Chris Dodd for President

Senator Dodd will be speaking at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California today at 1:30 PM Eastern (10:30 Pacific). We'll be carrying the event live below. (Update: here's the recorded version of Dodd's event at Google.)

Note: We'll be testing the stream out beforehand, so it will go live ahead of Dodd's speech and question and answer session. The sound will be off funky electronic music until the speech starts.

Tim Tagaris and I are in Charleston, South Carolina, getting ready for tonight's first DNC sanctioned debate of the Presidential primary, sponsored by CNN & YouTube. As you know, the Dodd Internet team has prioritized bringing you behind-the-scenes access through ground-breaking live video streams. We've done some cool things in the past, but it wouldn't be a Dodd Squad Debate if we didn't go above and beyond what we - or anyone else for that matter - has done before. Here's a brief run-down of what's on the table for today and tonight... 1.) The return of the ChrisDodd.com "Talk Clock" 2.) A live video "pre-game" show 3.) A special behind-the-scenes YouTube video, and my answers to some of the highest rated questions submitted by YouTube users. 4.) Live-streaming from the Spin Room as I take questions from the traditional media 5.) Live-streaming answers to your questions submitted throughout the debate And if you can believe it, much more... Tune in to http://chrisdodd.com/YouTubeDebate and this blog for more unfiltered debate coverage than you can get your eyes on anywhere else.

For those that missed the live streams (or couldn't watch them all), here are some of the video-chats from throughout the day:

Hari Sevugan, Communications Director

Amos Hochstein, Policy Director

Scott Arceneuax, Political Director

Jennifer Goodman, Scheduler

Matt Browner-Hamlin, Blogger

Brett Schenker, Database

News cast with Hari Sevugan Vince Frillici, Finance Director

The video above was shot at a meeting at the Canteen Lunch in the Alley, a diner whose specialty is a "loose meat" sandwich and a scrumptious assortment of pies, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Senator Dodd talked with people there for about an hour, answering questions on military spending, health care, the war in Iraq, and transparency in government. In the clip above he talks about President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby and how this administration's actions have damaged the rule of law. You can watch the whole talk in the Canteen Lunch on Ustream.tv. Allow me to geek out for a moment... The live feed from Ottumwa was broadcast on a wee little mobile broadband card. I was only getting one bar of service in the Canteen, in part because though the restaurant has been around since 1936 and is a historic landmark, a number of years back a parking garage was constructed around (and above) it and now it's effectively a couple stories underground. Nonetheless, we were able to stream live and allow people from all over the country to see a conversation between Senator Dodd and Iowa caucus goers over lunch. We were able to leverage technologies to make an offline campaign stop become an online event for anyone to watch (first live, now recorded). What's even more cool is that I've now cut and uploaded the video above to YouTube while riding in the River to River Tour bus from Ottumwa towards Des Moines. And now I'm about to hit publish on a blog post telling you all about it. This is one of those moments where what we're able to do with new media technologies to make this presidential campaign fully transparent catches up with me and I just have to say: Wow. See it all on D-TV

UStream.tv. This video will go live on the following schedule: 2:45PM EST - Live web chat with Senator Dodd 6:30PM - Live web panel with senior Dodd campaign staff 8:00PM - Live video update of debate during intermission 9:05PM - Live post-debate wrap-up with senior Dodd campaign staff Follow the Dodd Blog for more updates, commentary, pictures, and video throughout the day.