policy or future fcc. as we go through to this program we will be very happy to accept questions submitted over twitter. we also would like to welcome the c-span audience today. we are very pleased to have c-span cover this event and the guests today, as a great deal about the evolution of c-span that over time has appeared many times. for those of you in the audience, there is a printed the bio of mr. wiley and for those of you on c-span or watching on the web coverage, i invite you to go to the law firm, wiley rine.com. it's quite extraordinary. i will simply say that mr. wiley is known to everyone as the dean of communications law in the united states and perhaps in the world. he is both gracious and graceful. he's been wonderful friends throughout the years and if you want to know anything about what is going on in the communications sector, he is like the good person to ask and we're very pleased to have him join us at the center today for what i'm sure will be a lively discussion. we are going to tal

the fcc looked at reports from the three major credit agencies. equifax, experion and transunion, one in five had errors and 5% could lead to the consumer paying more for mortgage or other loans. the fcc says its findings underline the importance of checking your credit reports consistently. >>> the week started lower on wall street. the dow is down 21 this hour. investors had little economic news to react to today. but the market has had a good run so far this year. the dow jones industrial average and s&p are both up nearly 7% and near their all- time highs. the nasdaq is up 6% to its best level in 12 years. >>> president obama's state of the union address is expected to focus on the economy. he is set to address job creation and age growth tomorrow night. the president says he will also discuss upcoming budget fights including the march 1 deadline for automatic defense and domestic cuts known as the sequester. and you can watch the state of

that the fcc should auction off the airways to businesses and that free wifi would disrupt existingservice. of course they are trying to protect their bottom line. the united states is ranked 29th in internet speed word wide. 29th. the average cost of bundled service, cable phone, and internet in the united states is $160 a month. now in france it's just $38 a month. and the internet there is as much as 20 times faster. so coming to us tonight from syracuse, new york, to explain why the united states is going down the information superhighway in reverse is professor david kay johnson. and david cay johnston thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: in your book you drew up a similar blueprint to what the fcc is proposing. tell us why. >> it is a great day when i read this because it's what i have been arguing for. we have a system that is the equivalent of having to pay a fee to a company to drive anywhere. if you don't pay the fee you can't leave your house. it is an inefficient, incredible costly system, it's why people are dropping cable s

i'm not someone who is daily at the fcc. i job is to think longer term about what kind of spectrum might come online in five or 10 years and to change policies to make that happen. right now i'm fairly engaged because of the incentive option. a year ago, i was involved in legislative issues because we are talking about it and long- term. >> when you look five or 10 years down the line, what worries you? what makes you excited? >> what worries me is that i do not want to be sitting in the same place i was a couple of years ago going to the government and asking for more spectrum please. i would like to see a process of spectrum management. it was like incentive options will continue to work. it gives more flexibility. secondary market works in a smoother way than it does now. what excites me is some of the things that summit talked about last night. -- someone talked about last night. a lot of times people say your kids could watch whatever movies they want and can do it all at the same time. this is in my view about being ab

>> it is one of the fcc's great innovations in the 1980s. the commission expanded several junk bands to commit additional uses. they are junk no more. in the 2.4 you heard spans, now some of the most valuable spectrum in the world for broadband. consumers are the ultimate beneficiary amongst licensed technologies, such as wi-fi and bluetooth. for millions of americans, when they boot up their last tops, connect to their smart phones and use their tablets, they are on the internet. and in the words of the big bang theories sheldon cooper, everything is exciting. we are using what is suited for licensed use ideally. it enables localized use with minimal risk of interference. it will be finalized soon. and enhancing the contribution he and size of this wider channs selection, for example, the 160 megahertz could deliver one gigabyte of data per second. that is super wi-fi. i am most pleased that today we are keen that the expansion of unlicensed use by a full 195 megahertz in the five gigahertz band. consistent with my thoughts since last octob

the fcc is requiring that all of the cell phone providers have a stolen cell phone data base. but that won't be up and running for all of the providers until some time at the end of this year. so, right now you have one provider that is on board with that. but they don't talk to the next provider. so you have a metro pcs that is stolen to go to another provide and her activate that phone and there is talk of maybe having this program go international. it is in its infancy. >> again, with the psas is the neighborhood fliers, brochures, and we have had community meetings, many community meetings that i am sure that you have attended with the station captains, and the station community meetings where we inform the community of these types of robberies just so that they are aware of the types of activitis that they should look out for in terms of the criminals identifying them as marks or what they can do to make themselves safer. i think at this point that is all that i can think of. again, i just wanted to note that one of the cases again the court land street corridor, that is

