first up this week is senator al franken. senator al franken, the judiciary committee, you hailed the failu

we will be addressing that hopefully in this congress. >> senator al franken, democrat of minnesota. senator franken: thank you. >> we also caught up with representative bob goodlatte. chairman goodlatte when you think about the judiciary committee, why are you down here? representative goodlatte: technology is something that is important to all americans. we play an important role. we have jurisdiction over intellectual property, patents copyrights, trade names, trade secrets. we are working on the innovation act. it is designed to control patent controls. they are strong supporters. we are also working on dealing with people's privacy's and protections of their civil liberties. that deals with the nsa and fisa court. it deals with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill that passed the house with a big bipartisan vote in the last congress -- we are about to bring it up again. it bans metadata collection and storage by the government. it still protects our national security in many ways. they are also interested in issues like making sure that brilliant y

al franken, bob goodlatte, and doris matsui. senator franken: i firmly believe that if comcast were bought by time warner cable, it would have been too big of a company, not in the public interest. it would have led to higher prices for consumers, less choice. senator goodlatte: we are also working on doing with people's privacy as protection of their civil liberties. that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the foreign intelligence surveillance act court dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote, we are about to bring it up again bans metadata collection and storage by the government. senator matsui: it was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. they should not be people who get faster access or not. when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that when chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal out there he hinted

minnesota senator, al franken. -- and california representative doris matsui. >> -- they would have been too big a company. not in the public interest. it would have led to higher prices for consumers. less choice. and if it is even possible that the -- >> we are also working on something important for technology companies, dealing with people's privacy, and that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the foreign intelligence surveillance act, dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill, which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote, we are about to bring it up again. bans metadata connection -- collection and storage of the government to>> if you saw the -- government. >> if you saw -- that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. so, when that occurs, that whole energy that happened with that -- when chairman wheeler because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal out there. when he just tinted th

first up senator al franken. senator senator al franken, you hailed a failure of the comcast-time warner merger as a win for consumers. why? >> guest: because i firmly believe if comcast were allowed to buy time warner they would have been to go big anti-competitive, led to higher prices for consumers, less choice and if it is even possible they would surface. >> host: is it because of the size? >> guest: the size and parts of different markets. they have 30% of cable between them and 57% of internet broadband, high-speed internet broadband, that is just too big. i had a lot of content providers, networks come to me and say they were opposed to this deal but this gives you some idea of what happens when you get this big, they were afraid to say so to be public because they feared retrobution. >> host: did comcast come to you and try to influence your opinion >> guest: they did not. i have been against comcast-universal purchase and acquisition for some of the same reasons. this was much worth as far as i was conc

and several other people including al franken have done it for the u.s. senate. would be a fabulous senator. >> well tonight on letterman, bill murray and bob dylan. >> i would vote for him? a second. >> absolutely. >> and have bill murray be vice president or something. >>> mid 50s out there. bill moon, 56 degrees. scott lester in whispering pines, 54 degrees. a better barbecue weather coming up this weekend as it is milder and sunnier. but we are not to the holiday weekend yet. high red showers and thunderstorms all over the western third of the country today. as close as clear lake, we had mountain thunderstorms there. we may over the next couple of days as the low pressure scoots down the coast working its way into southern california. but then, higher pressure doesn't even move right over the bay area. it gets close and changes the wind direction. it has been out of the southwest for 18 straight days. it will turn more northwesterly. drier, sunnier, milder, finally making it back into the low to mid 70s away from the waters in time for the holiday weekend. o

first up this week is senator al franken. senator al franken, the judiciary committee, you hailed the failure of the comcast/time warner merger as a win for consumers. why? >> guest: well because i firmly believe that if comcast were allowed to buy time warner cable, that they would have been too big a company, they would have been anti-competitive, not in the public interests. it would have led to higher prices for consumers less choice. and if it's even possible with these two companies, worse service. >> host: is it because of the size of the company? >> guest: yeah. well size and what parts of the market they have, they have about 30% of cable between them and about 57% of internet broadband, high-speed internet broadband. that's just too big. and i had a lot of content providers, networks come to me and say they were opposed to this deal, but they were -- it'll just give you some idea of what happens when you get this big, they were afraid to say so, to be public, because they feared retribution. >> host: did comcast com

al franken, bob goodlatte endorsements to -- and doris. >> i believe that if comcast bought time warner cable it would be too big of a company. it would have led to higher prices for consumers, less choice. and if it is even possible worse service. >> we are working on something important to technology companies dealing with privacy and protection of civil liberties, legislation dealing with the nsa and the foreign intelligence surveillance act court dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill that passed the house with a bipartisan vote, about to bring it up again bans metadata collection and storage. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also, that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that with chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal up there when you just ended that there might be paid prioritization -- when he j

>> al franken wrote a loving piece the other day and he reminded me of something i remember hearing ats the show and there were certain rules when the show began following johnny and those rules limited how much you could do in a monologue, didn't it? >> they were the best rules we could have gotten and they really helped the show form itself and identify itself. we couldn't have a big orchestra so we had a tight little paul shaffer band. we couldn't do a long monologue, so we did what we called opening remarks. and that turned out to be good for the show. it seemed tighter, smaller, less cumbersome odor you know newer. for the time it just seemed later on its feet. also speaking of band leaders, you picked a great clip with paul shaffer and the actor/singer because it demonstrated how much paul shaffer played in the comedy of the show because he could do the spit takes, the panic that you could not get dave to do that dave would provide plenty of other things. but it was a great -- it was a great recipe for a lot of different bits to have paul there. >> i just want to keep showing the

