a ruling for the district of columbia struck down federal communications commission rules protecting the openness of the internet. it's the latest twist in the battle over net neutrality. >> i remain firmly committed to net neutrality so we can keep the internet as it should be: open and free. >> in 2010, the fcc put rules in place prohibiting broadband providers like verizon and at&t from blocking lawfully content. the rules also prohibited these providers from discriminating against any traffic on the system, meaning all content on the interest net would be treated equally, whether it's movies you stream, the online games you play, or the websites you browse. verizon sued the fcc arguing it did not have the authority from congress to make these rules. while the d.c. court upheld the fcc's authority over broadband services, the court tossed the fcc's rules, saying they were built using a flawed legal argument. at the heart of this debate is what's called "common carrier regulations," a notion borne out of other parts of our daily lives like public transportation. common carriage law

the federal communications commission is facing a tough task. the chairman of the fcc, german genachowski -- german -- chairman genachowski just came out with the national broadband plan to try and look at all of the challenges that we face as a nation and how broadband can address some of those challenges. they see this as a vital infrastructure. they want innovation in the space. this is good, but they are trying to work with a statute that is not structured for this area. when we look at this world of the internet, which bill that we do not want it to be a wild, wild west. we wanted to be governed by bloc and congress has to determine the principles for that rule of law -- by a rule of law and congress has to determine the principles for that rule of law. >> we're talking with tom paul kirk -- thomas tauke and kim hart. >> you talk about how everyone is playing in each other's sandboxes. computer companies are selling cell phones and network providers have their own app stores. you stressed the need for the government to ensure that no player

federal communications commission f.c.c. has decided to do away with net neutrality rules the landmark decision was put in place and twenty fifteen under former president barack obama it barred providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more that's about to change the f.c.c. is moving as part of u.s. president donald trump's push to scale back regulation in many economic sectors. next neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f.c.c. vote that seems to be a thing of the past. the ending of net neutrality has been met with fury by millions of internet uses both online through social media. and offline at this protest outside the f.c.c. headquarters they say consumers will be forced to stump up the costs of say paying for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain websites that all. say it will saddle content platforms with costs that they will be forced to pass on to their consumers the chairman of the

of attack on open and free dialogue by the radio commission that in 1984 became the federal communications commission. the -- in 19 34 became that in 1934 became the federal communications commission. there was further progress in this direction to keep the opinions quiet during the new deal, when, in fact, newspaper publishers, which were thought to be right wing and anti-new deal, they were told they would face restrictions on owning radio stations. that was within the roosevelt administration to keep voices silent. they have rules that came out. roles that discouraged the radio stations from editorializing. that is just around after world war ii and in the late 90 40's, out comesand explosive policy that will be mandated to carry issues of controversy, of ventures to the community in which they broadcast and to do so from a balanced perspective. ok now, the question of what is a balanced perspective, what is a controversial issue that needs to be covered. i think the chapter title, "orwell's revenge." i mean, fairness doctrine, doesn't that that wouldsomething be political to define? fast-forward

the federal communications commission meets thursday to vote on a proposal to repeal net neutrality regulations on internet providers. you can watch live coverage of that public fcc meeting on c-span3 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. you can watch c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> jefferson probably knew more about more things than anything will man in north america. , wholude franklin in that would be his only rival. everyone was impressed by jefferson's extent of his knowledge. adams was smart but he did not have the depth. jefferson could not, he just was not as interested in the law as adams. c-span's q&a, professor and historian on his book "friends divided." about the relationship and differing views of john adams and thomas jefferson. was a realist, he did not believe all men were created equal. he said all men were created unequal. we americans are no better, no different from other nations. jefferson is the opposite. he is into nurture. the differences that you emerge are due to different experiences, different environments. that is why education is so important to us a

