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our guest is fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> host: fcc commissioner robert mcdowell is the senior republican on the federal communications commission end-user gastric this week on "the communicators" your commissioner mcdowell were about a month away from a national broadband plan being delivered. >> guest: 43 days. >> host: been delivered from the fcc. can you give us an update on what is in that plan, what you've seen, and how it's developed? >> guest: well, we have sent the middle of last year eight-team that has been brought in from the outside and others are internal. the commission has done a terrific job of having numerous hearings, workshops and issuing public notices to solicit opinion and facts and analyses on just about every possible angle you can think of of how broadband might affect america and what can we do as a country to make broadband more ubiquitous and more available for other countries. so fatter and faster pipes for more americans. our broadband team has given us a number of regimes over the past few months and it's really going to boil down to a think a ma
our guest is fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> host: fcc commissioner robert mcdowell is the senior republican on the federal communications commission end-user gastric this week on "the communicators" your commissioner mcdowell were about a month away from a national broadband plan being delivered. >> guest: 43 days. >> host: been delivered from the fcc. can you give us an update on what is in that plan, what you've seen, and how it's developed? >> guest:...
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our guest is fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> robert mcdowell is our guest this week on "the communicators ." we are about a month away from a national broadband plan being delivered. can you give us an update on what is in that plan, what you have seen, and how it is developing? >> we have had a team since the middle of last year that has been brought in some from outside and some are internal. we are soliciting opinions and backs and analyses on just about every possible angle of how broad ban might affect america and what can we do as a country to make broadband work available. our broadband team has given us a number of briefings over the past few months. it comes down to a matter of supply and demand, as simple as that. what can we do to make the existing pipes that serve the broadband connections fatter and faster for americans and more affordable? what can we do to help americans want to subscribe more to broadband? we have not yet seen the draft detailed plan. we have only seen
our guest is fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> robert mcdowell is our guest this week on "the communicators ." we are about a month away from a national broadband plan being delivered. can you give us an update on what is in that plan, what you have seen, and how it is developing? >> we have had a team since the middle of last year that has been brought in some from outside and some are internal. we are soliciting opinions and backs and analyses on just about every...
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i knew him and i new chairman mcdowell before him. i am sorry, i mean commissioner mcdowell.he is a very loyal alum. it was a fairly easy process to set up. >> who you report to? >> for some projects, a report to the general counsel. for some projects, a report to this specific person in charge of the project. for some projects, i report to the chair or the chief of staff. for some, i talked to all the commissioners. >> also joining us is a truth stanton -- ruth stanton. >> you were speaking of how part of the job was described as long-term strategy. >> at a higher level, here are things on the horizon that we want to be thinking about, and what are the different ways we can approach them? the chair is committed to having the fcc b eight dated driven agency. there are big issues out there, and to make sure we are thinking about all the important issues, not only in the next six months, but in the next six years. part of my job is just trying to think about are there things on the agenda that should be on the agenda? are there different ways of thinking about issues than we ha
i knew him and i new chairman mcdowell before him. i am sorry, i mean commissioner mcdowell.he is a very loyal alum. it was a fairly easy process to set up. >> who you report to? >> for some projects, a report to the general counsel. for some projects, a report to this specific person in charge of the project. for some projects, i report to the chair or the chief of staff. for some, i talked to all the commissioners. >> also joining us is a truth stanton -- ruth stanton....
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-- his father bundled him up, took him to a pioneering doctor in kentucky by the name of nephron mcdowell. mcdowell had crafted a surgery, carved up to the public floor to the prostate, no anesthetics -- 17 years old. i cannot imagine how long it took. it had to be at least an hour. he had some brandy, i guess, and maybe a piece of wood to bite down on. and they removed the stones and he renewed his life. but based on what we know now about the nerves that line the prostate, it is very likely that he was sterile and did not have children. >> i have read somewhere that churchill had this false that may be great men of history were sickly or and well, that marks was -- and that marx not very well. maybe james k. polk was one of those who knows their own life is going to be short and you have to get it done now. >> i think he was very aware of his own mortality as a result of that, but he was also absolutely determined. by the time he gave up the presidency, he came to hate the job. he was not a robust consciousness type of person such as roosevelt, who loved the job, or reagan, who would no
-- his father bundled him up, took him to a pioneering doctor in kentucky by the name of nephron mcdowell. mcdowell had crafted a surgery, carved up to the public floor to the prostate, no anesthetics -- 17 years old. i cannot imagine how long it took. it had to be at least an hour. he had some brandy, i guess, and maybe a piece of wood to bite down on. and they removed the stones and he renewed his life. but based on what we know now about the nerves that line the prostate, it is very likely...
