how did you end up at the fcc.ave been there for a long time it is a long time. >> guest: it is a long timement i often compare myself to the forest gump of the legal profession. i started working for a judge out of law school. i thought i was going to go back to kansas and practice at a firm. started talking with him, and he suggested that i apply to the antitrust division and they put me telecom, and i ended working for verizon, and senate judiciary committee. i had to figure, what it is i want to do with the rest of my career, 34, rather, so i went to the federal communication commission and the general counsel of offices of that would be my way to get back in telecom field, and after four years ix i went to a firm here in washington d.c. first day i got a call from the senator mcconnell's office, would you be interested in interviewing for this division of the fcc. i didn't plan it, never expect it had to happen, i never counted it on it happening, that is the reason that i feel so blessed that he picked my nam

next on "the communicators" a conversation with fcc commissioner michael o'reilly. then chief justice john roberts and judge merrick garland discuss the legacy of judge henry friendly. after that a judicial panel on the future of law schools and live that one eastern a look at the influence isis in south asia. >> host c-span, or history unfos daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> host: fcc commissioner michael o'rielly as we enter into fall and you have the full complement over at the fcc, what are some of the agenda items we will be seeing? >> guest: still working to those issues. we have two new colleagues late last week and starting fresh and running ready to work this week. we'll see how the chairman sets up the agenda for the next couple of months. of a number of issues that we've talked about, spectrum is high on the list. dealing with infrastructure high on the priority list and some others people spoken about as well. >> host: what is y

complement of the fcc. what are some of the agenda items are into c.? >> guest: we are still working through those issues. we have two new colleagues late last week and we are starting fresh and running rights to work this week so we will see how the chairman sets up the agenda for the next couple months. we have another -- and number of issues on our priority list infrastructure high on our priority list and some others that we have spoken about as well. >> host: what is your take on the recent "new york times" article linking media ownership pools with sinclair and ajit pai. >> guest: i completely disagree with the article. i don't find the arguments presented were valid for my purposes. the items that they cite in terms of sinclair were generally available to all broadcast. it's more important or items he important or i can say that there were complying with the statute is written so when you talk about uhf discount is one of the three that they highlighted that certainly an issue that i believe in and t

investors and he was in the part of the fcc where he had with a career -- it was a career employee.he was running, he was had a job that was not a political appointment he was -- wasn't one of the commissioners. he didn't really have political power but he built his power within the organization the way you are are describing by being sort of quirky and bril yngt and very popular with his staff, and tell, you mention, though, that even though he was courageous and there was innovation that got this sorted later so can you talk a little bit about what went wrong and what the unintended consequence was of it? >> and political -- protection in the -- in congress from both sides of the aisle republican and democrats, and so much so when they were featuring to be fcc chair they would say are you going to keep this in the office, and so his -- he was at powerful -- even though he was not the head of the agency. his -- he had a variety of innovations, but two of them were that one he wanted to go after gate keepers we think of investment bank, law firm and accounting firm. the ones that co

how do you view the sec's role fcc's role?he >> there are some people who were not interested in the internet, and i'm not interested in forcing them to have it those people that would like, ubiquitous broadband, i would like to provide this. issuesworking on those come i spent a great deal of my time working through our universal service fund issues, our high cost issues to provide a season mechanism were the market may not make a complete case for bill out for broadband services, whether it be wireless, or wireline. we are trying to figure out those issues and trying to provide the best mechanism to get service to those customers. priority,edibly high i think we need a uniform agreement among my colleagues among we certainly had it and we testified in front of the house commerce committee. so we agree on the need to focus on the issue and we're spending a great deal of time on it for my first active. perspective. >> how are you waiting the concerns between industry who wants to describe small cells are more cable fiber and t

the fcc could have chosen to proceed through a declaratory ruling, simply saying what the previous fcc did is null and void. it was important to estimate -- to us we had the notice and comment process prescribed by the procedure act. we had a full 90 days of public comment in addition to the 3 weeks before the fcc vote to allow for that comment. once the common period closes in the middle of august, we will take stock of the fcc's terrific staff and try to figure out whether the fcc should move ahead and how. we will be guided by the principles of substantial evidence, by the facts in the record and the motivation to figure out what is in the public interest. >> i would be interested commissioner clyburn, and your , comments on those two issues. i have one left issue i want to briefly raised. >> i find myself wondering who is the referee on the field and the cop on the beat when it comes to broadband access service as it stands now. with the passage of the cra and the direction we have taken, i am not an attorney, but i don't think anybody is directing, is monitoring the balls and stri

