fannon, what do you do for panasonic? >> guest: i work on the technology issues, so the development of new technologies, figuring out what our global company can do here in the u.s. and how our r&d activities here in the u.s. can help the global company. >> host: where is panasonic based in the u.s.? >> guest: it's based in new jersey, just across the river from new york, but we have about 5500 people spread around the u.s., maybe 10,500 in north america, and they're all involved in a combination of manufacturing, for example, for avionics, that's the entertainment and communications systems onboard airplanes to batteries and battery pack manufacturing down in georgia, avionics in california. marketing and sales activities, r&d in california and boston and michigan for electric vehicles, some of which we're showing here, for example. and in texas and a few others places. >> host: well, mr. fannon, what is it you wanted lawmakers, policymakers and their staff to see here on capitol hill? what's your display? >> guest: well

and peter salmon is the vice- president of panasonic. what do you do for panasonic? >> i work on the technology issues, the development of technology, seeking out what our global company can do in the u.s., and howard are indeed activities here in the -- how our r&d activities here the u.s. can benefit the whole company. >> where are you based? >> just across the river from new york, but we have 150,000 people spread around the u.s. they are all involved in a combination of manufacturing. before a the audience -- from avionics and two batteries -- from avionics to batteries, marketing and sales activities, r&d in boston, and in michigan. in texas, and a few other places. >> what is it that you what lawmakers, policymakers, and their staff to see on capitol hill? >> first, the display for the consumer electronics adderall, -- at home, but we also have a wide range of products. including the products we have here today. we need to be able to generate new forms of energy. it once you generate it, of course, you've got to be able to store it intelligently and manage it.

panasonic executives say net came to add about $164 million. sales dropped 6% on the year when calculated in yen. totaling some $23 billion. sales of flat screen tvs continue to decline but massive restructuring of the tv business helped the company to turn around. a spokesperson says panasonic has now returned to a recovery track. japan's top three shipping firms reported better earnings for the april through june quarter. in the same period last year, they suffered heavy losses as result of the earthquake and tsunami. nippon yusen add profit of 61 million. kawasaki had a profit. mitsui's profit was smaller than the earlier year period. that's because of drop in demand in europe due to the areas credit crisis. there is speculation iron imports may slow down and this is also casting a shadow over the future of the shipping business. >>> japanese workers are finding construction jobs in areas hit by the march 11 disaster. they are helping push down unemployment rate. internal affairs ministry spokespersons say the job less rate was 3.4%. the num

. >> and panasonic is one with a display here at capitol hill, and peter is a vice president of panasonic. first of all, what do you do for panasonic? >> i work on technology policy issues. this is the development of new technologies, figuring out what the global company can do here in the u.s. and how our research and development here in the u.s. can help the global company. >> where are you based in the u.s.? >> in the u.s., it's based in seacaucus, new jersey, across the river from new york, but we have 5500 people spread around the u.s., maybe 10500 in north america, all involved in a combination of manufacturing. for example, the communication systems on board airplanes to batteries and battery pack manufacturing down in georgia. avionics is in california. research and development is in california, boston, and michigan, for electric vehicles, some of which we're showing here, for example, in texas, and a few other places. >> what is it you wanted lawmakers, policy make -- policymaker, and their staff to see here? what's the display? >> people know panasonic for the consumer electroni

group out of cleveland ohio you have freeport mcgraw hand out of phoenix arizona microsoft panasonic. you have no motorola been questioned about the call to buy title that's used in their cellphones congo has anywhere from sixty four to eighty percent of the world's reserves of coal tan three letter conductive and is found in almost every cell phone in the world and in almost every electronic device so these are some of the corporations that have been involved in benefiting from the car while on the other hand we have the congolese people dying to the tune of fifteen hundred a day forty five thousand a month five point four million in the last ten years hundreds of thousands. women raped. so what really discouraged as you is to see a patient you treated in two thousand come back five years later with the rape or and even worse than the one she had before this is terribly discouraging is a cute dog what gives us courage is the capacity of these women to fight. through this. if one person is brutalize the front of everyone by the time that ends everyone in the area i'm going to take the

most people -- i have a camera like this, a panasonic and you say a lot of people take the pictures like n. i do like this because i can't see. is that right or wrong? >> i always tell folks -- you see this a lot. what happens is when you hold it out, you're not very steady. i tell folks to pull the elbows in and hold it like that. you want to half pull the shutter. that's going to focus. >> halfway down. >> that's correct. >> then all the way down? >> that's correct. often you'll hear a beep and that's when you can squeeze the shutter. you don't want to pull it or that will actually cause a blur. >> that's the problem a lot of people have, they take blurry pictures. how do i make my pictures more interesting? >> that's a very easy one. one of the first things i learned in my very first photography class was don't have every picture taken from the same angle. try getting up on a chair or step ladder or when you're photographing children, sit down, kneel down, or lay on the ground. shoot them straight up and it's an interesting way to see children because they're short so we're always pho

