wolverton, how often have you been coming to ces? >> guest: i have probably been coming to ces for tenant -- seven of the last eight years and it's important that it's basically kind of a showcase foe technology industry. it's where many major companies come to show off their latest and greatest products and you get a sense of what's going to be on store shelves later in the year. you know it's a place where consumers can get a glimpse of where things are going but there real import is this is is where the manufacturers try to sell to the retailers what they should have on their store shelves later. >> host: and what's the importance of the subtwo to the technology industry? was the connection? >> guest: this mercury news is in the heart of silicon valley and our focus of of the business as one bin on technology and in fact it's basically what we cover and technology. i'm the personal technology for the mercury and i try to keep an eye on all things consumer technology. >> host: do you find that washington and silicon valley are on t

troy wolverton is with the "san jose mercury news". mr. wolverton, how often have you been coming to ces, and what's its importance? >> guest: i've probably been coming for seven of the last eight years, something like that. and its importance is that it is, basically, kind of the showcase for, or the centerpiece for the technology industry. it's where many of the major companies come to show a off their latest and greatest products, and you get a sense of what's going to be on store shelves later in the year. you know, it's a place where, um, consumers can kind of get a glimpse of where things are going, but the real import is that this is where the manufacturers try to sell to the retailers what they should have on their store shelves later. >> host: and what's the importance of the "san jose mercury news" to the technology industry? what's the connection? >> guest: well, the mercury news is in the heart of silicon valley, and our focus and our business section has long been on technology, in fact, it's basically what we cover, is techno

troy wolverton with s with the "san jose mercury news." how long have you been coming here? >> i've been coming to c.e.s. for the last seven or eight years. something like that. its importance is, it is basically the showcase or the center piece for the technology industry. it is where many of the major companies come to show off their latest and greatest products. you get a sense of what is going to be on store shelves later in the year. it is a place where commune erms can get a glimpse of where things are going. this is where manufacturers try to sell to the retailers on what they should have on their store shelves later. >> what is the importance of the "san jose mercury news" and c.e.s.? what is the connection? snure business section is on technology, that is what we cover is technology. i'm a technology columnist for "san jose mercury news." >> do you find that washington and silicon valley are on two different planets? >> i think that is fair to say. i think that the ties are probably getting closer. there's a lot more interaction these days than before. but i think i

wolverton. >> this week on "q&a," journalist and author bill steigerwald discusses his book "dogging steinbeck." >> bill steigerwald, author of "dogging steinbeck." when did you first read "travels with charley," and what is it? >> it was john steinbeck's last major work. it was supposedly a nonfiction account of his trip across the country with his dog. i remember reading it when i was 15. i remember being kind of disappointed that on his great trek he didn't come through pittsburgh. the closest he came was erie. i have a vague recollection of reading it, but it made no impression on me. steinbeck himself, i had to read "of mice and men," "grapes of wrath." i did not have to read his other major work, "cannery row," in high school. but they say are springsteen's life was changed when he read "grapes of wrath." it gave him a social conscience and he wanted to do work on the working man. it had no effect on me. i was a goldwater boy. hillary clinton was a goldwater girl in chicago. almost the same age as i am. it set me off in a whole different direction than bruce springsteen. >> the

moe like we interact with each other as opposed to interacting with the machine.g >> host: troy wolverton from "san jose mercury news" what have you learned here at ces? >> guest: i thinkh what we have learned as you are seeing experimentation from consumer electronics manufacturers with experimenting with for ktv's or new types of computer designs are experimenting with features and functions for mobile phone there's a lot of experimentation going on. not necessarily mind-blowing innovations that what we are seeing is a lot of welding on what we have done before and trying to make devices more useful for us. >> host: troy wolverton subto personal technology reporter. "the communicators" has been with him for a day at ces international in las vegas in their program from ces will continue next week on "the communicators." >> now a political roundtable discussion with armed services committee members and john mccain and kristen and gillibrand. this is part of today's u.s.-israel policy conference known as aipac being held in washington this week. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> goo

. >> host: troy wolverton, what have you learned here at ces? >> guest: i think what we've learned is you're seeing a lot of experimentation from consumer electronics manufacturers, whether it's experimenting with 4k tvs, new types of computer designs, whether it's experimenting with features and functions for a mobile phone, a lot of experimentation going on. not necessarily like new, completely mind-blowing innovations, but what we are seeing is a lot of trying to build on what we've done before and try to make these devices more useful for us. >> host: troy wolverton, "san jose mercury news". personal technology reporter, "the communicators" has been with him for a day here at ces international las vegas. and our program from ces will continue next week on "the communicators." >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> just ahead, two former solicitor generals, then we're live with the annual u.s./israel policy conference known as aipac with remarks by vice presi

. >> follow troy wolverton as he tours the ces communication show, tonight on c-span2. >> janet napolitano marked the 10th anniversary of the agency. here is a look at some of her comments during the event. >> very concerned about the sequester has landed as we were chatting backstage. you said we're seeing already some defects. >> when i shared with the congressmen, now that we are having to reduce or eliminate basically over time, both for tsa and four customs, now that we have institutionalized a hiring freeze, not back-fill vacancies, and we will begin today sending out furlough notices. we are already seeing the effects of some of the ports of entry, the big airports, for example, some of them had very long lines this weekend. >> where? i o'hair, i want to say lax, want to say atlantic, but i would have to check. the new york airports, they were ok, but that could be temporary. we will see these defects cascade. >> what kind of lines are we talking about? >> i would say 150% to 200% as long. >> so twice as long. >> they are really long lines. i would like to say, look, people, i mean

. >> follow troy wolverton at the mercury news touring this year's ces international consumer electronics show on the on "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> a hearing focusing on u.s. citizenship and e-verify program, an internet based tool to allow u.s. employers to determine the immigration status of newly hired workers. from capitol hill, this hearing is about an hour and a half. [background sounds] >> good afternoon. this is a hearing entitled how e-verify works and how it benefits american employers and workers. welcome to all of our witnesses. on behalf of all of us, we apologize for the fact you were waiting on us. we had votes, and it's unavoidable, so the subcommittee on immigration border security will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses for the committee at any time, and, again, we welcome all of our witnesses in the interest of time and because ewe have been waiting on us. i am going to make my statement part of the record so we can get to your testimony quicker, and with that, i am going to recognize the rankin