markey: our bill returns america to the same rules which barack obama's federal communications commission put on the books in 2016 and donald trump's federal communications commission took off the books in december of 2017. we go back to the obama era. we go back to nondiscrimination. you can't just take people upside down. you can't create fast lanes and slow lanes, make people pay extra, all of that was protected against during the obama era and all my bill does is return us to that era and i'm doing it with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and mike doyle and many other great people. i think we have a great chance to build momentum this year featuring those protections. host: it probably has a better chance in the house and the senate, correct? sen. markey: i think there is a high probability it will move through the house, but last year, i brought a congressional review act to overturn that which the trump federal communications commission had done, which is take the obama rules off the books and i won 52-47 on the senate floor with republicans voting with me. i am not ruling out once th

communications has been important in this country. through the department of commerce and since the 1920's through the federal trade commission and the federal communications commission, you have a government entity that has been established to examine uses and some of the licensing structure that will allow certain businesses to use certain parts of the spectrum for certain things federal government use and military use is still controlled by the department of commerce in the independent radio advisory committee. the commercial side of the business, radio, television, and cellular telephone is regulated through the federal communications commission. this spectrum was discovered when the first person under the spoken word. it is the ability to transmit and send information over which can be heard by the human ear. -- over a frequency which can be heard by the human ear. as you move up higher, we may not be able to hear them. the develop devices that are capable of listening and transmitting it back in frequencies that we can hear. it has been there. it has been commercially looked at since around the turn of the century. >> michael ca

you name the federal communications commission. texas congressman lyndon b. johnson intervened with has speaker sam rayburn to support the commission and quash the budget cuts. what is the rest of the story? tom: this is one of those, you know, interesting tidbits you get from this political history of spectrum allocation. it turns out that there is a very powerful georgia southern democrat eugene cox in the early 1940's. extremely powerful within the house. he, at the same time he was a congressman, was actually doing business as a lawyer, which he was. with radio stations getting renewals. icense renewals. he was close to the line on what was ethical. the fcc at the time was headed by a man who in history has become rather well known. james fly. he later became head of the american civil liberties union. he stood up for civil iberties and wiretapping. while he was fcc chair. he is very renowned in any contemporary versions. he is the best fcc chairman in history for what he stood up and did. one of the things he stood up to was this powerbroker in the house

you name the federal communications commission. texas congressman lyndon b.nson intervened with has speaker sam rayburn to support the commission and quash the budget cuts. what is the rest of the story? [laughter] tom: this is one of those, you know, interesting tidbits you get from this political history of spectrum allocation. it turns out that there is a very powerful georgia southern democrat eugene cox in the early 1940's. powerful within the house. he, at the same time he was a congressman, was actually doing business as a lawyer, which he was. with radio stations getting renewals. license renewals. he was close to the line on what wasf is gopal -- on what ethical. the fcc at the time was headed by a man who in history has become rather well known. james fly. he later became head of the american civil liberties union. he stood up for civil liberties and wiretapping. while he was fcc chair. he is very renowned in any contemporary versions. he is the best fcc chairman in history for what he stood up and did. one of the things he stood up to was this powe

boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss or in washington coming up the federal communications commission has moved to target social media giants following outrage over alleged censorship straight ahead we'll dig into what the moves mean for the new public square plus amidst the pandemic sports are in need of distraction to cope it has wreaked havoc on nearly every major league later i'm going to bring in a panel to analyze the financial state of the industry we have a packed show today so let's dive right in. and we leave the program with the latest in the world of social media in a week that has been nothing short of head spinning in the tech world we have new developments on friday as the federal communications commission is indicating that it may begin to regulate platforms over censorship on thursday f.c.c. chairman i said that the agency will seek to regulate social media platforms like facebook and twitter at the behest of the trump administration's executive orders signed earlier this year so let's waste no time to get to the details of a boom bust co-host and investigative journa

