so chairman ajit pai alternative route to you . ajit: good afternoon and happy new year's to all of you. heartfelt thank you to the doctor. and my good friend for the opening remarks. it's wonderful to be able to work with you. i really appreciate you and everyone at the new international studies . this my first time speaking csis as we mentioned . in the first time and fcc has spoken and a quarter of a century believe it or not. 1986, hunt men chairman, two thirds of the population and never made a phone call. half of all people it was a tour date walk. enough course is very different considering we live in a world where there are more cell phones than people. thank you so fair to say there's been too long since someone in this position has addressed csis . was actually a connection in 1990, this was more personal . the debt this out of my own memory bank. as i was working on this speech . is a fall 1990, ancient history for those millennial's. an engine sears out there . one of my favorite classes as a harvard graduate prayed a hi

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. >> tonight on the communicators, outgoing chair of the fcc, i jide by, on the -- ajit pai. >> i do think time has come for congress to put on the printed page those open internet protections that all of us can agree on. no throttling, no prioritization, transparency. these are basic principles we can all agree on but, again, it is up to elected officials and the next congress. i hope we will not see a reprieve of what we saw in 2017 and 2018. >> new york governor andrew cuomo delivered his annual state of the state address in albany. the governor spoke about the to covid-19 and called on the state to provide more funding. his current term and sin january, 20 -- his current term ends in january, 2023. gov. cuomo: good morning to all. please welcome the lieutenant governor. the attorney general, and the leader andrea stewart cousins, speaker carl heastie, assembly minority leader who are all joining us electronically in this special year. in this special year. happy new year to all. i believe it is with near universal relief that 2020 has comean

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

our guest this week is the outgoing chair of the fcc, ajit pai.e have about 10 minutes left in our interview. can 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, subscribing to cable? there are streaming services now. how would you describe this landscape? chairman pai: i think from a consumer perspective, the landscape is richer than ever, in the sense that consumers have a choice not only in the kind of content they want to watch, but also the platform in which they want to watch it. it's hard to remember because of the times we live in, but i remember as a kid when in rural kansas my options were three broadcast channels. if the satellite dish was positioned in a certain way, maybe a few channels over that network. how different it is now. now, my kids, for example, when they say we want to watch tv, they could mean broadcast tv. but more likely they might mean, , hey, dad, can you put up a show on netflix? "

and anyone else to. >> kennedy: ajit pai is the free-speech sec chairman that we had and i appreciated about him. katie, let's talk about the hypocrisy a little bit. it's a lazy and intellectual fall back to say president trump is literally hitler. these sites are giving platforms to actual tyrants who actually kill women, gays, and journalists like nicola maternal, the ayatollah and president erdogan in turkey who was turned into a full-blown murderous authoritarian. >> katie: not helpful for people to be on spee parler calr the vice president to be executed. let's not pretend twitter is a clean platform. antifa is still on the platform with a nobler number of accounts that have organized a number of riots throughout the past year. let's not forget when isis was still in business they were using the platform to engage in terrorist activity. today you have dictators responsible for the killing of their own citizens. they are still able to freely post. twitter is going to claim that they are open to everyone, while also picking and choosing winners and losers, it shows the hypocrisy and

. >> outgoing fcc chair ajit pai spoke about advancements the u.s. has made in 5g technology and china's role in producing that technology. and the discussion touched on the fcc's role in addressing 230 protections granted to social media companies and advancements in space exploration and communications technology. >> good afternoon, everybody, welcome. this is john hamry, i'm the president at csis and we're just excited to have this opportunity to hear from the chairman of the federal communications commission ajit pai. he's been a remarkable leader these years, these last years and this is going to be a real opportunity of learning for all of us