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. >> our guest is robert mcdowell, the senior republican commissioner on the fcc. >> i would like to talk about net neutrality. you use that in the context of white spaces. you have said that you have agreed for the proceeding of the rulemaking process, but you have also said you don't think there is a need for a new policy. is there a net neutrality policy that you could be comfortable with, and what would that look like? >> we are about to how our initial round of comments due on january 14. the first thing we need to do is examine whether or not there is a systemic market share. in 2007, the government twice looked at this issue to examine the broadband market. the federal trade commission to get to a vote, which was 5-0, unanimous. net neutrality has been an undefined and blue, but now we have proposed rules that give us a framework for debate. i would like for potential commoners who might be watching right now to please give us hard evidence of systemic market failure. in other words, the concern for the proponents of net new trolley regulation is that network owners and operat
. >> our guest is robert mcdowell, the senior republican commissioner on the fcc. >> i would like to talk about net neutrality. you use that in the context of white spaces. you have said that you have agreed for the proceeding of the rulemaking process, but you have also said you don't think there is a need for a new policy. is there a net neutrality policy that you could be comfortable with, and what would that look like? >> we are about to how our initial round of comments...
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and short circuit the job recovery and i'm charles payne, kneel kneneil wik next week and dagen mcdowell, patricia powell and gary, and gary k. i want to start with you, what do you think. >> adding a third-party to the equation will cost jobs, expense go up, jobs go down and an environment where you have credit going south, with the economy, in bad shape and unemployment terrible and adding this, only makes things worse. >> and, patricia, it is obvious, big businesses are bracing for this and already we've seen the training videos and own 7% of the business population are unions and businesses seem to be really afraid. >> they should be afraid. this has a tremendous impact on their businesses and if you want to la look anecdotally around, michigan 19% of the population is unionized and we have the highest state unemployment rate in the nation and they have the dubious distinction at 14%, over 14%, every month and look at north dakota and the dubious distinction of having the lowest unemployment rate, 4%, half the rate of unionization and if you want to unionize, there is no evidence to
and short circuit the job recovery and i'm charles payne, kneel kneneil wik next week and dagen mcdowell, patricia powell and gary, and gary k. i want to start with you, what do you think. >> adding a third-party to the equation will cost jobs, expense go up, jobs go down and an environment where you have credit going south, with the economy, in bad shape and unemployment terrible and adding this, only makes things worse. >> and, patricia, it is obvious, big businesses are bracing...
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. >> today, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan the wireless industry. it o'clock p.m. eastern on c- span2 -- 8:00 eastern. >> a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of government. c. the exquisite detail of the supreme court, go beyond the velvet ropes and public tours of the white house, america's most famous home, and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icons, a three disk dvd set, one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. now available, "abraham lincoln ," a great read for any history buff. a unique contemporary perspective from 56 scholars, journalists, and writers. from lincoln's early years to rise to the white house. hardcover at your favorite bookseller and now digital audio available where downloads are sold. learn more at c-span.org/slink in book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: brian michael jenkins is a senior advisor at the rand corp., a former captain with army special forces and has testified numerous times on terrorism, international and h
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commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band trade, in the wireless industry today on c-span. >> now, president obama calls for a program to help tens of thousands of new technology jobs. this comes following the announcement that the economy lost more jobs in december and the unemployment rate was changed. >> announce the significant new investment for making and clean energy. i want to give another update on a matter of concern to every american, that's our employment picture. the jobs numbers that were released by the labor department this morning are a reminder that the road to recovery is never straight. we have to work every single day to get our economy moving again. for most americans, and for me, that means jobs. it means whether we are putting people back to work. job losses were one tenth of what we were experiencing in the first quarter. in fact, in november, we saw the first gain in jobs in nearly two years. last month however we slipped back, losing more jobs than we gained. though the overall trend is still pointing in the right direction. what
commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band trade, in the wireless industry today on c-span. >> now, president obama calls for a program to help tens of thousands of new technology jobs. this comes following the announcement that the economy lost more jobs in december and the unemployment rate was changed. >> announce the significant new investment for making and clean energy. i want to give another update on a matter of concern to every american, that's...