. >> and this is the senior republican on the federal communication commission and he is our guest this week on the "the communicators." commissioner, welcome back. it is an election year. can we suggest an active docket in the election year? >> you would have to ask fcc leadership but i will say i will be pursuing a partisan initiative to deliver on what i consider to be the public interest. that clouincludes broadband deployment and making sure every american has access to digital opportunities. they are non-partisan issues and focus on the consumer's interest. >> is broadband deployment your number one issue? >> it is. and probably imformed from my travels around the country going from louisiana to north dakota and the consistent message i got from consumers and innovators is we need faster, better and cheaper internet and that is an area where the fcc has a role to play. >> where is it not deployed today? what percentage of the american population doesn't have access? >> whatever the number is i think it is clear there are people out there who don't have the broadband opportunities

so we're really at the new chapter, the battle of the long, ongoing saga of the federal communications commission on a party line vote voted back in

federal communications commission was created in 1934, act was in ations 1996, barely mentions the powers that using were meant to have some effect regulating the internet. not sure of the fact that is to start again in a lot of these areas. cases, we find that the agencies are actually gnoring constitutional mandates. the consumer financial instance,n bureau, for is not accountable to the president, not accountable to has ongress, it even protection from the courts. we think that that's ignoring constitution mandate for checks and balances. protection agency tis difficult for congress, which is responsible for all the spending that the executive branch does. very difficult for congress to e.p.a. is y what the spending money on, we urge reater transparency in the budget to get back within constraints. cei : recommendations from regarding e.p.a., abolishing the assurance, compliance returning functions to the program offices, abolishing regional offices, torgency response capability the emergency management agency, theinating the -- system at e.p.a., eliminating heavy community and smart p

. >> host: blair levin is the executive directer of the broadband initiative for the federal communications commission, and with the release of the 350-plus pages of the broadband plan, mr. levin, the opposition to the broadband plan has been rather muted. are you surprised by that? >> guest: actually we've been very, very happy with the response to the plan. it's a comprehensive document, and i think what you saw was a lot of people even though they disagree with, really, elements of it have, number one, great appreciation for the work that went into it, number two, a great appreciation for the professionalism. it's a serious document. it goes through the data, it's very data-driven, its analytic, it doesn't react to things that don't exist in the real world, it tries to lay out a visionary and practical approach. and third, i think there was an understanding and appreciation that it is being very transparent about what the goth agenda -- government agenda should be. obviously, there are lots of details that are not appropriate for the planning process, but rather, appropriate for the government as i

that a federal communications commission had the tools to protect the open internet. and the reality was that then the federal communications commission -- and a gentleman named mr. tom wheeler who had background in the industry -- used his experience in how the companies operated and how they treated consumers to make sure that we had constructive, real, concrete consumer protections. the reason i feel so strongly about this pai nomination is mrs comments about taking a weed whacker to anything enforceable, he's going to roll back the rules, and then he's going to claim to be fixing a proble that doesn't exist. the reality is we've got strg net neutrality protections in place right now. you vote for mr. pai, make no mistake about it, you are voting to roll back consumer protection. you're voting to take a big step backward for the internet. you're going to hurt the people, the small business people, the start-ups who are dreaming in their garage of the chance to be big and who are going to have a lot more problem if there is a telecommunications policy that doesn't gi

we're making sure the department of commerce, federal communications commission, our colleagues at the rural services, is making smart decisions on where to deploy, that is the first order of business. in june we signed a memorandum of understanding with the royal utility service and the ntia in anticipation of just that. >> i think one of our obsessions is getting the funding out. and i know you will focus on that, making sure, actually, that people get money, one of the reasons we put a clawback in this bill, if people don't actually start building it, we'll have to take it back, because for too long there's been a lot of promises made in certain rural areas. this will be something secretary raimondo will also be dealing with. i want to thank you for that. one specific question, and this comes from my competition work, i've long been concerned about competition in the video marketplace. we continue to hear serious concerns from independent programming networks regarding the negotiating tactics from some of the video distributors. will you work with me and my colleagues to examine the

