so i have supported the need for an fcc, but what it looks like, i think i'm open to considering all different changes maybe put manufacture me. >> one thing that, one of the things that's going to affect how fast you all can undo some of the things that the democrats did at the fcc is whether you have a majority. and with commissioner rosenworcel stepping down, there's still two current fcc democratic commissioners. do you have any insights, thoughts or unscientific wild guesses as to what chairman tom wheeler will do come january 30th? or should, or what he should do? >> guest: you know, the nomination process and the confirmation process done by, you know, the u.s. senate. a number of good friends there and former employers. they have their process. i leave it to them on how that shakes out. but to your point, you know, tom has always surprised me over the years. we've disagreed, though, you know, in a very thoughtful way i like to believe. i don't have any clue what he may or may not do. traditionally, the chairperson has resigned at the instance of a new commission, so i wouldn'

the need for an fcc, but what it looks like, i think i am open to considering any changes but before me. things that ishe going to affect how fast you all can undo some of the things that the democrats did at the fcc is whether you have a majority, and with commissioner rosen wurtzel stepping down, there are still two fcc democratic commissioners. do you have any inside thoughts or unscientific wild guesses as to what chairman tom wheeler will do come january 30, or what he should do? know, thely: you nomination process and confirmation process is done by the u.s. senate. a number of good friends there and former employers. they have their process. atleave it to them on how th shakes out, but to your point, tom has surprised me over the years. i have always disagreed in a thoughtful way. i have no clue what he may or may not do. traditionally, the chairperson the instance of a new commission, so i would not be surprised if that were the case, but tom has always run things a different way. those are kind of some of the problems we have had. zebra other than the rating thing, do you ha

so i have supported the need for an fcc but what it looks like i'm open to considering all changes beforee. >> host: one thing that is in effect how fast you all can undo the things that the democrats did at the fcc is whether you have a majority, and with the commissioner stepping down there's still two current fcc democratic commissioners. do you have any insight, thoughts or unscientific wild guesses what chairman tom wheeler will do come january 30th or what he should do? >> guest: the nomination process and the confirmation process done by the u.s. senate, number of good friends there, and former employers. they have their process. i leave itself to them. to your point, tom is always surprised me over the years. we disagreed, though in a very thoughtful way. like to believe. don't have any clue what he may or may not do. traditionally the chair person has resigned the instance of a new commission, so i wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. but tom has always run things different way. it's kind of some of the problems with we have had. >> host: other then the zero rate doing yo

however, as i understand it, the fcc has done the math and estimates that it would cost an unaffiliated mobile video service provider like netflix or hulu far more to participate in the program than the $35 a month that directv currently charges. the fcc argues then that participation in the program would make it difficult if not infeasible for a directv now competitor to offer its customers a competitively priced service. so my question is, mr. stevenson, explain again how your company is not taking money out of the -- how this isn't anti-competitive because you'd be taking money out of your right pocket and putting in the your left pocket if directv is paying a lower price and you're basically supplementing them and as the fcc asks in its most recent letter to you, how exactly does directv make payments to at&t mobility for this service and do the respective entities record such payments? >> i don't know what exactly the payment mechanism is across entities. >> i think it would be good that you did know it. >> the results reflect -- well, i don't know if we do a wire transfer or if th

so this is an active ongoing fcc proceeding. just as a side note, this is about as bipartisan as things get i think on these issues where everyone is in agreement we want to make progress on these. there's an administration happening but that one is going to keep going, be my guess. issues like that are teed up and active commission proceeding. as paige said -- to the gentleman's question from before, when you get that high, the provocation gets real small and the most sensible licensing approach for spectrum, whatever anybody else around the ability of someone to use directional technologies. you're never going to be kilometers in distance. what does that mean for the best way to use that. this is not a theoretical question. >> john, i think you have the last word. please join me in thanking your panel today. thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> tonight programs on heart and american history including paintings of 19th century washington, d.c., artists depictions of the revolutionary war and george washington. a tour of the andy

we might want to shut down "the new york times," but he's also going to probably appoint an fcc that will get rid of stupid new tral tee laws that hillary clinton was in favor of that would totally discriminate and change kind of the jurunderlyin framework and internet data get sent around . oh might end up having a more positive effect and opening up the very framework by which we are more free to speak in more different context that we might not even be able to imagine yet. >> just one follow-up on diversity. i basically agree with you, but i think we need to acknowledge that diversity is very difficult and can be very painful. for many years it's because it's been very popular to celebrate diversity, kind of not correct to acknowledge that it is -- it's not easy. it's painful t.. it's difficult. it creates confrontation. celebrate diversity by itself, it's just the fact that you have to cope with it. it's not that the more diverse it is the better it is. that's two different types of sizes. and we have to be honest that it's not easy. and we see that all around the world right now