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commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and the wireless industry. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, an update on health care negotiations on capitol hill. democratic leaders spoke with reporters for 10 minutes about their efforts to pass a bill before the president's state of the union address. >> happy new i didn't remember. great to see you all. we just had a productive meeting. want to commend all of them. mr. miller, chairman waxman, chair of the energy and commerce committee, chairwoman slaughter, chair of the rules committee, for the imptant work they have done and that they are doing. we're very pleased that our conversations continue with our current parts in the senate at the leadership level, at the committee level, and at the staff level and are optimistic that there's much that we have in common in both of our bills and that we will reconcile this legislation in a way that is a triple-a rating. affordability for the middle class, accountability for the insurance companies, and accessibility to many more pe
commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and the wireless industry. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, an update on health care negotiations on capitol hill. democratic leaders spoke with reporters for 10 minutes about their efforts to pass a bill before the president's state of the union address. >> happy new i didn't remember. great to see you all. we just had a productive meeting. want to commend all of them. mr....
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. >> this weekend republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan net neutrality and the wireless industry saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. preston obama's sending agriculture secretary tom vilsack to afghanistan to promote stability there through agriculture reforms. he will be joined by special representative richard holbrooke. they spoke with reporters thursday for about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of state. i think we have an unusual if not an unprecedented line up for you this afternoon. we are thrilled to welcome the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack to the department of state. we are also thrilled to have on hand are newly minted administrator of the u.s. agency for national development, and of course our intrepid special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. we have travel plans for these gentlemen in terms of heading to the region in the very near future, but we thought it was a good time to talk a little bit about where we are in the civilian component of the strategy that the preside
. >> this weekend republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan net neutrality and the wireless industry saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. preston obama's sending agriculture secretary tom vilsack to afghanistan to promote stability there through agriculture reforms. he will be joined by special representative richard holbrooke. they spoke with reporters thursday for about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department...
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market indicator, the video is robustly competitive good post over on the setup time commissioner mcdowell. senator snowe and one are introduced to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against pretty more expertise to the fcc? especially because mark warner is introducing the bill. i think that's a terrific thing and we do need to make sure that we have worked technical ideas at the fcc. a lot of our engineers on staff, some of the best and brightest in the world, but some of them are reaching retirement age and we need to be able to compete with the private sector to attract folks to come to the commission. if anyone is out there watching, please send in your resume to the fcc. we need you to donate a few years of her time to public service. it's very important. >> host: what is the role of stuart benjamin? >> guest: i've known him for a number of years and he talked to university. he was our very first scholar in residence. i let him speak for himself as his actual role. but he is there anything to help us be a liaison between the commission in the academic community at
market indicator, the video is robustly competitive good post over on the setup time commissioner mcdowell. senator snowe and one are introduced to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against pretty more expertise to the fcc? especially because mark warner is introducing the bill. i think that's a terrific thing and we do need to make sure that we have worked technical ideas at the fcc. a lot of our engineers on staff, some of the best and brightest in the world, but...
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. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original documentaries from c- span now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of "the white house -- america's most famous home." and explore the history, art, and architecture of "the capitol," one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons" -- a three- disc dvd set. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c- span.org/store. >> as negotiations continue on a compromise on health care, have lawmakers made progress? >> there is a stage right now where they are working out the small things. the house has been meeting pretty extensively over the forum -- over the phone with their entire caucus. top senators like max baucus and chris dodd and harry reid had been meeting on th
. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original documentaries from c- span now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of...