the nomination of jessica rosenworcel to be commissioner and chair of the federal communications commission. senator blumenthal will be providing a formal introduction. but i'll say a few words. the pandemic has mag need the deep digital divide in our country and if confirmed chairman rosenworcel will be responsible for leading broadband for all americans. all schools transition students to learning at home last year, 20% of students in washington state did not have a reliable internet connection that would have allowed them to participate in remote learning. over 16 million k-12 students in the united states did not have access to reliable broadband at the beginning of the pandemic and over the past several years i've heard many stories about students sitting in parking lots to access their wifi, do their homework and concerned teachers whose don't students don't have the connectite. the pandemic made clear the broadband is no longer a luxury but necessity to participate in nearly all aspects of society. yesterday's historic investment in broadband is a start but obviously we need the mapp

congratulations to the federal communications commission. when i put the language in the stimulus package mandating that the federal communications commission had to return this as a report back to the american people on the future of broadband, just 30 months ago, i can tell you right now that you met the highest expectations i had when i answer to that language into the law. the table of contents is just an indication of how thoroughly you have examined this subject -- health care, education, energy, the environment, economic opportunity, government performance, civic engagement, public safety. this is as thorough a compendium of the issues that we have to work on in order to make sure that america once again regains its position as no. 1 in the world in broadband as could ever be asked to be put together. we have dropped from second to 15th in the world, behind luxembourg, behind canada, finland, over the last eight years. with the company's going to court, going to the fcc, chipping away at the competitive rules we had put on the books. a

the federal communication commission has important role to intimate to receive it, arizona is expecting and fermented to benefit our communities. i'd appreciate your work to improve productivity and arizona, particularly withov telehealth. our bipartisan infrastructure while provided significant investment in broadband deployment withbi arizona to receive hundreds of millions of dollars to expand access to broadband internet. this is crucial for arizonans living in rural and tribal areas but you allocate these investments, ftc needs to update broadband n maps to determine which areas of the country cannot be accessed to broadband. could you provide an update on the mapping process tell us when the maps will be complete? >> thank you for thena question about the broadbent data act was passed into law in 2020 when i took over at the agency, the first thing we did was set up new broadbent data task force. we procured processing power so wece could take in all of the da and start manipulating it for updated maps. we set up a system to make sure we have a statistically valid way for states l

point of view and the propaganda that they wanted people to digest absorb and so the federal communications commission back in one nine hundred forty nine incorporated something called the furthest up the bareness talking require radio and t.v. stations to provide coverage to fight only important controversy issues and to provide a reasonable opportunity for the presentation of contrast in points you ask to bring them on you have to give people the opportunity to express an alternative point of view now it was a code that served us well good evening through the administrations of truman eisenhower kennedy johnson nixon ford and carter more generally like. robert reich. and then a real media man came into power with what i worked faithfully execute the ronald reagan was the keen deregulation of his f.c.c. deregulated t.v. and radio so one person could own dozens of broadcast asians nationwide and said the free market would provide fairness and broadcasting so they got rid of the fair and stop. any way back then republicans and democrats passed a bill to reinstate the fairness doctrine and newt gingrich

the chairman of the us federal communications commission said bill backed the $26000000000.00 merger of sprint and germany's t. mobile sending shares of both firms upward pi's said the merger would approve build out of 5 g. wireless networks across the country the f.c.c. will give its formal verdict to the merger next month the us justice department also has to approve the deal. ryanair has posted a 29 percent drop in annual profit budget airline blames higher fuel costs cabin crew strikes and fears competition is says it's also affected by the grounding of boeing $737.00 max which is considered a very fuel efficient plane. one in 5 international companies is being forced into technology transfers in exchange for access to chinese markets that's according to a survey by the e.u. chamber of commerce in beijing cutting edge european companies are strongly affected carmakers pharmaceuticals and chemical firms all saying they've had to pass on data software and construction plans. and the morning shave is big business for the razor blade industry consumers worldwide forked out 3 and a ha

