mcdowell got there and he was accused of torturing this cat. >> mcdowell told police that quoted 5-year-old richard real not only put the cat and a microwave and trier but its budget by its tail from a ceiling fan -- -- and dryer but it's -- a balanced budget by its tail from a ceiling fan. -- spawn it by its tail from a ceiling fan. the man kept finding the cat to continue the abuse. >> according to court documents, he said that he did put the cat in the dry air and spinet with the fan but then he doesn't remember anything after that. >> now, you're 11 insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom delmarva. >> this prevented the sun for morning things up too much and it ended up slightly cooler than normal. 85 at the inner harbor. we are at the mid august normal now and the record high as 99. we have seen a couple of showers develop. that is where most of the wet weather will be. to our south, you'll see more son and drier weather cambridge is at 81 degrees. other than that, partly cloudy and mild. it will remain there through the weekend. that is why many are saying that the farther

robert mcdowell one of five commissioners on the fcc. amy schatz with "the wall street journal" is also here. >> thank you very much. since you brought up matt neutrality we might as well go with it. do you think that neutrality also applies to wireless networks? >> net neutrality hasn't been defined by. the commission doesn't have met neutrality rules currently, but as we have wireless networks we have wireline networks and terrestrial and networks as well. it is all flying together. they are all connected so it is hard to to fight one from the other. >> so then does the fcc need to write new principles or write real rules as opposed to just having principles that set things out and set the definition of the net neutrality so everyone is and so confused in the future? >> keep in mind there are maybe quadrillions of internet communications going on and as far as i can tell without any interruption, i think we need to change the nature of the debate to what is anticompetitive conduct versus discriminatory conduct. so there is a lot of tal

why did mcdowell and abel not help the cat. >> mcdowell said rioux had a box cutter and abel said heed to intervene, but it was no use. >> abel said he tried to take the cat away several times, but he said rioux kept finding the cat to continue the abuse. >> coming up, marylanders take budget cuts into their own hands. >> and some money-saving ideas to the expensive health care reform. president obama is defending his plan. we'll take you to his town hall meeting. >> and the ripken world series forecast looking nice. mid 80's today. i have your central maryland forecast for the next seven >> hope your saturday is off to a great start. the sun is officially up. there is moisture in the environment this morning, but high pressure will build in in full force. we'll stabilize things. it will be dry the next few days. to our south a disturbance off the shores of the carolinas and virginia beach this morning. it will remain to our south. did may bring a few more clouds to the ocean city area. other than that, partly cloudy in baltimore today. 68 at b.w.i.-marshall. 73 to begin things on th

our guest is robert mcdowell, one of five commissioners on the fcc. amy schatz of the "wall street journal" is also here. >> host: since you brought up net neutrality, might as well go with it. do you think net neutrality also applies to wireless networks? >> guest: well, again, net neutrality hasn't been defined. the commission, at least in my view, doesn't have net neutrality rules currently. but as we have wireless networks meshing with wire line networks and terrestrial and orbital networks as well, it's all flowing together. they're all connected. so it's very hard to divide one from the other. >> host: so then does the fcc then need to write new principles or actually write real rules as opposed to just having principles that sort of set these things out and actually sets a definition so everyone's not so confused in the future? expwhrg well, keep in mind every day there are many quad rls of internet communications going on, and as far as i can tell without any interruption. i think we really need to change the nature of the debait to what is an

mcdowell got there and found able in the house as well as another man. he was abusing and torturing this cat. >> all three were arrested. mcdowell told him that the 25- year-old not only put the cat by the microwave and drier, but spun it by its tail from a ceiling fan and threw it into a back with rocks. why was miguel not able to help the cat? >> he said he had a box cutter and he was afraid to intervene. the other man said he tried to intervene, but it did not do any good. >> he also stated that he took the cat away from him several times to stop the abuse, but he kept finding the cat to continue the abuse. >> tonight, new details have emerged in the deadly plane collision over the hudson. the national transportation safety board said an air traffic controller cleared the plan for take off and then made a personal call. sec officials say that person initially failed to warn the small plane of a helicopter in its path, and moments later the plane and a sightseeing helicopter collided. nine people were killed. >> is too early to speculate whether or not

