in today's hearing we begin to examine rethorsoning the fcc that's the first time since 1990 the fcc has come up for reauthorization. by any estimation this discussion is long overdue. and today we continue conversations to make the fcc a model agency with proposals for a number of process reforms. many of which will sound very familiar because we've taken them up before in this committee. when we first took up the open government reforms i said it was not about who headed the fcc at the time it was about improving transparency and public involvement in a public process. i believe that under chairman wheeler and i believe that just as much now under chairman pal. i was pleased to be the chairman demonstrated his commitment to making the operations more transparent through action by initiating a pilot program to publicly release the text of commission agenda items at the same time they're presented to the other commissioners for a vote. a measure his predecessor oppose ds there are a number of matters pending with the commission many of which we will discuss. with the the broadcaster

chairman, pai, you have proposed an fcc inquiry to evaluate new uses, how can congress support the fcc's efforts to bring spectrum forward for commercial use in timely fashion and what issues fcc thinks will need to be addressed to make this happen? >> thanks for the question, chairman, you highlighted one of the key areas that have been dormant in fcc. pursuant to your letter, we took a look and we thought this is right for notice of inquiry, recently i propose today my colleagues, we will be voting on soon notice of inquiry that would tee up a variety of broadbands and if particular the 3 dot band and we are hopeful that the bands in particular will generate substantial public comment and we would be able to maintain u.s. leadership in spectrum policy by figuring out which areas are possible for licensing innovation going forward. in terms of committee's efforts, we would like to keep you informed. we would certainly welcome that input. >> thank you, commissioner rosenworcel, we looked at a number of states, some states and municipalities have streamlined while others have not, to help

period of service to the fcc. in addition, it is hard to recall a similar situation where someone was nominated to serve at the commission alongside rather than to follow their current boss. we must have commissioners with an independent voice at this critical regulatory agency and ones that will fight for consumers and the public interest. and that is why i will urge our colleagues to take a particularly hard look at the question of two consecutive terms. it seems to me that the wiser course would be to hold this hearing, consider the gentleman's qualifications and if he is confirmed see how he does over the next couple of years before confirming him to an additional term on top of the original one at this agency. and finally, let me welcome back chairman pai. you have been busy since your last appearance. i want to give you do credit for many of the actions the fcc took at the open meeting last week. they included several solid proconsumer actions aimed at improving the lives of americans. you, these most recent

the last fcc hearing i had asked the commissioner about fcc's place in the challenging cyber security sphere including the communications reliability division that works with the communications industry to implement improvements to help ensure the reliability of the infrastructure. what specifically can the fcc be doing to aid in concert? >> thank you for the question. cyber security is important. the fcc as you note has a group and that works to develop best practices that the agency can help push into the marketplace. it also has network-based expertise and in the space dhs is considered the spectrum agency in terms of communication in this area. we should be taken or network-based expertise working with dhs and trying to consolidate efforts so we do not have enough of that soup of agencies working across purposes. >> thank you. commissioner pie, some questions for you let me follow up with one that senator blumenthal started with, just for clarification, as a sit here today you are not aware that u.s. telecom and in cta has asked the fcc for a ruling confirming diocese following fe

as part of the fcc 2015 lifeline modernization order, the fcc began the process of creating the national verifier for eligibility. this important check on the system that would make huge progress, which needed the most. could you provide us with status updates, for national verifier. >> the national verifier is not scheduled to be up and running or scheduled to be until 2019. and in the gao report, many millions of dollars are being wasted, and getting a lifeline subsidy. >> there is not very much progress at this time. >> the hands we were dealt. >> can you commit to providing this committee and what commission staff is doing to speed the implementation of the verifier. it is critically important. we should be implement in this reform that we can safeguard against waste, fraud and abuse and instead of continually attacking lifeline. i know that commissioner clyburn is a champion of this. what can we do to strengthen lifeline programs? >> we can assure to better evaluate what the chairman did not say some of the reports put on the back burner, they were rescinded or released so hard part

