2015. On our threehour program this morning, well be talking about police reform, u. S. National security challenges in the middle east, and the state of the u. S. Auto industry. But we begin this morning with the renewed debate in the country over the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. With republican president ial candidate donald trump and several of his fellow gop contenders now calling for an end to the practice of granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on u. S. Soil, were asking our viewers to weigh in on this latest debate over immigration policy. Should the u. S. End birthright citizenship . If you think yes, the number for you is 2027488000. If you say no to ending birthright citizenship, the number is 2027488001. We also have a special line this morning for americans whose parents were foreign born, those firstgeneration americans can call in at 2027488002. A very good thursday morning to you on the washington journal. We begin this morning with a concept of bi
Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Host tom larsen, what do you do for a living . Guest i run Government Relations for media come communications corporation. Were the fifth biggest Cable Company in america. Used to be the eighth biggest, but we keep moving up without doing anything. Host well, what does that entail . What does your post entail . Guest so we have 1400 communities that we serve in 22 states. So my team actually manages the relationship we have with those communities. So we would go to the board meetings, we would talk the city councils, the mayors. We would take in a lot of cases we take calls from council members. If theres an issue, we deal with them. We also run the media relationships. So in a lot of those markets where weekly or daily newspapers, we would talk to the press if there are issues, announcements, anything
Host and this week on the communicators a discussion of the future of television, the internet and video. Joining us is monty tayloe. He is the founder, president and ceo of a Company Called Mediacom Communications corporation. Mr. Commisso welcome to the communicators. What is mediacom . Guest mediacom is what they used to call Cable Television companies. In fact, we started our company back in 1995 and little by little our mission at that time was to go out and which has been maintained basically to deliver to the smaller markets in the u. S. The same level of services you could find in San Francisco and new york city or washington d. C. And up to 7. 3 billion in investments we have achieved that and im very proud of that. We are in 22 states. We have 1500 communities in those 22 states. We have 4600 employees that we generate about 1. 7 billion in annual revenues and im a lucky man. To have the people that i have. Host are you a Cable Company . Guest we like to say we are a Cable Co
Solutions that could be brought to bear. And i know a key point of all that is the coordination between the various entities that are involved to bring it together. One of the reasons why, again the Safety Management system approach, i think, is going to be so valuable for our transit agencies in terms of safety is that youll need to ask the question. You know for my system how important is the connection with pedestrian interface. Do i have a number of is this a centerpiece, say, for my new bike network im building in my community because im actually encouraging lots of people to come to my station on bikes. Therefore, who would i work with at the Public Works Department in the jurisdiction where i am to ensure that the right, you know lighting or fixtures or something are in place. So, i think all of that is to say were recognizing its a very dynamic and very sort of casespecific area, like so much of what we need to do. Its not a blanket, here is the format i need to fill out to mak
Thank you, i yield back, thank you. Gentleman from georgia is recognizes. Thank you, mr. Chairman to the witnesses being here today, i appreciate you being here. I dont know when in my lifetime ive been more concerned about the internal security of america, not just from our safety and security, but our economic security. And on several fronts for different reasons. One of the things that i know has been spoken about here and at other times is the threat of isis. As not only being what i understand the most well funded the best organized terrorist organization in the history. But also there ability to effectively use the internet and social media. Theres one thing to use social media. Those of us engaged in politics, we spend a lot of time studying the effective use of social media. How do you come up and stand out amongst billions of users across the world . And it appears that isis is doing a very good job. Theyre effectively marketing to our youth which is especially concerning to m