google poses to particular to innovation in the content space is just as significant say what comcast or verizon can do. cspan: hal singer, to overuse a phrase that has been overused, go where the puck is going, not where it's been. has the fcc been guilty of looking backwards when it comes to regulation and monitoring industry? >> i do think they're a bit guilty of looking backwards. won'tcommon carriage was designed in the '30s in a different era, the era of monopolies. the great irony common carriage was designed as an non-discrimination protection, right? title two and used to justify zero price rules has nothing to do with non-discrimination. non-discrimination would mean if i offer you a certain paid priority arrangement at a given price i have to stand ready to offer it to similarly situated comers but that concept is completely anathema to what tom wheeler and the strong net neutrality advocates are thinking. they don't want prices. they're really anti-prices. that is what neutrality has become. so yes, they looked backward to common carriage but if you really dig deep into what common c

the threat google poses to the content space is just as significant as comcast or verizon. 8:00tch monday night at eastern on c-span2. >> located between the new museum of the american revolution and independence hall in philadelphia, the portrait gallery of the second bank of the united states houses more than 150 paintings of notable 18th and 19th century leaders, military officers, explorers, and scientists. next, on american history tv's "american artifacts," we visit the gallery to learn about a selection of works by charles willson peale. karie: i'm karie diethorn. i am the chief curator. i oversee a large collection of artifacts here. we are here at the second bank of the united states, a historic building, part of the independence national historical park. this was finished in 1824, literally the fort knox of its day. the building has been restored on the exterior. when you come to see it, you will see how it looked brand-new in 1824. inside we have the fine arts exhibit to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the

poses in particular to innovation in the content space is just as significant as what, say, comcast or verizon can do. >> hallhal singer go where the k is going no, wraith been. has the fcc been guilty of looking backwords when it comes to regulation and monitoring industry? >> guest: i do think they're bit guilty of looking backwards. common carriage is a concept from the '30 and designed in the an era of monopolies, and the great irony of is is that common carriage was designed as a nondiscrimination protection. but of course, title ii and the it's been used to justify the various what we call zero price rules has nothing to do with nondiscrimination. nondiscrimination would mean if i were to offer you a certain paid priority arrangement at a given price i have to stand ready to offer it to all similarry situated comers but that concept is anathema to what tom wheeler and the strong net neutrality advocates are thinking. they don't want prices. they're antiprices. that's what the net neutrality has become so they look back to common carriage but it has nothing to do with the sort of sear zer

i think the threat that google poses to innovation is just as significant as what comcast or verizon. peter: hal singer, to overuse a phrase that has been overused, go where the puck is going not where it has been. has the fcc been guilty of looking backwards when it comes to regulation and monitoring the industry? dr. singer: i do think they are a bit guilty of looking backwards. yes, common carriage is a concept from the 1930's and was designed in a different era, an era of monopolies. and the great irony of it is common carriage was designed as a nondiscrimination protection, right? but of course title ii and the , way it has been used to justify the various, what we call zero price rules really has nothing to do with nondiscrimination. nondiscrimination would mean if i were to offer you a certain paid priority arrangement, i would have to stand ready to offer it to all similarly situated commerce. that concept is anti-thesis to what tom wheeler and strong net neutrality advocates are thinking. they do not want prices and they are anti-prices and that is what net neutrality has bec

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verizon ceo turns heads with merger talks yesterday. bryson of the up and attacks with, walt disney or cvs. comcastelp verizon build a fiber-optic network to handle the video streaming and ultrafast by gtech elegy. also said he would listen to proposals from disney and cbs. all three stocks closed higher yesterday. fox business is charlie gasparino has reported mergers could let the market because of the changing regulatory environment. >> shares plunging more than 5% after the company's latest quarterly revenue came in slightly below the estimate. profits fell 13% a year ago despite gains from ibm's artificial intelligence business. earnings from morgan stanley before the open today. higher earnings per share and revenue from a year ago helped a healthy bond trading business in the works and does. american express reported after the close looking for lower result from the credit card company. stiff competition from rivals in putting jpmorgan chase and citigroup. >> democrats falter in their bid even after $9 million from outside the state. >> at the wealthier, better educated suburban district dat

