first we have marietje schaake. she represents the netherlands in the european parliament and it is a member of the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe. we also have james elles. also joining us this kim hart of politico, one of our regulars. tell us why you are in town this week, mr. elles? >> i and a number of my colleagues are here to engage with our american counterparts on a number of key issues which we think will be critical for our picture of how the trans- atlantic economy can be competitive in the feature of dealing with financial convergence, the debts and deficits problem on both sides of the atlantic, all these subjects where we hope by the end of the week to have a number of good ideas which we can deepen over the months ahead. >> marietje schaake, overall, how does the eu approach telecommunications policy with 27 member nations, and how is it different from how the u.s. approaches telecommunications policy, in your view? >> one of our main challenges is to make sure that you are a of the di

first, we have a marietje schaake. she represents the netherlands in the european parliament and is a member of the party, alliance of liberals and democrats for europe. we also joining us james elles, a member of the european parliament from the united kingdom, was a member of the conservative party. to both of you, welcome to "the communicators." we appreciate it. also joining us is can hart of the "politico," whenever regulars. tell us why are you in town this week? in washington? >> guest: eye and a number of my colleagues from europe in the business and academic community are here as part of the atlantic we can engage her counterparts in the number of key issues we think will be critical for our future by the transatlantic economy can be competitive in the future, dealing with financial convergence, demography, death and deficits problems across both sites the atlantic, but how you cope with increasing data. digital agenda, research innovation come all the subjects are we hope by the end of the week to have a numb

marietje schaake has been a member of the parliament since 2009 from the netherlands. we appreciate you both coming onto "the communicators." kim hart as always of the "politico," thank you. >> thank you. >> steve early examines the current organizing strategies and structures of many labor unions in the united states. he also reports on the internal conflicts in 2008 to 2010 but according to the author hurt reputations unanchored supporters. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i want to thank everybody for coming out tonight. i want to thank the busboys team. and it is a great team, which tonight includes christine taylor from booktv at c-span. i want to thank her for doing the video were. it's going to make the proceedings more formal than we were at the 14th in the location and did a number with the microphones floating around in mainly a question. period going to talk for about 15 minutes so they get some tape is something in them will have to do the questions union convention style. you're going to have to line up at the mike and you're not going to get a cha