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play that big of a role as we might have thought because when they shut down the internet, the mobilization group. so i think that it's definitely -- i think looking at this particular event or the particular ascent in tunisia that created this change or the particular event and iran that created a mobilization. what we need to look at is the way that the culture and the society of the economy and the political structure is changing because of these information technology's success within the context and the context help to shape the technologies and tools. >> and what is the context...

these thorny and complicated issues. i am pleased to welcome our pal, matthew anderson, managing director. richard parkus, from morgan stanley research. .nd jamie woodwell thank you for coming. your complete written statement will be entered into the record. we begin with mr. anders said. >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss commercial real estate and bank stability. i will discuss real estate values declines and the resulting mortgage maturities and some aspects of our outlook for the economy. i should add the views expressed today are my own and not necessarily that of my em...

early. so thanks very much to the panel. thank you for coming today. [applause] >> if you will stay seated for one minute. i want to -- just a couple housekeeping things. to thank our moderator, a didn't give her a proper introduction but let's thank amy. [applause] as you note amy is the star reporter on the wall street journal on matters we have been talking about. i don't know whether she takes notes wellesley is moderating. that might be hard. i'm not sure we will be all about this particular panel there but we will be able to watch it on c-span. two other quick things. when are ...

goal and politics is always there. we can be called up to capitol hill before relevant committees and be browbeen and people can complain and voice to us and that's a healthy part of the process. sure, it's political for all those reasons,but there is that degree of insulation from it as well. everything we do is ultimately public. our decisions are written and available to the public and available to appeal to the court so there are a lot of cecks and balances so the commission can do what it's not authorized to do. so there are building blocks for the basic foundation of the system...

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> you are watching c-span. weekdays, watch the house, and congressionalhts, hearings. on saturdays, "the communicators," and on sunday, "q and a" and prime minister's questions. you can watch all our programming at c-span.org. a public service, created by america's cable companies. >> stephen harper met with obama today. he and the president held a joint news conference, talking about energy, border security, and trade. obama spoke about the relationship with u.s. and canada. >> canada is our largest trading aprtner and the to...