"the communicators" is the senior member of the federal communication commission and that is mignon clyburn currently in her second term. one of three democrats on the commission. commissioner clyburn, i want to start on an issue you have been working on since getting on the commission and that is prison phone rates. where are we on that issue? >> guest: where we are is basically in the court. that issue is one as you mentioned very important to me. millions of families to the tune of 2.7 million children and 2 million inmates were paying rates that were outrageous. what we saw was a market that was dysfunctional. so the commission took years to respond but it finally did. and we acted initially to take care of interstate rates. we acted again to look at the entire -- we passed on order that looks at the entire portfolio and the parties are poised to challenge that. we have published in the federal register which gives the green light to move forward and they are moving forward and we are responding to petitions for stay. >> host: so it is in the court system right now. but how much of a re

peter: federal communications commissioner mignon clyburn, is it difficult to regulate an act that is 20 years old? mrs. clyburn: it is a challenge. it is one that i welcome. it recognizes and is for that if we put the framework in place -- if we allow innovation to thrive, the sky is the limit. there are pressures to update, there's always a realization that at the foundation, the very core of this act, is a desire to have more options and competition. advanced communication services that are affordable and accessible to all here that will never be outdated. peter: john mccain and, thank you as well. --john mckinnon, thank you as well. created byc-span, america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. the u.s. marshal service confirm supreme court justice antonin scalia was found dead at a private residence in the big bend area of south texas. the services spokeswoman said he had retired for the evening and was found dead in the morning when he did not appear for breakfast. officials say it appears the justice di

. >> host: federal communications commissioner mignon clyburn, is it difficult to regulate an act that is 20 years old? >> guest: it's a challenge but it is one that i welcome because it recognize at its core that if we put the framework in place, that if we allow innovation to thrive, that the sky is the limit. there are always pressures to update but there are always, always there is always a realization foundation of it, at the very core of this act is a desire to have more options, more competitions, advanced communications services that are affordable and accessible to all and that will never be outdated. >> host: thank you, ma'am. john mckinnon, "wall street journal" thank you as well. >> thank you.

commissioner mignon clyburn, is it difficult to regulate an act that is 20 years old? >> guest: it's a challenge but it is one that i welcome because it recognize at its core that if we put the framework in place, that if we allow innovation to thrive, that the sky is the limit. there are always pressures to update but there are always, always there is always a realization foundation of it, at the very core of this act is a desire to have more options, more competitions, advanced communications services that are affordable and accessible to all and that will never be outdated. >> host: thank you, ma'am. john mckinnon, "wall street journal" thank you as well. >> thank you. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, with top non-fiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> well, good morning. i'm mike gerhardt. scholar in residence at the national constitution center. a great privilege for me to be able to do that. i normally teach at constitution law at unc chapel hill, which is not that far, at least by airplane. and it is terrific to

. >> host: federal communication commissioner, mignon clyburn, is a difficult to regulate an act that is 20 years old? >> guest: it is a challenge but it is one i welcome because it recognizes at the core that if we put the framework in place that if we allow innovation to thrive that the sky is the limit. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good evening. on behalf of the institute of neuroscience and human behavior. it i welcome you to this open my presentation. we are honored and proud to have with us this evening a scientist who needs no introduction to this audience. our director of the seminole institute and author, american mania and the well tuned brained, neuroscience and that life well lived which is the book that peter will be talking about this evening. welcome, thank you so much for coming to speak with us this evening. it is is a treat for so many of us. we even have people here from oxford, and we are just delighted to welcome you this evening. in discussion will be another scientist who is the professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences

"the communicators" is the senior member of the federal communication commission and that is mignon clyburn in her second term. one of three democrats on the commission. commissioner clyburn, i want to start on an issue you have been working on since getting on the commission and that is prison phone rates. where are we on that issue? >> guest: where we are is basically in the court. that issue is one as you mentioned very important to me. millions of families to the tune of 2.7 million children and 2 million inmates were

our guest on the communicators is the senior member of the federal communications commission, mignon clyburn. one of three democrats on the commission. commissioner cliburn, i want to start on an issue that you have been working on such you got on the commission. where are we on that issue? clyborn: we will take that issue because it is important to me. millions of families to the tune of 2 million inmates were paying rates that were outrageous. what we saw was a market that was dysfunctional. took years to respond. they finally did. we acted to take care of intrastate rates. we act did again to look at the entire -- we passed an order that looks at the entire portfolio, intrastate rates. poised tos are challenge that. we have arty published a federal register which gives them the green light to move forward. they are moving forward. we are responding to petitions to stay. >> in the court system right now, but how much of a reduction in rates are you looking at? have seenrn: would we as rates, we have heard $14 a minute. that is unusual, but we are on record that has happened. on average it