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have entered the fcc remains productive. for example, this year, we have already managed and aggressive spending. expect this to continue as we move into fiscal year 2018, we will focus the resources on advancing the four strategic goals outlined in our budget request. first and foremost, we will concentrate on closing the digital divide. we will implement the connect america fund phase two and mobility fund phase to reverse options to bring fixed broadband rurallte to more of america. our broadband options has forced has a solid plan for getting the job done. if i may say on a personal note, appreciate your initiative in initiate in the go act. i thank you for your leadership in that regard. second, we work to promote innovation from implementing policies to ensure american leadership in 5g wireless networks to using the next generation television standard. full speed ahead on implementing the spectrum pipeline at get more airwaves into the commercial marketplace for consumer use. third, concentrate on protecting consumers

it cuts the fcc's core budget by 5%. it is significant for an agency whose budget basically flat funded for years. perhaps it is an example of an agency walking away from some of its core responsibilities. nowhere do we see that more with net neutrality and broadband privacy protections. this is something i hear every, single time i got home. in the airport, the grocery store, church on sunday, i hear it everywhere. in fact, nearly 4 million americans -- 4 million, and unprecedented number, called the fcc wanting the internet to be a free platform. small businesses and large businesses have said the same thing. they want stronger, meaningful rules to protect consumers and small businesses and startups. they want the internet to be protected as open forum. small businesses told me why the rules are so important. they don't want special treatment. they simply want insurance the internet remains an equal playing field so they can use it to expand their businesses beyond their vermont board without protective fees. one compa

have enjoyed the fcc remains productive.or example, this year, with 100 fewer staff, we have already managed to pursue an aggressive schedule for our open meetings, which consider the highest profile matters. in 2017, we are averaging double the items per meeting then we consider last year. increasedthe productivity to continue. since i became chairman, we have been aggressive in looking for cost savings and our staff has recognized substantial reductions, like closing our on-site warehouse and improving our internal mail services for projected annual savings of $851,000. you'll also save another $280,000 by reducing the number of on-site printers and copy machines. as they move into 2018, we will focus the resources on advancing the four strategic goals outlined in our budget requests. first and foremost, we will concentrate on closing the divide. we will, the connect america fund phase two and the mobility fund phase two to bring broadband to more of rural america. bute are complicated tasks, our task for us has a solid pl

pretty annoying, but the fcc is cracking down on one man and his company. they say is responsible for making over 21 million of them. >>> and coming up in "the skinny," thor will be boosting into theaters, and we are learning the back story behind one of the most memorable lines in the teaser. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by carfax.com. by carfax.com. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare surance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay.

i was calling because i am concerned about the fcc. i am very concerned about the fact that the fcc is issuing licenses for short short-term broadcasts, lower power broadcasts so people can hear local voices. they are being gobbled up by larger voices, louder voices. i believe that locals should be able to talk to each other. i feel that we are being drowned out. i also feel that what is going on with the internet is very disturbing. i think there is a disconnect between people like our previous caller, the older generation, that do not quite understand that the newer generation are wise on technology. host: let me jump in on your concern about the internet. caller: specifically? net neutrality. i see the new head of the fcc rolling back a lot of the obama executive actions, and i am very concerned about that. i would like to see a free and open internet, where the comcasts, the time warners of the world are not allowed to restrict what websites we can reach, what information we can premiums ort paying anything, really. an internet tha