we might want to shtut down "the new york times," but he's also going to probably appoint an fcc that will get rid of stupid new net neutrality laws that hillary clinton was in favor of that would totally discriminate and change kind of the jurndunderlying framework and internet speech and internet data get sent around. he might end up having a more positive effect and opening up the very framework by which we are more free to speak in more different context that we might not even be able to imagine yet. flemming: just one follow-up on diversity. i basically agree with you, but i think we need to acknowledge that diversity is very difficult and can be very painful. for many years, it's because it's been very popular to celebrate diversity, kind of not correct to acknowledge that it is -- it's not easy. it's painful. it's difficult. it creates confrontation. you have confrontations. and i think one shouldn't celebrate diversity as a virtue evaluated by itself. it's just the fact that you have to cope with it. it's not that the more diverse it is the better it is. that's two different t

so this is an active ongoing fcc proceeding. just as a side note, this is about as bipartisan as things get i think on these issues where everyone is in agreement we want to make progress on these. there's an administration happening but that one is going to keep going, be my guess. issues like that are teed up and active commission proceeding. as paige said -- to the gentleman's question from before, when you get that high, the provocation gets real small and the most sensible licensing approach for spectrum, whatever anybody else around the ability of someone to use directional technologies. you're never going to be kilometers in distance. what does that mean for the best way to use that. this is not a theoretical question. >> ojohn, i think you have the last word. please join me in thanking your panel today. thank you so much. [ applause ] . >>> coming up shortly on our companion network c-span president obama holds a news conference before leaving for his annual family vacation in hawaii. this could be the last news conferenc

however, as i understand it, the fcc has done the math and estimates that it would cost an unaffiliated mobile service provider like netflix or hulu far more to participate in the program than the $35 a month of direct tv currently charges the fcc argues then that participation in the program would make it difficult if not infeasible for a direct tv now competitor to offer its customers how does direct tv make payments to at&t mobility for this service do the respective entities record such payments. >> i think it would be good that you did know it. >> the results reflect -- i don't know if we actually do a wire transfer or journal entry to record the transfer, but at the end of the day, the results of direct tv there a cost incurred by delivering mobility. how do we know that you can't be favoring something that you own direct tv as opposed to some entity that would like to have their data delivered free to the consumer. >> we are charging everybody the exact same -- the lowest wholesale price for data transport that we have, everybody gets the same, big companies, small companies. >>

in a number of these cases, there have been parallel commitments with the fcc with an understanding of the fcc would do the enforcement because they are the regulator of the industry with expertise, so i will say -- for example, on access to program and comcast-abcu, there were restrictions put in place to not impose those because the fcc was putting those restrictions in place. tryingere parallels for to block online innovation and video, and the department of justice clips and degree -- department of justice consent decree said they would defer to the fcc for action in most, nearly all instances. dualone of those involved agency action with a reliance on industryor the deep expertise. mr. chairman, you had raised the section 5 issue. i want to point out that we believe the court decision was horrible and needs to be repealed, but there is a gap tephensonlieve mr. s mist, which is that if they purchased time warner and have content, the fcc can only regulate their common carrier business. they are restricted by congress to only look at common carriage assets, which i do not believe th

does the fcc have a role in that? >> i think it is an important issue. one that congress has been aggressive on in trying to find the right solutions. other agencies are doing so as well. the fcc's role is relatively limited by the statute that governs us. thee i do believe government has a role to monitor and potentially provide additional fixes in this space they are not authorized by the law for us to do. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> good morning from washington, d.c. the 2016 president of campaign that began two years ago today moves to its final stage as directed under the u.s. constitution, the electors meeting in all 50 state capitals. it's not the popular vote, the electoral college boat that the kerman's -- that determines how is like our president. we will be monitoring what's going to be happening. the states in red, states that incted donald trump, those -- 270 electoral votes needed. hillary clinton getting 232 electoral votes. double trouble winning with 306 electoral votes. -- donald trump winning with 3