." >> this week on "the communicator's," a discussion of the future of the fcc with robert mcdowell. >> we are pleased to welcome back robert mcdowell, sec commissioner, just three concerned by the senate for his second five-year term. joining us, amy schatz. thank you for being here. let's start broadly. first of all, this is a two- partner. what in the next six months to one year would you like to see the

and again, at mcdowell, jackson came upon two federal prograde.ally one federal prograde and then a second -- first under milroy and then the second. he was on high ground looking down on mcdowell, and he came upon the battlefield afternoon. his plan was to stop for the day. he detailed jedediah hotchkiss, who was his famers topographical engineer to find away around the federals so he outflank and the next day. and ashby played no role. jackson, general milroy was a real feisty guy and he knew he had to fall back the next day. so he decided to launch a kind of a holding action, diversionary action. delaying attack. and got permission from four regiments against jackson, completely taking jackson's by surprise. and this was a battle that they fought to a standstill, more casualties that he endured. ashby was dead by the. he was killed a week earlier. is calvary played no appreciable roll there. and the confederate calvary that was involved, trying to pursue the two federal prograde that falling back down the page valley, burnt themselves out after

mcdowell also told police that rioux beat the cat. when mcdowell was asked why he didn't help. he advised he didn't stop the torture of the cat because mr. rioux had a box cutter in his hand. he also stated that he, abel, and mr. rioux were intoxicated at the time. >> family and friends say good-bye to eunice kennedy shriver. >> and sandra shaw is up next with your insta-weather plus forecast after a short break. >> hope you're doing well today. up and adam. we're very humid now. patchy fog now. dew pointed will drop a bit. seasonable conditions in the 80's. we do have a disturbed area of weather down to our south off the coast of class -- carolinas and virginia beach. a little cloud cover because of that. here in central maryland, things are looking good. it looks like 73 downtown now. 68 at the airport. only 62 in york, pennsylvania. nice there. 70 in ocean city. here's your state-wide tour. what you can specked expect across the state. very nice out there. no chance of precipitation. here in baltimore, we're going to a high of 87. that's good, because that's a normal high fo

mcdowell was also charged with possession of marijuana. all three men are faced with 90 days in jail. one of the man is being held on to thousand dollars bond. -- on $50,000 bond. >> here is a look at other stories this hour. a teenager who admitted to killing a witness. he shot him for $2,500 in a hit that was ordered from jail and a smug -- on a smuggled cell phone. we will have more on today's sentencing coming up tonight at 11 news at 6:00 p.m.. a new audit questions billing and other practices of the highway administration. they did not always verify the accuracy of labor charges and the fha bypassed procurement rules. the audit also looks at record keeping. officials told auditors they are taking steps to resolve all the issues in the report. >> the ocean city fire marshal's office conducted random inspections. that comes days after a carbon monoxide leak investigations showed that the hotel did not have the required carbon monoxide detectors. high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered and three people were sickened. ocean city n

thank you very much, commissioner mcdowell, and commissioner copps. i am so glad to be here to join this enormously talented staff here at the fcc. i would like to take a few minutes to say thank you to the people who got me here. first of all, of course, i am grateful to president barack obama for nominating me. i particularly would like to thank senator kay bailey hutchinson for her support. thank you for helping me through the process. they were really great. i would like to think commissioner rick l. -- commissioner mcdowell for his time, an encouragement, and assistance. if it was not for angela, i might still be writing my responses to the questions for the record. i would like to thank the chairman. we are also lucky to serve with not only such a capable man, but such a personable one. thank you very much for your calls and for ensuring that i had everything i needed to make this transition very smooth. thank you for putting together an agenda today which is a first meeting that we can all agree on. i want to thank you for swearing in as well.

. >> abel and mcdowell were released on their own recoming distance. >> and a cat cruelty case in howard county has ended with a 74-day jail sentence. that is how long he will spend behind bars after police found 74 dead cats in her columbia home in 2006. official responded to the home after neighbors complained about an odd other. four people are covering after an accident involving an ambulance in southwest baltimore. city medical number 12 collided with a small s.u.v. at the intersection of edmonton avenue and dennniso street. the two people in the s.u.v. were treated at the university of maryland medical center. >> exactly how this descend occurred has not yet been determined. we have our investigators on location to make some assessments and determinations. >> the person in the ambulance was unhurt and then taken by another ambulance to the hospital. olympic swim star michael phelps will have to explain why he was driving without a valid drivers license after own accident thursday night. another driver ran a red light. phelps will have to tell a judge why he was driving with a michi

