mr. gustin, what can you tell us about michael o'rielly, the republican? >> well, he is a former senate staffer who is well respected, and it is traditionally when fcc appointments get made, there is a pairing so that a democrat and a republican are nominated to the agency. in theot as well-known industry as chairman wheeler, but he was a longtime senate staffer, republican, who is respected. so far all the comments from chairman wheeler and public interest groups and definitely industry groups and big companies have been very supportive. -- from my point of view and the point of view of a lot of people, it is great that the fcc finally has its five-member compliment because with so many challenging issues facing the agency, it is time to work. >> the "communicators" will face -- will cover the fcc in the coming months. magazine,"of "time thank you for being with us. >> c-span, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> o

mr. gustin, what do you think is the number one priority right now for the fcc? >> guest: well, i would say the biggest priority, the biggest immediate be priority is the spectrum incentive auction that's scheduled for next summer. and that's an effort by the fcc to sell existing wireless spectrum that's opened by the tv broadcasters -- that's owned by the tv broadcasters for use by the big wireless companies to address the growing spectrum crunch which is being driven by the massive proliferation of smartphones and tablets. >> host: well, at his confirmation hearing, tom wheeler talked about the upcoming spectrum auctions. here's what he had to say, want to get your response. >> the incentive auction, as i said, is something that's never been tried before, and i liken it to a rubik's cube, that over on this side of the cube you've got to provide an incentive for broadcasters to want to auction their spectrum. on this side of the cube, you have got to provide a product that is structured in such a way that incentivizes the wireless carriers or whoever the bidders

gustin on the challenges ahead for tom wheeler. >> mrs. kennedy is known as a style icon. admiration of her fashion sense. put a lot of she thought into her wardrobe when she was representing the country. she would think about what colors would mean something to the country she was about to visit. visits to canada, she chose this of respect a gesture to the canadian maple leaf. i admire the thought you put into her wardrobe. first lady, jacqueline 9:00dy, tonight, live at p.m. on c-span and c-span3. withming up next, q and a greg easterbrook, talking about the role of football in today's society. at 7:00 a.m., washington journal is live with your calls and the days latest news. >> this week on q and a, journalists, columnists greg easterbrook discusses his new book. >> >> gregg easterbrook, why did you decide to name your latest book "the king of sports?" >> the book is about football, the good and bad of football. it has both. it is the king of sports, the most important, popular, most exciting game in the most important country in the world. america's game use to be base