do you believe the fcc states should regularly i'm -- sorry, do you believe the fcc and state shouldegularly evaluate whether it is a central telecommunication networks are sufficiently resilient to continue providing essential communication services during catastrophic events? >> i think it's very important that the regulators kept go so eye on -- when it comes to redundancy, more that cork employment leads to more resiliency, to your earlier question. that's what the beat actually concluded at the fcc. i think it's important that when you think about resilient that works, that, you know, in the case of while it networks, if one goes out, it can be rerouted traffic to another. and we try to build, now, over laughing -- if there is a problem in one area they can be right rerouted to another. and so when you have redundancy in terms of coverage like that, it actually increases resiliency and the ability to, survive winners and added to any kind. >> if the fcc and state finds essential networks are not adequately resilient, should they engage in rulemaking on the subject? >> well, you

the fcc is quick to do that. i don't think there other agencies adequately equipped in the broadband field to have that capability. >> thank you. >> i would agree if we're going to have ultimate agencies have funding just make sure you avoid overbuilding, if congress is going to provide funding that to be some kind of a coordinating mechanism that is made within the legislation itself to ensure that there is proper coordination and that there isn't any overbuilding. limited resources need to go to truly unserved areas and we have to be good maps in place to get that done. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator klobuchar, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you to you and senator thune for this important hearing. as we consider major investments and this couldn't be more timely, this hearing, and infrastructure, we want to make sure our networks are what we call future proof, and that they also as the focus for today, are better able to respond to emergen

the fcc is equipped to do that. i don't believe there are other federal agencies that are adequately equipped in the broad band field to have that capability. >> you have to have some kind of, if congress will provide the agencies, there be some kind of coordinating mechanism that's made to ensure there's proper coordination and the over building. limited resources need to go to truly unserved areas and there have to be good maps to get that done. >> thank you. >> senator klobuchar, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for this important hearing. as we consider major investments and this couldn't be more timely, this hearing, in infrastructure. we want to make sure that our networks are what we call future proof. that they also, as the focus here today are better able to respond to emergency. the bill that we're leading would make major investments in broad band infrastructure. you highlight the importance of responding to emergencies. can you elaborate on that about particularly for rural communities? >

companies have to tell the fcc if they're with the agency requirements if not could face penalties.e spoke to the new acting fcc cha chairwomen. >>> the illegal robo calls keep coming in. >> this is important message regarding your credit card account -- >> an estimated 4 billion of them ringing in on people's cellphones in the month of may alone. 12 calls per person on average. >> the issue everybody wants to talk about is robo calls. >> the acting fcc chairwoman knows it. >> of course, they're so annoying. we want to stop robo calls and make it easier for consumers to safely answer the phone. >> reporter: today is the fcc deadline for companies to put in authentication technology, crucial to stopping scammers. >> what that means is when a call is being made a carrier can tell that it really is the person is who they say they are on the line. the carriers have to verify when anne calls it's anne not a scammer. >> reporter: and in april the fcc added another rule requiring companies to report whether they're complying under penalty of perjury. >> swear it to it is what you're saying

so the fcc has led to trillions, higher speeds and lower prices. but i want to ask you all if there is a digital divide, we know there is one in the minority and communities of color, so why don't we concentrate the efforts where the need remains, and we will open that up. i think that we should go from this to historic so we willma start with chair man pai and then cliburn, kennard. >> thank you for the question, commissioner tate. the critical question of the time. c first, let me start by thanking mmtc for hosting this event and even more importantly, your steadfast advocacy over the years. i want to thanko all of you including mr. grant for the introduction today. and commissioner atul steen and tate for their dedicated public service as well. and last but not least, what a privilege to appear on the virtual stage with some of my predecessors and distinguished public servants, just great americans. chair man kennard, chairwoman cliburn and chair wildly as well. >> [inaudible] >> terrific. i think the digital divide remains an issue today and it

