Pennsylvania and is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. Congressman doyle, that subcommittee is really key to telecom policy, isnt it . Guest it sure is but it is the Key Committee in congress that deals with telling mitigation policies and a lot of interesting type of issues with more to come. Host we will explore some of those in this next half hour but i want to start with some news that came out this week which is the sec declaring while way and is et corporations to security threats which what is your view of that . I think there is some validity to that and that is one of the reasons why you saw the bill we passed in the energy and Commerce Committee with greg and myself which is, now were just waiting for the appropriators to put some money in it because we estimated it will take one, 2 million to assist the Smaller Companies that fought that equipment to make that whole so we can remove the equipment and put the other equipment in. We
Washington journal program, or through our social media feeds. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought you today by your television provider. Joining us on the communicators this week is a key member of congress when it comes to telecommunications policy. Mike doyle is a democrat from pennsylvania, chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. Congressman doyle, the subcommittee is key to telecom policy, isnt it . Representative doyle it sure is. It is the Key Committee in congress that deals with telecommunication policy. A lot of interesting issues come before the committee, and more to come. Pedro we are about to cover those in the next halfhour, but i want to start with news this weik, the fcc declaring hua and the kumble corporation to be National Security threats. Representative doyle that is one of the reasons you saw the bill we passed in the energy committee. Now we are just waiting for appropriato
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 tonight at 6:00. stephanie: as you know, heavy rain is moving across the state, and winds are picking up. this is already causing problems with power outages and slowing traffic. good evening. i m stephanie woods. adam: i am adam sexton. meteorologist hayley lapoint shows us the radar. hayley: the good news is the rain let up across the state, but don t let your guard down. we ve got a line of thunderstorms on their way, just about to cross over the connecticut river valley. those of you in lebanon, claremont, get ready. there is even some lightning east over towards lebanon. there will be downpours, heavier gusts of wind, and the rain should make it all the way across the state, but it won t places like concord, manchester. the wind gusts have been strongest at the coast line. 36
meredith where it looks very damp, but strong winds knocked out power to some areas, and some of you are still sitting in the dark tonight. good evening, and thanks for joining us. i am stephanie woods. meteorologist hayley lapoint tells us when that rain will end. hayley: most of us, it s already done with, which is good news. we had a heavy dose during the day, and it has been coming down during the past couple hours. a couple scattered showers mainly in the monadnock region, but what is happening is we are side. you see the snow showers out over the great lakes and over new york state. those are actually lake effect snow showers, as some colder air is getting dragged our way. only nine miles per hour in portsmouth. of the state, still the winds, a little bit strong. you might hear them rumbling around as you try to get to sleep. i will talk to more about the workweeks forecast coming up. stephanie: today s storm is being blamed for power outages across the state. strong
in to help. no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: good morning. thanks for starting your week off with us. i m erin fehlau. sean: we had 50 degrees and rain. tomorrow we have cold air and snow. kevin: such is life in new england. we re looking at temperatures early this morning falling back through the 30 s and upper 20 s. with that, a couple of slick spots. there were some spots over two inches of rainfall yesterday. they had a couple of rumbles of thunder. they start off with country. there s the chance with the lake effect snow going back to the west western parts of the state. see a few of those snow showers through the day. temperatures holding from the upper 20 s to lower 30 s. the wind still gusting over 30 miles an hour, adding the extra bite to the air. much more on the chance in just a bit. let s look at your monday morning ride here in the granite state. we re joined live by deb davidson. good morning, deb. deb: good morning. r