now they want the federal communications commission to ease up what's acceptable and what isn't.the fcc allowed profanity on tv from the movie finding private ryan but issued fines to other programs. they said cable, satellite and the internet have changed the broadcasting landscape. >> the basic predicate for government regulation of the airways doesn't exist anymore. it would be possible for the yoart to revisit that and say the truth is it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: still, many believe the public airwaves should be protected. >> how do more f bombs, more indecency serve the public when children are watching. >> they started regulating broadcasters in response to a george carlin rant. >>> if your child suffers from adhd, you probably limit the sugar. well, sweet treats may be getting a bad rap. >>> do you have static in your hair? we have something this will help. ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred

>> the broadcasters are asking the supreme court to take away the federal communication commission'sht to fine them for the fleeting use of expletives. >> really, really -- >> and the r rated airing of body parts. >> the time has come to treat broadcast tv on an equal footing with the rest of the media. >> some justices are troubled that the fcc fine broadcasters for airing obscenities in some contexts. >> not in others. other justices suggested parents should be able to put their kids in front of the tv without fear that they will be bombarded with vulgarity that has been banned since comedian george karlyn used it on the air in the 1970s. >> for broadcasters, perhaps the worst forecast came from justice samuel who suggested the whole issue may go away because that is what is going to happen to tv broadcasters like channel 9, he says. we will go the way of vinyl records and 8 track tapes. >> bruce, i have some vinyl records. so what do you think? should broadcasters with an over the air signal be held to a different standard to the cable channels? or is tv just tv these days? the ch

>> the broadcasters are asking the supreme court to take away the federal communication commission'sht to fine them for the fleeting use of expletives. >> really, really [ beep ] >> and the r rated airing of body parts. >> the time has come to treat broadcast tv on an equal footing. >> fcc fine broadcasters for airing obscenities in some contexts. >> have you ever tried to get -- >> not in others. other justices suggested parents should be able to put their kids in front of the tv without fear that they will be bombarded with vulgarity that has been banned since comedian george karlyn used it on the air in the 1970s. [ beep ] >> who can forgot that? critics say that broadcasters have every right to air that stuff. they just have to wait until after 10:00 p.m. before they do it. i'll tell you, one thing that freaks me out a little bit, justice samuel said that pretty soon broadcast tv, like what we do, is going to go the way of viable records and 8 track tapes. so we have to hope he's wrong, because that's our job. >> i talked to the boss and he said we have a year of job security. so

. >> we will hear argument next in case 10-1293, federal communications commission v. fox television stations. general verrilli. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: in its previous decision in this case, the court observed that when a broadcast licensee takes a license for the free and exclusive use of a valuable part of the public domain, it also accepts enforceable public obligations. one of those enforceable obligations is the indecency restriction which congress has instructed the federal communications commission to enforce between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. respondents in this case have for years benefited enormously from their free and exclusive use of public spectrum. they argue, however, that neither congress nor the commission may as a condition of their licenses require that they refrain from broadcasting indecent material when children are most likely to be in the audience. >> but, general verrilli, it seems to me that this contract notion of yours can only go so far. i mean, if the idea is just, we gave them something, now they ha

first yeah i think it contains it contains parts of that but there's things that the federal communications commission could do that are already on the books to force this kind of disclosure and actually give voters more information while we sort out the bigger picture while we sort out you know what we're going to do about citizens united there's things we could do in this election cycle in the general election to force disclosure and give people more information now any time a campaign finance law comes everybody says oh i'm all about transparency well here you go here's some transparency we can push it through now greg thanks so much appreciate it great great great work now on to the movement pushing back against the corporate takeover of our democracy occupy wall street adbusters the organization to put out the initial call for an occupation of wall street back in september of last year now has its eyes caught go the g eight and nato are scheduled to hold a summit in chicago during the first week of may and adbusters is calling on fifty thousand people from around the planet to set up tents and oc

that you can pick up with an antenna so the question at hand here is whether or not the federal communications commission the people who monitor those airwaves can it constitutionally enforce their current policies on indecency and there's a lot of history behind the f.c.c. these regulations but here's the really short version of it a ruling made back in one nine hundred seventy eight prevented radio and television stations from using the words were made famous during george carlin's seven dirty words segment in their broadcasts. thank. you both. that was my original list i knew it wasn't complete but it was a starter's you know. now those words set the standard for what can and cannot be played over the airwaves however in two thousand and four the f.c.c. further restricted broadcasters from expletives and what they define as indecency and decided that networks could be fined for breaking the rules just once and so that's why this entire supreme court argument comes into play cases and from all the major t.v. but t.v. networks like a.b.c. n.b.c. c.b.s. and fox were taken to lower appeals courts for inci

