that the fcc does not charge companies to broadcast. i think the fcc, from the republican point of view, is trying to exit some of the more aggressive oversight of the internet, as opposed to what president obama sought, which was a lot more hands-on. example of aeen an success story by both republicans and democrats. it is unlikely anything would happen to you too. ottheory, provider could opt orck -- could opt to block throttle youtube, but they have said they will not do that. host: what about privacy concerns? guest: this kind of got lost in the early days of the trump administration. in october, the obama administration opposed sweeping privacy restrictions on internet providers but not on the websites. so they would have to get opt in consent to use a lot of the data . facebook,zon, they would have to get that to her congress, in march, overturned those rules under the congressional review act, which means the fcc is barred from going back into that area. the authority the fcc had to regulate privacy stems from the net neutrality

we are so glad he came down to the fcc today. >> thank you all. love being here. the debate that we are here to begin is a debate over democracy itself. it's over whether or not we are going to have a free and open internet for all voices, for all competitors to be able to participate in. the fcc, the trump administration, is intending on shutting down net neutrality at the behest of a small number of corporate behemoths who want to -- who want to limit the new competitors who can get in to the internet marketplace, who want to ensure that those who have smaller voices have to pay more than those who are already powerful to gain access to the internet. and what we have here today are the net neutrality super heroes who are going to conduct a campaign a campaign where millions of americans are going to be able to talk to their own government. i would say right now that the trump administration has no idea what they are about to unleash in this country. donald trump did not understand what he was unleashing when he fired james comey last week. he does not understand

congressman blackburn, what's your reaction to fcc vote? >> i saw it as ui positive step in the right direction. very pleased that they took the action and very pleased to have and he's going to do a wonderful job and focused on closing the digital divide and expansion of broadband and making certain the internet is an open source and is not going to be under heavy government control. i think those are good steps, good things. >> host: what else would you like to see done? >> guest: it would take congress to take legislative following what the fcc does and this is what chairman pi was right step to take. i like seeing that. >> host: in your subcommittee right now, what are some of the items that you're working on that maybe we haven't seen surface? the news? >> guest: there are two reauthorizations that we are working on, one for ntia and those agencies have not been reauthorized since '90 and '92. looking at those, reshaping them and making certain that fcc is focused on spectrum and spectrum management and media ownership and some of thos

that was attempted to be enforced by the republican fcc. for the 2015 and 2010 rules there has been an effort to enforce these rules. the question is what is the strongest legal frame to do so and the course have upheld the 2015 rules as strong legally but there have been multiple instances whether it is face time being held back from some customers by at&t or whether it is the republican fcc enforcement of comcast, with bit torrent, or the recent concerns that have been raised around comcast, at&t and others referring to the content they own over other content. this falls under the umbrella of potential net neutrality violations. >> let's walk through one of those at a time. let's talk about the face time event. we had at&t making a business decision that if people were using face time on their 3g cell phones. this was 8-10 years ago, that that would cause congestion for other users on the at&t system. at&t wasn't competing with face time. they didn't have a video app on the at&t phone at that point. they were doing what might be called or

. >> next, "the communicators" and a discussion on the fcc's plan for internet rules. then a rally to protest the trump administration's environmental policies. live at 12:30, a look at the authorization of military force against isis. live at three, the senate gavels in. today they consider the nomination for the chair of the securities and exchange commission. ♪ ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television compan companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> going forward, we cannot stick with regulations from the great depression that were meant to micromanage ma bell. instead, we need rules that focus on growth and infrastructure investment, rules that expand high-speed internet access everywhere, rules that give americans more online choice, faster speeds and more innovation. in short, digital opportunity. and we are going to deliver. earlier today i shared with my fellow commissioners a proposal to reverse the mistake of title ii and to return to the light t

but the fcc does not charge companies to broadcast. i think the fcc, from the republican point of view, is trying to exit some of the more aggressive oversight of the internet, as opposed to what president obama sought, which was a lot more hands-on. youtube has been cited as an example of a success story by both republicans and democrats. no matter what happens, it is unlikely that anything would happen to youtube, although in theory, a provider if these rules were in place, could opt to block or throttle youtube, but the companies have said they do not have plans to do that. host: what about privacy concerns? is there a role for the chairman to address that? guest: this kind of got lost in the early days of the trump administration. in october, the obama administration opposed sweeping privacy restrictions on internet providers, but not on the websites. so they would have to get opt-in consent to use a lot of the data. at&t, verizon, facebook, they would not have to get that same consent. facebook and google already dominate two thir