we will have toshiba and panasonic. as far as autos, honda. then, of course, we have mega banks. and then from the telecoms, soft bank, which is one of the carriers of apple's iphone. so a lot for investors to take in. tokyo stock exchange is going to be a very busy place later today. back to you. >> and keeping you busy, i'm sure, ramin. now, as ramin just mentioned in his report, japan's unemployment rate improved in june. the internal affairs ministry said the seasonally adjusted jobless rate stood up 4.3% 37 the number of people without jobs was about 2.9 million while people with jobs stood at over 63 million. separately the labor minister says it marked its 13th straight month of increases. 82 positions were available for every 100 job seekers. the labor ministry said the job situation is showing signs of improvement in some areas, especially fukushima even miyagi prefectures. partly due to construction demand after the disasters of last year. ministers say they will continue to work on creating jobs. >>> that's the latest from business this hour. i'm going to leave with yo

he says he really likes the home, but next time you go, could you bring him a panasonic remote. a remote? ( microwave beeps ) yeah, he says it'll give him dominance in the tv room. i'm feeling sick, you know! you'd better go to bed, then. why has she got hot bear? i'm the one that's ill! i've been in hospital. they said you were fine. i was not fine. i had bruises and a pattern of unexplained injuries. they are not unexplained injuries! all you've got is a few little bruises on your arm. well, i'm ill, so i should get hot bear. i'm iller. i'm iller. ( slap ) hey, hey, stop it. oh, no. if you were both so poorly, then you'd both have to go to bed quickly. so, come on. off you go. but it-- but it's worse when i lie flat. then sleep in a cupboard. come on. up you go. ( phone ringing ) ( sighs ) - ben: give it! - karen: no! - sue: hello? oh, hello, tyson. "ooh, hello, tyson." oh, thanks! that's-- that's brilliant. "ooh, that's brilliant. "ooh, you're brilliant, tyson." that's great. thank you. okay. "ooh, that's great." well, um, we'll see you monday, then. all right, thanks, tyson.

shale gas deposits have called it weak earnings quarter of asia's up there with panasonic to swing into profit in the second quarter japan's unemployment rate eased in june to four point three percent and russia's hit an unexpected snag ahead of joining the world trade organization next month countries desperately short of civil servants to foot the country's corner in the trade body is still explains. russia's journey towards accession to the world trade organization has been a long and arduous to say the least eighteen years in the making that also means years to prepare for when the time finally comes but now that it had almost gotten there it's still finds itself well equipped for the changes that this will bring for starters they still need about three hundred civil servants and several hundred to several thousand. lawyers and economists who are trained in. laws mainly to be able to defend russia's interests on the world stage now to fill the shortage find itself having to hire foreign specialists and if it wants to train its own it will take another two years and some nine million

. >> panasonic has a wide area products. >> it take plastic and rubber through a here and extruded through that heater at layer by layer, you can build the item. >> a look at the latest technology and tech devices from a consumer electronics show on capitol hill tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." this morning, christian broad testing network news correspondent talks about his book. it is the inside story of how the evangelicals in the tea party are taking back america. party are taking back america.

customers like cisco, erickson, sony, panasonic, companies in the automotive space.bb and flow at different points in time. we think everyone has gotten up in the morning for such a long time and read about softness in north america, the crisis in europe and the little slow down in asia and emerging economies. people are just being a little cautious. when you couple that with the lead times which are short, we expect for that to have a little hiatus in terms of growth. as i said before, i don't see the trends changing on a medium and we expect them to recover really quickly. >> let's talk about that. the language you are using is constructive. you're saying that orders have slowed down but there are no push-outs and no increase in those. that gives you faith. i'm trying to build a fourth quarter case for you guys. we have a summer slow down. i get it. but the balance sheet is great. the yield is terrific. i'm looking for a place to get involved when everybody is too pessimistic about uh you. i wonder if it's right now. >> we definitely think our technology position a

i want to thank panasonic cameras for broadcasting this, for fox 5 broadcasting, for microphones making sure i'm heard all the time, starbuck's. you know what? it just takes a whole team to make this happen. >> thank you for bringing this event. >>reporter: back to you in the studio. >> you're a winner all the time, but today, holly, especially. >>> if you have caught yourself singing along to "i love your smile" sometime in the last two decades. the song got to the billboard top 5 in 1991 and brought shanice more attention, she was on "kids incorporated," remember that, or how about a star search contestant way back in the day. she appears at blues alley this weekend. but, first, she's here with us. good morning, welcome to d.c. >> good morning. i'm so excited to be here. >> have you played at blues valley before? >> this is my first time. i'm looking forward to it. i'm hearing wonderful things, though. >> your voice might blow out the venue. >> oh, thank you. >>> take it easy on the folks. you can see shanice on friday and saturday, that's the 20th and 21st at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m., two