. >> outgoing fcc chair ajit pai spoke about advancements the u.s. has made in 5g technology and china's role in producing that technology. and the discussion touched on the fcc's role in addressing 230 protections granted to social media companies and advancements in space exploration and communications technology. >> good afternoon, everybody, welcome. this is john hamry, i'm the president at csis and we're just excited to have this opportunity to hear from the chairman of the federal communications commission ajit pai. he's been a remarkable leader these years, these last years and this is going to be a real opportunity of learning for all of us. let me turn to cleave johnson who is going to give an intro to this session and then we look forward to listening to chairman pai's comments and then i'll come back and ask a few questions and moderate the discussion. let me turn to you. >> thank you so much, dr. hamre, and all of those of you viewing and thank you to csis and chairman pai for joining you gos. i'm a partner and a center senior fellow and

. >> chris, we will begin with you, last week, ajit pai questioned whether or not there should be media ownership rules at all, given the landscape of the media marketplace. is this an issue that may come up in the fcc or congress? chris, emily, and leah. >> i feel in terms of media, the more likely thing congress will move on, especially because senator cantwell,, is figurin out rules how social media platforms and news companies should interact, or we should have some sort of model like australia, where we pay what we use, or a should be advertising budgets given the state of media, where we have lost tens of thousands of jobs this year. >> i don't think most democrats would agree with what he was saying about media ownership rules. i think the fcc is going to have to deal with this. jeffrey starks has been focused on diversity in media ownership. i think that is the route we will see over the next couple of years. >> the only thing i would note is next week, the supreme court is set to hear that case. depending on how the supreme court decides the case, it could come up in congress.

. >> ajit pai as the outgoing chairman of the federal communications commission. thank you for your time. emily birnbaum, thank you as well. emily: thank you. ajit: thanks so much, folks. emily: thank you. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies

monday night on the communicators, outgoing chair of the federal communication's commission ajit pai under a future under the biden residency. >> -- biden presidency. position, iok this wanted to put on the page things we all agree on, very basic principles. it's up to elected officials in the next congress and administration to make that determination. i hope as they engage in that debate, we will not see a reprieve of what we saw in 2017 and 2018. >> vitae, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. news program,ay la makers from both parties talked about the security breach at the capitol and calls for president trump to be impeached or leave office before the inauguration of his and elect biden. know, i think we need to review what actually happened on wednesday. the national guard was requested by the d.c. council and was rejected. we are talking about and we are hearing about a complete and utter lack of preparation.

. >> host: pilot i want as call for, and chris will begin with you, last week ajit pai question on this program whether or not they should be media ownership rules at all, given that the landscape of the media marketplace. is this an issue that may come up in fcc and congress? we will go chris, emily and then leah nylen. >> guest: i feel like in terms of sort of media rights a media rules i think the likely thing congress will move on especially because senator cantwell has spoken on this is figuring out rules between how social media platforms and news companies should interact, or we should have some sort of modeling like australia where they pay outlets to users of what it should just be rules about advertising budgets given the state of media where we lost tens of thousands of jobs just in this year. >> guest: i think media, i don't think most democrats would agree with what he was saying about media ownership rules but a think inevitably the fcc is going to have to deal with this. i think it is jeffrey starks has been pretty focus on diversity in media ownership, and i think that i

ajit pipe. we have about ten minutes left in our interview. chairman paicould you opine a little bit on the changes in media and the last four years and i know we talk about this on a regular basis and people are cutting the cord and are people watching broadcast media or our people subscribing to cable and they are streaming services now so how would you describe this landscape? >> guest: thread comes boomer perspective it's richer and that they have a choice not only of what kind of content they want to watch but also the platform on which they want to watch it and i know it's hard to remember because we live in these times that we are in but living day to day as a kid when in rural kansas my options were three broadcast channels and if the satellite dish would be positioned in a certain way you would be a few channels over that network and how different it is now and my kids when they say we want to watch tv they could mean broadcast tv but more likely they might mean dad, could you put a show on netflix which they love at the moment on her ipad. becaus

