will they be discussed this fall in congress, and what's the fcc's schedule? >> guest: well, i think the merger that's at the top of everyone's mind both at fcc and in congress and for people who watch this space, for people in the industry is the sinclair broadcast group merger or acquisition really of tribune media company. and this has even made it to last week tonight with john oliver, and he, you know, did a segment highlighting, you know, his views on the political implications of a company perceived as a broadcasting giant, perceived as somewhat conservative-leaning and perhaps politically aligned with republicans, with the administration. the implications of them growing even bigger with this acquisition of tribune, and it's certainly drawing some criticism from public interest groups and, strangely enough, from other conservatives, from conservative media outlets like one america news network, for example, which is a small, somewhat right-leaning media company. and from small cable operators, and it's kind of a combination of strange allies, strange b

would you face puc is plus the fcc plus the fcc? and manage that soup? >> i did not. i was part of a small think tank. economists, our job was to think about where is this industry going. my title as regulatory affairs manager, i didn't manage many regulatory affairs. we had attorneys that were responsible for those interfaces, they would call on me to be an expert sometimes. my job was really in the think tank. would a direct manager of regulatory fails at sprint arrives, with a face the 50 puc is less the fcc plus the sbc? we devised them all up. there were congressional lobbyists and the estate legislative lobbyist, and a state puc regulatory directors, i don't know who interfaced with the federal trade commission, i could tell you about that. that would be basically their work. one of the big rules unchanged are the media ownership rules, a lot of them are basically unchanged since 75. when you apply market perspectives to newspapers, radio stations, where do you think the fcc should go from here? >> that's an issue i've been studied much, but the principles go ba

where do you come down and where should the fcc go from here? >> guest: you packed a lot into that question. one thing you said up front that was important is you said a decision by the obama administration. that needed to be a decision by the federal communication commission itself. there was a lot of political pressure and that drove part of that decision and that is a challenge for us. i am not a lawyer so some of the legal aspects of your question i can't really address. my understanding from talking with experts in that field is it does have legal authority to do regulations but exactly where in the law it find that authority is what it is issues. there are some areas where it can have a light handed touch regulation and other places where it can be heavy handed. what the fcc chose was to chose the heavy handed part we call title two which was written for common carriers that were common utilities. the laws were designed that would exist for forever but it didn't. >> what event do you think consumers need in broadbrand to make sure there is

the fcc has an important three-part mission. to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. no one part of this mission is important than the other. they increase transparency and trust in the u.s. stock market providing investors with material information they need to make informed decisions. that helps investors participate on a fair footing. so they can prepare for milestones in their lives such as college, retirement or other life-changing events. it's critical they continue their important work to fulfill this mission. at the same time they must be cognizant that it could carry risk to the very markets they seek to help. i commend you for doing an assessment of the risk profile. the commission collects and restores public and nonpublic data. if this were subject to a cyber breach it could have severe consequences to the markets, the participants in the public. i was disturbed to learn that it suffered a cyber breach of its system in 2016 but did not notify the public wor

, goes back to the fcc, fcc makes another decision, party brings it back to court again. this is not a matter of constitutional authority. it is a matter of statutory authority. and that's what congressmen are elected for, to pass laws. so i think this is the time, may be the time to end this game of regulatory ping-pong. and my latest blog on this subject i, since we're now in the movie business, i made a reference to "groundhog day" which, as you mentioned if we're at the communicators, got to have a question on net neutrality. it does feel like groundhog day. every time i've been on this show, we've had to have a discussion about net neutrality, and every visit i make on the hill, every transaction we're involved in net neutrality is part of the discussion, and it's the ultimate definition of ground can hog day. every -- ground hog day. no matter how much progress you've made, how much you've moved the ball down the field, there we are back at, well, what are we going to do about net neutrality. so hopefully, the fcc will act. hopefully, that will encourage congress to

that decision and it goes back to the fcc and fcc makes another decision and the party brings it back to the court again. this is not a matter of constitutional authority. it is a matter of statutory authority and that is what congressman elected for to pass laws. i think this is the time and may be the time to end this game of regulatory ping-pong and my latest blog on the subject as we are now in the movie business i made a reference to groundhog day which, as you mentioned, we are at the indicators and we have to have a question on net neutrality and it does feel like groundhog day. every time i've been on the show we have had had a discussion about net neutrality and every visit i make on the hill, every transaction we are involved in, net neutrality is part of the discussion and it is the open definition of groundhog day. every time you wake up, no matter how much progress you made or how much you thank you moved the ball down the field there you are back at it. what will be due about net neutrality? hopefully the fcc will encourage congress to say, it is time to end this and the

