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Government. Former senator gordon smith is the longtime president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters. He is our guest this week on the communicators. Before we get started looking at some of the issues that the nab is facing, how many people in this day of netflix and hulu and amazon are actually watching broadcast tv . Sen. Smith an awful lot. One of the things people insist on his having local news, weather, sports, emergency information. It is the lifeline. Natural or human disasters, it lets people know what is coming, how to find shelter, how to get rescue and recovery. T...

Such horror and heartbreak . You can join in on the conversation on cspans washington journal our phone lines are open and we are dividing them regionally. If you live in the central or eastern time zones, 202 7488000. For those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. Two Mass Shootings within 24 hours. Injured,nd dozens more those shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. You can join the conversation online. Ae president tweeting on couple of these shootings yesterday including the el paso shooting, calling it not only tragic but also an act of cowardice. I know i sta...

Announcer the white house did not release a weekly address. Senator chris murphy of connecticut gave the weekly democratic address, focused on health care coverage. Each week, i walk 100 miles across my state from one end to the other. Findked to everybody i can about what matters to them, what worries them, and what congress should be doing to help. Every year when i have done this walk, health care is the dominant issue people raise. A few years ago, a young woman tracked my route on social media and staked out a spot on the side of the road, waiting an hour to talk to me about her lupus dia...

And so, the first thing is for as the ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Forward much. March. Forward march. Now, please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance did i pledge allegiance to the flag the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much. You may be seated. Tonight, as we gather to salute the 115th congress to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who makes hi...

Natural or human disasters, it lets people know what is coming, how to find shelter, how to get rescue and get some recovery. The broadcasters, radio or television, is a Public Servant to be the first informer. It is unique in our country where so many of our communities have their own local television stations, and they are on the job at the peril of their own lives when a storm is coming. That is a franchise in all of telecommunications that broadcasting owns and operates. We are alone doing that given the peril of newspapers now. People tune in all the time to get the weather, the traffic, ...