it is also important to recognize the role that the federal communications commission has played in this technological revolution. when it prioritizes competition and innovation, the fcc allows the private sector to deliver a rapid communication services at reasonable prices, that is the charge the government gave them in 1934. speaking of 1934, the newspaper. from the very first commissioner to be appointed to the fcc. the title refer to them as "rulers of the air." my ambition would be far more modest. i would not bring an ideological mission to the agency. i would not hold. it is for it against any company or technology. -- i would not hold any prejudice against the company or technology. i would stay within the bounds of the authority as set forth by congress. i would work with others to come up to solutions carefully calibrated to solve common problems. my decision making process would incorporate and reflect a respect for others outside the agency. i would seek to build a collaborative relationship with congress including the members of this committee. i would consult with the priv

election is mignon cyburn, who after chairman genachowski it was the senior democrat on the federal communications commission. commissioner mignon cyburn, we could start with you. what has your assessment then, reports are up 25% of cell phone towers have been knocked out and people are now using payphones because the service is not working. what is your assessment of the carriers and their ability to maintain phone service for people in the affected areas of sandy. >> guest: thank you to the both both of you for allowing me to be there for you today. my condolences go out to the families. there are many loved ones lost in this tragic event. my condolences go out to them, and of course, my hats off to those brave people who continue to answer the call. in terms of the engagement, as you know, the german literally spent the night at the agency. our public safety% of the same. we are definitely engaged in the process that we have been working firsthand went as far as the month goes to make an assessment in terms of those initial numbers. up to 25% of those were disabled during this process. what the fcc does i

the things that i wanted to bring up because as we gather here right now is that the federal communications commission, they are considering a resolution that will be very harmful to net neutrality. i have written a letter to the chairman with concern, because they, too, have resisted hearings in what they are doing. and it's a situation that is -- let me just read it to you, in the interest of time. i say i'm disappointed that your office has ignored my invitation but many other invitations for hearings to voice concerns about identity theft and the fake comments, fake comments in the agency's record regarding net neutrality. further, your office has consistently downplayed the new york's investigation and ignoring the pros pets that your agency's review, the agency's process may be fraudulent. hundreds of people are gathered now at the f.c.c. to register their complaint. you ask any member, their offices are being bombarded. young people know what this means. this is about democracy on the internet. this is about good jobs for the future and this should not be done. even the technology office, one o

the federal communications commission, where i once worked and in trying to police broadcasting and cable and what can be said on those media, the internet, it's come up in a whole wide range of contexts, including political speech, sexual speech, all kinds of things. well, two cases that are noteworthy mention you worked on a super bowl case that involved justin timberlake and janet jackson. that's right. what was that? that was an fcc action that emerged from the 24th super bowl, the notorious wardrobe malfunction, where at the end of the halftime show, justin timberlake reached across and pulled off the outside of janet jackson, brucia and revealed for 9/10 of a second her breast. the fcc wept into action, decided that was a violation of the indecency rules, even though up to that point it had said that fleeting and unintentional and those kinds of accidental exposures or expletives in the case words weren't actionable under its policy. so for an event that lasted 9/16 of a second, we went into eight years of litigation to finally settle the matter. at the end of which the federal comm

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when the federal communications commission decision takes effect on june 11, big telecom will have new tools to inflate profits. but americans and small businesses who use the internet to do their jobs, communicate with each other, participate in civic life will be left defenseless. and don't be fooled by the army of lobbyists marching the halls of congress on behalf of the big internet service providers. they say that we don't need these rules because the internet service providers will self-regulate blocking, throttling, paid prioritization. these harms are alarmist and hypothetical, they say. well, that simply is not the case. these practices are very real. and in a world without net neutrality, they may become the new normal. but just don't take my word for it. let's look at the facts. in 2007, an associated press investigation found that comcast was blocking or severely slowing down bit torrent, a website that allowed consumers to share video, music, and video game files. from 2007 to 2009, at&t forced apple to block skype and other competing services from using at&t's wireless ne

