the fcc has to appeal. i have no doubt that it will get to the supreme court. >> do you see any impact coming up on the political landscape in this election year? it could upset conservative voters. will this play into how the s.e.c. reacts going forward and how -- fcc reacts going forward and how the public use candidates? -- views candidates? >> when he was fcc chairman, he refused to bring in decency cases based on his political views. he felt money was spent better elsewhere. the fcc is now faced with the decision. i think they will hold off as long as possible to see what the third circuit decides. i can see that decision coming down at any time. then you have to decisions to look at. one way or another, when that one comes down, they will have to appeal. >> the public is not upset about this because they have not heard as much about it. they will be upset when the third circuit says it was a corporate for janet jackson to bare her -- appropriate for janet jackson to bare her breast during halftime of

plans to all of thelte as for. -- the fcc planned all of this for lte. that is 10 times more efficient. no. 2, the interesting thing is if you want to increase bandwidth using a cellular system you have to put cell towers very close together. that increases the cost. if you look at plans like the motorola plan, it is three or four times more expensive to build than the fcc plan with no pre-emption. at the end of the day, i will agree with you. you cannot afford to wait a couple of hours in times of emergency. but there is a lot of ways to do this or it could be near instantaneous, if the procedures are in place beforehand. basically, you have all you need. my suggestion, whether it is in the plan or not is in a time of emergency public safety should be able to preempt everything they need to. it might be 50 mhz or 100 mhz. within that particular geographic location where the emergency occurs. >> to counterpoints, if i may. i do not think that is fair. out of the 50 is 4.9, which is so high in the spectrum it is difficult to use. it does not the building

you said that the fcc needs to appeal. in the decision, that the sec failed to adequately explain why it changed its 30-year policy on this, how can the fcc going forward be more specific on this? >> the fcc over the years has been up and down on the policy. the tenure of the chairman that michael did next to nothing. the networks were racing ahead to put whatever they could on television that might be indecent or profane. the chairman that followed him, and he was very clear about what the policy is. >> kevin martin. >> kevin martin. the networks complain that his new policy was an appropriately instituted. at the supreme court heard that case. they said it was fine. they upheld it. the fcc has put out whatever they could put out on this. the sec does not go after every utterance of the f --cc does not go after every utterance of the f word. they allowed "saving private ryan at" during prime time. they could have said that it is ok to put it on after 10:00 at night when there is no profanity enforcement. when they let one

fcc now banned eight additional individuals and companies from selling mortgage relief services.y've been ordered to pay $15 million in fees. the settlement for latest acts are accused of exploiting distressed homeowners. og among those named today loss mitigation services. >>> are you using more coupons than in the past? a survey shows shoppers are serious about saving this way. according to a survey by nch marketing services a sister company of red plum coupon supplier, americans save nearly $2 billion using coupons. a 37% increase from pre-recession levels. a report ish cued by harvard university this year says coupon use fell year after year after year since 1992 and until... 2008 wh. usage jumped way up, going up since. as of february of this year, online coupons only made up one half of one percent of those available to consumers so it turns out we're clipping out coupon autos i think when you can see that it's easier. >> thanks michael. >> sure. >> it appears lightning strikes have sparked dozens of brush fires in northern california. and there is u.s. service says so far

there is also it's on s fcc gp. org has the application the community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies and the planning department on the planning department home page there is a spreadsheet they update when they have time of neighborhood organizations that want to be notified. so and many are interested in getting money to improve their neighborhoods. we usually have applications along the order of 2-1/2 times the funding that we have. like we will have 500 thousand dollars available to give out ask and we get 1.3 million dollars worth of applications. it's competitive. we are not hard and fast about breaking down the money between small, medium and large. we are pretty flexible. we like to look at good projects. we always try to fund one large project if it's a hundred thousand we may be might not fund 2 large projects. so, with that, i will quit and invite david and neil and joseph to talk about som