and the fcc being a prepared? the fcc should be better prepared.y need to open up the system so people can comment. congress needs to give the money to do that. i'm skeptical of the claims, but i would hope the fcc will share what exactly happened and hopefully, they will get the support they need to secure their systems and actually give people the time and space to make their voices heard. what the fcc needs to be doing is make it easier for the public to weigh in. they care about the future of the internet. millions and millions of people are going to speak out in this proceeding. the fcc should not be closing off its years because of a technical difficult he. amy: i want to turn to the fcc ajit pai lasast month. he attacked or groupup, free press. >> cononsider the leading specel interest in n favor of title ii. numumerous --rlyly nanamed freeee press. they make nono effort to hide ee oup's true a agenda. while e he says we're not at aa point yet where we canan mpletetely eliminanate the tetelephonone and cable e compa, he admits "thehe ultimat

peter: how would fcc chairman as i's proposalajit pa to change the fcc rules affect facebook, dropbox, and amazon? mr. beckerman: we will have to see what he does. we are strong supporters of the existing rules on the book. we think there are working for consumers, which is the most important thing. the reason the rules are there is for consumers. we support the existing roles. we are concerned if they change them, it will weaken protections and allow service providers to be gatekeepers. peter: so title ii is the path you support. mr. beckerman: title ii is really just the jurisdiction. our support is based on the rules that fall under title ii and the end result that creates. peter: joining our conversation is margaret harding mcgill of politico. margaret: i want to pick up on discussions about net neutrality. you have talked about defending the roles at the fcc, but this has been a fight going on for a while. what do you think the appetite is like among your members for another net neutrality fight? mr. beckerman: it really has ,een a while, since 2005 really and you think in terms

. >> fcc commissioners met at their headquarters in washington, d.c. protesters outside call for preserving net neutrality rules for the internet. senators ron wyden and edinburgh quay along with representatives spoke at the rally. good morning everybody. we are here to save net neutrality. we have a a few special guests that i want to make sure that our champions of the people that are fighting every day all the way over there on capitol hill for the free and open internet are heard from. they've been sick debate for sticking up for net neutrality and no one has been doing that more than senator wyden from the state of oregon. my colleagues are so kind to let me do this. we have one's before it is time to win again. i know all of our friends are going to freely hammer this home. thanks, everybody. now we want senator ed markey for massachusetts. he stood up every day when he was in the white house and the senate and has been the outspoken champion for net neutrality for so many other consumer issues and they are so glad he came down here today. senato

so the fcc privacy rules. how to you see that playing out?-- the fcc as well as the federal trade commission, there's been a lot of criticism that this is going to endanger privacy. the defenders say, no, they're going to do a harm needs framework for everybody -- harmonized framework for everybody. how do you see that playing out? >> guest: so i'm hopeful that harmonizing happens. you know, i look at it and i think there's been -- it's interesting reading autopress reports as people kind of jump to the conclusions of what this really means. in reality it was a little bit of an overreach. i look at the carriers i represent. they have every, every need to be consumer-centric. the difference, you know, from a market perspective is my carriers actually live in the communities they serve. nobody's, you know, nobody wants to do anything to disrupt what is a very important balance when you're a community provide or. these folks are your neighbors and sometimes your family. so they've always been consumer-centric, privacy's very, very important. but

our thought is the fcc got it right. nothing is a guarantee in congress because a long process going through two chambers and get to the president's desk. the rules are fine. it's not broke. don't try to fix it and will try to maintain those rules. >> one of the things you're focused on in your meeting with the chairman of net neutrality was interconnections. this concerned about and a connection being used as a chokepoint to flow traffic or maybe extract coal from companies. if i understand and looks like the fcc is proposing to remove the agencies authority over internet traffic exchange. can you explain why you think that might be a problem for your members? >> guest: now come at the end of the day again it's about consumers. you are looking to access the internet, you pay your internet service provider via comcast or att or whoever it is. you pay a lot of money and access to the internet. if your experience is altered in some way, if the site is blocked or slow down or do some other things going on, as a consumer you

