senator rockefeller and senator snowe pushed through the e-rate program that i mentioned before. senator rockefeller is very focused on making sure that our communications infrastructure serves all americans, and, you know, we welcome the push by senator rockefeller to make sure that we have a plan that really pushes the ball forward in a significant way on meeting congress' goals and meeting the president's goals on universal service. i think everyone understands that in a changing landscape the last thing that we want is to have a plan that's written and that is interesting that gets put in a drawer and that's looked at a few years later. what we want to do and what i know we have senator rockefeller's support on is develop a living, breathing plan that makes progress, that sets milestones and that has mechanisms built in to continually improve the plan as technology changes and as we learn what works and what doesn't work to promote universal broadband in america. >> host: this is "the communicators" program on c-span, our guest is the federal communications commissions chairm

i want to get your response to senator rockefeller. he warns the fcc of the direction of the broadband plan. he is worried the fcc has been lowering expectations of the plan by signalling it could be a work in progress with additional details to be filled in as more data becomes available. >> senator rockefeller and senators kno snowe pushed throue program i mentioned before. we welcome the push by senator rockefeller to make sure we have a plan that really pushes the ball forward in a significant way on meeting the goal of congress and the president. i think everyone understands that in a changing landscape, the last thing we want is to have a plan that is written and is interesting that gets put in a drawer and then looked at a few years later. we have senator rockefeller's support on developing a living, breathing plan that makes progress, says milestones, and has mechanisms built into continually improve the plan and technology changes to promote universal broadbent in america. >> our guest is the federal communication commission c

ender kannady is a good example, rockefeller. they cut costs and there were more successful. vanderbilt once said econfina steamship or railroad montford 20% less than the guy who ran it before him or somebody running along side him that he would just close up his business. >> infected the end of the book when you have these populist movements from out west who have a huge complaint agents the railroad which is they are this preferential and often secret pricing system why, moving some people's good for free and vanderbilt asked and he said basically fine, we would be happy to compete on an equal basis. there is no problem with that. >> what they are saying is they are complaining about the special legislation, that thomas a. scott would be passed them the rat rats would get special laws passed in certain states and vanderbilt's response to that complaint was yeah sure, the greatest love is that law is the same for everybody i am on board. as long as the rules are the same i can beat anybody was his attitude. >> in that sense what was a very rough-and-tumble business time wit

in, chairman rockefeller of the commerce committee, senator rockefeller said that he is worried that the plan will come to the congress and will be an incomplete road map and will not be specific. >> guest: i appreciate chairman rockefeller's view. and you certainly, you want to make sure that we come prehence ily -- comprehensively take the pen to all of the data we have gathered, but it's impractical to think we're probably going to solve universal service within the plan. i laugh about the commission these days because all of these decade-old problems whether it's universal service or intercarrier compensation or special access, they all are kind of walking around the fcc saying, if you solve me, you have solved broadband for america. and it's just these problems that we've been stuck before. what i hope is that we've got a comprehensive look, and we can move forward to solve all of them, but that probably won't be by february 17th. i think that we will have action plans shortly thereafter. i think that, hopefully, it's going to set out goals that we can, you know, make actionable

multinational corporations in this you on the political right, the rockefeller wing of the republican party have always thought would be dictated by the interests of the multinational corporate profits. on the left, globalism is of course workers of the world unite. and borders being eliminated allow the united states to import an underclass from mexico that is largely illegal, and of course that is viewed as here come the voters for the democratic party, the new underclass for the decades to come. now, if those same numbers of immigrants i effectively argued we should have an aggressive hispanic immigration but legally if we secure the borders, if we kept out the drug dealers, the criminals, the criminal gangs, the terrorists, it wouldn't be as convenient for the political left because ironically that these people are the legal permits the labor to be more aggressively exploited. if they are illegal they can't complain about low wages and no benefits. and and aggressively ever used underclass has always been the formula for building a political base. so those who think that the idea