google poses in particular to innovation in the content space is just as significant as what a comcast or verizon can do. >> watch the communicators tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> now to a form on the press and presidency with kellyanne conway along with white house correspondence for major television networks and former officials with the obama and bush administration. this is hosted by the museum. [applause] >> it's nice to be here. kellyanne and i have been having this conversation since early in the transition, starting in a conversation about the media, which appropriately started at michael's restaurant in new york. so, a report card. the media, let's make the f grade the media as steve bannon's opposition party and an a grade as the obama honeymoon. where are we now? >> well, as a mother of four who comes home with report cards routinely, i will just give an incomplete to render a specific judgment let alone a grade on the relationship between this president and administration and the press. i do want to say that some of the words being used to describe i do not use and have not u

i think the threat google posts isparticular to innovation just as significant than comcast or verizon. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span two. >> next, a look at president trump's most recent order on immigration into refugees. speakers discuss whether or not -- it is one hour and a half. maureen: good morning, everyone. welcome. i feel like a schoolteacher. we are waiting for a few more people to sit down and then we will start. thank you for coming. as you know, a new executive order on travel and immigration to the united states was signed. the order replaces the january 27 executive order, whose implementation was halted in multiple federal courts. the new executive order is titled "protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry." the new order is similar to the original but it contains revisions and clarifications. it was drafted far more carefully to avoid legal challenges. the new executive order still bans travel for 90 days for muslim majority countries but now we have only six countries. iraq has been taken off the list. it expands adm

verizon is open to a merger. the largest u.s. wireless carrier could consider a deal .ith comcast, cbs, or disney verizon has struggled with a mentorcompetitive consumer business, and has difficulty establishing itself in mobile media and advertising ventures. ceong up, former microsoft gives us details on his new venture, aiming to make government data more acceptable -- accessible. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: google has unveiled the upgrades to google earth. the redesign adds new features like 3-d maps and specific locations of interactive guided tours. these are led by scientists and documentarians helping users learn about the world. this version of google earth is now available in chrome or on android, and will be coming to ios in the future. former microsoft ceo and current l.a. clippers owner steve ballmer believes in data. he believes in it so much he has launched a comprehensive data driven look at government spending. it is called usa facts. earlier, david gura met him and asked if measuring productivity impact has gotten any easier. >> measuring productivity is a weird concept to me. measuring how people live, how the

have a situation where anybody with market power -- could be google, netflix, spotify, amazon, verizon or comcast -- all of those firms have market power. use itthem could seek to to disadvantage their rivals. we have a mechanism to please that which still allows innovation, entrepreneurship, and competition rivalry to occur in the marketplace without the government putting the hand of the state on top of that. peter slen: chris, let us get a little more responsive to the chairman. we want to move to a title i information service. touch regulation drawn directly from the clinton administration. was title i classification expressly upheld by the supreme court in 2005 and it is more consistent with the facts and with the law. second, we are proposing to eliminate the so-called internet conduct standard. this rule gives the commission a roving mandate to micromanage the business practices of internet companies. peter slen: chris lewis. christopher lewis: you would like me to talk about title i and title ii? peter slen: respond to what the chairman said. christopher lewis: he cited the 2005 court dec

i don't think it is a difference whether it is verizon, comcast, facebook, or google, or any of these folks. amazon, you name them, if they are going to profile and use your data and all they are saying is you give me permission to do this, that is fine. that is choice. but i think all of the entities it,just talked about facebook included come if they are going to do it, it is your data and your history, you should somehow benefit you, not just say, go ahead and use it and i get nothing out of it. --t: dr. point, john peter got your point, john. peter is next. caller: i have a question and an observation. the reason these bills were enacted were to create, or improve the regulation of the internet. theftc -- rolled by it was controlled by the ftc. i guess my question observation is then why was the sec brought in to assist in that process? and -- host: and that was some of the concerns that republicans brought up that it was duplicitous and that would be to cops on the beat. caller: that is the question people need to ask themselves. if you agree to distribute more regulation, that i

reporter: but the white house and the nation's internet service providers or isps, like nbc parent company comcast, at&t, verizon, cox, and others argue the rule stifles competition and creativity. now the fcc is planning to roll back the rule. >> one of the things we don't want to put on the table is the fcc micromanaging the business practices of private companies. >> reporter: democrats object. and the internet association which represents many of the giants says scrapping net neutrality will only hurt consumers by allowing isps to throttle speed saying in a statement, "robust net neutrality rules benefit all players in the ecosystem by attracting more people to the web and increasing demand for internet connections." tonight, the nation's internet service providers say they will not interfere with block or throttle internet traffic, but many consumer advocates worry the biggest players could soon pay to speed through the fast lane, while many smaller players are stuck in the slow lane. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, an eye-opening alert about a growing danger on the road that's

