. >> same rules the still apply, but what is different in the digital -- >> host: mary mccord, what's your role at department of justice? >> guest: i'm the acting assistant attorney general for the national security division which is nearly 400 people, attorneys and support staff that have a whole range of activities all driven by the mission to protect the american people against threats to our national security. >> host: how long have you been with doj? >> guest: so doj? i guess about, since 1994. twenty years in the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. as a career prosecutor and the last two and a half years over at main justice in the national security division. >> host: so career. >> guest: career. >> host: so what does that mean when this is a political appoint does your job change? >> guest: so i don't feel like my job changes. our mission doesn't change in national security. we're sort of, i think, a little bit less susceptible to sort of politics in terms of how you approach the threat, because the threat is real, and the threat is changing, and we always have to respond to it. and

trump transition for the next fcc, and acting assistant attorney general for national security mary mccord on the u.s. efforts to counter online radicalization. >> everybody likes net neutrality, but what they don't like is the fcc's ability to be a referee on the field and make sure that networks are are fast, fair and open. >> i think there could be a lot of improvements with the fcc. i think its vision needs to be more sharply focused, and i think its structure these to adapt as well. >> there's efforts of google, facebook and others to create counter-messaging, because the government is uniquely not in a good position to be a counter-messenger, so that's an area where i think the private sector has really started to step up. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> now the senate finance committee confirmation hearing for steven mnuchin who is nominated to become the next treasury secretary. a committee vote on his nomination is expected later today. this portion is three hours and 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations]

and acting assistant attorney general for national security mary mccord on the u.s. efforts to counteronline radicalization. >> everybody likes net neutrality. they don't like the fcc's ability to be a referee on the field and make sure that networks are fast, fair and open. >> i think there will be a lot of improvements with the fcc. i think it is vision needs to be more sharply focused. i think its structure needs to adapt as well. >> there is efforts of google, facebook and others to create countermessaging, because the government is uniquely not in a good position to be a countermessager. so that's an area where i think the private sector has really started to step up. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> now, the supreme court oral argument in lynch v. dimaya. the court will decide if the definition of the phrase crime of violence used in some deportation cases is unconstitutionally vague. this is an hour. >>> you'll hear argument first this morning in case 151498, lynch v. dimaya. mr. kneedler. >> mr. chief justice and may it pleas

to talk about communications policy and acting assistant attorney general for national security mary mccord on the u.s. efforts to counter online radicalization. >> what people don't like is the s.e.c.'s ability to be sure that networks are fast, fair and open. >> i think its vision needs to be more focused. >> there's efforts of google, facebook and others to create countermessaging, because the government is uniquely not in a good position to be a countermessenger. so that's an area where i think the private sector has really started to step up. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> in case you missed it, here are a few programs c-span viewers saw last week. kansas congressman mike pompeo's swearing in as cia director. >> that i will well and faith l faithfully discharge the duties on the office of which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> senators questioning secretary of health and human services nominee tom price. here's senator ron wyden. >> you bought over 100,000 shares at discounts that were a