in general where you think the fcc should be taking a more heavy-handed. >> actually think the fcc is making some good progress. on that issue that you identified, there are spots on the map where there is no broadband today. too do that, the fcc, it's finally adopting some practices that have been around for 20 years. it started in latin america and spread to africa and europe and were just adopting it. we said we find places where there is no service and then we asked the question, how much do we think would cost to provide service there and what might be the revenues. costs are way up here in the revenues are way down here. that looks like something you might want to subsidize and there's a few different ways of doing this but i will go into details but the question is how do you know how much that subsidy should be and who should get it. the fcc adopted more recently this idea of a reverse auction that says okay, will start out at a million dollars to serve this area. who would do it for 900,000 who would do it for 800,000. they get it down to where it stops and that's the subsidy

everyone seems to be watching the fcc chairman ajit pai. he seems to be facing more pressure, given that the cut senate has to hold a big local vote, which is unheard of for an fcc nominee. normally, they just pass by unanimous consent in a bigger package, but that was really interesting before the august recess. democrats played hardball and they said they would not include him in a batch of nominees. senate leaders are trying to figure out when they can actually schedule a public floor vote for the chairman. it's going to be one of those things where democrats have a chance to talk about all the issues that bothered them. if he's not confirmed by the end of the year, he has to leave the commission, too. the votes heas needs, but it will be a very messy, public process. is the fcc going to follow their agenda and act on net neutrality? they expect them to act by the december meeting. peter: how is that going to work? trying to are schedule a vote before the columbus day restates -- recess. they are not sure when they can't quite do that, b

. >> where are we going with net neutrality with the fcc? >> that is the big question. i think the sec got their proposed rulemaking out and that should be the final stage of that is upcoming and i think it's really in the fcc's court rather than congress but we did see that september hearing get postponed i believe indefinitely on the energy -- yes, the greg waldman hearing. not a lot of certainty on what exactly happened there but i do think there is a reluctance from the tech companies to have their ceos under the microscope on the hill, especially given the status quo is somewhat in their favor at the moment. >> it seems an interesting gambrell for greg walden because for the august recess he said we would have a hearing on the state and legislation and it did seem to be no real drafter compromise and i believe he was looking for security support as a way to back and his weight into pressuring the democrats to negotiate on legislation. there has typically been reluctant to do that and they've pointed to the sec and think they can win more of a grass roots and it's b

, fcc makes another decision, back to the court. this is not a matter of constitutional authority, it's a matter of statutory authority. that's what congressmen are elected for, to pass laws. i think this is the time, maybe the time to end this game of regulatory thing pond. made ast blog on this, i reference to "groundhog day," which is you mentioned, we have to have a question on the neutrality. it does feel like "groundhog day," every time i've been on this show, it does feel -- we've had a conversation about that neutrality. every transaction we are involved in, net neutrality is part of the discussion. it's the open definition of groundhog day. every time you wake up, no matter how much progress you've made, no matter how much you think you moved the ball down the field, there you are back again. act that the fcc will will encourage congress to say it's time to end this. there is enough of a consensus out there around what net neutrality rules should look we will legislate them, put them in place, and put everyone out of their

moving through the fcc and congress would irritate on the new fcc with the new contingent with chairman pai ?. >> he has put out notice of proposed rulemaking to move to classify broadband under title one to repeal the dangerous reclassification that those effects were exceptionally -- accentuated. there was only one of the fcc shares under obama the other declined to reclassify broad band under title to recognizing the potential adverse implications for investment incentives and the lack of a necessity but doing that because there are other ways to be able to put in place that neutrality regulations. that is the direction chairman pai is heading that title to is dangerous as negative implications for investment but to squarely bring up the question what should the net neutrality rules me and so when i read in the press that chairman pai is attempting to repeal that neutrality that is not what they say i cannot read his mind but i don't think that is what he intends to do. that is not what comcast is looking for. we are looking for the reclassification of broadband under title one to en