does not conform to fcc rules. and 10-11 means something that our wonderful interpreters know that i am guilty of, talking too rapidly. over the decades, cb radio slang has changed, as has certain commissioners' use of cb radio. we still have on the books a requirement that manufacturers engrave the serial number into the transmittaler ch transmitte cb radio. the costs of complying with it today greatly exceed any benefit from threat of prevention and the like. so today we reorganize, streamline, and eliminate regulations relating to the personal radio service. these rules govern the use of devices like cb radios, remote controlled toys and walkie-talkies. for instance, we consolidate various repetitive sections of our rules into one place where possible. we also reorganize these rules into categorizes that are easier for the public to understand and easier to find. this modernization effort will help anyone who uses a cb radio or other personal communications device to more easily understand and comply with our ru

fcc -- pian hired the of the fcc is complementary. think he is creating a broadband advisory council and it is intriguing. he spoke to my membership last week, and it was fun to share thoughts with him because when they created this advisory council, really a roll up your sleeve, let's get into this and figure out what it takes for broadband, he got 40 names in the pot. there are currently about 400, so there is a lot of interest of people serving on the advisory council. >> what percentage of the u.s. population does not have access to broadband? shirley bloomfield: it depends on how you define broadband, and it would be an interesting statistic. i look at our sector, 85% of my membership has speeds in excess of 10 megabits to 85% of their consumers that are out there. so i look at our kind of ecosystem, and is a pretty robust ecosystem. i would not want to throw something out because everyone has different standards, but some parts of the country are not served. that is why one of the initiatives the fcc put together with the connec

>> guest: that is a jurisdiction that congress gave to the fcc. ultimately congress can write the laws or do a number of things that would be sustainable. our thought is the fcc got it right. nothing is a guarantee in congress. it is a very long process going through two chambers and the rules are fine. not broke. don't try to fix it. and we will try to maintain those rules of the fcc. >> one of the things that you focused on in your meeting with the chairman on net neutrality was interconnection. this concern about it being used as a choke point to slow traffic. if i understand correctly, looks like the fcc is proposing to remove the agency's authority over internet traffic exchange. can you explain why that might be a problem for your members? >> guest: at the end of the day it is about the consumer. you are looking to access the internet and pay your provider and you want access to the entire internet. if a site is blocked or slowed down as a consumer you don't know where that is happening in the process. the point of interconnection to you as

the fcc. aside from the conversation that i'm going to have with sec chairman pai at lunchtime we have a stellar lineup for today's program. the first program will feature howard sharansky and boyden gray ^-caret-- here again i have in your program the titles and bios we are going to follow this session with an all-star panel lineup and then immediately following the panel session we will break a short time for a very nice buffet lunch. i guarantee you it will be nice, but i hope most of you are here for the program and not just for the lunch. then, we will have a conversation with chairman pai and then we are honored to have the two acting directors of the federal trade commission with us for the after lunch session. tadd lipsky and todd paul will be featured at that session and winding up michelle connelly who is a professor at duke university and a member of free state foundation's board of academic advisors will offer some final thoughts. now, remember to treat-- tweet if you are tweeter.

let's work with the fcc and get these maps in shape. the second thing is we need to define what is going to be the acceptable speed. what are we trying to do? up? wn, three 25 down, three up? what do you need to be your target? as we set that framework in place, then you are ready to move to the grants and the going into broadband expansion. the infrastructure bill will give us another opportunity. expand ask how you best those dollars, and it may be partnerships with public entities, your local and state governments, and then they pull down money, leverage those dollars to pull down some federal dollars, and suddenly, you are getting a three to 1, 3 to 1, 4 to 1, 5 to 1 benefit. some of those entities may want to go out and do public-private partnerships and look at ways to utilize broadband. it is important, too, to note that what we will do is technology neutral because different things will work for different areas. bee places, it will wireline, fiber, wireless and other lot -- in other areas, satellite and others -- satellite in ot

i am very pleased they took the action as the chairman of the fcc will do a wonderful job, he is focused on closing the digital divide and the expansion of pod bay and to make certain the internet is an open source and will not be under permit control that is a good thing. >> host: a step in the right direction? what else? to make it will be up to congress to change the legislative action following what the sec does and what chairman pai did was the right step to take. i like seeing that. >> host: water some of the items you are working on in the committee right now?. >> there are two we authorizations we are working through the fcc that agency has not been reauthorize since 92. so we are making certain with spectrum management and media ownership. we're also working on our nation's emergency communication template. it is more than the emergency alert coming on the television screen or the radio blast that you hear. we have done some hearings and one of the neat things we're doing this year we have different numbers that will lead on different issues. johnson will be our work on expansio

