joining us to discuss the results are christopher guttman-mccabe of the wireless association and matt wood of the consumer group, free press. >> host: well, the federal communications commission recently issued its congressionally-mandated annual report on competition in the wireless industry. this is the 15th annual report. that's our topic this week on "the communicators." here's the conclusion of the federal communications commission. the 15th report makes no formal finding as to whether there is or is not -- >> host: well, joining us to discuss this issue is matt wood of the policy group free press. he's their policy director. and chris guttman-mccabe of ctia, the wireless association. he's the vice president. gentlemen, thank you very much. matt wood, as soon as this report came out free press issued a statement saying that the wireless industry is not competitive. why? >> guest: we think it's not effectively competitive because we have two dominant companies, verizon wireless and at&t taking in more profits and revenues than anyone else, and there are other players around the edges,

joining us to discuss this is matt wood out of the policy group free press. he is their policy director. and christopher mccabe of the wireless association. he is the vice president. gentlemen, thank you very much. matt wood, as soon as this report came out, the free press issued a statement saying that the wireless industry is not competitive. why? >> because we have got to dominant companies, verizon wireless and at&t serving more customers than anybody else. we think are too many structural barriers to entry and growth and consumer should have better access to them and we did not have the benefits because of the dominant players controlling such a large portion of the street. >> matt wood, what the think of the fact the fcc did not take a position on competition? >> there is enough evidence that the industry is not competitive. the fcc did a good job presenting all of the complex data. it points to a single conclusion, which is there is not an effective competition -- there is not enough effective competition and that hurts consumers because they did not h

joining us to discuss results is chris guttman-mccabe of the wireless association and matt wood of the consumer group, free press. >> host: well the federal communications commission recently issued its congressional mandated annual report on competition in the wireless industry. this is the 15th annual report. that's our topic this week on "the communicators." here's the conclusion on the report. it makes no finding as to whether there is or is not educative competition in the industry, rather, given the complexity of the segments and services within the mobile wireless ecosystem, the report focuses on presenting the best data available on competition throughout this sector of the economy." joining us to discuss the issue is matt wood of the policy group free press, he's the policy director, and chris guttman-mccabe of ctia, the wireless association, here's the vice president. gentleman, thank you very much. matt wood, as soon as this report came out, free press issued a same that the wireless industry is not competitive. why? >> guest: we think it's not effectively competitive becaus

illinois and just behind him the more familiar names of davis love the third scene here steven reno and matt wood quillan they are all tied for second after hitting a seven under sixty for the shot of the day though it was from zach johnson a sixty quid chip in for him he's three shots of the lead after the opening round. while world number two lee westwood shares the lead at the scottish open if he wins here he was following luke donald as world number one but for the moment he's tied in first place with mark to live from chile a great hit a sixty five. scotland's colin going race he's a top five finishes to qualify for his home major for a twenty second time in a row he's currently two shots back with a whole host of plays including luke donald but it was westwood who was happiest with his day's work. to have a plain old sense of mass is really. good practice over the last couple of weeks. wrote it's nice to refresh and thought the next two weeks and sixty five's a good way to start those two it's well noticeable absentee from the tournament as u.s. open golf champion rory mcilroy has decided t

chris guttman-mccabe of the wireless industry, matt wood of free press and paul kirby of "telecommunications reports." gentlemen, thank you. the report, if you're interest inside reading the 15th annual wireless competition report of if t fcc is hyperlinked a at our web site, c-span.org/communicators. .. >> ranking member barney frank >> i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. and the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. >> the debt limit is the legal limit on borrowing by the federal government, and since 1962 has been raced 74 times. the last time in february 2010. learn more and all the process of raising the debt ceiling on line with the c-span video library. search, which, -- watch, clip and shear. it's washington your weight. >> two committees held a joint hearing on the situation in somalia. some of the issues examined by members included famine, terrorism, piracy and government corruption. witnesses included several current and former state department officials including the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for afric

. >> chris and matt wood of the consumer group free press discuss a new fcc report on choices consumers make in the wireless phone market. the communicators on c-span2. >> jake sureman a reporter from "politico" join us by phone. there's been a lot of activity today between president obama and congressional leaders. have they made any headway? >> caller: much to do about nothing i guess. they are heading for a more narrow deal that only includes cuts but president obama still pushing for the big deal to cut $4 trillion although speaker boehner and cantor are backing away from that quickly and completely dismissed it by and large. we are getting closer to the default date i guess you could say and no deal is really in sight, but they have a bisen group framework which who knows what that means and the outlines of it are not public but in the next couple days it seems like they will work a lot off of that. >> host: as you mentioned, president obama said he will not sign a short term measure to raise the debt ceiling. what happens if neither side reaches agreement there? >> guest: i think

