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change. host: lee joins us from latin roots. you have david brody and michael shear. caller: i hear him saying something about what obama run on, and the way i got it was that he was going to spad the wealth aroun. when he got his cap and trade in, he was going to break all the coal companies. i never have heard anything like that in the media when it was happening. you guys had your heads in the sand, i guess. i do not know, like sean hannity said. we just cannot hear from you. they n...

gaddafi as missiles continue to hit key targets overnight. 48 deaths were reported. this is the largest international military effort since the iraq war. todays military action taking place the same weekend egyptian residence are going to the polls to vote on the senate -- is changes to its constitution. voters in haiti going to the polls to select a new president. our president and rio de janeiro, day to bureau of his south american trip where his focus is on jobs, trade, and the econ...

>> is become "the communicators" a discussion about issues relating to broadcasters with gordon smith, president ceo of the national association of broadcasters. >> we are pleased to welcome back to "the communicators" gordon smith president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters, former senator from oregon of course. senator smith, the n.a.b. is meeting in town right now in washington this week. what is your message to capitol hill when you meet with the legislators? >> g...

up right back at the starting line facing a government shutdown, but not facing the facts. neither party offering cuts that amount to anything more than a drop in the bucket. you just have to look at the numbers to see it. the house-passed gop bill cuts spending by a mere $61 billion. remember, we have trillion-dollar problems that amounts to 4.3% of our total debt. and the only more insulting plan when it comes to cutting comes from the democrats, who offer cuts amounting to, yes, 0.4...

>> this week on "the communicators," a discussion about issues relating to broadcasters with gordon smith, president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. >> host: were pleased to welcome back to "the communicators," gordon smith, president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters, former senator from oregon, of course. senator smith, the nab is meeting in town right now in washington this week. what is your message to capitol hill when you meet with legislato...

radio and performers. they need us. we need them. their market was broken by the internet. people do not buy music anymore. that is unfortunate. we do not want to break radio in trying to resolve this. >> has three television been broken by the internet? -- has free television been broken by the internet? >> no. the have argued for payment of produced content. we asked for the same consideration. when they take our content and put it through their pipes or bounces off the satellite, we...

Month as head of the motion picture association of america, basically doing the bidding of the major movie studios. >> a lot, joe, has been written about this job, i brought article one, two, three here with me. almost a little surprising that a guy gets this job at a trade association could get so much attention and out of all the lobbyists in washington, why does this job with the mpaa get so much buzz? >> it is weird, right, but you saw the oscars. its about the money, the power of the movie ...

Number 2, bakersfield, california. for the most you be healthy air quality days in 2009, and the number one most toxic city with 11.3 million pounds on site toxic philly, philadelphia, pennsylvania. well, lets talk hollywood now, because it just snagged a former senator. chris dodd, who just finished up his last senate term out of connecticut, is now the new chairman of the npaa, the motion picture association of america, and joe johns is here with the "political pop." chris dodd, huh? >> yeah...

Association chris dodd with the movies. you have to know something about the movies to be the heard of the mpaa. what does he know about hollywood? >> a lot of people are wondering that. he was the senate banking guy, not the senate movie guy, but according to the internet movie database, hes actually appeared in something like three docum t documentaries playing himself and one feature film even. the movie was "dave," a romantic comedy set in the white house. i remember renting it but dont reme...

Dodd had said as recently as last year in a connecticut newspaper where i first read it that he didnt want to become a lobbyist. he said i might teach or do something else, and hes actually been really very critical of lobbyists so running mpaa kind of looks like he changed his mind, but there is a legal answer here. the law actually says hes not allowed to directly lobby his former colleagues in the senate for two years. he has got to restrict himself to planning strategy and so on, so technica...