we heard the fcc is ready to issue a new action letter.t want to stop and register as investment visors to receive payment for research because now and the eu, investors have to pay for the research they consume from research providers. means they will still have access to that research. u.s. banksly sold might have to withdraw that access because registering as investment advisors would have to be -- for them. mark: the big argument is who pays for the research, the fund manager with investor? who is winning? >> exactly. we know that wealth managers and private banks are saying they don't want their clients to pay for research. asset managers are likely to absorb that cost and pay themselves for it. it makes sense if you think about the fact that it is what they need to come up with their own investment decisions. an internal cost. >> what are you hearing about how people are lobbying in washington? apparently a lot of investment advisers and brokers are into washington right now. a last-minute dash to get this down in some way. >> absolu

those principles were codified by the fcc.the court said the fcc did not have authority to codify those principles. so another fcc came along and said, here 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. and we did not agree with that. and that can get bundled in a phrase, "net neutrality." and often times people will say, oh, you are against net neutrality. that is not the case at all. david: you must go to washington from time to time to talk to legislators or other people, and is that a painful part of your job? brian: well, i like advocating for comcast. i am passionate about our company and our beliefs. i think we represent what the american dream is all about. you start from literally tupelo, mississippi and no business, and you take risk capital. we have never had a guaranteed rate of return, like a phone company. we've borrowed $60 billion to build the company. no one says we will be here in 50 more years. we are 50

the fcc tackling a legal robo calls.e wants to slap one company with that 82 million-dollar fine without the house insurance company allegedly made over 21 million of those annoying cause. i don't need a security system. i get mad at the government because it is the amount of agencies that company selling services. have a thing like the fcc does. this is absurd. this is going on this long. we love picking on you. they have an unsubscribed button on that. these calls switch their numbers. i'm not opposed to the government cracking down on the illegal once on the legal once i could care less. what we have done in our house is simple. it's easy to block numbers. they generally don't have those numbers. let the market take care of it unless it's illegal. the private sectors coming up with solutions for this also. they're not all bad but the illegal once doesn't can go. let me guess. you can of liked the government getting in and getting tough on this. put them in prison. here's the thing i can't get to my mom sometimes if i'

now the fcc is responding to your complaints about these annoying spoofing calls. the government is exploring ways to set up a reliable system to verify that a phone call is really coming from -- never let it claims to be, wendy. >> susan hogan. the naacp issuing a travel warning, telling minorities to use extreme caution if they're going to missouri. the group says there zecivil rights may not be respected. it comes after the state passed a law that makes it harder to sue for housing and employment discrimination. the civil rights group says the law har kins back to the jim cr crow era. it cuts back on frivolous lawsuits. the naacp cites that shows last year black drivers were 75% more likely to be pulled over in that >>>. >> i'm glad they put it out there so they'll rectify whatever it is. >> missouri's attorney general says there's no place for discrimination in the state abdomen that everyone regardless of race should feel welcome and safe there. >> well, the kennedy senator as name its hon reoree why the lat is making history. >> keeping an eye on the radar an

. >> monday night on the communicators we talk with the fcc commissioner. by a telecomewed reporter. >> when you talk about modernizing the fcc how then do you look at the media market? how is that reflected in the global trade? >> i think if you talk to the average consumer and how they are envisioning media and how are they digesting content grade it is not just this small segment of the major network channels there is a much wider in their palette. they are digesting so much more from different sources. my definition is probably broader than some. i think the past commission failed in this respect they viewed things like only competing with the radio. think thedio where i market is everybody is fighting over the same attention and advertising dollars. they have to look at how fast our rules change. >> watch the communicators on 8:00 eastern. >> on friday secretary of state rex tillerson outlined new hiring practices at the state department in a effort to diversify their work or spirit at the top of this event he also gave a update on the terror attack in

