we need more bandwidth from the comcast verizons, at&t's of the world. both parties benefit and both bear the cost, and the way you make sure netflix pays the cost is the arrangements between netflix and comcast and verizon and all these providers, where they're actually defraying the costs of billing the expansion that makes customers happy. >> prefer, one contention by companies like netflix that called for net neutrality regulations is -- a fear of having the isp serve as a sort of check on potential business plans that in order to gain any sort of leverage and a new high bandwidth service, the question is whether or not you can get an isp to privilege your service. so, does a facebook zero or wikipedia zero for that matter, prevent the emergence of a competitor to one of those services don the road? >> guest: i think it enhances their ability. you have a different set of partnerships, people who bring expertise, some deal with financing, stability, guarantee attractiveness to the customer. that's more open and freer. it means we're thinking of -- one

we need more bandwidth from the comcast/verizon/at&t's of the world. both parties are going to benefit from it, both will bear some of the cost. >> professor, one of the contentions by some of the companies like netflix to have called for net neutrality regulations is a fear of having a sort of check on potential business plans, in order to gain any sort of leverage in a high-bandwidth service, the fundamental question is whether or not you can get an isp to privilege your service. does facebook zero or wikipedia zero percent -- prevent the emergence of a competitor to one of these services down the road? >> it enhances their ability. you have a different set of partnerships, people with expertise, some with financing, building, guaranteeing. that competition to me is much more open and much freer. what it means is -- one of our divide. is the digital there is a fascinating study that talks about two sec staffers and two people from an organization called connected nation. they're building out underserved people. two thirds of people who don't use broa

we need more bandwidth from the comcasts, verizons, at&ts of the world. both parties are going to benefit from it, and the way you determine between netflix and comcast, they're actually sharing the cost. >> the fear of having the isp serve as a sort of check on potential business plans that in order to gape any leverage -- gain any leverage, the question is whether or not you can yet an isp -- get an isp for your service. does a wikipedia prevent the emergence of a competitor to one of those services down the road, in your view? >> guest: i think it enhances their ability. you have a different set of partnerships, expertise, some deal with financing, stability, guaranteed attractiveness of the customer. that sort of competition, to me, is much more open and much freer because what it means is we're thinking of new -- one of our problems is the digital divide. and there's a fascinating study conducted by two sfcc staffers and a kentucky-based isp building out unserved people. go-thirds of people who don't use broadband right now would not take it even if i

internetying for your service from your provider, comcast, verizon, at&t.r are my expectation is i want the entire internet, and i want the speed and quality i'm paying for. the isp should not say, if you want to visit this site it could be a little bit slower. >> the question the fcc is wrestling with how to govern that, there is section 706 which says they can figure out how they want to do it. then there is title ii, which is written into the original telecommunications act of 1934, which says it is a public utility, everyone has an equal right to the information. that carries a burden to comcast and others, because they will have to support services. >> a few things. the point in this debate that got the most attention was the legal jurisdiction the fcc has. that is the legal framework that the fcc will defend in open court. what matters the most is what kind of rules that they fcc implements. >> when they choose these rules, they're going to support one legal notice or the other. has been on the actual rules. it needs to be simple enough that if you ar

it is only the biggest companies, comcast, verizon, at&t, the things they will make by discriminatingcontrolling the internet. we look at the arguments carefully. goodnk if you had arguments, you would not have had barack obama delivered straight, complete support for the argument in favor of open internet and net neutrality during arguments made by startups and nonprofits and churches and individuals, it is not the thing -- >> martin, before i leave you, the bottom line is that the president does not sign off on net neutrality. it is the sec and tom wheeler. tom wheeler, who has wanted to bridge a more hybrid line. what does he have to follow-up with? what happens? >> that is not fair. i met with tom wheeler in a group meeting. a case that we believe the sec should move immediately and adopt what president obama is forward in his land. .t is a great plan hope the timeline is lady styx by the 11th, the meeting in december, hopefully, there will be rules. i thank you for joining us. he is presented many companies on net neutrality. coming up, alibaba celebrating singles day with a reco