or a merger with someone. >> right. but you're saying -- >> there were several companies that were mentioned, comcast -- >> wouldn't that be sort of a big deal if comcast or disney merge with verizon lot of these -- but there was also some question about whether -- >> you get so excited. >> questions about whether lowell mcadams' comments were walking about comments he made earlier. >> come on, this is you. this is dealbook. this is you. >> i've got to wait. to me there's a regulatory overlay that means that all of this is sort of -- >> then say that. >> what did you say? >> so it's not likely -- >> to me, you can't do it. >> wouldn't it be the biggest deal in history, either one? >> oh -- what's the market cap? >> verizon's got a huge market cap, obviously. >> i don't know if it would be the biggest deal in history. >> 200. >> is it over 200. >> disney is just -- >> i think if you're acquiring disney -- >> normally you get really -- >> still under the price tag of manusman. you remember vodafone buying manusman -- >> but they'd have to pay a premium -- >> and this should be the kind of thing -- >> back in 2000 maybe. >> this should be the kind of thing that you just really go on.

and that is your verizon or at&t or comcast or charter, whom ever.u get your internet service from. what it did not do is have anything to do with your googles or facebooks or what are called edge providers. and those are the ones that with your browsing history, you know, when you log on to the internet on a -- you don't have pop-ups come up. that is when you hit facebook or the web browser or something. that comes up. what we want to do is to strengthen consumer froectipro s and make certain that consumes have the toolbox that is necessary for them to protect themselves in the virtual space. and we will get right back at this. we've had -- we've tried to pass legislation for the past couple of years dealing with data security and privacy. and we hope that our friends across the aisle will join us in doing that. and strengthening these protections. but here's the back story. >> how does that -- >> the internet service providers don't need to ask permission anymore to sell your information. >> that's not it. you don't need two regulators. the isps wi

rules-- if they'd gone into effect-- would have prohibited internet service providers like verizon or at&t or comcast from collecting and selling information about your internet browsing to advertisers. for more on this, i'm joined now by scott cleland, who's a researcher and advocate for greater internet competition; and by gigi sohn, who used to be with the f.c.c., and helped craft those now-defunct rules. welcome to you both. scott, help me understand this. i know you work a lot with the industry here. why did these rules need to come down, in your view? >> what this thing has done by repealing, this it's gone back to the status quo and hopefully it will return to a normal federal trade commission privacy regime. >> brangham: as i mentioned in the intro, this would have stopped isps from collecting and selling to advertisers. that's what the industry didn't like? >> that's right. they were pointed out as somehow unique. gigi will say they're the only one that all the information comes through, but the thing is people don't understand that 50% to almost 70% of traffic is encrypted. but more than th

keep internet service providers like verizon, at&t and comcast to keep them from slowing down or blocking the internet. what happens if it goes through? >> shep, the companies like comcast, time-warner and at&t say it's time to police themselves. they say they're guided by 80-year-old laws that are meant for rotary telephones. the content providers like google, apple, netflix and amazon are worried that abandoning net neutrality will give an unfair advantage to comcast that provides internet and content. they're afraid comcast who is observed by nbc could speed up the delivery of nbc shows and websites and then slow down the delivery of other shows, even though experts say that wouldn't be a good business model to follow. >> shepard: so what is next, trace? >> the new fcc chairman has held a number of meetings with technology executives trying to win their support. as we said earlier, the companies are divided. the new plan does face several months of hurdles including public comment and some revisions. the fcc is controlled by republicans which means if the fcc chair wants it, he will li

