people is a crime against humanity, but so is the is really defense forces when they kill innocent folk on the other side. if we are not able to deal with that, we are in the same position this party was in 80 years ago when he didn't want to deal with jim crow, didn't want to deal with lynching, in a state of denial, saying, somehow these negro >> thank you doctor. half minutesnd a remaining. [applause] nancy jacobson, florida. it is a humanitarian crisis and this is when it is at its best when we help others in addition

to the misery that we would seek to help, they are actually in despair. despair breeds violence. that we support this and use our best efforts to do that. [applause] >> 30 seconds. nebraska and i don't represent a candidate. believe thatcrats the people of gaza need salvation and we can help them. let's help them. thank you. >> that concludes the five minutes. we will hear from those not in support of the amendment. good evening.

i am speaking on behalf of the hillary delegation. situation ofthe gaza is a terrible tragedy and that gaza needs financial assistance to rebuild its economy. the hopelessness is not a result of the lack of support to rebuild gaza. in fact, israel and the international community already provide and allow that. for the flow of humanitarian aid including food and medicine and building materials. instead, the real key to ending suffering is a two state solution. one that provides palestinians with sovereignty and dignity and secures israel's future.

as the platform also suggests, this can only be achieved with direct negotiations between their two leaders. this is the only approach that will bring support. it is all something we must strongly support. the amendment while drawing attention nonetheless distracts from this focus. we have an additional speaker. before discussion has been had. these are the individuals who are arguing against the amendment. >> mark stanley from dallas, texas. i'm a hillary clinton delegate. i want to put a practical spin on this. there is no one who doesn't feel the compassion for people who are suffering. this platform has already been litigated. it has been litigated in the

drafting committee and they came up with a compromise statement on israel. and sayke one issue let's open that up. then we have to open up everything else. interestn up gaza for we are not talking about the other side of it. we're not talking about tunnels that are going into israel. we are not talking about gaza who is trying to take out the water utilities. why are we going to relitigate this now? it has been done. please vote against this amendment. >> anyone voting against this amendment, can you clear the island we will go to a 32nd vote. can you please vote until i ask you to?

please vote. 15 seconds. five seconds. the amendment fails. do we have an additional amendment? >> amendment 162 has been with john. , the proposed

amendment is to insert after the following:ies the democrats applaud president obama's national strategy for combating wildlife trafficking, and his commitment to preserving the earth's natural beauty for future generations. democrats support science-based management of iconic wildlife in a africa,. and are related to or funded by special interests. >> i'm going to ask you to do that one more time. amendment number 114 sponsored by carrie tucker. amendment is to insert the following after the word economies. democrats applaud president

obama's national strategy for combating wildlife trafficking, and his commitment to preserving the earth's natural beauty for future generations. science-basedort management of iconic wildlife in -- and are related to or funded by non-scientific shall interest. >> the proponent has one minute to speak. i doubt very many people know much about this subject. i have worked in africa and i have a report by our democratic house and national resources commission that deals with this. let me read the summary. they have equally strong frameworks.

theytunately implementation of these frameworks has been marred by corruption and has not produced the adverse highs. the recent decision by fish and is a promisinge development. notver, the agency is making sure that drugmakers are bad decision worse. i wanted to tell you a couple of things. that is your one minute. to our 15 second is, is anyone desiring to be heard of opposition. with your position, i am going to call the vote. please raisefavor

your right card. anyone that is wishing to be on record. you have won the argument. down aly that takes it notch. amendment number 192 has been withdrawn. the proposed amendment is to insert a section called global climate leadership which reads that democrats believe it would be a grave mistake for the united states to lead another nation. andact, we must meet first launching a green industrial revolution because that is the key to getting artist to follow. ownbecause it is in our interest to do so. so much our generation should

leave the world war ii mobilization to save civilization from catastrophic consequences. we must think beyond terrorist. been --ident will come convene a summit on the best andneers and climate indigenous communities to chart a course towards the healthy future we all want for our families and communities. [applause] thank you. if the words repeat themselves, they will be corrected. it was our fault. the proponent has one minute. >> russell green speaking. , i would like to begin

to make my case. farther seconds? the plot begins to run. plasticsection of our -- platform is about responsibilities. great mistake for america to abandon our responsibilities. we have no greater responsibility than to respond and lead the world in addressing the greatest threat that humanity has ever known. tobal warming threatens destabilize the climate for tens of thousands of years sending the earth into a hot state, inhospitable to humanity. it business as usual continues, a chain reaction will cause the unraveling of this community. economyore, the global