seems to be doing -- i've been trying to figure out the right language so i don't get fined by the fcc, anu. tour. in that he is so critical. i think we'll all be okay with that. >> i think so but that sort of, that captures it in your view, huh? >> yes, what he said about hillary clinton and her campaign and drawing that contrast. what he has done to israel and to benjamin netanyahu, that there are people that he has had political difficulties with and those -- by the way, republican members of the house and senate, the people who he's disagreed with over the last eight years he's gone to great pains to draw a contrast between the things that he says and the things that they have done in a way that makes me think he's trying to settle scores before he leaves and that's not presidential particularly for someone like barack obama who is such a great communicator. >> what effect does it have on the nation? >> it has no effect because we all are divided. the people that love barack obama will be offended by what i just said. the people that dislike him intensely will think i haven't gone far

the fcc decided they were going to kick that deal toward an administrative hearing. the fcc does not have jurisdiction over this -- and clearly that is what at&t and time warner actually believe -- then the fcc may not get involved in this at all. i think this deal has a high likelihood of going through. emily: mark cuban made a point that is getting a lot of attention about what it means for facebook, apple, google. take a listen to what he had to say. >> they are five of the seven most valuable companies, and all have established dominant positions. that is exactly why the time warner acquisition for at&t is it an important strategic acquisition. alone, it will be difficult if not impossible for either to compete with the companies i mentioned. together it will still be difficult, but they will have a chance to battle the dominant players and increase consumer choice. emily: would you echo that in terms of fallout? >> with respect, i would disagree with mr. cuban. the reality is that the video content that is available on facebook or on any of the other platforms t

we might want to shtut down "the new york times," but he's also going to probably appoint an fcc thatty laws that hillary clinton was in favor of that would totally discriminate and change kind of the jurndunderlying framework and internet data. but he might end up having a more positive effect and opening up the very framework by which we are more free to speak in more different context that we might not even be able to imagine yet. >> just one follow-up on diversity. i basically agree with you, but i think we need to acknowledge that diversity is very difficult and can be very painful. for many years it's because it's been very popular to celebrate diversity, kind of not correct to acknowledge that it is -- it's not easy. it is painful. it is difficult. it creates conflict. you have confrontations. celebrateould not diversity as a virtue by itself, it's just the fact that you have to cope with it. it's not that the more diverse a site is, the better it is, the more homogenous it is, or the better it is. that's two different types of sizes. and we have to be honest that it's not easy

the new york times" or shut down jeff bezos who owns the "washington post" but he will also appoint an fcc that gets rid of stupid net neutrality laws that hillary clinton was in favor of that would change the underlying framework of how internet speech and internet expression and internet data gets sent around. so on a certain level he might -- he might be awful in everything he says and yet he might end up having a more positive affect in opening up the very framework by which we are more free to speak in more different context that we might not even be able to imagine yet. >> just one follow-up on diversity. i mean, i basically agree with you, but i think we need to acknowledge that diversity is very difficult and can be very painful and for many years it's because it's been very popular to celebrate diversity, it's kind of not correct to acknowledge that it is -- it's not easy. it's painful. it's difficult. it creates conflict. you have confrontations and i think -- i think one shouldn't, you know, celebrate diversity as a virtual by itself, it's just a fact that you have to cope with

does the fcc have a role in that? >> i think it is an important issue. congress has been aggressive on trying to find the right solutions. i think other agencies are doing so as well. the fcc's role is relatively limited by the statute that governs us, the community should act of 1934. while i believe the government has a role to monitor and potentially provide additional fixes in the space, they are not authorized by the law for us to do it. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. in-depth willy 1, feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. taking phone calls or tweets and facebook questions. our panel includes april ryan, what has corresponded for urban radio networks. author of, presidency in black and white. andessor eddie glad pulitzer prize winning journalist and associate editor of the washington post david ofinus, offer of "-- author barack obama, the story. >> starting shortly, live coverage of the electoral college but while we wait for things to get underway here is a preview of today's gatherings from t

legacy do you think the obama administration's fcc will be leaving behind, given what is going to be unwound? harold: i think the legacy will be that it made anort to have regulations very much washington-centric, to try to extend fcc regulation to the internet. i think that will have proven to be a very bad idea, and hopefully new administrations of whatever party will look back at the obama fcc and say, we don't want to go down that path again. it did not work then and it's not going to work now. emily: the former fcc commissioner, thank you very much. a story we are watching, disney trying to recruit major hollywood studios to join its digital movie service. disney is looking to add content outside of its own to the disney movies anywhere service which lets customers buy, watch, and store their online movie services on a single site. disney is said to be in an ongoing tug-of-war with other major studios that support a rival format called ultraviolet. one catch is it might have to change the name of its service to get the other studios on board. coming up, the chinese app maker is ready to go public. what it means for the global ipo market,