chairman rockefeller of the commerce committee said he is worried that the plan will come to the congress and will be an incomplete road map. it will not be specific. >> i appreciate his view. you certainly want to make sure that we comprehensively take the pen to all the data we have gathered, but it is impractical to think we are probably going to solve universal service within the plan. i laugh about the commission these days, because all of these decade old problems, they are all walking around saying if you saw me, you have solved a broadbent for america. i hope we have a comprehensive look and we cannot move forward to solve all of them, but that probably will not be by february 70. i think we will have action plans shortly thereafter. hopefully it will set out goals that we can make it work throughout the next year. we will be very busy. >> regarding the universal service fund, potentially using that to help pay for the federal part of broadband deployment, do you agree that with some on the commission say the usf is outdated and flawed, the way it is set up now? >> it has achieved

so it must be kind of close to rockefeller center. it's about 90 miles from the city in connecticut. so there it is. >> nice. i'm still doing the math on the 88 ounces. probably 132 pounds. >> how many hours would that take her to burn that off? >> a lot. what's going on? good morning. let me show you what's going on. the main story is the travel impact from old tropical storm ida, a depression yesterday and now just a massive rain, a big ball of energy rolling off the coastline. look at all the rain south carolina through north carolina, stretches way into virginia, ends up essentially around philadelphia. but we're going to see a lot of rain over the next few days. let me show you how much. one of the computer models is thinking, the white shades popping up near washington, d.c., norfolk, virginia, ten inches of rain. if you only see half of that, you'll see two to three inches of rain near philly, closing in on new york and about five around washington, charlottesville, all the way back down into eastern north carolina. so that's t

>> thank you very much chairman rockefeller. i want in particular to thank you for doing this investigation and doing this hearing today because i think it raises consumer awareness in such a way that really brings some light to the process. as one of our witnesses said earlier, you can do a lot of things, but a hearing like this i think brings it out to the public. i am reminded of my days as state attorney general where we used to say when we worked in the consumer protection context, a good business once bad business out of business. as senator lemieux just said, any legitimate business that is teaming up with scammed operators, i would not call them good business anymore. the good businesses should be stepping forward, distancing themselves from this kind of behavior, working with prosecutors, with state district attorneys, attorneys general to get this done. iand to get people prosecuted ad say we will take this seriously. i have a case in mexico that i believe prof. meyer has highlighted, and here you have a santa fe woman

chairman rockefeller's bill and our bill are slyly different. senator rockefeller and hutchinson's approach focuses on carrots in the forms of grants to states to help them enact texting dance what our bill hughes allies stick to incentivize states to enact bans. but regards of the difference of our approaches, we all have the same goal in mind, to make the roads safer by keeping our drivers focused. and many of us support each other's legislation because we think the best way to go is both carrots and sticks. you, mr. chairman, have graciously cosponsored our bill as well as senator lautenberg, and of course senator klobuchar was on there from the get go. so it is my hope and believe that in the end we will have a bill that combines the best of both worlds. i just want to explain, take a minute to explain how the other drivers act works and why we crafted it the way we did. it takes tough no excuse approach to a texting then. it requires the states to enact bans that meet federally set minimum standards or lose 25 percent of their federal highw

. >>> the famous rockefeller center christmas tree is in place.76-foot norway spruce from connecticut cut down from the property of a fifth grade teacher. it will take a while to decorate. the official lighting ceremony is set for december 2nd. the first rockefeller christmas tree was put up in 1931 at the depths of the depression. >>> if you have been to church lately you might notice how some are trumping tradition for safety. >>> the army has filed formal charges against major nidal hasan. military prosecutors prepared 13 counts of premeditated murder against the 39-year-old army psychiatrist. additional charges may be filed in connection with the bloody rampage a week ago today. >> it's important to remember that the preferal of charges is an important step in a court-martial process. it is merely an accusation. the accused is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty and we have a duty and obligation to protect the constitutional rights of everyone involved. major hasan has obtained legal representation. an accused soldier has the righ

rockefeller's, rothschild, j.p. morgan chased out, bushes. it is amazing how this country -- we are a poor country and being a military family, sir, i have heard stuff that this country is about to experience that was set in place by direct vote -- our former regime. but want to say right now, thank you to my brother, from the bottom of my heart for 40 years of your service to this country and four wars. you made it out alive, brother. i love you and thank you, thank you, thank you. and america, i love you -- we are going to get through this but as long as barack obama does not take back our countries -- companies that oversees, we will never have jobs. we are educated people in our family, college people. i am a teacher. i've got four degrees. my son is a certified chef. let me tell you, there is no money out there for educated people. there really isn't. the younger you are and the more education you have, i think though worse it is for you because you can't make the money. my son spent $100,000, to culinary school and now he needs someone