. >> verizon shares, up 1%, after the ceo said he is open to merger talks with, are you ready in comcast, disney orbs. and a reminder to listen to my report 3 time a day coast-to-coast on salem radio network, up next, president trump signs his 24th executive order. america first. putting american workers first again. >> american workers have long called for reformsen to these visa abuses. and today their calls are being answered for the first time. lou: those visas, subject of my commentary. >> president promising to take care of healthcare as republicans face hostility at town halls, what is that about? we'll take it up with gayle trotter and charlie her hurt up next. about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh. and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $4.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their

it's because four or five monopolies basically provide the internet service for everyone. you have verizon, at&t, comcast. what is the solution? we need more competition. but what is this f.c.c. chair doing? he's having policies that will lead to less competition. basically carving up the map of this country and saying, you can only provide service here. don't compete with anyone else. let's carve up the map so every i.s.p. provides service in a particular area and you don't have competition and who suffers, the consumers. and by the way, it's not consumers in my district in silicon valley, it's consumers in rural america, which are paying the highest prices for internet service. mr. speaker, we need an f.c.c. that will promote competition, that's going to go after monopolies, that's going to put the american citizens ahead of corporate profit if anything, we need a country which is going to have universal broadband, universal internet access. just like we talk about having the universal right to health care, just like we talk about a universal right to college, we can't live in a society where everyone

verizon ceo open to deal talks with those including comcast, cbs, disney. give us a little context here around the comments that he would entertain discussion talks, or deal talksse players. >> back and gently we reported that verizon had about 10 targets. this was around the time where we, and others, were reported interests and had some with the largest u.s. cable company. basically, we are putting together some names. week learned during an interview that comcast might be interested . big companies like cbs or disney, similar to when at&t went out to buy time warner. probably he is not satisfied. he feels like this company needs to do a game changing acquisition. joe: are we to presume that these other companies would be interested in a deal? clearly make out as has mentioned some interest. that is a great point. in fact, nothing has taught verizon from going out to do the deal with some of the concept players, let's say, disney and cbs. nothing has happened at this point. therefore, you would have to approach that was some suspicion that may be there is not the same mutual interest there. what we don't know is if there is any interest with comcast. comcast

some of the speculation out there around verizon, like charter a couple months ago, shareholders did not like that but maybe comcast ore he is throwing it out there to see how investors receive it. >> fox news has announced the departure of bill o'reilly, bringing an end to the host's two-decade at the network. what it mean? >> in itself, the show is an important show, the highest rated show, generates the most revenue, but only 1% of the company's revenue stream, so not that big. when you step back and take a look at the cable network business for the 21st century fox company, the cable network business, which there are many, are about 80% of the operating income for the entire company. so now you take a step back and look at fox news. they have lost a lot of primetime talent over the last six months, not to mention roger ailes. now bill o'reilly. it is an odd time for fox because we are coming into the upfront selling season where the tv networks go to the advertisers in may and to say, here is what we are going to give you next season. if you are an advertiser you can, maybe i will step back to see how the ratings

. >> verizon shares, up 1%, after the ceo said he is open to merger talks with, are you ready in comcast, disney or cbs. and a reminder to listen to my report 3 time a day coast-to-coast on salem radio network, up next, president trump signs his 24th executive order. america first. putting american workers first again. >> american workers have long called for reformsen to these visa abuses. and today their calls are being answered for the first time. lou: those visas, subject of my commentary. >> president promising to take care of healthcare as republicans face hostility at town halls, what is that about? we'll take it up with gayle trotter and charlie her hurt lou: congress remains in recess for one more week, but lawmakers face hostile town hall crowds and left wing demonstrators and activists after they failed to get the votes to repeal and replace obamacare. reporter: congress may begun for recess, but conversations continue trying to secure 216 votes to ps healthare reform in the house. some suggesting that there is pressure for house to act. >> you know this is probably a 50-40 possibility w

verizon entertaining a big merger to the energized the company. it got shares jumping on tuesday after the ceo told bloomberg he's open to merger talks with comcast orat merger we are going to talk about that merger. who is the most likely candidate to tie up with verizon >? >> disney has great content. rising has great connectivity. i think they would go hand-in-hand. apple could be interested as well as verizon. alix: do they want to be saddled with yahoo! and aol? how do they shake off that? well and yahoo! brought to verizon is content and customer bases. unique content to maximize the value of your customer base. david: typically, ceos do not just give an interview and say call me up if you want to merge. is this a serious overture? verizon has great cash flow, but they have no growth. they need growth. they need a growth engine. so, verizon has customers, they have connectivity, but they need content to maximize their value. content. they need what does disney need from verizon? >> they need distribution. david: they could play distribution partners against one another. why do they need one of them? >> disney does not even. -- pay au have to p