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so this is an active ongoing fcc proceeding. progress on these. there's an administration happening but that one is going to keep going, be my guess. issues like that are teed up and active commission proceeding. as paige said -- to the gentleman's question from before, when you get that high, the provocation gets real small and the most sensible licensing approach for spectrum, whatever anybody else around the ability of someone to use directional technologies. you're never going to be kilometers in distance. what does that mean for the best way to use that. this is not a theoretical question. >> john, i think you have the last word. please join me in thanking your panel today. thank you so much. [ applause ] [ proceeding concluded ] >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span. saturday evening, just before 7:00 eastern, providence college history professor patrick breen and youthor of the boog the land shall be deluged in blood exam pinned the life of nat turner and the confusion and uncertainty among blacks and whites in

so this is an active ongoing fcc proceeding. ake progress on these. there's an administration happening but that one is going to keep going, be my guess. issues like that are teed up and active commission proceeding. as paige said -- to the gentleman's question from before, when you get that high, the provocation gets real small and the most sensible licensing approach for spectrum, whatever anybody else around the ability of someone to use directional technologies. you're never going to be kilometers in distance. what does that mean for the best way to use that. this is not a theoretical question. >> john, i think you have the last word. please join me in thanking your panel today. thank you so much. [ applause ] [ proceeding concluded ] >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span. saturday evening, just before 7:00 eastern, providence college history professor patrick breen and youthor of the boog the land shall be deluged in blood exam pinned the life of nat turner and the confusion and uncertainty among blacks and white

current and former wireless customers are getting a refund part of an 80 million-dollar settlement that the company reached with the fcc over bogus charges. the average check is worth $30. >> a member of our "action news" family is now a newlywed, christie ileto married her love brandon over the weekend. here's a picture of the two at union station, isn't she beautiful. this is christy's father walking her down the aisle, she wrote this is the first man she ever loved. >> final respects being paid to a new jersey state trooper. we're live at 5:00 a.m. in atlantic city for the farewell to frankie williams. >> the cold coment -- comment aimed at an ice cream shop worker. what the person said that had her on the defensive. >> eagles coach doug peterson will be answering questions about a familiar theme, a win that could have been, but wasn't. the birds cough up the lead against the redskins delaying them from pulling out a win in the last second. carson wentz was sacked turning over the ball. 27-22 defeat was the 8th in the last ten games. they are 5-8 heading into baltimore. each of the last three seasons, washington has

. >> i'm an endangered species that the fcc had not three times, your honor, at the d.c. circuit. i am an entrepreneur. professor, it occurs to me that was required from saint dominic and the holy father and if that wasn't obtained, the consequent should have been significant. a little bit of flat here, do you agree, professor, that to draw the line, benefit costs as a way to go if regulation is potentially desirable or not and too little of it is done in the article to agencies. and your honor, regarding the team forgiveness rather than permission, do you think the cost of capital is a regulating factor? it's the risk of not getting permission upfront and getting punished later is fairly high. the cost of capital can self regulate that for an enterprise or ranch burger. >> i can see how the cost of capital makes a permit to send, increases the way in which the permit system is preferable in my example of the automobile manufacturer. but i am not sure how that is self-regulating in the sense that cost of capital is brought to bear on our legislators when they are deciding between d

. >> eric: not just an isolated incident and not just at&t. complaints to the fcc that more than 800 percent in the last three years. >> woman: you are charged for data you don't use. >> eric: they said people can still data making people paid the overage. we talked to her at ohio state university. even when there is no file play customers can be charge for more data that they actually for the user you can still be charge. >> eric: so i tried to watch a video and the will is spinning i am already charge for that data? >> woman: 30s to be more regulation of cell phones. >> eric: barbara anthony said the sec doesn't regulate contracts between cell phone >> woman: there is a good question whether anyone is watching them as a consumer. >> eric: there are no state hours of the provider got a refund but they never got an explanation. >> woman: we are facing an uphill battle to them to prove we are not up all night stripping videos is that of being on wi-fi or sleeping. they put that on us. >> eric: at&t apologize for 80 inconveniences that they stopped charging for data