. >> this are studies but it will help the organizations and the fcc have concluded smart meters are safe and emmitt radio frequencies even lower than radios and tvs. >>> live picture deep below the gulf of mexico and clearly, no more oil spewing from bp's ruptured well. there are leaks, however, coming from another well. teams are keeping close watch on the containment cap where, for now, it's holding back the oil. as nbc bay area report jay gray shows us, new reports about what the cap could be doing to the fractured well. >> reporter: it has been exactly three months now. april 20th, the fiery disaster in the gulf begins. july 20th, then scientists and engineers are still trying to figure out how to deal with the crisis. >> it's not over yet. i still have confidence they can get it stopped and done, or worse case, they could produce it. they could produce the well and forget about stopping it. but we have this big contest going on between the politicians on the one hand representing the white house, the government et cetera, and we have the shareholders of bp on the other hand and

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the fcc and justice department are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies. according to "the washington post," bp, transocean and halliburton are the targets of the investigation. officials are looking into whether relationships with federal regulators contributed to the disaster. the latest probe is just another sign at bp's newly named ceo will have his hands full. american bob dudley will replace embattled ceo tony hayward in october. >> we're going to learn a lot, both bp and the industry. i'm sure there will be changes. >> reporter: those changes are already taking shape. bp plans to sell $30 billion in assets and set aside $32 billion more to cover the costs of the largest oil spill in u.s. history. and bp says it will claim a tax credit for the cost of the clean-up and that could cost taxpayers about $10 billion. betty, we'll see how that goes over. >> yeah, we shall see. tara mergener joining us live in washington. thank you. >>> also in the gulf of mexico, workers are battling a new oil spill. 100-foot plume of oil and natural gas is spewing from a

it was announced yesterday from the fcc. the rest of the money, is sitting those who lost money in their assessments the penalty the largest tin sec history. we will be right back as kron 4 continues. welcome back to kron 4 live look at the golden gate lane changes taking place a reminder to car pulled today's the last day they will let you pay cash in the carpool lanes at the golden gate fast-track only. starting monday. watching wall street stocks and a mixed yesterday dow was down seven points to 10,000. watching wall street today coup shares to a head, and news that venture capitalists and funneled u.s. start-ups in the second three months of the year the most money invested since 2008 and the latest sign of growing economy. bp says it's finally gaining control over one of america's biggest disasters at least for now. the company has closed the gap they placed over that well it has been gushing into three months. they say it's only temporary but it is being greeted by hopes and high expectations. if this holds and the se

i am hopeful it is reflective of the fcc's framework and urge the commission for it to be determined. it benefits the thing as a whole. another item i have touched on is to what extent union or civil service protections are hampering the chairman's ability to properly disciplined or fired sec employees for either engaged in or improper misconduct in the workplace? as governor christie has demonstrated so very well, everything needs to be on the table as we read examine issues that may be contributing to an overly costly or inefficient for an effective government. the taxpayers in my state and country deserve nothing less and cannot afford to do anything less. the securities investor corp. is supervised by the sec. i would be interested in hearing what her thoughts are and whether it is just for a corporate for the sipc to be pursuing so-called "fallback provisions" from investors who are lost millions because of madoff's behavior . and who once i have touched on a really describe the service. i appreciate the comment with regard to the regard to future hearings. that is why it is so i

all cell phones must feet fcc standards. the first in the nation law is set to go in effect in february. there have been studies linking cell phone radiation to cancer, but many scientists scientists are not convinced and no one has determined what level might be dangerous. >> ships are headed back to the oil spill now that tropical storm bonnie has fizzled out. steve what are gap reports. >> reporter: frustrated by the bp claims process, the government is told they're tired of waiting. >> bp is waiting for the $20 billion claims to kick in so they don't have to pay it out of their fund. >> the crowd of more than 200 exacerbated exacerbated fishermen say the process is too slow. he says the giant is not stalling on payments. >> i will do my best as quickly as i can to accelerate the process to get them some financial help, or at least some certainty. >> while fineburg feels the questions, the ships head back to the site. the move puts them behind by at least a week. >> it will be five to 7 days for them to be in a position t

