ajit pai: absolutely. if you don't do that it is a violation pic in addition if it's an ethic of infringement the ftc has brought authority on an fair and deceptive trade practice authority or unfair authority. the new chairman of the ftc has did before congress inhering in which i testified as well that he is willing to determine to do just that. kim hart: do you intend, do you think the sec and ftc will work closely together to try to figure out if the company is transparent with you guys and therefore compliant with the fcc but the ftc may have considered what that means for consumers and competition landscape come you guys work together on. ajit pai: not only will we, but we are. we have a memorandum of understanding with sign that i spoken to chairman simons about the need to share information on a real-time basis. going forward we will work hand in glove to make sure that consumers are protected, we had a competitive marketplace. kim hart: you talked with reports of investment and infrastructure make

[applause] ajit pai: thanks so much. i really appreciate it. >> washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. deang up this morning, scott will be on to discuss reports of the trump administration withdrawing from the paris climate accord. eric lipton of the new york times will talk about how the pharmaceutical industry is responding to pressure to lower prescription drug prices. we will discuss the investigation into russia and the elections. we will talk about challenges to u.s. retailers. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> it resulted in a naval victory for the u.s. over japan just six months after pearl harbor. friday, american history tv will be live all day from the macarthur visitor center in virginia for the 75th anniversary of the title of midway. featured speakers in clued the author of "the admirals." book.t carlson with his anthony tulley, the author of "shattered sword." watch the battle of midway 75th anniversary sp

and the thank ajit pai commissioner. and we were -- and we look forward to working with them in the years ahead. we will be hearing from a few stakeholders and friends of our organization. katy maccallum, you are up next. of is executive director digital liberties. >> thank you everyone for being here. this is a red letter day. i want to say first of all, thanks to ajit pai and commissioner o'reilly for everything you will be undertaking for a free market and the internet going forward. i want to be clear that no one is against net neutrality. we are against a government takeover by regulatory fiat without congressional input. that is a major problem. forward, i just want to say that if you are for competition, you are against title to and moving forward, we are looking ahead to an open and transparent process for comments. something revolutionary to be able to comment in this way ahead of time which we were not able to do before. we are very excited about the road ahead of us. thanks. [ applause ] >> thank you. institut

one is the sitting chairman of the f.c.c., ajit pai. chairman pai has led a fascinating life, one punctuated by hard work and success. he had his beginnings in buffalo. he traced a line through canada. it unfolded in a small town of parsons kansas, where chairman pai grew up with his parents, first-generation immigrants from southern india. he was on to harvard after that and then the university of chicago for his law degree pai's resume prior to his employment with the f.c.c. isressive. he worked for a federal judge, worked in the justice department titrust and legal policy divisions. he gained practical experience in the private sector. he served here in the senate as committee staff. he even won a marshal fellowship. he also worked in several positions within the f.c.c. itself. when president obama nominated pai to serve as an f.c.c. commissioner back in then, -- 2011 the senate confirmed him on a voice vote. when the senate considers his nomination again today i hope senators will come together to give him strong support one more tim

and yet ajit pai will not listen. his plan will allow broadband providers to stifle innovation, stifle entrepreneurship. his plan will allow big broadband barons to crush competition, reduce choice, and then make consumers pay more. we cannot allow this to happen. that is why this vote we are about to take is so important. that's why i urge my colleagues to stand up for consumers and to vote no on ajit pai's nomination to be the chairman of the federal communications commission. mr. president, i yield back the balance of my time. andm connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i think all of us felt a familiar knot in our stomach early this morning when we received news of what may be the deadliest mass shooting in american history. the numbers are hard to comprehend. they certainly aren't final. 58 people are dead and perhaps over 500 have been wounded either by the gunshots themselves or by the pandemonium that ensued once the thousands of concert goers in downtown las vegas figured out they w