. >> next former fcc chairs and commissioners discus telecommunications policy including media diversity and inclusion, broadband access, 5g technology and impact of the coronavirus pandemic. the multicultural media telecom and internet council host this hour and 20-minute event. >> former chair symposium. we are glad thats you're here. i won't keep you long. i just wanted to say a few words about the stiller group chairs lined up for you today. i can claim to know all of themy some are close personal friends and have been for many years. some i have worked with and considered colleagues. all are very accomplished an successful people and we are grateful to them for making time in their very busy schedules to be with us today. thanks to my friends and our support moderators commissioners for agreeing to share -- to steer today's conversation. close to 35 years ago david and i were involved in founding mtc, mmtc's commission was to promote equal access and representation in tech media and telecommunications through opportunity creation, awareness building and advocacy. since opening ourne

i think we can do that at the fcc. then we can issue rules either way and say here are some of the guidances on the good faith, bad faith line that congress chose to drying the sand and include into 30. pursuant to that, we can take action and define good faith and bad faith. obviously takedowns that are inconsistent with terms of service are bad faith. treating like cases similarly can be defined as bad faith. the strongest argument on the others from a first member perspective would be to say in bad faith is discriminate in based on race, gender, political ideology. i think we can do that, but comply with terms of service, not a strong argument i think, treat cases alike, may be a foursome i'm a complaint, but not particularly strong, then what i think we should do is a policy matter which is affirmative and discrimination. i think there's obviously a path forward to win that case. but it's a gradation. >> daniel, paul, any thoughts? i know you are not fcc lawyers. any thoughts on this? >> you read my mind, commissio

we must demand accountability from those at the fcc fund.e must demand accountability from state and local heeders that are going to have and continue to get appropriated money from congress and make sure that the money is more evenly spent. news flash, money has not been evenly spent and opportunities have not been evenly realized . that perpetration seems to happen in the same places. so again, the demands are great and necessary for us to demand high-speed, high quality, reliability, affordability and inclusive opportunities. because we can talk about and have named a lot of the critical challenges that we have. they are evident and became more evident during this process. but we are at a unique inflection where the point opportunities are great and leveraging technology and ensuring broadband opportunities that are reachable, that are affordable and widely available is the key. all of that collectively is the key to realizing the opportunities and realizing them more quickly. that, i believe is the difference the last pandemic 100 that t

i think that the fcc, hats off the fcc has a role to play in fleshing out, in the communications act. i think that courts have given too expansive reading in section 230 as justice thomas pointed out in some of his statements and i think the debate goes beyond 230. even section 230 reform which i think is necessary, isn't sufficient to address a lot of people of abuses of power on the political left and political right have seen taking place in the platform. i think it's a starting point and we have to go beyond this and i think that's part of where the question of preemption is. are the states limited in terms of directly addressing section 230 and limiting might be too weak of a phrase there. i think that states can step in and impose transparency obligations on these platforms. they can impose what i would describe as nondiscrimination or accountability standards, meaning, if you're going to apply a term of service, let's say i don't want violence on your platform, is state could step in and say, look, you've got to do that across the board and can't take down speech from the polit

i think fcc has a role to play fleshing out section 230. it is in the communications act and i think we have authority to interpret it. i think courts have given to expansive reading of language in section 230 as justice thomas has pointed out in some of his statements. i think the debate goes beyond section 230. even section 230 reform which is necessary is not sufficient to address a lot of abuses of power we see taking place on various tech platforms. i think 230 reform is a great starting point and we have to do it but we need to go beyond that and that is part of where the question of preemption comes in. i think has states are limiting what they can do in terms of directly interpreting section 230. limited might be too weak a phrase. i think states can step in and impose transparency obligations on platforms, they can impose what i would describe as nondiscrimination or accountability standards. meaning, if you're going to apply a term of service. let's say you do not want violence on your platform. i think the state can step in and s

strengthening the fcc enforcement. i told jonathan he would like to attend the rule to -- extend the rule. one that is really troubling that i know we all agree on came out of hurricane katrina. if you could believe that was 16 hurricane seasons ago. i think 70 organizations recommended we should ensure that all people, no matter what language they speak -- it is when and how we can take the action to address the continuing issue. you can list of on each other as you wish. chairman wiley, we will start with you. >> after the 1970's, i know that a lot of you were in grade school then. there was a big problem with minorities trying to own this property. that was lack of capital. bankers, advertisers, other sources of capital to the attention of prospective buyers. we had people became owners thereafter. the tax certificate was a very useful means. obviously, it was abused and countries ultimately abolished it, but i think it could be brought back with appropriate safeguards. i think the congressman has taken the lead in

i just want to say a few words about the former fcc chair we have lined up for yesterday. some are close personal friends and have been for many years. some i have worked with and consider colleagues, all are very accomplished and successful people and we are grateful to them for making time in their busy schedules to be with us today. thank you to my friends and our support moderators for agreeing to share today to steer today's conversation. thirty-five years ago, david and i were involved in founding information been was to promote equal access representation in tech media and telecommunications through opportunity creation, awareness building and advocacy. it's opening our doors in 1986 and mtc has worked tirelessly to promote and preserve equal opportunity civil rights and social justice in mass media, broadband industries and close the digital divide. we are widely recognized as the leading policy advocacy organization working at the intersection of communications policy, diversity and equal opportunity. what it does matters to both minority and female communities an

you talk about the fcc and the undersea cable issue. they rely on, you know, this is a policy decision at the end of the day. they rely on state department, department of homeland security, treasury department, team telecom in providing the recommendations on these undersea cables. and as david indicated, the trump administration, we took a very proactive view about the threat of chinese not only control in these cables but it's a policy decision. it's really -- we'll have to take a look at the biden administration and what kind of view do they take on this as well? is it a strong and hardened view or are they going to sit back and be influenced by some of the service providers who are funding some of these cables at the end of the day because it makes business sense to them. >> and i would note just furth or chad's point, team telecom is an extremely important for advising the fcc on national security issues and it was through the team telecom fcc process that you saw the first denial of a license application to the specific light cabl

. >> next the acting chair of the fcc jessica rosenworcel and of the tech experts discuss eiji technology with axios. this is 30 minutes. >> hello and welcome to 5g and america's digital future virtual event. i am kim hart, national technology correspondent at axios ander i'm coming to you fm falls church, virginia. thank you to qualcomm for making this conversation possible on america's digital connectivity. welcome to our audiences on facebook, twitter, linkedin, youtube and, of course, on axios.com. join the conversation today on twitter at axios and hashtag axios event. over the next 30 30 minutes e joined by myy colleague ina fri fried. our first guest is acting chairwoman of the federal communications commission, jessica rosenworcel joining us in washington, d.c.nw commissioner rosenworcel him thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you for having me. your having me. >> we have known about this a stubborn digital divide in our country which became more painfully apparent during the pandemic. there's a lot of discussion about how to close the digital divide and make sure tha

. >> next come acting fcc chair jessica rosenworcel and other tech officials discuss 5g technology and the digital divide. this event was hosted by axios. >> hello command welcome to 5 -- hello, and welcome to 5g and america's digital future. i'm coming to you from falls church, virginia. thank you to qualcomm for making this conversation possible. welcome to audiences on facebook, twitter, linkedin,k youtube, and axios.com. join the conversation on twitter, @axios. i will be joined by my colleague will unpack efforts to close the digital divide, the future of 5g technology, and the role it plays in shaping america's infrastructure. our first guest is acting chairwoman of the federal communication's commission, jessica rosenworcel, joining us from washington, d.c. chairwoman rosenworcel, thank you for being here today. ms. rosenworcel: thank you for having me. >> we have known about this a stubborn digital divide in our country which became more painfully apparent during the pandemic. there's a lot of discussion about how to close the digital divide and make sure that more americans ha

companies but also may tolerate common carrier type rate galatian under the logic of turner versus fccch is imposed on cable companies. sources of federal protection against state regular we've already put on the table is section 230 of the communications decency act which seems to get brought immunity to platforms with regard to the decisions about what third-party speech do ipe permit for suppressed. at 230 within a broad range seems to preempt any state law while building either poor decisions by the platforms to allow the third-party speech or decisions by the platforms to center third-party speech or to moderate their contents. today we are going to have a broader focus, you're going to look at other possible sources of federal preemption. one of them is looking at what the fcc might do at federal level either to regulate, self regulate content moderation or censorship practices as a platform and/or prevent the state from doing that another source of preemption is the cause of the constitution which is doctrine that congress by authorizing and constitution to regulate interstate c

where is the fcc in this? and, and, you know, when you sort of see the manipulation on all sides, isn't that something that worries us, even though it wouldn't worry that pension fund? well, i would have to say, where was the fcc pre read it? so i know this is going to be shocking cuz a lot of people don't know this. but back in the day, like before, corona virus, hedge fund managers would get together at private dinners, usually in manhattan or connecticut. and you sit around a room and everybody talks up their ideas and they collude. right? it's kind of like keep your recording vices outside. let's talk about this. let's all get together. and this has been going on for 100 years, you know, honored years ago used to call it a bare rate. we've always had different words for it. the difference this time is that now the fcc can ignore it. it's no longer a small group of money. people who go in with rich people's cash and make leverage, specular bets. it's average people who got money from the treasury from all t

and china but the license was given by the fcc for a link in 2017 and since then you've seen several proposed projects that have not yet met with fcc because of cc has become completely unable to trust the cable that would land in shanghai or hong kong and would be free from chinese state subversion. another piece of the u.s. domestic policy mix has to do with technology controls and their it's a little more opec, how are we managing things like export controls to see the sophisticated fiber-optic technology needed to allow the chinese players to compete at the top-tier against the long-standing and more advanced democratic country players, are we preventing american institution and companies exporting that technology or are we seeing leakage of the damaging variety and some of that has to do with the u.s. companies that would be exporting this technology and some in a way that speaks to the points that china has been raising two american universities are doing with the sponsorship of chinese technology and telecommunication companies and whether they're providing technology to china

the fcc plans to make your phone ring less. >>> thanks for joining us. we begin with a big change in the weather, and it's not what firefighters want to hear. a live look right now at the walnut creek relatively cool tonight, but that changes tomorrow, when temperatures start to climb, and it's going to happen fast. let's get right to it with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. jeff, we're talking dangerous heat in some spots. >> certainly. we're going to be around 105 to 110 degrees for some of our hottest locations. it's all about this area of high pressure, beginning to move closer, and not only going to warm up the bay area but a lot of california. you'll see how things will progress for us. by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, 59. that's okay. by 2:00 p.m., 92. and there you go, that's the much hotter weather moving in tomorrow. the heat and fire danger rating, today was 47. tomorrow it goes up to 150, which is considered very high. about 15 minutes, we'll look at who reaches 110. i'll see you then. >> jeff, thank you. >>> this heat we're talking about is a big co

tell us what the fcc is doing to make sure more spectrum is able to get out to the markets and use 5g. ms. rosenworcel: absolutely. i think the fcc made a mistake a few years ago and focus all of its energy in the early 5g days on spectrum called millimeter wave. airwaves that are really high up there. they have lots of capacity, but the signals don't travel very far. you have to have lots of ground-based facilities to make those signals viable. that is really costly thing to do. if we just relied on millimeter wave spectrum, we would grow the digital divide with 5g. the good news is in the last year and last several months, we really recognized that we can go from millimeter wave spectrum to mid been spectrum. that is the sweet spot, how we will deploy 5g across the country, because it is really ideal for this technology, and earlier this year we ended an option of midband spectrum. we will have another option later this year. we have distributed more than 250 licenses to tribal communities to help them improve conductivity where they are. we are talking to federal authorities about