response that he didn't know anything about all these things according to a probe of the us federal communications commission the bank ended this practice in 2014 german investigations have not yet taken place if i want to know why i see an american north already investigating problematic boychuk bank transactions in china and i don't see the same action in germany i think german authorities still have a lot of work to do there's no doubt your bank says it has improved policies and oversight of its business activities in china. laid off another $350.00 employees it's the us right headings this is 3rd round of firings in a letter to employees a c.e.o.'s. shot he described over situation as difficult for us all so far but has cut almost 1200 jobs chef process up plummeted since it made its debut on wall street in may the job losses will hit mainly the food delivery service but it's self driving costs and performance marketing. that's a business update here on g.w. from me and the business asia team in berlin thanks for watching. i'm going to gather for a buyer and a high flyer for germany's national team good

the federal communications commission has voted to repeal net neutrality regulations. this is seen by experts as a big win for companies like comcast, at&t and verizon and a setback for tech companies. >> this decision puts the federal communications commission on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law. and the wrong side of the amrican public. >> it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy. we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide. >> net neutrality required internet service providers to treat all online services equally, to keep them from charging more for some websites and apps. >> there is growing repeal. >> live in san jose with that part of the coverage. >> officials are worried about how this could be, how this could impact everything from public health to innovation in tech. and they're not wasting any time in addressing their concerns. in santa clara county, officials are taking a stand. >> there's no legitimate basis for the fcc to reverse the obama era rule

and the federal communications commission wants a federal court to throw out challenges to its net neutrality rules. verizon and metro p.c.s. sued to stop the rules requiring providers to treat all content equally on their networks. the f.c.c. says the companies jumped the gun, because the rules have yet to be formally published. still ahead, ringing in a new lease on life bank united returns as a publicly traded company less than two years after being taken over by regulators. we talk with the man behind the turnaround c.e.o. john kanas. >> tom: ford motor's run of better than expected quarterly earnings grinded to a halt in the fourth quarter. the disappointment led to a stiff sell-off in ford shares today, dropping over 13% to a six week low. ford earned 30 cents per share in q-4-- well below analyst estimates and down from a year ago. among the reasons for the miss, higher production and advertising costs for new vehicles. c.e.o. alan mulally says expect those higher expenses to continue as it does more business. >> our costs will increase through 2011 because we are increasing production

rise today in support of the resolution and want to address an issue created by the federal communications commission's misguided privacy rule in a recent ninth circuit case. for decades, the federal trade commission has been the privacy cop on the beat for most industries, including the technology sector, protecting consumers from unfair or deceptive acts or practices. the federal trade commission brought over 500 privacy and data security cases to protect consumers. these include cases against internet service providers in some -- and some of the largest providers. the federal communications commission is a regulatory body regulating communication by radio, television, satellite and cable. the federal trade commission has been long been held up as a model by both parties praising the agency for strong enforcement without overly burdensome regulations. during negotiations with the european union to finalize the u.s.-european privacy shield, the obama administration held up the federal trade commission as the premiere privacy enforcement agency. unfortunately, in a midnight action, the federal communic

confirmed he will be the only latino in the senate confirmed position at the federal trade commission, federal communications commission or the consumer financial protection bureau and i look forward to working with him following his confirmation. and mr. chair man, since i have the time, i just want to also add words of support for commissioner rosenworcel's nomination. my only frustration with commissioner rosenworcel john nomination as it wasn't done in march. this is overdue and we will see with the strong bipartisan vote for this should have been done months ago so i look forward to the hearing and since there are two ftc commissioners here, i want to h bring to the attention of the committee a letter that was send by president biden to the ftc regarding the concern that we all have and that's the rising cost of gas prices. it's going to be important that they do the work is president biden has asked. in the article the president noted that prices at the pump have risen even as the cost of refined fuel have fallen and industry profits have gone up. the largest players of the industry have doubled their

