his name is martin cooper. 99.9% of americans have never heard of him.he is the host influential person no one has ever heard of. he is in his 80's now and you should have them on this program sometime. >> curious on your screen. mr. cooper, we're not sure whether to curse you or thank you for inventing the cell phone. >> guest: well, peter, would you give up your cell phone because of all these disadvantages? i don't think so. and that's true of most people. so the benefits i think alloway vickers says. >> host: did you briefly tell us what your role was or is in the invention of the cell phone? >> guest: well, it's a long story and it has to do with the fact that at&t invented cellular telemetry and as far back as 1946 if you would imagine. and in the early 1960's, they suggested that they were prepared to commercialize it and they had two conditions. one is that they were the only people technically and financially capable of creating this new concept of cellular telepathy and therefore they wanted to have a monopoly. and the second thing, their versi

. >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion about the current wireless industry with martin cooper who's credited for the creation of the mobile cell phone. >> host: well, recently on this program robert mcdowell was our guest. he's an fcc commissioner. and during that interview he mentioned somebody who's very influential in telecommunications industry. here's what he had to say. >> guest: i was recently speaking to the inventer of the cell phone who is, we all know who the unventer of the wire line phone is, alexander graham bell -- [inaudible] >> guest: his name is marty cooper. 99.9% of america has never heard of him. he's the most influential person nobody's ever heard of, and he's in his 80s now, and you should have him on this program. >> host: and here he is. this is marty cooper on your screen. we're not sure whether tow curse you -- to curse you or thank you for inventing the cell phone;. >> guest: well, peter, would you give up your cell phone because of all these disadvantages? i don't think so. and that's true of most people. so the benefits, i think, outweigh the curs

almost 40 years ago, as lead engineer at motorola, martin cooper led the team that developed the firstand-held mobile phone. a look at the history on "the communicator's." homeland security secretary janet napolitano announced president obama's nominee to head the transportation security agency. robert harding was previously director of operations at the central intelligence agency. the president's initial nominee withdrew his name from consideration following republican objections. this is about five minutes. >> hey, guys, just a reminder. [unintelligible] >> there we are. good morning. i am here to announce president obama will nominate major- general bob harding to be the next secretary of fort transportation ministration. by nominating general harding for this very important job, the administration is calling on an individual with more than 35 years of experience as an army commander, a senior military intelligence officer, a high- level manager of intelligence operations, and a successful businessman and ceo in the security field. the general will need of these talents. tsa's mand

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> almost 40 years ago, as lead engineer at motorola martin cooper led the team that developed the first hand-held mobile phone. a look at the history and future of the wireless the industry on "the communicator's." >> president obama starts this week talking about efforts to pass health insurance reform. he is in philadelphia this morning and we will have live coverage of his comments beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. environmental protection agency administrator lee said jackson today talks about climate change, cutting carbon emissions and more. she is speaking at the national press club live at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. greek prime minister in washington, part of a four-city tour seeking firmer in you and u.s. support for new austerity measures in greece to deal with their financial troubles. he will meet with president obama tomorrow. today he is speaking at the brookings and -- brookings institution. live on c-span2 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and later today, a group critical of the obama administration's immigration policy -- firm, fair immigr

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. >> almost 40 years ago, as lead engineer at motorola, martin cooper led the team that developed theheld mobile phone. a look at the history and future of the wireless industry on "the key indicators." >> over 1000 high-school students entered this year's documentary competition with a short video on one of the greatest strength of the company -- of the country or a challenging we -- a challenge we are facing. >> president obama pressed his case for passing health care legislation this year. speaking in philadelphia, he described the general structure of the bill. this took place at acadia university in pennsylvania. it is about 40 minutes. >> thank you. [applause] >> what a wonderful crowd. [applause] >> i am fired up. [applause] [applause] >> this is an extraordinary crop. i love you back. there are some people that i want to point out that they're here who have been doing great work give leslie a great round of applause. [applause] somebody who has been working tirelessly on your behalf and doing a great job, secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius. [applause] >>