i want to switch gears and ask you about tom wheeler. this is the president's nominee to chair the federal communications commission. some people have expressed a little concern about his lobbying background. he was the head of the cable lobbying group and the cell phone lobbying group. i'm wonder what you think of the nomination and whether you think he'll be a fair chairman. >> guest: well, a, he's the president's choice. he's the nominee, and i believe that his nomination will not only be taken up, but i think that he will be confirmed. i don't think there are very many that would be free of the background that you just described unless we brought in a 22-year-old that simply has not had any time or experience here in washington. now, that's a commentary on our system, and it is a rub to many people. that's on one side. that's one book end. the other book end is -- and i think that this is a very important one -- is experience. you want someone that is experienced with a deep and broad understanding of the industries and the issues th

and want to switch gears ask you about tom wheeler. some people have expressed concern about his background. he was part of the cable lobbying group. do you think he will be a fair chairman? >> he is the president's choice. i believe that his nomination will not only be taken up, he will be confirmed. i do not think there are very free of theuld need background you just described unless we brought in a 22 year old that has not had any time or experience here in washington. that is a commentary on our system. that is on one side. and i think it is very important. it is experience. we want someone that is experienced with a deep and broad understanding of the industry's and the issues that are attached to the industries. is notirman of the fcc there to favor a given industry but to understand what those issues are. tom wheeler has a great deal of important experience under his belt. the fccowerful agency, where i would like to see more competition where we deal with special access and we make sure that the incentive, voluntary option for

so tom wheeler has a great deal of important experience under his belt and a very powerful agency, the federal communications commission, where i would like to see more competition where we deal with special access, where we deal with interoperability, where we make sure that the incentives, the voluntary options for the first time in the history of our country, this sort of undertaking, that he will be able to shepherd that through in a way that will bring about wonderful choices in competition for the consumers in our country. >> guest: you mentioned a few issues you think are likely to come up before the fcc. i want to ask you about net neutrality. ricin has sued to overturn the fcc net neutrality rules. if the court sides with verizon strikes down the rule and all are in part what you think the next step would be giving? >> guest: i will introduce legislation that will allow the fcc to keep the internet open, accessible and free. >> guest: i wonder whether your republican colleagues in the house are going to agree with you on that issue though. i'm wondering if either how you would

. >> rose: tom wheeler. the new nominee is tom wheeler, the acting chair, tom will be great, smart, experienced, really cares about doing the right thing for the country. >> rose: but a former lobbyist. >> a former have investor. >> rose: entrepreneur and lobbyist, yes, so that's good because he knows the industry? >> he is someone who knows the space and is committed to doing the right things for innovators and consumers for the country. he is going to be great. >> rose: and what are you going to do? >> i am going to take my family and go horseback riding in wyoming and play a little poke never the world series of poker and find a way to stay engaged in this incredible sector. >> rose: thank you for coming, good to see you. we will be right back, stay with us. >> rose: phil libin is here, he is the ceo of ever note, a note taking app that can be synced across all of your devices, written, spoken or visual, liken it to an external brain, the app already had 50 million users worldwide, i am pleased to have hi

. >> president obama has nominated tom wheeler as the new head of the fcc. how do you expect the approach to change? >> many of us have known tom for a long time. he is a progressive thinker. he understands this industry. i suspect we do not agree on every policy issue, but i think, i expected to be a fruitful fcc. -- expect it to be a very fruitful fcc. he has spoken and written about things like the i.t. transition, for example. we are employing i.t. technology technologyg ip across the united states. our objective is we will sunset, to turn off our legacy with tedium technology.plain old telephone service. we expect that to be turned off in 2020. voice should be ip voice or voice to be wireless, that there is no market base reason why the legacy services should be in , ite.for us to do that requires a significant amount of regulatory approvals. there have to be rule changes that would accommodate us earning a whole technology. the in the industry sometimes talk about that we cannot have regulatory environment that actually locks us in told technology. that

. >> as you know, president obama has nominated tom wheeler as the head of the federal communications commission so how do you expect the approach to change with a new leader if at all? >> so, many of us know him, he's been around for a long time and he is a progressive thinker and understand this industry i suspect we do not agree on every policy issue, but i think i expect it to be a very fruitful fcc. i think will be an fcc that you begin to move critical issues forward. he's written about the ip transition for example. they are deploying but technology across the united states. we have an internal logic to it and we will sunset. plan on the television service. we expect them to be turned off in 2020. they are moved with wireless. boies should be ip voice or wireless but there is the technological or market-based reason why the legacy service should be in place. for us to do that, it requires a significant amount of regulatory approvals. in the industry we sometimes talk about we cannot have a regulatory environment that actually locks us into technology and that is what we have to

. >> president obama has nominated tom wheeler as the new head of the fcc. how do you expect the approach to change? >> many of us have known tom for a long time. .e is a progressive thinker he understands this industry. i suspect we do not agree on ,very policy issue, but i think i expected to be a fruitful fcc. he has spoken and written about things like the i.t. transition, for example. i.t. technology across the united states. ,ur objective is we will sunset to turn off our legacy with tdm technology -- tdedium technolog. voice should be ip voice or voice to be wireless, that there is no market base reason why the legacy services should be in place full stop --. there have to be rule changes that would accommodate us anding off old technology we sometimes talk about we cannot have the regulatory environment that locks us into old technology and that is what we have today. tom has written about this. i am energized by tom coming in. >> other questions from the audience? other people who have not asked a question yet? right there. >> thank you. thank you fo

wheeler and can't walk hard reign. >> host: they are the two central characters at west point. both went to war. jack had gone to harvard business school. tom was wounded a couple of times. they went through various specifics. they found themselves on opposite sides of one of the most contentious issues. i was over how to honor the dead with the vietnam veterans memorial. he was the chairman of the committee and tom was the most outspoken and articulate opponent. different camps were formed with respective points of view. they have since reconciled and jack was murdered a couple of years ago in delaware. no one knows what really happened. the two had reconciled. but it was interesting as part of the long gray line. it is part of this long journey this class has went to in 1962. >> host: from your book, "crusade: the untold story of the persian gulf war", first of all, did you in bed reign. >> guest: there was no embedding. i got there right at the end of the war. i have been writing the main stories from washington. we got there in march and april, reporting for the post. trying to tell the story of what had happened from the inside area i