. >> host: what about the fcc? early signs from the fcc? >> guest: the fcc chairman has redefined what the commission is doing in a very positive, pro-business way, focusing appropriately on regulation, focusing on privacy. it's not the big power grab we had under the fcc chairmanship of tom wheeler, frankly, which went absolutely wild in trying to regulate everything that touched the internet. we are more comfortable with the fcc focusing on privacy. that's a regime that just about everyone in washington is comfortable with. >> host: at the front of this exhibit is a great big map of the u.s. listing all the jobs that each state has that are supported or directly related to the tech community. when's the aggregate -- what's the aggregate number? do you know offhand? >> guest: i believe it's over 12 million jobs directly and indirectly, that includes the retailers at best buy who sell technology to the workers at apple and sony lek doings and intel and qualcomm and nvidia and others. literally every state has a technology presence of suppor

. >> what be the fcc, early signs from the fcc and. >> the fcc chairman has redefined what the commission is doing in a very positive pro-business way. focus on regulation and privacy. it's not the big power grab we had under the fcc chairmanship of tom wheeler, which went absolutely wild in trying to regulate everything that touched the internet, and we are more comfortable with the federal trade commission focusing on privacy. they gave it the do not call and all these other things and that's a regime that everyone in washington is comfortable with. >> at the front hover this exit is a big map of the u.s. listing all the job each state that has supported or directly related to the tech comment. what the aggregate number? >> i believe over 12 million jobs directly and inredirect, everything from the retailers and best buy who celtic nothing to workers at apple and sony and intel and squall. >> donald trump wants to bring jobs to the u.s. is that something the tech community can feasibly do? >> absolutely. we have jobs that are unfilled today because we are not training our kids in softwa

we have not filed ask a petitioner with the fcc, we have an ongoing dialog with the fcc, and the secretary of agriculture is chairing the agriculture and rural prosperity task force, which the chairman is a member, and they are, i can report that broadband is a key focus of that effort. and that dialog, although not proceeding as a formal petition, is ongoing, between the executive branch agencies. >> okay, i would just say if the secretary -- and i took the secretary at his word as well that he is engaged in the issues. if he is not fully a waur and engaged in what is happening with the fcc, the grants provided by the department of agriculture, the communication lanes and the broadband loans and granteds are all very important. but what is happening in the fcc can have a bigger impact on the deployment of broadband in rural areas. that is why you have the national rural electric cooperative and all others weighing in. i will ask you to -- ask you whether or not the department of agriculture will weigh in, with the fcc and let them know that the position of the department of agriculture is

. >> what about the fcc?> the fcc chairman has redefined what the commission is doing in a positive, pro-business way, focusing on privacy. it is not what we had under the fcc chairman of fred -- trying to regulate anything that judge the regulate. we are now comfortable focusing on privacy. they gave us do not call. that is a regime that everyone voted for. exhibit, front of this all the jobs that each state related to the tech community. what is the aggregate number? >> over 12 million jobs supported by the tech industry. retailers at rest by who cell technology, apple, sony electronics, intel. a technologyas presence supporting jobs. >> donald trump once to bring back jobs to the u.s.. is that something the tech community can feasibly do? >> absolutely. we have jobs that are high skilled today. we are not training our kids the way we should be. we have great universities. we have millions of jobs open today. we can not import these people. we have to go overseas. it's focusing that text does cost jobs. dri

fcc. in the nine short months since donald trump chose mr. pai to serve as the fcc's acting chairman, he has restored confidence in the agency's ability to do its work on behalf of the american people and within the rule of law. he's working to establish the light touch regulatory frame

there is over a 90% win rate for the fcc in the courts.no due process in terms of discovery and deposition. they really thought the fight against administrative court system was the way to go. i had very little time to get ready. randy -- m and susan, who has been with me since the beginning of time, since early when i started. she and my partner have always represented me and they were willing to get in there and fight. i felt like i needed a complete and honor vindication so my companies and my people would not have to live under that shadow. >> i looked at the decision yesterday, and this is complicated stuff. i read it five times to try and get a sense of it. how many people do you think understand what you are doing? how unique was the one -- was the work you are doing? on a patentedse model i have. these are different than other indentures. the investors certainly knew what was going on with these funds. they were all institutional investors, all tanks and investment banks. major hedge funds but in later on but no mom-and-pop investo

