. >> tom wheeler, outgoing commissioner of federal communications commission. >> thank you. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> that was outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler joining us on the communicators. president trump has chosen republican commissioner Ãto be the new head of the federal communications commission. he tweeted out quote this afternoon i was informed that president donald trump designated me the 34th chairman of the fcc. it is a deeply humbling honor.

. >> since november 4, 2013 tom wheeler has been chairman of the hetero communications commission. the kinds and end on january 20. chairman wheeler ? >> i hope what we did was, we said that our job is to be the public's representative. in a rapidly changing technological environment. which is affecting the way in which everybody deals with the networks that connect us. and at the heart of that was consumers and competition should come first. >> how did that manifest? >> i think you can look at a list of things. you know, we of course had the open internet order. which says that the internet should be fast, fair and open for everyone. we established privacy rules for networks as far as their relationship, for consumers and relationship with the networks. it says it is the consumers information. it is not the networks information and the consumer ought to be in control. we established cybersecurity. as an important component because of the work because we are the agency responsible for networks. and it is the networks that are the attack vectors. in cyber attacks. and so what are yo

is wrought to you today by your cable or satellite provide or. >> host: since november 4, 2013, tom wheeler has been chairman of the federal communications commission. that term comes to an end at noon on january 20th. chairman wheeler, during your tenure what'd you get right? >> guest: well, peter, you know, i hope that what we did was we said that our job is to be the lick's representative -- the public's representative in a rapidly changing technological environment. which is affecting the way in which everybody deals within the works that connect us. and at the heart of that was consumers and competition should come first. >> host: how did that manifest? >> guest: well, i think you can look at a list of things. you know, we, we, of course, had the open internet order which says that the internet should be fast, fair and open for everyone. we established privacy rules for networks insofar as their relationship -- for consumers insofar as their relationship with the networks that says it's the consumers' information, it's not the networks' information. the consumer ought to be in control.

tom wheeler [captions copy right national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> the term comes to an end on january 20. wheeler, during your tenure what did you get right? >> i hope that what we did was, we said that our job is to be the public's representative. in a rapidly changing technological environment, which is affecting the way in which everybody deals with the networks that connect us. and at the heart of that was consumers and competition should come first. >> how did that manifest? >> you can look at a list of things you know, we can of course had the open internet order. which says that the internet should be fast fair and open for everyone. we established privacy rules for networks, for consumers in so far as their relationship with the networks. that says it's the consumers information. it's not the network's information, the consumer ought to be in control. we establish cybersecurity as an important component because of the work of the agencies because we're the agency responsible for networks. and it's the networks that are the attack vectors. in cyberattacks. so what are yo

tom wheeler has been chairman and that comes to an end. chairman wheeler, what did you get right? >> i hope that what we did was, we set our job is to be the public's representative in a rapidly changing technological environment, which is affecting the way in which everybody deals with the networks that connect us. at the heart of that was consumers and competition should come first. >> how did that manifest? >> i think you can look at a list of things, we had the open internet order which says that the internet should be fast, fair and open for everyone. we established privacy rules and with the relationship of the network that says it's the consumer's information, it's not the networks information. we are the agency responsible for networks, and it's the networks that are the attack sectors in cyber attacks. what you do to make sure that those networks are secure? at the same time, we increased coverage for students in schools. here's a statistic. three years ago when i came in, two thirds of the k-12 schools in the united states did not have high-speed internet connection. if

so please welcome fcc chairman tom wheeler. [applause] [no audio] consider thei program, as the chairman said, i'm going be the sixth chairman who has come here to participate in this. i consider myself a participant of charlie's rest home for recovering -- [laughter] mr. wheeler: and i look forward to that experience. what a privilege it has been for three years, two months, and 16 days to be the chairman of the federal communications commission. it has been an exciting time to be chairman as we have watched digital technology remake our world. we want to say one thing that i am sure that everybody sitting here is already well aware of, but is very worthy of repeating, and that is that the team that i was fortunate enough to work with at the job is the best team ever assembled at that agency. so we actually need to hear it? the best team ever assembled at that agency. and, you know, i may be the guy that delivers the speeches, does things like this, but let's make no mistake about it, this was their effort, their success, and

president obama's final news conference and outgoing fcc chair, tom wheeler. now to capitol hill where former presidential candidate and texas governor, rick perry, testified before the senate, energy and natural resources committee today as they considered his nomination to head the

