. >> meredith atwell baker is the ceo of ctia, the wireless association and margaret harding mcgill covers technology for politico, thank you both. >>. [inaudible conversation] >> a failed to in turkey last july, the panel ahead looks at security and foreign policy since the coup attempts. speakers looked at the reasons behind the action and the conference heard from the military head of turkey's civil security office. today's forum will be available later at our website, c-span.org. >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >> good afternoon everybody. i have about 10 minutes so if you would start making your way back here, that would be great and we look forward to a great second panel. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >> now the senate comes back today at 3:00. of course, coverage here on c-span2. they are back from their july 4 recess and we had a chance to get a preview of the earlier from a capitol hill reporter. >> joe gould is congressional reporter with defense news. what does the defense authorization bill and what in the version, the 2018 ver

. >> meredith atwell baker, what about the recent announcement that president trump is re-nominating him to serve on the fcc? >> she is a fantastically qualified candidate and we will be thrilled to see her back on the fcc and i have a compliment of fcc commissioners, it's important for their role as we move forward that they have so much work to do that i'm thrilled to see jessica be nominated. she's smart, she's qualified and she is a terrific public servant. >> she's also a big advocate for making more spectrum available but she's also very interested in making sure that unlicensed spectrum is available for wi-fi and other uses. what do you expect out of her policy on spectrum? >> you want the same thing we all want which is as far as spectrum goes, we need more licensed spectrums, we need more unlicensed spectrum and we probably need more shared spectrum future work, were going to need all of it so their knowledgeable and great advocates for that as well as the rest of the commission. we have a knowledgeable and great group of commissioners there. >> go ahead, margaret. >> thank

. >> ctia president meredith atwell baker on what the 5g network will look like to consumers. she also talked about the building out of broad band in rural areas. baker is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> what's the economic case for 5g? if it costs that much, how do carriers make a return on that? >> well, it's going to mean $500 billion to our economy and 3 million jobs. one out of every hundred person is going to have a 5g job. that's only if we get it right. that means we've got to move on spectrum, we've got to get a spectrum of low, medium, and high band, and get the infrastructure right. because as we roll forward, we need to build 300,000 small cell sites in the next few years. and what a small cell looks like is maybe a pizza box. it's small and it's going to be attached to everything because these are going to be much more dense networks. they're going to be on traffic lights and street lights, the sides of buildings. so what we really need and this is really important, we need an infrastructure that rethinks how we site. >> watch "the communicators" tonigh

president meredith atwell baker and what the 5-g network will look to consumers and building out to broadband to rural areas and the recent spectrum auctions. and she is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> if it costs that much to invest, how do carriers make a return on that? >> well, it's going to mean $500 billion to our economy and three million jobs. so one out of every 100 person is going to have a 5-g job. but, again, it's only if we get it right and that really does mean we've got to move on spectrum, we've got to get a pipeline of low, medium and high band and we got to get this infrastructure right because as we roll forward, we need to build 300,000 small cell sites in the next few years. and what a small cell looks like is maybe a pizza box. it's small and it's going to be attached to everything because these are going to be much more dense networks. they're going to be on traffic lights. and streetlights. the sides of buildings and so what we really need, and this is really important, we need an infrastructure that rethinks how we site. >> watch "the communicators" tonight

. >> meredith atwell baker on what the five g network will look like to consumers. she also talks about the building out of broadband in rural areas. she is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> what is the economic case for 5g? how do carriers make a return on that? billion to our00 economy and 3 billion jobs. but again, it is only if we get it right and that means we have to move on spectrum and we need a pipeline. of low, medium, and high band. we have to get the infrastructure right. as we roll forward, we have to build 300,000 small cell sites in the next few years. what a small cell looks like is maybe a pizza. it is small and it will be attached to everything because they will be much more dense networks. lights andon traffic streetlights, the sides of buildings. what we really need in this is important that we need an infrastructure that rethinks how we site. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. c-span2,ow night on mike pompeo offering his vision for the cia. also, his assessment of threats to the u.s. security and his

. >> meredith atwell-baker on what the 5g network will look like to consumers. she also talks about the building out of broadband in rural areas. she is interviewed by politico's technology reporter, margaret harding mcgill. >> what's the economic case for 5g. if it costs that much, how do carriers make a return on that? >> it's going to mean $500 billion to our economy and 3 million jobs, so one out of every hundred persons will have a 5g job. but again, it's only if we get it right, and that really does mean we've got to move on spectrum, we've got to get a pipeline of low, medium and high band, and we've got to get this infrastructure right because as we roll forward, we need to build 300,000 small cell sites in the next few years. and what a small cell looks like is maybe a pizza box. it's small and it's going to be attached to everything, because these are going to be much more dense networks. they're going to be on traffic lights and streetlights, the sides of buildings, and so what we really need and this is really porn, we need an infrastructure that ret

. >> host: meredith atwell beiger, while we're on -- baker, while we're on the fcc, what's your view of the rollback of the regulations, title ii, title i when it comes to regulation? >> guest: well, peter, net neutrality is really important, and i think we all agree i think we're really close to agreement, we all want net neutrality rules, and we all want consumers and entrepreneurs and garage entrepreneurs to be isle to have access to -- to be able to have access to the internet however they warnghts whenever they want. but we all want our broadband networks to get better and faster and realize this amazing 5g future. so we all believe the same things about net neutrality. the question is under what regulation are we going to bring that about, and i think chairman p be ai is rightfully focused on making investment -- chairman pai is taking a look at it, and we appreciate him doing that. the real answer is for congress to decide how they want to regulate broadband networks. when i was with the fcc in 2010, chairman general kousky was looking to -- general cow city was looking to end

. >> meredith atwell baker, what about the recent announcement that president trump is re-nominating him to serve on the fcc? >> she is a fantastically qualified candidate and we will be thrilled to see her back on the fcc and i have a compliment of fcc commissioners, it's important for their role as we move forward that they have so much work to do that i'm thrilled to see jessica be nominated. she's smart, she's qualified and she is a terrific public servant. >> she's also a big advocate for making more spectrum available but she's also very interested in making sure that unlicensed spectrum is available for wi-fi and other uses. what do you expect out of her policy on spectrum? >> you want the same thing we all want which is as far as spectrum goes, we need more licensed spectrums, we need more unlicensed spectrum and we probably need more shared spectrum future work, were going to need all of it so their knowledgeable and great advocates for that as well as the rest of the commission. we have a knowledgeable and great group of commissioners there. >> go ahead, margaret. >> thank

. >> ctia president meredith atwell baker on what the network would look like to consumers. she is interviewed by politico technology reporter margret harding mcgill. >> what's the economic case for 5g? if it costs that much to invest and build out the network, how do carriers make a return on it? >> it will mean $500 billion to the economy and 3 million jobs. one out of every 100 persons will have a 5g job. that's only if we get it right. that means we have to move on spectrum, we have to get a pipeline of low, medium and high band. and we have to get the infrastructure right. we need to build 300,000 small-cell sites in a few years. what is small cell looks like is maybe a pizza box. it is small and it will be attached to everything because these will be much more dense networks. they'll be on traffic lights and streetlights. the sides of buildings. and so what we really need -- and this is really important -- we need an infrastructure that rethinks how we site. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> next, a look at medicare, its payment syst