Government. Former senator gordon smith is the longtime president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. He is our guest this week on the communicators. Before we get started looking at some of the issues that the nab is facing, how many people in this day of netflix and hulu and amazon are actually watching broadcast tv . Sen. Smith an awful lot. One of the things people insist on his having local news, weather, sports, emergency information. It is the lifeline. Natural or human disasters, it lets people know what is coming, how to find shelter, how to get rescue and recovery. The broadcasters, radio or television, is a Public Servant to be the first in former. It is unique in our country where so many of our communities have their own local television stations, and they are on the job at the peril of their own lives when a storm is coming. That is a franchise in all of telik medications that ,roadcasting owns and operates we are alone doing that given the peril of newsp
Such horror and heartbreak . You can join in on the conversation on cspans washington journal our phone lines are open and we are dividing them regionally. If you live in the central or eastern time zones, 202 7488000. For those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. Two Mass Shootings within 24 hours. Injured,nd dozens more those shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. You can join the conversation online. Ae president tweeting on couple of these shootings yesterday including the el paso shooting, calling it not only tragic but also an act of cowardice. I know i stand with everyone in this country to condemn todays hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people. Texas, pointing out the saturday shooting in el paso was the 249th mass shooting incident this year. That according to gun violence archives. It defines a mass shooting as four or more victims killed or injured with a perpetrator in one location. It includ
Announcer the white house did not release a weekly address. Senator chris murphy of connecticut gave the weekly democratic address, focused on health care coverage. Each week, i walk 100 miles across my state from one end to the other. Findked to everybody i can about what matters to them, what worries them, and what congress should be doing to help. Every year when i have done this walk, health care is the dominant issue people raise. A few years ago, a young woman tracked my route on social media and staked out a spot on the side of the road, waiting an hour to talk to me about her lupus diagnosis. She told me without protections for people with preexisting conditions in the Affordable Care act, she would be bankrupt. She did not understand why President Trump and republicans were hellbent on taking her insurance away. She was convinced President Trump wanted to put Health Care Companies Insurance Companies back in charge of our health care system. Two years later, President Trump ha
And so, the first thing is for as the ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Forward much. March. Forward march. Now, please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance did i pledge allegiance to the flag the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much. You may be seated. Tonight, as we gather to salute the 115th congress to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who makes history every , nancy pelosi. She is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007 when she was elected the very first woman speaker to serve as the speaker of the house. And now, in her third term as speaker, pelosi consistently and the rest of us of the importance of history. Speaker pelosi expertly guides the United States house of representatives to act on behalf who
Natural or human disasters, it lets people know what is coming, how to find shelter, how to get rescue and get some recovery. The broadcasters, radio or television, is a Public Servant to be the first informer. It is unique in our country where so many of our communities have their own local television stations, and they are on the job at the peril of their own lives when a storm is coming. That is a franchise in all of telecommunications that broadcasting owns and operates. We are alone doing that given the peril of newspapers now. People tune in all the time to get the weather, the traffic, what happened in the city, what did my team do . Those are the things we are on the case, doing. Lamentably with all of the digital age and challenge of newspapers, we are there still as the answer to what is happening to journalism. We are still doing the reporting, we are still investigating, Still Holding people accountable. And so i think the future for broadcasting is not just one that we wil