-- it threatens to wipe out much of life on earth. , it would to unfold take some 10 million years for life to fully recover. this is the truth. responsibility, something that demands a response. a response to the best of your ability. america must rise to this moment. we must declare that we will. i ask that we amend our platform and we must call this out explicitly. it is not enough that this is the most progressive -- democratic platform. it must match the moment. ist we will be remembered not only what will be included but what we left out. prioritizing a climate the

mobilization presents the most immediate past to environmental justice. with the world war ii homefront. it --ld drastically in reduce inequality. my amendment also calls on our call a summit on the best climate experts to chart a path for it. i asked that you consider adding this to our platform. [applause] >> 2.5 minutes for any other speakers. my name is david braun and i am from california. observesike to just that when this amendment came up , the person we had heard the sound of thunder. the thunder gods are talking

people. the sea level rise is real. climate science is real. we are here to take action and lead and we need to do that. it is our commandment to be leaders of the future and to look out for the children of the future. we are here in the great state of florida. now is our moment. we have a responsibility. how will you look your grandchildren in the eye when people are having to migrate and when we are running out of food anwhen wars are going everywhere? this is our opportunity. i ask you, i know people have been voting and blocks all day but i ask you to reach into your

about lookinghink for the eyes of your children. the eyes of children will be suffering third world nations. this is the democratic party. we are the party of the new deal. we had no army and no navy to speak of but by 1945 we had the biggest army in the biggest navy in the world. we can do this. fuels will are going to tell us we can't do it. [applause] >> thank you. is there anyone wishing to be heard in opposition? they're being no one, i am going to call a question. all those in favor raise your right card.

here is one. this is everyone in favor, please raise your hand. everyone in opposition, please raise your hand. i would say the amendment passes. [applause] >> i have a dinner announcement. we are taking a dinner break. dinner is located on the hallway to the right is outside the doors. please grab the plate and plan to eat inside the room. the dinner break will be brief. we will continue with our meeting business. thank you.

>> the democratic party platform committee is taking a dinner break. further out, we will watch the communicators here on cease them. -- c-span. commissioner -- abernethy. what is frontier? company a broadband delivering voice and video content to 29 states across the u.s..

what do you mean by pure play? >> it means all of it is wireline-based. thing.s been a very good because you're not paying for this. acquired some of the assets from verizon and we have lots of choice for consumers. >> how big is frontier? i think of adt and verizon. we are the eighth largest provider of video content. to roll out the

5g. the fcc is meeting about that. i want to show you some video. >> if the commission approves my proposal next month, the united states will be the first country spectrumrld to open up for 5g networks and applications. that is important. companieshat u.s. will be the first out of the gate. we will beaver repeating the it the worldmade leader in 4g. unlike some companies we do not believe that we should spend the next couple of years studying what 5g should be or how it

should operate or how it allocates spectrum. like the example i gave earlier, the future has a way of inventing it else. turning innovators lose is far to communicators and regulators defining the funeral bowl. host: do you agree? >> it has been an amazing history for the u.s. to be a leader in communications. in 1993i joined one of the first wireless companies and i remember when i was offered the and they said to me, are you kidding? why are you going into this world? and the markets flourished. the benefits to consumers was not in just what the technology does as far as mobility but job

creation, technological advancement. driving the framework for this. continue. host: one more question. what exactly is five g? faster, more better. it just shows that there is an evolution and technology that allows you to do more with less. you have to remember spectrum is a finite resource. there are airwaves out there but it is being used in many ways. when you talk about the next evolution, you have to ensure that you are not -- you have to develop the technology to tap into that spectrum.

>> there has been a lot of discussion about the u.s. using its competitiveness. what does it need to spur towards 5g? moving ahead with figuring out what is the framework and how do we create a landscape that stunts the innovation? there is still a lot that needs to happen because you don't want to go off in one direction when everyone else is developing standards around another. there will be a lot of standard istings but the step forward very important. they are our direct competitors

and they will do what they need to do to drive new products and services and create jobs. host: what is the timetable? i know about as much as other professionals outside and it from verizon's timeline. others think it will be more like 2020. in a perfect world, the consumer doesn't really care how you label it. they just care about can i do more and do i have more choices? or i make it happen faster will it help me with medical and health care applications. somewhere between 2017 and 2020? host: what are consumers going to notice? what will consumers notice as 5g rolls out?