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. >> host: we're almost out of time, commissioner mcdowell. senators snowe and warner recently introduced legislation to bring more expertise to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against bringing more expertise from the fcc especially when my home state senator, mark warner, is introducing the bill? we do need to make sure we have more technical expertise at the fcc. we have a bit of a brain drain. we have some wonderful engineers on staff, some of the best and brightest in the world, but some of them are reaching retirement age, and we need to be able to compete with the private sector to attract folks to come to the commission. if anyone's watching, please sent in your resumÉ to the fcc. we need you to donate a few years of your life to public service. it's very important. >> host: and what is the role of stuart benjamin? >> guest: i've known him for a number of years. he went to, he taught at my alma mater, duke university, and is on a leave of absence there as our very first scholar in residence. and i will let him spe
. >> host: we're almost out of time, commissioner mcdowell. senators snowe and warner recently introduced legislation to bring more expertise to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against bringing more expertise from the fcc especially when my home state senator, mark warner, is introducing the bill? we do need to make sure we have more technical expertise at the fcc. we have a bit of a brain drain. we have some wonderful engineers on staff, some of the best and...
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. >> this weekend on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on an efforts to create broadband, newtrality on c-span. >> in just a moment, the state of the state address from new york governor david paterson. that speech today expected to focus on ethics issues including campaign finance law and term limits. we take you now to the state house in albany, new york, for live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> looking live inside the state house in albany, new york, looking for the state of the state address for governor david paterson. he's expected to focus on eth
. >> this weekend on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on an efforts to create broadband, newtrality on c-span. >> in just a moment, the state of the state address from new york governor david paterson. that speech today expected to focus on ethics issues including campaign finance law and term limits. we take you now to the state house in albany, new york, for live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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republican commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan.s 8 eastern on c-span too. "washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national government. states don't have that option. they have to balance like we do in our family budgets. host: we heard from governor schwarzenegger in his statement and governor scott pattison but one of the things coming out of schwarzenegger's budget is expectations that the federal government with it's 12,000,000 overall debt will come to the rescue for states like california. how many states are counting on this? guest: california is asking for well over 6 million in additional funds an
republican commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan.s 8 eastern on c-span too. "washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a...
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. >> the republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan,et neutrality, and the wireless industry. that is on c-span2. remarks now by afl-cio president richard trumka. he talks about the state of the economy and its impact on families as well as is opposition to portions of the health care legislation. from the national press club, this last about an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club for speakers luncheon. i am president of the national press club and a reporter for "usa today." we're the leading organization for professional journalist and we provide it informative programming and journalism education and foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please web at our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, how well -- i would like to welcome our speaker and the gas in the audience today. i would also like to welcome those of you watching on c-span. for those in our broadcast audience if you hear applause, it may be from the guests and members of the general pu
. >> the republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plan,et neutrality, and the wireless industry. that is on c-span2. remarks now by afl-cio president richard trumka. he talks about the state of the economy and its impact on families as well as is opposition to portions of the health care legislation. from the national press club, this last about an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club for speakers luncheon. i am...
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. >> this weekend, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. saturday at 6:30 p.m.astern on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: kenneth timmerman is here to discuss what is happening in iran. secretary of state hillary clinton addressed the issue yesterday. here's what she said >>. >> we have avoided using the term deadline. we want to keep the door to dialogue open. we have also made it clear we cannot continue to wait. we cannot continue to stand by when the iranians talk about increasing their production of highly enriched uranium and additional facilities for nuclear power that very likely could be put to dual use. host: here is the headline in "the washington times." what is your reaction? guest: the iranians have been trying to play out the clock on this for many years. every opportunity that they did, they will continue to do that. their goal remains constant, and that is to develop nuclear weapons capability. whether or not they build nuclear weapons is another story. we know they want the capability. we know they have enough nuclear weapons mat
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is this weekend, republican commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plandate on health-care negotiations on capitol hill. democratic leaders spoke with reporters for 10 minutes about their efforts to pass a bill. >> have the new year. welcome back. -- happy new year. welcome back. it is great to see you all. we just had a successful meeting with our chairs. i want to commend all of them. we are very pleased that our conversations continued with our counterparts in the senate. we are optimistic that there is much that we have in common in both of our bills and that we will resolve or reconcile this legislation in a way that is a triple a rating. accountability, affordability, and accessibility to many more people and our country. with that i would like to yield to our distinguished majority leader. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. we have reached a very historic bill. it the senate has passed a healthcare reform bill. it is necessary for us to reconcile these two bills. there are significant differences. we will be discussing these over the next upcom
is this weekend, republican commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband plandate on health-care negotiations on capitol hill. democratic leaders spoke with reporters for 10 minutes about their efforts to pass a bill. >> have the new year. welcome back. -- happy new year. welcome back. it is great to see you all. we just had a successful meeting with our chairs. i want to commend all of them. we are very pleased that our conversations continued with our...
