and let me also mention mary wilson of the supremes, darlene love, and carla redding. [laughter] who are in the audience and supporting this effort. we don't often have so much artistic talent in this room so we are lucky to have you all here as well. don't forget, he writes a lot of music here as well. i look forward to hearing from our panelists about how the music licensing system works for creators and users and whether the legislation we have before us will help address problem's and whether there are issues or concerns weekend consider. -- we can consider. let me say that music licensing issues are ripe for reform and it's my sincere hope that today's discussion will start our process of moving this legislation forward here in the senate and getting it to the president. senator feinstein. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and thank you for holding this important hearing. we have not had a chance, ladies and gentlemen, to hear copyright issues for several years because patent issues have been our main consideration. i have been on this committee a wh

mary wilson, one of the founding members of the supremes, who was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame of 1988. there she is. it's great to welcome you, mary. darlene love also has been inducki inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame and is listed in "rolling stones's" list of 100 greatest singers. let's see a wave. where is she? there she is. and also with us, and special for me, is grammy award nominee deon warwick, who is second only to aretha franklin for most hits of any female vocalist of all time. would you stand and give a wave? there she is. and of course karla redding andrews, daughter of the iconic soul and r&b singer otis redding and executive director of his own foundation. [ applause ] so i will yield to my colleague, senator harris. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and senator feinstein, you are a prolific legislator. thank you for the work you do. i'm very happy to be a part of this important discussion on how we are going to protect and promote music creation for the 21st century. i think we can all agree that even though some of our best and greatest music comes

robinson wasn't the only famous face at the hearing...mary wilson of the supremes, dionne warwick, darlene love, and karla redding were also there. (catherine) the treasure island music festival is back this year... but this time it will be in the east bay. the festival will now be held at middle harbor shoreline park in oakland. it was on hiatus last year as organizers tried to find another location. the festival was forced to relocate because of construction on treasure island. it's happening october 13th and 14th this year-- and the line-up will be announced soon. (ken) up one-nothing in the western confence finals after a resounding win last night over the houston rockets... the warriors say they've already moved on to game two wednesday night... (catherine) and you have to hear what charles barkley thought of golden state's big win... and what it means for the series... gary has "sir charles'" take... and all the sports... coming up the warriors... just too good last night for the houston rockets in game one of the western conference finals... james harden... played well but it wasn;t

mary wilson, one of the founding members of the supremes, who have inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame of 1988. here she is. we'd like to welcome you, mary. darlene love, also has been inducted in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame and is listed in "rolling stones" list of 100 greatest singers. let's see you wave. where is she? there she is. and also with us is -- and special for me is grammy award nominee dion warwick who is second only to arena -- aretha franklin for the most hits of any female vocalist of all time. would you stand and give a wave? there she is. and of course carla redding andrews, daughter of the iconic soul and r&b singer otis redding and executive director of his own foundation. i yield to my colleague, senator harris. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator feinstein you are a holistic legislator, thank you for the work you done. i'm happy to be part of this important discussion on how we're going to protect and promote music for the 21st century. i think we can all agree that even though some of our best and greatest music comes from previous decades, that shoul

mary wilson, one of the founding members of the supremes who was inducted into the rock 'n roll hall ame of 1988. there she is. it's great to welcome you, mary. darlene love also has been inducted into rock 'n roll hall of fame and is listed in "rolling stone"'s list of 100 greatest singers. where is she? there she is. [applause] and also with us and special for me is grammy award nominee dionne warwick who is second only to aretha franklin for the most hitss of any female vocalists of all time. a wave? [applause] and of course carla redding andrews daughter of the iconic soul and r&b singer otis redding and executive director of his foundation. [applause] i will yield to my colleagues senator harris. >> thank you mr. chairman senator feinstein you're a terrific legislator and thank you for the work you do. i'm happy to be a part of this discussion on how we are going to protect music creation through the 21st century. i think we can all agree that even though some of our best and greatest music comes from previous decades that does not mean better music licensing laws should only be

wilson's letters of his father, they are worshipful. he never had an unkind word to say about his father. >> presbyterian minister. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> ann marie buerkle is the acting chair of the u.s. consumer products safety commission. she addressed a forum discussing her role at the commission. she also outlined the priorities for the coming year, which include recalled effectiveness and data security. this is half an hour. >> good morning. never sure about these microphones. good morning, everyone. i'm bob adler, one of the commissioners at the consumer products safety commission. it's my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce this morning's keynote speaker, acting cpsc chairman, ann marie buerkle. i'm going to digress for one quick second, because i wanted to recognize two exceptional folks. first, no surprise, steve brobeck, who has been the executive director of cfa for either 37 or 38 years, depending on when the clock started. what an exceptional career. and i have to say, yesterday, when he got that standing ovation, if i could have done projectile tears, i would have. it was such a moving moment. and the other person, of course,