julius genachowski, thank you very much. minow, unbelievable. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up on c-span2, next several highlights from the senate floor today including the swearing in of nevada republican dean heller. and a portion of the debate on the nomination of james kohl to be deputy attorney general. the other discussion on the future of the federal reserve and what role it should play in shaping the u.s. economy. a advocates are the gas on tomorrow's "washington journal." >> earlier today republican dean heller was sworn in on the florida senate, taking the place of former senator john ensign who resigned last week. mr. heller who served in the house of representatives since 2007 was appointed by nevada's governor brian sandoval to fill the vacancy. >> will you please raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states? domestic, that he will bear true faith allegiance to the same, that you take this oath, you take this obligation freely without any m

julius genachowski admits i don't have authority to let the washington post but he does it anyway they've already been thrown out in court once they're going to try to do it they've done it again are going to get sued again the kill switch is a terrible idea i don't want the government involved as you point out egypt saudi arabia china iran government time after time it's not corporations that are preventing people from speaking it's governments that are keeping people from speaking why does the united states feel like it can go into china though and that's actually break chinese law and create technologies that would directly contradict those companies or do in china sovereignty i would i would certainly if those companies are doing that i would certainly. punish them in the way that we should punish the united government investing millions of dollars in this technology this is the broccoli bomb administration please for the life for the life of me don't ask me to defend what brought obama's administration defending the patriot act you put in for that while he's he's partially right on e

coming up at 7:00 this evening, fcc chairman julius genachowski and former chair newton minow on the future of telecommunications. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the release of president obama's this is that it has not stopped the case challenging the president's citizenship status. the ninth circuit court in pasadena heard oral argument last week. lower court dismissed the case ruling, and that record is not a proper pace -- and that the court is not the proper place to challenge the president postelection -- the president's election. >> i am an attorney with the united states justice foundation, here to represent mr. drake and mr. robertson, and those clients of hundred it is the purpose of our appeal, one of two for a hearing today, to see a demand -- seek a remand so that we can separately pursue a resolution of this issue so that we can have the case heard on the merits and not dealt with on the various technical issues that and raise or on issues that relate the two plaintiffs not my own. i will only be dealing with parts of the ruling by judge carter that deal with my clients.

julius genachowski, thank you very much. newt minow, unbelievable. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> in a few moments, tea party activists criticize -- criticizing house republicans and speaker john boehner regarding federal spending in health care. in a little more than an hour, vice-president joe biden and hillary clinton express concerns over human rights in china. after that, the prime minister of pakistan denies claims his government knew of the whereabouts of osama bin laden before he was killed. later, another look at the relations between the u.s. and pakistan with the former national security deputy. you can access our programming anytime with the c-span radio iphone application. there are four audio streams of our programming, commercial free. you could listen to our signature interview programs each week around-the-clock wherever you are. downloaded for free from the application store. >> a group of tea party activists held a news confer

trade representative ron kirk and former google ceo eric schmidt and julius genachowski. do you have any thoughts on any of the candidates are the type of person you think someone from the private sector is better or someone experience? >> guest: i think the white house gets this and that would hopefully be a selection. perhaps a ceo that has run multinational companies that knows the ins and outs of how tough it is to generate revenue, to make a profit, to make personnel decisions. that would be a positive choice, a ceo from one of the major mencken companies. >> host: finally peter cleveland if you could describe the importance of china and india in the tech world. >> guest: they are crucial. they are the breadbasket for us going forward. our revenues are churning forward at a 13, 14, 15% rate in china in particular. we have invested there. it is a gigantic marketplace. there are problems there in terms of our ability to protect our ip, to deter the compulsory certifications, licensing the chinese require, but take no mistake, it is an incredible marketplace and we need

julius genachowski is hosting a roundtable discussion on protecting small businesses from cyber attackspart of the kickoff of national small business week. speakers include industry and government leaders in cyber security. they will talk about the challenges small businesses are facing in protecting information. we expect this to start in a couple of moments. while we have a moment, we will tell you about some programming we have come up on the c-span networks. later, the focus will shift to detainee interrogations'. it is set for 1:30 p.m. eastern. also today, former cia director porter goss will take part in a discussion at the woodrow wilson center. that is that poor -- 4:00 p.m. eastern. now back live to the fcc. >> i appreciate everyone joining us here today. this is being strained live on c-span. i appreciate all of you joining us. this is an important topic for our country. that me get a special thanks to each of the participants who are here as part of this forum and panel. they will each be introducing themselves. i want to particularly thank michael chertoff for joining us. a