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commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutral di, saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next on c-span, the white house releases a report on the christmas day attempted bombing of northwest airlines flight 253. we'll hear from president obecause mand -- obama and homeland security secretary janet in a poll ta noah. -- napolitano. later, we'll hear about the u.s.'s role in
commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutral di, saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next on c-span, the white house releases a report on the christmas day attempted bombing of northwest airlines flight 253. we'll hear from president obecause mand -- obama and homeland security secretary janet in a poll ta noah. -- napolitano. later, we'll hear about the u.s.'s role in
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. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on a net neutrality and the wireless industry, saturdayto a discussion on water issues in developing countries. we will hear about conflicts that arise due to water scarcity and efforts to develop water resources. speakers today include members of the group catholic relief services. live coverage from the woodrow wilson center for scholars and in washington. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you all to the woodrow wilson center. i have the good fortune and privilege today to welcome you all to the center as the director of the environmental change in security program, a program that has tried to grapple with the very issues that we are looking at today, water and conflict and the broader context of health in this foreign policy and security policy context. obviously, are really a tremendous effort by a catholic relief services to wrap their arms around what you will see, a highly complex set of issues are route water conflict, but also incorporating water development, not just the threat, but the opportunity to res
. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on a net neutrality and the wireless industry, saturdayto a discussion on water issues in developing countries. we will hear about conflicts that arise due to water scarcity and efforts to develop water resources. speakers today include members of the group catholic relief services. live coverage from the woodrow wilson center for scholars and in washington. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you all to the...
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. >> in weekend on "the communicators," robert mcdowell, net neutrality and the wireless industry, 6: p.m. eastern saturday on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: marilyn geewax, senior business editor for national public radio. ms. geewax, what is the economy in? guest: we've had job losses of two years. since december of 2007 we've been losing jobs and people are -- you can measure a recession all sorts of ways but for all americans, jobs is really what determines if the economy is good or not. so we're looking at this report that's about to be released in a little bit from the labor department, and it will tell us whether or not we're actually starting to gain jobs or if we're still losing. host: what is the prediction? guest: most economists are seeing it as a break even. we're not adding them but not losing them. some economists think we've lost another 10,000 jobs in december. others said, no, we probably gained 10,000 jobs. one thing that's important to remember, this is an economy with 131 million jobs. so 10,000 jobs either way, it's kind of a rounding error. it
. >> in weekend on "the communicators," robert mcdowell, net neutrality and the wireless industry, 6: p.m. eastern saturday on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: marilyn geewax, senior business editor for national public radio. ms. geewax, what is the economy in? guest: we've had job losses of two years. since december of 2007 we've been losing jobs and people are -- you can measure a recession all sorts of ways but for all americans, jobs is really...
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. >> robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband planned, and net neutrality, and the wireless industry. >> the house will gather in on tuesday and the senate will resume debate on january 20. they plan to consider a judicial nomination and an increase of the federal debt ceiling brita . the senate passed its bill on christmas eve. it is done include the public option that is in the house a bill. they have to agree on the same version before sending it to the president. the aim is to get a final bill to president obama's desk before the stated the union address in early february. live coverage of the house on c- span. you can see the senate on c- span2. >> over 157,000 hours of c-span video now available to you. if his past and free. -- it is fast and free. >> $50,000 in prizes for middle and high school students. the top prize is $5,000. create a five minute video. it must incorporate sees their programming in show varying points of view. injured before midnight january 20. the winning video could be shown on c-span. go to c-span.org 4 contest rules. >> earlier today, presiden
. >> robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadband planned, and net neutrality, and the wireless industry. >> the house will gather in on tuesday and the senate will resume debate on january 20. they plan to consider a judicial nomination and an increase of the federal debt ceiling brita . the senate passed its bill on christmas eve. it is done include the public option that is in the house a bill. they have to agree on the same version before sending it to the...
