mcdowell and cox are well known. you have the new chairman. >> i did not seek a lot of concrete action happening until later this year. when we see that, it will probably be about the national broadband plan. you will see indicators of going in one direction or another. we will not see a hard court decision. the agency is just too new. i would put my money on seeing action on the cyber security bill. we might see some for action in the senate. that would be my debt, before the end of the year. >> i would like to place a

plus, there are three n known new players on the fcc, robert mcdowell and michael copps were pretty well-known commodities and you have clyburn, meredith at well baker and the new chair, julius genachowski. >> guest: i don't see whole lot of concrete action happening at the fcc until later this year and when we see that it is probably going to be about the national broadband plan a what you are going to see iin the gators. we are not actually going to see if howd kohr decision i don't think. it is just tooew. the place actually, would put my money on seeing action is in congress on the cybersecurity bill. i think we might see some floor action. the senate would be my bet before the end of the year. >> ht: noyes. >> guest: i would like to also place a bet on the reauthorization of the satellite ho viewer aft, portions of which are expiring at the end of th year, so it is essentially a statute that lets, that let people get o o that lets people in one communities c via satellite content from ather, from outside their area, and you is an issue that both chambers are looking at in bills are mong f

plus, there are three unkno new players on the fcc, robert mcdowell and michael copps are pretty well known commodities, i guess, but you've got clyburn, atwell-baker and the new chair, julius genachowski. fawn johnson. >> guest: well, i don't see a whole lot of concrete action happening at the fcc until later this year. and when we see that, that's probably going to be about the national broadband plan. and what you're going to see is indicators, we're not actually going to see a hard core decision. it's just too new, the agency's too new. the place i would put my money on seeing action is in congress on the cybersecurity bill. i'm seeing maybe in the senate, my bet, before the end of the year. >> host: andrew noyes. >> guest: i'd also like to place a bet on the satellite home viewer act which portions of which are expiring at the end of the year. so it's essentially a statute that lets, that lets people get out of, that lets people in one community see via satellite content from another, from outside their area. and it's an issue that both chambers are looking at and bills are movin

up and you brought up all supper kojo-- both the chairman and the lead senior republican robert mcdowelloth spoke about wireless policy really-- recently. i want to show you a little bit about . >> the wireless competition report is that it does go beyond what cmrs is understood to be narrowly, to look more broadly at all of the elements that affecthat we understand to be the mobile marketplace. is an important step in the process of laying a soli foundation f predictle, facts based competition policy in the wireless sector, a proces that will continue with otheompetition reports that the agency is responsible for. competition is of course important for many reasons including that it produces l prices a high quality for consumers. competition is also the mother of invention which makes it especially important in a fast-changing marketplace like communications, today's competition is an essential companion trefore to the innotion and iestment notice that we discussed earlier and ce versa. >> the commissio loss-- longstanding policyo allow competitiv market fces rher th command-and-control

both the chairman, julius genachowski, and the senior republican, i guess, robert mcdowell both spoke about wireless policy recently. want to show you a little bit of that and then get your reaction. >> the item that the notice is called wireless competition repo is it does go beyond what cmrs has understood to be narrowly to look more broadly at all of the elements that effect what we understand to be the global marketplace. it's an important step in the process of laying a solid foundation for predictable, fax-based competition policy in the wireless sector, a process that will continue with other competition reports that the agency is responsible for preparing. competition is, of course, important for many reasons including that it producds low prices and high quality for consumers. competitn is also the mother of invention which makes it especially important in a fast-changing marketplace like communications. today's competition notice is an essential companion, therefore, to the innovation and investment notice that we discussed earlier and vice versa. >> the commission's long st

mcdowell accused deeds of failing to solve the transportation problem. >> i'm going to bring together all of the parties to get a plan passed. i will bring together democrats and republicans, people from all over the state, delegates and senators to get a plan passed that has several broad aspects. >> i handed out my transportation plan, 19 pages single spaces. here is my opponent's plan. there is nothing on it. look at his website. >> i have outlined detailed plans. >> reporter: now at the alexandria elections office, the absentee ballots are ready. you can walk in and vote if you want. the first voter, an election's worker cast her ballot at 8:00 this morning. and you can request a ballot by mail and the office already has more than a thousand ballots to send out. >> but if you have a medical reason a student, out of town or business or vacation, or the biggest thing in this area, commuters. if you have a lot day or commuting, that will qualify you to go to absentee. >> reporter: now this is not the first time that deeds and mcdonnell have faced off in a race. four years ago it was