we are leaving here for remarks by fcc chairman tom wheeler who has announced that he is stepping down on january 20th. >> in a nonpartisan way to bring together business, government and the nonprofit sector. we are very pleased to welcome you to dday to our, with our speaker, and some housekeeping items. i want to welcome the audiences on c-span and the aspen channel on youtube, and for those who want to tweet about it, #futurefcc is the #. we are very happy to welcome the 31st chairman of the fcc who is appointed by president obama in 2013, and he unanimously confirmed by the senate. he's been, well known to the communications world from his past in the cable and wireless industries, and he, i think he is the only person selected to both the cable television hall of fame, and the wireless hall of fame. he is the author of "take command, leadership, lessons of the civil war" and "mr. lincoln's tea mails" and how mr. a abraham lincoln used the telegram to win the civil war. he shepherded many federal policies at the fcc including strong internet neutrality rules and the first incentive

. >> tom wheeler and margaret. thank you. [captions copy right national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> on his first full day in office president trump visited langley, virginia, after meeting with senior agency officials he addressed c.i.a. employees telling them that he has respect for the work they do. vice president pence also gave remarks. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome. today we have the privilege ofld trump and mike pence at c.i.a. headquarters. since our founding nearly seven decades ago, cia's relationship with the president has been essential to our nation's strength and security. mr. president, i can assure you that in the years ahead, the c.i.a. along with the rest of the intelligence community will do everything we can to provide was the insights you need to protect our country, to advance american interests around the globe and to carry out your duties as president. i'm confident you will find that the women and men who comprise the intelligence community are dedicated public servants. with inc

>> guest: i was counselor to chairman tom wheeler, and in that role i did a variety of things. my main role was to make sure that stake holders on the other side, be they industry, public interest groups, ordinary citizens, knew what was going on in the agency and made sure that they had a voice. so that was my main job. i also advised the chairman on various policy issues. i also did a good bit of press be off the record. so, you know, i had a variety of jobs. i kind of, i was at the intersection of oppress shop and policy shop of press shop and policy shop and stakeholder shop, so kind of a multifaceted job. >> host: do you think you got results? >> guest: absolutely. i mean, chairman wheeler was one of the most active chairmen ever in the history of the fcc. and we were only there for three years. that's what's remarkable, right? chairman genachowski was there for the first four and a half years. and we did everything. we adopted privacy rules for service providers, we adopted, finally, lasting open internet or net neutrality rules. we adopted numerous protections for disabl

. >> monday night on the communicators, tom wheeler talks about his tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions, including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the fpc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before he took this job, there was a headline, an article in "the washington post" that said in essence here

[applause] >> monday night on "the communicators," outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his tenureit's measured decisions including net neutrality, and issues he sees with the trunk administration -- top administration. --administration. >> the idea that you should scale the fcc and give a lot of the responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was a headline article in "the washington post," that said in

. >> monday night, outgoing sec chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure and made new to that major decisions, including net neutrality. he is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> the idea that you should -- fec andthe sec give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something network seven pushing for for years. there was a headline, an article in the washington post that in essence, here is how the networks tend to gut the fcc. ouldtragicat ed. mo tommuni

. >> on the communicators, tom wheeler talks about his tenure as the head of the commission and his majordecisions and issues he sees facing the trump administration. >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give responsibility to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took the job, there is an headline in the washington the that said, "here is how theorks intends to gut fcc." it would be tragic if that happened. >> joining us is a syndicated columnist

. >> monday night, tom wheeler talks about his tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisionsand the issues he sees facing the trump administration. he is interviewed by the technology reporter for politico. >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and get a lot of its responsibilities to the f.t.c. is something the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was an article in the washington post that said in essence, here is how the networks intend to gut the fcc. it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. on december 12, 1991, president george h.w. bush signed the soviet nuclear threat reduction act, also known as the nunn-lugar act, beginning a formal process between the russians and the united

tom wheeler set down friday as the new administration -- stepped down friday as the new administrationfice. opposes net neutrality. interests,takeover according to people with knowledge. the sale could value the network at $1.3 billion. this tax the are considering final bids. had a 70% jump in december, when it was reported the company was loring a sale. -- exploring a sale. acquired a 33% stake in tidal. have exclusive content. shares rose 2% -- 2.8% on monday. the sprint ceo will join the tidal board and jay-z will continue to run the business. a disturbance in the force at disney. in one word,cribed excitement after the announcement of the next installment in the star wars saga. episode eight will be titled it will hiti." u.s. theaters on december 17. coming up, more on president trump's meetings with business leaders. how tech companies are aligning themselves with the administration. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can listen on the bloomberg radio app and sirius xm in the united states. ♪ you are watching bloomberg technology. let's begin with a look a