lance. >> thank you chairman black burn and welcome to the fcc kirgss. -- fcc commissioner. internet is a great equalizer provides a open platform to embour innovation and free speech as well as other invention and histories by reclassifying internet services under depression area title 29s common carrier rults in 2015 the fcc needlessly risked this great economic engine. fch title 2 ohms the door to burdensome regulations that harm competition threaten the investment and broad band needed to close the digital divide. and holdback innovation such as 5g. i applaud chairman pal for phishing a proceeding to rf the misguided reclassification p -- misguided reclassification. it's important for consumers not to conflate the harmful title ii reclassification with the net neutrality principles as some would suggest. there is strong support among the american people for a light touch approach to internet regulation. and a strong kwon sense us on -- strong consensus on both sides of the aisle for net neutrality principles. these ideas do not need to be mutually exclusive. it is my hop

in today's rate would begin to examine the authors i the fcc, -- reauthorizing the fcc, the first time since 1990 the fcc has come up for reauthorization. this discussion is long overdue and today we continue conversations to make the sec a model agency with proposal for a number of process reforms. when we first look at these open government reforms i said it was not about who headed the fcc at the time. it was not improving transparency and public involvement in a public process. i believe that under chairman wheeler and i believe that just as much and now under chairman pai. i was pleased to see chairman pai demonstrate his commitment to making fcc's operations more transparent to action by initiating the pilot program to publicly release the text of commission agenda items at the same time there presented the other commissioners for a vote. a major premise is a poster a number of matters pending company which we will discuss today. with the four portions incentive auction concluded, the next phase can broadcast reback is underway. commission is set forth an aggressive schedule to m

is it time to revamp the fcc? >> certainly we need to think about broadband and how we want broadband to be regulated. >> what about the fcc itself? >> think of it as taking apart the congress needs to step in here. >> what are the other thoughts, we agree that net neutrality and open and free internet but what are the elements that would make up a sustainable set of net neutrality rules? the three rules of no blocking, no throttling, no great pay prioritization. what about the standard which fcc has made is a call to police, what specifically would make it up? >> there's no blocking, no throttling and transparency, we ought to look at pay prioritization because i do think all entrepreneurs, we should talk about this. all entrepreneurs should be able to have access if they wanted but we are starting to talk about automated cars and automated health monitoring, i think probably were going to want to wait for some sort of priority quality of service so we're talking about future services and we all want entrepreneur

the former fcc commissioner, who do you represent? edi i want to sayth: to be back and test out the developments of the industry did a bunch of things have changed family to have a fun discussion. everythingt wireless. of course we represent nationwide carriers who you see on television competing like crazy with their ads on the coverage of their network. their speed on the cost. consumers are winning. we have 700great plans for consumers to choose from. that is pretty terrific. is thealso represent regional carriers, they are taking broadband to rural america. are doing us a fantastic way. we are also working with those who make the phones like apple and samsung. those who make the chips who go into the phones like intel. then these fantastic companies that are building up the networks that are going to bring us smart cities. so all of that means that we are the platform for the future we are now representing ad companies and drones. even other companies, what we do policies that for will continue amazing innovation in the wireless i

what do you want from the fcc? is there legislation in congress that you'd like to the see on making more spectrum available? >> guest: so we're really anxious to be working with ntia on this. i'm verien encouraged that the trump administration is already talking about spectrum because that's something you don't see administrations talk about until a little bit later. so we're glad they see this as a critical input to the economy. actually, when we look at 5g, it is going to add $500 billion to our economy, and it means three million jobs, sorry, if we get it right. so that's a big impact, and so we need to get the policies right. >> what kind of auctions do you, do you see as necessary for 5g and for improving coverage? >> guest: well, margaret, i was at ntia when we did aws-i, and it was the first time that we'd used the spectrum p relocation fund, and it was a little hairy, i have to admit. but when they did aws-iii, the lessons learned were, in fact, lessons learned. we look at a couple of the government operat

but the fcc doesn't necessarily know that. so that is why i always say, you need to, we all need to work together with the local communities, addressing their needs, seeing where the bottlenecks are. if you're getting two, 300, requests for small cell deployment, and you have got half a person that is over this and higher, you know, portfolio, you're going to have a problem getting something out in an expedited time. so we need to really look, work with, i am for, creating another type of loosely fitting model consortium, that would include you municipalities and counties, that would include people from, government agencies and companies, coming together, saying where are the bottle next? what can we do to solve them? strictly to come from a posture we're going to preempt with not taking into consideration what the unique needs of the communities are, maybe, just maybe, the companies are all of their eyes dotted, ts, crossed, so many variables i don't think people take into consideration when you talk about the deployment and