we have an ongoing dialogue with the fcc and the secretary of agriculture is sharing agriculture task force which the chairman of the fcc is a member and i can report that broadband is a key focus of that effort and that dialogue, although not proceeding as a formal petition, it is ongoing between the executive branch agency. >> i would just say, if, i took the secretary at his word that he's engaged in these issues, but if he's not fully aware and engaged with what's happening at the fcc, the grants that are provided by the department of agriculture, the role communication loans and the broadband loans and grants, they are all very important. what's happening could have a bigger impact of broadband in rural areas. that's why you got the rural electric cooperative association and others weighing in. i'm going to ask you whether or not the department of agriculture will weigh in with the fcc and let them know that the position of the department of agriculture is to not count wireless deployment as a total substitute for fixed deployment. there are huge differences between the two in te

unfortunately according to the fcc broadband report, 65% of the population on tribal lands lack access to the telecommunication services. many small companies stepped up to bring wireless and broadband access and we are grateful for that but i think the federal government does play a role in this. what are we doing to expand access to the tribal communities. >> tribal communities are a key focus of our outreach we are in frequent contact with travel organizations working with the nti h. to provide outreach and explain how our programs work. one of the challenges we do this are the rights of way where the land is often a checkerboard. some land is privately held. some is held in trust and some is held by families that are dispersed and maybe not even aware of their ownership of the land. i actually worked on a major project in montana that ran right up against the problem and it wasn't able to be completed because there wasn't an ability to get consensus. i know i'm out of time. we are good at playing checkers so we will make sure. thank you for your service is always great to see a fel

it was accused by the loveland of the fcc in canada of fraudulent mortgages. the stock plunged at the time. they were facing a run on deposits. they falsified applications. incomes warren buffett and berkshire hathaway, buying a stake in the company of 20%. the agreement was he would do this in two waves. he would buy the 20% stake. was buying the shares at a discount. then shareholders would have to avoid the second crunch in which he would used his stake to 38%. the stockholders asked that management not do that. they said it would dilute the socked by selling the shares to

now the fcc is guilty. >> the question is who watches the watchers? did a report on this and this sounds like the opm data breach in which my personnel file was one of those breached. not using encryption, poor security, unsupported software like windows xp, which hasn't been supported for five years. for goodness sake, you have the hacker conference in las vegas carrying laptops that had sensitive information on it. i mean, they were just asking for trouble and guess what, liz? they got it. liz: you know, there's no data accountability in this country; right? i mean, equifax made what? $3billion last year getting our data and selling credit monitoring and credit reports. it was hacked earlier than realized. a lot earlier. way back in march. i mean, morgan, that's four months before the company noticed any suspicious activity. and now, here's the thing. 143million people hacked, sensitive personal identification, even driver's license. should equifax be allowed to make money off of their own data breach? they're selling credit monitoring services. wha

[laughter] >> you talk a lot about the fcc and then things start to change invalidated not allow with decency. >> the paris television council is probably the largest watched our organization that is useless in terms of enforcement. there is no level of care. the fcc is like the rest of the government trying to make money to do a thing as with the enforcement. you can listen to a river of the radio but unless a petition comes from parents with 200,000 signatures, so you could be here all day and it is up to the communities to push the button that is the hardest thing. talking about radio and to have radio stations of all formats to say we would your kids listening to this with 140 markets it you know, what is happening with your kids. that is why you think radio doesn't work for you but it still controls things it is just that day split us up. to survey younger audience. or some of those older groups. >> that does a service to a lot of the younger people for those who are just now enjoying that struggle removing a the battle of net neutrality and withy sec to manage those airways and

legislation let alone any passage of something that would make >> tom wheeler is one of three former fcc chairmen who has invested i >> they have built a platform that can be applicable in multiple kinds of situations, no. >> reporter: those situations, upgrades to home security, car monitoon wearable where rapid sos hope money. >> if this were on a health wear going to hav informat pres if it's coming car, where was the impact, how many a? >> the cost, $3 to $10 a month. pay. the enormity of what happened, that's what drives all of us. >> this is technology that's goine a lo >> reporter: rapid sos expects to roll out upgrad consumer products later this year. there's more that it can do for the 911 if the phone has a camera it can put out a video feed that operat responders to allow them to see what's waiting for them at the >>> almost 90% of family busi third generation t one key to survival, it's innovation. one midwesterner is using her fa capabilities to make a bright idea for removable wallpaper and make it st >> i feel like this is more of a story. >> reporter: the story is the thi

this is unheard of for an fca -- fcc nomination. think the merger that is at the top of everyone's mind at fcc and in congress and for people who watch and people in the industry is the broadcast group merger or acquisition of a bee media company. a broadcasting giant perceived as somewhat conservative leaning and perhaps politically aligned with republicans with the administration. the implications of them growing even bigger. announcer: watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. "washington journal continues. host: each week in the segment of "washington journal" we look at supplemental nutrition assistance program better known as food

fcc nomination. i think the merger that is at the top of everyone's mind at fcc and in congress and for people who watch and people in the industry is the broadcast group merger or acquisition of a bee media company. a broadcasting giant perceived as somewhat conservative leaning and perhaps politically aligned with republicans with the administration. the implications of them growing even bigger. announcer: watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. "washington journal continues. host: each week in the segment of "washington journal" we look at supplemental nutrition assistance program better known as food stamps. to do that, we are joined by alan bjerga of bloomberg news. it is a $21 billion a year program. how many people does that reach and what is the amount of assistance at each one of the individual recipients in the program gets? it has gone from the $20 million level and it's been $70 billion now. it affects 40 one million americans. that is about one out of every eight.

the fcc needsink to do next in making this available and making sure options are on the horizon? >> i think there is a lot they can do. they can look at mid-band spectrum, which is another very interesting area. of spectrum in the mid band as well as the high bands that can work in this context. timelineou think the looks like for a high band auction? >> it could be a couple of years. i think it makes sense to focus on this mid band and focus on some of that spectrum but we will get there. >> ozment ask about opportunities in the mid band, i know they just started the beginning process, it seems like that may have a longer timeline. time takes spectrum a long from the time you identify it to the time you can use it so it really does matter and makes a big difference where you start that proceeding. we were interested in seen them talk about that. >> refresh us on the recent auction of spectrum. >> the broadcast auction? we actually didn't participate in that. lots spectrum just like that 10 years before they put the 700 megahertz spectrum and we felt comfortable with our portfoli

the fcc tells apple to flip the switch on its iphones. cnbc's jemma act ton joins from us london.p figure. >> 3.1%, up from a previous estimate of 3%. there's a warning from economists. due to the impact of hurricanes, third quarter gdp may be around .6% lower. some upside though. because in the fourth quarter, we're expecting some rebuilding to help boost that growth figure. for now, though, the third quarter looks like it may have been affected in terms of retail sales, home production, house building and home sales due to the hurricanes. apple have come up with a good excuse for denying the fcc request to switch on the fm radio chips in iphones saying, our phones don't have any. they haven't had any since the iphone 6. the fcc says it's necessarily because it is a safety requirement that people can dial emergency services. apple says, we've built and engineered our own more modern safety solutions into our iph e iphones and people can still dial emergency services from the screen. here's a story you might have to go google yourselves. it's too exciting for me to recap in 30 sec

dodd in the election of barack obama. .erry faulhaber he previously served as chief economist at the fcc. his current research includes wireless markets, public markets, policy in public safety radio, filesharing, music copyright, net neutrality and iot security. the honorable terrell issa represents the california 49th district, kcet has held since two of one. these on the house judiciary committee where he served on a subcommittee for intellectual property and the internet, along with democratic congresswoman suzan delbene. he speaks to these issues not just as a representative of his district, but as a practitioner. thatlds 37 patents, found an electronics company and also served as chairman of the consumer electronics association. david young is vice president for public policy at verizon where he identifies and assesses merging issues, developing corporate issues and assessing key technology instrumentation industry trends. he has practical experience in today's ectopic -- today's topic. he worked on data architecture and audio-video compression. tos a member of the ieee mitigation

has to hold a big public rollcall vote on his reconfirmation in the fall which is unheard of for an fcc nominee. they are normally passed by the unanimous consent in a voice vote. >> the merger is at the top of everyone's mind, both at fcc and congress. for people who watch this space and in the industries, it is the sin care -- sinclair broadcast acquisition of tribune media company. the implications of them growing even bigger. >> watch "the communicators" tonight on c-span 2. >> as we wait for hillary clinton's event to get started, let's bring you a portion of this morning's washington journal where we took a look at the week ahead in congress. rep. costa: a national political reporter for washington post. since he was last on, he is the moderator of the washington week on pbs. congratulations. in your washington post you