, senator jay rockefeller of west virginia, ensured that we kept the children's health insurance program out of the exchange and that the program would continue to 2019. unfortunately the house doesn't have the same provisions and we want to make sure that we do that by the end of the debate here. so i filed an amendment today to make sure that children are protected by health care reform. so that we can truly say that no child is worse off as a result of our health care reform bill. in a nutshell this amendment will strengthen and safeguard insurance for children rap championship from 2019 and beyond with whatever changes the future of health care reform brings. i will have a couple of highlights. i know i'm over my time. it continues funding through 2019. it ensures that children have access to the essential care they need. it streamlines and simplifies enrollment. the amendment also provides financial incentives for states to increase enrollment much the eligible, but uninsured children and calls for a study of children under the children's health insurance program compared to coverag

. >>> the famous christmas tree at new york's rockefeller center is going green. the environmentally friendly star was unveiled yesterday. the massive swarovsky star is 720 l.e.d. lightbulbs. the power used is a single 100 watt lightbulb. it took nine craftsmen three months to assemble the star. >>> the south african runner who was a focus of a gender dispute will keep her gold medal. she can keep her prize money as well. questions were raised about muscular build and time improvements. newspapers reported she had male and female organs. the international association of athletics federations will not confirm that. the test results will be kept confidential. >>> senator john kerry's oldest daughter has been arrested accused of driving drunk. alexandria kerry was stopped in hollywood and booked into jail. she was held for five hours and released after paying $5,000 bail. no comment from senator kerry. >> i'm jane velez-mitchell and here is my issue. prosecutors in missouri are wasting time and tax dollars prosecuting a schoolteacher because of what i think is a rela

. >>> they will be hosting the christmas tree in rockefeller center in new york. >>> former presidentnclude a think tank in connection with his library in 2010. >>> the wife a dodgers owner is speaking out about the messy divorce. >> good morning, this poor woman's name has been dragged through the mud a little bit because we've only been hearing from the man. now she has said enough, here's my side of the story. she's firing back at frank mccourt. mccourt, as you may remember fired her as team ceo after he alleged she had an affair with her driver. jamie mccourt says that is a lie. never had an affair with anybody during their 30 years of marriage. >> she said, you lie. >> and she said she is the co-owner and deserves credit for their success. she did sue to get her job back and did not get it back. reportedly she signed a post-nuptial agreement. >>> mike tyson is in trouble with police again. he was arrested and released at lax, a paparazzo, who was also arrested says tyson hit him and he fell had and had to be treated for a cut on his forehead. tyson spokeswoman says iron mike was

senator rockefeller is a good friend.n you get into these debates it tends to be as much about the next collection in both parties as it is about substance. i have been here since 1981 and started to work in the senate. the biggest vote was senior citizens getting the drug benefit. we would never have gotten to the debate about universal coverage had we not fixed that. many democrats told me i did the right thing. at the time most democrats did not want i republican president to get a victory. on health victory the same thing is happening in reverse now. i have long been a fan of universal coverage and fixing the commercial insurance system. but there tends to be a reaction of democrats that it has to be wrong, and if you are republican -- vice versa. when i began to work in the senate in 1981 it was a lot from there, a lot more bipartisan. people tended to only beat each other up around election time. it has gotten tougher which is host: unfortunate in nexunfortu. host: our next guest will be here to discuss in the does.

