>> well the voa persian started during world war ii. so about, our brand has been known to iranians for 70 years now. it started as a radio news service. it was to cover the war but also help advance the allied interest among the persian population and persian-speaking population. the internet in iran is tightly controlled and heavily filtered. 10 of thousands of websites are blocked. even most popular ones, social media, facebook, twitter, and we know that for a fact because our website is blocked. people have to go through vpn virtual private network to sir couple screen and get to our -- sir couple screen get to our website and make sure big brother is not watching. it is very restricted society, same as china as far as the internet is concerned. and freedom house also ranks iran in their last annual report as the bottom of the list as far as freedom of the internet is concerned. and despite all the difficulties, all the shutdown of, the blocking, of all the sites, popular sites and so forth, our website last year just last year, in

of freedom are and what you can accomplish when you have those freedoms. >> host: is director of the voa a political position or career position? >> guest: it is a white house appointed position and reports to an independent board of directors. >> host: did you meet congressional approval? >> guest: i did not. >> host: does it end when the president's term ends? >> guest: no, john reports to the board which is a continuing entity. >> host: amanda bennett is the brand new director of voice of america. >> john lansing, what is the broadcasting board of governors? >> it is appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate who oversee five entities. voice of america, radio free asia, radio flee europe, liberty, middle east broadcasting service and the office of cuba broadcasting. >> host: and wauz your job? guestgust i am the ceo of all that. if that is possible. >> host: what is the coordination between the different networks? >> guest: it has never been better. when i came in in september we formed the international committee that takes the president of all five networks collectively and

voa adirector of political position or a career position? ms.ennett: it is a white house position. it reports to john lansing, who reports to an independent board of directors. qwest did you need congressional approval? ms. bennett: i did not. >> does it end in the president's term ends? ms. bennett: it doesn't. the job reports to the board, and the board is a continuing entity. >> amanda bennett is the brand-new director of the voice of america. [video clip] >> hello, africa. >> what is the broadcasting board of governors? >> it is a board of governors appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate, who oversee the media entities known as the voice of america. radio free asia, radio free europe, the office of cuba broadcasting. >> what is your job? mr. lansing: i'm the ceo of all of that, if that is even possible. >> what is the coordination? the coordination has never been better. when i came in back in september, we formed the first international coordinating committee, which takes all five networks collectively and forms a group, and th

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. >> hillary clinton and donald for minority voas -- voters. >> she's too busy raking in cash from people and raking the system and taking the african american vote and the hispanic vote and saying we're going to do a great job and right after the election, it's by by i'll see you in four years. >> this is someone who retweets white supremacist online, like the user who goes by the white genocide p. m. >>reporter: trump has been trying to tweet back this time changing his language around immigration. >> trump even proposed a path to legal sayings but at the same time the trump campaign add a build a wall t-shirt to their online store. >> we don't need that kind of leet -- leadership. it will be announced today president barak obama will be in pennsylvania and vice- president biden will be campaigning for her in ohio. those were both won bio bama and bide ebb in the last two beks -- elections. >> okay finally friday. >> finally friday. we're going to be warm and most of us are going to be dry. one little spot i'm worried about. not >> no. >> the top is coming off. of the jeep. >> when you

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and so if people are not turning to voa and you're producing all of this great information for npr and pbs, should we be distributing internationally? that was behind the attempt, i even talked to bbc. yeah, a lot of smart people want to do it, but to say you should do it and make it happen are two different things. >> that's a perfect segue for the long-time worldwide. [laughter] >> edward, you and i just missed each other at npr and i'm a former colleague and friend of john felton who you worked with and many of us worked with. >> teaching with me in this course -- >> i know. i'm about to go to a con ert with him next week and i'm also the former npr berlin. >> yeah. >> this wasn't going to be my question at all until you marched in and talked about going worldwide. >> year. >> you're absolutely correct. it was fighting an uphill battle at npr, they do still own a radio station in berlin, which is i'm pleased to say a tremendous success. >> yes. >> because it mixes both npr programs and it mixes locally produced material in a market you english is -- i don't know if you've ever been

and so you know, if people aren't tuning in to voa and we're producing all of this great information for npr and pbs, should we be distributing that internationally? right? that was behind the attempt. i talked to bbc to see if we could collaborate with bbc. a lot of smart people want to do it, but to say you should do it and make it happen are two different things. >> that's a perfect segue to the jeff rosen. >> edward, you and i just missed each other at npr. >> too bad. >> i'm a former colleague and friend of john feltman who you worked with and many of us worked with. >> john is co-teaching with me at this course in fletcher. i'm about to rope him in to that project. >> i'm about to go to a concert with him next week. and i'm also the former of npr berlin. this wasn't going to be my question at all unless you marched in and just talked about going worldwide. you're absolutely correct. it was fighting an uphill battle at npr. they do still own a radio station in berlin, which is, i'm pleased to say, a tremendous success because it mixes both npr programs and it mixing locally prod

breaking news from the voa. jonathan: the first rate cut since march 2009. that program stood at 375 billion pounds and has been increased to 425 billion pounds. 2.25%,ve cut rates expanded qa and have begun a corporate bond buying program. th

. >> that voa charter, and as far as i know it has always been the governing rule of law of this organization, is that we will tell the truth. good news, ma bad news, we will be fair, honest, credible. >> it has not changed in regard, the reason we're there. all of that doesn't change. when you have a region where there's no freedom of speech or the access to information, and that hasn't changed at all since we started relations. relations. >> watch tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> we are live this morning for the start of a day long conference with advocates for the disabled talking about candidates for public office and how they can engage and reach out to voters with disabilities. session will focus on disability messaging for the 2016 national election to ensure events and camping the truth are accessible to all. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> i am delighted to welcome everybody here to this panel discussion, or series of panel discussions that is by and for people with disabilities across america. my name is jennifer laszlo mizrahi. i myself am an individual with a disabilit

breaking news from the voa. jonathan: the first rate cut since march 2009. points,down 25 basis 0.25%. they have expanded quantitative easing. that program stood at 375 billion pounds and has been increased to 425 billion pounds. 2.25%,ve cut rates expanded qa and have begun a corporate bond buying program. the majority of the mpc expect a rate cut to near zero by the end of the year so keep an eye on the quarterly report that comes in november. the bank of england votes 9-0 to cut rates, no dissent on rates but dissent on qe and the corporate bond buying program. the bank of england cut rates to .25%, they intend to buy corporate bonds as well. the majority of the mpc expect a rate cut to zero by the end of 9-0year, and they voted four the rate. majority of mpc expects a rate cut to near zero by the end of the year. i do say that their bond buying program could increase by 170 billion pounds as well. to sort of put a number on the corporate bond buying program, it is 10 billion pounds over the next 10 months. byathan: guilt 10 year down -- the cable rate dr

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