>> what they might notice is they will be able to have different kinds of applications with more devices in the home. you will be able to manage or astter use your energy you are getting health care records. when you drive down spectrum costs. you can be more creative about it. you set frontier is a play company. why would it matter to you if you had that? 5g in the never have sense that we can't.

they are all incredibly well positioned. frontier views it as complementary. no one has enough spectrum or fiber to meet all the needs of consumers. ofyou look at the trajectory how people are using data. more entities out there are investing. technologyve better and better options for us. wirelineuse our structure and it is a better environment. i want less regulation, not more regulation. if we have the opportunity.

we have the broadband data that we delivered to homes. the voice products that we deliver in the security and the education. the market is big. are there problems associated with not having a component. >> in a perfect world, we would have it all. what has been scaling up is that size matters as far as having the resources and the eyeballs to enter it. to make the investment that we have had to make to turn ourselves from a traditional phone company. you can't do anything else with it.

now he deliver so many other values. we have had to invest and redefined. it is very robust. valuable in the marketplace. we have been able to really redefine and redesign our company to move some things. largest into the fourth wireline company. 5g, when that back to of the big things that wireless carriers need to build up 5g is backhaul. that is an the connection with the cell tower. it ties back into the network. playill come these ledgers

-- companies play? >> that is a fascinating discussion. there are some people who have that it is critically important and it is. is somehow price regulations impacting 5g. happen regardless of costs are.nfo is affecting the spectrum. aid about thater is part of building up a network. spectrum, these are just built out infrastructure

costs that many people compete for. cable competes for them. others compete for them. it has been a bit of a red and every company tries to get what i call the fair regulatory advantage. that is great for me. that train has left the station. prices on looking at that special access. that may be a better term. kathleen: i think the fcc has been misled a bid on this.

companiesers for two with lawyers negotiating contracts, that is not enough. we have to price regulate that. i would say wait a minute. were starting down the path where to providers is not enough. there are plenty of cases where there are one or two wireless providers. the consumers can't to correctly negotiate prices. the company negotiations that they are not sophisticated to negotiate their prices. i think you are heading into this too far. and we need to start regulating other prices. i fundamentally disagree with that premise. howard: you expect to see the fcc wrapup this probe during the tenure of chairman tom wheeler? kathleen: i think the fcc

intends to wrap it up before the end of the year. i am hoping that as a look this market and particularly the fact that these are companies that conduct negotiations. there is no path to consumers on any of these negotiations of special access. the wireless spectrum this year will have about $100 billion in earnings. the wireline companies they are , they will have about $10 billion. we are smaller but we are still sophisticated companies. we are engaging and and micromanaging this business negotiations. that makes sense. i would certainly continue to urge the fcc to focus on rolling micromanaging pricing practices that have been unregulated for a number of years.

the fcc is meeting to discuss and potentially vote on a rollout of 5g. kathleen: they are going to be identifying the spectrum. the goal is to say we've got the spectrum, we got the vision of where we want to go with wireless, and we are going to push ahead to ensure that these companies maintain their global leadership in the wireless arena. i think that is terrific for our country. i would argue that it is essential because this is one of those areas where u.s. global leadership has yielded tremendous benefits economically and from a technological perspective and from a job's perspective. posts: are they releasing it to the public?

kathleen: i think i have a number of layers to it. some of it will be up for auction. some of it will be that you've got licensed and unlicensed common use. i am the wireline person and i haven't been in wireless for a while. i believe they will have a layered approach and it will fit in multiple rockets. howard: what are some of the moving pieces? i wanted to ask, used to work for a carrier. that it interesting to you the fcc now is looking at opening up these high-frequency that was unimaginable back in the days of old. kathleen: it is fascinating the way technology moves you ahead.

you can say we can't access any more spectrum. the insatiable appetite to communicate drives creativity. but we are new bands that were previously unusual -- unusable. different characteristics that require different build outs. certainly incredibly valuable for driving the ongoing demand for wireless applications. perspective, we do in town of wi-fi. when i say we don't own wireless i mean we don't own wireless spectrum. the we leverage all the wi-fi capabilities whenever we build out in the market race.