our guest, chris guttman-mccabe of the wireless industry, matt wood of free press, and pall kirby. the report if you want to read the competition report of the fcc is hyperlinked at c-span.org/communicators. .. >>> today president obama said that he would continue to push congressional leaders for the largest possible deal on deficit and debt reduction and would not consider short-term resolution. both democrats and republicans are hoping to reach a compromise that would clear the way for congress to raise the nation's debt ceiling by august 2nd deadline to meet next a look at those remarks which runs 40 minutes. >> good morning everybody. i want to give a quick update on what's happening with the debt negotiations and provide my perspective and then take questions to read as all of you know, i met with congressional leaders yesterday. we are going to be meeting again today, and we are going to meet every single day until we get this resolved. the good news is all the leaders continue to believe rightly that it is not acceptable for us not to raise the debt ceiling and to allow the

woods has been playing lately. tim lincecum, and getting cody ross swinging. he was untouchable. lincecum also had his good stuff striking out mattkemp in the fourth. in the sixth he strikes out juan rivera. we go scoreless to the seventh when navarro crushes a lincecum pitch. watch this. boom. there it is. that one's on its way to the cove. the dodgers win this rivalry 1-0. looks pretty good right now. >>> a tough night for ozzie guillen on the road in kansas city. in the sixth of that game, paul konerko, hauling one down to the left field line, sox up 1-0. a foul off the pitch, skipper ozzie guillen is not paying attention. that one is off his grill. he put some ice on it and guillen would stay in the game. no dl for the managers in the dugout. wow. look at that. this one would go to extra innings. so two outs now in the extra time, white sox pitcher sergio santos, a wild pitch, he was coming to score. the royals win this one 2-1. >>> coming up at the top of this hour on "morning joe," president obama, huddling with leaders from both sides of the aisle with 12 days remaining until the deadline. they're down to the wire now. and

wood pellets. the deal, is matt, if you want to make ribs, brisket, slow cooking, that's not grilling, that's barbecuingure. 230 degrees. shut it. it's got a little auger. it's taking these wood pellets down. lighting them on fire. so the meat never comes in contact. >> right. >> you can go to bed and 12 hours later, wake up your brisket, your ribs are ready. fall off the bone tender. >> can i do ordinary grilling? >> yes. crank up the heat. this is more for the guy who wants the slow. cooked smoked brisket, ribs, chicken. >> $799. lasts a long time? >> exactly. super easy to use. this is your basic -- i don't want to say basic. this is a webber grill on steroids. >> this is the biggest webber kettle i've ever seen. >> literally the biggest one you can buy. 800 bucks. the kettle grill is the design. all the heat is contained. it's intense fiery heat. great steakhouse quality charre steak, you want charcoal. >> if you reach across for that corn you get charred on your arm. >> exactly. you get hardwood charcoal. don't buy the briquettes. >> you want to get adam going, you show him this. $3,000. >> and up

matt damon is vying for this woman. she is dating, i think, at graduate students. >> at harvard. >> at harvard. he says to my thinking must be released market does he have been reading professor gordon wood. well, i don't think there is any doubt after listening to this conversation. [applause] [applause] >> the keys are my spirited. >> this event was hosted by the national archives in washington d.c. for more information visit archives bott g0 feet. >> book tv is on vacation at the university of chicago where we are talking with several professors of the university who are also others. ripleys to be joined by david strauss who is the author of the -- "the living constitution." he also teaches university at the university of chicago lawful -- school. david strauss, how do you define "the living constitution"? >> it's a good question. in idea that is controversial, but it really shouldn't be controversial. it is the idea that the constitution as it was drafted in 1787 and has been amended a few times since then, that constitution has to of of overtime in order to keep up with changing circumstances and changing ideas about how society should be run. >> host: what would you consider to be

matt and al. >> savannah, thanks so much. >> mr. roker, more to talk about. >> that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. . >>> >>> good morning to you. well, we've got a really nice, clear start. we usually don't see conditions this nice at this time of the day in the city of san francisco. enjoy it. it's going to be hot. outlook shows 95 degrees for wednesday, 96 on thursday, 86 friday. we'll drop back off to our seasonal averages and even below on sunday. next week, much hotter than average. hope you have a great wednesday. >> media hot on the trail of casey anthony. where is she? we'll get into that in a moment. first this is today on nbc. hi parents, it's going to be such a big school year. your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and some cold blooded ones, the dinosaurs. [sfx: dinosaur growl] clark! anyway, here's what they'll need: markers, scissors, crayons, pencils, folders, juice boxes, pretzel sticks, glue sticks, tape that sticks, and gli