Given an opportunity to help try to change the direction of the country. I believe thats not just an opportunity but an obligation and we are focused and committed to focus on the economy as well as getting people back to work to strengthen the middle class. Joining in what my colleagues have said there is a lot of work up there to be done. Im optimistic. We have the rules of the senate that allows us to do it. It gives us follow those rules. Im also lost the sick there are a lot of things beyond the Keystone Pipeline that there is tremendous agreement on if we can just get to that work and i believe the new majority leader is absolutely committed to see that we get this work done. Lots of legislation like senator barrasso just said for more American Energy and things that produce good jobs to take care of families in ways that families would like to be able to take care of themselves and frankly the president is going to engage one way or another. The last four years not much reason f
Cbs and hbo announced they would begin internet streaming services, this bypassing traditional media cable, et cetera. Thats our topic this week on the communicators. How people get tv, whats the future of tv, and joining us are two analysts, leading analysts, craig moffet and Michael Nathanson, and theyre partnered in the Moffetnathanson Research firm. Mr. Moffet, what is the impact, whats your initial reaction to what cbs, hbo, have announced, and then add on to that netflix and apple, et cetera, and all these other different services. Whats the impact on the Overall Television industry . Guest well, those are two separate categories, really. The new one, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be, actually somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones already here, like netflix, has already been very profound, and i think what were seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millenials. Theyre simply watching tv in a very different way than my genera
They are partners in the Moffett Nathanson research firm. Mr. Moffett, lets begin with you. Whats the impact, whats your initial reaction to what cbs, hbo have announced and then add onto that netflix and apple, etc. , and all these different services. Whats the impact on the Overall Television industry . Guest well, those are two separate categories really. The new ones, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be actually somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones that are already here like netflix has already been very profound. And i think what were seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millennials, that theyre simply watching tv in a very different way than my generation watched tv, and youre starting to see all the Media Companies embrace that and recognize that they cant sort of circle the wagons and just try to protect the existing ecosystem anymore, they have to actually reach out to that set of consumers. The advertisers want to reach
Agencies in the federal government. Im confident that the commission will continue to function effectively after my departure, and i wish my colleagues all the best. Their work, together with our dedicated staff, will enable the n. R. C. To remain an effective, independent and trusted regulator. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you all today, and im happy now to answer your questions. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much, professor macfarlane. Do you think the United States Nuclear Energy industry will ever recover from fukushima and start growing again . Hat will make that happen . Well, i think that i would separate that out. I wouldnt say that the Nuclear Industry is suffering necessarily because of fukushima. I think there are larger issues at play here, mostly economic issues. What would help that would probably be some price on carbon, my view. Most u. S. Nuclear facilities are more than 40 years old, and most want to extend their lives to 60 or even 80 years
Region. While the administration cites a drop in the children, the fact is that the conditions in el salvador, honduras, and guatemala continue to be very grave. I convened the second hearing because my colleagues and i are mindful of the high levels of Gang Violence and the lack of opportunity right here in our hemisphere, not only affects the lives of millions in Central America, but affects the United States too, as weve seen. Indeed, the pursuit of peace and prosperity throughout the western hemisphere should be a Key National Security objective of the United States. As round reagan said back in 1984, Central America is a region of great importance to the United States, and it is so close. Since salvador is closer to houston, texas, than houston is to washington, d. C. Ive consistently been supportive of u. S. Efforts to assist the region to build capacity to strengthen their Respective Police forces so they can build better confront the high levels of criminality brought on by gan