and we know that cable, basically, has the entire country covered and the telcos -- verizon and at&t -- have about half. so that leaves another half of the country that are beholden to a single wire line provider of high-speed internet access. now, of course, that's not counting the wireless when you put the wireless on top to have the satellite, there is no such thing as monopoly any longer. but we still think it would be an important policy objective of the fcc to think about how do we incentivize the telcos to push their or network out -- their network out further so that it covers up 100% of the country? but we don't see the fcc thinking in those terms. >> host: but at the same time you say that wireless is competing with wire line. >> guest: yes. and we'd just like more wire line investment. and there has been a lot since 2005 on an annualized basis. we've done work at bloomberg government to quantify that roughly a 45% increase has taken place in broadband. but we still have the situation that hal talked about in half the country. we only have one wire line, namely a cable prov

, the telcos are held to a special task. they have to maintain two separate networks -- a copper network or the grandparents who insist on happening that landline telephone and a broadband network. is a day version of the resources. diversion of the version resources. one of the policies that we advocate is freeing up those telcos from those legacy legislations. we think that is an important one that would get competition going. " bythe need for speed robert litan and hal singer. thank you for being on "the communicators." >> thank you were having us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> c-span, brought to you by your television provider. >> next on c-span,

we still think it's an important policy object to is to think about how we incentivize the telcos to push their network out further so it covers up 100% of the country. we don't see the sec thinking in those terms. >> at the same time, you say where this is competing with wireline. >> guest: yes. there has done a lot on an annualized basis. we've done more to quantify roughly the 40% in greece and investment has taken place in broadband. we still have the situation and namely a cable provider in the wireline business come with economic shows that leads to wireline competitors in addition to get cheaper service and a lot of people complain about their bills. they wanted cheaper. the best way to get a cheaper postmark competition. the competition not only for its own sake. we want lower prices and it will induce to get that speed we talked about. >> guest: unlike the cable companies, the telcos are beholden to special tax sometimes called the legacy regulations to maintain two separate networks. a copper network for grandparents who insist on a copper looming telephone and a broadband

the telcos maintained two separate networks.a copper network for our grandparents who insist on having a copper landline telephone. and a broadband network. the problem with that is that this is a diversion of the resources. it is not a trivial diversion. it is significant. if they were freed from those obligations, they would have billions of dollars to go back and invest and expand into broadband networks. >> finding a redneck for developing broadband in the u.s., tonight on "the communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. >> chris cillizza is our guest from "the washington post." thanks for being here this morning. guest: i apologize for being slightly late. we're glad to have have you here. this is from this morning -- the senate is getting a house makeover. is the senate becoming more like the house? and what does that mean? guest: almost half of the senate, 48 members of the senate, 26 democrats, 22 republicans, are former house members. not terribly surprising. and make sense, but is going high number. second, the

[captioning made possible by telco productions, inc.] thanks for joining us. i'm alex paen. be prepared to witness extraordinary efforts of dedicated individuals helping animals in trouble. let's begin our show with this amazing "animal rescue" true story. >> hi. how are you doing today? what's his name? >> her name is juju. >> juju. ok. and what happened? >> i just found her a week ago. and when i found her, she was limping. that's her left leg left front leg issue. >> ok. >> welcome to the hope veterinary center, a nonprofit pet hospital that treats for free animals of homeless people in the greater los angeles area and staffed by local vets who volunteer their skills and time. >> for a lot of these folks, they'd rather stay on the street than go to some of the shelters, 'cause many of the shelters in the area won't allow them to have pets. so they'd rather stay out with their pets. we try and run it pretty much like a regular veterinary hospital. so they'll come in through the reception area, check in tell us what their chief complaints are. then the pet will have a physi