it's on fcc web site. >> it was about making sure that at the point of sale, information that is in the domain is available to san francisco consumers. >> if that lawsuit files, san francisco chain stores will interest v.to display ratings starting in february. other stores have until 2012. >> there is interesting insight for you. the juror question yairs in the johannes mehserle case have just been released owe the public. the jury found the former bart officer guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of oscar grant at the fruit veil bart station in 2009. jurors were asked 21 questions inclurding do police officers lie? of the 12 seated jurors eight responded yes. when asked have you ever seen a police officer act inappropriately, three jurors said yes. and in response to should police officers be treated differently than civilians if they break the law, only one juror responded yes. to see the juror questionnaire, go to abc 7 news.com z click see it on tv. >> oscar grant's mother will sit down for her first one on one interview since the verdict talking in berkeley tom

time for our weekly tribute to the fcc.nsorship." >> bell city council members wanted to go into closed door session so they can discuss whether or not to [ bleep ] the city manager, whether or not to [ bleep ] the chief of police. >> what do you think? who will ali [ bleep ]? vote now. >> i think ali is going to [ bleep ] roberto. >> you've really done a lot. you [ bleep ] 200-plus [ bleep ] since you're in office. >> this one is missy boo. >> my name is bonnie, and i [ bleep ] animals. >> have we forgotten how to do anything? it would take us 85 dales how to [ bleep ] a seven-inch hole. >> do not be afraid of the [ bleep ]. >> oh, don't be afraid. >> we are not. >> novelists are drawn to, you know, [ bleep ] [ bleep ] and low lives. >> we study whales and we know that blue whales [ bleep ] three types of [ bleep ] here in southern california. >> before bruce can [ bleep ] this pretty puppy, he has to ask the dog's owner for permission. >> excuse me, panda scout. may i [ bleep ] your dog? >> yes, you may. >> so, are you st

we will be on federal reserve, fcc regulation -- sec regulations that talk about pay and monitoring those principles. we will see. up.et's open it ken feinberg is quite transparent but he is also a rush so keep your questions short. >> [inaudible] >> perceptive fax similar to what we found was contrary to the public interest with the seven companies where we had mandatory pet. in other words, what we found was contrary to the public interest for the last 16 months and that was the violations of pay practices that violated the recovery act. the recovery act says that payments contrary to the public interest are guaranteed regardless of performance. we went and saw that there were pay practices in 2009 after february and recovery act that regardless ofs pareees, performance. there was no diversification. there's nothing tied to company performance. it was relatively easier to find a statutory violation of the recovery act when the practices engaged in at the time of violated the statutory prescriptions of the recovery act. for me to go back and say that i am the quarterback, let's go back t

the fcc said yes and they brought that case to the supreme court and the court in this 5-4 decision written by justice kennedy held the provision unconstitutional as applied to corporations. they sustained the disclosure requirements and a disclaimer requirements. one significant thing is how the case got to be decided by the court and what was significant is the case was set for 3 argument at the end of last term. e court tn proceed to overrule a couple of recent decisions. the decision in mcconell a few years back. there was an austin decision that upheld -- that was upheld by the court in a similar way. justice kennedy had been an advocate in these kind of cases and the austin case. he had four other justices to agree with him in this case and he wrote the decision overruling the prior cases. the court generly does not like firstmendment theories that it believes will lead to book bag whichs one of the example that came up in oral argument. -- book banning which is one of the examples that came up in oral argument. what chief justice roberts said in this case was that there is a differen

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and it is not just the epa and fcc.tions board, how many folks have heard of craig becker? craig becker was the associate general counsel for both the afl-cio and the seiu. anpresident obama nominated him to be a member of the national labor relations board despite the fact that he had recently said employers should have no legally recognizable interest in the unionization process. as radical as you can get. and craig becker was rejected in the united states senate on a bipartisan vote. 's nomination was rejected and obama went ahead and said, i am putting him in any way. and he put a man using a recess appointment and becker is now on the national labor relations board and wouldn't you know it, they have got a way to get card check at the backdoor. they are just going to allow people to vote for unio representation from their homes over the internet and there could be a guinean guy standing over their shoulder. that is a real proposal at the national board. we need a congress that will step in and stop them from doing