i think that the fcc has done a great role. the wireless industry welcomes the net neutrality rules and open internet, i am very hopeful and optimistic we can see congress act. >> what would you see with the telephone bill, would you like to see a new one? >>: we need to think about broadband. >> what about the fcc? >>: i think congress needs to step in here. >> would have been the talks with net neutrality and open internet, what are the elements that are the three bright line rules, what about the general standard that the fcc has made a catchall, with specifically? >>: i would call those no blocking, no transparency, i do think all entrepreneurs we should have access as they want to. when we start talking about automated cars and automated health monitoring i think that are probably going away for some quality of service. we are talking about future services and we all want entrepreneurs to develop whatever they want. i do think they will want some kind of quality services moving forward. >> what about the recent announcemen

the fcc has ro butt deals. they know how to test whether you are in the internet ec ecosystem is one that could raise questions. they have a legal standard that can evaluate these vertical agreements, and standard that has been developed over time that recognizes some vertical foreclosures are anti-consumer and some can be pro. the earlier panel discussed the fact that we have a consensus developing around a no blocking and no throttling rule and no unreasonable discrimination rule, where the rubber it hits the road was on the question about paid prioritization. which can be good, can have anti-competitive effects. the ftc is able to evaluate on a case-by-case basis. whether a particular agreement is one that might harm c consumers. using robust law that's been developed from a number of different cases elsewhere in the economy so that they have a broader scope informed by a lot more history than the federal communications commission can, and i agree that the expost review of the infen tten dant r can provide i

[inaudible] if there where the fcc authority to where does it come from? >> the word that comes to mind is certainty. right now we have certainty that we will be the referee on the field and enabling and answering the calls of people who said they want choice. i want connectivity, i want to be able -- if my doctor is 100 miles away to be able to speak to them without getting in the car. all of these things are made possible with connectivity and if we do not have all of the tools in our regulatory bill to be able to say that we haven't authority to enable all of these wonderful opportunities and who does and how does it get done? someone can challenge as a who are you if this is an information service to use my universal service dollars to provision and to find these activities. that's my fear. >> you mention certainty. on the hill republicans say they are offering certainty through legislative proposals that they say democrats don't seem to be wanting to discuss in terms of putting into law net neutrality rules but in some ways carving out how much author

other issues around your former time at the fcc and the current fcc commission. we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "new orbit" by the matthew shipp trio, from the album, "rock the net: musicians for network neutrality." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we are talking with michael copps, the former fcc commissioner from 2001-2012 and continue our discussion with him . commissioner, i would like to ask you about what has been in the news a lot lately, the at&t-time warner merger. i know the commission may not eventually be ruling on this, but your sense as we see this continue, as you mentioned earlier, this continued concentration of ownership by so many of the telecom and media and cable giants of the united states. >> it is just giving too much powerto one company, a that no one company should be able to exercise in a democracy like ours. we have gotten to the point now with the trump administration and the new fcc where just about any merger proposal is possible. it used

the ball is in the fcc's court. what happens when it comes, or if there is a company that has both voice and broadband? who provides protection? if there is a hybrid, voice and broadband, does that mean there is no regulatory caught on the beach? these are things we have to ask ourselves when we go into a direction that might be more philosophical than practical. we need to ask ourselves will consumers be protective? and under the current paradigm that i have seen, what i am hearing in terms of moving back to the days of old, i don't see where the consumer benefits will be right. >> we are moving into a hybrid world. >> we are, but people expect basic protections. they expect the type of protections that they have had for a long time. you might look different, the platforms might be different i don't think anybody says, just because i am wireless now, i don't expect the type of , a referee on the field that would say whether or not the ball are strike, or i'm out of sports personalities right now. people expect to b

it, i'm sure will come up and it should because it's an important proceeding for the fcc. aside from the conversation that i'm going to have with fcc chairman at lunchtime, we have a stellar line-up for today's program. the first program will feature howard gelanski and boyden gray. in your program you see the titles and bios. then we're going to follow this session with an all star panel line-up. and then immediately following the panel session, we're going to break a short time for a very nice buffet lunch. i guarantee you it's going to be nice, but i hope most of you are here for the program and not just for the lunch. then we're going to have a conversation with chairman pie. we're honored to have the two acting directors of the federal trade commission with us for the after lunch session. it's ted libski and tom paul will be featured at that session. and then winding up, michelle connolly, who is a professor at duke university and a member of the free state foundation's board of academic advisors, will offer some final thoughts. now, remember to tweet if you're a twee

