Good morning. Wait for people to find their seats. Evolution of Democratic Society in this country. So ellen agreed to be the moderater of this panel and i will turn things over to her now. Thank you very much. This is an exciting opportunity to talk to some eminent people about whats going on. The title of this panel is what will happen next. Im looking forward to hearing what they think is going to happen next with regard to not only the legacy of the penguin papers but the pentagon papers not only the last two weeks but what i see is the changing definition of the term leak and the idea of Civil Servants, Different Society seeing themselves as bulwarks against some kind of encroachment of a lack of understanding of facts or news r what the truth is. Different segments of society, seeing themselves as bullworks against some kind of encroachment of a lack of understanding of facts or news or what the truth is. I think that one quote that is really informative coming from sandys brook
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Md anderson cancer center. Making cancer history. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff with their National Conventions in the rear view mirror, the president ial candidates head out on the road to target states that could go either way, and help determine the election outcome. Correspondent Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter the newly minted democratic ticket ma
Senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters, welcome back to the communicators. We appreciate being here. Guest thank you its a pleasure. Host the current fcc, five commissioners have been a place for a couple of years now, youve, youve got to work with them, how would you describe your relationship and how would you describe the current fcc. Guest i think it is fair to say this is proving to be one of the more partisan fccs i have ever observed. I say that having observed many of them on the congress committee. I think it is stylistic and i think chairman wheeler has an agenda in mind and he wants to push it and he needs to votes. It makes it challenging for us but because on one hand our issue, telecommunication issue should not be republican and democrat. It seems to be more divided that way than i have ever seen. That is their business and my business is to work with both sides constructively and as effectively as possible. Is the fcc structu
Thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you all for your presentations. We have 20 minutes now for questions. Im sure that our panel can give us some great insights and answers to questions. My question really would be this. You have all kind of been there, done that as governors. What tip, what piece of advice would you give to us all as governors that would help us become more effective in our jobs in our respective states . Lets start reverse order. Senator warner, we will start with you and go that way. Will that be okay . I think one of the things that is never going to get you very much attention but if you can keep pounding at home, i think the kind of argument we have between Big Government and small government is false choice. People want effective government in trying to jack markel did a great job when he was treasurer of delaware and helped teach me. Finding ways where you can deliver more Efficient Government and squeeze out efficiencies whether purchasing power, whether