since 2011, the fcc desiginated a floor saying urban and rural need to match. i have maybe a thousand people, ten thousands people, it is not compareable show how do you find a way not to match urban by pennies. folks have been talking about that an capitol hill. >> how is the universal fund dollars used by our association members? >> a lot of people look at universal service and think you can build it that way. people built with capital infrastructure like the lending program run out of usda which is one of the few super appropiating line items in the budget and the program makes money for the government because there has never been a deadry deadryan -- deadline. it is support mechanisms that ensures the rates are compareable. how you keep the network up to date and speed and continue to build it out and make sure what you were charging for those services is reasonable compareable to urban rates. for example, most carriers have a density of about 1-5 consumer miles of wire. i look at a state like pennsylvania which as a good state to mix it because it has a mi

the fcc results have not. fringes, we still have on the books a requirement that manufacturers engrave the serial number the transmittedder chassis of each raid ya. whatever the merits of the rule, the marries have faded into memory just like bj and the bear. and the collses of complying with it today have greatly exceeded any benefit from theft prevention and the like. so today we re-organize, extremeline and eliminate regulations relating to the personal radio service. these results govern the use of devices like cb radios, remote controlled toys andtr walkie-talkies.ol toy fringes, we consolidate sections of the rules into one placent where possible. and re-organize the approvals in categories that are easier for the public to understand and easier to find. this modernization effort will help anyone who use a cb raidover or other personal communications device. to more easily understand and comply with our rules. whether you're a truck driver who needs to communicate on the road or remote control toy this j

it gave the fcc authority.t that time it was introduced by republicans, and democrats expecting they would hold on to the fcc with the clinton presidency, were not interested in conversations about it. now maybe with this action, we might see movement on the hill. emily: is there anything approaching a compromise? the debate is so polarized. larry: as david says, the rhetoric is completely overheated and really off the charts, as it was every other time we have been through this. i was testifying a couple weeks ago for the senate. the chairman of the commerce committee and the ranking member agreed that legislation is the solution. they just do not think the atmosphere in washington is really appropriate now for those kind of discussions. maybe that will change with today's actions. emily: as we know, you are on one side of this debate. explain why. larry: the side i am on is the side against public utility, not against net neutrality rules. public utility treatment is really inappropriate. it will hurt investm

you fire up the computer and send off an e-mail to the fcc.wee t if, cc said they would review the complaints they got about colbert. that's when things went off the rails. the fcc will review the complaint? they are investigating colbert. yeah, not really. now if you see something on our show that you think is vulgar or otherwise indecent, you'll write to the fcc and they review every complaint they receive. if you were to tell the fcc that you have a problem with my tie, they are going to review your complaint, but that doesn't mean they are investigating me or the station. bottom line, it's highly unlikely colbert is going to face any punishment or penalty from the fcc. they are reviewing the complaint, but i can verify that it is false. the fcc has not launched an investigation of stephen colbert. again, at any time, if you are offended by what topper wears, write to the fcc. they are not going to write you back and probably not going to launch. >> they will write to you about what topper has on. responding to me. and i respond in kind. >>

today the fcc proposed to return to the light touch regulatoryframework that govern the internet for two decades. this partisan approach was established by president clinton and the republican contest , they kill telecommunications act of 1986 and maintained by democratic and republican chairman of life. title ii order in 2015, face a significant break from this regulatory consensus. the us service providers to do depression era rules designed for the lobdell monopoly. it's important to stress that our vote today was the beginning of the rulemaking process. not the end. >> and i like to say two things about the path ahead. first, this will be an open process.we want to hear from stakeholders on all sides of the debate and i'm sure we will. our proposed rulemaking asked many important questions and i encourage all interested parties to offer detailed answers. >> we go forward, we will be guided by the facts and the law though it is critical to develop a robust record. >> and open it also means we will be transparent about our work. unlike in 2015, we will not hide from the american pe