but malcolm mcdowell is a different personality. so i made dr. actual malcolm? >> yeah. because e -- i wrote the script and i'm friends with malcolm, 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. loomis like he's a sellout. he's trying to make tons of money off the tragedy and i based it on a vincent bugliosi manson murder. you have the family members mourning the victims and then the guy writing best-selling books and b movies. >> there are tons of people like -- >> oh, yeah. so dr. loomis 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 in it? >> i didn't think you'd do it for the money. >> oh. >> i thought to make dr. loomis 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. i thoug

. >> an official with the campaign of creigh deeds says mcdowell has given no reason that this is not how he will govern if elected. >>> federal workers, changes are coming to your paycheck and it might not be the changes you're hoping for. >>> the governor of massachusetts makes a move or replacing the seat of kennedy. >>> and a pin ball heaven on myfoxdc.com, just look at the off beat section. much more ahead on the midday show. we're back in just minutes. fios guy! what is this? this...oh...this is nothing... this is just a flyer i've been putting all over town. warning, fios installation is responsible for 76% of divorces. os hates puppies. oh...that's evil! fios steals your youth. none of this is true. so what do you want; the truth? idlly...yes! so you would have me tell people that fios uses 100% fiber optics straight to your home and we don't? that's true. ...that you have more bandwidth than cable and can deliver more hd channels and better picture quality? also true. whatever dude. you got to get into people's heads, confuse them; that's marketing 101. wait a minute, you too

i made an error i was talking about gooftorial republican bob mcdowell.ertson school i. is not called liberty university. the jerry falwell school. it's called regent university. i don't know how i mixed them up. that's it for tonight. hard bicycle with chris matthews is next. >> barack has the ball. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, full-court press. so now we know the play where the president races out to meet the enemy, grabs the ball and takes the shot, works. we've got the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll and the president's approval rating is holding steady at 51%. exactly writ was a month ago. s is his media blitz work iing? people are worried about the economy and saying it will improve next year, up from april. and a 3 persons lead over the democrats, the smallest lead since the republicans. and we have something from the president's appearance on david letterman. and the war in afghanistan, should president obama give general mccrystal the troops he wants. what would victory

. >>> and mcdowell has picked up an endorsement from the fraternal order of peace, said to have the bestublic safety initiatives. >>> the virginia race has an affect on the obama administration. and that's one of the topics this sunday on fox news sunday. chris wallace joins us now. >> good morning, allison. >> you were talking with bob mcdonnell this weekend and how much of a reflection is this on the white house, where he stands in the polls? >> well, obviously when voters go in, there are messages they want to send and i think primarily their voting on issues and the specific candidates, but having said that, it certainly will be read nationally. there are only two big races this year because 2009 is considered an off year. one is virginia and the other is new jersey. and virginia's governor race will be read nationally by people. if creigh deeds is able to win, it will be seen as an indication that this red state has not only turned purple, but blue. a lot of democrats have won over the last few years. but if bob mcdonnell win it's will be seen as not so fast. we invited creigh deeds

in ten minutes, your questions and your money with dagen mcdowell. >> we have avenue been showing youhting back suing the film makers. are they in the right here? a fair and balanced debate here coming up. >> but first what's coming up at the top of the hour on the cost of freedom business block. >> hey, guys, good morning, the secrets are now leaking out. a top democrat admitting the health care overhaul will mean a middle class tax hike and watch dog says benefit cuts. can measured america afford any of this. and if the bill cuts medicare too much, someone here says not enough. the vice-president says never in his wildest dreams did he think that trillion dollar stimulus would be working so well. should he keep dreaming. cashing in, outrage alert. hollywood hipocracy at its worse. the cost of freedom starts at the top of the hour and we will see you again. ree r thevla wos inge o ats te dee s d foe t , ew cal thly% raeer swes ne llll ju caesac tuav thci usve n suyo rand tuswne swta™ >> hey, thank you. >> no, excuse me, i want to finish my sentence. >> i don't otdz why you have an in