Potential conflicts. This is 50 minutes. I want you to soon as you finish, to get a copy, i watched the gestation of this book, and i remember a powerful lecture that chris game, talking about the need for defense monetization, it was a startling wakeup call, i wrote a column about it. It began a conversation with of hishat was part efforts to develop this book and the arguments in it. I want to ask chris to take us all on the journey he has been on, and he shared some with me over the years. The book starts with a chilling account of what would happen in the first hours and days of a war with china in and maybe that is a good place to start explaining to people why we have a problem when it comes to the current technology. Chris thank you, i appreciate the time to do this and your friendship and guidance, it has been invaluable. The story begins fermi me in the time that i spent on the Armed Service committee for the better part of the decade, supporting this of the committee and sena
Host and this week on the communicators, our guest is Shirley Bloomfield of ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes the ceo there. Our guest reporter from Telecommunications Reports is paul kirby. Huly bloomfield Shirley Bloomfield, who do you represent . Guest about 850 communitybased broadband providers across the country, theyre in 46 states, so theyre the companies that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to evolve and evolved very quickly to become a broadband provider. So they truly are the onestop communication providers in a lot of areas around the country serving about 35 of our land mass. Host could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar . Guest oh, absolutely. All the way to western south dakota by mount rushmore, we could go to citizens on the Mississippi River up in wisconsin where ive got a number of cooperatives, and if were look over here in few state of virginia in my state of virginia, weve got scott county down in the very
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is. Okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
Big mistrust of big tech the u. S. Congress questions that heads of apple Amazon Google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need if the new laws to regulate them this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u. S. Congress has been investigating their Business Practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firms chief executives as they consider changes to antitrust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d. C. You know as the Ranking Member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing Small Businesses
He c. E. O. Of verizon, Hans Vestberg as we proceed throughout the hour. Francine european economies are starting to claw their way out of recession and we had encouraging p. P. I. Physician and the confident p. M. I. Jumped to 54. 8 with the services and manufacturing sectors expanding. Joining us now from paris is william, the Bnp Paribas Group chief economist. It feels like this was a good week for europe. We have the p. M. I. More than expected and the Recovery Fund. If you look at job losses theyre going to get ugly in europe. William that is a concern i have if you look at the p. M. I. Data today. What strike is that yes, manufacturing significantly and new export levels in germany are just flying but the employment series is showing that companies are under no intention whatsoever to increase hiring and on the contrary. Thats a concern. Its a concern because the recovery will depend on what households do, how much they spend and they need confidence. Alix what is going to give t