and several other people including al franken has done it for the u.s. senate.enator. >> mayor might have something there. to quote a letterman phrase, tonight's final program should be more fun that humans should be allowed to have. details top secret about the final show except there will be a lot of surprise appearances and memorable highlights. all the fun starts tonight at 11:35 and, of course, you can watch it right here on channel 5. >>> san jose-based company is combining coffee and tea with marijuana. house of jane is the outgrowth of an experiment by owner jill amen. she started testing out her ideas after a trip to amsterdam and since she launched the products five months ago the four flavors of k-cups are in high demand. amen says her brand is about getting rid of the stigma and stoner image associated with weed. >> our target market is much more mainstream. we are not -- we're not marketing at all to the barely legal. our products don't necessarily appeal to a pothead. >> the company currently processes up to 1400 k-cups and 700 bags of marijuana in

minnesota senator al franken, virginia congressman bob goodlatte and california representative doris matsui we. >> i firmly believe if comcast were allowed to buy time warner cable that they would've been too big a company. they would've an anticompetitive not in the public interest that would've led to higher prices for consumers, less choice, and if it's even possible with these two companies. >> we are also working on a technology come together with privacy and protection of civil liberties and that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the fisa court, the foreign intelligence surveillance act court did it with revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata this bill which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote in the last congress we are about to bring it up again dan's metadata collection and storage by the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. so when that occurred that whole energy that happene

minnesota senator al franken virginia congressman bob goodltt. >> i firmly believe that comcast were allowed to buy time warner cable they would have been anticompetitive, not in the public interests. it would have led to higher prices for consumers less choice and. >> we're also working on something on companies dealing with people's privacy and protection of their civil liberties and that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the fisa court the foreign intelligence surveillance act court, dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata, this bill which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote, in the last congress, we're about to brick it up again bans metadata collection and storage by the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also, that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. so when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that when chairman wheeler because of the overturning of the open internet order -- when he had to

al franken, bob goodlatte and california representative doris mystery. >> if they were allowed to buy time warner, they would have been too big a company noncompetitive not the public interest. it would lead to higher prices for consumers, less choice, and if it's even possible with these two companies, were service. >> -- worse service. >> we are dealing with privacy and protection of civil liberties. that's legislation dealing with the nsa and the fire is a core the foreign intelligence surveillance act courts dealing with the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote in the last congress. we are about to bring it up again, it bans metadata collection and storage by the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also, that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. so when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that when chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to

al franken, bob goodlatte, and doris matsui. >> i firmly believe comcast and time warner cable woulde been too big, anticompetitive, not in the public interest would have led to higher prices for consumers, less choice. if it's even possible with the state of your companies, worse service. >> we are also working on technology companies, dealing with people's privacy and protection of civil liberties. that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the fisa court dealing with the revelations about a gathering of telephone metadata. this bill, which passed the house with a bipartisan vote in the last congress, about to bring it up again, bans metadata collection and storage from the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also, that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. there should not be people who get faster access or not. when that occurred, that energy that happened with that, when chairman wheeler, a cousin of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal out there he hinted there might be

al franken, bob goodlatte, and doors matsui. >> if comcast were allowed to buy time warner cable, they would have been to be a company they would have been anticompetitive, not in the public interest. it would have led to higher prices for consumers. it is possible that these two companies. >> we are also working on dealing with people's privacy and protection of their civil liberties. and that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the foreign's intelligence service act record dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone metadata. this bill with a big partisan vote, we are about to bring it up again. metadata, collection and storage by the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality page, that was unbelievable, in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that, when chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal up there when he just hinted that it might be paid pri

. >>> we spoke with three members of congresses, al franken bob good. there -- goodlatt and doris matsui. >> i think if comcast could have bought time warner it would have led to less choice and higher prices and worse service. >> and we are work with technology companies dealing with privacy and civil lirktberties so when that occurred that whole energy that happened with that, when chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal out there, when he just hinted that there might be paid prioritization in which that really means is that from the internet provider to the end user, which is the customer, in essence, that they may have to pay for faster speeds or whatever i mean 4 million comments? that was unheard of. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. >>> the u.s. supreme court heard oral argument in april on the armed career criminal act and whether the law triggers excessive sentences and is unconstitutionally vague. the law is a version of the 1983 three strike's law.

al franken bob good lath and doris matsui. >> firmly believe that comcast were allowed to buy time warner cable that they would have been too big a company, ant competitive not in the public interest, would have led to higher prices for consumers, less choice. and if even possible. >> we're also working on something part of technology dealing with privacy and protection of civil liberties and that is legislation dealing with the nsa and the fisa court. dealing with the revelations about the gathering of telephone meta statea. this bill which passed the house with a big parp vote in the last congress we're about to bring it up again, bans meta data collection and storage by the government. >> if you saw the net neutrality debate also that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. and there should not be people who get faster access or not. so when that he occurred, that whole energy that happened with that when chairman wheeler because of the overturning of the open internet order, when he had to have a new proposal up there, when he just hinted

minnesota senator al franken virginia congressman bob goodlatte, and congresswoman doris matsui.enator franken: if they had been allowed to be you buy time warner cable, it would have been less choice for consumers. representative goodlatte: it is legislation dealing with the nsa and the fisa court the court dealing with regulations about the gathering of telephone metadata, and this bill which passed the house with a big bipartisan vote. we are about to bring it up again. fans, metadata collection and storage by the government. representative matsui: if you saw the net neutrality debate, that was unbelievable in the sense that people understand that the internet should be free. there should not be people who get access or not. when that occurred, that whole energy that happened with that when chairman wheeler, because of the overturning of the open internet order -- when he had to have a new proposal out there, when he hinted that there might be prioritization, that means that the internet provider to the end user, which is the customer in essence, that they may have to pay afte