mr. mccormick, who do you represent here in the washington? >> guest: well, we represent the nation's broadband service providers, companies large and small, you are wan and -- urban and rural, publicly traded, privately held. these are companies that his to have create were telephone companies, but today they are broadband service providers, and they offer service on both a wire line and wireless basis. >> host: who are some of your members? >> guest: companies like verizon, a, the and, the, centurylink, windstream and companies much smaller that serve rural markets in sparsely-populated parse parts of the united states. >> host: what are some of the major issues right now being confronted by the companies that you represent? >> guest: i would say the single most, the biggest issue is the transition to the new ip environment. i mean, internet protocol communications is the future. consumers are driving it. ip technology is the technology that enables all devices to communicate with one another, and it's that transition from an analog world to

mr. mccormick, you came into tech and telecom through a backdoor. you have a transportation background. had to get into tech? -- how did you get into tech? >> i moved into transportation. i moved back into communications. you could say that my background is in networks. my background is in railroad networks and trucking networks and highway networks and communications networks. what we have seen is that the a look amici kate -- telecommunication networks historically were structured along the lines of transportation networks. the fcc was modeled on the interstate commerce commission. natural,en kind of a professional discipline to be able to move and post in -- move in both environments. >> what percentage of the american public has in her next -- access to broadband today? >> 98% of americans have access to phones today. the latest statistics at the end of 2012 was at 95.8% of americans had access to a rock band -- a broadband provider. virtually 100% have access to broadband delivered over satellite. ofhave about four percent america that is not covered by a fixed broadband provider.

mr. mccormick you came into tech and telecom. that dori. you have a transportation background of the transportation lawyer as well. how did you get into tech? is, that round is both communications and transportation. i began inch communications and moved into transporttransport ation and moved back into communications. so what you could say is that my back round is in networks. my background is in railroad networks and trucking networks and highway networks and communications networks. what we have seen is that the telecommunications networks historically were structured along the lines of transportation networks and the fcc was modeled on the interstate commerce commission and the federal communications act was modeled on the communications act so it's been kind of a natural professional discipline to be able to move in both environments. >> host: what percentage of the u.s. population has access to broadband today? >> guest: today let's begin with phone service. 98% of americans have access to phone service today with regard to broadband,

mr. mccormick. >> none. >> all right. >> you can't really ask for more on that one. >> that was pat mcclury the republican nominee last year now the republican governor of north carolina. you can't get more clear cut. as governor pat mcclearry did sign. he will not be up for re-election in 2016. there has been a wave of legislation in north carolina i think raises questions about a potential blow back there. another state. i know you were worried about this is michigan. michigan is one of these states where in the backlash of 2010 mid-term wave, republicans were able to get control of the state legislature and a republican elected governor. and they have now passed in the last few weeks before christmas passed a law that a women needs a second ryder to cover abortion. it could not be covered by her insurance. it's a little politicked how this got through. can you tell how it got through. what it does. is this something? a blue state that will cause a backlash? >> states like michigan, ohio and pennsylvania have had strong anti-abortion movements, they have a strong catholic population. in m

mccormick. i know exactly what mr. mar was talking about. i happen to have one of these rv's down to if full ton. it looks like it's just meant to move the homeless from one place to another. i have a job, my girlfriend has a job. unfortunate we don't have enough money to afford housing. mr. yee talked a lot about tools and they are meant to fix thins and nothing is getting fixed. just the repetitiveness. some people complained about defecation. i have receipts of dumping where i go to dump my stuff. there are responsible people there. if i didn't have this, i would be outside and just being honest before i'm going to sleep with my girlfriend i'm going to sleep in my van. it's scary inside and outside. if i'm going to have plays to park my vehicle, i would be more than willing to stay. if something can be done, that would be awesome. >> thank you very much. melody? next is david young >> hi, i'm melody. i just want you to know that i lost my apartment in 2007 and i have been staying in the vehicle since 2008. i have early childhood traumatic

mr. smooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor, facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations, including a former female employee who filed suit, irene mccormickson, alleging that filn pechlt r asked her, wouldn't it be great if you fook off your panties and worked without them on? he was sentenced to 90 days home confinement and three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, former hip-hop mayor of detroit, convicted of racketeering and extortion so purr va pervasive, it helped to push the motor city in bankruptcy. speaking of elections, number seven on our list isn't a mayor, but he could have been. new york's former congressman, anthony weiner, hit performer on the list in past years for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. he made an encore, running for the big apple's top job. when more explicit pictures surfaced that were sent to a 22-year-old woman under the alias carlos danger, weiner, who is married lost the primary. he gave the universal we're number one hand signal as a parting shot. while on the subject of popularity, number six on the list is that agency everybody loves to hate. the internal revenue

mr. smooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations. a former female employee who filed suit, irene mccormickeging that filner asked her, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on? he was sentenced to 90 days home confinement and three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, quamy kill patrick, convicted of racket tearing so pervasive it pushed the motor city into the largest bankruptcy in american wasn't elected to serve. 28 years in federal prison. speaking of elections, number seven on our list isn't a mayor, but he could have been. new york's former congressman, anthony weiner, hit performer for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. encore running for the big apple's top job. when more explicit pictures surfaced that were sent to a 22-year-old woman under the alias carlos danger, weiner, who is married -- we're number one hand signal as a parting shot. while on the subject of popularity, number six on the list is that agency everybody loves to hate. in keeping with the season what might be described as the notorious naught

mr. smooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor, facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations. charges of unwanted advances including a former female employee who filed suit. irene mccormicksked her wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on. he was eventually sentenced to 90 days home confinement and three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, also in the run-off for worst mayor, kwame kilpatrick of detroit, convicted of racketeering and extortion so pervasive, prosecutors said it helped push the motor city into the largest municipal bankruptcy in american history. kilpatrick finally got the term he wasn't elected to serve. 28 years in federal prison. speaking of elections, number seven on our list isn't a mayor, but he could have been. new york's former congressman anthony weiner, a hit performer on the list from past years for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. he made an encore running for the big apple's top job but when more explicit pictures surfaced that were sent to a 22-year-old woman under the alias carlos danger, weiner lost the primary with less than 5% of the vote. magnanimous as always,