today deeds praised mcdowell as an accolade of george w. bush. >> just recently he said he believes president bush did a good job. hold on a second. i'm not exaggerating. that he created, and i'm quoting here, an economic revival in america. >> deeds and mcdonnell will face off at the polls november 3rd. >>> now to a health care food fight. brewing over whole foods. not the prices or the products. it's over something the ceo said and the whole thing is prompting a whole foods boycott. laura evans is here with that story. >> reporter: whole foods ceo john mackey is known for shooting from the hip, but he may have shot himself in the foot. the problem is getting too personal on the public issue of health care reform. he recently wet an anti- government co-op ad in the wall street journal and some are taking their beef from the grocery aisles to the web. thousands have signed up on facebook to boycott the grocer. >> we were dismayed when we found out the who foods corporation not only opposed the brohm health care reform but the ceo said, and

our crew this morning is ben stein and charles payne, dagen mcdowell, rob stein as well. charles, what do you make of that? >> this is a scary element. the only element i can think worse than this, you come home and another man's shoes sunder your bed. you know what's going on. listen, $145 million -- neil: i would be ok with the plumber. it's very difficult booking that dude. >> $145 million has been paid out on $2 billion. at the end of the day, i don't know how any of these politicians can say that -- and i have heard a couple of them talk about efficiency, but you can't use the word efficiency and government run in the same sentence. they just don't go together. this is scary as all get out. neil: the president is right. the cash for clunkers was much more successful than they thought so they couldn't keep up with the demand. you can argue they should have planned for that. the problem wasn't the lack of interest. it was too much interest. >> right. that sets an example for what could happen. if we got a public option with health care, will a lot more people wind up o

let's get reaction now from ben stein and charles, dagen mcdowell, adam, they're all back. the congressional budget office issuing a support suggesting government-run health care can coexist with private insurers. democrats pushing it from an agency that was just last week dead set against at least some of the cost from it ben, sound a little fishy to you? >> it's a disgrace. the office is supposed to be run by congress. it's supposed to be a check and balance on the white house. the white house called in this guy. i don't know that this ever happened before with the congressional budget office. maybe it has. it's extremely rare. it's really a disgrace to the constitutional government. neil: charles, the timing is weird. >> the timing is weird. smell fishy? i smell a rat. if the president calls him up here, you know they didn't have beer so he probably made him drink whiskey out of a dirty glass. how do you go from a trillion dollars covering a third of the people to $900 billion covering everybody? something is not right. neil: i found that interesting. we got it down to $

in rob mcdowell and michael copps we have two holdovers, if you will, from the past commission but both very knowledgen -- knowledgeable, both very fair. i think michael copps served as interim chair and showed what an outstanding public servant he is and what an outstanding leader he was. and then we have two new commissioners, both of whom are known to the industry, meredith atwell baker from her service as the administrator of ntia and minion clyburn who we know from her state regulatory positioning. so this is a very eminent fcc, i think, from their comments and their testimony in the case of minion and meredith, really very focused on moving the telecommunications industry forward and on, and on pursuing policies that are really, i think will be impactful and helpful to our companies. >> host: if i could segway to the hill, senator rockefeller and congressman waxman, how do you think they're going to get along with mr. genachowski as things go forward? senator rockefeller has on numerous occasions thought that the fcc needs overall reform although a couple days ago he said maybe th

but malcolm mcdowell is a different personality. >> you made the actual malcolm? >> yeah., i gave him the script. he read it and he goes, is this how you see me? you think i'm this much of a [ bleep ]? >> really? >> that's what he said to me. i made dr. lewis like a sellout. he's trying to make tons of money off the tragedy and i based it on a vincent bugliosi manson murder. and you have then mourning them and now writing b movies. >> there are tons of people like -- >> oh, yea so dr. lewis is like a dr. phil guy now. >> i gotcha. like you'd see him on "larry king". >> oh, yeah yeah. >> you have a talk show scene -- >> sort of based on your show. >> how is it based on my show and why wasn't i asked to be i it? >> i didn't do it for the money. i thought to make him more ridiculous is to is a jimmy kimmel type show and he'll try to be a serious doctor. meanwhile, another guest is sitting here. we need to find a guest to make him look pathetic, so we came up with weird al yang coe vip. i'm serious. weird al keeps answering his questions. he asked him, what it is like -- how d