eastern, the future of telecommunications with the sec chairman julius genachowski. this comes on the 50th anniversary of the famous remark "television is a vast wasteland." >> for me, when sony says, we were protecting the consumers, the consumer might say, wait a minute. i to have the right to check myself. >> california rep mary bono mack on the theft of consumer data from sony's place station network. tonight at 8:00 p.m. on the communicators. >> a group of tea party activists held a news conference to criticize house republican speaker john boehner for not doing enough about the debt and deficit and repealing the over -- repealing the health care overhaul law. this includes the founder and if ceo of world net daily. this event is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> i am a volunteer and supporter of the freedom jamboree, coming up october 1 and second in kansas city. i am going to take the opportunity to introduce to you each speaker, and i will remind you of who they are when they step to the podium. after that, i will read a statement from congresswoman michele ba

now federal communications commission chairman julius genachowski les ought to insider security ideas for small businesses and at a roundtable discussion. some of the panelists include former homeland security secretary michael chertoff and industry and government leaders in the cybersecurity. this is an hour and a half. >> welcome, everybody. i'm happy to welcome you to the fcc's forum on the cybersecurity with a focus on the small businesses. i appreciate everyone here joining us today. this is being streamed live on c-span and on the internet so i appreciate all of you joining as well. this is an important topic for the country. let me give a special thanks too each of rafah participants whore are here as a part of the forums and the panel. e they will lynch be introducingac themselves shortly but i do want to particularly thank former homeland security michael chertoff for joining as a uniqu. a unique experience and background. you stay engaged in these issues. we are fortunate to have you at the sec as part of this forum. -- the fcc as part of this forum. as many of you may know,

later in july of to those of mine, after julius genachowski became a colleague as well, i sent him an updated letter with additional ideas and suggestions within existing statutory constructs. time does not allow me to enumerate all of them, so i have attached the letters as part of my testimony and respectfully request to be included in the record. i'm delighted to report some reforms have already been implemented. many steel or ill-advised commission action items are waiting votes contain what we call the circulation risk have been weeded out. the backlog of 1.4 million broadcast and decency compounds the with effect from their face and the sec relies more on the electronic and telecommunications rather than paper deliveries. going forward i hope other suggestions will be carried out as well. i long called for a full public operational financial and ethics of it of everything connected to the fcc including the universal service at mr. the company also known. that the erroneous payment rate and high cost of the loan has been far too high and we need to make fundamental changes to fix

business is the swearing in of dean heller -- >> ahead, former fcc chair newton minnow and julius genachowski will discuss the future of communications. live coverage at 7 eastern on c-span. up next, deputy agriculture secretary on usda actions to combat childhood obesity and encourage healthy eating and nutrition. from a conference on food and sustainable agriculture hosted by the "atlantic magazine" this is about half an hour. >> good morning. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome. we're going to get started. my name is elizabeth baker heffron, i wanted to welcome you to the second annual food summit on behalf of the underwriter dupont, and thank to the supporting underwaying, coca-cola, the council for biotechnology information, and dole. this is a critically important time in the world of food. with food producers, consumers, and the government all trying to solve a rubik's cube. these are problem that is are global in scope that the u.s. has attorneyed to led the way in questions such as how do we feed the worlds population given

] [general chatter] [no audio] [no audio] >> that wraps up the discussion with fcc chairman julius genachowski and former homeland security head michael chertoff. four other topics on security, check out our homeland security series every morning this week starting at 9:15 eastern. the topic tomorrow deals with several rights and liberties. -- civil rights and liberties. we will take you right to a discussion hosted by the american enterprise institute started at 1:30 eastern followed by a look back at senator john mccain's stance on torture from may comments he made on the floor last week. mother live discussion from the woodrow wilson center in washington about the military operations approved by the u.n. and congress moderated by john yu who wrote "the tortured memos." also, we will talk with a former cia director porter goss will be at the panel starting at 4:00 eastern. >> follow the house and senate when you want -- the comprehensive resource on congress, congressional chronicle has daily schedules, a full list of members, each day's committee hearings, plus video of house and senate ses