. >>> the supreme court will hear arguments today on whether the federal communications commission shouldll have a role in policing the nation's ai-- air waves. the obama administration says oversight of the public airwaves is necessary in order to provide a safe haven from the anything goes rules of. the of >>> consumer borrowing is surging. americans increased their borrowing in november by a modest amount in a decade. they took out more loans to buy cars and spend more on holiday gifts using credit cards. experts say americans are taking on more debt after seen the unemployment rate drop and the economy improved. on the other hand, americans are hitting the bricks on a health-care spending. health and human services department says costs grew at historically low rates in 2010 for the second year renewal. the increases for 2010 and 2009 would lowest measured in 51 years. >> i wonder if that means we are healthier. >>> we are checking what is getting the most buzz at the consumer electronics show. >> tim tebow setting a new record on twitter. pierce paula faris. >> ultrabooks, one of the

wgn news @ 9 united states supreme court arguments whether the federal communications commission shouldd unfairly for certain moments somebody dropping f bomb wardrobe malfunction halftime show at the super bowl back in 2004 robberies momentarily appeared on live television >> time has come to treat broadcast television equal splitting with the rest of the media same first amendment rights to apply not that difficult to do in other contexts >> enough the state supreme court in a few months >> family of robert champion jr. died after being beaten florida and at the university hazing ritual in november plans to sue the bus company attorneys say 26 year-old to drum major for infamous band died after taking part in a hazing ritual authorities have determined the debt as a homicide supper's blunt trauma blows to his body died from shock caused severe bleeding. no foul play suspected in the death of son of green bay packers offensive coordinator. body of 21 year-old michael philbin pulled from the fox river and oshkosh became missing on sunday after spending a saturday night with friends repo

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on those psa's that need to be aired, i will call the federal communications commission because what is happening is all this money rolling in because of that one bill that was passed or supreme court, etc. -- i'm sure you could comment on that -- show that unfortunately the public service announcements are not put into those roles on a daily basis, and these communications stations are cashing in on all this money running in. one of the problems with the endowment funds was the crash for the colleges. you teach there in south florida, in tampa? guest: yes. caller: number one for all these colleges is football moneymaker, and then the teaching hospitals. host: let's leave it there. there are figures out about ads which the caller referenced. this is from the "washington post." host: with that in mind, tell us what you have seen this cycle not only with the amount of ads you have seen, but with the nature of them. guest: it is very expensive to campaign in florida florida has 10 media markets considerably more than a lot of other states. we have a network in almost every market. secon

broadcast networks filed a lawsuit against the federal communications commission saying the group's indecency regulations are violating their free speech rights. networks argue that because of advances in technology, parents can choose for themselves what's considered appropriate. they also say the current rules are too vague. >>> the capitals have not had much success on the road this season. and their latest trip out west is no exception. the latest kings pounded the caps 5-2. the second game in a row. the team gave up five goals. marcus johanson scored the caps only two goals. >>> after getting snubbed in the original selections, a redskins linebacker, london fletcher, will be a pro bowler after all. hooray! he replaces chicago bears linebacker brian urlacher who suffered a knee injury. fletcher led the entire nfl with 166 tackles, a career high. the pro bowl is set for january 29. you can see the game here on nbc 4. all right. >>> if you are a gadget guy or a gadget girl, the next high-tech gizmo is coming out soon. the consumer electronics show is underway in las vegas. microsoft announc

broadcast networks filed a lawsuit against the federal communications commission saying the group's indecency regulation ring violating free speech rights. networks argue because of advances in technology, parents can choose for themselves what's considered inappropriate. also say the current rules are so broad and vague stations are unsure what's allowed and what isn't. >>> well, i'm going to congratulate tom because i did tell him i could smell the snow yesterday morning. pat lawson muse told me she felt the same thing yesterday and you said it is out there somewhere. >> yeah. i know what you mean. you do. you can smell the humidity and dampness, coldness in the air. then if you look up and actually a lot of the snow initially was falling and it was evaporatinev. dry but then eventually things got saturated and did reach the ground. we had scattered flurries from mid morning to early afternoon. it picked up it is a afternoon went on and quickly exited last evening. then after that we had a lot of fog around this morning but now the sunshine has returned. good morning. right now reagan natio