if you were chair of the fcc what would you do to move us forward?i know that it's important to let these municipalities make decisions for themselves. that's going to take a bill in congress preempting the terrible state laws like the one that happened in north carolina. we need to make self-determination possible for cities. and the second one is making sure that there's low cost, low rate financing available to build these networks. that's the stumbling block, making sure that you can actually build without needing to put up all the money yourself. because it pays out over time, it pays out as a social investment for the country. and then finally, changing all those rules at the fcc that are getting in the way of progress. >> so briefly describe the need. >> all americans need a fast, cheap connection to the internet. >> and the problem? >> a few companies control access in america and it's not in their interest to bring that fast, cheap access to us all. >> and the solution? >> the solution is for people t questions at every debate, make sure you

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. >>> en una carta enviada a la fue captado en un video fcc se indica (información en pantalla) tambiéneo de seguridad empresas, este paln de la fue captado en un video de seguridad tiene fcc desde miami florida, jorge viera, noticiero univisión. >>>e l abogado dominicano, vinicio castillo, dijo que las versiones que lo vinculan a él y al senador bob menéndez fueron falsedades que empezaron en méxico, y piden a las autoridades que busquen esa computadora, al momento nadie ha podido encontrar a peter williams quien supuestamente hizo estas denuncias. >>> el embajador de irán en venezuela, dijo que el cheque era de origen venezolano y tenía como destino venezuela, el embajador, dijo que el exjefe del banco iraní no tenía relación con el gobierno de irán y también el cheque era para pago de contratistas en venezuela . >>> es momento de nuestra primera pausa y al regresar se revelan detalles de la liberación del niño secuestrado en alabama. >>> y también los policías de >>> ethan el niño de 5 años que estuvo secuestrado en un refugio bajo tierra, slaió el hospital, el fbi dio más detalles d

the fcc allocates radio frequency bands that we are allowed to work with. we all have different frequencies along the spectrum allocated to the different carriers by the fcc. included in that there are wireless spectrum, various tv channel spectrum, there should be no interference because they'll work on different spectrums. if she does experience we will be happy to come out and look at it and measure whether or not, maybe we will do a before and after or something. that should be no radio frequency interference with television channels. these nine panels to clarify have been on the building. we are just relocated three of those. >> commissioner antonini: i realize it is just a relocation but i use this as an opportunity to get an answer to a question that does influence a lot of people because there is a significant number of the population could does not have cable. i can speak from personal experience that if you have cable and insulation of the cable is not thick enough you can have shadows from interference. this can occur but being a different freque

you can go out, and i suggested is that the fcc.ne a public sector private sector meeting to see who's doing what, put up, and i bet you could do it within a year or two of most kali is moving so quickly now, abcaeight-12 curriculum on the internet and schools would be free to use it or not. you don't have to get into a big brother shoving his tongue your throat. put it up on line. if schools want to use it to use it. if it wanted, we have got to take media literacy seriously because we are paying a really, really steep cost because of the lack of it. >> and sure there are a lot of people that did not know. added none of the specifics until i get to read some of your op-eds earlier today. in exchange for your having the right to use his public resource there are public interest responsibilities that go along with it. there are supposed to be contributions to local civic affairs, programming for community groups to you know, covering local politics, one example, univision, i think, was fined in a big way because the children's progra

the fcc is looking into doing that. according to the washington post, the signal could be so strong americans could use it to make phone calls and surf the web without shelling out money to the cell phone companies. predictably verizon, at&t and others are said to be lobbying pretty hard against this. >>> now a heads up for drivers on the beltway. crews will be doing some emergency utility work between midnight and 5:00 tomorrow morning. this is on the virginia side of the beltway near route 7. expect to find several lanes shut down in that area overnight including the express lane. >>> if you're like a lot of people, you spent almost as much time watching the commercials as the game. >> that's what we were talking about the whole time. there were some really heart warming ads and at least one that made a lot of us squeamish. we'll break down >>> get it right and people will remember you forever. miss the mark and you've got one costly mistake. we're talking about the super bowl commercials and here today with us is bru

i am not somebody who is daily at the fcc. i'm, in fact, my job is to be thinking longer term about what kind of spectrum may come online in five, ten years and how do we actually change policies the to make that happen. so right now i'm fairly engaged in fcc-type issues because of the incentive auction. but a year ago i was much more involved in legislative issues because we were talking about, you know, long term what to do with, you know, spectrum policy generally. >> host: so, charla rath, when you look five years down the line, ten years down the line, what worries you, what are you excited about? >> guest: what worries me is that i don't want to be sitting in the same place i was a couple years ago going to the government and saying, you know, can we have more spectrum, please. it's -- i'd like to see a process of spectrum management that actually is much more market driven so that, you know, things like incentive auctions will continue to work, the commission gives more flexibility to existing licensees, the secondary m