the fcc has voted to start dismantling the net neutrality rules.dsly broadband providers from interfering with web traffic. under president obama the fcc had imposed increased government oversight of broadband traffic. internet service providers were treated as public utilities and were for bid and from locking or slowing the content of rivals. term network neutrality was coined in 2002 by a law professor. he argued no authority should be able to decide what kind of information was and was not allowed on the internet. he also recognized the expense of maintaining network hardware. he proposed the providers should be allowed to charge based on usage. people would pay for more bandwidth, not for access. here are the arguments. supporters say the fcc needs to force a shrinking handful of powerful internet service providers to treat all web traffic equally. republicans have sided with the providers who say that more regulation deters investment and a better internet. you can read more about net neutrality on the bloomberg. mark: still ahead, mining for

i was in the fcc. and i'm disappointed but sadly that theised republican leadership and president trump have decided corporate interests over consumers with a rollback common sense broadband privacy protections. i had urged my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. there are a lot of small businesses that are going to be just killed by this. if corporate interests are placed above the interests of consumers, that is unacceptable. america deserves better. >> at this time, we will proceed with questioning. my first question is about something that was alluded to in helpingtement about states figure out the best way to deploy broadband, eliminate some of the barriers, this is something we've been working on. i would like to say my state of west virginia did pass a semi-controversial broadband expansion. >> we have taken aggressive steps to work cooperatively with states to make sure that we put broadband deployment front and center at all levels of government. soon after i was designated as chairman, the

to see what happens with the chairman of the fcc. we are for net neutrality. like that as a title to function is going away. >> yes, we have concerns as do many other in the industry. i think you will see a lot of associations that companies are part of to focus on that area. we plan to educate as well. where is microsoft that on privacy? >> it is about striking the right balance. we are making sure that the consumer status is protected and we have the right rules for customer protection. >> what is your background? work at the federal level, i used to work on capitol hill. i work for a congressman when he was a minority leader. governorfor another and the legislative staff. i work for another company at one time. opportunities working in campaigns. campaigns on capitol hill and now i have the pleasure to work for a company that makes many contributions. >> for the last couple of years be -- ft seems to >> from my perspective there are these exciting times, we have a outstanding ceo. when it comes to the cloud with of ourgence when missions is to empower every

. >> monday night on "the communicators," we talk with fcc commissioner.e is interviewed by a telecom reporter for event driven. >> when you talk about modernizing the fcc media rolls, what do you think the media market includes? >> if you talk to the average consumer, how are they envisioning media, digesting content, it is not just a small segment of the old three network channels. you have a wider swath of material heading towards their palette, and they are digesting so much more from different sources. my definition is broader than some. i think the past commission failed wednesday viewed things like competing with the radio on the compared with competing with fm radio. i think everyone is fighting over the same eyeballs, attention, advertising dollars and figuring out how that reflects our current world in a thoughtful way. communicators" monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by david wasserman, the house editor at cook political report. he is here to talk about his analysis that congression

displays where the laws are as a result of what took place with the -- under chairman wheeler at the fcc. we're pro and for net neutrality. >> host: it's going away as title 2 function. >> guest: yes, and we have concerns as well as many other in the industry you'll see a lot of different associations that tech companies are part of to focus on that area. we plan to educate as well. >> host: privacy issues are in the news. where is microsoft at. >> guest: striking the right balance. in some cases we look at lawful access issues, making sure that the consumer's data is protected and we have rights and reasonable rules when it comes to privacy protection. >> host: now, fred humphrey, what is your background? >> guest: i've been fortunate enough to work at the federal level. worked on capitol hill. i was on he hill for u.s. worked for governor mcwhorter, i work on the legislative staff and worked for a member of congress, bishop. worked for another company. one time i did advocacy and was a lobbyist so i have had opportunity to work on campaigns. so i worked for a governor, and now i have t

the fcc hitting one company with a huge fine, and this evening, one of their new trick.in fact, disguising the number coming into your phone. here's abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: they're a nuisance. [ ringing ] and your top consumer complaint. >> hello this is rachel at cardholder services. >> reporter: tonight the fcc cracking down on one man and his company. >> mr. roesel was responsible for more than 200,000 robocalls a day. 21.5 million all together. >> reporter: philip roesel of best insurance contracts, hit with an $82 million fine. officials say he preyed on the elderly and poor, and disguised the origin of the calls by making it look like they were coming from different phone numbers. it's called spoofing. >> the record shows that he instructed his employees which consumers to pick on. as commissioner clyburn pointed out, his victim was "the dumber and more broke the better." >> reporter: regulators also warning consumers to stay on high alert for scams like this which claims you owe the irs money. >> don't disregard this messag

