. >> this week, representative mary bono mack talks about the theft of millions of consumers' personal data through computer hacking into sony's playstation network, and what she would like to see government do to protect consumers. >> congresswoman mary bono mack, one of your key questions yesterday at the sony-a brief hearing was, why weren't sony customers told us earlier? are you satisfied with the answer that sunny provided? >> not yet. for me as a policymaker and the consumer, i think the consumer always should be alerted first and foremost with any data reach like this because only they know what data might have been exposed. if sony would have come forward and testified at the hearing, we could have got a lot of answers that would have been very helpful. frustrated, concerned, we will follow this and see if there is a legitimate reason or if they were creating greater jeopardy for consumers. at the fact that sony provided written answers, was that satisfactory? if you get asked to testify at a hearing by congress, chances are you are going to come, correct? >> well, you would h

. >> this week on "the communicators," representative mary bono mack talks about the theft of millions of consumers' personal data through computer hacking into sony's playstation network and what she'd like to see government do to protect consumers. >> host: congresswoman mary bono mack, one of your key questions yesterday at the sony data breach hearing was, why weren't sewn customers told earlier? are you satisfied with the answer that sony provided? >> guest: not yet. and i think sony, of course, has some legitimate concerns and questions. but for me as a policy maker and a consumer, also, i think the consumer always should be alerted first and foremost on any data breach like this because only they know what data might have been exposed. so, you know, i think if sony would have come out and testified at the hearing, we could have got a lot of answers that would have been very helpful. frustrated, concerned, we'll follow this, we'll see why they say consumers didn't have the right to be informed immediately, see if there's a legitimate reason that they actively were still protectin

our guest is representative mary bono mack. she is the chairwoman of the energy and commerce subcommittee on commerce manufacturing and trade. we are talking about the data security breach hearing that was held this week in her subcommittee. juliana gruenwald with "national journal" is our guest reporter. >> guest: getting back to the tracking issue do you overall in terms of internet tracking, as you go from place to place on the web, in order to target ads, do you think that is something that should be regulated? do you have any thoughts on do not track and should that be left to the private sector to innovate on? >> guest: that is a great question, juliana. i'm looking at it and looking at it very closely and again trying to separate out good practices from that in trying to protect consumer to make sure their on line experience is a good one and the data being collected on them is something they don't understand and can't participate in. for me, know the industry involved and there were quite a few different industries, the

mary bono mack chairs the subcommittee. >> 77 million accounts stolen and including 10 million credit the data breaches has the potential to be the great robbery and cyber attack. >>> sony turned turned down to testify at a hearing yesterday. instead they sent a letter calling themselves a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. >>> san francisco leaders will announce new details today on the makeover project for the downtown hetrion building. a new target store at fourth and mission has been announced. at today's groundbreaking we'll find out what other tenants will move in. it will have 600 construction jobs. target moves in on the second level hiring another 700 employees late next year. >> a just released report on weekly jobless claims is influencing the markets. >> check in with jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning to you. rents on the rise, especially in san jose research firm, san jose and new york city are the strongest rental markets. nationwide rents are up an average of 2%. they say watch more more rent hikes so it's making buying a home more attr

we are also being joined by chaz's step-mother who is a congresswoman, mary bono mack. on a cliff hanger where i managed to hear a potential marriage between the newly male chaz and jennifer. chaz was saying you are entitled to act as the person that marries them. the obvious question is would you like to do that? >> well, piers, great timing, but first i want to commend you on being able to reach out to chaz and put the squeeze on him to get this done. my husband told me something that's very important with marriage. that is, you can be right or you can be happy. and chaz, jenny said a church and i'm so honored you would suggest me. they need to work it out further rather than the pressure tonight. i'm honored and chaz is one of the greatest lessons in my life. i'm honored that he would request that of me. >> without wishing to push it too far but clearly jennifer has expressed her wish. shouldle we get to a stage within the year-long window within which chaz has now said he would be held to and we get to the church and you are asked formally to officiate would you do

. >> reporter: yesterday, representative mary bono mack of palm springs released a letter written by an apple lawyer which said, consumers are increasingly demanding accurate location information from their hand-held guys and they are not just going to be asking about the devices themselves. they will also be trying to get information about these third party apps, this software like computer games, on your phone that also track your location, as well. back to you. >> thank you, kiet do. >>> our time now 6:05. another look at traffic and weather. kristy another beautiful day out there. we are enjoying the sunshine. >> it's going to be gorgeous today. absolutely right. a little warmer than where we were yesterday about 5 degrees warmer in some places and clear conditions today. satellite showing us that low that was bringing us cloud cover the past couple of days is pushed to the east of us so it's going to be clear, beautiful, blue skies today. current temperatures outside right now look like this. 51 in oakland, 50 for san francisco, 50 also in redwood city, 49 in concord and 41 in n

." >> california rep mary bono mack on the theft of personal data from the playstation network, tonight "the communicators," on c-span2. >> you can access our programming any time on the c- span radio iphone app. listen to our signature interview programs all week, and it is available wherever you are. download it free from the app store. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano said last week that we should be vigilant after the killing of osama bin laden, but that we do not have any specific or credible intelligence on immediate danger. she made these comments at dataset homeland security and governmental affairs a hearing -- at a senate, and security and governmental affairs hearing. independent connecticut senator joseph lieberman chaired this hearing. it is just over two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. this is the third in a series of hearings we are doing on board security, focusing of necessity on our southern border. but just as history changed on 9/11/01 and much more positively, history at a turning point on sunday with the killing of osama bin laden, it would

and on asking come on saying is policymakers shipping is to inspect how the -- mary bono mack of theheft of millions of consumers personal data from sony's playstation network, tonight at eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> and now house lawmakers consider how to protect consumers from personal information theft. at this or the secret service deputy in charge of cyber operations said that 96% of consumer information security breaches are of what will. the electronics giant sony and e-mail marketing services company absalom have both suffered massive security breaches exposing the personal data of millions of consumers. the corporations both turn down the committee's invitation to testify. this hearing is just under two hours. >> good morning. the committee is now in order. i would like to start by saying a wise person once said great challenges create great opportunities. [inaudible] this is the subcommittee's great opportunity the chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. >> today american consumers have been under constant attack. [inaudible] your perso

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. >> 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 bachman. thank you for your time today. our first speaker will be william temple, the chairman of the tea party founders. he will be at the tambourine in october. he was "time" magazine's face of the party. he is a veteran of the secret service, the pentagon, and a vietnam combat veteran of the u.s. army. the second speaker w