>> by the fcc.nvestigating allegations of fraud and we will have to see what happens with the investigation. >> when you find out more, come on and we will talk about it again. that would be fantastic to continue that story. thank you so much, spencer. >> still ahead on "street signs," a double disaster da jour. one in the sky and one in the seat. >> and a frequent flyer cliff is coming. how to protect your precious points, ahead. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a yes, you could. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing

the fcc woke up to this. they started cracking down. we got ahold of some data, right?to recertify all the subscribers last year, all the carriers who did this. we got a early look at some of the data. they showed 15% to be weeded out because of the reforms. and of these five top providers, 41 as you said were deemed ineligible they didn't qualify or didn't respond to the request to certify. melissa: i mean, it is really amazing. it shows you may have the best intentions when you start out, because of course that is whaa everyone says you have people who are poor, can't afford phones, this and that. you need to call 911 and if you have children and trying to get in contact, emergencies, that sort of thing, there is no pay phones anymore. this, that and the other thing. when you involve the government you end up with 41% waste. that just is, sort of the lesson again and again. they don't do free stuff well. >> yeah, it is definitely a cautionary tale about the risks of government running certain programs. you know a lot of people are criticizing obama for this, that is p

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neither firm owns an fcc license or base station. now, entire commercial empires are floating on the spectrum markets made possible by those who when others cannot see how competition for work. i think tom whitehead for his contributions to our world. i do not blame him for the thousands of text messages a ninth grader made the producing over a one or two hour span. omg. [laughter]there is only so much vision that can be contained in one man. i will not link tom for this. i am delighted today with the amazing dedication of margaret whitehead and organizing and cattle learning that and cattle lording -- and logging this record. the historians and all students of communications may better understand our modern times and the world to come. this work is not available for inquiry through the library of congress. we alumina new insights. thank you kindly, mr. whitehead for this contribution to the american people and to scholars everywhere. [applause] >> thank you, gentlemen. i will see if members of the panel have anything to add, given w

. >>> cbs could be in a little trouble with the fcc over the broadcast of the super bowl because of atle incident moments after the game. >> [ bleep ]. >> awesome. >> that was ravens quarterback yoe flacco and needless to say that beep wasn't there during sunday's broadcast. the parent television council was watching and listening. the president is accusing cbs of airing indecent material and it all takes -- all it takes is one written complaint to the fcc for the agency to investigate the incident. remember, it was cbs that broadcast janet jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction during the super bowl halftime show in 2004. got to have your hand over that red button during the broadcast. you never know when something is going to slip out. now the microphones are all over the field. >> at all times. when john harbaugh was yelling at the coach during the blackout, you know there were expletives thrown out. you didn't hear it though. >> good thing. >> cbs is off the hook for flacco's interview with david letterman. >> the mvp was a guest on the late show last night. he told dave that he

fcc went in and looked at all of those that were on the cellphone program receiving these free cellphones 41% could not prove eligibility. this is government wasted dollars and the government is not checking up who has got them. >> program didn't start under president obama but it certainly expanded under president obama. it was $819 million program, last year they spent $2.2 billion. what is going on? >> what do you mean, what is going on? it's just nuts. the fact i don't have a telephone and i can get one from the federal government, i don't have an automobile. i want the federal government to provide me with an automobile. why shouldn't they do that? why shouldn't they provide me with a house? that is what is going on. it's nuts. the government is out of control. unless you get a couple million people in the washington mall protesting it's going to continue. they are going to break the country. there is no way to stop it. >> eric: what is about it. should they get a car from the government? >> when did this program start, 1984. it was ronald reagan. if i'm a senior and i broke and lots