ajit pai. chairman pai grew up in rural kansas. he told me sometimes when he goes home to visit his panders, he cannot get connected in his own hometown. he knows the challenges facing rural communities. i have had the pleasure of hosting chairman pai and his staff multiple times in west virginia. most recently chairman pai came to war deniesville, west virginia where we have good connectivity and have been able to create nobi nobis. we traveled just 20, 30 miles over to hampshire county where getting high-speed internet hag far more challenging. there he met eric hot who has a small chocolate business. eric has been having trouble following up with orders because he can't get consistent broadband access. last august i held a roundtable table discussion with chairman pai focusing on the digital divide and impacts on tourism. we visited adventures on the gorge and i even convinced him to join me on a bridgewalk across the beautiful new river, new river gorge. this outdoor recreation is one of we

and both ajit pai and mignon clyburn spoke about the the f.t.c. chairman pai: two years ago, the title 2 order stripped the f.t.c. of jurisdiction over broadband providers but today we nation's premier consumer protection cop back on the beat. again havewill once the authority to take action against internet service anyider that engage in competitive, unfair or deceptive acts. chairman maureen o'hausen recently said, the to protectility consumers and promote competition in the broadband is not new. we have a long established role in preserving the values consumers care about online. or as president obama's first f.t.c. chairman put it restorey, the plan to f.t.c. jurisdiction is good for consumers, the sky isn't falling, consumers will remain protected, and the internet will continue to thrive. so let's be clear. following today's vote, americans will still be able to access the websites they want to visit. they'll still be able to enjoy services they want to enjoy. there will still be cops on the beat guarding a free and open internet. this is the

federal communications commission chairman ajit pai issued a major order tuesday titled "restoring internetreedom," in which he outlined his plan to dismantle landmark regulations that ensure equal access to the internet. pai described his plan to overturn rules put in place by the obama administration during an interview with the heritage foundation. toessentially, my proposal repeal the obama administration's heavy-handed regulations adopted two years ago on a partyline vote that regulated the internet. what i'm proposing to do is get rid of those regulations. juan: pai's proposal would repeal net neutrality rules that bar internet service providers from stopping or slowing down the delivery of websites, and stop companies from charging extra fees for high-quality streaming. a formal vote on the plan is set for december 14. amy: ajit pai said his plants have broad support. eric schneiderman said he is investigating significant numbers of fake, it's filed with the federal communications commission in its review of net neutrality rules. in the past six months, he said .he fcc for more, we'r

our panel today includes ajit pai, commissioner o'reilly and commissioner rosenwar's law. it was submitted on time. we will go in order of seniority which is the tradition on the subcommittee. i began with you today, chairman ajit pai, you are recognized for five minutes. >> members of the subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing. i appreciate this chance to update you on sec work. before i do i would like to thank you for vital assistance. the act of 2018 originating in the subcommittee contained a host of provisions that are having a positive impact on the sec's work. the technical problem involving deposits. with this fix in place the sec is moving aggressively to hold auctions and substantial amount of high band spectrum into the commercial marketplace. we are commencing the 28 ghz auction held by an action of the 24 ghz band. the second half of 2019 we intend to hold an auction of 37, 39, 47 ghz band. these options will make 5 ghz of spectrum available and advance america's global leadership in 5g, next generation of wireless connectivity. none of this would h

we interviewed the fcc commissioner, ajit pai. he was praising some brand-new qualcomm technology.. that is really exciting for routers and other types of devices. it is 1.3 gigabytes. it is really fast wi-fi connectivity. really, when you think about downloading videos or surfing the web, you can do so much more, so much faster. >> this was developed by qualcomm? >> yes. >> when will it be on the market? >> those devices will be out later this year. >> what else is qualcomm exhibiting this year at ces? >> we talk about snapdragon 800. it is a processor with a powerful graphics assess her -- processor. along with lte. another connectivity solution, as well as multimedia. 7 dot 1 audio. that is the theater behind us. great theater experience for you. you can watch stuff off of your smart phone and do a lot of great rings. -- things. >> what does qualcomm do overall? >> public does a variety of technology. -- qualcomm does a variety of technologies. wi-fi and interactivity. snapdragon processor. we do a lot of things with qualcomm intel. we have another application for reality. we do

ajit pai: i agree with my colleagues. i would only add a cautionary tale that it were wires fcc -- thatip is dedicating it requires fcc leadership is dedicated to following the law. but when you look at the magnification -- when you look sionse navigation provide of 1969, i think it requires not just congress to update the act, but also for the agency to administrate the act to update its terms. that requires a strong commitment from fcc leadership. peter sien: this has been "the communicators." rosenworcel, ajit pai, michael o'rielly, and mignon clyburn, thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: you have been watching "the communicators." for the graduating classes all over god's planet, i wish that you graduate into a world of peace, light, and love, but that is not the case. we all live in a fairytale, but i guess the 1% does. this memori

