don: federal communications commission was the intelligence agency overseeing and monitoring the entiree radio intelligence chief is a person by the namof george sterling. mika: to respond to general dewitt's growing concerns about potential sabotage, in january of 1942, george sterling was deployed to assist the staff of the western defense command. don: sterling says the general went on this long discourse, evently believing and convinced that there were japs with transmitters operating on the west coast. and sterling goes on that he's never seen a intelligence staff so hopeless to cope with radio transmissions. they're staffed by privates who can barely read 10 words a minute. they take bearings on radio stations transmitting out of tokyo, and they call them shore-to-ship transmissions. they report these to the general, and the general, knowing no better, takes their word for it. joseph: after investigating over 700 reports of illicit signaling, general dewitt was informed that there was not a single case that involved japanese americans. [sweeping music] -i went out and talk to lieu

commissioners of the federal communications commission. all of our panelists today. all of our speakers are commissioners. present and past. i am going to give an abbreviated introduction to each of them. many of you, of course, know them. diving right into the issues and discussing the issues at hand on topics in communication and broadband policy. so, in the middle is commissioner confirmed as ftc commissioner and 2020. prior to that, he served as a senior advisor at the national telecommunication and information it in its duration. we have also been young who is a former commissioner with significant 10 year from 2009 to 2018. prior to that a career spanning 211 years. today, the principle of the strategy. closest to me is commissioner brandon carr. prior to that, he served as general counsel of the federal communications commission shared so, thank you all for being here. commissioners, i will start with you. i do not think that we will ever let you or anyone forget, you have been on the commissioner now for about a year and a half. how is it going? how are the o

also, the legislation tasks, the federal communications commission will determine which program is best suited to provide emergency communications work for survivors. which of these programs do you recommend for this purpose? >> i cannot say i have a firm view either way on that one. i think some of the other legislation before your subcommittee today to try and gain a better understanding of how these programs are used or unfortunately more often not used by people, could be really important and trying to figure out which plan makes the most sense. i do think providing that kind of support through one plan or the other would be very important for survivors. >> thank you. while all of my questions have been asked about hr7783, i want to applaud that legislation. this short-term extension will ensure we have an uninterrupted and more coordinated spectrum pipeline. and it is key to the united states remaining a leader in 5g deployment and beyond. for that reason, the continued efforts and this legislation need to be carried out, and i stand in strong support. with that, i yield back my re

prior to that, he served as general counsel of the federal communications commission. so, thank you all for being here. and commissioner, i am going to start with you. one of the things we are proud about, and we will not let you or anyone forget is that you gave your maiden speech at a free state foundation it -- event. you have been on this commission for one year and a half. i would you describe how it's going? how are relations going in the operations day-to-day? >> one of my colleagues described this as an era of good feelings. not to name any names. i think there is a lot of accuracy in that description. congress gave the fcc a number of messages to deliver on, and i think that congress, i hope it is correct on this, but i think congress is happy with how we are doing on the we pulled together across partisan lines to ensure that the agency's business is done timely, and according to congress's will. we have drill down into a number of problems, and we have opened up new areas for regulation. i think it has been a very productive. >> we are getting a tremendous a

as most of you know michael served as chairman of the federal communications commission. this may be a set up to the discussion the we might have but this is one my one bit about michael powell going back in history. michael powell gave what i think is one of the most important speeches delivered on communication and internet policy in december of -- i know you know what i am talking about, the great digital broadband migration speech shortly before michael became chairman of the fcc. i'm going to read an excerpt. the type of thing i think is a backdrop to some of the things we might be talking about. uci save things like this. michael said then that convergence is not just a technological phenomenon. given the technical underpinnings we see the collapsing of previously distinct markets and competitors. convergence is radically altering economic assumptions and cost structures, changing the game of capital formation at altering business models. the culmination of these changes is what i am referring to as the broadband digital migration. the challenge is to make a similar

