our guest is robert mcdowell. >> this week, the federal communications co

commissioner robert mcdowell, thank you for being on "the communicators" today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> a look now at chalmette, louisiana. >> what are you doing here tonight with this event? >> we want to inform the public of how we are fighting the oil spill and also provide some of the services to them. i started out doing town meetings when i first got here and realized there was a gap. we were not getting the permission not to the public, and we also were not able to get some of the services answer some of the claims. the whole purpose is the town hall approach, to better inform the public about oil spills and what we are doing here in louisiana to fight the oil spill. >> how many of these have you had, and how have they gone? >> we have had between five and seven. i think they are going quite well. we are able to answer questions and concerns. a lot of folks have come to ask questions about claims. the fishermen have been asking about the vessel of opportunity progra

. >> robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying broadbent and public airwaves for emergency services tonightpan 2. this morning, we will talk with a former chemical and regulatory engineer for chevron u.s.a.. another recent article on renewable energy. and we look at the role of government and free

robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying some broadband services for emergency services, tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> clarence thomas on a new justice. >> it changes the whole family. it is different today than what it was when i first got here. you grow very fond of the court that you spent a long time on. >> with the confirmation hearings starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court "in the supreme court," providing unique insight into the court. available in hardcover and as an e-book. >> a look now at louisiana where cleanup efforts continue. we spoke with a commander about communicating with the public. >> what are you doing here with this event? " we want to inform the public on how we are fighting the oil spill and providing some of the services. i realized there was a gap. we were not getting the information out to the public and we were not able to enter some of the questions about claims and what are we actually doing, what is our relationship with bp. so this whole town hall approach is to better inform the public about the oil spill and

. >> robert mcdowell talked about reclassifying of broadband services. that is tonight on the communicators on c-span2. this debate was held on thursday in columbia, south carolina. >> live, from columbia, this is a wis newscast, the race for governor. >> good evening and welcome to the 2010 republican gubernatorial runoff debate. the candidates will have one minute to answer each question and will have a time limit of 30 seconds and that will be at our discretion. we are streaming live online at wistv.com. you can go there to take part in our live interactive block. >> we will get right into the questioning. we received an e-mail from a man that is a registered republican for over 45 years and a retired army infantry officer. he is upset about one of your commercials that identified you as u.s. army retired. what do you say to him and other career military veterans who believe that that was dishonest? >> i would say that it was a mistake. it was an honest mistake. we put the ad up and we were running at 100 m.p.h.. as soon as we caught that, we took it

. >> commissioner robert mcdowell talks about reclassify something broadband services, media ownership and the use of public airwaves for emergency services tonight on "the communicate indicators" on spoim c-span -- c-span2. supreme court justice clarence thomas on the prospect of a new justice. >> bringing in a family member. and it changes the whole family. it's different. it's different toddy than what it was when i first got here. and i have to admit you grow very fond of the court that you spent a long time on. >> with the confirmation hearings for alana kaghan, learn more about the nation's highest court in c-span's latest "the supreme court: pages of candid conversation with all of the justices" providing unique insight about the court available now in hard cover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: arthur brooks in the president -- is the president of the american enterprise institute. he has a new book "the battle." what are you writing about here? guest: this is about the main cultural battleground in america today. the battle today is not over the

fcc commissioner robert mcdowell talks about the use of public airwaves for emergency airwaves sunday night on c-span 2. tonight, vietnam veteran on the novel that took in 30 years to publish. "matt terhorn" follows the veterans of bravo company. we will have the author of more than 20 books for children. get our entire weekend schedule at book-tv.org. >> "washington journal"continue this. host: we have a policy director for the judicial crisis director to talk about the election of l.a. neck taken to the supreme court. the hearings will start --elena kagan. the hearings will start july 8. talk about why you are opposing her. a clear opposed or in favor oft- position. the big problem here is that elena kagan is a blank slate. she has never been a federal judge or a state judge. she has very limited practical experience before she became solicitor general last year perry should never argued in cases in court. she had experience in the clinton administration doing policy work at most of her life has been spent in academia. that is a very political environment. deans were the great schol

. >> sec commissioner robert mcdowell talks about broadbent access, media ownership, and the use of airwaves tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> a look now at a conversation with michael kinsley. large of the "atantic wire" here to talk about the politics of the day. i want to start with president obama's management of the tools bill and get you thoughts. guest: i see you have a column here this morning. one of his clients was [inaudible] -- one of his points. he has gotten health care, financial reform, four more times than bill clinton got. he deserves more credit. and the rector made another good point about why -- because we over invest taupes and executive branch and particular, and government in general -- a conservative point, obviously. but about our expectations, this oil spill is a good point. the president cannot do much about an oil spill. i think that obama has had a very impressive first year. host: you do? guest: especially health care. clinton triejust as hard and could not manage to get it. host let me read a little from ross' piece. liberals had hoped obama's elec