about joint boards and other entities, other panels that we have at the fcc that are informative, to have the strict rules in place was an efficient and doesn't make a lot of sense. common sense reforms would be a positive. and i look forward to working with my colleagues in congress to that end. >> over the years that you've served has a got more partisan? >> it's gotten may be more interesting and more intense. my first couple of years i said again with the same political balance i can say that there was not as much intense when it comes to our interaction. part of that is because we view the application side of the regulatory equation a little differently. i think at the end of the day we want the same results. we want to community to thrive and be robust. we want a functional marketplace when it comes to providers in the companies that we have some oversight. but we do disagree and sometimes very visibly when it comes to the application of that. i am hopeful that everyone will take a pause and will really reset the narrative. my natural posturing and comfort level is not one of intense confrontation. i really want to

fcc is an independent agency to have the same independence as the judiciary. let's hope that gets restored in this upcoming. but the doj, he still has to block it in court but then it becomes up to the judge and the judge would have a lot of suppression and go through the appellate process. his personal desire can't overturn 100 years of precedent about vertical deals. also, there may be at the heart of this is despite her cnn. >> you read my mind i'm not one because that's what i was inking is the galvanizing factor. so changing hands, i'm trying to figure out the logic of keep it in the same ownership hands. is changing hands make it worse? that's the crux of the matter and we will see what happens with all of that. neil: i've been trained to check if this merger went through, we would fox business fall and they assure me you'll be just the 1 million. very interesting stuff. neil: we might find this populist pitch to go after china are these donald trump supporters. something refreshing and different. the chinese not quite so much. after this. liberty did wh

however, as i understand it, the fcc has done the math and estimates that it would cost an unaffiliated mobile video service provider like netflix or hulu far more to participate in the program than the $35 a month that directv currently charges. the fcc argues then that participation in the program would make it difficult if not infeasible for a directv now competitor to offer its customers a competitively priced service. so my question is, mr. stephenson, explain again how your company is not taking money out of the -- how this isn't anti-competitive because you'd be taking money out of your right pocket and putting it in your left pocket if directv is paying a lower -- if you're paying a lower price lower pric basically supplementing them. and as the f.c.c. asks in its most recent letter to you, how exactly does directtv make payments to at&t mobility for this service and do the respective entities record such payments? >> i don't know what exactly the payment mechanism is across entities. >> i think it would be good that you did know it. >> i don't know if we do a wire transfer or j

does the fcc have a role in that? >> i think that is an important issue. ngress has been aggressive on trying to find the right solution. doingk our agencies are so. the fcc is limited by the statute that governs us that goes back to 1934. i believe the government has a role to monitor and provide additional fixes in this space, they are authorized by the law for us to do. >> watch the communicators tonight on c-span two. this morning, john faso kozel, founder of the national popular vote, and attorney james hume on calls for changes to the electoral college process. a plan to replace the welfare state, which suggests the government should dismantle social security, medicare, and all forms of welfare and give every adult american tetanus yearrs a year -- $10,000 a for life. host: and stay houses, the electoral college will meet to cast a vote for president and vice president. c-span will take you to illinois, michigan and virginia to give you the chance to comment on today's vote. that cover to start at 11:00 this morning. go to c-span.org. as the electors

the fcc says the alerts can only be sent when there's an immediate danger to life or safety, amber alerts she carried support from 2/3 of the house democrats. >> this opportunity is a spshl one to lead the house democrats, bring everyone together as we go forward. >> 63 representatives voted for her challenger, tim ryan of ohio. >> wildfires continue to plague the southeast. this image was caught from four different wildfires. the death toll has risen to seven. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and fires burning in three states. >> police from new york to florida are searching for a pot of gold. a thief stole a container with more than $1.5 million in broad day light. lindsey davis has more. >> an investigation tonight that police are calling operation lucky charms. detectives say this man stole a pot of gold worth more than $1.5 million. >> do you think he knew it was gold? >> he knew it was of value. >> take a look at this video from gate september. it happened in new york city's diamond district. the barrel taken out of the back of the armed vehicle at the moment when one of th

fcc -- >> oh, okay. you know you're right sorry about that. but that doesn't mean he's not anll are, every agency has been, but no question that at the end of the day trump's cabinet an appointees are more business friendly. >> kelly. >> so market is taking confidence in the fact that -- not an alphabet soup of agencies to fcc to irs to epa are going to dictate how companies should be running come up with rule and regulations but that they are going to be able to operate in the best interest of their communities and shareholders, their employee, stakeholders, everybody involved. how do you see the economy going over the next four years under a trump administration especially with this pick? >> well, when we finally get to three and 4% year over year gdp growth we know what will all go on as stock market and more and more jobs are created. so you you know it's the job ofe administration to make sure their administrative heads are following the law not creating law. it is congress's job to pass legislation, sign into law by the government that governs the way the country operate

