stabenow, you told me earlier that you had attended the session with of the share julius genachowskito. >> he is concerned with spectrum which is a huge concern here. he emphasized they are trying to get this done and he wants to be on the spectrum as any kind of package which right now is not included in the bill the house committee took, so he really emphasized that it's crucial and gives people who don't pay for spectrum the opportunity to develop new technology like the garage door openers and we have seen some distance on that. sec'y? >> they say to get the spectrum we have to claim from the broadcasters and that is going to cost billions of dollars, so we shouldn't give it away for free once we paid this money, with that being said, unlicensed wi-fi right now on the digital tv transition there's a lot of hope for that but it's going to lead to new breakthroughs like wi-fi. >> but again why are the republicans and the chairman and support of more unlicensed spectrum is that correct? >> the german once more unlicensed spectrometry of giving away the spectrum which essentially the

>> host: now, gautham nagesh, you told me earlier you had attended a session with fcc chair julius genachowski. what did you hear from him? >> guest: well, the chairman unsurprisingly is primarily concerned with spectrum which is a huge concern here. he really emphasized that they're trying to get this done and that he wants the unlicensed spectrum as part of any package which right now is not include inside the bill the house committee passed. so he really emphasized that unlicensed spectrum is crucial because it gives people who don't pay for spectrum the opportunity to develop new technologies like garage door openers or wi-fi, and we've seen some reus dance from roadway -- resistance from republicans on that. >> host: why? >> guest: we have to reclaim frit the auctioners -- we shouldn't give it away for free once we've paid this money for it. with that being said, there's unlicensed wi-fi right now, and the fcc opened up some more when they did the digital tv transition. there's a lot of hope for that. >> host: but, again, why are the republicans and the chairman is in support of more unli

. >> host: you told me earlier that you attended a session with julius genachowski. what did you hear from him? >> guest: chairman genachowski unsurprisingly is primarily concerned with spectrum which is a huge concern here. he really emphasized the timing to get this done but he wants to have the spectrum be part of any package which is not included in the bill at the house committee past. he emphasized unlike the spectrum it's crucial to give people who don't pay for spectrum the opportunity to develop new technologies like roger opener said wifi. basically they say in order to get the spectrum we have to reclaim it from the broadcasters and auction it and that can cost billions of dollars so we shouldn't give it away from free once we paid all this taxpayer money for it. with that being said, the fcc opened up some more when they built the tv transition. there's a lot of hope for that it will lead to breakthroughs by wifi that can cover whole cities. >> host: but again why are the republicans in the chairman in supportive more spectrum comes that crack? >> guest: