and thank you to fcc chairman and fcc and ftc staff who made this possible. like you, i hate when my phone rings due to an illegal robo call. now, this problem isn't new, but it does seem to come in waves. in the late 2000s, we saw that robo calls were a growing problem, and the ftc responded by amending the telemarketing sales rule to prohibit the vast majority of robo calls or prerecorded sales calls. unfortunately, changes in telephone technology, primarily the growth of voiceover internet protocol, have made it much easier for telemarketers to make large volumes of robo calls with spoof caller i.d. information for a fraction of a cent per call, often from foreign countries with nothing more than a computer and an internet connection. each of these developments has made it easier and more profitable for robo callers so to violate the law and harder for law enforcement to stop them. and that means more calls and negative effects for consumers. the ftc uses every tool at our disposal to combat the challenge of robo calls. aggressive law enforcement, initiati

so for 167 years the fcc completely abdicated its duty. that's not going to happen. 2018 is the next cycle and we'll have to tee up the next iteration of our examination. we are are go where the facts lead us. >> er let's turn to video transmission in the mid-1990s the fcc adopted a new television transmission standard which made possible wide screen, high definition television, something enjoyed by a lot of our citizens. but now the commission is authorized another standard to be deployed on a voluntary basis so-called nextgen tv. what's that all about. >> first you deserve tremendous credit. those who don't know, chairman wiley is widely recognized as the father of hd, and so especially on a sunday afternoon when you're plopping down to watch the upcoming super bowl champions kansas city chiefs win, it's thankfully due to chairman wiley. i'm forecasting. >> go redskins. >> good luck with alex smith. that's ail can say. but next jen is the hd on steroids. we want to make sure that broadcasterses just like any other sector, are able to inn

the fcc is not a social service agency. the fcc is an enablering to get people access. the prior proposal had areas in there that were going to facilitate the ability of people to have social mobility by leveraging the benefit. we shouldn't make assumptions, again, as i said earlier, about how the poor live in this world when we're not poor. and so i would say on the hard cap and others, i'm just a big, big proponent of people i think it's important we look at the subliminal messages within the order that will potentially restrict, and i want to point this over to james, but the up tick in affordability to people in urban communities. i will have an affect on people who live in rural communities, but more so urban who happen to also be predominantly people of color, poor, disabled, and isolated. so i just think it's something we have to continue to discuss, but i would really caution us to put in hypothetical numbers that may not be the measure of success for that program. >> nicole, i'll stick with you. >> okay. >> if we were to install a brookings to commissioner pie

>> fcc proposal is and why copyright now. we look forward to working with our colleagues to see what they produce and ntia role will be to work across the us government both women the department, wrist where we have expertise on these issues, but also across the us government to figure out a government response in a coordination with our colleagues. thank you, patricia. >> i think we will now think administrator david redl. i want to present him with a small token of appreciation. i guess the emphasis is on small this time. david, in the past sometimes and you may have seen this we have presented seekers with maybe larger tokens and i found out there is a concern often, do they exceed some governmental limits in terms of the ethical requirements or whatnot of course, i want to be sensitive to that. i will present you with this beautiful ballpoint pen. [laughter] it is emblazoned with free state foundation on it and, you know, i'm almost embarrassed to say it, but i guarantee this-- we secure it at largely through the sharp ey

last time the fcc talked about the ownership ban is 2000. for 17 years the fcc abdicated its duty. that is no longer going to happen. sometime this year, 2018 the next cycle of quadrennial we'll tee up next examination. i have no preconceived notion where that will go. we'll simply go where the facts lead us. >> turn to video transmission. in the mid 1990s the fcc adopted a new television transmission standard which made possible wide screen, high-definition television, something enjoyed by a lot of our citizens. but now the commission is thorizeed another standard to be deployed on voluntary basis, tv. what is that all about? >> first and foremost you deserve tremendous credit, those who don't know, chairman wiley is widely recognized as the father of hd. so especially on sunday afternoon when you're plopping down to watch the upcoming super bowl champion kansas city chiefs win a game, remember the players watching hd, thankfully to chairman wiley. i'm forecasting of course. >> go redskins. >> good luck with alex, smith, all i can say. so 3.0 or nextgen tv as its called hd on ster

as we discussed some key fcc issues, perhaps you can provide some context and background. i thought maybe we would start with what else, network neutrality. it is very often a highly discussed issue. can you tell us what that issue is really all about? why is it so controversial? >> sure thing. first and foremost, thank you to the republican lawyers association for having me back. thank you for the very kind words of introduction. i was struck by your description of secretary acosta as a deep thinker. he has a very important job before him. my job is different. i succeed when everyone in america can play connected game of angry birds. that's not exactly as important of secretary costa's mission but we do have an important mission here at the fcc. net neutrality is something you have probably seen in the news and typically is accompanied by the question of what is it and why does it matter. part of the reason why it has alluded the definition over the years, has come to mean virtually anything people wanted to mean when i think a combination of politicians and special inter

trump's fcc, this would be the crowning moment for david smith's efforts to take over local news. this would give him stations in the three biggest media markets in america, the big markets that have alluded sinclair of to this point. that would be wpix in your, los angeles, and one of the biggest to listen stations, the bgn in chicago as well, famous institution. this would really seal sinclair's takeover of local news. and by all indications, this fcc has rolled out the red carpet with a series of deregulation in the past year to help sinclair. it is hard to see unless there's a public outcry, unless we learn more about sinclair's plan, why the fcc would intervene in this tribune media merger. and ago this comes as the third week of the trial between the justice department and at&t kicked off monday. the justice department seeking to block a proposed $85 billion merger between at&t and time warner in one of the biggest antitrust lawsuits in decades.s. on many media critics have welcome the l lawsuit as a blow against consolidation, they also blew the case is politically motivate

i will tell you this magenta t-shirt and sneakers will be in the white house, the doj, the fcc in the i'm going to answer every single question about what they want to talk about because i have got the right story on our side. we're going to drive 5g that this country needs supercharge the young carrier, broaden the rural america opportunities. broadband opportunities. lower prices and more jobs talk about it any way you want shareholders are going to create huge value this deal will be approved it's going to take some time but i'll be in there in my language, in my clothes talking about what's good for the american consumer >> so with all the assurances about jobs, infrastructure, store closings, david, it does appear they are going to use this 5g narrative as some nationalist cause to push this through. >> it does, carl and when you think about what has changed over the last fehr years from the last time that -- well, they've tried a number of times, but the time they got a thumbs down before they even signed anything from the fcc, that certainly is a key change the fact they're goi

you guys had pushed back pretty hard against the last fcc trying to impose privacy rules on broadband providers, so i'm curious, you know, now that we're seeing this play out with facebook -- >> guest: yep. >> -- why should people trust other industries? why should they trust the cable guy with their private data? >> guest: i think the concern we have, and i think the concern the country has to have, is the asymmetry of our approach. so the fcc really only focuses on infrastructure providers, but they're an increasingly small part of the overall communication/internet ecosystem. so my view both as a trade association chief and a former regulator is to truly protect consumers, you have to take a coherent approach to everything in the value chain the consumer's doing. it's no good to lock the front door if you leave the back door completely wide open. and i think we've seen a series of policies that are quite bent toward focusing only on one narrow part of that internet sphere, and it isn't effectively protecting anything because it continues to allow the same kinds of behaviors for edg

one of the things that fcc did was try to rein in third-party collection. it draws a line between users who actually post things and third parties who harvest information. the goal was to limit third-party access unless there is clear notice and clear consent. now facebook is going to say that the settings they have allowed sharing. on the other hand, the question the ftc was asking is what our consumers reasonable expectations about what that means? one question to ask mark zuckerberg next week's do you really believe any of the friends thought something like this would happen to them? were your notices back then, whenever this happened, clear about that? i do not think they meet that test at all. that will be part of the ftc's inquiry. so, i think that is part of my concern. the other part is once action is devoted basically to forcing facebook to look at former abilities, where is consumer privacy in jeopardy and plugging those holes. it is quite clear in the aftermath that facebook paid no attention to that heart of the decree because there are no contr

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. >> reporter: captain johnson testified to the fcc last year and while the fcc acknowledges that contrabandell phones are a major public safety threat the agency also writes on the website cell phone jamming causes more problems than it solves. but south carolina officials warn that until the fcc helps them stop the problem -- >> the folks that are incarcerated are going to continue their criminal ways from behind bars. >> reporter: that's south carolina prison is currently installing a system that wouldn't jam cell phone signals but would block calls and texts from unauthorized phones. that technology has already been used in the mississippi state penitentiary and it worked. the detected number of call attempts dropped by 79%. kate? >> morgan radford, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, the new less invasive operation for those dealing with a common and painful foot problem. >>> well, as we finally slip into sandal season here in the northeast, a story about a promising new type of surgery for anyone with bunions. those painful bumps on the sides of the feet. they can make walking and even

. >> caller: i would like to have everybody ask a question, just go to the fcc. gov and read the history of the scc. if they hadn't gutted the fcc starting in a's 84, russ limbo wouldn't be on this gentlemen here wouldn't be on because failed to stop the propaganda. i heard you say propaganda. what this is doing is turning over propaganda to a handful of people. >> host: thank you for the call this morning. steven brill, i want to get you to respond. >> guest: i didn't understands the question or the comment so i cannot respond. >> host: what is your take on the fairness doctrine and whether it should be -- whether it should come back? >> guest: well the fairness doctrine was end acted based on the notion, it was enacted by the fcc based on the notion that the fcc and others was licensing airways, licensing peck spectrums, radio and television spectrums than was scars commodity, so to have the priv lens to have that license, you had to pledge to do certain things. you had to do certain things in the public interests and you had to be fair or so-called fair becaus

. >> captain johnson testified to the fcc last year.ile the fcc acknowledged that contraband cell phones are a major public safety threat, the agency writes on its website that cell phone jamming causes more problems than it solves. but south carolina officials warn that until the fcc helps them stop the problem -- >> the folks that are incarcerated are going to continue their criminal ways from behind bars. >> our thanks to morgan for that report. >>> ahead, how you can get to travel the country on a harley for free. >>> plus, japan's answer for letting single women feel more secure at home. you're watching "early today." (vo) more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty the quicker picker upper. you ok there, kurt? we're about to move. karate helps... relieve some of the house-buying... stress. at least you don't have to worry about ho

she's the managing editor of axios, a longtime telecom reporter and spent some time at the fcc as well. >> nice to see you. i want to jump right into what of the biggest stories that all telecom providers, specifically cable providers are watching with the at&t-time warner trial against the doj which is starting to to wrap up in the next week or so. do you have any predictions of the outcome of the case and what that means for at&t, win or lose? >> guest: well, and for a lot more than at&t. let me start with what i think is the general wall street consensus, and that is as the case has progressed, the expectation that at&t will win has progressively risen. if it started at something like 60-40 and there's no perfect way to measure any of this, then my guess is that the broad consensus is something like 80/20, that at&t will win in that case. my own view is this a bit more skeptical than that. i certainly wouldn't say it's likely at&t will is but i would say i'm closer to agnostic. the judges asked a lot of questions that have shown to be quite skeptical of the empirical part of trying

i'm a sitting federal trade commissioner and i love the fcc. think the people, the staff, are doing an incredible job with pretty antiquated authority it is a 104-year-old agency using the authority to protect consumers from unfair practices and has been able to adapt that into the online environment. the agency itself has always called for strong tools. i think this set of facts underscores that the ftc is not strong enough as it is currently configured with its current authorities and its current resources to be the kind of consumer protection agency required for a moment in which we are connecting every part of our lives to the internet and each other. kevin: how do we fix that? terrell: i would start by making sure it is adequately resourced . at the end of the obama administration, they did call for resources for the agency. it has never been funded near that level, so it is under resourced and that is easy to fix. i think it needs to think about its configuration. one thing it had been doing, and i am proud of sharing the fcc with this is

if i compare that to the way the fcc, for example, works. that is not the way the fcc works. to what extent will you see this creating a race to the bottom, where the u.s. is so committed that other countries will also create the environment. countries that don't have a strong institutional says the u.s. does. >> so let me just touch on a few points to answer that. first, what is really interesting is the administration and the house position aligns the following principles, which is the united states should be the jurisdiction of choice for foreign investment and for people to come here and create and build business space. at the same time as the recognition that this national interest including compliance with national obligation moving forward. now you can debate the specific language in the free enterprise act, but that is the policy line and there is language and they are designed to the international routine. if you look at how the definition of who was captured under the regulatory schema, it's designed to prohibit convenience. if you look at how other states have inte

the fcc really only focuses on infrastructure providers. to small part of the overall communication ecosystem. my view is to truly protect and consumers you need an approach. it is no good to lock the front door. we see it as policies that are quite bentz toward focusing on one narrow part of the and it's not really protecting anything. it allows the same behavior for edge providers. weather data or even net neutrality. the problem is that it's a wonderful place but it's a 1934 industry built around traditional incumbents who are no longer the central drivers of what happened. only better than them or not? i would say that we have reason to be much more diligent. we have a subscriber relationship. we take their money and that's part of why makes it challenging to have a higher brand value. you have to write a check to your cable company. the one way to monetize it is very transparent and direct. i trust with you is dependent on you paying that. if we do a poorly we believe the consumer has options. the sad part is there anonymous to you. th

that door has been opened by the fcc, and that is really troubling. >> quickly before we go.ent tweeted sinclair is far superior to cnn and even more fake nbc which is a total joke. when the president says something like this, doesn't it make sinclair's claim that it is fair, down the middle and unbiass unbiassed harder? >> what i see is president trump saying nowhere other than him is where you can get truth from. he attacks any independent source of information, that you can only go to him for the truth, and that is really scary. >> jgentlemen, thank you so muc for sharing your thoughts. and i want to make it clear, we invited sinclair executives to come on and speak with us, and as always, i invite members of this administration to join me here on msnbc and are always well co. > -- well, coming up, this magazine cover is depicting president trump as a pig. richard painter is back with me, and we're back in 90 seconds. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. i'm your phone,istle text a

thursday, a discussion with fcc commissioner on facebook's data and privacy practices following the cambridge out in america -- cambridge analytica announcement. next week, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg testifies before the house energy and commerce committee about how his company uses and protects future data. we will have live coverage of his testimony at 10:00 eastern time on c-span3. cityis weekend, c-span tour takes you to norman, oklahoma. we will explore norman's literary scene and history. rely ask you discusses oklahoma's complex history with her book. this is the land that gave birth to 20th-century america's premier athlete. the definitive white working man's hero. one of the first celebrated the tulsalists -- race riot. 2:00 on american history tv. we visit the national weather center. >> this stuff that we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility. this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. this is the only national weather center. we are tourist generation -- destination for the entire country. everybody is interested in whet

spin that this is on the radar for the ftc and the fcc has calls keep increasing. lorenz, back to you. tranter the fight goes on. 80% of companies have profit estimates so far this earnings season. but why the stocks not moving that much? so faith taken by a monkey can vent -- look at that. can they sue for copyright? u.s. stock index futures now see an improvement to the market they. the dow up 109 points, s&p 500 and nasdaq as well. ♪ e in luck. e in luck. she believes in research. it can take more than 10 years to develop a single medication. and only 1 in 10,000 ever make it to market. but what if ai could find connections faster. to help this researcher discover new treatments. that's why she's working with watson. it's a smart way to find new hope, which really can't wait. ♪ ♪ cheryl: welcome back felix gets you caught up in what's happening in the dow. u.s. features breakdown. the dow was up 109 points. as you can see in the premarket come s&p at 12, nasdaq up 39. a petition to fire a fresno state university professor for: the late barbara bush and amazing r

and, of course, we still have the fcc as the independent regulatory agency for spectrum. so we're trying to reduce and consolidate, but we're probably not going to get down to one agency. now, virtually all private space activities require radio spectrum, as i mentioned, and the fcc -- while not a member of the national space council due to their independent status -- is one where we're strengthening our relationship as allowed by law. so improving the form of communications back and forth and, certainly, being respectful of ex parte requirements and such. the united states needs strong and innovative space industries. if we limit, however, space activities of governments, we would handicap ourselves and cede a key american strength which is the private sector. if we unleash private enterprise in partnership with government, there's really no limits to what the u.s. can accomplish. and this is why the space council has prioritized the development of policies at the interface of public and private sector interests. these include policies in space traffic management, new sp

ronald reagan deregulated, through the fcc.gulated communication channels, and the fairness act and everything sort of went out the window. - [computer] you've got mail. - [narrator] envisioned as a means of connecting people, social media was born in the late nineties. - the buzz early on was that social media would be a democratizing force. it would be a positive for, not just the united states, but for the globe. (chanting) - there's no question that it's given the public it's own voice. the incredible explosion of social media has put that power of mass communication into the hands of anybody. - [narrator] but as social media might describe the results, it's complicated. - it's a good tool to connect. i think it is sometimes a good tool to get information. not always. i think it is a mixed bag of goods. sometimes relying too heavily on social media for information could create a diverse effect of just being misinformed. - [susan] social media is a social good. there are those who use the channels and the platforms for malfe

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if you went back to the last six months of the obama administration, the wheeler fcc, the risk was the isps and the telecom carriers were going to be subject to a much stricter right to try regime than are the edge providers like facebook and google. that is, simplistically they were going to be subject to an opt in requirement, while google and facebook would be subject to a opt out requirement. that asymmetry would be very, very challenging. interestingly, there was always some suspicion that it was facebook and google and compass back that that were behind pushing for that asymmetry in regulation. once title ii was rolled back, the privacy rules rollback first when republicans took congress in november of 2016, but then subsequently when title ii was rolled back to title i some of the urgency of that issue disappeared and i think we are now back to something like a more level playing field where at this point the federal trade commission has jurisdiction again and it's likely everyone will be treated the same way. so the risk to the telecom operators is relatively small. if there's

. >> captain johnson testified to the fcc last carrier and while the fcc acknowledges that contraband cell phones are a major public safety threat, the agency also writes on the website that cell phone jamming causes more problems than it solves. but south carolina officials warned that until the fcc helps them stop the problem >> the folks incarcerated are going to continue criminal ways from behind bars. >>> a former nfl player and current supports broadcaster is apologizing for a picture he posted on twist last night that photo show joes shows him holding a gun sitting next to the daughter and boyfriend wishing my daughter and her date a great time at prom. his post prompted a reaction from some who felt it was inappropriate. he says it was a joke and takes gun safety seriously and did not intend to be insensitive to the important issue. he played for 7 teams. >>> he is a best selling author and professor known as opera's long-term partner. today steadman graham delivered a message of encourage many speaking alt san jose convention center at the commencement ceremony for a universi

. >> reporter: robocallses are the number one complaint to the fcc and ftc. the government knows it's a huge problem. last month there was 3.2 billion robocalls made alone. the fcc says technology makes it easy for robocallers to make millions of calls each day. there are apps for your cell phone, as well as boxes you can add to your land line. they intercept incoming calls so you never get them. technology allows these companies to compile a list of numbers, making millions of calls and block them. the founder of no more robo says part of the problem with this epidemic is the laws is outdated. >> the technology is allowing these robocallers to make these calls. the government actions are great in getting the word out and everybody and robocalls act like this but it will come down to technology winning. >> reporter: the bottom line this is on the radar for the fcc and the ftc as the robocalls keep increasing. >>> happening today a new report is expected to be released at any minute detailing the health and safety conditions at cal state university's last near

. >> there was a twitter moment stating the fcc chairman was found dead in his home. it was not true. it was made by a random twitter user. this would not matter, people didn't rely on social media for their news. what they do. nearly 67% of americans have at some point in their lives, including us. mywhat if the news generation and i are reading are not true? what if it is fake news? >> people on social media are not journalists generally. they are not answering the four prudent questions including does the public need to know? does it want to know? does it have the right to know? and is this doing no harm to anyone? we see things all the time that are not fact check and are just the product of someone's imagination. and only, no one windows what to believe about anything. uninformed people are a people who are in jeopardy. shooting,rs of them a if you were to search youtube for information about that massacre, you may have come across a video by a right-wing shock jock named number two williams. there, you would find a rambling monologue. it was full of false claims

the fcc is considered to be a lot more potentially willing to listen.haps more lenient but the doj where this will also end up and whether they will allow four competitors to go to three, particularly after the price competition that has been so favorable to so many consumers over the last five years as t-mobile has been so aggressive may not continue. well, that's the question. the two companies talking about their expectations of spending billions to build out 5 g, and it's important to the national security of the united states. talking about growing competition they're facing from cable companies such as comcasts that are moving more aggressively into the wireless industry but question still is will it be enough another question actually is while this regulatory review goes on and on, will sprint still be the tough competitor it has been to t-mobile here is marcelo claure >> we don't back off as a matter of fact, we're even looking for friends right now. tomorrow we go back to competition. we're going to try to attract t-mobile and at&t customers. t

these are fundamentals of fair and practices that the fcc can enforce. they had a 20-year dissent dedegree with facebook already. and this gives me pause whether we have the kind of supports and directions are to the company's good behavior. we want to be aware of overregulation and we don't want to squelch, the incomer, the small start-up company. we want to make sure that the boundaries are clear and open to everybody. >> well, we're in general agreement there ought to be norms. people ought to insist on norms as a contractual matter and i think that's what this national debate will probably alert more people to before you just hit accept. i would encourage people to look at what they're anticipating, the policies that they are accepting. some of these apps are so attractive, people are so eager to accept the app and play the game or find the restaurant or whatever it may be, they hit accept and they don't pay attention to the bargain. it's a bargain because you're getting is quite useful for free and you're giving something away. and people need to th

fcc had a 20 years with facebook already. that gives me pause whether we had the support and directs for the company's good behavior. and we don't want to squelch the incomer, the small start-up company. we want to make sure that the boundaries are clear and open to everybody. >> we're in general agreement, there ought to be norms and people ought to insist on that as a contractual matter and i think the national debate will probably do before you hit accept. i would encourage people to look at what they're accepting. some of the apps are so attractive and people are eager to accept the accept and play the game or find the restaurant, whatever it may be, they hit accept and don't pay attention to the bargain. it is a bargain because you're getting quite useful for free and you're giving something away and people need to think about that a little bit more, but you can still have all of these norms, whether it's legislated at the state or federal level, or whether it's contractual and whether there is a sort of better business

according to the fcc, t-mobile u.s. injected the false ringing sounds on hundreds of millions of calls. why on earth do this? the called party believes that the call is actually ringing when it is not and as a result, the caller could hang up, thinking nobody is available to receive the call, thus saving t-mobile fees it would have had to pay the local carrier. now, coming up, the u.s. congress called and mark zuckerberg answered. now, he's getting ready to meet with a top european regulator. that's next. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the bloomberg radio. you can listen on the bloomberg bloomberg.com and in xm.u.s., on sirius ♪ caroline: facebook is providing more information on what data it collects from users when they are locked out of this little media what rightful the website and applications that use the content could see the information even if you are locked out or do not have a faith that the count. now with an online segment, the social media giant said this happened because other apps and websi

edward lawrence has the details >> charles, it is the number one complaint to the fcc and the ftc.blem. last year three-point to billion robo calls, unwanted robo calls were made last month alone. today the fcc and ftc put on an expo which some of the solutions to the problem they believe technology allows the robo colors to make those calls, but it also could be part of the solution. there are apps out there and boxes you can put on the hard-line going into your house that will divert some of these phone calls before they get to you, but the technology allows these companies to know which numbers that out millions of phone calls each day and you can block those numbers for the fcc said this is a good start to the massive problem but does not just one fix. >> it is a difficult challenge and there's no silver bullet. i think as a government, the private sector and the american people work together than we can significantly reduce the number of robo calls that get through. >> just last week the man who the fcc calls the robo called kingpin testified in front of congress. they levied

i'm also going to be careful about what the fcc has confirmed in the open investigation into at least some of the conduct that is alleged here. i think we should have a policy conversation so i appreciate it discussion. maybe 87 million on facebook and is this a big deal? one of the things i was going to say was wow we are not even talking about the fact that 50 million peoples detail information was reached not even a year ago and that incident. i certainly hope this is a moment of change but i think it's a powerful moment because the general data in europe is coming into implementation in mesa changes are being made in response to that. that has a big impact at the same time the news cycle is having an impact on the story. what i would really really like it to have an impact on are the people that we have been talking years about the protections in the digital age that american consumers just don't care. i think that is demonstrably false. i think there's evidence of people do care and consumer trust is incredibly important. obviously as the top of everybody's list in terms of what

we will be here in the next group of speakers from the former fcc commissioner and officials with the federal aviation administration and the commerce department. also want to let you know you can join us live here on c-span2 tonight for a conversation with former fbi director james call me talking about his book and also working with president trump. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. our conversation with james comey here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

we have gotten the calls at dinner, when we are sleeping, this is a forum put on the fcc and ftc andtechnology has made it easier for the robo calls to come through, it's also easier to fix and some technologies like this one, this company creates this box that funnels all the calls and weeds out robo calls or unwanted calls and other companies are using apps on the phone in order to figure out which calls are legitimate and which are from robo callers, ftc and fcc believe 3.2 billion calls were made last year alone. number one complaint that the two government agencies get and they are trying to work on this but again, the people in this room believe that technology will be the fix to that and through those apps that you can buy online that will funnel the -- the phone calls away from your phone so you won't get them. stuart: edward, are you in a position to tell them that those apps work? >> you know, i could tell you yes and no, the apps are getting smarter every day. that's what the owners of the apps are saying, they are using artificial technology, artificial intelligence, also

i have no knowledge about radiation or the fcc. one of the people who spoke earlier did say there is sort of rush that is happening on the permits. and just to underscore that, after the permit was halted, i came home to find men installing the device after it was supposedly put on hold. i told them the permit had been put on hold because of the appeal and asked them to stop work and they did not stop work. my main point for coming today is to show you the notice. the notice on the screen is a notice i was sent on 11-2 -- >> overhead, please. >> telling me about the tentative approval of the application. i want to draw your attention to the fact that -- i assume what i received is the same as what my neighbors received. if i turn the page to the actual drawing, you see here a sheet index, indicates there should be six pages. what i received was page 1. and page 3. i did not receive any of the other pages sent to me and i believe none of the other neighbors received it either. i responded to this by saying i did not think there was

. >> reporter: the fcc says sometimes the caller i.d. is a bogus number.ut other times it belongs to someone who doesn't know their number has been spoofed. linda eckman of san francisco realized that when she called back the number that came up on her caller i.d. i called somebody else because they called me. they said they didn't call. linda's number has already been spoofed. somebody saying i called them. i'm saying, nope. >> reporter: beta says calls like these make people irritable and defensive. >> no, i didn't call you. why are you calling me? there is an edge to it because everybody's inconvenienced by an unwanted or an unsolicited call. >> reporter: in all of 2017, the federal communications commission received 4,000 complaints about spoofing. now, after just three months this year, the number of complaints is on pace to double. >> so generally the pumps of spoof something two-fold. number one, they're engaged in scams and it it is harder to trace back who is doing the scam. >> two, they're trying to trick you into picking up the call. last year t

. >> reporter: the fcc says sometimes the caller i.d.s a bogus number, but other times it belongs to someone who doesn't know their number has been spoofed. linda eckman of san francisco realized that when she called back the number that came up on her caller i.d. >> i call somebody else, because they called me and they said they didn't call. >> reporter: linda's number has also been spoofed. >> somebody is saying that i called them and i'm saying, nope. >> reporter: meda taylor said she received that spoof call from linda's number. she says calls like these make people irritable and defensive. >> no, i didn't call you. why are you calling me? there's an edge to it, because everybody's inconvenienced by an unwanted or unsolicited call. >> reporter: in all of 2017, the federal communications commission received 4,000 complaints about spoofing. now, after just three months this year, the number of complaints is on pace to double. >> generally the purpose of spoof something two-fold. number one they're engaged in scams and it's harder to tr

the fcc moved to potentially block tell crow purchases by chinese firms. who is to say the chinese government won't retaliate against our own companies like cisco or juniper i like cisco i think juniper needs to be sold there are already restrictions our companies need to apply for an exemption if they want to sell the stuff to the people's republic these could be hard story come by for example, intel is trying to build an advanced semiconductor plant in china but who knows if they can get it done in this environment finally mountains out that the chinese government -- the government loves to organize boycotts whenever tensions flare with japan or south korea the communist people gets them to do a boycott. if the nsa spying uproar there was a steep doctor drop-off in u.s. enterprise software to chinese companies. we probably haven't gotten to it but this is china's ultimate weapon president trump can tell people not to buy chinese merchandise but we loive in a democracy no one has to listen to him. when the chinese government tells their citizens not to bu

reed hunt is a former fcc chairman and the ceo of coalition for green capital.adley tusk is with tusk ventures, the ceo of that company. thank you. >>> we're live at the white house for more on the historic moment. the president's attorney is now under criminal investigation and the president is calling it a witch hunt. we're breaking down what trump is saying about the fbi raid on michael cohen's offices and his home. and much of it is false. my day starts well before i'm in the kitchen. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. i need to shave my a1c i'm always on call. an insulin that fits my schedule is key. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, swtiting, confusion, and headache. check your blood sugar. low blood sugar can be serio

it's been reviewed by the fcc which has a trump appointee running the fcc and so far that seems to bepretty easy track for approval. so two very different cases but it raises that question of whether there's politically motivated and what i think is curious in the courthouse, this is not being talked about. the trump factor is off the table. what is on the table is how much muscle these companies have, so it really say two-track situation. >> but it is casting -- even though we're not mentioning donald trump in the courtroom, everyone's talking about it and there's a lot of analysts there, a lot of media and they're saying -- they're wondering what the government track is here because there is a path for the government to win this case but it's pretty narrow. another thing that people keep noting is that, just as brian was saying, the difference between how this is being treated by the administration versus other mergers that we're hearing about, have we heard the president say anything about 21st century fox and the disney merger, we haven't. >> we will count on you tomorrow to bring

senator blumenthal from connecticut taking on mark zuckerberg with respect to the fcc consent decree, saying the company has had a willful blindness towards violations of that decree. is this one of the topics you will be focused on tomorrow? >> this is something we'll discuss and different committee members will ask different questions. following that 2011 agreement, 2013, fred upton asked me to chair a privacy working group, peter welch was the democrat co-chair of that privacy working group. this was something we worked on. we tried to get legislation that would put privacy standard and data security standards on the books. we were not able to get bipartisan agreement at that time. we are continuing forward to get this and make sure facebook is recognizing people have an expectation of privacy. and you have industries like banking and financial services and insurance and healthcare. they have complete offices in their companies that do nothing but insure consumer privacy both in the physical space and the virtual space. i term it, who owns the virtual you? i think it's one of the q

well in april 2016 fcc chair reinstated something called the uhf discount. details are technical and they involve different wave lengths used to broadcast tv. but it boils down to this. a large portion of the sinclair holdings are low power so they are discounted toward the circulation of market share. joining us from washington to take a closer look at this is washington post media critic eric women pell. >> thanks for having me on. >> this is less about a message they had to read than it is about the influence that sinclair is able to put out there for so many american viewers. and the political bias involved in that and the concentration of media. what stands out the most to you in this discussion. >> i think that it does -- there is something a little creepy about having 66 or however many anchors were forced to say the same thing at the same time cadence, basically the same time or the same day. that is something we're not accustomed to from our local news stations. we're more used to having the local tv news bubble up from what is happening in those co