next, "the communicators" with robert mcchesney on the state of the internet. then secretary of state john kerry on the conflict in the african great lakes region. after that, a look at how states and the federal government are handling the approaching deadline for open enrollment of health insurance exchanges. and later we're live from the center for american progress for a discussion on the fiscal debate in washington and the role of debt and deficit reduction in economic strategy. >> on capitol hill this week, the house returns tomorrow at noon eastern to work on a bill to fund 2014 transportation and housing programs as well as a bipartisan compromise bill to address the doubling of student loan interest rates. the senate is back today at 2 p.m. for general speeches. later, members resume work on a $54 billion spending bill for transportation and housing programs. they'll debate the nomination of james comey to be the next director of the fbi, a vote to advance the nomination is expected at 5:30 p.m. eastern today. also this week members will consider three

. >> host: robert mcchesney, there are a couple of for-profit groups, "the wall street journal" and "the new york times", if people want to read the products, is it not fair that they should pay for it? >> guest: the logic makes sense. as a scholar, i am not a shareholder of "the wall street journal" or "the new york times." the explosion of boston marathon a couple of weeks ago, and i think that is how information is in a free society. we should be encouraging this distribution are not putting up walls to pay to get inside. and this supported journalism for the rest of us and at best it is going to stop this of the outlets. >> host: you think we will start to go down rather than looking at the broad spectrum. >> guest: it's not really what i am concerned with in the book is so much less than it used to be. they are the ones that jumped out when they talk about partisan journalism today. a great advance is that it brought a tone to the news that was more partisan that it is a pretty reliable indicator. so in terms of economics, what fox news did brilliantly is that you don't have a re

. >> we want to introduce you to robert mcchesney thomas a communication professor at university of illinois at urbanachampaign. he is a cofounder of the group free press. he served as president for several years. he is on the board. professor mcchesney is also an author. here is his most recent book called "digital disconnect of capitalism." what this your pieces in a digital is connect? internetsis is the began with extraordinary promise for democratizing society and making the world a far better place. some of it has come true. much of the has been turned on its head largely due to commercial pressures that is change the course dramatically. internet,redirect the the future is not necessarily going to be as glorious. >> in your book you talk about the need to look at the internet through elliptical economy. what do you mean? >> i think the problem with we downplaysinternet capitalism. that technology has a super power over society. i think we need to bring it back in and look at the connection and see how the internet fits into that and get a sense of how the internet has developed. that

next, "the communicators" with robert mcchesney on the state of the internet. then secretary of state john kerry on the conflict in the african great lakes region. after that, a look at how states and the federal government are handling the approaching deadline for open enrollment of health insurance exchanges. and later we're live from the center for american progress for a discussion on the fiscal debate in washington and the role of debt and deficit reduction in economic strategy. >> on capitol hill this week, the house returns tomorrow

. >> the future of the internet .ith robert mcchesney that is tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2.e chairman of the white house council of economic advisers. he spoke earlier today about the u.s. economy and the debt limit. to return to a teaching job at princeton university in the fall. 8:05an see his comments at p.m. eastern here on c-span. thehe first lady reflect schism about what women are supposed to do today. re: supposed to be mom and chief? are we supposed to be first mate? if thegate that president is supposed to be head of state and head of government, is the first lady supposed to be the ideal fashionista? is she supposed to be mom and chief? , that meanstime that she really has to understand what is going on in the administration. she has to understand what is going on in the country and her husband's political agenda. you cannot really separate how the first levy -- lady present herself -- present herself in the conflict and expectations the country still has for working wives and working mothers. >> as we continue our talkrsation, historians about the role of the fir