the outcome at the fcc and call for rules that a number of internet service dividers like comcast, verizon, at they go much further than what has been under consideration at this point. what is important here -- and we point -- changing the regulation of the internet to treated more like a phone service -- a huge legal change the president is arguing for. it has been under consideration, and the president says you need to do this because it will give you the basic -- toughest enforcement power. >> the quote is "i believe the service atreclassify the same time for bearing rate provisions and other provisions less relevant to broadband service. tell so, the resistance -- how do you expect comcast another -- >> so, the resistance, how do you expect others and comcast to react? >> it was a possibility tom wheeler would do this on his own, that he has talked about a hybrid approach, a softer approach that would win more support her if he goes the president -- support. if he goes the president's route, this will end up in court. they were debating on whether or not to push for these rules by the end

the biggest companies, comcast, verizon, at&t, really think they will make money by controlling the internetoday, we have a guest who completely disagrees and thinks imposing further regulation on the internet will hinder innovation. the former fcc wireless chief and director of innovation and technology, joining me from our bureau in washington. martin saying, yesterday it is really only the big april operators worried about something like this. what do you say? companies are in the top 10 largest investors and infrastructure in the united states. the president's plan would put that investment risk. that is the real problem with the plan. our economy relies on them and they are a great source of blue-collar jobs here and i disagree with the idea that because they are large companies that regulating them strictly and giving them incentives to move their money elsewhere is a good idea. >> what about the smaller operators? how opposed are they? that was another point martin was saying yesterday, that he the smaller operators, the smaller isps are not actually opposed to being reclassified unde

you saw companies like comcast, time warner, at&t, and verizon, there shares declined and some of themluding at&t threatened to go to court over this and take a legal challenge to the potential new ruling. congressional republicans are siding with the cable company assay obama wants to regulate the internet. take a look at this tweet from ted cruz a he is a conservative from texas. words and ighting suspect we'll will be hearing more about this and we are just at the beginning of the battle. fromme great comments companies like comcast as well. from a european expect just -- from a european perspective, compare and contrast what we are seeing what we are seeing and what the debates look like in the united states. it is centered around regulatory authority making the internet more of a public utility. it seems to be earlier here and eating done and the parliamentary level. -- it seems to be done earlier here and done in the parliamentarian level. a leading to net neutrality, no fast lane, no slow lane. that was not codified it and figure out how they will implement an different member s

companies such as comcast, verizon, and at&t argue that only light regulation is needed.ays there should be a ban traffic.anes for web >> weather use a computer, for -- phone, or tablet, internet writers have a legal obligation not to block or limit your access to a website. >> the captain of the south korean very that sank in april has been jailed for 36 years. he was found guilty of professional negligence for not doing enough to save passengers. 304 people died in the disaster. prosecutors had been seeking the death penalty for lee, who was found not guilty of murder. >> singles day. for the chinese retailer alibaba, it means business. the e-commerce giant has already topped that figure for this year. here with more. it has taken the headlines this year is the biggest ipo ever on wall street. how does that tie-in to its singles day ambitions? >> the company has global ambitions. they have already conquered china. and nine at 10 of those people with alibaba. they are well-positioned. they want to take over the rest of the world and this is if you will the vector they wa

let you go to work today because you work for verizon, comcast, and at&t, not the people. you are selling us out on the neutrality and that is not ok with us. we want to know what side you are on. >> protests also took place in a dozen cities after it was reported that the sec was considering a hybrid approach to net neutrality. this would include expanded protections to internet providers. for more on the latest developments in the debate over the internet's future, we are joined by steven renderos. helped arrange two hearings with fcc chair tom wheeler earlier this year. he is also part of a network of 175 social justice organizations from around the country called media action grassroots network, or magnet. start by talking about the significance of what president obama said. >> it is significant because basically it is an agreement of all the points we have been making on the neutrality. there should be no blocking or discrimination. comcast cannot block the website that i want to visit, that there should not be fast or slow lanes. no pay schemes that allow faster acce