>> the federal communication commission defines indecency as material that describes or depicts sexual or excretory organs or activities in a patently offensive manner as judged by contemporary community standards. >> brown: sounds so easy. >> it does. in fact, the fcc brought the case to the supreme court today because a lower federal appellate court found that the definition was so vague that it violated the due process and first amendment rights of broadcast medium. >> brown: bring us up to date. what are the facts of this case? i mentioned some of these people: cher, nicole ritchie. >> yes, and they are in this case or the stations are in this case. the lower federal appellate court was ruling on challenges brought by fox television and abc. fox was found to violate the indecency policy because it aired in 2002 and 2003 the billboard music awards in the 2002 show cher used the f-word. in the 2003 show nicole ritchie used the f- and the s-word. abc was the challenge here because it found that the fcc found that it violated the policy because of a 2003 episode of "nypd blue" in which

journalists to join other citizen groups in opposing the federal communications commission deregulation of media ownership restrictions. juan is also a founding member of the young lords party in the 1970s. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> a founding member of the national congress for puerto rican rights in the 1980s. juan has twice been named by hispanic business magazine as one of the country's most influential hispanics and has received awards from many associations. now, we tonight are not far from an historic occupation. "occupy wall street." where hundreds of people are right now in the cold. they were in the rain last night. [applause] >> i just flew in from kansas city yesterday. there's an "occupy" kansas city as there is in cities across this country and around the world. juan gonzalez knows something about occupations. where do we begin? let's start in 1968. one of the leaders of the columbia university strike against war and against racism, juan gonzalez. [applause] >> yes, he knows something about occupations and about getting arrested. 1969 as well, juan led one of the

know, we like to push the flown open on this show but we can't go too far because the federal communications commissionatching. >> wet blankets. but a debate is now brewing in the supreme court about whether it's time for those fcc rules to actually be thrown out. abc's cecilia vega reports. frrpt b >> reporter: from bono's f bomb. >> that's really, really [ bleep ] brilliant. >> reporter: to the infamous wardrobe malfunction. the supreme court is debating dirty words and images in prime time. right now profanity and wardrobe malfunctions can get broadcasters slapped with six-figure fines. the networks, including abc, argue in this day and age that's just not fair. justice samuel alito asked what it would all mean for young eyes and ears. "are they going to be seeing a lot of people parading around in the nude and a stream of expletives," he asked. >> so [ bleep ] them. >> reporter: that was the curse at the heart of this case. fox violated the fcc's rules on decency based on a supreme court ruling from all the way back in 1978. back then there were only a handful of broadcasters, but today there are h

you don't need the federal communications commission any longer to ensure under these circumstances. >> what you acknowledge to be the vulgarity of cable suggests otherwise, doesn't it? >> well, i'm not suggesting that there is -- there is some kind of wildly different approach. all i am suggesting is that there -- that in general most people who -- who rely upon advertising and have to play to a particular audience in order to make their money, it's going to -- it's going to obviously be restrained. >> well, that depends what your audience -- >> but at a minimum broadcasting will be -- >> it depends on what audience you're -- you're trying to get, and the demographic. if you are trying to get an audience that is older, maybe you will decide this is what is going to attract them. they don't want sanitized language. they want to hear the -- the -- all those other words. if your target is a much younger audience, maybe that will happen. but the idea that you're -- the problem is going to go away because you are going to be good as you can be, that seems an odd way to analyze first amen