it's not the fcc decision. i think the fcc could hand down a fine.dment issues here, even though this was clearly obscene conduct, under the first amendment, he has the right to criticize the president of the united states. i agree with you, i don't think the fcc will act. >> and so colbert is standing by his monologue. this what is he said earlier. >> i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. i believe he can take care of himself. i have jokes. he has the launch codes. so -- it's a fair fight. so while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> so, does this kind of up the ante, brian, because, you know, donald trump is the leader of the government, fcc, government agency, it's donald trump who is taking offense to this particularly, and so are many of his supporters saying, you know, fire colbert. >> we are in a very, very polarized time and colbert is gaining viewers by being harshly critical of president trump. on the other hand, chanels like fox news have gained

and that's one of my bigger concerned about what has been going on the fcc as well. obviously right now we have the situation in which the part of the dat security provisions that were applied to common carriers have been suspended and for me that is a huge shifting of the risk away from the broadband bravedder and on to the individuals and this kind of ransomware attack underscores why that can create a huge amount of costs to consumers. >> we recently did an interview with steve case, the founder of aol and he talked about not the internet of things but the internet of everything. are you getting complaints the ftc about the internet of everything at this point? >> well, i love they expression, the internet of everything if think it adequately captures the extent and scope of our interconnectivity. what we have, though in america is a situation where we're not longer just connecting to the internet through a computer at a desk top or web site. we're connecting to our phones, of course, but we're connecting to the wearable wed wear on our bodies and a lot of the dev

bipartisan approach was established by a the telecommunications act been maintained by the republican fcc chairman elect to have a significant break from a regulatory consensus is important to stress although is the beginning of the rulemaking process but first this is an open process run to hear from stakeholders' on all sides of the debate the notice of proposed rule making as many important questions with a detailed answer and to be guided by the facts so is critical we develop a robust record also meaning we will be transparent on lake in 2015 not with any final rules we might want to adopt some zero as is the case the public can see what we are voting on before we vote. we're committed to reaching a solution to provide strong incentive mueller that regulatory framework with a cheaper broadband to all americans to use that access to reach the content and one last point lead i.m. graceful the commission is on the number of fronts to stop the role americas phone bills to block the summer and launch a review of the rates as a number of groups have told us the national consumer law center

first, we are proceeding in a far more transparent way than the fcc did. they pushed through the title ii order before anyone outside the building was allowed to see if. it's been available to the public online for three we indeed the public has already submitted over 1 million comments on the draft and i will go one step further today to commit to this. on my watch, any order that we may adopt in this proceeding will also be made widely available while before a vote is called three of you may ever disagree on what they are doing but you will be able to see what it is we are doing and why. we aim to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the division and this simply wasn't done in 2015. the analysis in the order has been called wrong, unsupported and a relevant by their own chief economist at the time. we will have our experts to review the evidence and other variables and we will not rely on the statements about the internet as we know it and 140 character but rather on the data. >> >> is entitled connect america the acting chief of the bureau will give the i

joining me right now is fcc chairman. good to have you back on the show. >> nice to talk to you again. trish: you want to roll back these regulations. tell me what that's going to look like for consumers of internet-based products and how soon you think it would happen. >> well, i think the repeal of these particular regulations will be good for consumers for a number of different reasons. first and foremost, it will lead to more investment and infrastructure by companies that build the nuts and bolts of the internet. secondly, it will lead to more competition. what we've heard of some of the smaller companies that were looking to build these networks have either held back on investments or stopped investing all together because of these regulations. and third, we want to have that light touch regulatory approach that started in the clinton administration like the googols and facebooks of the world to grow and thrive, and that's exactly what we want to have in the first 20 years of internet, and to benefit online innovati

except the fcc always reviews every klabt it receives.lain to the fcc about this program. but the government almost never takes action. so folkenflik what is this really about? is there anything unusual here? >> you know, there isn't in the sense that you're absolutely right. somebody complained somewhere. there's something in a file and the fcc reviews it. people are calling it an investigation. so it's going to involve subpoenas. that's not what this entails. it's a much more bureaucratic review. chairman of the fcc made himself available in a radio interview and then on fox business network to talk about it and he talked about it in fairly mundane even tempered terms. what he said was absolutely true. we've got to look at this. we'll review the complaint, we'll see if something is needed. it will be a fine of something of that nature. the very fact of addressing it is throwing some red meat to trump fans -- >> hmm. maybe them feel they're being heard. >> and stoking this is a little bit for those partisans. the chair of the fcc are muc