if you go to the fcc, they have an enforcement arm. the department of labor does not.r the enforcement arm. this is not good for customers or for america, in my opinion. i would like to see that changed. scarlet: think you so much, dennis glass, president and ceo of lincoln financial. >> coming up, our exclusive interview with jamie dimon. what he has to say about how technology is changing the way we live and work. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: the new edition of bloomberg businessweek comes out today and a good business edition features megan murphy with exclusive interviews with jamie dimon in detroit last week. in that interview, they can ask about how advances in technology and automation are changing the way we live and work. greatestlogy is the thing that ever happened to mankind. we had agriculture, we would still be hunting buffalo and living in tents. agricultural specialization created a knowledge. knowledge build on top of each other and created institutions. we went from fire to wheels to steam engines to these wonderful phones we have in our pocket which

an area where we need those rules. we need these regulatory agencies like the ftc and fcc for health the cms care and the regulatory commissionsies are trying to identify, promote and enforce cyber standards among companies and government agencies in order to make cyberspace safer for everybody. i'm hoping general mattis will be -- will pay more attention to the value that these agencies bring than theranos. emily: what about privacy, security? what about those issues under president trump and mattis at the pentagon? europeook, we are behind in setting standards for information privacy to protect citizens. emily: we were just talking about that. dave: what large extent, businesses have had this thing for these business -- information privacy rules. i think as we look at the prospect of not having them, if we look at what happens that jamieson has espoused decimating the fcc, if we eliminate headcount within the ftc -- if we actually roll back the effort to bring protections to the we will citizens, then europe.lly behind i think i would welcome those kind of privacy laws just like we have seen americans perhaps looking to swit

there's an appeals court decision expected any day now which will likely uphold the fcc's order, thates to the supremes, then there's a number of things the commission can do. people are looking at all of those. >> people who read the "wall street journal" editorial page would have seen your name in the paper yesterday having worked on deregulation under reagan. can it happen again? >> absolutely. if you look at what -- if you look at what president reagan did, it was simply cutting out the things we were talking about. george stigler, some famous economists, the fact that the power of the state, there's a market for that. people spend money in order to use the power of the state to make money themselves and invest in it. if you take that power away from the state, people go off and invest their resources in entrepreneurship and other things. >> one more fcc question, how do you think the fcc in january will look at this at&t/time warner transaction? >> no comment. >> regulation, so there's all this debate about how much it can add to productivity. that's the key to gdp growth. what i

that's an important point there is oversight by the fcc over a lot of what happens on television, and even to some degree cable, which is good. that's a great starting point. whereas the internet, there isn't much. like i said he hard corp pornography that adults can't get in a axxxx score, the vast majorie of kids have seen sex on tv and they're getting sex education from this information online. so, one of the thing wes asked for in the pledge is for greater cooperation with the government to encourage voluntary steps to deal with some of this stuff. the tech companies and the cable companies are dealing with child pornography but this other obscene material, they can get more aggressive on that. and what we're doing, we started two years ago, the national porn-free wi-fi campaign. keep in mind, what's ever kid carryingy, a tablet or smartphone? when the hop from the schoolyard to the love 7-eleven or the restaurant or the stadium to watch a ball game, they're hopping on that wi-fi, the shopping mall.l. what we have done is we're goint to corporate america and started with starbucks

an area where we actually need those rules. we need those regulatory agencies like the fcc and federal energy regulatory commission. agencies are all trying to identify, promote, and enforce cyber standards among companies and along government agencies in order to make cyberspace safer for everybody. i am hoping general mattis will pay more attention to the value that these agencies bring then theranos has to the fda. emily: that was bessemer venture partner david cowan. coming up, we get arianna huffington's take on how the media should cover president-elect donald trump. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can listen on the bloomberg radio app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s. on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: welcome back to "the best of bloomberg technology." i am emily chang. one of the most influential women in media and technologies preaching that the ultimate key to success is sleep. arianna huffington has launched a new venture called thrive global. it aims to revolutionize the way we live and work by ending the burn out epidemic. we caught up for an extended conversation. take