young man, young man, pick yourself off the ground a note ♪ ♪ >> outgoing fcc chair ajit pai spoke aboutoncerns regarding china's role in producing that technology. the discussion also touched on the fcc role in addressing section 230 protections granted the social media companies and advancements in space exploration and communication technology. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome. visit john hamre, president of csis and we're just excited to have this opportunity to hear from the chairman of the federal communications commission, ajit pai. he's been a remarkable leader these years, these last years and this is going to be a real opportunity of learning for all of us. let me turn to cleve johnson who's going to give an info for the session and then we look forward to listening to chairman pai's comments and then come back and ask a few questions and then moderate the discussion. cleve, let me tell you. >> absolutely. thank you so much, dr. hamre, and thanks all of you who are viewing and us and partly thanks to csis and chairman pai for joining us. i think, i am a partner at wilkinso

excited to have this opportunity to hear from the chairman of the federal communications commission ajit pai. he's been a remarkable leader these last years and this is going to be a real opportunity of learning for all of us. to mr. johnson who will give an intro to this session and then we look forward comments >>.ai's thank you, so much, dr. hammery, and thank you to for and chairman pai joining us. csisa senior fellow at and i think we've had all the commissioners speak at csis and have saved the chairman for last. it is a safe way of saying we have invited him, and he's made the good decision to wait until he had accomplished about everything he could accomplish and come here to give a valedictory victory lap. had a very consequential tenure as chairman of the fcc on a whole host of issues but i'll focus on some of the issues that are most important to our audience. he has prompted an largely completed a process to begin equipment fromt our telecom infrastructure equipment. -- notd, in this case bad at all. also a town of important work in 5geamlining this process of wireless communicat

announcer: ajit pai commit tonight at 8:00 on "the communicators."ouncer: go to c-span.org for the latest video, live and on demand, to follow the transition of power. president trump, president-elect biden, news conferences and event coverage at c-span.org. announcer: you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to as a public service. henry olson is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. he has written books about conservatism, the republican party. mr. olson, how will last week's events and the final days of the trump presidency shape where the republican party goes from here? affect thes going to republican party very much. there has been a simmering civil war within the party over multiple issues. president trump took those pre-existing differences and moved them in the particularly personal direction. there is going to be a vigorous debate and battle within the party, culminat

. >> chair man ajit pai, thank you. this was so interesting and very valuable.i especially want to thank you for calling out the work of your colleagues, the colleagues in your own department, and your own staff, the colleagues in the interagency process who were very complementary, and also your colleagues at the state department that helps you. that stands apart, and i do want to say thank you for a very gracious -- it was wonderful that you did that. >> thank you. >> now let me, if i may, ask -- you have had such an interesting presentation, such rich content, and you've outlined the steps that you've taken, we have taken as a government to block huawei in expanding and 5g networks. but let me step back before that and ask how did huawei get the jumpstart on us? i think a lot of their technology was american produced. we just didn't have a company that could step forward selling into the marketplace that huawei did. why did that happen, and what should we do about that? >> it's a very interesting question, doctor hamre. before we do that, thank you for recogn

excited to have this opportunity to hear from the chairman of the federal communications commission ajit pai. he's been a remarkable leader these last years and this is going to be a real opportunity of learning for all of us. to mr. johnson who will give an intro to this session and then we look forward to chairman pai's

as they engage in that debate i hope we will not see a reprise of the what we saw in 2018. >> ajit paimmunicators on c-span2. the u.s. house of representatives is considering a second impeachment of donald trump. it could be as early as tomorrow that they unveil an article of impeachment against of the president. formause has a pro session, something procedurally they have to do while on recess but we are hearing they may do this at 11:00 tomorrow morning. beyond that we are not sure what happens, but it is possible the house will be in a midweek debate on a single article of impeachment against president trump that follows the deadly assault on the u.s. capitol on wednesday and everything that has come after that. politico.com talks about the issues democrats are grappling with, impeachment reality is and the rush to punish trump. the speaker and other senior democrats are weighing whether to impeach the president. the trial is all but certain to end in acquittal. closely and her leadership team discussed several options -- pelosi those that storm the capital, if they had security cle

