c-span3, the on senate appropriations subcommittee hears from federal communications commission chair on the spectrum auctions program. servicesa house armed subcommittee on military personnel hears from judge advocate generals of the army, navy, air force, and marines on racial disparity and the military justice system. kevin landrigan his bureau chief for the union leader and he joins us from new hampshire. over the past years the granite state has become a battleground state. what has changed? guest: it is interesting. it is quite a contrast. ronald reagan when he ran for reelection in 1984, he declared the most republican state in the country right you could have case,hat state -- that other than the far and nevada perhaps. new hampshire has become more of a swing state because of migration here. we are unusual, in that now fewer people new hampshire were born here. more than 60% of residents are not natives. many come from massachusetts. taxesame to escape higher and more regulation. but particular the on social issues, their progressive. that is what we have seen over the years

then went on the federal communications commission. >> susan ness, thank you for sharing some of your expertise background, and current work. just a reminder, this communicators program and all others are available as podcasts. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from the presidential primaries through the impeachment process. now the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app and be part of the national conversation through c-span's the leak washington journal program, or through our social media feed. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. >> next, briefings on the virus -- violence following the african-americans during an arre

>> guest: peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. we moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. so that was cable, broadcast, satellite. the satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. we came up with the digital television standards which is radio standard. my first commission meeting we did band plan. it was an extraordinary time. and we were just given auction authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. so it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local both telepathy and video. and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast, widening the ability to consolidate broadcast propertie properties. >> host: looking back 20 years later, did you get it right? did the groundwork laid correctly? >> guest: some of the wicked. keep in mind -- the other thing we did which is important, and c-span

>> it was the golden age of the federal communications commission. moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. that was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. we came up with the digital television standards, which are radio standards. my first commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. and we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. it was an exciting time to be there. we also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. and also radically changed the landscape for broadcasts. widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. >> looking back 20 years later, did you get it right? susan: some of it we did. the other thing we did, and which is so important, and c-span can appreciate this greatly, is children's television programming. we instituted the requirement three hour for children's television on broadcast. some of it we got very righ

the federal communications commission today designated chinese telecom companies huawei and zte as nationalurity threats. the fcc also barring u.s. telecom companies from using federal subsidies to buy equipment and services from those chinese companies. fcc chair ajit pai today saying both huawei and zte have close connections to the chinese communist party and the people's think about rakes army. liberation army. adding that zte and what huawei are required to turn over data and information that they collect to chinese intelligence. the fcc's designation comes as beijing tightens control over hong kong, putting into i effect a sweeping national security law that completes beijing's takeover of hong kong. hong kong's leader, carrie lamb, supporting that takeover and the end of civil rights in hong kong. pro-democracy groups say this is the end of the hong kong the world once knew. on monday secretary of state mike pompeo announced the united states is stopping the exports of defense equipment to hong kong. the state department also imposed the same restrictions on defense and dual use tech

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the generalhnson, council at the federal communications commission in they had an op-ed washington post about 5g, the headline 5g conspiracy theories u.s. recovery. what's the genesis of this story? >> well, i haven't talked to tom, you know. but i think that the genesis comes from a number of who have likened 5g number of health concerns that just aren't realistic or accurate. the boogeyman of what they think may come from 5g are the same ones we heard on 4g and 3g and everything before that. not surprise me. there's a group of folks in america and worldwide who shun thatology and believe there are nefarious purposes from what is being deployed at the latest time. we have to be cognizant of that. mindful ofvery health issues at the commission. i worked hard to get a couple up for voting so we could dealingdeployed and with the radio frequency issues, the health issues. so i think that it is something that is going to be beneficial and it's within the health standards from the therts, which we at f.c.c. -- we rely on policy experts at a number of health agencies. that's, in a very respe

andy: they provided some very substantial input to the federal communications commission, i believe they provided input to the commerce department, in response to the executive order from last year. they've told us some of their discussions with the government where it is quite clear, some of the folks in the government think we give away our equipment free, and some of our customers are telling the government they have particular measures they can use to help manage the risk, whether it is from huawei equipment, or nokia or ericsson. so those kinds of discussions, i think, are very helpful. they said to the government that the efforts to do what they call rip and replace, which is pending legislation coming up this year, that the amount of money's that have been discussed are not nearly enough, and it is going to take a lot more time and likely put some out of business. host: andy purdy, when you talk about rip and replace, how much equipment -- huawei equipment is being used in the states right now? andy: i am not sure i can give a number. we have -- of the 60 smaller suppliers, about

