Age of social distancing and the coronavirus, we have set up in separate studios here at cspan. Jonathan oned that the left is the editor of commit occasions daily and he is our guest reporter and our guest this week. Our guests former senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. Senator smith, we appreciate your coming into the studio for this interview. Sen. Smith always a pleasure, peter, glad to be with you. Even if it is just approximate. You and jonathan, thank you. Peter in this age of coronavirus, how has this affected broadcasters . Mr. Smith in many ways, it has affected us. I think perhaps it is unfortunate, but it seems the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting and its indispensable, in irreplaceable role, in the firmament of american life, when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, a source to everybody in a geographic are
Communications daily, our guest reporter and our guest this week. Former senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. Senator smith, we appreciate your coming into the studio for this interview. Sen. Smith always a pleasure, peter, glad to be with you. Even if it is just approximate. You and jonathan, thank you. Peter in this age of coronavirus, how has this affected broadcasters . Sen. Smith in many ways, it has affected us. I think perhaps it is unfortunate, but it seems the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting and its indispensable, in irreplaceable role, in the firmament of american life, when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, a source to everybody in a geographic area. Without stress on the system, people realize how valuable broadcasting remains. Survey after survey continues to show that broadcasting remains the most import
Jerky market from the premarket to now any trends youre picking up i wouldnt say trends that last too long. I think this kind of choppiness, a little bit of aftershock navigation is what were trying to deal with right here. I do think it shows you what happens in these tightly compressed markets like oil when you have a hint of something oou, you know, going the other direction and you will get this exaggerated pop. Were in the zone in a less extreme way with equities too. Right now today weve traded within yesterdays range so even though it seems like weve been popping all over the place, weve essentially sort of operated within the bands that we set yesterday i dont think yesterdays 4 decline necessarily did too much damage to the idea that perhaps were in this bottoming process, maybe a week ago monday was okay for a shortterm extreme low but todays rally doesnt change the sto story either that it could go either way the conversation perhaps is going to turn a little bit more toward
Host and this is the Communicators Program on cspan. If it looks a little bit different in this age of social distancing, and the coronavirus, weve set up in separate studios here at cspan but we are pleased jonathan make on the left is the editor of Communications Daily and he is our guest reporter. And our guest this week is former senator gordon smith who is president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. Senator smith we appreciate your coming into the studio for this interview. Try to always a pleasure, pet. Thank you for having me. Host in this age of coronavirus how has this affected americas broadcasters . Guest in many ways its affected us, but i think perhaps its unfortunate, but it seems that the United States and our citizens become aware of broadcasting indispensable, irreplaceable role in the firmament of American Life when there are natural or other catastrophes and calamities that befall us. Because it is then that the architecture of broadcasting, one so
February 20th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Viva las vegas. Viva las vegas. Viva las vegas. Cherylhaslas vegas. Cheryl wel good morning. Im cheryl casone. Ashley good morning, im ashley webster, in for lauren simonetti. Lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. U. S. Futures pointing to just a mild lost at the open, the dow off 32 points, the s p and nasdaq down less than 10 . Cheryl oil and gold activity, gold futures hitting the highest close since march 2013, oil is up by 30cents. Oil on the rise after the Trump Administration lack listed the arm of black listed an r arm of a russian oil giant. Ashley in asia, a mixed bag. The nikkei finishing higher, shanghai up nearly 2 . Cheryl in europe were taking a look at the markets this morning, the ftse in london up by more than 10 , cac in the red. The 2020 democrats, folks, they pulled no punches with Michael Bloomberg in his debate debut with Elizabeth Warren attacking him for making former employees sign nondisclosure a