it instantly goes into the court record and fcc and everybody pretends these are the actual words.t him. >> the federal communications commission said that new york's wbai was wrong in playing the record, though the fcc imposed no punishment immediately and the supreme court agreed. >> i was raised in a time when using bad language was associated with people of low intelligence. he helped break that stereotype for me. carl even habit. there's no such thing as bad words but bad intentions. no bad words. that w freedom. >> as soon as something is desensitized it's normal. then it's not offensive. we're not afraid of it anymore. >> everything george carlin said was him looking at the world going, grow up, grow up, grow up. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] and tits. now, that was the original list. we've added a few words since then. we've added fart, turd and twat. and i know there are other words many are wondering why they haven't been considered or shown up on the list. we're looking at them very closely. some of your favorites might make the

the material of the stories because they were afraid of retaliation by the government for fear of the fcc to revoke their license. my meetings with donald trump and so stay tuned for that. >> host: james o'keefe is the author of "breakthrough" our guerilla war to expose fraud and save democracy" booktv on c-span2 add to freedom of fast -- freedom fest

but they have a friend in the fcc, the man hand picked by donald trump to be the fcc chairman.he is the person who was trying to kill net neutrality and bending the rules that will ensure sinclair can reach three coverts of the country with the bottom line with boris messaging. trump's narrative may be creeping into your regular news diet and it's happening really quickly. joining us now is a professor of information studies and the author of the book -- how can one company reach 72% of the country with essentially propaganda. >> this is an assault on our democracy and media institutions. we are talking about the takeover of local television stations by a conglomerate. previously they were allowed to access 39% of american households. and you can see that now, this media group has taken over local tv stations. so this is not national tv stations that some people have skepticism around. this isn't brigeitbart or fox news. this is your local channel. the people in this country have some sort of sense of division and they have a sense of distrust of institutions right now. but one

that alone is completely ridiculous but on top of that, just go read the fcc filings and you'll see,ot even have insurance for the bitcoin that they are custodians of. actually, i'll quote to you. we've been advised our custodian did not renew its insurance coverage that also makes it bad on top of that, what makes it even worse is, you're not even guaranteed to get the distribution of bitcoin cash and it also says that in the filing so this is bad and worse all rolled up into one. >> let's be clear, you're short this trust that's not an easy thing to do. can you give us a sense of the size of your position and when do you put this on >> i put it on recently. very fortunate about that. i could have been short from a while ago, because the same premise did occur a week ago, two weeks ago. even though right now the difference between the net asset value and the price is at its largest it's ever been but i am short recently. i don't discuss my size. >> let me ask you a couple of things the points you made are great. those are really important on the bigger picture, is this a hedge trade

we are going to have the fcc national leadership here today to participate in mass and with the high school chapter. >> rsa allows elected officials and community leaders to help improve roadway safety. ultimately, this program is keeping our teen safe. you can be part of making that happen in making a difference. >> i believe in my heart -- [inaudible] >> you may have noticed the person that's in that video that is instrumental from the beginning of helping develop that. -- [inaudible] who is here with us. pat mac his passion for road safety has been his original essay developed it and it's really helping us understand how they can apply what they are learning in the classroom and to advocate the. thank you very much for your dedication. working with several traffic safety partners to engage in the project for over five years now and it's been very fun to be in the project. as he saw the video, student led efforts are an eye-opening opportunity to allow student to the lands of what they see as an entirely different perspective on road safety instead of being told what to do, they as