tom wheeler will be back then for live coverage. the house liberty caucus, a collection of libertarian minded lawmakers can ursurging the hou meant to clear the way for repealing of obamacare. this may be the ever budget ever considered, the group noted in recomme announcing the recommendation and grows national debt by more than 9 trillion over the next decade to nearly 30 trillion dwarfing debt increases proposed by the most far left budgets. the caucus chaired by justin amash. it's unclear if they have personally decided to oppose the budget plan. the house will be voting on a measure to start repealing the health care law later today. live house coverage is on c-span. >> this weekend, american history tv on c-span brings you three days of programming. here's our features. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, andrew jackson's presidency is discussed by arizona state university professor johnathan bart. >> probably the most colorful president in united states history. i say probably, i think we could say almost ob

they have also seem to have been hit out in the last days of sec chairman tom wheeler s tay. 8 datyys republican administration comes in. he seems to be drawn criticism of breaking the news of net neutrality. a littlehink it is bit too late for wheeler to head at&t with a stick on that. i i understand where the argument is coming from. at&t would turn around and argue that the reality is these are the benefits of scale. the wreck tv is an important property for them. and they are disturbing that product over their network -- directv is an important property. under the trump administration, you are not going to see this kind of pressure coming on the youos, arguing for them to, know, impose limits based on net neutrality or any other issues. i think you will find they have a lot more freedom. caroline: do you agree that under this administration we might see more freedom coming from businesses -- for businesses? ethan: i think you can believe trump's recent statements on it, absolutely. he has not been a fan of enforcing net neutrality. seems from the face of it to be ok with this kind

monday night on the communicators, outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions including neutrality and issues he faced the trump administration. idea that you should scale back the sec and give a lot of its responsibility to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was a headline an article at the inhington post that said essence, here's how the networks intend to get the fcc. it will be tragic if that happens.

monday night on the communicators, outgoing sec chair tom wheeler talked that his tenure as head of the commission. is interviewed by market harding magill, technology reporter for "politico." >> the idea is that we should scale back the sec and get a lot of its responsibility to the f pc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was an article in "the washington post" that said here is how the networks intended to gut the sec. and it would be tragic if that happened. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at eight eastern on c-span2. on december 12, 1991, president george h w bush signed the soviet nuclear threats reduction act also known as of , beginning ar act formal process between the russians and the united states of cooperative storage, dismantling

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night, outgoing ftc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure as the head of the commission, his major decisions including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. >> the ideas that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibility to the ftc, is something the networks have been pushing for years.

. >>> tonight on the communicators, outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. he's interviewed by margaret harding mcgill, technology reporter for "politico". >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. i think before i took this job there was a headline in an article in "the washington post" that said, in essence, here's how the networks intend to gut the fcc. and it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> xt

there is a backlog of potential deals bankers have been pushing they couldn't get through obama and tom wheelerartment is taking shape. bankers have been pitching this. we talked about it last year. they got held . what bankers a coming to, there is gng to be a rush of deals. now what deals will there be? we should point out we already know about at&t and time warner. if that deal couldn't happen because trump didn't like cc, which is always a possibility, which is owned by time warner, they may spin off cnn. we hear cbs would buy cnn in a minute that would go through without trump being annoyed. if that deal couldn't happen, people talk at&t and dish. t-mobile/sprint or t-mobile/dish. all this is talked about. when you see story in the journal about preliminary talks. there are preliminary talks around all these deals. charter, comcast, another interesting idea that is out there. now we talked about verizon-charter but how about verizon/dish or verizon/sprint? all these are being pitched. i can't tell you which one makes the sense most. liz: they are all fishing -- >> here is what you got, liz

. >>> tonight on the communicators, outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure of the organization. and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. i mean, before i took this job, there was a headline, an article in the "washington post" that said, in essence, here's how the networks intend to cut the fcc. and it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> former treasury secretary larry summers spoke earlier this month about the importance of public investments in education, transportation, and other infrastructure projects. this was part of a day-long forum hosted by the brookings institution.