we interviewed as cc commissioner ajit pai and he was praising some brand-new qualcomm technology. what is that technology? >> guest: is what they are doing with a zero to 11 which is a new wifi standard and that is exciting for both routers and other types of devices. it's up to 1.3 gigabytes so really fast powerful wifi connectivity and smartphones and tablet is up to 350 megabits per second so really when you think about downloading video and surfing the web you'll be able to do so much more so much faster. is going to be such a smooth experience. >> host: and this was developed by qualcomm? when will be on the market? >> guest: from a snapdragon perspective which includes 11 a. see those devices will be a later this year. >> host: what else is qualcomm exhibiting this this year that cs at ces quest. >> guest: we talked about snapdragon 800 but snapdragon 800 is much more than that. to processor with a powerful graphics processor up to 2.3 gigahertz cpu so it has all of that integrated along with the 11 ac along with lte up to 150 megabits with lte so other connectivity solution

. >> host: well, "the communicators" caught up with fcc commissioner ajit pai here at the internationalhat have you seen here at the show this year that intrigued you? >> guest: i've seen innovation in action. obviously, there are cutting edge communication devices that everybody would know smartphones and tvs, but to me some of the most interesting applications are if areas where traditionally you wouldn't think of communications innovation as happening. for example, i saw a 3-d printer that was able to print out at the booth that i saw a small figurine which was interesting enough, but then the owner of the company told me, well, this same application is being used by the mayo clinic to print out kidneys that are now being used to transplant into patients whose kidneys have failed. that's an incredible application and one that didn't exist several years ago. similarly, some of the devices that i've seen installed in automotive vehicles and other types of vehicles it's really amazing some of the advanced technology they have that will allow people to sense where their cars are, even se

but under ajit pai, some of those rules are likely to be rolled back. in fact, the f.c.c. has already issued a partial stay of a certain slice of the rules that govern how internet providers must protect the data that they have on you to prevent that from falling into the hands of hackers, for instance. now, the rules more broadly have subject to a petition by industry to have-- to be rolled back. but the f.c.c. has still yet to vote on that overall petition. >> sreenivasan: all right brian fung of the "washington post," thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> has backed out of tonight's prestigious dinner given by the gridiron club, an organization the russian embassy gave no reason. president trump sent his regrets a few days ago. however, vice president mike pence will attend, as will house democratic leader nancy pelosi. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. thanks for watching. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and

pleased to welcome to "the communicators" for the first time one of the newest fcc commissioners, ajit pai, one of the republicans on the commission. thanks for being with us on "the communicators." >> guest: thanks very much for having me. >> host: in july you spoke at carnegie mellon, and you talked a little bit about the regulatory process, the slowness of the process and the fcc's -- the way the fcc does business. i want to get your further thoughts on that and also get you to reflect on your first few months on the federal communications commission. >> guest: well, thank you for the question, and thanks again for having me. it's a privilege to be on the show. at carnegie mellon, one of the things i tried to identify was ways that the fcc could establish a regulatory framework that would allow the ict or information and communications technology sector, to really be a leader in job creation and economic growth. it historically has been one of the most dynamic parts of the economy, but in recent years if you look at the statistics from the labor department, job growth and economic growt

in this remarkable moment, a joke made by ajit pai when he was the featured speaker last week at the deral communications bar association's annual dinner. in response to accusations that he's a corporate shill for the telecommunications industry, pai is a former for ice a lawyer, he played what he jokingly called a "leaked, 14-year-old video" that was actually a recorded skit, supposedly set in 2003 in verizon's d.c. office, where pai worked as an attorney before joining the fcc. in the video, a verizon executive tells pai the fcc is captured by the industry, but "not captured enough, so we have a plan." "what plan?" pai asks. the executive responds, "we want to brainwash and groom a verizon puppet to install as fcc chair. think 'manchurian candidate.'" to which pai replies, "that sounds awesome." this is a clip supposedly of the leaked video. listen closely. [indiscernible] amy: this was played in the last few weeks. the verizon executive in the skit with fcc chairman pai is verizon senior vice president and deputy general counsel kathy grillo. joe, if you could talk about the signif