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

. >> host: joining us this week on "the communicators" is federal trade commission or noah phillips, one of three republicans who sit on that commission. commissioner phillips, this is in a couple of years that you've been on the commission so what work do you do there? >> guest: we do a lot of really exciting work. our mission is divided into two pieces, competition antitrust law and consumer protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from garden-variety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. >> host: technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, haven't they? >> to some extent yes. i say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the commerce department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there an

the former head of public safety and homeland security for the federal communications commission said the room making is putting in place mechanisms that will not adequately promote competition. competition is critical. we have a tendency in the united states, we want to be competitive and advertise. some people put on the phone 5ge so they claim it's the latest and the best pick the fact is there's not enough competition and telecom operators around the world. there's not enough investment. we invest far more in rd that gnocchi and ericsson. they need to invest more because competition is critical for innovation, risk and resiliency. maintaining the capabilities to support our communication systems that will become increasingly reliant on in the future. >> one of the peace you talk about, to test for backdoors and things like that, the to administration has been saying that's not possible. they've been putting up document the last month saying the code is changing all the time, there is no way to look at that. is that just more of what you would see as very incorrect information that

it was the golden age of the federal communications commission. the lanes of the communication's highway from analog to digital. that was cable, broadcast. satellite. the satellites had been launched but the services had not yet begun. with the digital television standard, the radio standard. meeting, itmission was an extraordinary time. we begin the first auction, at used handt they placards to bid. implementedat, we this 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing in the video. dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast. widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. >> looking back, did you get it right? did the groundwork laid correctly? >> i think we did. and c-spanwe did -- can appreciate this -- requirement for children's television in broadcast. some of it we got very right. some of it, the marketplace said, we are not sure we need this anymore. the mission implemented the law. issue with this telecom act isbasically congress basically settling battles that priorken place during the 10 years. no

on the commission, jessica rosenworcel -- said that an executive order would turn the federal communications commission into the president'st speech place is not the answer. >> guest: her,, i would agree with that but i don't know this does that. i'm going to dratted to do the heavy lifting before making, such as that. as it turns, if that were the effect, and i can see her point. i don't think we could make that assertion now. i don't think anyone can rightfully especially since we don't have a recommendation from the administration to ntia of what the petition would look like. i will advocate to the chairman whatever if so comes forward and whatever document comes sword that would put up for public notice and that all comers take shots and applaud what use is appropriate in the document, and from there we can see if there's something we should do or not do and will explore all the issues we need to, the thorny issues that are so important in our democracy. >> host: margaret harding mcgill of axios. >> one issue that's come up with executive order is whether the fcc is in the authorities in this area

. >> host: brendan carr is one of five federal communications commission committee members, and he is one of three republicans on the commission as well in the majority and he is our guest this week on "the communicators." commissioner carr, not the politics but the mechanics, what happens to the commission if there is a change in administration after november 3? >> guest: thank you so much for having the on. there's five of us that are commissioners of the fcc. we serve staggered terms of every year one member of the commission is up for re-nomination and confirmation by the senate and the process continues a respective of the outcome of the election. for instance, my term runs through 2023 and i can hold over for a longer time potentially and i'm going to continue to serve regardless of the outcome of the election. >> host: and with michael o'rielly not being we nominated by the president, if there were a change in administration, you and commissioner pai would be the republican, correct? >> guest: yes. michael o'rielly has her longtime both on capitol hill and at the fcc and his te