house to create a path forward for a repeal of the federal health care law and conversations with tom wheeler and the president's assistant for homeland security, lisa monaco. first, we catch up with kellyanne conway. duringld trump's message the inauguration is that i am the president of all americans, that i believe in each of you and even those who did not support me and those who refuse to a set me in this moment, i will work for you and i hope you will give me a chance. i think he will appeal to a higher purpose, to the fact that what has bound us together for decades still bounce us together as americans. this is a man who has been talking to some of us about past presidents and their inaugural addresses. he appreciates those of president lincoln, president kennedy, but he also appreciates those times and how the man mashed the moment but he also appreciate the brevity of the message and there's something to that. there is something to addressing the nation and not going on and on for a long time and then having a shorter parade, a shorter celebration and getting down to business. annou

president obama's final news conference and outgoing fcc chair, tom wheeler. now to capitol hill where former presidential candidate and texas governor, rick perry, testified before the senate, energy and natural resources committee today as they considered his nomination to head the department of energy. mr. perry addressed comments he made in a presidential bid about wanting to eliminate the energy department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions oe

. ♪ now democratic chairman tom heel wheeler sat down friday as the incoming administration took officeown for -- pai is known for blocking the net neutrality rule. he could take over with a 2-1 republican majority. continuing with our theme this hour and how the tech secor will be impacted by president trump, i want to focus on immigration because it was one of trump's most controversial points throughout the company and he's -- and we'll look at how this cowl impact the tech visas silicon valley companies depend on. you have investments across 60 country, crouff been helping startups in the thousands. is immigration something that's worrying the founders? >> we're concerned with trying to make immigration easier for people. we think the flow of people across board sers positive for business an innovation. in particular, a lot of tech companies in silicon valley have been started by immigrants an the children of immigrants. the entire "beowulf" area is full of people from all -- from other places who started technology companies here and work for technology companies here. caroline: do

>>> tonight on the communicators, outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. he's interviewed by margaret harding mcgill, technology reporter for "politico". >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. i think before i took this job there was a headline in an article in "the washington post" that said, in essence, here's how the networks intend to gut the fcc. and it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> next, representative michael burgess of texas talks about efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act. hosted by the american enterprise institute, this is two hours. >> okay. okay. i want to thank everyone for attending this event today. i'm joe antos, the wilson had h. taylor scholar for health care retirement policy at the american enterprise insti

that is according to the agency chairman tom wheeler says "no one is safe.he gop will not find it easy to reverse the open internet will. orforbids isps from locking slowing competitors web traffic. scotland's first minister once in a new vote on breaking up the u.k. is likely after prime minister theresa may brexit -- theresa may's brexit speech earlier today. says scotland did not vote for may's brexit vision. a volcano has been spewing out clouds of ash more than a mile into the sky. authorities have been watching it after placing it at the highest alert level in june. it has been dormant for four centuries before writing twice in the last six years. it is more than -- one of more than 120 active volcanoes in indonesia. news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. scarlet: thank you very much. president-elect donald trump is not at the meeting in davos, but his presence is being felt. erik schatzker spoke with ed about-- and eric ask the nontraditional way of conve

president obama's final news conference and outgoing fcc chair, tom wheeler. now to capitol hill where former presidential candidate and texas governor, rick perry, testified before the senate, energy and natural resources committee today as they considered his nomination to head the department of energy. mr. perry addressed comments he made in a presidential bid about wanting to eliminate the energy department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. this is about three hours and 30 minutes. >>> good morning. where did he go? >> he's in the front row with his wife. >> okay. i'm looking for him. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. i'd like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. i'd like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from wes

david: tom wheeler, who is a democrat, he pushed a fairly aggressive regulatory agenda on the telecom industry, specifically cable on -- fueled by claire mccaskill's hearings and others in congress, other democrats in congress. he is stepping down in january. the fcc will add a republican majority and a much wider hand on the cable industry. announcer 1: that is the case, as a follower of the satellite industry, what is your advice if people see something on their bill and have a question about it, want to question the company, what should they do? david: first see if the company will cooperate. the media is very vigilant. specifically the consumer media that covers technology about these companies. there has been a lot of attention paid to the way they treat customers. there is a lot of interest in terms of leadership and viewership about this issue. take your complaint to the local tv news station, write to the editor of a tech blog, let somebody know. news companies are very responsive to that and don't want to see anymore. write to your congressman. it does not hurt. announcer 1:

we urged the chairman, tom wheeler, to not only make the exemption permanent, but also to raise the threshold by defining a small business, to bring it in lines with the definitions previously blessed by the obama administration's small business administration. so we're trying to find some consistency and some workability and some common sense here. unfortunately the f.c.c. only extended the exemption for one year, despite the overwhelming support to do this permanent extension. it was clear congress needed to act. that's what we're doing here. i introduced a discussion draft last year that would have permanently extended the exemption, increased the threshold by defining a small business. our january, 2016, legislative hearing on the bill, we heard from a small internet service dilemma who shared the that many small i.s.b.'s face in these circumstances. should they put up new equipment? or should they hire a lawyer a to help with compliance? should they improve service for customer or should they devote those financial resources to cysting through regulatory language and drafting extensive r