. >> reporter: studies by the world health organization and fcc have concluded that smart meters are safe and emit radio frequencies lower than radio and tvs. >>> months after she attempted to pass through massive insurance rate increases the president of anthem blue cross in california says today she is leaving her job. she tried to raise anthem's rates by an average of 25% in february. the move drew public outrage, even a rebuke from president obama. anthem backed down. that was in april. but later the company announced rate increases of 14%. she says she's going into health care consulting. >>> well, a huge the pro of land formerly known as the oakland army base is one step closer to becoming a major job source for the city. we're talking over 400 acres of land located between the nimitz freeway and the toll plaza. a report live from headquarters with a story of how one community group wants to make sure those jobs stay in oakland. >> reporter: well, jessica, the group calls itself revive oakland. they held a rally outside the port of oakland, and it seems like their efforts paid

did you must contact permission to the fcc and the internet fraud complaints center. chances are if it seems to be too good to be true it probably has. check out all the critics listed stocks are if web site at www.kron4.com. >> is in oakland looking at a man who attempted to rob two wells fargo if banks of july 17th pure detected robberies you see here pier the first just before 9 in the morning at the bank at 24 franklin street and then again at 1045 the bank at 15140 history. both incidents as the suspect walked in to the bank did money was not able to get it. here's a picture of the suspect from surveillance video he is described as between by foot 10 in. and 6 ft. tall and weighs about two and injured 50 lbs.. this is before f 500 >> census showing six and a half million californians went without health insurance into a dozen 7 that's one out of every five state residents. the highest rates of residents are in monterey counties and counties in the bay area have some of the lowest rates of people without health insurance in the state. >> hot temperatures out there

. >> the fcc is receiving this. >> thanks to the second circuit. we'll be back at 10:00 and 11:00.ou then. >> one small step... [ meg whitman ] if we could only do one thing, putting people back to work would be the most important thing. the human cost of 2 million californians out of work is devastating, and i think, often, politicians forget about that because they don't see it every day. i see it every day. i think raising taxes on californians today is absolutely the wrong thing to do. we have to streamline regulations, we have to cut taxes for businesses, and then we have to stand up and compete. california needs to lead the nation again, and i think we can do it. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to he

. >> the sec wants -- fcc wants to establish an emergency network by selling radio waves to a profit entity but some emergency officials would rather see this bandwidth go directly to them. communications officials and former sec chief engineer discussed the proposal tonight -- former fcc chief engineer discuss the proposal tonight at 8:00 p.m.. c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books all as a public service, created by american's cable companies. "washington journal" continues. host: our guest, gerald prante, is a senior economist with the tax foundation. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: i wanted to have your to talk about the bush era tax cuts. looks like we will see more and more coming it -- up in the news. this story from "the wall street journal." democrats aiming to push legislation to extend middle- class bush tax cuts. prospects for passage appear uncertain. guest: the bush tax cuts were a series of tax cuts between 2001 and to cover sets which primarily the

"since many of the recipients are poor, the sec is reporting -- fcc is reporting that broadband service be expanded through a monthly fee of $2.78 per household, part of the telephone bill and is expected to disperse $8.7 billion this year." next, mountain lakes, new jersey. well, washington journal. caller: led to beyond. first-time caller. on this broadband, i have a question. can this information not be distributed through satellite? host: do you think that satellite service would do them just as well and it would not need to run the lines? caller: why run a line if you can get service through satellite? host: you have internet service by wire or through satellite? caller: i have television through satellite and through that company i can get internet. host: where are you located? caller: about 10 miles from morristown. host: not exactly a rural area. caller: no, but my understanding is that satellites can broadcast throughout the country. people living out in a farm, they get their television by satellite. i think that they can receive the internet through satellite. seems like a wa

second court of appeals struck down the fcc's indecency policy. we will talk about the decision with an attorney from fox news and patrick nolan who filed a brief on the case. that is tonight on "the communicators" cspan to. >> the senate judiciary committee will vote on tuesday on the nomination of elena kagan as supreme court justice. watch live coverage on cspan 3 and learn more about the nation's highest court in cspan's latest book. it provides unique insight about the court and is available in hard cover and as an ebook. this morning, "washington journal" looked at the impending visit of david cameron to the united states and the oil spill. service created by america's cable companies. >> "washington journal" continues. host: adam boulton is the political editor of sky news. thank you for joining us this morning. we are happy to have you on the eve of david cameron's first reserve to the white house as prime minister. tell us about what you expect. guest: it is always important, the first meeting as prime minister with the president. and it