>> guest: they provided substantial input to the federal communications commission both last year and this year. i believe they provided some input to the commerce department, rulemaking and response to the executive order from last year. they told us some other discussions with the government where it's quite clear as a kid example some of the folks in the cupboard think we give away our equipment free, and some of our customers are telling the government they have particular measures they can use to help manage the risk whether it's from huawei equipment or no cure for those discussions are very helpful. they said to the government, rip and replace which is pending legislation coming up soon this year, that the amount of monies that event discussed are not nearly enough in the timeframe, it will take a lot more time and it's likely going to put some of them out of business. >> host: when you talk about rip and replace, how much equipment, while we equipment, is being used in the states right now? >> guest: i'm not sure i can give a number -- huawei equipment. of the '60s or supplies

one business show you can't afford to miss friendship or in washington coming up the federal communications commission has moved to target social media giant following outrage over alleged censorship straight ahead we'll dig into what the moves mean for the new public square plus amid the pandemic sports are a needed distraction kovac 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 pack show today so let's dive right in. and we lead 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 order signed earlier this year so let's waste no time and get to the details of a boom bust co-host an investigative journalist ben swan

judge for the us court of federal claims and nathan bennington become a member of the federal communications commission. lawmakers are working on legislation passed this friday at midnight deadline. when the senate comes back 2:15 eastern we will have live coverage here on c-span2. >> they are an impressive bunch.not only facing the challenge to pay adequate tribute when one leaves our ranks. but even by the house standards of this place, the coursecharted by the senator who i have to send off this morning stand . the senior senator from wyoming has accomplished enough in one career to fill two. he's glided from business success to military service to local government to state politics to theunited states senate where he's built a remarkably productive legislative record . mike's prolific career began in a small town. in fact he wyoming was so small that when mike and his wifearrived and set up a family business that town still carried the less than flattering nickname of dirt . but new discoveries in the american energy business were in the course of changing everything . and major oil and gas meant m

he must hold a radio telephone second-class license or better issued by the federal communications commissione radio operator keeps in close touch with planes in flight, advising them on such things as operational details and weather conditions. using weather balloons and various recording devices, the united states weather bureau gathers nationwide climatic information and sends it via teletype to airlines across the country. the information is charted, analyzed, and interpreted into weather forecasts by the airline's meteorological department. this work requires specialized college training and unusual accuracy and judgment. the key figure in all flight operations is the flight superintendent. he is the man who decides whether the planes will fly or not. he releases all planes on his division, follows their progress in the air, and keeps the captains or pilots advised of conditions affecting their flight. the flight superintendent, together with the captain, plans each flight in detail. this exacting work calls for a pilot who is also a qualified dispatcher certificated by the civil aeronau

tonight on the communicators, federal communications commission or michael o'rielly. >> i think everyone has faced difficult circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. the network seems to be holding quite well. i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early. but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. in terms of some of the issues, the work from home issues, conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i wouldn't say it is the new normal, but it is more this way. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. federal reserve chair jerome powell will testify on monetary policy and the economy before the senate. live coverage begins tuesday on c-span. the senate judiciary committee convenes a hearing tuesday to examine police use of force and community policing. easternve at 2:30 p.m. on c-span, online at c-span.org, or on the c-span radio app. >> what do you think we can do about that? >> with police reform, protests, and coronavirus continuing to affect the country, watch live coverage of the government response with briefings f

that from an executive order signed in me the commerce department has no i asked the federal communications commission about whether or not it needs to change section 23 or of a 1996 act so you're thinking what's the big deal about that well essentially this pretext tech companies if you put something on a social media forum that attacks donald trump or joe biden or flatter me or puton and they take it don't you then can't sue that company so what donald trump would like is the opportunity to do that this is part of his fight against twitter we've seen over the last couple of months where just the other day he was talking about trending and a lot of it as lies about donald trump but also twitters also pulled some of his tweets because they say they were misleading and they've also fact check some of his tweets donald trump doesn't like that and so he's going after the the the tech giant by going through the federal communications commission is this likely to change before the election highly unlikely the f.c.c. will take some time to go through even though it has an in-built republican majority but ev

tonight on "the communicators," federal communications commission or michael o'rielly." >> everyone is faced with the difficult circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well. i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody to early so we will have to see if things hold that i'm pretty impressed with where things are now. in terms of some of the connectivity issues, the work from home issues, certainly conference is being done through this medium are more likely to increase over time. i wouldn't say this is the new normal, but it is more this way then returning to the old style. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> joining us from nashville's dr. william shatner, -- -- s joining us is dr. william schaffner. let's

