i work for another company at that time was an advocacy, a lobbyist like an opportunity working campaigns. i worked on capitol hill, or for governor and are the pleasure to work for a company and i really think it makes contributions to society. host: microsoft seems to be researching. is that a fair assessment? guest: from my perspective i think we ve always been kind of flying high and doing some outstanding things. i think it s been an exciting time with microsoft what comes to the cloud we want to be unintelligent edge of one of our missions is to empower persons and organizations on the planet to achieve more. i think you ll find today as you go to different displays we have 1212, with microsoft research since 1991. what you re going to see as result of drone, such as, some efficiencies of help make a difference for farmers and also using tv white spaces which is something the sec is looking at. to help farmers to be more efficient and effective and as a result
saturday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2 s booktv. earlier today fema officials briebriefed the media on condits in texas and the federal governments response to hurricane party. ok, good morning, everyone. thank you for being here, especially so early in the morning for some of you. this morning we re going to provide an update on the federal support state, local, and tribal officials for response efforts in both texas and louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane, now tropical storm harvey. our speakers the sprinkler the acting sect of homeland security elaine duke, the federal emergency management agency administrator brock long, the national weather service director, and also joining to take questions will be the commandant of the u.s. coast guard. and the secretary of health and human services price. again, the first three speakers will provide opening remarks and then will open up to questions it to select you in advance administrator law will be immediately heading fro
tweets and live facebook questions at noon. it s on c-span two. continues.journal we are joined by a white house reporter with bloomberg news. talk us through specifically the white house and the response this week to hurricane harvey and its remnants. where is the president going to be today and how soon is he expected to be on the ground down there in texas? guest: the president spent the weekend in camp david talking with a number of his cabinet officials about what was happening in houston. he held to cabinet meetings where he was dialed into teleconference. the white house was keen on making sure the american people knew the president was engaged. he got back to the white house yesterday evening. he will spend the day there and has a number of different meetings with the vice president and the secretary of state. he has a meeting with the president of finland. we here the president will be going to texas on tuesday. we are not sure if he will go directly to houston or
thank you very much for being here. this is a terrific crowd and the crowd we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. senator warren and i are here, number one, two thank you because i must tell you as they look back historically at this time of our country they will look back right now to advance of activism and an activism that is here tonight that s in the overflow room, that spread across the country and in activism that stopped the repeal of the worst piece of legislation that i ve ever seen in all my time of government. [cheers and applause] senator warren and i both represent the united states people represent the commonwealth of massachusetts. but also represent marshfield and this region and in the course of the evening we will be talking not just about national issues and international issues, but also issues that affect our region disproportionally at that toe piece of legislation, the repeal of the affordable care act in
their lobbying efforts and to learn what is happening in microsoft s research labs. now in the communicator wes want to introduce you to fred hem fry, the vice president for government afared for the microsoft corporation. mr. humphrey, with that title, what your duty? i m the ambassador for microsoft when it comes to public policy, innovation and technology. grew up on capitol hill and participated in community activities when it comes to talking about technology. what are some of the issues where microsoft was intersecting with public policy. guest: we are intersecting when it comes to artificial intelligence, when you think about those policy issues, and think about vehicles or research and development, high-skilled immigration, take note of different individual participating today and part of our microsoft research. a lot of them are high-skilled visa holders who are making a difference and making many contributions to not only the u.s. but to the world when it come