Auction task force. Mr. Epstein, what does that mean . Guest thank you, peter. Im happy to be here. I am the head of the task force at the fcc which is responsible for implementing the incentive auction which is a firsttimeever auction at the fcc for spectrum. Host and the incentive auction is the auction, the spectrum auctions involving the broadcasters, correct . Guest indeed, it is. It is whats called a twosided auction which for the very first time will acquire spectrum from broadcasters in a socalled reverse auction and then turn around, repackage it and make it available to the wirelessc carriers9jz a forward auction. So it is a backtoback auction, a reverse auction and a forwardq auction. Host well, two followups to that. The fcc has set march of 2016 as the date for the incentive auctions to happen. A, will that date hold and, b, how long have you been working on this . Guest the auction commences on march 29th, 2016, and we do intend to hold to that date. All the commissioner
Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themselves to you and then well get right into it. Good afternoon, im adrian sevier. Im the chief county of the Emergency Management agency. Ive been with fema for 15 years. Ive had a variety of positions at the agency starting what we called then a field attorney. So i deployed to the joint field offices that fema sets up when the president declares a major disaster or emergency. Ive held a variety of positions at fema. And again ive been the chief council since for about a year now. Im dan connelly,
Melissa markets nervously holding their breath as tensions between greece and europe come to a head. Europes finance chiefs are holding an emergency meeting as greece refuses to extend the bailout package, keeping it afloat. It only has a few weeks to reach a deal before it runs out of cash all together. Here are very own Charlie Gasparino, tom sullivan is here and mark eiglarsh. A criminal defense attorney and celebrity i would say. I dont think so. Yes. Melissa absolutely. Tom sullivan let me start with you on the greece thing. What do you think . Dealing with somebody, a debtor who dont have any hope of getting their financial house in order. It is also, misreported about the austerity. Not only in greece but also other parts of the e. U. Melissa youre saying overemphasizing i read in the New York Times they have adhered to austerity for five years. It hats been so hard. Cant get it done. Austerity means government cuts back spending right . That is not what they do . They jacked up
The fbi issuing an alert asking, do you know who this is . And the money lead. She says its a sex crime. Jennifer lawrence speaking out about the hackers who gave creeps a new holy day by posting her neighborhood pictures online. Should google have to pay for it . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the world lead and another scary first in this worldwide battle against ebola. Spanish authorities are monitoring three more potential cases of ebola in spain, a day after a nurses assistant became the first person to contract the deadly virus outside africa during this epidemic. Authorities say the nurses assistant helped treat two ebolastricten priests after they returned to spain. Both patients died. In fact, other doctors and nurses say the priests were almost dead upon arrival back in the country which is, in itself, raising questions about why the priests were moved in the first place. Spanish authorities have announced that they wil
Early starts special election coverage begins right now. Good morning, everyone. A very Early Morning. Welcome to early start special election edition. And i am john berman. It is 3 00 a. M. In the east. As we said, there is major breaking news this morning. Republicans have taken control of the United States senate, and they did it in a tidal wave fashion. It was a night many had forecast would be filled with close contests. Instead, it was near to a blowout for republicans, who picked up more than the six seats they needed to take control of the senate. Now races still remain unsettled in alaska and louisiana. But as things stand now, right at this moment, republicans will hold at least 52 seats in the senate, picking up seven over the current congress. Democrats will hold 45 seats. Lets begin with those republican pickups. West virginia has its first female u. S. Senator, republican Shelley Moore capito defeating natalie tenet. She will take the seat of jay rockefeller. Capitos vict