this has really primarily been a fight about the fcc's power to regulate the internet.jor update to our communications law 20 years ago, and that law made it unclear exactly how the fcc was going to regulate the internet, and that ambiguity has left the agency to wrestle with this issue for a decade. and in a nutshell, there were simpler, better ways of dealing with this issue. there were other agencies that could have addressed net neutrality concerns when they arose, starting back in 2008. and, er, congress has three times tried to legislate, and both republicans and democrats, i think, share the blame for missing the opportunity to craft a solution that would resolve this issue. and that, unfortunately, has led us to where we are today, which is a thorough rule—making at the fcc to deal with this issue of legal authority, when the rules themselves — the core of net neutrality — have really never been controversial. well, i wonder what the original inventor of the concept of net neutrality would make of these changes. you know, it's...very disappointing, let's put it

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the current fcc leadership has been very clear about their views of the fcc's legal authority and theiran angry mob or what amounts to policy arguments. well, whatever happens next week, i have a feeling it won't be the last word we hear on net neutrality. just a hunch! welcome to the royal society of arts, in london, which this week was hosting its annual summer science exhibition. for one week only, universities from around the country gather here to bring their cutting—edge science experiment out of the lab and into the public‘s imagination. oh, you see, it's great being a kid! in another room, i got to feel the difference between a healthy heart and one suffering from cardiomyopathy. the robotic heart's beating in sync with my own heartbeat, which is being detected by the monitors on my wrists. you feel this one's beating quite regularly. this one is... it's beating faster and it's beating weaker. so if my heart was diseased, it would feel more like this one. which is a good incentive not to get one of these! oh, and by the way, if you were wondering who the next doctor who is going

the fcc under its new republican leader wants to get rid of them. >> turn the internet into what has done to cable tv. they want to charge you an extra $5 a month to access netflix or you use twitter a lot, wouldn't it be great if you could access it faster if you pay us another $5 a month? >> reporter: the fcc's website says it is, quote, exploring how best to honor its long- standing commitment to internet freedom and is accepting public comment until monday the 17th. in a statement released on twitter's blog last night, twitter's public policy manager wrote, net neutrality is foundational to competitive free enterprise, entrepreneurial market entry and reaching global customers. the fcc should abandon its misguided effort to obviate all the work done on behalf of all internet users. despite the efforts demonstrated by these tech giants, the fcc already has enough support to change the net neutrality rules as we know them today. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> the push to reform the bail system in california has cleared another hurdle. the bill would eliminate the cash b

we know we can't do it alone at the fcc, we don't have the tools. we're attempting to enable the providers to have more teeth, so to speak, to make sure that they can be a part of fixing this problem. it will be ongoing. and i wish i would tell you next year we would have a different conversation. we might not. but hopefully we'll be able to move forward. >> thank you. because just as a consumer, when i'm running from meeting to meeting, all of a sudden i answer something and it's so annoying, and it's increasing every single day. thank you. commissioner clyburn, let me ask you this. privacy, data security. according to the identifity the resource center, data thefts expose social security numbers and log-in names and passwords. congress gave the fcc a clear role and respondesibility in overseeing our nation's commercial networks but there's a growing consensus that we're falling behind. so our privacy protections seem to be frozen. provisions were gutted requiring isps to notify consumers of data breaches. and we might never know the full scope of

over 70,000 websites will be pushing people toward the fcc to make sure people toward the fcc to makeure people are hurt, and pushing voices to the members of congress. what we wa nt to the members of congress. what we want them to hear is net neutrality is wildly popular, which it is, and we wa nt is wildly popular, which it is, and we want them to stop trying to murder it. net neutrality some powerful opponents. that includes companies like verizon, at&t, ibm, cisco, nokia and crucially the head of the us federal communications commission has also spoken out against net neutrality. those who are against it say it adds unnecessary new regulation to the internet. they say net neutrality makes it harder for internet service providers to make back the money they invested in building the infrastructure that gives people high—speed internet. politicians, companies and the us public have until august 16 to make their views on the issue is clear. then the federal communications commission will make its final decision before the end of this year. with me is mike weston, founder of radiate b2