so you're talking to people who's got a deal with people that you put on fcc.'s not just the president getting angry at cnn or msnbc. this is about attacking him and how he responds. he's the subject here. and it's the president that built his political career calling the sitting president a non-american as a birther. so let me get this right. you can't say he's a supremacist but he can say that this president was not an american? i mean, really? >> let me ask -- you asked a question. let me ask three more. is this about her as a critic? is this about her as a woman? or is this as a black woman? >> it's all of them. >> all three. >> it's all three. >> first of all, i've said this all along. black women are like kryptonite. it's the one constituency they can't get to. african-american women summarily rejected this presidency like 96%, and they are triggered whenever a black woman says something, whether it's april ryan or susan rice or somebody else. they have this sort of visceral reaction. the second thing is, she didn't lie. throat there's lots of people who

to serve another five-year term as the fcc chair. he spoke about his opposition as it relates to net neutrality and rural broadband issues. his remarks were followed by senator roger wicker. this is 20 minutes. pre >> i rise today in opposition to the president's nomination to head the federal communications commission. my view is that in particular, he will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet net neutrality, and i am going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for the country. mr. president, after we came to use the internet to see what an asset that would be beginning late in the 19 '90s we laid out but i still consider to beiw the legal foundation for the internet in other words a little joking about who created the internet, the internet being used people begin to see how beneficial it would be and on ab bipartisan basis to lay out what's worth foundational before the foundational principles of the net with a variety of them, mr. president. we wanted to make sure the f

a big win for amazon to get this deal to be approved by the fcc.ly: within the grocery business, how do you see grocery competitors responding? whether cosco or walmart or kroger? emily: i don't think you -- >> i don't think you can. the business models are so different. what amazon has the opportunity to do is operate at a target 0% margin. they are able to do that because the business is subsidized through the cash flow proceeds from a wf. there is no grocer that have that luxury and no retailer that has that luxury that is why you continue to see a deflationary impact from amazon. i think as you look long-term, this grocery is a massive step toward capturing greater broader economy. emily: coming up, and other scoop on the next iphone. we will tell you what new tricks they might have up their sleeve later this month. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: one of the world deposit largest just drone manufactures is making a security push. dji will pay around $30,000 to anyone who finds flaws in the software. the reward program comes after the u.s. army orde

this was a film that was exactly like the vision of the fcc commissioner and that it would go back from. capra got letters and james gilbert and the historian of american religion has a chapter in his book about these films and he gets a letter from the viewer telling capra it was, quote, not only fine entertainment in scientific education, but it was a religious experience and to combine the three was a stroke of genius, indeed. so what's interesting about that is that i think people make assumptions after the scopes trial in america, because that was such a widely publicized media circus and it was such a clash between fundamentalists and scientific perspectives that what we get from watching this movie is a sense of diversity of popular ideas of evolution and the relationship with religion. so how did this film get made? it got made largely because of capra, but it was received the way that it was for several reasons so katherine pandora that you read, talks about the way that you have to go back to television as a medium and development and the standards for different genres and sci

we are requesting congress to help fix problem and urge fcc to take as soon as possible. the review process of networks across federal and state-land owning agencies mist also be addressed in any ha listic -- holistic plan. they may never deliver on their problems if caught up in red tape and delay. therefore rural broadband industries is eager to close the broadband gap by working with congress and the administration on public policy that helps to build and sustain broadband in rural markets. golden west and member companies thank for leadership and interest on all of the issues and we look forward to working with you on behalf of the hundreds of small operator members of ntca and millions of rural american that is we serve. thank you for your time and i look forward to your questions later. >> thank you, dr. law, dr. shanks. >> i thank you very much for the opportunity to testify. clearly near to the state of iowa but broadly the country but i think what's important about the area relative to testimonials, this is one that not only impacts farm security, rural infrastru

