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street journal." commissioner, if i could start with the at&t/t-mobile usa acquisition. what do you see as the biggest impediment to that happening, and how long do you see the process taking? >> guest: well, at first, i really don't know how long the process will take. it could be the better part of a year. i don't know that it should take that long, but we'll just have to wait and see with the expectations at the commission are. this is a huge transaction, it's a paradigm-altering transaction insofar as the world of wireless goes. you will remember in the comcast merger that i said...

morning. who do you think should run? who stands the best chance of defeating barack obama? for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. here is "the christian science monitor" this morning. think thisdo you morning, the morning the president obama announced his reelection bid? republicans, who should run against him? peter, you are first. go ahead. caller: first of all, thank you very much for c-span. it is a fantastic service to the country. i am interested in the article that you just read. it does not mention one of the great candi...

-- the rising cost of education. caller: i do not think they will unless you make them. again, i think there, the responsibility as a two way street. host: john della volpe, polling director with harvard institute of politics. thank you for your time. we appreciate it. that does it for today's "washington journal" and we would about tomorrow. -- and we believe dr. amar. thanks for watching. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> it is monday, april 4. both houses of congress are back in session today. the ho...

who this week on "the communicators," reaction to a draft proposal on matt neutrality from fcc chairman julius genachowski and proposal said to be voted on in december. >> fcc chairman genachowski's announcement this week on regulating the internet has garnered strong reaction from lawmakers and other groups interested in telecommunications policy. we will explore the chairman's proposal as well as the reactions this week on "the communicators." first here is a portion of the federal communications commission chairman julius genachowski from earlier this week. >> first, consumers an...

equal, but not data. some data is more important than other data. in a medical emergency your health records traveling across the internet are more important than video of a cat playing a piano. well, more important to you, anyway. which means in the increasingly crowded cloud america has to figure out some way of treating data. there are two schools of thought on this. the first is to treat all data equally, both the cat and the catscan. this is net neutrality. you may have heard that term. it's how the internet works now. all data, whether it's a tv show -- >> introducing the new i...