it's ajit pai. >> hi. i'm ajit pai, chairman of the fcc. recently there's been quite a bit of conversation about my plan to restore internet freedom. here's just a few of the thinks you'll still be able to do on the internet after these obama era regulation are repealed. you can still cram your food. you can still post the photos of cute animals, like puppies. you can still shop for all your christmas presents online. yes, those eclipse glasses are so cheap. you can still binge watch your favorite shows. you can still say part of your favorite phantom. you can still drive the right into the ground. and everything else you ever did on the internet, like everything. all of it. all of it. >> host: brian fung, that was a very provocative -- >> guest: that was a very provocative video and it just highlights how chairman pai is often thought to some of the internet's best cultural aspects to try and push his policy agenda forward. chairman pai speeches are often replete with pop culture references, and he's known for using an enormous rhesus cup

ajit pai: i couldn't agree more. all level of government should be working together, not in silos. >> i know nebraska has a very dynamic and thoughtful and involved public service commission. so i hope that we can continue that partnership, to be beneficial to the customers in my state. also chairman, due to the pandemic, across the country that have had major shifts over the past several months. and that students have received their class works from home. if now students will be back in school to be solved. face extra stress on addressing both the affordability and access challenges they have for internet conductivity. in light of the judge that will be expired in the lot next week, but promises you see and most helpful in tackling these challenges. >> i've had a couple of roundtable with people in telecom and state officials and with other districts from across the state. ajit pai: this by three months ago i sent a letter to congress urging the creation of her most learning initiative. as far as that cares act prin

talk about the significance of to beevation of ajit pai to head of the fcc and the stance he takes. >ajit pai is the new sec chairman and should come as a surprise to no one that he poses a significant threat, not only to net neutrality, but also to the digital divide. in his first week in office, he talked a good game about bridging the digital divide. actions speak louder than words. there is a very, very troubling history of voting against reforms to both bring affordable access to poor americans, low-income americans, to people of color who disproportionately lack home internet access, but also a troubling history of voting against net neutrality. he voted against the lifeline order to modernize lifeline and bring affordable log in to low income families. he voted against the rate order to help bring high-speed internet to high schools and libraries and poor neighborhoods. he voted against net neutrality to get the internet opens up people who do not usually get a spot in mainstream media can't tell their own stories, can organize for justice, and can make a living. we are very co

i have a great privilege this morning and honor to welcome fcc chairman ajit pai. airman pai has seen our investment firsthand. he has spearheaded a regulatory he has spearheaded a regulatory environment that encourages deploy to invest in and products and services in moral america and close the digital divide. the investment by members has been made possible by chairman --'s regulatory a church regulatory approach to broadband. one of his statements, his philosophy is the fcc is at its --t when it proceeds on the good communications, policy no snow partisan affiliation. we couldn't agree more wholeheartedly with that statement. he knows broadband is critical in modern life, has created a phenomenon he has called the democratization of entrepreneurship. with a grid -- good idea, entrepreneurs anywhere can compete in ways unthinkable a generation ago. because some americans don't have sufficient broadband, he is focused on rural broadband issues near and dear to the heart of our members. we have worked in partnership to make sure we close that divide. he has fought t

. >>> we will speak to fcc chairman ajit pai shortly. one man might change the future of media, as we know it senior judge richard leon for the district of columbia will decide whether to approve at&t's billion dollar acquisition of time warner. and rico's co-founder and editor kara is with us. thanks for being here. >> on set. >> on set. here i am. >> landscape for m & a when it comes to mia a technology is shifting either way, what's the impac this at&t/time warner decision going to be on what we see over the next three to five years >> it will probably go at&t's decision everybody thinks that. it depends on the rules that the swrunlg puts in place around it, if at all. once it rules in their favor, which most people feel would be a shock if it didn't more smchlt & a. everybody needs to bulk up this bulking up of all the companies not just the telecodes but all the companies is inevitable as they try to compete in all areas from distribution, content, entertainment and everything. >> how much a rebuke would it be to the feds to lose th