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. >> today, republican and sec commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadbandan, neutrality, and the wireless industry at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> earlier today, a highway end of a safety advocacy group released a report. it covers areas including text messaging and distracted driving, a child car seats, interlock was for truckdrivers. joining in the discussion with state and federal officials. this is just over 90 minutes. >> good morning and welcome. i am president of advocates for highway and auto safety. we are the sponsor of the 2010 highway map to safety laws. we are with in alliance with groups working together and it was passed in congress and state legislatures and have been doing that since 1989 when we were founded. i wish to welcome those of you who have joined us here at the national press club. also to those of you who are watching via our web cast at www.saferoads.org and to those doing through the internet, i would like to say you can access our electronic press kit and the -- at the home page of the same web address. if people could tur
. >> today, republican and sec commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broadbandan, neutrality, and the wireless industry at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> earlier today, a highway end of a safety advocacy group released a report. it covers areas including text messaging and distracted driving, a child car seats, interlock was for truckdrivers. joining in the discussion with state and federal officials. this is just over 90 minutes. >> good morning and...
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commissioner robert mcdowell on the effort to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and other issues. saturday, president obama's ambassador at large for women's issue talks about supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and the role of women and the law on "america and the courts." >> next, a discussion on last year's afghanistan's elections. they talk about their fraud investigation and eventual victory by hamid karzai. they discuss the presidential elections for this may. it was held at the u.s. institute of peace in washington, d.c. >> good morning, everyone. we can proceed. thank everyone for coming. my name is john dempsey with the u.s. institute of peace, based in afghanistan. i have the privilege of actually being here in washington this week for this, our first public event on afghanistan of 2010. i'm so happy we have such a good turnout, i recognize some faces here, see a lot of people i haven't seen around before and i look forward to a frank discussion with our distinguished panelist today on a subject that clearly has been getting a lot of attention over the last
commissioner robert mcdowell on the effort to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and other issues. saturday, president obama's ambassador at large for women's issue talks about supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and the role of women and the law on "america and the courts." >> next, a discussion on last year's afghanistan's elections. they talk about their fraud investigation and eventual victory by hamid karzai. they discuss the presidential elections for...
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. >> this weekend, commissioner mcdowell on the efforts to create a broad band plan, net neutrality, and the wireless industry. >> hillary clinton says that in foreign policy, the administration is going to put development on the same level as diplomacy and military power. from the peterson institute, this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> a good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. i am the president of the center for global development. we are delighted to have the secretary of state here, and we are eager to hear what she has to say about the ongoing efforts of the administration to strengthen the u.s. global development policy and programs. this really is great to see this crowd. this is the day of development. i am happy to have my code- founders of this center, and the chairman of the board. i just have the honor of introducing to the secretary. honor of introducing to the secretary. he is determined to changing the conditions for the poor. is all about improving the policies and practices of the rich world toward the world of the poor. in the rich world, no country matt
. >> this weekend, commissioner mcdowell on the efforts to create a broad band plan, net neutrality, and the wireless industry. >> hillary clinton says that in foreign policy, the administration is going to put development on the same level as diplomacy and military power. from the peterson institute, this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> a good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. i am the president of the center for global development. we are delighted to have the...
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commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and the wireless industry, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> over the next half-hour, new york governor david paterson's state of the state address he spoke in albany. >> thank you. before we begin, i would like to thank speaker silver and all his staff members who arranged wonderful accommodations for us and the cooperation of the staff of leader sampson's staff and his cooperation as well. it's become customary on occasions of this significance to recognize each and every public official in the room with congratulatory pronouncements and self-reflected praise. but my colleagues, the times are measured, and i would ask, with your understanding that we dispense with the flourishes and formalities and i would like to address all of you today just as fellow citizens of our great state. all equal under the eyes of god, all responsible to the people of the state of new york. whether our service be short-lived or long-remembered, this is a winter of reckoning. i come before you today not
commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and the wireless industry, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> over the next half-hour, new york governor david paterson's state of the state address he spoke in albany. >> thank you. before we begin, i would like to thank speaker silver and all his staff members who arranged wonderful accommodations for us and the cooperation of the staff of leader sampson's staff and his...