does the fcc have a role in that? >> well, it's an important issue and one that congress is aggressive on and has the right solutions. i i think that the other agencies are as well doing so. the fcc's role is limited by the statue that governs us. while i can believe that the government has a role to monitor and provide the fixes in the space, they are not authorized by the law to do it. >> watch the communicators tonight on c-span 2. >>> and we're live this morning as a group of policy analysts is going to discuss the relations between india and pakistan and the role of the trump administration and the peace and security between the two nations. this is expected to start momentarily and live coverage here on c-span3. >>> good morning all. thank you for joining us i am the associate vice president here. given that it's in south asia, it's only fitting and let me welcome my panelists for today's event. before that, let me just say that i don't -- when ever you come to india and pakistan, you almost have to say that it's an interesting

does the fcc have a role? the >> it's an issue of when congress has been aggressive modifying the right solution. other agencies as well. the sec's role is limited by the statute that governs it. and while i do think they have a role to provide additional axis of no-space, they are authorized by the law. >> live now to washington d.c. are remarks by deborah lee james talking about the u.s. air force presence in europe, nato alliance and security threats posed by russia. .. [inaudible conversation] ,-comma. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [in

senator casey is lobbying the fcc to give the money to another provider so the rural customers can benefit. >>> a driver picked up an extra purr. he discovered the feline when he stopped at a gas station. he thinks the animal was there for the entire trip across four states. he believes this is the same kitten he had seen in his home near for the drum new york that is 600 miles away. the driver took the cat to an emergency vet. it had no serious injuries one of his relatives decided to adopt the little cat. in this week's "shelter me rescue of the week," we learn about a relief team that helps four legged friends in the event of an emergency. >>> dana brown received a call that her home was on fire, the first thought was the safety of the dog and three cats. >> i saw the houses completely destroyed. jack about -- i can't care about anything. >> reporter: while the red cross was helping the people, red paw was on the scene helping to save the pets. >> we provide emergency pet care and transport. we firefighters who are on call that respond to us. >> reporter: red paw founder jen was firefighter for seven years when s

that's an interesting question what other band of spectrum, this will be more commercial to commercial, but what else can incentive auctions be a good tool? if the fcc has a lot of momentum that by the weights only really the result of a downstream of what ntia and the administration has done to help federal spectrum be more available for us, getting commercial use possible and how will the new tools developed going forward? >> federal collaboration, larry talked about it a lot and paige has been living this, i think it's impossible to understand how effective and how important that true collaboration has been on these issues. my reference point, again that affect them testing for spectrum frontier was all about federal collaboration and coordination. and he was it happened quickly. if any of you have heard whether its chairman when you are in via other commission at the fcc right now, their goal has been for the is to lead the world in making spectrum available. actually the last question that harold asked larry about other parts of the world focusing on standards and that's the way to get going. u.s. policy is we will make spectrum available. a fe

partnered with the fcc in the relevant federal agencies to develop a ten year plan to achieve or exceed the target. we established a fast-track process to examine the most promising on an expedited basis, and under that we identified 115 megahertz that could be made available for wireless broadband within five years. this included bands that came became part of the successful auction in the fcc proceeding to establish the citizens broadband radio service in the three.5 megahertz band, and as we sit here today, assuming a successful outcome of the fcc's current for the tv, we will have made more than 300 megahertz spectrum available with more in the pipeline. just to show that the challenge processed in the goalpost keep moving. in 2015 congress passes drum pipeline act and added 130 megahertz to the president's original target. from the outside it was clear to us that in reproducing spectrum, the old method of clearing spectrum of federal users and making it available for the exclusive use of commercial providers was no longer sustainable. we had moved the easy systems and to continue the old system of system allocation was going to cost too much money and take too lon

an openly opposed to net a chalabi. he has named three staunch net neutrality opposers as his fcc transition. think any weakening of these rules are going to cause serious harm to consumers. and harm that would only be exacerbated by further mergers in the industry. that is not limited to this transaction. impacts all americans who rely on the free exchange of ideas .nd information on their end as chairman, i'm going to submit .uestions for the record i have some involving appropriations at the moment. i'm very concerned about this, i know you are. >> thank you senator leahy. your question and those submitted will be submitted without objection. we're now going to turn to our witnesses. i'm going to introduce them and then we will swear them in and hear from the witnesses. we will start from the left and move to the right. randall stephenson is the ceo of at&t. he was named to his current position in 2007. since then, at&t has invested to be a global leader in providing integrated communication services to businesses and consumers. hang on. i've got to make sure that i don't mess yours up wit