[captioning made possible by telco productions, inc.] alex: thanks for joining us. i'm alex paen. may not know this, but every day thousands of men, women, and children are reported missing. working with various law enforcement agencies across the country and the national center for missing and exploited children, this program each week spotlights several of these missing cases, hoping someone, like you, might have information that will lead to finding these individuals. but we can't do it alone. so please pay close attention to these faces and stories. little nadia drummond was born on august 5, 2008 in cary, north carolina. by the time she was born, her parents were already estranged, with custody going to nadia's mother larissa drummond. nadia's father, devon davenport, requested and received visitation rights, which were repeatedly ignored by nadia's mother, who took matters into her own hands and fled with nadia to brazil on february 5, 2009 in defiance of a court order not to leave north carolina with the child. nadia and her mother disappeared shortly after their arrival in

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[captioning made possible by telco productions, inc.] alex: thanks for joining us. i'm alex paen. may not know this, but every day, thousands of men, women, and children are reported missing. working with various law enforcement agencies across the country and the national center for missing and exploited children, this program each week spotlights several of these missing cases, hoping someone like you might have information that will lead to finding these individuals. but we can't do it alone. so please pay close attention to these faces and stories. 10-year-old gunnar berg and his 9-year-old sister kianna were kidnapped from fairfax county, virginia, on august 22, 2009. unlike most missing person cases, authorities know exactly where the children are, but they can't get to them. japan has not signed the hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. if a child has one parent who is a japanese citizen and one who is not, the japanese government refuses to recognize the parental rights on the non-japanese parent. gunnar and kianna's father has been workin

[captioning made possible by telco productions, inc.] thanks for joining us. i'm alex paen. every day, ordinary people go to extraordinary lengths to save animals in trouble. this story is a great example. >> this is the nevada spca. it's a no-kill animal sanctuary. it is the only animal sanctuary in southern nevada that takes in all animals, so we've brought in dogs, cats, ferrets, guinea pigs, alpacas, bunnies hamsters. if you can think of it, we've probably brought it into the doors here. whatever comes into this building, it is safe. and in southern nevada this is the only place that they can go to that's safe. the quantity of animals we bring in, and the wide variety of animals, this really is the only place for them, or they would end up at the government kill shelters. we have 1,500 animals in the building. we've got various areas that we house them in. the dogs are in their dog runs. they have indoor and outdoor areas so that they can get sun during the day, if they want, and shade during the nighttime. this little guy just turned 4 weeks old. i woke him up from his

. >> unlike the cable companies, the telcos are beholden to a certain tax by which they have to maintain two separate networks. a copper network for our grandparents who insist on having a copper landland line telephone, and a broadband telephone network. the problem is, this is a diversion of their resources. it is not a trivial diversion , it is a significant diversion . if they were free from those obligations, they would have billions of dollars to go back and invest in broad band networks. >> monday night on the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> the confirmation hearing for the energy secretary, ernest moniz, will be next week. president obama no nominated >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> this is a serious group. everybody have a seat. have a seat. good morning, everybody. this afternoon i will hold my first cabinet meeting of my second terment. -- term. 24r will be some new faces and some family faces in new jobs. today i am announcing my plan to nominate three successful individuals. i could not be more grateful to steve for the incredibl

. >> one thing that stands in the way, for example, of the telcos pushing out their network is unlike the cable companies, the telcos are beholden to a special tax, and this is sometimes called the legacy regulations, by which the telco has to maintain a two separate network; a copper network for our grandparents who insist on having a copper land line telephone, and a broadband network. and the problem with that is that this is a diversion of their resources, and it's not any kind of trivial diversion, it's a significant diversion. be they were freed from those obligations -- if they were freed from those obligations, they would have billions of dollars to go back and invest and expand in their broadband networkings. >> finding a road map for developing broadband in the u.s. tonight on "the communicators" at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> we'll return to the discussion on nuclear policy hosted by the carnegie endowment in about 30 minutes, but first a look at the secretive military commissions at guantanamo bay and how the military commissions act is being used today. this is from this mor