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. >> monday night on the communicators, tom wheeler talks about his tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions, including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the fpc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before he took this job, there was a headline, an article in "the washington post" that said in essence here is how the networks intend to got the fcc. and it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch "the communicators" monday night on c-span 2. >> this weekend, on american artifacts, we visit the national archives to see how they are making high-resolution digital copies of 10 of president franklin d roosevelt's most important speeches. here is a preview. projectve undertaken a to create ultrahigh definition video files of 10 films in our collection of fdr's most important speeches. we selected the films based on historical significance, frequency of how often they are requested, and quality of the footage as well. ♪ >> rain for

[applause] >> monday night on "the communicators," outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his tenure, it's measured decisions including net neutrality, and issues he sees with the trunk administration -- top administration. --administration. >> the idea that you should scale the fcc and give a lot of the responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was a headline article in "the washington post," that said in essence, here's how the network's intent to cut the fcc. it would be tragic if that happens. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this weekend on the presidency, they go university history professor gil troy looks at u.s. israeli relations through the views, policies, and actions of american presidents from harry truman to barack obama. here's a preview. carter, here comes ronald reagan during the difficult days of the lebanon war. these are things you can google at home. one of the things you start seeing is the pattern we sell with reagan,er, with george w. bush, geor

there>> next, "the communicator" with outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler. then, the senate confirmation hearing for interior secretary nominee, congressman ryan zinke. later, the cia director confirmation hearing for kansas representative mike pompeo. and live at 3 p.m. eastern, the senate begins debate on the cia director nomination with a vote scheduled for later in the day. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable it's companies and is -- television companies and is wrought to you today by your cable or satellite provide or.

. >> monday night on the talksicators, tom wheeler about his tenure at the head of the commission. he is interviewed by our technology reporter from politico. idea that you could scale can get asidency, you lot a responsibility to the ftc. that is something the networks were pushing for four years. this headline on the washington post said in essence, here is how the networks can do this. it would be tragic. watch the communicators on monday night at eight eastern. >> on the civil war. rasbach talks about a soldier who was wounded during the second battle of petersburg in virginia. as well as the location in the field where he was wounded. brought to you by the historical park and is just under an hour. >> this is a little bit of a departure for those of

chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure and made new to that major decisions, including net neutrality. he is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> the idea that you should -- fec andthe sec give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something network seven pushing for for years. there was a headline, an article in the washington post that in essence, here is how the networks tend to gut the fcc. ouldtragicat ed. mothommuni >> laesndem, prcerestady contributed mightily to a great start of this administration. this group of assistants to the president is being commissioned as officers of the president of the united states. president trump has commissioned only 30 assistants for his administration, and it will be my high honor and distinct privilege to swear each of you into these extraordinary responsibilities that you will accept today. with that, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you very much. very nice. i just went to the oval office and found this beautiful letter from president ob

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to create a path forward to rebuild the federal health care law and conversations with fcc chair tom wheeler. and the president assistant for homeland security. we catch up with kellyanne conway. >> donald trump's message to america the day he was inaugurated is that i believe in each of you. even those who do not support me and those who refuse to except me at this moment. i will be sure to work for you. and i hope you give me a chance. i think that will appear to our higher purpose, to the fact that what has bound us together as americans if not centuries still binds us today. man who has been talking to some of us about past presidents and their inaugural addresses. presidentates lincoln, president kennedy, for example. but he also appreciates those times and those men. brevityappreciates the of the message. there is something to that, to and notng the nation going on and on for a very long time. and having a that shorter parade, a shorter celebration, and getting down to business. >> we will have our full interview with kellyanne conway and incoming press secretary this sunday on c-span.

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monday night on "the communicators" outgoing fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his three-year tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions including net neutrality and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. he's interviewed by margaret hardy mcgill, technology reporter for politico. >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and give a lot of its responsibilities to the ftc is something that the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was a headline in an article in the "washington post" that said in essence, here's how the networks intend to gut the fcc. and it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> for the next hour a book tv exclusive. our cities tour visits scottsdale, arizona to learn more about its unique history and lit rary life. for five years now we've traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. you can watch more of our visit at c-span.org/citiestour. >>> for the better part of two decades my family took a road trip every augus