. >> panasonic has a wide range of products. >> you take plastic, run it through a heater, and a layery layer. >> a look at the latest in technology and devices from the consumer electronics association fair on capitol hill. tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicator's" on c-span2. >> there has been a hostility toward poverty. lyndon johnson was the best president who look at poverty issues. he spent money on it and talked about the social services program. richard nixon is actually the father of minority business development. inside his minority business established the small business association. he used the term economic justice. richard nixon. economic justice. >> the former president regularly writes comments on politics and african american economic history. on august 5 at noon eastern, your questions, comments, calls, and tweets. in depth, august. on c-span2's booktv. "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest current a job is working for the news. how the party is taking back america. tell us a little bit about the teavangelicals as a term. how did you come up with

. >> panasonic has a wide range of products. >> [inaudible] it take plastic, you run it through a hater. you expert it through a heater. >> a look at the latest in technology and devices from the consumer electronics fair on capitol hill. monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tomorrow, vice president biden talks about issues affecting seniors at the old executive office building. we will have his remarks live at 11:45 a.m. eastern. next, a national governors' association discussion on leadership. at 11:00 p.m., q&a with antony beaver. then, another chance to see david cameron at the house of commons. on friday, the national governors' association heard from author and management consultant james collins -- jim collins on the definition of great leadership. governors around the country met. this is about an hour and 25 minutes. ladies and testament, please take his seat. good afternoon governors and distinguished guests. i call to order the 104th annual meeting of the national governors' association. we have a full agenda. all governors are encouraged to attend. saturday's agenda begins wit

panasonic swung back to profit in the fiscal first quarter. earnings rose half a billion dollars thanks to the cost-cutting measures. we'll bring you up to speed out of barclays. reuters reporting that italian police took documents from the offices in milan as part of a probe into possibly libor manipulation according to judicial sources. barclays shares were down closer to 3% on the news but still hanging in there lower on the morning. reuters is adding details to the story. it was ordered due to prosecutors that opened a criminal probe into possible libor manipulation. these two consumer groups in a joint statement said documents, computer material and e-mails were seized at the barclays milan offices, quote, with the aim of looking at evidence that barclays manipulated libor with a negative impact on mortgage rates paid by italians. no immediate comment from the firm. >> we see the unemployment numbers out of there today. jumping up, and as germany it stayed steady at 6.8%. continuing deverdedie vernance. >> it's unfortunate. >> they've nev

. >> panasonic has a wide range of products. >> you can think of it like a computer-controlled hot glue gun. >> a look at the latest in technology from a consumer electronics association technology fair on capitol hill tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators appear "on c-span 2. >> the nation's governors gathered in williamsburg, virginia over the weekend for the national governors' association annual meeting. on saturday, the health and human services committee held an hour and a half session focusing on innovative strategies to improve health systems and lower medicaid costs. the governor of all i was serves as the committee chair with the governor of illinois serving as the vice chair. i believe every governor is interested in improving the service delivery which is providing ways to control the cost within the medicaid program. it is a program that has been demanding an increasing share of our overall state budgets are the last dozen years or so. the following four speakers will present today -- dr. jeffrey brenner, executive director of the canton coalition for health care pr

behind the scenes, panasonic has a wide array of products. >> you can think of it as computer hot glue gun -- you extruded through the heater and labor -- layer by layer. >> a look at the latest in technology and technology -- technology devices at the technology fair on capitol hill. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> the green party held its national convention in baltimore over the weekend hearing lexington, massachusetts, a physician jill stein was the president to nominate. following the ballot vote, she gave her acceptance speech and outlined her green new deal. it includes a moratorium on foreclosures, for giving student loan debt and creating community-based jobs. so far, the green party have qualified for the ballot in 21 states with a hope to double that by november. >> wow. let's have another round of applause for those next leaders of this country. [applause] nothing ever goes easy for us from the neighborhood. and very few people know, but these guys traveled -- they got ready to leave at 4:00 in the morning to come up here and be here today