Debate on a bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee or t. A. D. Program that provides limited Insurance Coverage for noninterestbearing transaction accounts. A procedural vote on the measure is expected at 5 30 eastern. Host well, on the communicators were doing a series looking at the future of tv, and this week were pleased to have joining us the president and ceo of the National Cable and telecommunications association, Michael Powell. Mr. Powell, thank you for being on the communicators again, we appreciate it. Guest my pleasure. Host if you would, put on your future glasses. Guest all right. [laughter] theyre on. Host look ahead five years, ten years, twenty years. Whats tv gonna look like, and especially whats the cable industry gone 2345 look like . Guest well, i think if i were answering that question, i would say follow the technological trends that are transforming all digital businesses. The first that i would probably observe is the dramatic shift from
Others on the hill with a rewrite of the 96 act and one of the principle things we wanted to do was to be able to plan. I think you guys gave us 110 rulemaking said we had to do roughly in 18 months so we were doing an awful lot of planning and that just got eliminated which meant when we came back to work we were all working double time to try to catch up. Host were deadlines extended . Guest the deadlines in terms of the fcc were extended obviously for certain kinds of filings. But you know the most critical thing was congress didnt give us any slack and i dont think they shouldve let me pass the bill a couple of months later and said you get these things done in six months and these then 12 months and these in 18 months. It took an awful lot of work an awful or portability an awful or portability than we were able to meet up with deadlines. If we had a shutdown the middle of that there is no way we could have done it a luck its just a lot of extra work and if you were to take a busi
The third step that the u. S. Could help with is the finalization of the provisional constitution. Which deeply ambiguous contradictory in many ways. I think the three steps can be a strong starting point. Its unrealistic to expect that. Well have a clearer picture three years from now. Thank you. Well, i mean, as we know here in the United States federalism remains extremely contentious issue even in the halt halls. In places far away especially when they dont have formal links with these local administrations or they are in very hostile relationships with them as they have been with juba land. The important point that people need to recognize is that alshabaab benefits from these types of agreements and benefits from these tensions and one of the biggest problems we have in the juba land is well juba land is somewhat or stable and it is arguably less of a safe haven for alshabaab the fact that juba land is being dominated by a single allows alshabaab to recruit from minority clans wh
Civil rights. In her postwhite house years she served as a delegate to the United Nations, and president harry truman called her the first lady of the world. Tonight well explore the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt on first ladies influence and image at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan3 as well as cspan radio. Cspans student cam video competition asks, whats the most important Issue Congress should consider in 2014 . Make a 57 minute documentary showing varying points of view, and be sure to include cspan video. The we hes has a grand prize of 5,000, and this year weve doubled the number of winners and total prizes. Entries are due by january 20, 2014. Need more information . Visit studentcam. Org. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, the federal government reopened after 16 days during this current shutdown, and this week on the communicators a round table discussion on the effect of that
Enforcement agency so we bring lawsuits against companies that engage in unfair or deceptive acts or practices or engage in unfair methods of competition. We engage in policy and Research Work and to promote best lawsices and advocate for that we think are needed. Weyour specific question, are interested in protecting consumers when it comes to the entirety of the mobile ecosystem. By that i mean that we are interested in what developers are engaged in, what platforms stores,g, mobile app Device Manufacturers. We ensure that American Consumers are protected and there is a competitive landscape. In otherecent speech venues, you talk about the internet of things. What do you mean by that . One of the things i have been interested in doing is we do a great deal to protect the privacy of American Consumers and ensuring that consumers have as much control as possible over the collection and use of their personal data. I am very interested in making sure the ftc and and stays abreast of emer