senator rockefeller is a good friend.hen you get into these debates it tends to be as much about the next collection in both parties as it is about substance. i have been here since 1981 and started to work in the senate. the biggest vote was senior citizens getting the drug benefit. we would never have gotten to the debate about universal coverage had we not fixed that. many democrats told me i did the right thing. at the time most democrats did not want i republican president to get a victory. on health victory the same thing is happening in reverse now. i have long been a fan of universal coverage and fixing the commercial insurance system. but there tends to be a reaction of democrats that it has to be wrong, and if you are republican -- vice versa. when i began to work in the senate in 1981 it was a lot from there, a lot more bipartisan. people tended to only beat each other up around election time. it has gotten tougher which is host: unfortunate in nexunfortu. host: our next guest will be here to discuss in the doe

party who are republicans that we know not as social religious right but as true conservatives, rockefeller- type mentality is -- host: he used the word true republican, a true democrat, a true republican. what do you make of that? guest: i think the independence that are more conservative will determine 2010. they should have employed some health care debate. the gentleman conflates the idea of religious conservatives and true conservatives. you can be religious and true and you could beat non- religious and be very true. by and large, republicans are growing -- conservatives are growing. republican party members are on the decline but more people are conservatives. they will look for more of those policies in the next coming months. guest: what is fascinating in the republican party right now is the element of the libertarians. the conservatives are growing. you can feel the palpable tension, this pulling apart, a sort of competition for the soul of the republican party. we have fiscal conservatives and the people who are labeled the tea party protest about who are libertarian, conservati

rockefeller. worked with them the and when it gets to debates, it tends to be about the next election as well as substance. many democratic friends said we did the right thing on the medicare part d plan. we never would never gotten to universal coverage. i have been here since 1980, when i started working in the senate, and the biggest issue was seniors getting this. we never got to the question of universal coverage if we had not fix the issue, so many democrats told me that they thought we did the right thing and that it worked out well. at the time, they did not want a republican president to get a victory on health care, and that is everybody getting into their trenches and throwing grenades back and forth, and i have some disagreements with some in the house and senate in the health policy debate, but i have long been a fan of the coverage. it is the right thing to do. i would do exactly the way congress is doing it, but there tends to be a reaction that if the republicans are doing it and y

our committee chairs with important jurisdictions, senator baucus, the ag committee, and senator rockefeller. all of them have an important role to play. we remain optimistic. the reason we are optimistic that we can pass this legislation is this is a jobs bill. this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental engineers. they are great and have solved so many problems for our country. but the truth of the matter is there isn't one among them who can reverse sea level rise once it starts to occur. we have to start to take the steps today so we can give future generations the same kind of opportunities and hope that prior generations have had, and i t

eisenhower administration, at least one that gave the commission, i believe, an official body, one was a rockefeller commission, which was unofficial. i have already forgotten the third. all assumed or were told that the soviets had the capacity to build more missiles at a faster rate than the united states, but they did not say that the soviets had actually made good on that capacity. they merely assumed it. it was picked up by a good friend of the president's, john f. kennedy, that is, joe auerbach, who wrote a good deal about it. he may have first referred to it as the missile gap. and johnson and others also talked about the missile gap. kennedy was running on the theme "we can do better, we must do better, we cannot afford to let the soviets get ahead of us in productivity, and any phase of life if we are to have a greater appeal to the undecided folks in the third world and so we added missiles an military preparations to that list, but i would hardly say that it was the central theme of his campaign. >> carl, you come into the white house as deputy special assistant for national security affa

when i was younger, it was a famous division between barry goldwater and rocker -- rockefeller. goldwater was the republican who would be considered by the liberal republican. that is he favored a skinny budget, but he also believed in pro choice, and believed in gay rights. that doesn't fit a lot of social republicans. but to me, there can be room for all sides of republican party. and if one side is eliminated, the party would be in some difficulties. but if you can obtain a position of neutral respect, i think it works. likewise in the democratic party. there's a role for moderates and moderation in it. and i personally recognize that there are major differences in judgment in services like issues like pro-choice or pro-life. but i don't think those issues should be captured within a political party. they should be the judgment of individual citizens, and individual legislators, and a people should ask to be true to their convictions, and hopefully respect others. but it shouldn't be a republican position, versus democratic position. you should have respect for each side with

our committee chairs with important jurisdictions, senator baucus, the ag committee, and senator rockefeller. all of them have an important role to play. we remain optimistic. the reason we are optimistic that we can pass this legislation is this is a jobs bill. this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental engineers. they are great and have solved so many problems for our country. but the truth of the matter is there isn't one among them who can reverse sea level rise once it starts to occur. we have to start to take the steps today so we can give future generations the same kind of opportunities and hope that prior generations have had, and i t