it might not be comcast, at&t and verizon. and their answer is, let's put together the old ma bell or maybe replace it with pa cable, that's who's paying scott's bill, and they're looking to control the future of all media. those of us advocating for net neutrality are saying we want no discrimination. we want to leave users in charge of the user experience and that's why we've been fighting so hard to make sure these rules are in place because we need a counterweight to the biggest phone and cable companies. >> scott, what do you say to those who agree with craig who would say that, if we allow a buyer -- a content provider to have better access, more speed or to pay a cable company an isp, an internet service provider, to favor their site over someone else, then the big company like -- and i'm just making this up -- walmart could pay more to have their service favored over another provider who could not possibly compete at the same speed with the same amount of dollars? >> this is total a misdirection because, you know, we c

comcast. isp, how am ian looking at these actions by the president and the fcc? have come out's very forcefully against the president's announcement and they have threatened to sue. verizon at&t have flat out said we will suit the fcc if they reclassified broadband internet service as a common carrier. comcast has taken a different tack. comcast, of course, is time to get a merger approved by the federal committee kitchen commission, and trying to get the blessing of the department of justice to merge with time warner cable, so they have to be careful about what they say, and they say "we support your 4 principles -- no blocking, no throttling, increased -- but we think the classification would not survive the legal challenge." host: if i am a content provider am i looking at this defendan -- differently? guest: if you are a content provider you are looking at this differently. this could be good news for the googles and a netflixes of the world. host: point is that? guest: -- why is that? guest: the president has said that the fcc needs to enact stricter rules. it has artie said it is considering a hybrid approach, that it may take a lighter touch blocking,ing no notice

but, basically, it's the con september that internet service providers, comcast, at&t, verizon must treat all internet equally. they should not block web sites, treat other web sites differently. slow or degrade web sites or engage in pay-for-priority arrangement under which you can pay more money to have special quality of service factor down those speed. >> so, regardless of who they are or how they subscribe to the internet, they receive the information equal. >> has there ever been an instance of where that didn't happen? >> the most popular example was comcast for file sharing. one of the reasons comcast did that is because they had posed a threat to the network. there were some reports that comcast feared their network might go down because of course, file sharing software. >> so, as you know, that's probably the major incident that happened when it comes to this type of issue? >> that is the major incident of a net neutrality violation. >> so when i'm a consumer and i hear about this topic of a free and open internet and things like that, why should i be interested? why should i ca

companies like comcast and verizon must deliver data from all sites at the same speed. they want to charge companies like netflix for faster service because it takes much more internet space to stream a movie than a blog. president obama has weighed on the side of the content providers to regulate the internet like a utility. moving all data with equal priority. the fcc is writing information on this and tom wheeler is considering the president's proposal. people claim it will lead to heavy government regulation of the internet. if the gov that decision is more properly than by the congress and not by unelected regulators without any record to support the change in regulation. at&t is threatening to sue the government. the president is at the ape next beijing. the president says those negotiations are making progress. (?) obama: what we are seeing is momentum building around a to the partnership that can spur greater economic growth spur greater jobs growth. set high standards for investment -- the fastest most dynamic region in the world economically. >> though china t

shop at or which streaming services you use and they can't let any company pay for priority over its competitors. >> the president is calling for internet service providers like verizon and comcast provides for all of us at nbcuniversal to reclassify called title ii communication services which would allow them to be more strictly regulated. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren quickly called on the fcc to quote do the right thing and do it as quickly as possible. verizon warns the change could threaten job creation and innovation. many republicans in congress already apologize it. texas senator ted cruz saying net neutrality is obamacare for the internet. the internet should not operate at the speed of government. senator mitch mcconnell called it more heavy handed regulation that will stifle innovation and concentrate more power in the hands of bureaucrats, a terrible idea. chris jansing joins me now to make sense of this. any idea why the president weighed in now? >> reporter: the fcc deadline is in a few days and something the president has been in discussion about. the president said in this spring he would take a close look at this issue. there has been major discontent