and that's one of my bigger concerns about what's going on at the fcc as well. right now we have a situation this which part of the data security provisions that were a applying to common carriers have been suspended, and for me that's a huge shifting of the risk away from the broadband providers and on to individuals and this kind of ransomware attack really underscores why that can create a huge amount of cost to consumers. >> host: we recently did an interview with steve case, the founder of aol, and he talked not about the internet of things, but the internet of everything. are you getting complaints at the ftc about the internet of everything at this point? >> guest: well, i love the expression the internet of everything because i think it adequately captures the extent and scope of our interconnect it. interconnectivity. what we have in america is a situation where we're no longer just connecting to the internet through a computer, at a desktop or at a web site. we're connecting through our phones, of course, but we're connecting to the wearables that we w

in a lot of cases, the fcc rules have been on the books for decades.ithout it, you think are they northeast in 2016 or 2017. so we want to make sure our rules are consistent and comprehensive and modern. otherwise, we're standing in the way and that's not what we want to do. >> neil: we've had a lot of e-mail and interest on the seat by the man that runs the fcc. the full interview is on fox business' website. it's all there online. the head of the fcc with his thoughts on all of these high tech and other matters. stephen colbert included. meantime, the healthcare repeal and replace going to the united states senate and the maryland senator, chris van holland on what he expects to do after this. when you booked this trip, you didn't know we had over 26,000 local activities listed on our app. or that you could book them right from your phone. a few weeks ago, you still didn't know if you were gonna go. now the only thing you don't know, is why it took you so long to come here. expedia. everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. when th

anna werner spoke to the new head of the fcc about his plans to crack down. >> i just picked up my cellhone. >> reporter: the calls came to peter clarke's cell phone in march. >> i think you have the wrong number, peter. >> hi. you guys need to quit calling my phone. i don't have a credit card. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: his phone number was spoofed. that's when anonymous scammers make it appear as if robocalls to others are coming from your phone. >> it's not normal to listen to your voicemails and immediately have people yelling at you to stop calling them. it was concerning. >> reporter: americans were swamped by 2.5 billion robocalls last month, up 9% from last year. >> this is susan with credit card relief. >> you qualify for a 75% savings -- >> reporter: the fcc's new chairman, ajit pai promises action. >> whether it's through the rule-making process here at the fcc or the enforcement process, we are going to be the cop on the beat. >> reporter: one step companies are taking, working on new technology to track where exactly the calls are coming from. but advocates like tim m

neil: what is the biggest change at fcc?our predecessor obviously didn't agree how to go about running things, tom wheeler. i'm curious now, if it was heavy touch of government under his stewardship, are you going to be mr. light touch or no touch at all? how do you square that? >> to it me at least it involves modernizing regulations to match the marketplace we're in. in a lot of case what is i found, thatç the fcc rules have been on the books for decades. without reevaluation are are they necessary for 2017, and are the rules consistent, comprehensive or modern? otherwise we're standing in the way of investment and innovation in networks. that is the last thing i think the regulator should want to do. neil: i lied. i have one more question, live stream, pop up on some sites, facebook among them where murders have been committed live stream, do you think as some advocated there should be a delay on live stream, much as there is sometimes something controversial pops up on broadcast t have, even cable that there is a delay

under president obama, the fcc imposed increased government oversight of broadband traffic and theseular nations were upheld by federal court. internet service providers are treated as public utilities and are forbidden from blocking or slowing rivals with content. the term "network neutrality" was coined in 2002 by a law professor and author. he argued that no authority define whatle to kind of information was and wasn't available on the internet, but wu also recognize the expense of maintaining network hardware and he proposed that providers should be allowed to charge based on usage could people pay for more bandwidth and not to access. supporters say the sec should enforce net neutrality to force a shrinking handful of powerful internet service providers to treat all web traffic equally. many republicans have sided with the providers, who say that more deregulation deters investment in a better internet. the legal and policy quote -- beneath the legal and policy questions lies a philosophical one, who owns the internet? of the balances all competing interests? you can read more a