. >>> federal communication commission is considering new rule for cell phone user to amass extra charges. the proposal would require all wireless carriers to send customers to send a text alert when they are about to exceed their text limit. many users says there is no warning when they are nearing their limit. the new rules could be approved by early next year. >> a major phone kane is launching a new awareness campaign today about the dangers of texting and driving. at&t is releasing a new documentary featuring stories from individuals whose lives have been changed while texting while driving. >> you are 23 times more likely to get into an accident when you are texting and driving. >> we don't want anyone to use the technology unless they are safe. >> transportation secretary says distracted driving is an epidemic. 5500 people were killed last year because of distraktsd driving. largest number of fatalities occurred from young people under the age of 18. >> the average price of a gallon of gas is now 3.28,. it's expected to get worse. experts estimate the average price of a gallon of g

sure the media protects the public i'm simply ways are considered public property the federal communications commission is charged with the responsibility of protecting the people before the f.c.c. decided broadcasters needed to be licensed to licenses were free of charge but there was a catch t.v. and radio owners had to serve the public if they did not people could challenge their licenses and the f.c.c. could take them away. and the f.c.c. understood that radio and t.v. should be owned locally so they passed strict rules limiting the number of stations any one person could l.a. independent needed to stay cool be told me six hours operated by n.b.c. . then came the war. and radio became a lifeline. the president of. the information we were getting was vital we all knew that it's a date which will live. in infamy important to our national security important to our democracy our margaret this is edward morrow speaking from iraq and we learned this new medium could be used against us each and every night at least they are often a video proof of her yankee perth or during their rescue or are not. sure fo

this is the president's nominee to chair the federal communications commission. some people have expressed a little concern about his lobbying background. he was the head of the cable lobbying group and the cell phone lobbying group. i'm wonder what you think of the nomination and whether you think he'll be a fair chairman. >> guest: well, a, he's the president's choice. he's the nominee, and i believe that his nomination will not only be taken up, but i think that he will be confirmed. i don't think there are very many that would be free of the background that you just described unless we brought in a 22-year-old that simply has not had any time or experience here in washington. now, that's a commentary on our system, and it is a rub to many people. that's on one side. that's one book end. the other book end is -- and i think that this is a very important one -- is experience. you want someone that is experienced with a deep and broad understanding of the industries and the issues that are attached to these industries. now, the chairman of the fcc is not there t

the federal communications commission will let internet providers charge media companies extra fees to receive preferential treatment, such as faster speeds for their products and content. under previous regulations struck down earlier this year, providers were forced to provide all content at equal speed. in a statement, the media reform group freed fresh and -- announced the decision saying "giving the green light to pay for priorities ins will be a disaster for startups, nonprofits, and everyday internet users who cannot afford these unnecessary told. these users wall be pushed onto the internet dirt road, while deep pocketed internet companies enjoy the benefits of the newly created fast lanes. ." the new rules will fight -- will likely face a court challenge. we will have more on the willing on friday show. the two leading palestinian factions have announced a reconciliation deal aimed at healing a seven-year rift. the agreement between the palestinian authority and hamas calls for the formation of a consensus government within five weeks followed by elections in the months. hamas

welcome to this hearing on oversight for federal communications commission. today's hearing marks the first time in 28 years that the ftc has appeared before this subcommittee having been reauthorized by congress. i am delighted to welcome the recently reauthorized commission here today. the reauthorization effort reflects bipartisan support of the ftc and the important work to enhance public safety, technologies and strengthen our national security increase broadband deployment and protect consumers while processing is mac posturing innovation and the medication and marketplace. i hope today demonstrates the importance of being reauthorized into each of the commissioners articulating how the action benefits the organization, i know we could deliver the same bipartisan accomplishment for your colleagues while the fcc is charged with many important tasks one of the most critical roles in place revolves around public safety. from working to ensure that alerting technologies warn the public of impending emergencies to aiding in the restoration of communications