fifth, they must agree to testify before the senate, the fcc and cooperate with the investigation and comply with fines, penalties or standards recommended at the conclusion of these investigations. if equifax does not agree to these five things in one weeks time, the ceo of the company and the entire board should stepthey down. these five steps are common sense. the baseline of decency. if equifax cannot commit to them there leadership is not up to the job in the leadership must be replaced. t let me tell you, if joe public if the average citizen did anything close to what the corporate leaders of equifax did that led to the state breach of the awful response, that average citizen would be fired a immediately. to give equifax a week to implement these things is overly generous to people who didft horrible stuff and then after it happens did nothing virtually nothing that showed they hadht remorse. it is only right the ceo and the board step down if they cannot meet this decency by next week. finally, i have a lot to say this morning. a word on taxes last night at the white house pres

if there's an fcc that will show that fcc to people that they got up and went to the bathroom to greg: that's his stairway to heaven in north korea. sorry, rocket man. >> by the way, rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. little rocket man may be something gets worked out and maybe it doesn't but i can tell you one thing you are protected. greg: after decades. [cheering] after decades of north korea talking trash to us trump returns fire and fury. it is working. china is getting it and so is the un. who knew you could be scary and reasonable? not some in the media who actually take north korea site. the site of a murderous madman with sex place in prison camps. meanwhile, trump's message to the world is simple: >> as the president of the united states, i will always put america first. just like you, as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always put your countries first. [applause] greg: it is a pendulum swing from the academic to be assertive. obama's lounge is now node one it is not about i but we .-period-paragraph, america, trump gives us two for the

executive vice president talks about tell information development -- telik commission development and fccegulations. he is interviewed by a senior editor. >> what is your take on the trump administration and competition? compelled toeel say this and it was pointed out at the goldman sachs conference last week, we love our company. and nbct acquisition, universal acquisition, review ourselves as centrally strategically complete. we are not out there saying, oh, my god, we have to find something else to buy to survive. on the other hand, we have never viewed ourselves as being on deals. it has to be the right deal, the and oneof the company, that has shareholder value. i think it is no secret that overall, this president and administration is likely less hostile to horizontal growth or even vertical growth in the telecoms space and elsewhere. communicators," monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david rank, former career civil service at the career department . a lot to talk about. let's begin with north korea. how concerne

that is been the basis for fcc law ever since. the internet is the wild west.here are an unlimited amount of channels. as a result, it's not been legislated. but we see the effects of this. what we don't know is the role of russian money and russian hacking on the u.s. election. what we also saw was that facebook was willing to give over a lot of information with a search warrant to robert mueller, but giving a lot less to congress. facebook is suggesting they are sharing the same amount now but , we don't know. emily: facebook is suggesting that congress decide how much the public should know. who knows what, and what do they know? sarah: facebook wants to be the one saying, listen, we did a very stringent review of our privacy policies, our legal rights. we are going to give this information to congress in a way that we feel will honor that. they don't want to give it to the public because they don't want to set any precedent for having to make people's private stuff public in the future. of course, there are always investigations where people are asking for

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comcast senior executive vice president talks about telecommunication development, competition, and fcc seniorviewed editor tony wrong. rahm.y >> first, i've feel compelled to say this, we love our company. -- at&t acquisition and universal acquisition, we view ourselves as essentially strategically complete. we are not out there saying let's find something else to buy. hand, we've never view ourselves as being foreclosed from the acquisition market domestically or internationally. it's something that enhances the quality of the company, enhances return to shareholder, and will enhance shareholder value as a result of that. i think it is no secret that overall, this president and his likely lesson is hostile to horizontal growth or even vertical growth in the telecom space and elsewhere. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> eric was believed to, and then had billy hutchison was only three. so they take off, and headed out to strafearolin

. >>> the fcc has an unusual request of apple. to techcrunch, the fcc wants apple to activate the fm radio chips in iphones for safety reasons. the request was inspired by the recent hurricanes. the problem is apple discontinued those fm radio chips after the iphone 6. >>> google is reportedly building a smart screen competitor to amazon's echo show. according to techcrunch the device will offer youtube, google assistance, google photos and video calling. it will also act as a smart hub to control smart home devices. >>> instagram is trying to rein in the trolls. the facebook-owned photo sharing app has introduced a comment control tool this week. users will now have a handful of filtering options for comments. comments can be blocked from specific users. >>> christmas comes early for the a's skipper. i'm dennis o'donnell. and why the mother of one of the denver broncos will be pulling for the raiders instead of her son's football team. reaction coming up. but first, what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at co