jurisdiction.d the fcc mandated by 200021, 202 911 centers must have accurateha locations of 80 percent off ers.ers. >> well, if you don't knoww cpr, you may want to learn it i after this next story.. when anoutheast supermarket wentmark into cardiac arrest, one ofne o her coworkers jumped rightped rh into action and helped to save her life. cassandra minor was rushed to the aid of karen stuart after she collapsed in the middle of m a bidusy supermarket.market mainer an customer performederfo chest compressions for moreio than 10 minutes untilns emt's arrived to help.el >> she was like, girl, you just drunk. and she said i just went intoo action. >> scary. just to see and not knowing exactly how long she had been bn laying there before i got backeo here.here >> now, karen is sore, bruised s and tired but she is heading hdi home so that's great news and her cardiologist saysst says cassandra is the reason why. why >> that's good she was able toaa do that. do i know a lot of times when i'mnm coaching in the little league basketball and baseball they and teach you the cpr training bas t you just notify know how you'll react.you'llct. >> exactly if you'll be ready to spring into action.n. >> 4

he also has an eye on emerging operations of sprint and t-mobile and backed away from that recently figuring that regulators would get in the way. new administration, new fcc, thinking he has a better shot at it now. >> that we've been doing this every day takes away the gee whiz i've never seen anything like this, never been a president to be a role like this. >> industrial policy, you're kind of taken to company after company. it is not something the republicans are used to doing. they want the market to handle it. you should read the column -- >> i did -- >> it's this post idealogical moment in american politics, neither democratic or republican. you've got a guy elected by the republican party apparatus who is behaving in a -- in a target against one company after another manner that's not the market principle of the republican party. that's why jerry's notion of post idealogical -- >> as an thet cal to all they ever talked about my whole life until all of a sudden -- and it seems to be okay with the republican base. they are happy. everything is fine. until it isn't. >> until it isn't. at a certain point it's going to be within the republican party th

an application or not. i would suggest to you that the doj as mr. kimmelman has pointed out looks to the fccnd i have no doubt the doj will continue to work as they go through this review. you'll also keep the sec posted by the redo a formal filing or not. >> it's just that there's a different level that you have to meet, whether it is fcc for doj. fcc, their merger review requires that any proposed deal actually benefits consumers. so i would think that the message you're sending to bias in the current and potential at&t consumers if you can't confidently assert that this deal benefits the american public is not a great message. mr. kimmelman, you think the fcc should preview still? >> at this within their jurisdiction at all i believe they should. i think it would add a benefit to the overall public policy analysis. >> thank you. >> i want to thank you all for coming and participating today for answering questions and providing testimony. we received a statement from mr. patrick gosch. the record will remain open for a week for an additional questions and submissions. this hearing will be

the fcc regulates nbc corporations can try to curry favor with the president by placing their products on the show, buying advertising. isn't that an issue? >> i don't think it's an issue. look, it's not going to be sitting there producing the apprentice. i can assure you that. it's something he owns, it's a title he owns but i'm telling you he's going to be 100% focussed in the white house. studio acting as the executive producer of the apprentice. i think that's mark burnett. >> he decides to reject the plan to divest from his business? >> that's not true. you'll have to wait and see when he concludes the very complicated ethics review and puts up the walls that he needs to put up for the family. and the businesan working through that diligently. i can assure you of that. isn't just some easy weekend project. when you have hotels and businesses and retail space across the entire world, it takes time to unpack that and to put this in a place that makes sense for him and the family. >> mr. priebus, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's get more from senator rand paul. republican member of the foreign >> good morning. >> let

but certainly would have an impact on and look at deal such as from a doj standpoint and fcc standpointe/sprint, which gets me back to the conversation before we heard from stephenson, the idea of going from four to three is still a stretch for a lot of people regardless of what administration is in power especially given the benefits the consumer conceivably has had as a result of there being four players. sprint as we know, and t-mo going at it in addition to taking it to the incumbents at&t and verizon. so those who are rushing to the idea that somehow masa son's visit yesterday will really result in the ability to revisit that transaction may be a bit soon. >> yeah, there again i just think that's way too speculative versus when i had scott sheffield on last night, what does he say? we could have a very good tax regime for the oils. a lot of the oil guys say, listen, trump will let you expense everything. but he may not -- because he likes oil drilling. but we don't know where he stands in terms of if your phone bill might go up. >> or where the fcc chair he appoints will stand. and