. >> ajit pai as the outgoing chairman of the federal communications commission. we thank you for your time. emily birnbaum, thank you as well. emily: thank you. ajit: thanks so much, folks. emily: thank you. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies that provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. ♪ >> president-elect joe biden took a number of questions during his news conference on the security breach at the u.s. capitol, is inauguration, and the economy. he also introduced some of his economic team, including connecticut governor gina raimondo and mayor walsh to head up the labor department. pres.-elect biden: good afternoon. before i begin, let me just say two things. one, when this is all over, i'll take questions when we should finish today's announcements. but let me begin by expressing my deep sympathy for the family of capitol officer sicknick, who has died in the line of duty. our sympathies and our concern

ajit pai on the communicators on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. the u.s. of representatives is considering a second impeachment of donald trump. it could be as early as tomorrow that they unveil an article of impeachment against of the president. formause has a pro session, something procedurally they have to do while on recess but we are hearing they may do this at 11:00 tomorrow morning. beyond that we are not sure what happens, but it is possible the house will be in a midweek debate on a single article of impeachment against president trump that follows the deadly assault on the u.s. capitol on wednesday and everything that has come after that. politico.com talks about the issues democrats are grappling with, impeachment reality is and the rush to punish trump. the speaker and other senior democrats are weighing whether to impeach the president. the trial is all but certain to end in acquittal. closely and her leadership team discussed several options -- pelosi those that storm the capital, if they had security clearances, what they lose those security

ajit pai, the head of the f.c.c., was called a dirty, sneaky indian. his children were harassed in school. the press secretary sarah sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being a trump employee. the d.h.s. secretary kirstjen nielsen harassed at her home. trump donors -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. i'm sorry you couldn't hear me in the mic. the mic wasn't on. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. raskin: smashing windows and beating police officers over the head with fire extinguishers, a blood-thirsty mob attacked the capital and invaded this congress last wednesday. they erected a gallows and repeatedly chanted, "hang mike pence," they stormed speaker pelosiy yelling "where's nancy", they occupied the senate chamber. they wounded dozens of people. hos

ajit pai, the head of the f.c.c., was called a dirty, sneaky indian. his children were harassed in school. the press secretary sarah sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being a trump employee. the d.h.s. secretary kirstjen nielsen harassed at her home. trump

ajit pai, the head of the f.c.c., was called a dirty, sneaky indian. his children were harassed in school. the press secretary sarah sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being a trump employee. the d.h.s. secretary kirstjen nielsen harassed at her home. trump donors -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. i'm sorry you couldn't hear me in the mic. the mic wasn't on. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. raskin: smashing windows and beating police officers over the head with fire extinguishers, a blood-thirsty mob attacked the capital and invaded this congress last wednesday. they erected a gallows and repeatedly chanted, "hang mike pence," they stormed speaker pelosiy yelling "where's nancy", they occupied the senate chamber. they wounded dozens of people. hos

ajit pai, the head of the f.c.c., was called a dirty, sneaky indian. his children were harassed in school. the press secretary kiersten nelson -- i'm sorry, sarah sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being a trump employee. the dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen harassed at her home. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i'm sorry you couldn't hear me in the mic. the mic wasn't on. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. >> the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. >> smashing windows and beating police officers over the head with fire extinguishers. a bloodthirsty mob attacked the capital and invaded this congress last wednesday. they erected a gallows and repeatedly chanted "hang mike pence." they stormed speaker pelosi's office. they brandished the confederate battle flag and occupied the senate chamber. a wounded dozens of people, hospitalizing dozens of people.

ajit pai, the head of the f.c.c., was called a dirty, sneaky indian.is children were harassed in school. the press secretary sarah sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being a trump employee. the d.h.s. secretary kirstjen nielsen harassed at her home. trump donors -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. i'm sorry you couldn't hear me in the mic. the mic wasn't on. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. raskin: smashing windows and beating police officers over the head with fire extinguishers, a blood-thirsty mob attacked the capital and invaded this congress last wednesday. they erected a gallows and repeatedly chanted, "hang mike pence," they stormed speaker pelosiy yelling "where's nancy", they occupied the senate chamber. they wounded dozens of people. hospi