disinformation or from coming into existence, by stripping its funding, and an official from the federal communications commission calls and unconstitutional. the latest force tonight from capitol hill the latest for us tonight from capitol hill. >> and un-american abuse of power. >> house republicans say they have a plan to stop the disinformation governance board: by defunding it. the board is supposed to stop misinformation from blowing in from china, russia, and south of the border. republicans don't buy it. >> we do not trust government officials to determine what is truly acceptable speech. that is an anti-american idea >> critics also have a problem with the board's new director. her online presence is fast, with comments from criticizing the hunter biden laptop as a trump campaign productivity is of her singing about misinformation. this congresswoman is behind the bill to defund the board. she criticized it and president biden. >> lying dog faced pony soldier to me. >> immediately pushed back. >> we have serious business to do. we want the whole world to see how the general committee from colorado speaks

the federal communications commission voted to adopt new rules in the battle against robo calls.ed gateway providers to verify the caller id of calls going through their systems. the fcc cited it 2021 study that found 65 percent of voice service providers found to be transmitting illegal robo calls were foreign-based or so-called gateway providers. mastercard is developing a new facial recognition system. the biometric checkout program that you pay with a fingerprint reader or smiling into a camera. it is testing in brazilian grocery stores right now. mastercard said it will be introduced to the u.s. and europe very soon. it sounds like a good deal to me. dan: coca-cola is making a change to its bottle caps. in the u.k., the company has introduced caps that stay attached to the bottles. the design is supposed make it easier to recycle the whole package at once and keep the caps out of the trash and the street. kristen: tickets for disney junior's newest live tour go on sale tomorrow. it features mickey and minnie along with characters from marble spidey and his amazing friends. d

federal communications commission, greg's favorite commission, roughly 100,000 pay phones remain in theaul. gutfeld? >> greg: we have the show 11:00. joe devito, kat timpf, tyrus. it's going to be great. do this. greg's what the heck is that. take a look at this animal. martha, i hope you didn't take a look at my notes. newborn baby at the nashville zoo. do any of you know what that is? look at that. look at those giant eyeballs. >> jesse: i know cut gut what is it. >> jesse: hyena. >> greg: no hyena is ugly. this is a nocturnal known as the fanlocutus. >> judge jeanine: how would i know that? >> greg: i sent around a book this morning and you didn't read it. >> judge jeanine: you didn't send it to me. >> greg: why don't you blame the mail room. [laughter] >> judge jeanine: my turn. no secret hugging or petting a dog with reduce stress. a children's dental clinic in ecuador decided to change all of that the first dental assistant dog trained emotional support dog. he helps comfort children during their appointments so they can feel at ease with the dentist. he should probably make his w

and the federal communications commission stated that any time a journalist, or a reporter, skewed the news that it was not a bad act against the public that it was a heinous act against the public. i agree with this. and sir, i find that as you are talking today, that you are skewing your opinion into the news. you know, americans are independent thinkers. we are able to decide about an issue without it being republican, democrat, independent or anything else. and i think that is why you find that mostt americans right now, do not trust the media because really, in essence the skewing of the news to support an opinion is actually an attempt to control the public opinion. and i don't think you're going to be able to do that in america. >> will take your points come before you jump in on that another data point from pure research, the percentage of u.s. adults who say they have a lot of sump trust and information comes from national news organizations from 2016 -- 2021 dipping by five percentage points among democrats, among republicans dipping by 35 percentage points in that time. >> i

also lean on the resource that the federal communications commission's, is doing a great job with outreach had hundreds of events at this point in time. they are always accepting speaker requests. >> i thank you for that answer. in your testimony, spectrum auctions can be used with digital equity efforts. what could be funded in your judgment? >> when we thinking about digital equity and must be thought about modly and must include affordability -- thought about broadly and must include affordability. one idea that is out there is the use of the spectrum auction, will also need funds for devices, for the affordable connectivity program, a one-time discount on a device. what happens when the device breaks? what happens when it is outdated and it can no longer run new software? i can also say we can use these funds to help upscale and re-skill workers, particularly workers of colors for the digital economy. >> are like to turn to you, in your testimony, you left us with some interesting thoughts about the family phone plans. and challenges to victims of abuse. i do not have a lot of time lef