monday, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on transparency as well as expanding broadcast during -- expanding broadband. "the commissioners"2 on ". -- on c-span2. >> welcome to "the record review." mp's reputation seemed to an all-time low. the commons speaker is forced out over his handling of row the up. and find out how an actor and a group of soldiers took on the government and one. the expensing the scandal. >> the first installment of allegations from a leaked copy of receipts dating back to 2004. over the following days, more and more allegations were made. the conservatives and his wife both claimed second home allowances. this impi receive 16,000 pounds from a mortgage he had already paid off. the conservative got into trouble for works on his own, including clearing his moat. this impi split her second home, in southampton. and now the notorious 16,000 pound floating of duck pond for his garden. he is standing down in the next election. all eyes were on the speaker of michael martin as he made his first comments on the claim. mp's he and operational sorensen unit would

she said he invited scott mcdowell and richard rioux over while they were gone. police say richard rioux put the cat in the microwave, in the washingtonner, and in the drier, and tied her to a ceiling fan before putting her in a bag of rocks and throwing her in the lynch point creek. >> i had to come home to burnt hair in the microwave and refrigerator. blood was where the cat had run around. blood was everywhere. >> it was a sad homecoming for the hooper family. the four boys are heartbroken and are struggling to understand why the three men killed their cat. it is hard it to get over the loss of the kitten who had become part of the family. >> that cat was the best cat in the world. she always played with me. we would have a toy, she would chase it everywhere. >> it was a kitten, so i helped it out a lot and nursed it, more or less with the bottle. >> they adopted four new cats -- three kitens and their mom -- to help the kids get over their grief. though they have taken to their new pets, dillon says they can't replace diamond. and with the water that serves a

. >> monday, robert mcdowell on his agency's efforts to provide more transparency as well as the commission's role in expanding broadband. "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> hello and welcome to the " record review." coming up in the next hour, it is revealed but they have claimed cash for everything from expired mortgages to floating the islands. find out how and actor and a band of retired soldiers took on the government and one. but first, to a scandal that rocked westminster and caused the biggest outpouring of public anger in living memory and dominated news and politics for weeks. >> over the following days, more and more damaging allegations were made. some of the most headline grabbing included. a conservative and his wife's both claimed second homes allowance. barely -- elliot morally received 16,000 pounds for a mortgage he had already paid off. this conservative cleared his most. martin ran flipped her second home. he is notorious for 1600 town floating dock island for his garden pond. the letter announced there would be standing down from parliament of the nex

she said they invited scott mcdowell and richard rioux over while they were gone.olice say richard rioux put the cat in the microwave, washer and drier, and tied her by her tail to a ceiling fan and turned it on before putting her paralyzed but still alive and throwing her into the lynch point creek. >> i had to come home to burnt hair in the microwave and fredge rateor, and blood was everywhere . >> it was a sad homecoming for the hooper family. the four boys are heartbroken and still struggle to understand why the three men killed their cat. it is hard to get over the loss of the four-month-old kitten that had become part of the family. >> that cat was the best cat in the world. she always played with me. she would chase us everywhere. >> i helped it out a lot and nursed it. i was there for that cat all the way. >> andrea and her husband adopted four new cats, three kitens and their mom, to help the kids get over their grief. and though they have taken to the new cats, dillon says they can't replace diamond. and he says he'll never forget her. >> whenever i walk

our fox business anchors dagen mcdowell and cheryl casone.'m reading your point of view on this on my sheets. you are any buying that we're out of the woods yet. that this shows that the stimulus is working, as some are now trying to spin it as. the president was kind of careful was he not in his words so he wouldn't get himself too far out on a limb? >> he was a little careful but he was taking plenty of credit for certainly better numbers on the economy. the g.d.p. just contracting 1%. but he was talking about all the stimulus that's going to work, which by the way, 70 billion of the 787 billion has been spent, so that's less than 10%. talking about the homeowner's programs to modify and refinance mortgages. only a couple hundred thousands of those modifications have even started. so before they, you know, print up the t shirts, yeah, us, it's going to be a lot more out of this recession. >> he was good -- i was afraid he was going to do that at one point i'm like please god don't do it. laura: cheryl, i'm reading lindsey's analysis of thes

commissioner robert dole -- robert mcdowell and amy schatz of local wall street journal." >> thank you for having me. . . >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." thursday, the u.s. senate voted to confirm the nomination of sonia sotomayor to the supreme court 68-31 with nine republicans joining the democrats. next, highlights from the senate floor debate. sotomayor's nomination, but first i'm going to be joined by several of my esteemed fellow women senators, including senator shaheen of new hampshire, who is here already. senator stabenow of michigan. senator gillibrand from new york. and senator murray of washington state. we all know that this nomination is history-making for several reasons, but one of them, of course, is that judge sotomayor will be only the third woman to ever join the supreme court of the united states of america. we know she's incredibly well-qualified. she's got more federal judicial experience than any nominee for the past 100 years. that's something that's remarkable. but i do think it's worth remembering what it was like to be a nominee for this court