nine years after 9/11, the fcc has still not provided dedicated bandwidth for our first responders. on 9/11, many of them died its debts would likely have been avoided had the fire department and police department in been able to communicate. it is high time we got some action on that. it is shameful that we do not have it yet. >> one of the issues that the 9/11 commission wrestled with was whether the current structure of government was appropriate for a counter- terrorism missions, and specifically if they're needed to be surgery or operation changes in the fbi's role. do you have any feeling now, looking back, whether the decision not to do anything with the fbi was the right decision? >> i think it was. the fbi has struggled with its mission on the counter- terrorism. i have a personal high regard for the director. that being said, it is shameful that once again, the senate intelligence committee, in its report on the christmas day bombing, identified the fact that they still do not have the capacity for their information technology to communicate with any organization. one of t

the fcc used the same statute that you used inhe citizens united case to say these columns were illegal corporate contributions to forbes's presidential campaign and i know they later terminated the lawsuit and i know this forbes lawsuit involved alleged campaign contributions rather thanndependent expenditures but the same statute was involved and i use this as an example to show what can hpen on the slippery slope of the federal government regulating who may say what and when about the government. now forbes case involved a magazine. the case you argued involved a movie. your office admitted that the statute could apply to books and news letters, you admitted that it could apply to pamphlets. now all of this involves the political speech that is the very heart of the first amendment, whether engaged in by for-profit corporations, nonprofit corporation tiny s chapter corporations or labor unions. do you really believe -- now this is your personal belief -- do you really believe, i understand you reprent the government, but do you really believe that the constitution allows the federal

nine years after 9/11, the fcc has still not provided dedicated bandwidth for our first responders. 1 9/11, many deaths could have been avoided had the fire department and the police department been able to communicate with themselves. it is high time that we got some action on that. it is shameful that we do not have it yet. >> richard, one of the issues the 9/11 commissioners wrestled with was whether the current structure of government was appropriate for the counter- terrorism missions, and specifically whether there needed to be any surgery or operations in the fbi's role. do you have a feeling now, looking back, whether the decision effectively not to do anything at the fbi was the right decision? >> i think that it was. the fbi has struggled to perform its mission on counter-terrorism side. i have a personal high regard for director mollen. that being said, it is shameful that once again the senate intelligence committee, in in its report on the christmas day bomber, identify the fact that they still did not have the capacity for their i.t. to communicate within the organizatio

the fcc said yes and they brought that case to the supreme court and the court in this 5-4 decision written by justice kennedy held the provision unconstitutional as applied to corporations. they sustained the disure requirements and a disclaimer requirements. one significant thing is how the case got to be decided by the court and what was significant is the case was set for 3 argument at the end of last term. the court then proceeded to overrule a couple of recent decisions. the decision in mcconell a few years back. there was an austin decision that upheld -- that was upheld by the court in a similar way. justice kennedy had been an advocate in these kind of cases and the austin case. he had four other justices to agree with him in this case and he wrote the decision overruling the prior cases. the court generally does not like first amendment theories that it believes will lead to book bag which is one of the example that came up in oral argument. -- book banning which is one of the examples that came up in oral argument. what chief justice roberts said in this case was that there is a

. >> the sec wants to establish an emergency communication in a work -- the fcc wants to establish an emergency communication network. association for public service -- discuss the proposal monday night on "the communicators" on cspan 2. "washington journal" continues. host: the secretary of state traveled all across asia. with her was matthew lee. guest: four countries in six days, but in fact, it was around the world. we ended up in vietnam, then flew back and got in yesterday morning very early. host: the discussions about north korea. can you update us? and the secretary of state's role? guest: what is going on is that the u.s. and south korea are holding a series of naval exercises in waters around the korean peninsula. this has upset the north koreans. they have threatened a physical response to the exercise. they have hinted at using their nuclear deterrent, and tensions are high right now in the region. what the secretary was doing in her visit to seoul, south korea, when she went to the dmz with secretary gates, what they were doing is they are showing strong support for sout