federal communications commission's leaders voted to finalize 988 as the number. 988 will be the callention and mental health crisis calls on july 6. may is mental health awareness month. it is important to recognize the struggles we all faced the past few years, especially kids. dustin dorsey explains how prominent victor -- figures are coming together. >> young or old, rich or poor, everyone faces struggles in regards to mental health sometimes. over the past few years, we have been through a lot, especially kids. it has left parents feeling helpless at times. >> the severity of childhood mental health conditions have already been escalating on social media. the combination of that with the pandemic has made this a lethal combination. watching your kids go through any difficulties are hard on the parents. our job as parents are to keep our kids safe and loved. dustin: sometimes the best way to love someone struggling mentally is awareness. every may, experts use mental health awareness month to share the message it's ok to not be ok. >> kids with anxiety or attentional disorders get

. >> the family hour was established by the three networks and the federal communications commissiono complaints of too much sex and violence on early evening television. >> the family hour, the two hours from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during which parents and children are supposed to be able to watch television without being made to feel uncomfortable. >> it just seemed altogether unfair and we sued. >> family hour is under attack from some producers, unions and others in the television industry. they have filed a lawsuit to have it abolished. >> as those scheduled to testify arrive, mary tyler moore enterprises. they passed through a picket line protesting the hearing. >> congress has no right whatsoever to interfere in the content of the media. >> if you can censor a joke today, and tomorrow you can censor expression of any thought if you can censor a joke. it just becomes easier the next day. >> a federal judge in los angeles ruled the so-called family hour on television from .7:00 to 9:00 p.m. was unconstitutional, a violation of the first amendment guarantee of free speech. >> the firs

of you know he served as the chair of the commissioner and then the chairman of the federal communications commissionis may be sort of a set up to some of the discussion that we might have but this is my one bit about michael powell since i'm going back in history a bid for each of you. he gave one of the most important speeches on the communications and internet policy back in d december, 2000. i know you know what i'm talking about, the great digital broadband migration speech before he became chairman of the fcc. i'm going to read an excerpt because it is the type of thing that is a backdrop to some of the things we might be talking about. you can see i say things like that. that's what you do any think tank. he said then the convergence isn't just a technological phenomenon given the underpinnings we see the collapse of previously distinct markets and competitors. convergence is radically altering economic assumptions aland cost structures as it's changing the game and altering business models the culmination of the changes is what i'm referring to as the broadband digital migration. the challeng

to how people can call 911 this lifeline has been in operation since 2005 in 2020 us federal communications commissionse new member and so that code 988 will be open for suicide prevention and mental health crises calls starting on july 16 and this month may is mental health awareness month and experts say it's important to recognize the struggles. we have all faced the past few years, especially kids abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains how prominent figures are coming together to break the stigma of mental health. younger old rich or poor everyone faces struggles in regards to mental health and over the past few years. we've all been through a lot especially kids. it's left parents feeling helpless at times the severity of childhood mental health conditions had already been escalating with social media, but the combination of that with the pandemic has literally made this a lethal combination watching your kids go through any difficulties or really hard on parents. i mean, our job is parents is to keep our kids safe and said, and loved and sometimes the best way to love someone struggling menta