ajit pai: appreciate the question. we have received a position from among other advocates suggesting that the creation of a class at four for certain radio protesters. i put that in the floor for my colleagues consideration. in the request of my colleagues, we converted was originally intended to be a rulemaking into a notice of inquiry. my understanding from last time that we had these discussions there's not majority support for going ahead with the rules were making. so i look forward to create a solution to try and advance the ball in a way that reflects consensus on this issue. sen. roger wicker: who has doubts about this that you would like to voice. yes commissioner o'reilly. comm. o'reilly: i don't like to voice bible voiceprint have concerns, harmful interference from other radio broadcasters. and a disagreement among broadcasters and the impact of this and when it did and i asked the chairman to go from one to another. i thought we had a understand what it explain what this is. but the value is going for trea

fcc chairman ajit pai. mr. pai: thank you so much. it was a great conversation. goes too fast.hank you so much. [applause] you are always so kind. thank you. announcer: get to know the freshman members of the 116th congress monday on washington journal. learn more about the most diverse group of lawmakers in history. >> i am real. i am authentic. >> i am just a small town lawyer from lexington. >> captain of the national guard. served in afghanistan. >> mcdonald's franchisee for 22 years. >> i had this fascination with finding the answers to questions no one else could find. >> i have been a physician for my professional life. >> my dad is a lifelong republican who has never voted democrat. announcer: watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. announcer: president trump announced a major shift in u.s. policy towards israel today, tweeting it is time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty. pompeo,y of state mike who is two days into a four-day trip through the middle east, visited the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem. a

he directed much of his criticism to fcc chairman ajit pai. is we's the argument don't need title to to have net neutrality. but some of his ideas are almost laughably lax. he reportedly floated just. isp's voluntarily agree not to obstruct or slow consumer access to web content by putting that promise in their terms of service, you know, the thing that no human being has ever read and that can change whenever companies want them to. that idea would basically make net neutrality as binding as proposal on "the bachelor." amy: john oliver ended his show by calling on his viewers to write to the fcc, just as he did after a similar segment in 2014. once again, the enormous response broke the commission's website. which goes to the issue of activism, which is why we go back to evan greer. specifically tomorrow, what are you going to be doing tomorrow? whereorrow is a day everyone can come together. so i many of your favorite netflix,from amazon, you will see prominent messages that will direct people to a place where they can easily take action. we

it is certainly my understanding, the literature would back me up although we will see what ajit pai says, they are following what presidents ones anyway. there may be some differences in particular circumstances but to me delegations in both cases have the principal evils. >> other panelists? >> what mike said is right. you can speak to the fcc of course but i am doing work with political scientists like daniel day-lewis and based on surveys of political appointees and senior executive service supervisors, the line between independent executive agencies is not that sharp, independent agencies are generally under the control of the president, if not at the get-go, very shortly thereafter through critical appointments of the chair, related to polarization when a majority of the president's party is a majority of the commission, they can do the bidding of the president's party because we live in this polarized world where the president's party essentially agrees with each other, you don't have policy convergence in the majority party of the commission but the chairman should speak to t

. >> host: and that was fcc chair ajit pai from earlier this week. discussion on "the communicators" is about his net neutrality proposal. joining us, jeffrey eisenach of the american enterprise institute and an adviser to the trump transition team on telecommunications policy, and chris lewis, vice president of public knowledge, the consumer group. mr. lewis, what's your take on what the chairman proposed earlier this week? >> guest: well, we, we're concerned. we think that the rules that we got in 2015, the net neutrality rules are working. they're wildly popular. overwhelming majority of americans want to have clear rules of the road that protect an open internet. and so we're concerned that he's gone down a path to review and potentially even repeal some or all of those rules. >> host: why did you think those rules were necessary? and i want to read a little bit from tom wheeler's op-ed in "the washington post," the former chair. for as long as the internet has existed, it has been grounded on the principle of net neutrality. >> guest: i think th

let me bring in fcc chair ajit pai back to the show. what is it about net neutrality that creates such a political frenzy. when you were on my show last week, the most of traffic we got had nothing to do with our interview and what you said it was people attacking you directly about softening some of these rules that were only put in place since 2016. >> the internet is increasingly important in our daily lives. the hysteria and misinformation that has been peddled by some is whipping people up. when you say democracy is about to be destroyed and the internet toibs broken and this is the guy doing it. people become alarmed and start doing things like harassing me and my family. kennedy: george soros has a program called color of change. and he's been targeting you essentially for being racist. how is rolling back some of these net neutrality guidelines implicitly racist? >> it's absurd. they are grasping for straws. they think this is one of the pieces of spaghetti that will stick to the wall. i think people of goodwill who are reasonab