they are calling the fcc's plan to end net neutrality a big mistake. consumerwatch reporter julie watts on why they say this is a bad idea. >> reporter: maybe you saw it on your favorite website today, internet giants taking part in a protest against the fcc's plan to roll back net neutrality rules requiring internet providers to treat all websites the same. the fcc chairman told cbs earlier this year that the internet thrived before the current rules which he says stifles investment. >> because the regulations are so prescriptive, many companies big and small have told us that they are holding back on investment in their internet networks. >> reporter: but net neutrality supporters say getting rid of it will allow internet companies to double dip charging you to see a website and the website to be seen. >> what it's going to mean is we are going to take the internet of today and have it look more like cable tv. >> reporter: the electronic frontier foundation explains right now, you control what you access online. for instance, comcast which owns nbc c

but the us federal communications commission, the fcc, voted recently to overturn rules from 2015 which neutrality principles, and which meant telecoms firms could be fined for non—compliance. and that, says the organiser of the july 12th protest, will play right into the big cable companies‘ hands. if we lose net neutrality, you're going to start to see the internet look more like cable tv. you can imagine trying to go to a social media site and getting a notification from your internet service provider saying "oh, sorry. "if you want to access this site, "you need to upgrade to our social media package. "you need to upgrade to our streaming video package. "you need to pay us more, in order to access the same sites "that you've been using day after day for years." they can also go to those sites and charge them extra fees in order to deliver their content to users. and, of course, those fees get passed on to all of us. so it's really an issue that affects every single person that uses the internet, regardless of your political views. it's gonna hit us in the pocketbook. and this won'tj

over 70,000 websites will be pushing people towards the fcc to make their voices heard. it will also be pushing people towards numbers of congress, and what we wa nt numbers of congress, and what we want the fcc to hear, what we want members of congress to hear, is that net neutrality is wildly popular, which it is, and we want them to stop trying to murder it. but net neutrality does have some very powerful opponents. it includes companies like verizon, ibm, cisco, nokia, and crucially the head of the fcc has also spoken out against net neutrality. those who are against it say it adds unnecessary new regulation to the internet. they say net neutrality makes it harder for internet service providers to make back the money they invested in building the infrastructure that gives people a high—speed internet. politicians, companies and the us public have up until august 16 to make their views on the issue is clear. then, the federal communications commission will make its final decision before the end of this year. in other business news making headlines, music streaming ser

it all these comments to the fcc. there are about 5.6 million that of been gone.t will likely rule later this year. if it is taken down, how will it impact broadband companies? and how likely will regulation ? >> there could be more investment on isps. he went on air earlier this year point that he saw a five 7% drop in terms of infrastructure investment. it was on the order of several billion dollars. the share price for the major isps that includes verizon, charter, comcast, at&t. some of these are not doing very well. we could see a bump across the board if net neutrality is scrapped. yvonne: let's stay with the internet team, hong kong hosting a rise conference. sherry, good to see you. you can feel the sense of excitement from these startups. what is the mood like this year? still too early to gauge the mood at this point. hundreds of investors about to speak. i hear that they went pretty late last night. it will heat up pretty soon. i know you have been talking about net neutrality and go daddy has been very vocal about this issue. discuss we will this with

he works at the sec an fcc and e office of economic analysis which is now their edition of economics and risk analysis as an academic scholar on leave from iowa state university. he was a professor of finance at iowa state university and he earned a ba in the foreign service politics from penn state and georgetown and phd from penn state. today we are not going to have a set of presentation but we are going to have a question and answer format. i'm going to ask the commissioner questions to get the conversation rolling and then we will open up to the audience questions and answers so that you all can participate in the discussion. we have a new chairman of the securities exchange commission. what do you like to work with and what do you think will be the priority's of the securities exchange commission? >> thank you david and heritage for hosting this event. i look forward to questions from the folks in the audience and anyone that's ever seen the commissioner speak you know what is coming next. the views i express my own do not necessarily reflect those of my fellow commissioners an

this has really primarily been a fight about the fcc's power to regulate the internet. the fcc was going to regulate the internet, and that ambiguity has left the agency to wrestle with this issue for a decade. and in a nutshell, there were simpler, better ways of dealing with this issue. there were other agencies that could have addressed net neutrality concerns when they arose, starting back in 2008. and congress has three times tried to legislate, and both republicans and democrats, i think, share the blame for missing the opportunity to craft a solution that would resolve this issue. and that, unfortunately, has led us to where we are today, which is a thorough rule—making at the fcc to deal with this issue of legal authority, when the rules themselves — the core of net neutrality — have really never been controversial. well, i wonder what the original inventor of the concept of net neutrality would make of these changes. you know, it's...very disappointing, let's put it that way. so, you know, the obama administration had finally put net neutrality into law, done a