the fcc took issue, based on a complaint by a list who was in his automobile at the time.aimed it was an invasion of his privacy and his son shouldn't be subjected to that. >> the seven words you can't say on television don't exist before ca a carlin. he put the words together for the routine. and then instantly it goes into the court record and fcc and everybody pretends that these are the actual words. he created the very battle that was fought against him. >> the federal communications commission says that new york's wbi was wrong in playing the record. and the supreme court agreed. i was raised at a time when using bad language was associated with people with low intelligence. he helped break that for me. >> there's not such thing as bad words. there's bad intentions, there's not bad words, you know. that was freedom. >> then it becomes normal, when it becomes normal, it doesn't become offensive. then when it doesn't become offensive, we're not afraid of it any more. everything he said was basically grow up, grow up. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] that was the

three new bitcoin etf seven file for approval in the past two weeks even though we had the fcc denialmarch. what is different about them that they think they can get approval? eric: oneweb, futures. the cboe announced about a month ago that it would begin lifting futures to be traded and they were approved to be regulated. this is big news because the futures market is related and more people are using them. track future so if you had three different filings in the past two weeks for bitcoin etf to track futures, this is different than the other ones, which said they will hold bitcoin sort of like geo beholds gold, so they think they might be a little more accepting. the companies that filed for these three products, one has gdf so they are familiar with putting something together related to this. shares, the guy behind it is the same guy that started xiv so he has had a career starting up, in exotic products that are really popular with the trading community. julie: of course, there still is that wrinkled lost twins etf. that application outstanding. does the futures market help them

hundreds and hundreds of fcc cases never get brought to the criminal division. no one gets arrested. trade to yesterday when he was armed with berea, this had nothing to do with the drug company. people seem to get that confused. lauren: or maybe he was innocent. he said they made money. he is still saying he didn't do anything wrong. cheryl: he was very clear about that yesterday appeared amazon and brick and mortars doors. what's going on? reporter: amazon not trying to outdo itself came up with a way to be overnighted same-day delivery. how about getting your order in two. and now operates available for order online. is like snacks, drinks will be available after two minutes after they've been ordered. the instead pick up watched at the university of california campuses in los angeles and berkeley will come to atlanta, columbus ohio college park, maryland. lauren: is starting to sound a little gimmicky to me. the movie ticket sales are pretty weak. a company was to drive more theatergoers placated of the task to go to the movies as much as you want. they rece

and the funeral board, and was i actually my old section at the fcc that cb right after i left. >> they just wanted to see more of you. >> but i actually agreed with the fcc on that when and we quickly went through the regulation and settled and it was all very neat and tidy and done. i hope that answers your question. >> i would add my reading of the bill is that first, i don't think, i think it only covers the licensure decision. it seems there's a section for a i think suggest it's about the not the other type of regulations. there are also two paths. one path to community under this bill however limited it may be is to licensure decision. one path is the active supervision path 50 of the path is setting up private right of action that allows consumers to challenge, not consumers, aggrieved workers or people who have been i can't back to my profession because of this law to challenge under it immediate scrutiny which would have, which would essentially completely displace the analysis for an immediate scrutiny type of analysis. that's my reading on it. i don't claim to be an expert,

the fcc opened up to a public record process at substantial public -- public records created. i think if they try to litigate that, if they try because it was continued oppositional, it would have been a serious fight and i do not necessarily think they think they could win. fit a a solid rule they purpose and the evidence supported that. what do they do? they had congress take a dow. that was, in my view, that comment from a fellow who comes, what of the most shameful acts of democracy, of a democratic process i have ever seen. the arguments put forward to take it down, the use of them over the last 70 years which were thrown out about -- 17 years which were thrown out. they do not stack up. the opposition came back and said, this does not count. people put forward the arguments. they debated to hear the counterarguments and then the vote. voted along party lines. it was just a majority has a vote, bingo, finished. taken down. sarah chayes: do you want to pick up on some of the questions? isrenwaju suraj: i think he not a lost on many of us from nigeria on the nomination. sar