democrats than to see if they could beat the republicans into taking a stand to advocate for comcast, at&t, and verizontwitter and google. position, that is not a vote getter. i think the president was trying to say, look, do you want to fight this battle? if you do, i want nothing more than to talk about this rather than obamacare. >> craig, thank you for stopping by. craig moffett, senior research analyst. one depending on a free and open , a silicon valley on java nor try to disrupt your next flower order to your wife, your partner, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, whoever. i will speak to a cofounder after the break. ♪ >> last month, venture investors and ron conway invested $5.5 million in a company called bloomnation, which wants to change the way flowers are delivered. bloomnation has a network of thousands of local florists, promises better quality and customize orders for your one and only. operating operator of bloomnation joins us now. companywork's parent invested with horowitz here i want to get that out of the way first. greg, you have been able to attract pretty big investors. fortunate

had not only great sports venues in the past 15 years that have been built, the verizon center at nationals park, comcast center in maryland, a whole bunch of venues. we have more venues than we need to host the games. that's one. two, we have tremendous parkland and the national park service and this amazing thing called the national mall and smithsonian where we could have the games smattered around the city >> traffic will be just great. >> you can see more of that interview on washington business report sunday morning at 9:00 right here on abc 7. >> now, if the olympics do come here to our region, all the athletes will need places to compete, right? >> right. a new tennis center could be an attractive part of the bid. tennis stars venus and serena williams are in the district today to help reopen a beloved southeast tennis and learning center. this $18 million newly renovated facility will have six new outdoor courts and six indoor courts in addition to an outdoor clay court. the indoor part of the facility will be called the williams arena. of course after the sisters. d.c. bureau chief sam ford wil

they're at&t, verizon, comcast, time warner cable -- >> comcast does have -- >> including, well -- >>t a wall between nbc content and comcast the cable company. it's very thick. so i can legitimately say that comcast is a cable company with its left brain and with its right brain it's nbc. >> what about google with youtube? >> what about google putting fiber in the ground believing it should be part of the world that jon wants? >> that's what i mean. if people are laying the pipes and delivering the content. >> except the only one who falls into that category quite literally, kelly, is google. google has youtube. and they're also putting fiber in. but the world around the world is about competitive broadband distribution and the third piece of that puzzle back in the mid '90s, jon, to drive a fast car, a high, souped car and you're comfortable with a sedan, then i should pay more for that. and we have that. we have highly differentiated so those of us who might be big broadband consumers pay more than a lesser consumer. >> we have to go, unfortunately. but again, thinking back to the

at the same speed. big internet and service providers like comcast, like time warner cable and verizon have talked abouting extra for a fast lane am a so there would be a two-tiered system or multi tiered system where a content provider would have to pay more for a fast speed and this would this willry business, cost consumers more because that cost will be passed on to you. all of the innovation that has taken place on the internet has happened not just while we have had net neutrality but because we have net neutrality. i use it youtube as an example. googleas a thing called video which was not very good. over guys started youtube a pizzeria in san mateo, california. because it flowed at the same speed. everyone was able to sample youtube, so they chose that will stop a few years later, google ended up buying youtube for $1.6 billion. the dormwas started in room. all of this innovation has happened because of net neutrality and we don't want to put everything in the hands of deep-pocketed corporations who can afford to pay out for that stifle all the innovation that would happen from the start ups and

verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> a lot has changed at the kent county jail since randy hudsone late 1970s. and hudson says that all the changes are for the better. >> you could smoke back then in here. buy cigarettes. it was cool smoking. back then. nothing like after eating a meal, gets to smoke a cigarette. you can't do that no more. the food was excellent back then. cheeseburger, french fry, shrimp. boiled eggs with toast. don't have that no more. >> hudson has had more than 130 stays at the kent county jail, and all of his arrests in one way or another have been rooted in drug and alcohol addiction. >> how you doing, randy? >> good there, gary. >> haven't seen new a week. >> yeah. yeah. i've been hanging in there. >> i've known him since he's been working here. i was 17, 18 when i came until here. >> i'll be 54 this month. i need to get a girl that's a little older, wanting to settle down a little bit. you know. >>> you need somebody to put you on a leash in a tether. slow you down? >> yeah. there you go. yeah! >> i have a feeling i'll retire and he won't. he'll keep comin

at the same speed. now the i.s.p.'s, the big internet service providers like comcast, like time warner cable and verizon have talked about charging extra for a fast lane so there would be a two-tiered system or multi tiered system where content provider would have to pay more for fast speed and that would affect every business, it will cost consumers more because that cost will be passed on to you. all of the innovation that has taken place on the internet has happened not just while we have had net neutrality but because we have that neutrality. i used youtube as an example. before youtube, there was google video which was not very good. three guys started youtube over a pizzeria in san mateo, alifornia. it was better because it flowed at the same speed and everyone was able to sample youtube and see it was better, so they chose that. a few years later, google and up buying youtube for $1.6 billion. facebook was started in a dorm oom. all of this innovation has happened because of net neutrality and we don't want to put everything in the hands of deep-pocketted corporations who can afford to pay out for the fast lane an

comcast calls it a radical reversal that would hurt investment and innovation. at&t and verizon are both hinting legal action. it is up to the sec to make a final decision. -- fcc to make a final decision with us is the head of another media company, which sells cable and internet service in smaller towns in 22 states. it is the nation's eighth largest cable company. also with us is alex sherman, who covers media and telecom management what do you say -- media and telecom m&a. what do you say? >> like everyone else we were totally blindsided by the decision that the president took before he went overseas. whos deciding on his own the winners and losers should be, and clearly sided with silicon valley. it is unfair, unnecessary for the president to do what he has clearly has interfered with the decision-making process of the fcc over the last nine months. >> why is it unfair? thing, i don'te know what we have done wrong for us to deserve to be regulated. mediacom -- speaking for generallynd probably for the entire industry, we never blocked from my we've never throttled, we don't

comcast, cablevision, charter cable, time warner cable, they have been hit much harder than at&t and verizone dips were twice as much in every case for a moment. that was the knee-jerk reaction. some of them have also responded. for rise and put out a post saying it views less regulation as the region -- reason the internet has gone to the place that it is. you can guess what verizon is going to say. they would prefer to be regulated as little as possible. back to. up, citizens financial posted its first earnings report after being spun off from the world bank of scotland. street,iff of wall stephanie just sat down with mary jo like. you will hear comments at the top of the hour. ♪ >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers." good morning once again. i am erik schatzker. stephanie ruhle is in midtown manhattan just a few weeks away. what is going on a? >> i am here. we are discussing the biggest rift facing banks. analyst and he joins us now. in this regulatory environment, we are two weeks past the giant spike in volatility. many people are blaming liquidity on

verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> and a live look right now at cleveland, ohio, where police are expected to be releasing surveillance video of the police involved shooting which left 12-year-old rice dead. he was shot on saturday after waving what turned out to be a replica gun. he died on sunday. police are also expected to release the names of the two officers involved in that shooting. stay tuned to msnbc for more of that as it develops. >>> and the weather across the eastern seaboard is going to be making headlines over the next 24 hours with at least 553 cancellations nationwide on flights. tom costello filed this report on travel conditions from reagan national airport. >> hi, andrea, good day to you. we've got a rain event here at reagan national airport on washington, but it's right on the verge of kind of a rain, a sleet event. and as you look at the major airports up and down the i-95 corridor from washington to baltimore to philly into new york and boston. at the moment, we're looking at mostly kind of a rain and high wind and low ceiling event. because of those l