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the senate insisted that ajit pai be put on there.e was a been a commissioner thought to preserve your free speech rights. the whole time during that obama -- obamarade administration, he fought and won against all odds. the obama administration had some curveballs. they implemented regulations to take over the internet. as soon as president trump came into office, president trump asked the g5 to liberate the internet and give it back to you. [applause] courageous person that i know. he has received countless death threats, his property has been family and aas a family that has been abused in different ways. -- as sheepeep i thank you fori editing your done. the second vice president of the national rifle association. -- we have something we would like to tell you about. the second vice president of the national rifle association. [applause] >> hello cpac. it is sponsored by the national rifle association. in honor of legendary humanitarian extraordinary actor nra.eloved person of the [applause] award, which is not given every year, o

fcc chairman ajit pai. mr. pai: thank you so much. it was a great conversation. goes too fast. thank you so much. [applause] you are always so kind. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> asked not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. these people who knocked buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> c-span's newest book, "the president's." noted historians rank the best and worst chief executives. true stories gathered by interviews from presidential historians. his -- explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced. will be the presidents , but you canril 23 order your copy as an e-book or hard copy today. >> congress is in recess this week. house speaker nancy pelosi has announced that next week the house will vote on an override of president terms veto of the congressional resolution that bordererminate his secu

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the fcc chairman ajit pai joins me next. building a website in under an hour is easy with gocentral... ...from godaddy! in fact, 68% of people who have built their... ...website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. build a better website - in under an hour. with gocentral from godaddy. kennedy: the heads of most of public agencies live quiet lives. but in this age of hyper partisan insanity the old rules are out the window. federal communications chairman ajit pai says people have been harassing his family. look at this picture somebody put up in front of his house claiming he murdered democracy in cold blood. he says the protesters should leave his wife and kids out of it. let me bring in fcc chair ajit pai back to the show. what is it about net neutrality that creates such a political frenzy. when you were on my show last week, the most of traffic we got had nothing to do with our interview and what you said it was people attacking you directly about softening some of these rules that were only put in

. >> a a discussion on the biden administration expansion of 5g technology with former sec chair ajit pai and current sec commissioner brendan carr. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us this afternoon at the american enterprise institute to talk about i have with me a former chairman of the communications commission ajit pai who served at the fcc from 2017-2021 and we have the good fortune of having a flask of years is what raise questions of of harvard university and university of chicago law, worked as a lawyer and the department of justice and the senate judiciary committee and also did two years over at verizon.nd but he currently is a part of the private equity firm and he has been since 2021 so thank you for joining us today. i also have the opportunity of talking to commissioner carr. he is at the fcc as well since 2017, he was appointed by former president companies graduate of georgetown university and catholic university from 2005-2007 he was associate at wiley ryman to be a law clerk for judge shad and has been spent quite a bit of time at the fcc and we appreciate yo

they met with ajit pai in washington. pai has a track record of opposing the existing rules.he internet association ceo, michael just -- michael beckerman, joins us from washington. david kirkpatrick, our guest host for the hour. michael, you have met with ajit pai. perhaps he wants to get rid of those. he wants to move it to the ftc instead. your view is that net neutrality should not be changed. was he open ear-eared or not? a very cordial meeting. i have a lot of respect for the chairman. we do strongly disagree on this issue. we think the fcc got the rules right in 2015. we are advocating they keep it the same. if it's not broke, don't fix it. as it results -- relates to moving to the federal trade commission, i would point to the comments from commissioner sweeney that they are not the expert agency. we have agencies in our government. all the engineers are at the fcc. that's the expert agency. we should keep it there. caroline: you're looking at a terrell, made by talking about the performance -- importance of keeping it with the fcc. pai does make out that clearly, he