we will provide wi-fi in stadiums and restaurants and businesses. and in the home. we can give a lot of mobility to our customers with out actually owning. have a business interest in seeing more spectrum. why have you been buying finalists? fios? kathleen: you have to scale up if you want to stay in this business. you have to put a lot of money into capital to build out that broadband pipeline. that means scale of matters for purposes of buying equipment and negotiating content agreements. not only are they willing to but these are

incredible assets. the faster speeds. the opportunity for us to scale assets isese files too good to be true. big step first to take because we doubled in size with the purchase of these assets. at the same time it has freed us to have the scale that we need and the technological capabilities that we need to continue to move our business forward and to drive better products and services to our customer base. host: have you faced some issues in that scaling up? kathleen: good question. yes. it is hard. unlike most acquisitions where company a buys company be and you can start operating it right away, we were actually buying parts of verizon. we are entire networks from what i call the mothership.

we have to duplicate all that infrastructure. even though we are getting all the employees at the same time they have to get trained on our network and we have to build the data capabilities and mirror all of that capability to remove it from the verizon system and put on the front to your system. effective at doing this. 99% when you're talking about telecommunications that means there were still customers they wanted. we had to come back from that. we are in the business as usual mode. we are out there earning the trust and respect of our customers. host: do you see frontier becoming a provider?

kathleen: entering the programming market is very hard. what we have done is we have hundreds of thousands of video assets in our video-on-demand. and we have an agreement with netflix for our customers to have access to all of those assets. so we have one of the biggest video libraries in the country for a company our size. it is bigger than many of our cable competitors. your ability to negotiate reasonable terms and conditions is strictly proportional to having the scale to do this. howard: another big thing they are working on is privacy rules for isp. all of a sudden they will have a

lot more choices to make. where do you see that headed? fcc approved rules on that this year? outgrowthsne of the of all of this broadband content rules where you can get online anywhere is that everybody knows about what you are doing. been the kidsally who don't think much about privacy. i think about all the time. the fcc and congress they want to ensure that privacy is protected. not only do you have to know how to protect customer privacy rights but you have to know how do you convey it to people and how do you explain this complex world. the challenge we have right now

in the privacy space is the two layers of regulation. you have fcc rules and ftc rules. when people type into google search they don't think about privacy rules. they just want to believe that their privacy is being protected. we have our privacy rules very clearly explained. we have the mound in the marketplace. and on our website. there are different rules for different providers. it will get confusing for customers. is tryingbe important to reconcile all those rules to a general framework. are you concerned that if the fcc hands down rules that are stricter than facebook and

netflix? kathleen: yes. twitter and google and versus frontier? they are bigger than we are. they are very adapt and using data mining and marketing to consumers. i believe that we need a good strong solid framework in place and it has to be consistent across the board. sayconsumer is not going to all of course since i was using amazon or facebook my privacy wasn't protected. they won't know that. consistency of protection is very important. howard: doesn't it seem like the fcc is heading pretty strongly toward these separate rules for isp that will be tougher? kathleen: it does.

i think the fcc is looking at it and saying these are the right rules. you need tould be reconcile with the realities of the marketplace. one of the hardest things in your regulating it is you know what you want the world to be. you just don't always know how to create the regulatory framework to get to that space. regulationsing your there are still a lot of loopholes that you haven't really come with what you set out to do. that is what the frustrating part of it. jurisdictional boundaries and scope of legal authority constantly puts pressure on what you can do. that is why, to the extent possible, let the market work. in a privacy arena eugene -- you need to have some rules and regulations. if you put your thumb on the scale over here someone over there has a different set of

rules. whatou really a competent you set out to do? host: what the issues you talk about on capitol hill? kathleen: the most frequently discussed is broadband to rural communications. a lot of rural markets still don't have broadband. with a program called the connect america fund. it is a revamping of the old universal service fund to say let's use this to help subsidize broadband to rural communities instead of subsidizing voice to rural communities. these are very rural markets where the cost of the infrastructure is so significant that while it would get their it won't get there anytime soon. we all know how critical broadband is in our daily lives. especially in a rural market. people don't have access to medical care or advanced math

teachers or advanced training classes. or even summoning your resume for jobs online. broadband to rural america is critical. cane taken all the money we because we are committed to building out those rural markets. that is a team that has resonated both with congress and the fcc. how does the telecom act of 1996 affect your life? kathleen: the telecom act is incredibly outdated. it forces bizarre behavior by regulators. and sometimes bizarre behavior by companies. instead of providing your products and services consistently the technology of you are trying to shoehorn it into a regulatory

structure that is outdated. be careful what you ask for. you never really know what comes ever reread. i'm not optimistic there will be a rewrite anytime soon anyway. my company looks at the framework of the statute and says this is what we have to deal with. we have to work with regulators in a way that protects the public interest. a way too figure out deliver value to the customers in new products and services. all companiesart have been figuring out a way to do that. sometimes it results in what you'd call unfairness. the statute isn't identical for all companies. you have to get over that. it's like telling your children

life is not fair. thedo we live within confines of the statute and how do we provide products and services consistent with that? host: kathleen abernathy's executive vice president of frontier communications. a former member of the fcc. >> the democratic party's platform committee is on a dinner break. you can see some of the participants just sitting down to eat. a look atg to take some of the discussion from earlier in the day. good afternoon.