position where you need to negotiate a you know that you're going to be at a huge disadvantage if you don't have a verizon, comcast, it starts becoming a permission driven system. becomes something where it's all about who has got the better deal, as opposed to -- my view starts to look a lot more like cable television. finally follows the path of cable. which was born about the same time. the final thing is probably it will untrench this generation of companies. facebook is quiet on net relatively google is quiet too. because they know in a nay have therld money to pay to get access over their competitors, they could anyntage themselves over potential competitor. so i think it locks in the current incumbentings. facebook, google stick around longer. >> google and amazon are quiet in this. the real debate we're having right now is over title 2, whether we're going to improse rules.carrier those companies are all in favor of net neutrality, and i believe conversation are probably opposed to paid prioritization as well. opposed to common carrier rules because there's no reason to think those rules to them as well. a

verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> hi -- >> okay, kids, or anyone for that matter, do not try this atadorable little boys come out with a trampoline, put it in the middle of the street, which seems like a not very good decision. caused this chain reaction of chaos basically. >> you know, sometimes you go to a fancy restaurant, when they bring the bill, they bring you a piece of candy. that's what the car crash is. there's this little treat at the end. >> can kids this cute really be this naughty? >> i could picture two boys being bored. their mom says, "go play outside." they decide to take a trampoline and, you know, try and jump over cars. >> i think it was fake because i doubt a car would continue driving when they see a little kid on a trampoline getting ready to jump over it. >> well, it does seem like one of those stupid things kids might try. as kids, we don't really think about the consequences of what we're doing. >> well, we've got the little scamps here to give us the truth. >> hi, i'm richard. >> hi, i'm smith. and that video was a fake. >> the 14-year-old and his 15-year-

at the verizon center and has more for us. >> i'm sandwiched between checks here. to buy food for families. the first check is from donna with comcast. thank you so much for coming. >> thank you for having us. we're so excited to be here today and be bea part of this really important community effort. there's still so much need and so we're really excited to be here and take part of it and contribute in this small way. >> we're going to let you make that contribution. and debby with pepco holdings. you're a familiar face to washington and to news 4 viewers and you brought a check from pepco. >> absolutely, on behalf of all of us at pepco, we want to make this contribution to food for families. we've been big supporters of the community and this is just a small token. we're just so happy you guys continue to be out here every year and we're happy to support you all too. yeah, pepco. >> all right, thank you. it is such an important thing to us. thousands of families will be able to have a hot thanksgiving meal because of donations like these. because of all this food, look at this, that has been piling up. we're now having to send it

treat internet access to the common carrier, comcast called the presidents proposal about a gore reversal that would harm investment and innovation. at&t and verizon both indicate they may challenge the plan in court and the industry's chief lobbyist michael powell says "we are stunned." he also used to run the ftc. president wants the fcc to regular internet access with the same rules of does for phone companies. single state in china, single ay on alibaba'tis a result record $5.9 billion worth of merchandise in the first 14 hours of the day. the biggest shopping event in china. foreign brands are taking part in single brand. among them, and magneto, calvin klein, and costco. eagle, calvin klein, and costco. >> the new york city doctor who came down with the ball is getting out of the hospital today. craig spencer no longer has the virus. he became ill in october 23, six days after returning to new york from guinea. you been treating ebola patients. he was treated with an experiment old drug and also had a blood transfusion from another ebola survivor. that treatment can increase virus fighting antibodies. those are our top headlines today. it wo