the fcc last week committed $2 billion to help close the gap.a, just 40 miles outside atlanta with very spotty internet. >> reporter: at this on tom tree office in northern, georgia. >> perfect. >> dr. brian burke takes pride in his sleek technology. >> i wanted to be the most modern office we could be. >> but he has to run it at 20th century pace. >> when you say it feels like the 90s here, you are serious. >> it does. people can remember back when you would do your dialup and wait for, wait for it to spin around until actually got a connection we face that as daily part of doing business. >> reporter: the fcc defines high speed internet as download speeds of 25 mbps a second. dr.burg's is half the that speed or less. >> why can't you call and say we need faster internet? >> we tried. it's not successful. >> reporter: he spent $25,000 on a server to avoid transferring large files online. >> this server is a replacement for -- for high speed internet. >> that is correct. >> reporter: but slowdowns at the front desk prevent at least 20 patients a

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the fcc reports so far only sunnyvale, antioch, martinez, and richmond departments offer the service.ther departments are expected to come online including belmont, santa clara and vallejo. >>> this may not be surprising to some people but most of the people in the system are men. >> the top 35 earners are all men. according to uc salary data men earn between $1 million to $3 million last year. that excludes the base pay which is taxpayer funded. of the 35 men, 29 are doctors, four are coaches. the others include hospital executives and an investment offic officer. check out the full list. >>> well, coming up, a look at history. vintage photos in the bay area. the search for the owner. >>> first, happening now, at least 18 people have been -- have fled violence in myanmar and crossed into bangladesh. the government is blaming insurgents for the violence. more than 100 people have died in the fighting. and former white house press secretary sean spicer, who is roman catholic, finally got a chance to meet pope francis. he was at the vatican when president trump visited in may. he was le

fall you have full complement of the fcc. what are some of the agenda items are into c.?

that's beyond the reach that the fcc allows. sinclair, they've got a friend in the government, the man hand picked by donald trump to be the fcc chairman. he's the guy bending the rules that will ensure sinclair can reach three-quarters of the country with their pro-trump "bottom line with boris" messaging. trump's narrative may soon be creeping into your regular news diet and it's happening really quickly. joining us now is a professor of information studies at ucla and author of the book "global village." so let's talk about the sinclair deal. i think to the ordinary person you're thinking wait a minute, how can one company reach 72% of the country with essentially propaganda. >> this is nothing less than a massive assault on our democracy and on our media institutions. what we're talking about here is the takeover of local television stations by a conglomerate. previously sinclair was only allow allowed to access 39% of american households. if you saw the distinction between the two maps that you showed, you can see that now

this is an fcc law. if you go to their house and still cash, it is an additional crime that you learned it and acted on it. that is where this came from. explore these networks. even if you break in. don't touch anything. you are there as explorers. so, some of that old still -- old-school hackers still think that way. the problem is the computer fraud and abuse act now really treats just even looking as a crime. with some bizarre results. that law was created in the late 1980's. so, it is predicated on this concept of permission. if you run a bulletin board you permitting me to login. you are not giving me permission to break in. if you read that law, any time you connect to a website, you are not hitting permission. -- getting permission. there is a lot of -- this is what tripped up aaron swartz, his downloading of legal documents he had permission to download. they claimed we didn't give you permission to download all of them. he took that permission to mean i will automated and download everything. t

that is an editorial decision on our part and fcc rules to boot. >> anyone in the area should follow the advice of the emergency services. let's have a look at what we know about this so far. it happened at about 4:30, police confirmed there was a massive crash. this is u.k. time. if we move in, it was the las romblas area, this huge boulevard that moves right through the city, largely pedestrian eyes, lots of tourists there. we have reports of people killed and injured, it has gone up and down as the afternoon has progressed. then we have police calling the incident a terror attack. it took a while because at first there was always the idea that it may have been a horrible accident, that quickly was dismissed. after 5:00 there was gunfire reported near the market. we don't know who reported it, who was supposed to be firing and who they were firing at. what we do know is that police have been moving through the market in the last hour, presumably checking whether or not there were any people holed up there. we can see them moving through and the others watching their backs because w