you talk about the fcc and the undersea cable issue. they rely on -- you know, this is policy decision at the end of the day. they rely on state department, department of homeland security, treasury department, and ten a calm -- telecoms, providing recommendations on these undersea cables. they've indicated, i think the trump administration took a very proactive view about a threat of chinese not only control in these cables, but it is a policy decision. so, i think it is, we're going to take a look at the biden administration, and what kind of you do they take on this as well. is that a very strong and hard interview, or are they going to, you know, sit back and be influenced by some of these service providers who are funding somebody's cables at the end of the day because it makes business sense to them. >> and i would note, just further on that point, telecoms very important institution for advising the fcc on national security issues. process that you saw the first denial on the license application to the specific cable about one ye

if you are a platform like amazon, the bills essentially say, and perhaps what the fcc will begin to enforce, you cannot undercut your competition by competing directly against them. so that's one of the things that, again, it's not to be executive actions. here are explicit in telling the f t c. what to do, it's saying start doing your job in these areas. rather than waiting for congress to craft a new bill that can be a positive, but it can also be a negative if congress now says what the fcc taken care of. but let's not find what actions are lawful and which ones are not. and it's crazy because we've seen this movement happening actually from both sides of the out. so it's gonna be interesting to see in the coming month, the coming years, what they actually do to cracked out on the competitive practices boom. but spend one. thank you so much for breaking it down. thank you. a number of state attorneys general, who once opposed per du pharmacies bankruptcy settlement are now on board. moving the proposal one step closer to approval in u. s. bankruptcy court. the new plan calls for

i just want to say a few words about the former fcc chair we have lined up for yesterday.ose personal friends and have been for many years. some i have worked with and consider colleagues, all are very accomplished and successful people and we are grateful to them for making time in their

well, cell phone users should be getting fewer robocalls this fall new technology required by the fccis designed to make it more difficult for scammers to get through more now from reporter heather sullivan. if you are interested in renewing your auto warranty now you mail, says 573 million robocalls in the u. s in june were really auto warranty and health related scams. scammers spoof your caller id to make it look like a call. you need to answer. he will be taken under custody by the local police. something like the i r s, or, uh, a big bank or even it can come up as your neighbor, for example, those are quite often the ones that lead. people to get scammed because if it's your bank calling or the i r s, you're going to be prone to give out financial information. that's exactly the problem. the fcc now requires major phone companies to use stir shaken technology while it sounds like james bond's martini, it actually confirms the collar i d is legitimate, and the phone company must enter those callers into the robocall mitigation database. calls not in the database are to be blocked.

the fcc set the deadline for new technology that's supposed to reduce the number of robocalls all of stir/shaken. it authenticates where it comes from so they can't use fake phone numbers into tricking you that they're local >> people received nearly 22 billion robocalls. according to umail without the new technology, it's on pace to hit more than 52 billion by the end of the year joanna stern now, th>> you mean shaken work? but not in a margaritae se, hows as you work >> you mean stir/shaken that's not a margarita? you nailed it. it's basically technology that helps prevent spoofing, and what spoofing is, is some of these robocallers use technology to look like other phone numbers, so you get pa pa phone number t looks like a familiar number or similar area code. and it has to be implemented at the carrier level, your internet voice provider, they are implemented. today was the deadline for them to implement this technology >> the fcc's been trying to fix this problem for years but it keeps getting worse. is it your estimation that this will really make a difference? >> not really.

if the fcc starts to create pressure, i think that's why facebook stop doing it. and i don't not sure that amazon will start doing well to that point when you look at something like bitcoin completely decentralized in a crypto currency. not really sure. who invented it for sure. so that makes it completely different. they don't have to face the regulatory scrutiny, at least in the launch where amazon, one of the world's largest companies, certainly will right away. also, i think facebook for sure. they don't really sell anything and make much more sent for amazon to do that than facebook. so christie, to that point, why did we see marks, doctor berg, pretty much abandoned his plans for supposedly game changing libra association. do you see amazon is more likely to succeed ends up in this space? i think if you actually tried, i think amazon would have a lot more success because your point, facebook and what that their social media companies. so to add a payment component to it, it's basically reinventing venmo on facebook doesn't make a lot of sense. but for amazon