in other news this morning, the front page "the washington post" as this headline, the fcc decency policy tossed out of court. that is the front page of "the washington post" this morning. the front page of "the financial times," at the top, widening of u.s. trade gap. below that is a headline that struggling illinois will test investor appetite for 900 million bond sale. the illinois has nearly $5 billion in unpaid bills and the pension system is funded at about 50%, the worst ratio -- "the wall street journal" says the fed sees slower growth, there had line above the fold. alabama, democratic line. betty, good morning. what do you think? caller: people ought to read social security law, that most people already born after 1960, retirement age for so security is 70 years old now, anybody born before 1940, they can retire at full retirement at 55 -- all you have to do is ask for a statement that social security and in that statement it will show you a chart that tells you the year you were born and what age it would be to be able to get full social security. i just think this is just a sn

nine years after 9/11, the fcc has still not provided dedicated bandwidth for our first responders.d its debts would likely have been avoided had the fire department and police department in been able to communicate. it is high time we got some action on that. it is shameful that we do not have it yet. >> one of the issues that the 9/11 commission wrestled with was whether the current structure of government was appropriate for a counter- terrorism missions, and specifically if they're needed to be surgery or operation changes in the fbi's role. do you have any feeling now, looking back, whether the decision not to do anything with the fbi was the right decision? >> i think it was. the fbi has struggled with its mission on the counter- terrorism. i have a personal high regard for the director. that being said, it is shameful that once again, the senate intelligence committee, in its report on the christmas day bombing, identified the fact that they still do not have the capacity for their information technology to communicate with any organization. one of the key analysts was denied

the fcc said yes and they brought that case to the supreme court and the court in this 5-4 decision written justice kennedy held the provision unconstitutial as applied to corporations. they sustained the disclosure requirements and a disclaimer requirements. one significant thing is how the case got to be decided by the court and what was significant is the case was set for 3 argument at the end of last term. the court then proceeded to overrule a couple of recent decisions. the decision in mcconell a few years back. there was an austin decision that upheld -- that was upheld by the court in a similar way. justice kennedy had been an advocate in these kind of cases and the austin case. he had four other justices to agree with him in this case and he wrote the decision overruling the prior cases. the court generally does not like first amendment theories that it believes will lead to book bag which is one of the example that came up in oral argument. -- book banning which is one of the examples that came up in oral argument. what chief justice roberts said in this case was that there is a d

it's hard to -- >> i'm really upset now that the fcc got rid of the bleeping thing.t intentionally put it on. if it's a live slip, it's okay f. it's a planned thing like that, we have to bleep it. >> let's go to the next thing. >> do you know that ants rip off the other ants' heads. >> we were with joan rivers yesterday. we can't talk about it until later. she's been reading a book about ants. >> she said they decapitate the other ant and take the head back to the queen ant. that's what they do. that's what she wrote a whole book on apparently. >> hoda woman. it's a slow news week. we can talk about ants or mel. >> i guarantee everyone has the same -- >> we know what we need to do. remember i talked about the spanx yesterday. they're not spanx. they're called hug meez, m-e-e-z. go to vestiny.com. >> someone suggested a great show idea. we should do a whole area of that. >> that's a good idea. >> i don't think it's enough. >> vestiny.net. they have a phone number and your picture on there now. they armed themselves and they're ready for you or order via e-mail from th

second circuit court of appeals struck down the fcc's indecency policy. we will talk with carter phillips and patrick trueman, who filed the brief on behalf of the american research uncil. and now, remarks from karen mills, the head of the small business administration. she spoke -- spoke last week. we will show you as much as we can of this before the house at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> i particularly want to thank chairman bernanke and the whole staff of the fed for the partnership that we have built that you just heard described. several months ago the fed approach to the sba about holding 40 roundtable. i guess john has been busy traveling. all around the country with small businesses and lenders. we were very happy to be part of this. if we were able to attend. we were able to help organize. we were able to hold conference calls with bankers and bank examiners in the field to explain what all of you know, which is how the sba products work, and how they can help in this particular situation and help provide the loan guarantees that we provide, which do no