We begin there are with the latest protests over Commencement Speakers and whether you think they should reflect students values. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. An independents and all others, 202 5853882. College graduates, we want to hear from you, 202 5855883. Join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, send us a. Weet cspanwj, or email us we will get to your thoughts in a minute but let me begin with iece. Inside higher ed p substitutes speak out. In a season in which numerous Commencement Speakers with drew. Free speech and the crucial place of disagreement and Free Exchange and Higher Education. One of them did so in a way that appeared to hurt the feeling of graduates. Sees its share of controversies, but this year pur intenses debate. Some of those who drew enmity were generally well regarded, not overtly partisan figures. Robert birgeneau withdrew as a speaker at pennsylvanias haverford college. At smith college, christine lagarde, head of the imf, backed
We need to be sensitive about that as well. Thank you all. I know that my time is up. I just wanted to thank you for mentioning my legislation. I look forward to working with you on this important issue. Thank you all for being here. Let me start with you. We will do another fiveminute round. Let me ask a followup question. You said earlier that broadcasters were not sure about the price or how much money they might get, is that the biggest impediment, or is it the or from their perspective, a lack of clarity about how this will work . Senator nelson asked a question about transparency. Has not givencc us information about pricing that is because they have not made up their mind yet. Those things that they have decided, they have been tremendously transparent and open. It has been a great experience. They grant you meetings time after time. The process has been very good. Nothing is very more important to attracting broadcasters then to give them some idea of how much money they will g