against her, she continues to fight extradition from canada to the us that a veteran judge is giving the fcc a 2nd chance to go after facebook. but we'll lead the consequences over claims as a social media giant violated antitrust law. we have a lot to get to so let's get started. the collapse of a residential building near miami has resulted in at least 16 confirmed desk with nearly 150 people still unaccounted for. as search efforts continue around, the clock. lawsuits have already started to pour it was survivors accusing the condo association of knowing that such a devastating collapse was eminent and refusing to take the action to prevent it. archie is john honey is on the ground in surfside, florida with the latest well as the death toll continues to increase and sadly, i know this is grim, but that will likely be the case in the coming hours and days and even weeks ahead . but as the death toll increases the investigation into what caused the collapse of the 12 stories of the champlain tower south building, just over my shoulder behind me here, is really in its beginning stages and is

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and so, they have taken these -- all these carriers are -- and the fcc are working towards trying toop some of the robocallers from using some technology but then other types of technology pop up and they can get through to your phone. >> joanna, thanks so much. >> wish i had better news. >> me, too. >> good to see you >>> there is breaking news, now, on cnbc. just in from "the washington post," we are now told to expect federal indictments tomorrow against, both, the trump organization and the trump -- trump organization's chief financial officer, allen weisselberg. the details, right after this. i'm evie's best camper badge. but even i'm not as memorable as eating turkey hill chocolate chip cookie dough creamy premium ice cream and chasing fireflies. don't worry about me. i'm fine. you can't beat turkey hill memories. ♪ you've got the looks ♪ ♪ let's make lots of money ♪ ♪ you've got the brawn ♪ ♪ i've got the brains... ♪ with allstate, drivers who switched saved over $700 click or call to switch [ "me and you" by barry louis polisar ] ♪ me and you just singing on the train ♪ ♪ me

and part of the reason why is because when you do this, you've got the fcc bringing down your neck all of a sudden and trying to determine whether or not you've created a legitimate token, whether it's a utility, whether or not it's an actual security. there are a lot of questions that's around group to currencies. and if you're already one of the richest people in the world, it stands to put some of the other things you're doing at risk. if the fcc starts to create pressure, i think that's why facebook stopped doing it, and i don't not sure that amazon will start doing well to that point where when you look at something like bitcoin completely decentralized crypto currency, not really sure who invented it for sure. so that makes it completely different. they don't have to face the regulatory scrutiny, at least in the launch where amazon, one of the world's largest companies, certainly will right away. also, i think facebook for sure, they don't really sell anything and make much more sense for amazon to do that than facebook. so, christie, to that point? why did we see marks, doctor b

gina raimondo, pete buttigieg, and the chair of the fcc, lena, acting chair of the ftc. and the director of the national economic council. did i leave anybody out? anyway, come on up, this may be the first cabinet meeting we've had. okay. removing competition in the american economy. [indiscernible] [laughter] fourth. [laughter] fifth. [indiscernible] a shorter name. [laughter] thank you. [cameras shuttering] thank you, everyone. [applause] >> [indiscernible] how did president putin respond to your call today, sir? pres. biden: i made it clear to him that -- that it is disrespect when ransomware is not sponsored by the state [indiscernible] >> you said three weeks ago there would be consequences. will there be, sir? pres. biden: yes. announcer: say spanish or unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including buckeye broadband. ♪ buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ announcer: this week marked the six-month anniversary of the jan

the role of the fcc will be expanding internet access and wireless communication issues after extreme weather events.

gina raimondo, also pete buttigieg and the chair of the fcc, lena con -- kahn, acting chair of the ftc, and director of the national council. anyway, come on up. this might be the first cabinet meeting we have had. more competition in the american economy. [laughter] [indiscernable] i wish it had a shorter name. [laughter] thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> i made it very clear to him that the united states -- when ransomware operations are coming from its oil, even though it is not sponsored by the state, we need information to act on who that is. secondly, that through the set up -- we need to set up communications and communicate with one another on each of the things happening in our countries that affect us. quick c said three weeks ago there would be concert -- >> you said three weeks ago there would be >> c-span is your own view of government. co-funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering oppo