votes expected on nathan simonton's nomination to be a member of the federal communications commission and stephen sydney schwartz to be a judge on the u.s. court of federal claims. on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., the senate homeland security committee considers therapeutic treatments for covid-19 patients who do not require hospitalization. joe biden announces his nominees for health-related positions in his administration, including health and human services secretary, surgeon general, and the head of the centers for disease control and prevention. at 2:30 p.m., the senate commerce subcommittee on security hears from admiral charles rate, vice commandant of the u.s. coast guard, on readiness in the arctic. a deep dive into the world of vaccine development, we are joined by dr. david diemert, an associate professor of medicine at george washington university, clinical director of the research unit, where a trial for one of the vaccines is underway. dr. diemert, which vaccine are you studying? explain how this trial is being put together. are a site at gw, we for the phase three clinical vac

there are other entities like the federal communications commission and the federal reserve board whichas a degree of independence from the president, meaning the president cannot control their policymaking operations. that is important, because a president who is determined to skew things in his favor could control the fed not to promote the long-term health of the economy, but to promote the short-term popularity of the white house. that would not be good. the federal communications commission would regulate -- has to be outside of political hands. the independent agencies are now in serious constitutional jeopardy. there is a view gaining traction on the supreme court they are constitutionally article, meaning they have to be removed. that is held in good faith by some people. it would wreak havoc with our apparatus of government. it would take immensely important parts of the government, whether you love how they are acting or not, and it would put them squarely in the political domain of the president. that is more likely to happen under president trump then under president biden.

i appreciate you inviting know testify and update you on the federal communications commission. internet connectivity is more important than ever. americans rely on broadband to telework, learn, talk to doctors, and stay in touch with loved ones. that is why we're using every resource to deal with this unprecedented emergency. a commitment to, among other things, not terminate service to residential or small business consumers because of their inability to pay their bills due to disruptions. more than 780 providers took the pledge including all of our largest if has been critical for millions of american consumers. these companies especially small ones cannot continue to provide service without being paid for an indefinite period of time. as the pledge ends i have called on providers not to disconnection consumers in july, but to instead adopt extended payment plans to make sure they have a chance to catch up. this transition period will give congress the chance next month to provide funding to help ensure that many americans have continued access to broadband and tellphone serv

federal communications commission or michael o'reilly. >> i think everyone is faced with different circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well and i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early so we will have to see if things hold but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. in terms of some of the connectivity issues and some of the work from home issues and certainly conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i would not say it's the new normal but it is more this way then returning fully to the old-style. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> let's bring in an actual expert on this topic so we will turn to brian who is the chief executive officer of the property and environment research center. he will walk us through what happens with the great american outdoors act and he will tell us all the details that we need to know great brian, good morning. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> host: i can hear you just fine but thank you for b

my response is to the executive order, which is you don't want the federal communications commissiong those decisions for all of online speech. the president is asking us to do so. it does not work under the constitution, and if we want to redo section 230, there is a path to do that -- ask congress to rewrite the law. emily: what is your take on social media in public discourse? these are incredibly influential platforms. they can have consequences. >> historic consequences. washington is in my backyard. social media is how so many of us get our news, and it's also how we are exposing what's wrong , through videos we share, so it's very important. it is challenging to figure out what the future of social media looks like, but i'm think the executive order -- i don't think the executive order kitsap right. hasy: meanwhile, the crisis exposed a divide between those who have internet and those who don't. the fccabout the steps is taking to close that gap, and whether or not you think it is going smoothly. comm. rosenworcel: this pandemic has exposed a hard truth. we've got millions of

overseeing our nation's communications systems, it is of the onsibility f.c.c., the federal communications commission, to stay that americans connected when it matters most communications' providers are ready for whatever disaster comes their way. networks online through the course of a hurricane or a wildfire is a difficult task, the fact of the matter is far too utages occur frequently. that reality is due in large change.climate according to the national climate assessment, the recent severe f increasingly storms and disasters are only continue.o while we're not here asking the f.c.c. or even the communication the problem solve of climate change, we do expect th of our stewards communication systems and etworks, to adapt with the times. to make progress in this regard, we need to start with data. disaster information reporting system, or dirs, was the f.c.c. in 2007, so that communications' could report the status of communication systems during disasters. dirs is activated in advance of a potential storm precautionary measure. n more extreme cases, dirs is activated in the leadup to a disaster an

