mark gorenberg with hummer winbald venture out of silicon valley. mr. gorenberg can start by telling us, what is pete castro the presidential scientist and technology. >> guest: it started back in the fdr days. it has 21 members. it is chaired by john whole-grain, his science advisor and also eric lander, who is cochair and vice chair by bill christ. it works on a number of reports that were done first and education, manufacturing, nanotechnology, i.t., a number of other issues on the check out the city in the fall talk about to look at the full potential of federal spectrum. >> host: craig mundie, if you have summarized this report you log it to the president. >> guest: well, in the report we make a series of recommendations that span quite the range of issues that begin with the question of what should the strategy be long-term for the country in order to avail itself the benefits that come from the technology and software to elegy that are available today. but we haven't been able to be brought to this point. reports than that it's a creative incentiv

mark gorenberg is a venture capitalist out of silicon valley. if you would, start by telling us, what is the presidential council of science and technology. >> it started back in the fdr days. this has 21 members. it is chaired by the president's science adviser. also eric lander who is a co- chair and a vice chaired by bill press. we work on a number of reports that were done the forest them education, manufacturing nanotechnology, health i.t., a number of other issues. the text of this study in the fall as you talk about looking at the full potential of federal spectrum. >> summarize this report that you all gave to the president. >> in the report, we make a series of recommendations that stand -- span a range of issues beginning with the question of, what should the strategy be long-term for the country in order to avail itself of the benefits that come from the new technologies and electronic and software technologies that are available today. for a variety of reasons, they have not been able to be broadly deployed. the reports speaks to cre

on the left, mark gorenberg, and on the right, craig mundie of microsoft. they join us from the microsoft studios in redmond, washington. mr. gorenberg, if you would, start by telling us what is pcast or the presidential council of science and technology? >> guest: it started back in the fdr days. this pcast has 21 members, it's chaired by john hultgren and vice chaired by bill press and maxine savitz. pcast works on number of reports, reports that were done for s.t.e.m. education, manufacturing, nanotechnology, health i.t., a number of other issues, and we took on this study in the fall as you talked about to look at the full potential of federal spectrum. >> host: craig mundie, if you would, summarize this report that you all gave to the president. >> guest: well, in the report we make a series of recommendations that span quite a range of issues that begin with the question of what should the strategy be long term for the country in order to avail itself of the benefits that come from all the new technologies, the new electronic and software technologies

mark gorenberg is a venture capitalist out of silicon valley. if you would, start by telling us, what is the presidential council of science and technology. >> it started back in the fdr days. this has 21 members. it is chaired by the president's science adviser. also eric lander who is a co- chair and a vice chaired by bill press. we work on a number of reports that were done the forest them education, manufacturing, nanotechnology, health i.t., a number of other issues. the text of this study in the fall as you talk about looking at the full potential of federal spectrum. >> summarize this report that you all gave to the president. >> in the report, we make a series of recommendations that stand -- span a range of issues beginning with the question of, what should the strategy be long-term for the country in order to avail itself of the benefits that come from the new technologies and electronic and software technologies that are available today. for a variety of reasons, they have not been able to be broadly deployed. speaks to creating measu

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. >> host: craig mundie and mark gorenberg, members of the president's science council we've been talking about the point realizing full potential of government held spectrum. thanks for joining us from redmond, washington, microsoft studios. paul kirby, thank you as well. >> next former wall street executives discuss the u.s. economy and the dodd-frank financial regulation law. then retired admiral william fallon talks about the arab spring, iran's nuclear program and u.s. foreign policy towards the middle east. and later the education department's third annual bulllying prevention summit. >> i had no idea about the experiences of many of the people who were essentially my predecessors as correspondents or diplomats in berlin and, despite all the time i had spent in germany i hadn't spent a lot of time thinking about what it would is been like being a correspondent there in the '20s and 30's. how would you have operated? what would you have noticed or not noticed much less how would you have acted. >> coming up next, a look at financial regulations and the state of the american economy s

. >> host: and craig mundie and mark gorenberg are members of the president's council of advisers on science and technology. we've been talking to them about their report, realizing the full potential of government-held spectrum to spur economic growth. thank you, gentlemen, for joining us from redmond, washington, the microsoft studios. paul kirby, "telecommunications reports," thank you as well. >> host: thank you. >> later this morning the national business group releases its survey on the effect of the health care law on large businesses. it examines several factors including how companies are adjusting their benefit plans. the group's president and ceo will announce the findings at the national press club live at 10 a.m. eastern over on c-span. and later at booktv.org, a live webcast with "wall street journal" economics editor and pulitzer prize recipient david wessel. he'll discuss his new book, "red ink," which details where the trillions of dollars that make up our federal budget come from and where all the money goes. you can see his remarks from the politics & prose booksto

. >> and craig monday and mark gorenberg. have been talking to them about their report. thank you gentlemen, for joining us from washington, the microsoft studios. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this weekend on american history tv was the turning point of the civil war gettysburg or the battle for richmond? >> robert e. lee's emergence as a successful field commander marked a decisive moment in the eastern theater that in turn spur from a shift to larger direction of the conflict. >> and gary gallagher of the june 1862 pedals that drove the union army away from the confederate capital tonight at 10:00 p.m. sunday, more from "the contenders." >> i would remind you that extremism is -- and the defense of liberty is -- >> barry goldwater, the 1964 republican candidate who lost to lbj. in the weeks ahead, the political parties are holding their platform hearings in advance of summer conventions with democrats voting next week and on their final recommendations in detroit. follo