with former chief economist of the fcc, thomas hazlett.hen, british prime minister theresa may followed by bbc question time with theresa may and jeremy corbyn talking about election issues. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, clemson university professor and former chief economist of the fcc, thomas hazlett. he talks about his book "the political spectrum: the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology from herbert hoover to the smartphone." ♪ brian: tom haslett, why did you write the book "the political spectrum?" tom: there is a great set of stories, unknown to most people about how we got into the age of wireless. wireless seems like a bit of magic.

at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a" with former fcc economist thomas hazlett. british prime minister theresa may is calling for tougher measures to fight islamic extremism after three men used a vehicle and knives to kill seven people last night in london. the attackers were killed. at least 12 people have been arrested in connection with the attack. the prime minister said thursday's elections would go on as scheduled. here is her statement concerning last night's attack. >> here comes the prime minister. pm may: last night, our country fell victim to a brutal terrorist attack once again. as a result, i have just chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee, and i want to update you with the latest information about the attack. shortly before 10:10 yesterday evening, the metropolitan police received reports that a white van had struck pedestrians on london bridge. it continued to drive from london bridge to borough market, where three terrorists left the van and attacked innocent and unarmed civilians with blades and knives. all three were wearing

. >> clemson university professor and former chief economist at the fcc thomas hazlett talks about his book "the political spectrum" which looks at the history and politics of u.s. communications policy. >> when we went to this political system for allocating spectrum rights in 1927, within a couple years, the regulators at the commission are renewing licenses but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed. in fact, early on, 1929, in that period, you had left wing stations affected use that political term owned by the wcfo in chicago, a labor union, and webd, a socialist who bought a station near new york city. they wanted for political purposes free speech you might say, they wanted to espouse their opinions. these were immediately dubbed propaganda stations by the regulators. when they were renewed they were told to be very careful about expressing their opinions. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >> members of the supreme court posed for their class photo this morning including the latest addition to court, confirmed by the senate in april

. >> author thomas hazlett talks about his, book total -- "the political spectrum: the tumultuous liberationss technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone ." ad we will hear remarks from wireless specialist from verizon and one from facebook. this is brought to you by the heritage foundation. >> good afternoon, welcome. those joining us on our website and those who will be joining us via c-span television network. for those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced. for those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments anytime by emailing speaker @heritage.com. we will post this on our website.

host: again, our guest has been thomas hazlett.he book is "the political spectrum: the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone." we thank you very much for joining us. guest: thank you, brian. announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] if you enjoyed this week's "q&a" interview, here are some other programs you might like. tv lobbyists carol and tom wheeler on their experience working on the first barack obama residential campaign in iowa. josh sapan about his book. and our 2004 interview

brian: again, our guest has been thomas hazlett. book is "the political spectrum: the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone." we thank you very much for joining us. tom: thank you, brian. announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> if you enjoyed this week interview with thomas hayes led, here are some of the program you might like. on the first of barack obama presidential campaign in iowa. abouttworks see you know -- ceo about his experiences, and roger ailes in new york city. you can watch these anytime or search our entire video library at c-span.org. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, a white house correspondent and usa today correspondent discussed the week ahead in washington. and author anthony clark talks about the taxpayers role in the operation of presidential libraries feared a

announcer 2: clemson university professor and former chief talksist thomas hazlett about his book the political spectrum which looks at politics of u.s. communications policy. >> when we went to the political system allocating spectrum rights, but been in a couple of years the regulators at the commission are renewing licenses but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed. had westnd after, you wing station, the fact i use owned by thel term w cfo in chicago, in chicago. the socialist party in new york city. for political purposes and free speech, they wanted to spout their opinions. these are dead propaganda stations. when they were renewed, they were told to be careful about expressing opinions. announcer 2: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q and a. journalr 2: "washington " continues. host: time for our spotlight on magazines. with the recent

and university professor and former chief economist of the fcc thomas hayes led talks about -- thomas hazlett, which looks at the history and politics of u.s. fumigation policy. >> we went to this political system for allocating spectrum rights in 1927, within a couple of years, the regulators at the commission are renewing licenses, but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed. and you had 1929 left wing stations, if i can use by the wle term owned ebd thehicago, w socialist protestations -- bought a station and for political purposes and free speech they wanted to espouse their opinions, will these were immediately dubbed propaganda stations by the regulators and when they were renewed, they were told to be very careful about expressing their opinions. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal," continues. host: we want to welcome terry jeffrey, a syndicated columnist and editor in chief of cnn news.com. your reaction to the headline from the sunday telegraph, carnage across london, terrorists strike again. is this the new norm? guest:

. ♪ >> this week on q&a, clemson university professor and former chief economist of the fcc, thomas hazletthe talks about his book "the political spectrum: the couple tumultuous -- tom his lip, why did you write the book "the political spectrum?" guest: there is a great set of stories, unknown to most people about how we got into the age of wireless.

. >> clemson university professor and former chief economist at the sec thomas hazlett talks about his book the political spectrum which looks at the history and politics of the us munication policy. >> when we went to this political system for allocating spectrum lights in 1927, within a couple of years, the regulators at the commission are renewing licenses but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed to in fact, early on in 1929 and after you had left wing stations, if i can use that political term, owned by the wc fo in chicago, labor union, socialist had bought a station in new york city, they wanted for political purposes, free speech, that you might say. they wanted to spout their opinions. these were immediately dubbed propaganda stations by the regulators and when they were renewed they were told to be very careful about expressing their opinions. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. [inaudible conversations] we will get started. welcome. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the porter wilson national center for scholars and welcome t