judge for the us court of federal claims and nathan bennington become a member of the federal communications commission. lawmakers are working on legislation passed this friday at midnight deadline. when the senate me

and they went on the federal communications commission. >> susan s. for sharing some of your expertise, background and current work on the communicators. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> just a reminder that this communicators program as well as all others are available as podcasts. >> 2020 presidential democratic candidate holds a campaign event in detroit. watch live coverage at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. online@c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> senator bernie sanders holds a roundtable with public health experts and leaders in detroit. he will be discussing the global coronavirus and how to address it. live coverage starts at 315 eastern today on c-span three. you can watch online or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time. since you cannot be everywhere, there is c-span. our programming differs from all of their political coverage for one simple reason. it is c-span. we brought you your unfiltered view of government every day si

well they are protected in that role and a section 213 what he wants the federal communication commission to do now is to reinterpret the law by saying twitter is no longer allowed to comment on his tweets but in us law platforms have a independent 1st amendment right to expression so they can read it that they can't comment they can fact check and this has been confirmed by the courts up to the supreme court time and time again he's just wrong on the law this is an act of political posturing so that brings america's $43.00 experts are right down and and everybody does seem to be reins against the president on this do you think that is this is pure posturing or do you think that he's trying to achieve something else by doing this. when he's trying to achieve something and he has achieved already something namely now we're talking about that as a legal question but it is not actually a legal question it is a political act an attempt to divide the platforms to divide facebook from twitter as we've seen to do to divide the democrats because they have also called for stronger regulation of pl

and the only reason that could happen is because they had to spend the rule that the federal communications commission or election commission came later that they upheld that every announced candidate from every party had to debate before 20 people were on stage and they basically got around that but it was very easy for the future incumbents like richard nixon or lyndon johnson to avoid debate and it was only through some very clever lawyers on the part of the former aide and there almost wasn't a debate in 1980 and then there were three candidates and which candidates would be included. i will say a couple things how i write about it. first of all, going into the debate, the two candidates were pretty much tied. somehow imagine he dominated for most of the part but after, ronald reagan shot ahead like a rocket and the fundamental reason is they believed ronald reagan, not everyone of course but a lot of people believed he was an extremist and bold. that he wasn't up to the job of the presidency, and they were desperate to have a debate. they were frightened to have a debate because both sides fought

as his critics are calling a political vendetta, right, get involved, get the federal trade commission, federal communicationsmission involved in something that, you know, these agencies are supposed to be independent, right? and so this is getting them involved in something that's political just a few months before the election. and so it can sort of go either way, but it's clear now, overnight, as twitter has flagged another tweet that this is not going to end. >> i mean, the writing is on the wall here, anita. is there any checks and balances involved to hold the president accountable per these advances that he has made on these social media companies that we've seen? >> i think the thing that you're going to see is him being taken to court. and so many times in the last 3, 3 1/2 years, that's sort of the mechanism people use. they'll take him to court and sort of let the courts decide. but i think you might see congress get involved. you saw members of congress say what he's trying to do changes that law. so there might be some members willing to do that. it's unclear, though, if the neat would go that wa

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joining us, the chairman of the federal communications commission, ajit pai. ajit, good to have you with us. it's been some time that we knew that both of these companies were turning over information that they gathered in the course of their normal businesses to people's liberation army, to chinese intelligence. why this decision now? >> well, thanks for having me on, lou. unlike in communist china, we have the rule of law in this country. and in november of 2019, the fcc proposed to ban the use of fcc funding being used by telecom carriers here in the united states on problematic equipment or services coming from carriers like huawei and zte. we initially proposed to designate them as national security threats, but we wanted everyone to make their case. we a heard from the executive branch, from congress, from other stakeholders, and we heard from huawei and zte. the overwhelming weight of the evidence suggested that they would be national security threats, and that's why we moved forward today with a firm designation to plant a flag to say starting on july