concerns that reactions not just by opponents of reversing title ii but they carry the term that the fcc had taken the steps for doing this presupposing outcome that you haven't reached yet.do you have any concerns that that undermines the corner confidence of the public in the way the fcc carries out. >> i don't think so. i think the public will comment as they see appropriate inthe coming months . there have been a number of comments so far. i made the point to the more substantive comments are more important to me. i do look at all the comments, i do acknowledge all the comments and try to give weight to all comments but there are many walking away that i get that are very colorful in their direction and so there's only so much weight i'm going to give to those so i think the public is not going to be dissuaded from commenting on the topic. there are a lot of different views on this and we will see where itgoes . >> margaret mcgough, politico. sounds like you asked for a question to be added to the mpr m related to i guess maybe, i don't know if it would be preempting but trying to do

we spoke to fcc chairman ajit pai from washington, d.c.jit: this will be a political debate that will engage millions of people, but we are going to stay focused on the facts and the laws. the facts are americans by and large believe in an open internet, but they want to have an infrastructure investment. they want the next generation networks to be built out. i think what the fcc does not need heavy-handed regulation that saddle businesses with lots of rules that simply de-incentivize from building those networks. that will be the course we're charting henceforth. caroline: have you had commitments that if these rules are changed, they will invest? i'm looking at the profits of at&t, $14 billion. $8 billion if you are comcast, shares have risen since the original ruling of net neutrality. they don't seem to have really been hurt. ajit: if you look at the actual numbers with respect to investments, they are down 5.6% for the top 12 broadband providers in this country. and that does not even include the smaller providers who are not include

the fcc doesn't blame him. they say it was hit with an attack at the same time which prevented the fans from accessing the site. critics say that's quite a coincidence. >> yesterday, we told you amazon would come out with a new echo with a screen. amazon show, they call it, will allowia to make video calls among other things. >> how big is it? >> about yea big. what's cool about this, or very smart, you get one for yourself because you're an advanced person, you like the echo, et cetera. to a video call, you have to get your mom one. >> you can't use it with an ipad like a face time. >> for the time being, you need two. one is in your mom's house. she said your brother ought to have one of these. >> it echoes. >> exactly. very smart. very clever. >> that coffee issing in. >> i'll be here all morning. >> here for a long time. >> could the 2024 olympics be in the city of angels. the international olympic evaluation commission is visiting loss for the next couple days inspecting it for hosting. they're going to gi

we don't know where the fcc could go. i'm an optimist. think there could be a win/win/win scenario here. >> if it's a matter of encouragement investment by these companies and enable them to seek greater returns down the road, that implicitly means somebody is paying for something that they weren't otherwise going to, right? they see greater profit potential in order to invest now. where does that come from? >> ultimately from consumers. but it also helps to groet economic pie generally. if you think of the emerging internet of things and how there are all sorts of projections to the millions of jobs that could be associated with that and the u.s. leads the world in the development of internet, that will help productivity. your previous segment talked about a lack of productivity and wireless connectivity is a huge part of that. you have an overall growing economy. consumers are paying much less per bit today for their broadband service. it's really a win/win/win possibility. >> do you think it's possible for fcc chairman to regain neutra

here is the statement from the fcc.ent withstand ard operating procedure, the fcc's enforcement bureau has reviewed the complaints and the material the subject of these complaints. the bureau concluded there is nothing actionable under the fcc rules. okay. there is the decision. are you surprised? >> not surprised at all. never thought the fcc would take any action against cbs over the crude and disgusting sexual joke that stephen colbert made about president trump. you can say whatever the blank you what if you're on after 10:00 at night. the federal communication commission considers to be a safe zone and fewer kids are watching at those hours. the one most crude sexual slang term was bleeped in the joke it wasn't technically -- >> bill: are there hard and fast rules for this, or is this open to interpretation and definition? >> i guess what's obscene or unacceptable or worthy of a fine is ultimately up to the individual fcc commissioners but what a contrast. even though there are thousands of complaints in this case.

fcc says it was a sign area tack that brought it down. even though a lot of oliver's fans are not buying that. >> this month will be the ninth transpride event in d.c. and virginia. gave ingrim will be the speaker. he's a high school student from gloucester high school. he's vocal in the fight for transgender bathroom rights. the event is may 20. >> williams facing backlash for making racist joke at the mtv movie awards. a exit he was in fell flat. in the exit she tried to address the fact her character in get out was racist and it offended people. she has not commented on the exit. >> orange is new black actress jamie denbo is calling out hollywood for sexism and ageism. she went on a rant over recent casting call. the 43-year-old said she got a call from casting agent said she was too old to play wife of 57-year-old in a tv series. she says she won't name names. >> i won't comment on that. >> probably safe. >> coming up on "fox news morning" another northwest d.c. college campus is scene of hate crime. >> and former he miss copal bishop