. >> james: regarding placing too much emphasis on reports from the fcc? >> yes. money is not decisive. the rnc has that much more cash on hand but as we just heard from anna, a race can lead back raise a lot of money on each side and that doesn't mean the results will match for 2018 and 2020. >> james: both sides and just about every race have all the nerf guns they need. to speak rnc just blew away the. they say it's all about donald trump. they raise this money with small donors. people who gave less than $200. if you look at june and july, the rnc doubled what the dnc

those principles were codified by the fcc, and the court said the fcc did not have authority to codifynciples, so another fcc came along and said there is another way to do it. let's put it under something called title 2, which is a regulatory regime designed for the phone system back in the 1930's. we did not agree with that, and that can get bundled and phrase net neutrality and it is as if where against net neutrality, and that is not the case at all. david: do you go to from washington time to time to talk to legislators, and is that a painful part of your job? brian: i'd like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our believes. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from tupelo, mississippi, no business, take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return like a phone company. we borrowed $60 billion to build the company. i do not know if we will be here in 15 years, or 50, we have created 150,000 jobs, and they are 90%, 95% here in america, so from time to time, depending on where the pendulum is going, there are p

it is a proposal that the fcc chairman ajit pai has been pushing the proposal since his very first dayn office under president trump. joining us now to discuss, reddit co-founder alexis thosen, reddit is among organizations protesting the rollback of the net neutrality. why join in on this protest? alexis: reddit has always been at the forefront of fighting for an open internet. this is something we believe in personally deeply. that is working with the chance apartmenteddit in with $12,000 in the bank. net neutrality made that possible. emily: you guys go big on your homepage, the site goes dark, you have a message. other companies are telling users to take action. google, for example, saying today's open internet ensures that both new and established internet whether a company like google, or a small startup has the ability to reach users on in equal playing field. do you think this protest will make a difference? alexis: yes. because it has been great to see more and more companies come to join our ranks. a lot of folks remember the internet blackout that happened, sites like reddit

. >> reporter: following back lash that the company recently with drew the fcc petition but without a ruling the legality remains unclear. this similar 2014 petition went unanswered by the fcc and proposed class action lawsuit thoefsh issue was-- over the issue was settled. chuck schumer called on the fcc to block ringless robo calls once and for all but the agency only said it will "follow the appropriate course." julie watts, kpix 5. >>> now to one of those awesome challenges of the entire forecast year. >> uh-oh. >> 4th of july. >> where to have the best viewing. >> notice paul is taking the week off. strategic. >> all on you. >>> we have fog and low clouds along the shoreline today, things are going to change too much tomorrow. we have a, to sum it up, there will be coasting clouds, it will interfere with some displays close to the shoreline. inland is fine, you can see that here. the best, the most-- did you know this? far beyond super computers and everything else, the most reliable forecast is persistence, which is whatever happened today will happen tomorrow. you have a better

any time a company does something bad in the world, the fcc steps in and sues the company and forcesm to make things right. so having them regulating companies that use the internet or service providers that provide service can be confusing plus the fcc does not have a lot of the oversight. but they make their own rules. in 2015, they said they wanted to use internet service providers and add them to title two of the tell communications act, meaning that they can be regulated the same way as utilities. we can agree that we all need the internet. it's one of the greatest vengs of man kind. not having access makes everything harder. if we rely on it so much, is it fair to have one company controlling it. net neutrality does not explain what it is, what it's about is allowing free and open access if you are google or a start up in silicon valley starting a steaming service. allowing these small handful of united states companies to control what you see on the internet can be dangerous, so right now, the united states is number 17th in internet speeds and number 28 in mobile speeds. ever

emily: we did speak to the fcc commissioner a few months ago, ajit pai.ake a listen to what he had to say about why he thinks this is important. told 22 small businesses us this hangs over their businesses like a black cloud. that's the kind of regulatory uncertainty and overreach we want to remove, because every american deserves better, cheaper, faster internet, and i'm committed to delivering it to them. the argumentes that less regulation means more innovation, the future facebooks, googles, and netflixes of the world can develop. how do you respond to that argument? alexis: i only know it from the perspective of the entrepreneur. that level playing field and that neutrality guarantees innovation can thrive. at the end of the day, what we want is for the free market to pick winners and losers, not big cable. net neutrality is what makes the difference between those two things. emily: what if the rollback happens? what would the consequences be? alexis: it would only be the start of a conversation that i know america would need to have with their elect