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it's time to make sure the federal communications commission acted to hold all those phone companies part of this ash ash all these robocalls accountable. it's time. that's what my senior security strategy is all about and the bipartisan legislation the house will vote on is all about. protecting our seniors. they need a cop on beat and we are here today to do something about t i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in favor of my bipartisan bill, to stop bad actors from cheating older americans out of their hard-earned retirement savings. and stand by our seniors when they need it most. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose, for five minutes. mr. rose: madam speaker, when a federal judge struck down the centers for disease control's 15-day extension of the mask mandate on public transportation, americans celebrated this action as a welcomed win for freedom. this decision was long overdue and was welcomed by almost everyone except those in the biden administration. who immediately announ

and those of the community labeling the federal trade commission the antitrust community at large in the ftc staff specifically but then also as corrupt which is also reprehensible and due process is a subset of the rule of law and to see the notion of due process escapes on the road to justice. and then the approach to governing the ftc. commissioner phillips and i with those items at which we have no transparency and are unable to get information and documents from staff and that due process afforded to other stakeholders similarly. and that notion of due processes and is just a tool used in that may explain some of the behaviors we see governing the ftc. and then how it can actually draw back and then that item is valuable. and labor has been poured into it, then a decreased price is best buy s-uppercase-letter. and then reaping the rewards so if you read what marquez said about constitutionalism. is from the capitalist of the workers and then ultimately they will revolt. and then just for those deficiencies. and then with respect to consumers we hold consumers to be the attention

we have brendan carr, senior republican, federal communications commission.dan, thank you very much, my friend, for taking the time. first on the offer itself for twitter, elon musk's, does the fcc have any authority over this? >> no. we don't have any authority at the fcc to block this transaction t was sort of not surprising, at least disappointing one group publicly came out called for the fcc to block the transaction. they claim it's a threat to democracy and free speech. they cited the telegraph act of 1860 among different sources of authority they claim gave us ability to block it. the fcc shouldn't and i made it that is an absurd claim. they don't want neutral competition or antitrust law. i think they're happy with the type of political censorship going on in twitter right now and they want to preserve the status quo. neil: talk about pursuing this, i trust this crosses political lines. republicans agreeing with a number of democrats that the europeans are onto something looking at antitrust violations particularly in the case of apple. a little afar

caller: i have spent -- the federal communication commission stated that anytime a journalist or a reporterews that it was not a bad act against the public, it was a heinous act against the public. i agree with this. sir, i find that when you're talking today, you are skewing your opinion into the news. americans are independent thinkers. we are able to decide about an issue without it being republican, democrat, independent or anything else. i think that is why you find that most americans right now don't trust the media. because in essence, the skewing of the news to support an opinion is actually an attempt to control the public opinion. i don't think you are going to be able to do that in america. host: we will take your point, before you jump in on that. another data point from the pew research. the percentage of americans who say they have a lot or some trust in news organizations from 2016 to 2020 one, dipping by five percentage points among democrats, among republicans, dipping among 35% at that time. guest: that is the point. it is not to say one is better than the other but it is

public chamber in every subject of the russian federation and representatives of the scientific community should thus be provided with parity, and such a commissionrt to the representatives of the hurricanes of power and representatives of independent entities, of course, directly to the people everything from something about video recording these meetings shall be public to the peoples that, if you make an aggravating circumstance the guilty party's involvement in the law, it is to confess to alcohol intoxication to confess. this is a very controversial idea, since the equality of subjects. here is the principle of right, it will be violated in a certain way, uh, aggravating circumstances in the broadest sense should be that the procedure for considering this case should be much more complicated than in relation to any other persons. the most important thing here is different. the most important thing is to get what happened here they are happen. they just avoid it. quite right, inevitability. as you said, it's the same. the main thing that must be ensured is that if a hundred public guards cannot be bribed. exactly, therefore, this is a combina

federation, and representatives of the scientific community should therefore be parity is ensured, and representatives of the hurricanes of power and representatives and independent entities to report to such a commissionshould, of course, directly to the people all from something protoko. the videotape of these sessions must be made public to the people, which, if made aggravating by the perpetrator's complicity in the law, is to be confessed much like being intoxicated to confess. this is a very controversial idea, since the equality of subjects. here's the foresight - the principle of law, it will be violated in a certain way, uh, aggravating circumstances in the broadest sense should be that the procedure for considering this case should be much more complicated than in relation to any other persons. the most important thing here is different. the most important thing is that these cases that happen. this is where they happen. they just avoid it. quite right. inevitability, as they say, is the most. the main thing that must be ensured is that if a hundred public guards cannot be bribed. exactly, therefore, this is a combination of two moments. an ex-territorial start, which should be simply automat

