Fracking to explain hundreds of earthquakes. Plus john ridley a conversation with the screen writer of 12 years a slave. We begin in baltimore tonight. The center of the latest controversial death involving police and an unarmed black man. Freddy gray died from a spine injury to his neck a week after being arrested. Tonight as the demonstrators grow the police union is speaking out rallying around the officers and criticizing demonstrators. Lets put it this way. If theyre tried convicted and put in jail, wheres the due process with that . And we get more from Jonathan Betz. Reporter star brown is all smiems now with her young smuls withsmiles with her young daughter, but it was the worst day of her life. When you are the first person victim of police brutality. For some reasons officers focused on her pulling her down the steps and slamming her down on the ground. Her pregnancy wasnt affected but she was bloody and bruised. More difficult when im seeing it happening more now. Reporter
Host joining us this week is Meredith Attwell baker who is the new president and ceo of ctia. Tell us about the industy. Guest thank you for having me. It is great to be back representing this industy where everything is growing off of. We are the network operators, we build them, manufacture App Community and the new silicone valley. We are hoping to educate washington about that. Host as of today, what is the biggest industy facing yo your issue facing your industy . Guest i think the biggest problem is also going to be spectrum. It has been six years since having an auction. We have two coming up in the next couple years. The one starting in two days and we have the incentive auction coming next summer. They are fantastic. If we talk about the networks the phones are on that was coming from the aws1 auction that lasted last time. We will be working on spectrum for quite a while. Host are you satisfied with the progress especially on the ince incentive auction . Guest i was at the Co
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au
Valentines day weekend and then the dangerous plunge in temperatures. Millions under some form of windchill advisory with many areas seeing the coldest air in a generation. Lets get the latest now from nbc meteorologist bill karins and, wow. I dont even know how to prepare for this one, really. This one will catch people off guard. I think the winds with this one substantial enough for Power Outages more so than the last blizzard we had. This one wont produce as much snow but the winds could be stronger. Much further away even philadelphia, new york city area, watch out for the winds. The leaves arent on the trees. A blessing. Still, can get Power Outages and structural damage especially near the coast. Blizzard, the worst of it by far, our friends from down east maine, bar harbor lubbock, through portland and camden back down to portsmouth new hampshire, boston and down along the cape those are the areaing sees the worst and highest kwinds with the storm and thats the best chance of m