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this has really primarily been a fight about the fcc's power to regulate the internet.pler, better ways of dealing with this issue. there were other agencies that could have addressed net neutrality concerns when they arose, starting back in 2008. and, er, congress has three times tried to legislate, and both republicans and democrats, i think, share the blame for missing the opportunity to craft a solution that would resolve this issue. and that, unfortunately, has led us to where we are today, which is a thorough rule—making at the fcc to deal with this issue of legal authority, when the rules themselves — the core of net neutrality — have really never been controversial. well, i wonder what the original inventor of the concept of net neutrality would make of these changes. you know, it's...very disappointing, let's put it that way. so, you know, the 0bama administration had finally put net neutrality into law, done a good job with it, everyone was happy, but out of nowhere, the trump administration... and it's not been any public movement against net neutrality, it's

it's part of a protest against the fcc's proposed rollback of internet regulations. those regulations were put in place in 2015 under president obama. the fcc's new leader wants to change those rules which would allow internet providers to slow down, speed up or charge more for access to different sites. >>> there may be a new weapon in the fight against cancer. an fda panel is meeting today to decide whether to recommend the first government approved gene therapy. the treatment uses the body's own immune system to attack cancer. doctors say it's shown results in clinical trials against blood cancer like leukemia and lymphoma about bad side effects and it's expensive. >> when you put in all these t- cells that are turned on, the patients many times go into a significant distress syndrome affecting the brain and other parts of the body. nobody has died. but this cancer is lethal within weeks or months. the side effects are real. the analysts say it will cost 3$00,000 to $600,000. >> it has worked well in patients with no other options after chemotherapy and bone marro

and that, unfortunately, has led us to where we are today, which is a thorough rule—making at the fcche original inventor of the concept of net neutrality would make of these changes. you know, it's...very disappointing, let's put it that way. so, you know, the 0bama administration had finally put net neutrality into law, done a good job with it, everyone was happy, but out of nowhere, the trump administration... and it's not been any public movement against net neutrality, it's really the cable and phone companies wanna make more money, let's put it that way. and they have somehow, kind of under the cover of trump's madness, managed to start the process on net neutrality. the thing is making the government realise that there are severe electoral consequences for messing with net neutrality. it has to be understood as the third rail, that you mess with this and you're going to get people very angry and descending on constituents. well, whatever happens next week, i have a feeling it won't be the last word we hear on net neutrality. just a hunch. welcome to this week's tech news. volvo

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right now, fcc rules prevent phone companies from proactively blocking certain calls.allow telemarketers to use fake caller id phone numbers to trick consumers into picking up. under the new rules, they could screen out calls coming from unassigned phone numbers and that could stop an estimated 2 billion unwanted calls every month. >> next at 5:00, a push to have all police body camera videos made public. a bay area leader is backing that bill. >> unbelievable video of a brawl inside a mcdonald's. what started all this chaos. >> don't look down. the close encounter with a massive beast in the ocean. >>> good morning. we're already at thursday, july 6th. a short week for some of us. we appreciate you joining us. >> jessica is off today. the rest of us are here, including mike, talking about a warmup. >> jessica, no week this week. hopefully she's having fun. big warming trend. here's how it starts. look at that. carl the fog being shy. he's hanging mainly along the coast into the golden gate bridge. hasn't made much of a move through the bay. so that means more sunshine

the fcc writing on their website that it causes more problems than it solves. >> why won't the fcc block cell phone signals in state prisons? >> i think there's tremendous opposition from the cell phone industry which makes money the more cell phone traffic there is. the ability of prisoners to use cell phones compromises the safety of other prisoners, the safety of prison staff and the safety of the public. >> reporter: a long simmering debate over phones now shifting to drones. this prison in the uk is the first to install an anti-drone force field. but officials say even barriers may not be enough. >> this needs to be fixed. it needs to be fixed now. needs to be fixed yesterday. >> reporter: fixed to ensure the third time isn't a charm for jimmy causey. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, we follow up on that rude incident at wimbledon where a young fan had his souvenir towel snatched away. >>> it was a different kind of rescue this week for the fire department in robbinsville, new jersey, after a school bus broke down carrying kids to a pool. the firefighters d