community. and while the commissioners to the federal election commission are by design partisan, it is unlikely that every senator will agree with the views of all nominees. ms. lindenbaum has agreed to work with the agency. i am a republican and ms. lindenobama baum is a democrat. this commission only works if there is an equal number of republicans and democrats. sadly, with the three republican nomination from the last administration, the vote on the floor was 49-43, 49-47, 50-46. these should not be partisan nominations. they are partisans nominated to a partisan job and, frankly, we've got to do a better job than 49-4349-47 or 50-46, which again was the vote on the floor of president trump's republican nominees who are currently serving. now, ms. lindenbaum deserves the support of election law practitioners. senator klobuchar and i received a letter from 30 practitioners from both sides of the aisle highlighting her decade of relevant experience, especially her experience representing clients on matters of state and federal campaign innocence and election law. i look forward to supporting

federal trade commission to aggressively target misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms that recruit young people to spread hate. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. . >>> a northern michigan community is dealing with the damage from a tornado that ripped through. this was just a few hours ago, in fact. buildings and homes were left in ruin. cars flipped over. that tornado touched down in the town of gaylord. one person said he watched a roof get torn off. a few people have been taken to the hospital so far, but no deaths have been reported. >> wow. checking with brian. we have had some gusty winds here, but nothing like that. >> i tell you, the reason we have gusty winds is because of the same system that gave them the tornadoes. here we get winds. there they get roofs ripped off and things like that. so california. that's why we pay $4 million for a two bedroom. >> we have our own set of problems. >> just 4 million? >> it's a bargain this week. we got pretty good weather out of all this. in fact, things cooled down today. it was windy, and that was a problem for the fire in concord. luckily things didn't get out of hand there. it also cooled down in most locations. oakland is at 7

federal election commission. a couple of other hearings that we will be streaming on c-span.org, in the morning and how spam looks at ways to strengthen u.s. communication networks, and the house select climate crisis committee examines the effects of climate change on the food supply chain. >> he spent it or unfiltered view of the government. we are funded by these television companies and more including cox. >> cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet to the connect to compete program, bridging the digital divide one connected and engage student at a time. cox, bringing us closer. >> cox supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> next, state officials and activists testifying before the senate rules and administration committee on how the the fel government can assist wit

communities until they were 13. many children like them never made it back home. secretary haaland commissioned a report to investigate the abuses that occurred within america's federalchool system, and the lasting consequences. those findings are now out. the report estimates that thousands of native americans, native alaskans, and native hawaiian children died in the custody of federal indian boarding schools between 1819 and 1969. these were schools that were owned or supported by the american government. the report identified 53 schools who have marked or unmarked burial sites, and 500 deaths in 19 of those schools. but the officials say the investigation is far from over. they expect the number of deaths to rise to tens or hundreds of thousands, and many more burial sites. the numbers in this report are staggering, but the intent, that is the hard part. this was a deliberate effort by the american government to strip children from their families, destroy native, roots exploit, labor and western eyes native communities, diminishing their reliance on and relationship to the land to make that land easier for the government to swindled them out of. committed all und