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. >>> and softbank shares tumbling 7% as the japanese telco giant defends its spring bid in the wake of a rival offer. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> all right. warm welcome to today's edition of "worldwide exchange." >> that's right. three people are dead and more than 140 injured after two explosive devices went off near the finish line of the boston marathon yesterday. nbc's katie davis joins us now with the latest from the scene. >> this is the scene as it happened. four hours into the race, two explosives detonated near the finish of the boston marathon. >> it was loud. it was really, really loud and then chaos everywhere. >> the devices exploding 12 seconds apart, sending shrapnel into the crowd. >> these explosions occurred 50 to 100 yards apart and each scene resulted in multiple casualties. today was patriots day in boston, a holiday in this city when the annual boston marathon is run. the governor told shaken residents to remain calm and vigilant. >> this whole community has been dealing with a horri

telco spent, underneath this, i believe that they may have the wrong mousetrap. i think if you go virtualization, you don't need them. i don't think people will distinguish that today. there's 50 telco and different companies, but maybe f-5's architecture which a lot of people don't -- >> i was thinking shakespeare. >> i was going there. >> yes. a-2 brutus, but i do know that facebook did cut back dramatically ordering for f-5, and i think that may be the trick. f-5 was on ramp to the internet and you may not need them. >> needham today said it was an r not an f-5 problem. it got a setback, right? >> oh definitely, carl. this was one of those things where we were talking about samsung versus apple and then we realize there's this giant infrastructure. it was not enterprise. it was not private sector, but the government is a huge buyer of technology. >> the government is pulling back everywhere. the government is just -- i guess, except for medicare because boy, the government is not spending anywhere. >> according to dh ing ting to changed cpi in an effort to cha

a lot of our telco customers are talking about there's a very different style or device among mobile phone users. you look at the music content they download, it's very divenlt for an iphone users or an android user. the way those machines talk to each other, that log device, you can analyze that machine language and get enormous value out of it. >> any examples from your company? >> sure. one of our customers analyzed all of their elevator data. they found out the combination of an employee smart card, they can analyze that and see foot traffic down to the office level and now they see the elevator is the leading economic indicator of whether a lease will get renewed. >> a great example of the innovative uses of data, but it does, of course, raise major concerns about privacy and just about the sense that, you know, we're constantly being monitored. people always know what we're up to. >> if you're concerned about privacy, it's too late. your data is everywhere. so just get used to it. >> come on. what measures are there, do you think, to help people who think, for example, that a l

. >> one thing that stands in the way of the telcos pushing up the network is that, unlike the cablees, they are beholden to a special tax. this is sometimes called the legacy regulation. they have to maintain two separate networks, a copper network, our grandparents who insist on a landline telephone. and a broadband network. the problem is, this is a diversion of resources. it is not a trivial diversion, it is significant. if they were free from those obligations, they would have legions of dollars could go back and invest and expand their broadband networks. >> finding a roadmap for developing broadband in the u.s.. monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> a recent report commissioned by the nra says school teachers should be allowed to carry firearms if they receive proper training. former congressman asa the reportpresented tuesday in washington. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. i am asa hutchinson, director of the national school shield task force and i welcome you to this important presentation of our national effort to increase school safety. last december, i receiv

. >> one thing that stands in the way, for example, of the telco pushing out their networks, unlike the companies, they are be held to a special tax, sometimes called legacy regulations. they have two separate networks. a copy network for our grandparents and a broadband network. the problem with that is this is a diversion of their resources and it is not any kind of trivial diversion. it is a significant diversion. if they are free from these obligations, they would have billions of dollars to go back and invest in new broadband networks. >> finding a roadmap for developing broadband in the u.s., tonight on "the 2.municators" on c-span >> they had a marriage much like john and abigail. she wouldn't lobby in the house of congress. she was always very careful to say, my husband believes this and my husband advocates for that. what she, herself, was doing the pitch. 's opponentsusband said that he hoped that it james were ever elected president, she would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. and she said, if james and i are ever elected, i will neither keep house or make butter. >>