we also expect to see a vote on the nomination for the chairman of the fcc. also, outstanding, f.a.a. funding extension and hurricane relief. now, live to the senate floor on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god of grace and glory, lift us with your might. you are our security, our hope for years to come. lord, give our senators such

scarlet: breaking news from the fcc, it dismissed a case against a patriarch founder, often known ashe diva of distress. she was fighting and in ministry and of complaint from the fcc that accused her of misleading investors about the risk of corporate loans. against lynnc case tilton has been dismissed. julia: we speak to muhammad yunus about why he thinks we can have a world without poverty. this is bloomberg. ♪ so we need tablets installed... with the menu app ready to roll. in 12 weeks. yeah. ♪ ♪ the world of fast food is being changed by faster networks. ♪ ♪ data, applications, customer experience. ♪ ♪ which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. fast connections everywhere. that's how you outmaneuver. mark: it is time for first word news. calling it a once in a generation opportunity, president trump this afternoon unveiled his plan to overhaul the u.s. tax system. indianapolis, the president insisted the wealthy would not be the only beneficiaries of this plan. pres. trump: we are to cut taxes for the middle class,

this is unheard of for an fcc nominee.hat's interesting is they normally passed by unanimous consent and a bigger package. >> i think the murder that is at the top of everyone's mind both at fcc and in congress and for people who watch this space and for those in the industry is that the merger or acquisition really of tribune media company, a broadcasting giant perceived as somewhat conservative leaning and perhaps politically aligned with republicans and the administration and the implications of them growing even bigger. >> watched "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern time act on c-span2. let me bring on a member of congress his own district was impacted by one of those recent hurricanes by hurricane harvey, sheila jackson lee is on the on

bighe senate has to hold a roll call vote on his reconfirmation which is unheard of for an fcc nominee. normally it is passed by unanimous consent in a bigger package. >> the merger at the top of in congress and for people who watch this space and for people in the industry is the sinclair broadcast group acquisition of tribune media company. a broadcasting giant perceived as somewhat conservative leaning and perhaps politically aligned with the administration, the implications of them growing even bigger. communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> usually, things run smoothly. every once in a while, federal banks have emergency action. let's go back in time to 1992. >> ♪ >> it is august, 1992. release a new album called "good stuff." >> ♪ let the good times roll >> in minneapolis, the mall of america opens for business with 300 stores. it is the largest shopping mall in the country. meanwhile, a major hurricane is moving directly toward south florida. >> we expect the storm is going to be in our neighborhood here by early in the day monday. monday, august 24, the storm

comcast senior executive vice president talks about telecommunication developments, competition, and fccegulations. he is interviewed by a senior editor. >> what is your take on the trump administration and competition? >> first, i feel compelled to say this and it was pointed out at the goldman sachs conference last week, we love our company. post-at&t acquisition and nbc universal acquisition, we view century, as strategically complete, so we are not out there saying, oh my god, we have to find something else to buy to survive, i want to make that clear. on the other hand, we have never viewed ourselves as being foreclosed from the acquisition marketplace, domestically or internationally. it has to be the right deal. it has to be something that we think enhances the quality of the company and enhances returns shareholders have and will enhance shareholder value as a result of that. i think there is no secret that overall this president and administration is likely less hostile to horizontal or vertical growth in the telecom space and elsewhere. >> watch "the communicators," monday nigh

. >> i wouldn't give it to the fcc. >> no. that becomes political. >> what about a new agency that says we're not here to shut down your rights. but we're going to regulate the industry now. if someone buys an ad on tv, and my radio show is the most regulated thing in the world. why not have super specialized agency supervising silicon valley? >> i have watched agencies grow and others. before i go to that extent i have to have all the facts. >> but you're open to it? >> i want to look at everything, yes. this is the point. social media is a wonderful thing but it also allows use his to recruit. >> right. >> there's good and bad that gets created with it. how can we keep the good things and look at our ability to do that. i don't want to jump to a new agency. i want all the facts. i want to protect the first amendment before i make any decision. >> house untell is doing that. they have an anti-trust division. when you get too big and too powerful, this step in with microsoft and at&t. >> we thought ibm was too bug and too powe