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the arts commission and would not be here, in 1973, the city announced plans to spend $5 million in federal revenue sharing to develop a performing arts center, today's symphony hall. communityunding was being allocated for an art center designated for only a wealthy few. the activist group community coalition f for the arts won a commitment from the city to spend $2.5 million over revenue sharing to purchase and develop community centers. by 1977 the san francisco arts commission had acquired four buildings and converted them to neighborhood arts centers. bay view opera house also has landmark status, mission cultural center, african american arts and culture complex, and soma arts. the mission cultural center a cultural institution in the community promoting latino culture, dance, theater, literary arts as well as a historic graphics program. we are thrilled we have $10 million in fiscal year 2022 budget and possibly more depending on the fiscal year 23 approved budget and capital funds to seismically renovate the building. it could not come at a better time as it enables us to ensure life safety, cultural preservation, and long-term sustainability over this historically i

address the nature of violence in native american communes and it is a commission made up of law enforcement, service providers, representatives of federalgencies, tribal leaders and survivors and family members. savanna's act requires the creation of guidelines from law enforcement on how best to keep native women safe and it includes reporting of violent crimes against native american people and strengthens access to databases, this will help curve violence against native people. but they cannot fulfill that mission if they are not implemented by the executive branch. and to date the administration has missed too many deadlines for putting this in effect. i sent a letter with senators tester and murkowski to implement the key provisions of our bill. i'm thrilled to share that. today secretary holland announced the members of the not invisible commission that can begin their work. i appreciate this and other important steps the administration has taken to address this problem. but there is still more we need to do to implement the policies passed to make a difference on the ground for so many families. that includes issuing federal the

francisco public utilities commission to extend federal funds sourced by the american rescue plan act of 2021. administered by the state water resources control board and california communityes department and the total amount of approximately 7.3 million andapproximately 3.6 million respectively . these customer accounts grew careers due to the pandemic march 4, 2020 through june 15, 2021. members of the public joining us remotely and wish to comment please call 415-655-0001. with a meeting id of 2480 069 6647. then press pound twice. once connected plus áthree. a prompt will indicate you have raised your hand and wait until the systemindicates you have been under muted and that will be your queue . >> thank you so much and good morning. >> good morning supervisors. my name is christina i director offinancial planning san francisco public utilities commission . thanks for having us . i'm presenting on the accept and extendgrant retroactive american rescue plan act of 2021 . >> you mind pulling up the slide? thank you. let's go to thefirst slide . >> providing background, on july 13, 2021 as part of the coronavirus fiscal recovery fund established by the american rescue pla

the arts commission and would not be here, in 1973, the city announced plans to spend $5 million in federal revenue sharing to develop a performing arts center, today's symphony hall. community members were outraged their funding was being allocated for an art center designated for only a wealthy few. the activist group community coalition f for the arts won a commitment from the city to spend $2.5 million over revenue sharing to purchase and develop community centers. by 1977 the san francisco arts commission had acquired four buildings and converted them to neighborhood arts centers. bay view opera house also has landmark status, mission cultural center, african american arts and culture complex, and soma arts. the mission cultural center a cultural institution in the community promoting latino culture, dance, theater, literary arts as well as a historic graphics program. we are thrilled we have $10 million in fiscal year 2022 budget and possibly more depending on the fiscal year 23 approved budget and capital funds to seismically renovate the building. it could not come at a better time as it enables us to ensure life safety, cultural preservation, and long-term sustainab

the arts commission and would not be here, in 1973, the city announced plans to spend $5 million in federal revenue sharing to develop a performing arts center, today's symphony hall. community members were outraged their funding was being allocated for an art center designated for only a wealthy few. the activist group community coalition f for the arts won a commitment from the city to spend $2.5 million over revenue sharing to purchase and develop community centers. by 1977 the san francisco arts commission had acquired four buildings and converted them to neighborhood arts centers. bay view opera house also has landmark status, mission cultural center, african american arts and culture complex, and soma arts. the mission cultural center a cultural institution in the community promoting latino culture, dance, theater, literary arts as well as a historic graphics program. we are thrilled we have $10 million in fiscal year 2022 budget and possibly more depending on the fiscal year 23 approved budget and capital funds to seismically renovate the building. it could not come at a better time as it enables us to ensure life safety, cultural preservation, and long-term sustainab