verizon is ready to make a deal. mergeronsidering possibilities to reset the course of the company. he would be open to talks with comcast, disney orey're looking for sources of .rowth that is your bloomberg business flash. thank you. a strong hand. that is what opinion polls are just theresa may has if lawmakers agree to a summer snap election. 40% of voters intend to vote for her. can she secured she is looking for? or will this embolden nicola sturgeon? anna edwards is at westminster and joins us now. you have spoken to great guests over the last hours. i was struck by a labor and the shadow chancellor. heor is doing badly, but thinks he can win the election. i we going to see and of people in the polls or is it almost a done deal for the conservative party? anna: good morning. when you think about the reasons the electoral calculus has gone through in deciding to do this, a couple of numbers matter. 17 and 21. 17 is the seat majority that the tories holes in the house comments. 21 is the percentage point lead they have in the polls. if they translate that into seats, could that mean they get 100-100 50 in terms of the seat majo

or tweeting much about it may be because it's not very popular. this week congress gutting internet privacy protection which makes it easier for companies like at&t, verizon and comcastch is a parent company of nbc universal to collect and sell your browser history. the obama era protection here basically frozen and some privacy activists agitating to give members of congress a taste of their own medicine threatening to buy and release their private web histories which is probably illegal the way they're threatening it. others even using transparency to argue they sold out and want to expose why, arguing it's all about the campaign money. the bill now on the president's desk, sean spicer saying accident know when president trump will sign it. that is a lot for our political panel to break down. welcome to you both. on the law, what do you make of the internet privacy? >> internet privacy just took a big hit as a result of rolling back the fcc's regulations under chairman wheeler. this is really -- you made the point and it's really important. it is not popular. >> no. >> there was actually a survey done by university of pennsylvania that found that it essentially you

or insisted which is when verizon opened up the network to unlimited the speed slowed down. all i can tell you is that speed is everything. and come cast is -- well, i don't know. comcast what can i say? it's why you need broadband. net in exis why you need broadband. if you get net neutrality, comcast wins that spot too. >> all-time high for our parent. this is brian roberts earlier on "squawk." >> it's an exhilarating time to be in business because of all the change and depending what company you are and how well you're thinking about that, there can be winners or heres. we think we're positioned for this evolution and when people go to more streaming the first thing you want is the best wi-fi. the best broadband. we added 429,000 broadband high speed internet customers in the quarter. last year was our best year in a decade and we're starting would have the same start as last year. so the momentum is continuing. >> let's get to under armour as well this morning, jim. one cent loss is narrower than the four cent loss. >> maybe you say it's bottomed but how do you get it rolling? the gross margins were down. this shoe business, in the conference call, called the carry

or two. we're now testing it with our employees. the results are really excited. >> you did mention verizon. verizon's ceo said bluntly a week ago he would be open to merging with comcastn to merging with him? >> it was nice to be in good company but we are very content with the company we've got. we love these results, andrew. if you look at a company of this scale to be up 10.5% cash flow and 9% plus revenue with the nbc universal results, having a wireless plan that it doesn't require us to have the heavy capital, i think there's a lot of things we want to work through and try with this plan that make me convinced we're on a great track the way we are right now and i love the company we've got. >> brian, we're here in washington, d.c. today taking a look at the new administration policies they put in place. just week, yesterday, the new fcc chairman laid out some pretty sweeping rules he would like to undo net neutrality. those are rules that at&t and other broad band providers were opposed to. what does this new sort of shift in washington mean to your business? >> i think, becky, that we are encouraged that there is a constructive dialogue that we hope to take a l

google poses in particular to innovation in the content space is just as significant as what comcast or verizon. >> watch the indicators tonight at eastern on c-span two. >> congress is in a two-week recess with the house coming back into session on tuesday april 205. among the issues awaiting legislative action federal spending which expires just three days later on friday apri. also, congress needs to raise the debt ceiling to prevent default. the senate returns monday, apri. senators will vote that afternoon on the nomination of former georgia governor as agriculture secretary. another vote is scheduled to move forward with the deputy attorney general nomination. the senate is life here as he spent too. the live is house on our companion network c-span. with congress out of session this week tonight here on c-span two it's a book tv in primetime. starting at 8:30 pm, journalist michael journalist michael lewis discusses his book, the undoing project. then, american conservative editor discusses the role of the modern orthodox church in his book, the benedict option. later tom discusses his b

the threat that google poses is just as significant at what comcast or verizon can do. >> want "the communicatorstonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> this saturday grassroots organizers held a rally on the mall to ask president trump to release tax returns. senator ron wyden, and congress woman maxine water, were among the speakers. ♪