comcast is a monopoly. there is at least one other competitor in about everywhere. we are talking about broadband here. it is true for cable as well. broadband, there is at&t or verizon pretty much everywhere in the country. there are other options, centurylink and other companies that are investing enormously in their networks. why these monopolist have invested trillions of dollars and demonstrated ever improving speeds relative to the costs of content and not especially rapid increases in prices, prices have generally gone -- >> and that is not true. prices have gone up up way past inflation. like 1800. >> you are talking about cable video. the point is that we are not experiencing exactly -- i understand that people hate comcast. their customer service is terrible. we would rather pay less for whenever we want. all of these things are true but we have to be careful about translating that kind of conflict into and i want to bring it back to that neutrality into the detailed and potentially counterproductive rules we are talking about. a burst of was honesty on your point at what you are saying is i wanted a backdoor way to essentially nationalized this infrastruct

verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back. you never know who you are going to find here at the town center mall. it is david doris. happy black friday to you. >> nice to see you. >> great to see you here. >> lower oil prices early on was good for stocks. now we are starting to see a drag as we head towards the close here. is it good or not? >> it is good. 63. however, gasoline is only 4% of the consumer's budget. food is 11%. it helps a bit more on the mind than anywhere else. confidence has been high and slipped a little this week but has been to the high side. now, december is the single best month of the year for the last 63 years since 1950. there have been 48 up decembers and 15 down. on average december rises 1.7%. the best december of all time was december 1999 in the midst of the dot com boom, 22% in one month. you have to look for a good rise through the end of the year. >> we certainly saw that last year, too. we just accelerated into year end. how do things change when the energy sector is already in a bear market? does that get exacerbated? >> great point. energ

comcast is a monopoly. there is obviously one other competitor in just about everywhere, talking about broadband. it is actually threw from cable. and there is at&t and verizon pretty much everywhere in the country. there are other options as well, century link and other companies investing enormously in the net works. one thing that is hard to figure out is why these rapacious monopolists invested trillions, literally trillions of dollars and demonstrated every improving speeds relative to the costs of content and various -- especially rapid increases in prices that have generally gone up. >> that is not true. the price has gone up faster is an inflation. and talking about cable video. >> the point is we are not experiencing -- i understand people hate comcast, their customer service is terrible. would you rather pay less than we pay for what we want? all of these things are true but we have to be careful about translating that kind of conflict into, i want to bring this back to net neutrality into specific counterproductive rules here. this was a burst of honesty on your hard. to those who nationalized the infrastructure. essentially by the government or t

verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> happening now. breaking news. a decision in the case that sparked months of unrest. atr the police officer, darren wilson, is being charged in the shooting death of michael brown. the brown family reacts. they've just issued a special request to anyone who might protest the decision, and we're standing by for a news conference by the missouri governor. >>> bracing for violence. officials say they're prepared for all possibilities and law enforcement is standing by in case appeals for calm go unheeded. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following the breaking news. at any moment, we'll be learning whether the ferguson, missouri police officer, darren wilson, has been indicted in the august shooting death of michael brown, an unarmed african-american teenager. after months of protests, there's a sense of relief in ferguson, where many people just want this ordeal over. but there's also very real fear that the grand jury has decided not to indict

comcast is a monopoly. there is at least one other competitor in about everywhere. we are talking about broadband here. it is true for cable as well. spoken on broadband, there is at&t or verizon pretty much everywhere in the country. there are other options, centurylink and other companies that are investing enormously in their networks. why these monopolist have invested trillions of dollars and demonstrated ever improving speeds relative to the costs of content and not especially rapid increases in prices, prices have generally gone -- >> and that is not true. prices have gone up way past inflation. like 1800. >> you are talking about cable video. the point is that we are not experiencing exactly -- i understand that people hate comcast. their customer service is terrible. we would rather pay less for whenever we want. all of these things are true but we have to be careful about translating that kind of conflict into and i want to bring it back to that neutrality into the detailed and potentially counterproductive rules we are talking about. maybe, this was a burst of honesty on your point at what you are saying is i wanted a backdoor way to essentially nationalized this in