as democrats we believe that america's role in the leader for peace and prosperity in the world is essential to the success of our economy and our long-term security. as a leader we know we are stronger when work closely with our partners and allies. we reject the language of the republican nominee who seeks to separate and divide us based on religion and ethnicity and national origin. we introduce the section on principled leadership mr. chairman. >> that is section 10. i believe there are no amendments.

[applause] section 10 having been presented and with no amendments we will supporting our troops. democrats believe the united states must remain the strongest military force in the world. we believe we can support our servicemembers best when we thanks for their selfless service to our nation. we support our military families. we will remain steadfast in our support. the long-term well-being of our nation's veterans and their families. that is a sacred bond.

>> amendment 191 sponsored by linee thompson on page 27 five. the proposed amendment is to replace the following. as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the inclusion of long-term nationbuilding with large military footprints

>> will give you a minute. there may be an agreement on this. my understanding is that there has been agreement reached with the sanders campaign. [applause] >> 191 is being withdrawn.

are there any other amendments? >> amendment number 27. the proposed amendment is to add after the words wounds of war. >> i will withdraw this. >> that is the entirety of the amendments to come before us in our current form. we will go to global threats.

>> democrats are fully committed to marshaling a wide range of resources including coalitions we willnerships strengthen our country. to deter aggression and promote peace. >> thank you mayor. >> any other amendments to this section. this has 83 on the front.

they are being passed out. we'll wait a minute. (crowd chatter)

amendment 83 has been withdrawn. the proposed amendment is to strike a following.

work with the international community to resolve any potential disputes with iran. [applause] maya: we will continue the work of this administration to ensure that iran never wires acquires a nuclear weapon. we will work with the international community about omitting this agreement. toadjusts the language accurately reflect the democratic party's position. >> the amendment has been offered. do have 15 seconds? we have 15 seconds?

we will begin the five-minute clock. >> the platform currently expresses support for the nuclear agreement expressed with iran. we strike the language saying united states won't hesitate to use force. this is the kind of saber rattling that is not necessary. thatve heard repeatedly this is an aspirational document with a goal should be peace and not war. [applause] the language undercuts and contradicts the commitments made elsewhere in the platform from or to be used as a last resort. taken side-by-side with the very aggressive language this is a cause for concern. just as george w. bush didn't

thatate to use war, we saw he claimed the lives of nearly half a million iraqis. plus hundreds of americans. including 22 veterans every day by suicide. we have an obligation to simply state that there are alternatives. it doesn't take violence off the table. at least it suggests that there are ways to allow diplomacy to work. [applause] >> i would like to speak in support of the amendment. it is important to distinguish the democrats as a party of diplomacy and peace and not one of war. senator bernie sanders has pointed out that we need a foreign policy based on building coalitions not perpetual warfare in the middle east.

it is important for us as a party to take every opportunity to distinguish ourselves from the publicans especially their current nominee whose reckless war mongering promises of future of insecurity for us americans and the people of the world. the current language in the platform of this amendment is too aggressive. it sends the wrong message. we should be clear about our commitment to peace. [applause] christine: as a democrat i believe that our platform should try to send our children to college and not to war. [applause] we have the selective service that requires my son to register for the draft the democratic party platform should not want to send my boy to war. [applause]

victoria: i am a veteran and a physician. constantly take war as the first resort to any international conflict that we have. we have to give peace a chance. active-duty military and veterans are sick of being sent to war and then five years later we risk life and limb. when people lose life and limb and five years later we say maybe we shouldn't have done that. it is time to stop this.

we must think before we go to war rather than after. [applause] john: we will never make friends by dropping bombs. >> the existing platform language seems to undercut the iran agreement itself which our president worked hard on. section 36 of the agreement lays out a dispute resolution mechanism, a series of diplomat asked steps.