fcc and how to preserve a free and open internet. mr. beckerman is interviewed by politico technology reporter margaret harding mcgill. >> it looks like the fcc is proposing to remove the agency over internet traffic exchange. can you explain why that might be a problem for your members? >> at the end of the day it's about consumers. you're looking to access the internet. you you pay your internet service provider via comcast or at&t and whoever it is and you're paying a lot of money and you want to access the entire internet. if your experience is altereded in some way and the site is blocked or slowed down and there are some other things going on, as a consumer you don't know what's happening in the process. it's happening to the point of interconnection to you, as your internet, you don't know and so all of that should be included there to protect the consumer and their ability to access the entire internet. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>ing a >>ing a company you are secretary sonny purdue spoke to

. >>> and fcc made a decision, find out if late show hoe stephen colbert will face a fine about a joke he made about the president. >> ♪ >> katie fehlinger is very excited. >> yes. >> tom cruise. tom cruise getting back in the danger zone. toll but plans for sequel to top gun next. >>> well, i got to tell you tom cruise once again feels the need, the need, for speed. he told an australian morning show that filming for top gun two will likely begin within the next year. katie, did you hear that. >> oh, my god i'm so excited. this time saturday marks 31st anniversary of the original film that propelled tom cruise to superstar come. people are excited about that. they say they will not take action against stephen colbert for a risque joke he made about president trump. on may 1st broadcast of his late she comedian made a joke suggesting president trump and russian president putin engaged in a sexual act. remark prompted quite a bit of backlash against colbert with trump supporters calling for colbert to be fired n a statement, fcc says they have reviewed complaint and concluded there was

under fcc rules. >>> past two possible sainthood is moving forward for beloved teacher from delaware county. >> many students in our area have been inspired by father william atkinson. meeting at monsignor bonner archbishop prendergast high school in drexel hill discussed next steps, for father at kin sin looking in the possible miracle that could ab contribute todd him. sledding accident in 1964 left him a quadriplegic and he died in 2006. turf say, difficult go to prendie, difficult not have father atkinson but i can tell you, joe holden did and any students hoff met and have had him so he did have an impact, yes. it is great to hear. that. >> speaking of an impact, here she comes, katie, how are you doing. >> i'm not the impact, mother nature is. i would like you to always credit me when it is nice weather. >> i do, i tip you, occasionally. >> okay, yes, exactly. when it is like this, yes. >> rain. >> exactly. you know, anytime we get rain during month of may it will be beneficial for pollen, certainly, right, exactly. so we have allergy sufferers who know where we are coming from

i can't even repeat some of the comments the fcc got, all of that.s say they were not in keeping with the onable nature ever exchanges online. what, explain what happened here? >> right, so john oliver is calling calling this a grassroots campaign. he is asking, he has about four million viewers, to flood the fcc website with comments. it is not really surprising that you have a lot of vulgar, obscene and downright racist comments when john oliver himself is calling this campaign, go fcc yourself. that is not that surprising you get a lot of nasty comments. but a broader point here, they're calling this grassroots. it is really not anything of the kind. it looks like astroturf. look at comments, thousands are using fake names. thousands of comments are using john oliver, they're using donald trump, using barack obama, using homer simpson, michael jackson, and the rest. you look where the website go fcc yourself, directs you to comment on net neutrality rule, it is registered with a canadian company called tuco. this company partnered with a liberal n

they own a swath of wireless spectrum that they got permission from the fcc to use.t used to be similar to what charlie ergen did with dish network. we are breaking the news yesterday, straight path was acquired by verizon. not directly comparable, but still the general world of wireless spectrum for 5g uses. globalstar is hiring financial advisors to seek a sale. that's company at about a $2 billion mark. vonnie: it jumped 23%, who might be interested? i imagine that at&t and verizon may look again. perhaps even the other two mobile wireless companies like sprint and t-mobile. also, the cable companies might be interested in this. comcast,about charter, and the cable companies want to get into wireless. they are looking ahead to a 5g world. is some say, there doubt about how valuable this spectrum is. there's a camp of people that think this could be bedrock technology for 5g. another camp of people think, this is not really the same of what we saw a straight path. it may not be quite as valuable or valuable at all. there's a bets going on here, and that may or may