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our guest this week is at quencher of the fcc, ajit pai. we have about ten minutes left in her interview. chairman pai, could you opine a little bit on the changes in media in the last four years. i know we talk about this on a regular basis and people are cutting the cord. are people watching broadcast media? are people subscribing to cable? there are streaming service is now. how would you describe this landscape? >> guest: i think from a consumer perspective the landscape is richer than ever in the sense that consumers have a choice not only of what kind of content to want to watch but also the platform on which they want to watch it. i know it's hard to remember because we live in the times we're in but living day-to-day, but i remember as a kid when in rural kansas my options were three broadcast channels, and if the satellite dish would be position in a in a certain waye a few channels over that network. and how different it is now. now my kids, for example, when this like to watch tv, they could be broadcast tv but more likely that mi

michael, you have met with ajit pai.eresting moves perhaps he of oversightt rid fcc, andp's by the perhaps wants to move it to the ftc instead. your view is that net neutrality should not be changed. was he open ear-eared or not? >> it was a very cordial meeting. i have a lot of respect for the chairman. we do strongly disagree on this issue. we think the fcc got the rules one, right in 2015. we are advocating they keep it the same. if it's not broke, don't fix it. as a relates from moving the rules from the fcc to the federal trade commission, i would point to the comments from commissioner mcsweeney that they are not the expert agency. we have agencies in our government. all the engineers are at the fcc. that's the expert agency. we should keep it there. caroline: you're looking at a snake meant -- statement made by terrell mcsweeney about the importance of keeping it with the fcc. pai does make out that clearly, he has always tried to say that he wants net neutrality principles to remain, but a voluntary pledge instea

[applause] >> the chair of the fcc, ajit pai, was one of the featured speakers at the national rivera institute ideas summit. he spoke for about half an hour. >> please welcome charles c w cook and the fcc chairman, ajit pai. >> thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you. keep it clean. >> i will. [laughter] maybe we can stop by asking a basic question. what is the fcc? the federal communications commission is the nation's premier communications regulation agency. ago.re created 85 years essentially, it's enabling americans to be able to benefit from communications technology, whether it's more traditional, like radio, tv, and telephone, or the modern ones, satellite, internet, and wireless. matching the operation to the american consumer with the technological innovations on cap, that's what our core mission is. >> what was the mission in 1934? >> it changed a little bit. back then, we were created to regulate the airwaves, broadcast tv and radio airwaves, the spectrum being used. in addition, regulating the telephone monopoly. there's a list of regulations that congress charg

smith: ajit pai is a superb fellow, a great men. an. he certainly misunderstood and it is paying off now the irreplaceable importance of broadcasting in the firmament of telecommunication to the american people. i had planned to ask him about things like ownership restrictions on broadcasting, which does not apply to social media platforms or other entrance into telecommunication. only broadcasting is kept intentionally small. and sometimes we need scale to be able to compete. sometimes we do need scale to compete with these new entrants in communications. but, there a lot of issues. we were going to talk about the repack of the spectrum. the spectrum repack after the sale of a whole bunch of our broadcast spectrum. where people need to rescan their television sets. we are literally in the last phase of that. it is supposed be over by this summer. phase 10, which is on the horizon, already, chairman pai has said we will give you more flexibility if this virus gets in the way of deadlines. we will give you that flexibility. they have been

we'll talk to commissioner ajit pai about the new rules.em. >>> hedge fund underperformed broader markets in recent years but hugely popular with big investors. why? jim stewart will be here to weigh? consumer advocate ralph nader thinks walmart's move to raise wages is not enough. he'll join us later on. >>> rick santelli. news on consumer sentiment after the chicago pmi number. good morning once again, rick. >> good morning, carl. i was wrong by the way, we're not under 2%. hat in hand with the feeling in the treasuries last couple of weeks. it really seems as though the buyers have limited impact. here we go. february final read on michigan 95.4. comparison to its mid month read at 93.6. how does 95.4 fit? comps to january where you had 98.1 which was the highest going all the way back to 2004. just a quick tombstone on chicago, that was the weakest number since july of 2009. since that number there have only been three under 50. this is not very good. now let's go to one of the most economically vibrant spots in the country, washington,