and make sure the agency is operating efficiently and effectively are going connection with this review we have eliminated more than 200 outdated rules and unnecessary data collections and identified two dozen more dat

and, really, members of congress on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol from jay rockefeller to joe biden, mary, henry waxman and back to john kerry. so many have demonstrated they understand how important it is that consumers' personal data be treated with care and respect. now, protecting privacy online and off is a central part of the ftc's mission. we have gone after dozens of

i am also such a -- so fortunate to have a chairman in jay rockefeller on the authorizing committee and the oversight committee for nasa. he too has been such a strong leader in assuring that we continue america's preeminence in space. senator mikulski, when the rubber hits the road in appropriations, has been there to say we're going to have the science and the hubbell telescope, which has given us so much information, and the james webb telescope. and now, of course, we have the human space flight issues. and barbara mikulski has been right there saying of course we're going to utilize the international space station. of course we're going to keep america's priorities in space because it has done so much for our economy and our jobs and our technology and our health care improvements, but it has also bn a national security issue that barbara mikulski recognizes first and foremost. now i can't match a lot of the stories about barbara mikulski and her personality, but i can tell you that i took barbara mikulski to tour the johnson space center in 2001, and we did a wonderful event at ba

. >> they were tall enough to be -- >> we had -- senator jay rockefeller played basketball for harvard the inspector general of the united states played basketball for harvard. most recently jeremy lin, a wonderful young man, played basketball for harvard. >> the knicks are in last place. >> i'm thrilled to see people like jeremy lin come out and represent harvard the way they do. >> i'm a product of the new york media. all the hoop la, they lost again. >> he had a tough record he was walking into. >> he was the most underrated player in the nba. he went to the most overrated player in the nba. he's a very good guard. not the best point guard in the nba. >> you're going to get to the tournament. you aren't predicting huge things in the tournament. should i pick them? >> i don't know who they are playing yet. we'll find out on selection sunday. i think they could pull an upset or two. >> big east tournament this week. some games yesterday. a lot today. cincinnati tomorrow. so -- but, yeah, i don't have harvard on my -- i just -- but i'm going to pick them for one game. >> i bet even pre

the aisle like senator inhofe reached across the aisle for me and i reached across to him and jay rockefeller reached across to senator hutchison and she reached across, and tim johnson reached across to shelby and he reached across and max baucus had an array of republicans work with him over there in the finance committee. we know we can do this, but what the house has done is send a very clear message of job loss and hardship. it is unacceptable, and i look forward to working on this every sirnl day. now we have 90 days. tomorrow it will be 89, 88. we're going to count down and we're going to keep the pressure on and we're not going to let this transportation program go up in smoke, because it has been in place since dwight eisenhower was president, and it's a sad day for america today, a very sad day. but we never give up over here, and james inhofe isn't going to give up, and we're going to fight hard to get a bill. thank you. i yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitt

i'm also very pleased that my colleague and friend, senator jay rockefeller, saw the same qualities in judge groh that i did and recommended her for this prestigious position on the federal bench. i thank him for his steadfast support for her nomination. i just want to take this opportunity to reiterate some of judge gina groh's fine qualities and the reasons i know she will be an exceptional judge on the u.s. district court for the northern district of west virginia. she is a respected member of her community in the eastern panhandle of west virginia as i have known her for many years. in addition, -- in addition to being the first female judge to serve in the eastern panhandle, judge groh is only the third female circuit judge to be selected in all of west virginia. prior to her circuit court appointment, judge groh served as assistant prosecuting attorney at the prosecuting attorney's offices in berkeley county and jefferson county, west virginia. during her eight years as prosecutor, she established a strong record of protecting her fellow west virginians by tirelessly pursuing con

i am also such a -- so fortunate to have a chairman in jay rockefeller on the authorizing committee and the oversight committee for nasa. he too has been such a strong leader in assuring that we continue america's preeminence in space. senator mikulski, when the rubber hits the road in appropriations, has been there to say we're going to have the science and the hubbell telescope, which has given us so much information, and the james webb telescope. and now, of course, we have the human space flight issues. and barbara mikulski has been right there saying of course we're going to utilize the international space station. of course we're going to keep america's priorities in space because it has done so much for our economy and our jobs and our technology and our health care improvements, but it has also bn a national security issue that barbara mikulski recognizes first and foremost. now i can't match a lot of the stories about barbara mikulski and her personality, but i can tell you that i took barbara mikulski to tour the johnson space center in 2001, and we did a wonderful event at ba

jay: jake owen. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight'ssts are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh! hey. how are you, everybody? nice to see you. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. [ cheers ] it's gonna be fun tonight. man, oh man, the 2012 election is pretty nasty. it's getting pretty nasty out there. it's -- yesterday on cnn, white house advisor david ploufee referred to the republican presidential race as a "clown show." [ light laughter ] that's as rough as it gets on cnn. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> steve: rough. >> jimmy: yeah. and then -- then, romney, santorum, paul, and gingrich all called the statement ridiculous. and then they piled into one tiny car and drove off. [ laughter ] i mean, they were just furious. >> steve: awful! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: did you guys hear this? dick cheney received a heart transplant this we

. >> jay: i want to thank my >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: feels good to be back, everybody. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." how are you guys feeling? you feeling good? [ cheers ] man oh, man, what a crazy weekend. people in new york are still recovering from saint patrick's day. i don't want to say i drank a lot but this morning i cut myself shaving and guinness came out. and it was -- [ laughter ] during president obama's stop at an irish pub on saint patrick's day, someone asked him to sign their face. [ light laughter ] yeah, obama was like, "now's not the best time, biden. [ laughter ] i mean really, get it together. no more jager bombs for him." everyone is talking about march madness. you guys got march madness? [ cheers ] everyone is talking about march madness. after

. >> jay: i "jimmy fallon" is happening [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefellerr, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, wow. that's what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. yeah. this is a great crowd already. i love it. >> audience member: jimmy, you rock! >> jimmy: oh, thank you so much, you guys. you guys, here -- let's get to some news, here, okay? there's some -- some 2012 election news. this week, it's very interesting, ron paul said it's too early to count him out as the republican nominee. [ light laughter ] seriously? that's like newt gingrich saying it's too early to count him out as an abercrombie model. [ laughter ] it's not gonna happen. [ applause ] >> steve: "i'm seein' a trainer." >> jimmy: this is exciting, you guys. the jackpot for the me

jay: thank you so much. i want to thank my guests, >> bashir: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, everybody. welcome. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. we have a fun night tonight. it's gonna be awesome. we got big election news, you guys. last night mitt romney came in first place in the michigan primary. although he barely won. incidentally, barely one is also the total number of votes ron paul received. [ laughter ] in yesterday's michigan primary, newt gingrich actually came in fourth place. or as the ice cream in his freezer put it, it's gonna be a long night. [ laughter ] speaking of newt gingrich, yesterday he said that mitt romney is so closed-minded that he would have fired christopher columbus. [ light laughter ] romney denied it, saying, "are you kidding me? a man with three boats, th