our fox business anchors dagen mcdowell and cheryl casone. i'm reading your point of view on this on my sheets. you are any buying that we're out of the woods yet. that this shows that the stimulus is working, as some are now trying to spin it as. the president was kind of careful was he not in his words so he wouldn't get himself too far out on a limb? >> he was a little careful but he was taking plenty of credit for certainly better numbers on the economy. the g.d.p. just contracting 1%. but he was talking about all the stimulus that's going to work, which by the way, 70 billion of the 787 billion has been spent, so that's less than 10%. talking about the homeowner's programs to modify and refinance mortgages. only a couple hundred thousands of those modifications have even started. so before they, you know, print up the t shirts, yeah, us, it's going to be a lot more out of this recession. >> he was good -- i was afraid he was going to do that at one point i'm like please god don't do it. laura: cheryl, i'm reading lindsey's analysis of th

. >> finally commissioner mcdowell, when do you see the fcc having significant action on the broadband plan? what is next in the line? >> i think in the month of august will be spent with workshops, 20 of them. it will be active. i would like to see the commissioners go across the country and have town halls and do fact gathering to listen to the american public as well. i think as we get into the fall and winter and start to see more interest paid as we get closer to the february 17 deadline in terms of specific time lines i don't have one to offer just yet that might be a better question for the chairman and a i could tell you today after i meet with him but stay tuned. >> d.c. the february 17 the date holding? >> so we have to stick with that and present to congress no later than the 17th. >> commissioner robert mcdowell and amy schatz "the wall street journal." speed >>> we are airing special book tv programming. first commander times reporter edmund andrews the talks about the decline of the housing market in his book "busted: life inside the great mortgage meltdown." this is almo

. >> host: and finally, commissioner mcdowell, when do you see the fcc having significant action on the broadband plan? what's next in the line of -- >> guest: on the broadband plan. so i think the month of august will be spent with these workshops, 20 of them. it'll be very act i have. i would like to see the commissioners go out across the country and have town halls and do some fact gathering there and listen to the american public as well. i think as we get into fall and winter we'll start to see more interest paid to this as we get closer to that february 17th deadline in terms of the specifics or specific timeline, i don't have one to offer you just yet. maybe i could tell you later today after i meet with the chairman, but stay tuned. >> host: do you see the february 17th date holding? >> >> guest: well, it's not just a good idea, it's the law, so i think we have to stick to that and present it to congress no later than the 17th. >> host: commissioner robert mcdowell of the fcc and amy schatz of the "wall street journal". >> guest: thanks for having me. >> and now a senate hearin

monday, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on his efforts to provide more transparency and the commission's role in expanding broadband. the communicators that a p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this fall, entered the home of the nation's highest court. the supreme court, cumming the first sunday in october on c- span. a discussion now on israeli counterterrorism. you'll hear from the director of israel's counterterrorism europe. this is just about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is [unintelligible] i am the director of the university center terrorism studies which is an consortium of universities and think tanks and almost 40 countries around the world. this is the national security council. professor william orson from the south asia center of strategic studies. my colleague, professor edgar brenner will introduce our speakers and i would like to also welcome the audience the represents a academics as well as government officials and members of embassies and the media. in particular, i would like to think c-span for broadcasting this event. it is a public service to provide

the other two men who were arrested are 18-year-old scott mcdowell, and 25-year-old richard rio.d face up to 90 days in jail and $1,000 fine. >>> tropical storm claudette is bearing down on the florida panhandle near fort walton beach. the storm has maximum sustained winds at phi mills pe by miles . southwestern georgia could get between 3-6 inches of rain. there's no significant flooding expected. behind claudette is tropical storm bill which is now a hurricane over the atlantic. >>> hundreds of people are abandoning their homes as a wildfire rages in northern california. governor around schwarzenegger met with firefighters at the lockheed fire at the santa cruz mountain. he asked everyone to heed mandatory evacuation orders. more than 230 homes and ranches near the area are under evacuation orders. >>> if you had something happening in your community, you can share it with baltimore. up load photos, videos or written stories to neighborhood news. go to foxbaltimore.com/your take. you can also send photos and videos directly from your cell phone through pics at foxbaltimore.com.