raven brooks from net roots nation describes how on-line media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former new york times public editor clark hoyt on the changing newspaper industry. >> a word about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on "q and a." >> this week on "the communicators," the proposal by the fcc for an emergency communications network. we are joined by a representative of public safety communications officials and the former s.e.c. chief engineer. -- fcc chief engineer. >> discussion of public safety and whether part of the spectrum could be dedicated to part of emergency communications. we are joined by the associate managing editor of communications daily. mr. thomas, if we could start with you, there is a lot of discussion and activity on the sale of the d-block portion of the spectrum and whether that should be dedicated to public safety and emergency medications. >> dedicated on a full-time basis, and

guest: raven brooks. thanks for getting up early to talk about the convention and the issues. host: tomorrow's program will start on president bush tax cuts. the tax foundation senior expert will talk about the various income levels. senator tom harkin of iowa. the labor and pension committees chairman, he will be our guest and steve verdier, executive vice president of the independent community bankers association to talk about the financial regulation bill that passed and signed into law and what it means for community banks. all that, your calls and the newspapers tomorrow on "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. we'll see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, "newsmakers" with senator carl levin. then federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on the economic outlook. after that, nomination hearing for james clapper. >> this week we welcome carl levin. senator, thank you for being with us. let me introduce our two questioners, pentagon correspondent. covers nuret for "national journal." an

host: tennessee, with our guest, raven brooks from netroots nation. caller: yes, my question to mr. brooks, out of the house and senate races we have this fall, which one does he think that the democrats are more likely to lose, if any. and also how does he feel about patty murray's race in washington state. guest: so i think that one example of the kind of race that we are going to lose is blanche lincoln in arkansas. if you look at the polling against her opponent. it's not great. she's not met what the people want and that's a different choice this round. and specifically on patty murray, i am not too familiar with the race. but i would hope she does well in the election. host: did senator reid talk about his own race? guest: he did address it a little bit. and it seems fairly close but there is a big contrast between reid and sharon angle, and i would think for the people of nevada, it's in their interest to continue with harry reid's leadership. it's better to have someone with a high level seniority in the senate taking things back for your state. and he's doing his part to try

later, reagan brooks -- raven brooks. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, policy and nonfiction books. it is created by america's cable companies. >> now, a pentagon retirement ceremony for general mcchrystal. he was removed from his position in june after "rolling stone" magazine published an article about him. remarks are by robert gates, and general mcchrystal in this 50 minute portion. >> and general mcchrystal, mrs. mcchrystal, members of the u.s. armed forces, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing me to be part of this memorable ceremony. i am honored to be here to congratulate general mcchrystal for his immense accomplishments wearing the uniform of the united states armed forces to combat terrorism, preserve security here in the united states and fight for peace in my country, afghanistan. it is my pleasure to deliver the highest state mental awarded to him -- state medal awarded to him by our minister of national defen

later, reagan at brooks -- raven brooks.rn here on c-span. >> today, and oklahoma governor's debate. you will hear remarks from six democratic and republican candidates looking to replace the democratic governor. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. . . out >> on balf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees of today's event. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would like to introduce our head table guests. from your right, rodgers robert benjamin sunlansarlan, morkiver, dana wolbank, thomas cook, andrew schneider, maryland to >> -- marilyn, del loveless, jim offstra, and a labor reporter for bloomberg news. [applause] don blankenship is one of the country's most talked-about co's because of his extensive involvement in local and state politics. but in recent months, he has been at the center of news stories and congressional investigations related to a disaster at hi