The house and senate are now out of session for their summer district work periods. Both return for legislative work on tuesday, september 8th. Theyll continue debate on the Iran Nuclear Agreement during the 60day review period. Join us later today for live coverage of remarks from author greg granden, a history professor at new york university. He argues that to understand americas current foreign and public policy, one must examine the actions of former National Security adviser Henry Kissinger. Hell talk about his book, kissingers shadow, at politics prose bookstore here in washington. Watch it live here on cspan2. Now, heres a look at whats on tonights edition of the communicators. Host and youre watching the communicators on cspan. Weve been talking with marc tayer, author of televisionaries about the development of digital television. This is the second half of our conversation. Mr. Tayer, we talked about the 25 years that digital tv has been in place, weve talked about its devel
Question. How do we watch video today . Well, first question is who is we. Many of us and that is increasing every day are watching in a multiscreen world. That has been one of the more exciting outcomes of this whole digital revolution. He used to be that there was a stationary screen, and with hdtv it was a big screen, but with the internet and the Wireless World extending things, now you have tablets and smartphones and wifi all over the place such that tv is not just a stationary, lean back experience in the living room, but it is a very mobile experience wherever you want to go. It is not just tv, it is also a video. Those two terms have a lot of overlap. At the cable industry of the satellite tv industry did something very interesting they became a lot more proactive over the years, tv everywhere. They were seeing that the internet was going to become a huge threat to their underlying business, and by the internet i mean the insurgents that are really fighting the incumbents for
By either the executive legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you and your life or your community. The competition is open to students in grades six through 12 and students may work alone or in groups of up to three. Contestants are asked to produce a five to seven minute video documentary supporting their chosen topic and to include some cspan programming. That 100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and that the three teachers and the grand prizewinner for the best overall entry will win 5000. The deadline for entry this year is january 20, 2015 and winners will be announced in march. Visit www. Studentcam. Org for more information on this years contest the three branches and you. Today the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on terror threats, including from global computer hackers, the militant group isis and homegrown terrorists. Officials from the department of Homeland Security, the fbi and the office of the director of Nati
Im ali velshi, and this is real money. Making sense of the Global Economy and the Financial Market these days make those who have hair pull it out. The rest of us scratch our heads. Well talk with the smartest economic analyst on the planet about the outlook of america and the forces here and abroad that may threaten your prosperity. But first i want to explain some of what we learned today. Inflation in the United States fell. 4 of 1 compared to november. Thats the biggest decline in six years, and i probably dont have to tell you why, but i will. Falling oil and gas prices. For the full year the Consumer Price indexthats how we measure inflationrose a paltry. 8 . At a may mean that the fed wont raise Interest Rates as soon as some people expect. Sure low rates make home and card affordable, but we need to see Wage Inflation at least if we want more americans to enjoy this economic recovery. Now, an improving job market and those low gasoline prices have consumers feeling pretty good.