i happen to serve on the appropriations committee in the senate that has the fcc's budget. about that time, spectrum issues arose. we began to understand the value of additional spectrum. it was one more piece of the puzzle as to growing entrepreneurship in the technology world. it was no grand design about my arrival in the united states senate, but they believe we should grow the economy that resulted in reading the report from the foundation, listening to the center, and realizing that spectrum was an important issue. because of my position, i had an opportunity to influence the decisions the fcc would make in my colleagues would pursue. in that position, on the same subcommittee, we got interested in the jobs? . it is discouraging to see so little has come from that legislation. it is discouraging because it is an example of where we came together, passed a piece of legislation that has significant potential to grow the economy and to raise the capital necessary for startup businesses. we have been unable so far, and that would be front and center, a conversation for me

the fcc went in and looked at all of those that were on the cell phone program receiving these free cell phones and found that 41% of them could not prove their eligibility for these phones. this is government wasted dollars, just out the door and the government did not check on who has got them. >> wayne, the program didn't start under president obama. but it certainly expanded under him. what's going on? >> what do you mean what's going on? it's staggering! it's just nuts! the fact that i don't have a telephone and i could get one from the federal government, hey, i don't have an automobile! i want the federal government to provide me with an automobile. why shouldn't they do that? why shouldn't they provide me with a house? why shouldn't they provide me with all of these things? that's what's going on! it's nuts! the governme is out of control! unless you got a couple of million people in the washington mall protesting it, it's going to continue! they're just going to take -- then break the country. they're going that way. there is no way to stop it. >> julie, what about it? wayne poi

vegas will access the internet through their wireless connection, which is not fully subject to the fcc order. it is clear that consumers across this country are going to benefit if there is more competition among internet service providers. that is not the case today. federal communications commission's estimate that 96% of the population is only one -- has only one or two isps to choose from. in order to discriminate against a provider of content, my view is that they should face the antitrust laws. senator franken and i are working on legislation to do that. to strengthen the antitrust laws to ensure that the major isps cannot use their market dominance to pit online winners and losers. a similar threat to competition -- and i want to commend public knowledge on their great work on this -- broadband dicasts. a case can be made for the caps -- for data caps that managed to ingestion. -- manage congestion. they should not be used to create scarcity in order to monetize the top. the internet is too important for our common interests to b interestsits and bytes to be viewed only in dolla

one study by the fcc 30 to 40 percent of robberies in several major cities involve cell phones, last year the sfpd reported that more than half of the 4,000 robberies between january and august in san francisco involved smart phones or tablets. new york city reported that more than 40 percent of all robberies involved cell phones, and los angeles, reported that 25 percent of all robberies involved cell phones. these robberies sometimes turn violent, whether or not the victim fights back. we have seen some very alarming instances, for example, in my district and the castro and in college hill, where people were attacked in addition to having their phones robbed. and these robberies don't just take place in central locations where people people congregate. recently, for example there was a rash of armed robberies of smart phones in corbit street in my district and a quiet residential area in broad daylight in the middle of the day. so people are understandable alarmed. we need to address this critical public safety issue by employing strategies and catching the criminals who are perpet

this is a 21st century problem needing faster wi-fi but the fcc wants to allow router makers to use a part of the spectrum that's largely not used right now but it will be a year until there's a full ruling. i say largely not used because car makers are experimenting with that kind of spectrum using radio signals so cars talk to each other automatically and don't run into each other. the military also wants to keep part of that spectrum open as well. >>> hewlett packard reports financials today. this is one of the few times we can say there will knbe no big announ announcements. hp is the best performer on the dow 30 industrials so far this year. tesla under pressure this morning after the car company reported a wider loss than expected. we do have some good news. tesla is making cars much more quickly than it had in the past. so fast in fact that at times it has run ahead of its part suppliers. during the phone call with reporters yesterday, elon musk said at one point he was flying in parts from eastern europe costing 100 times more than shipping them by boat. he said that made me w

tweeted saying congrats on staying with the eagles next queer ever year -- next year and that the -- the fccast is yours, though. >>> and check out the shot of the week. anna olson in colorado, gives it her best long-distance and that is coming up short and bounces in and with that great bucket and the kicker. 15 secs on the clock and they need to work on her. the bucket went in and final, the the redskins who hired keith burns to coach special teams. tonight, the wizards try to extend the win streak to four and visit milwaukee at 8:00. >> and wizards can practice the shot and to shawn yancy now. >>> and we're talking to a young hollywood star making history. an interview with oscar nominee wallace. we will show you how she's bringing the arts to d.c. and plus. [ indiscernible ] >> there is no room for error when you're firing guns like this one and from this artillery training. coming up at 10. >> and one last look at the forecast, sue? >> and temperatures are into the 50s today and into 51 tomorrow and hang in there, no lovells and a small amount of no and on to saturday and that is on the