on those psa's that need to be aired, i will call the federal communications commission because whatne bill that was passed or supreme court, etc. -- i'm sure you could comment on that -- show that unfortunately, the public service announcements are not put into those roles on a daily basis, and these communications stations are cashing in on all this money running in. one of the problems with the endowment funds was the crash for the colleges. you teach there in south florida, in tampa? guest: yes. caller: number one for all these colleges is football moneymaker, and then the teaching hospitals. host: let's leave it there. there are figures out about ads, which the caller referenced. this is from the "washington post." host: with that in mind, tell us what you have seen this cycle not only with the amount of ads you have seen, but with the nature of them. guest: it is very expensive to campaign in florida considerably more than a lot of other states. we have a network in almost every market. secondly, it is true that people are very frustrated with the amount of money going into ads

local, state, and federal levels collaborating with the white house, the federal trade commission, and the federal communicationsmmission on model legislation. if you go to our website, you will see that we have a report that we produced last year entied led -- entitled "winning the future," and we did this in collaboration with the women legislators and how women use broadband as well as opportunities that broadband can offer to them. we encouraged government, industry, and individual efforts to identify and leverage opportunities to increase home broadband adoption through the creation of relevant content that helps people better understand essential broadband as an essential service. we supported a national call to action to bring together government, business, and the non-profit sector to create affordable broadband access and adoption solutions, and, of course, to spur new uses of computer technology with smart, easy to use interfaces to ensure the potential broadband users can receive digital literacy training, and i applaud what you're doing. that's a perfect example of way we want to accomplish. of cours

:00 eastern on c- span, we will air oral arguments from the supreme court on current federal communication commission rules. also other perspectives on line in our c-span video library, including the argument of the 2010 second circuit court of appeals case. >> we thought we knew what the commission's rules might be but i did not know i can go beyond the bewilderment position you have taken, but the commission's changes, so now we have no idea what the new commission's perspective may be. >> the commissions indecency regulations have a safe harbor for programming after 10:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. the fact is any broadcaster under some confusion in their own mind about any particular broadcast would be found indecent by the commissioner, simply to just put the programming in safe harbor. >> search, clip, and share. >> in this place you will stand for all time among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it, a black preacher of no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and are most lasting ideals. >> saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern, president o

the issue, does the federal communications commissions get tough policy against broadcasters for fleetingpted sexual content violate free speech? two years ago, justices ruled in favor of the government in a similar case, but handed down a similar decision. the current case was brought by abc, cbs, nbc and fox. >> the fcc standards are incomprehensible. >> andrew schwartzman represents artists and musicians. he sporss the networks, arguing the fines per violation will have a chilling effect on creative expression. >> the attempt to brooden its scope has created uncertainty, created circumstances that force broadcasters to sensor themselves needlessly at expense of the first amendment. >> but the government and family rights groups supporting tougher regulations argue families need to be protected from indecent programming on public air waves. >> how does more shock, more f bombs serve the public especially when they know children are watching? >> and caught in the middle, parents caught in the tough job of monitoring what their boys watch. >> it's mind boggling. in half the time they are

we will bring you this week's oral argument on the federal communications commission's tougher rules policing foul language and nudity on television and radio. the court will decide if the fcc has the constitutional right to enforce rules prohibiting indecent language and nudity on over the air broadcasts. tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2 it on this morning's "washington journal," amy schatz of "the wall street journal." host: explain how this case first came about. guest: broadcasters became upset that they were getting indecency fines from the fcc. in forces decency rules. broadcasters became concerned about the fines and sanctions the fcc and two cases specifically they were worried about. there were award shows where cher and nikole ritchie -- nicole ritchie profane words during awards shows. in this case, they said no, we will not give you a pass and we will not give broadcasters in the future it asked if someone says the f-bomb on tv, we will fine you. fox did not agree with this and they took it to the supreme court. the other case involved fleeting nudity, an abc sho

that is the one that has to do with the federal communications commission. the fcc already tells us what is being spent, and that is a great way for reporter such as myself to know what is being spent. that is one of the reasons why we can say 30 plus million dollars has been spent by super pacs. that is a pretty simple and not interested way to say here is the number of ads that were bought, and here is who bought them. that would be pretty easy an illustrated and helpful in getting a grip on what is being spent and by whom. i will be provocative and say that i actually think that this is such a difficult area to legislate in for constitutional and free speech reasons, that i advocate of correction via a culture change. i think that nonprofit organizations should voluntarily disclose their donors, and i think there should be growing public pressure on groups to voluntarily disclose their donors. i think those who do not disclose should be embarrassed. that is the only way we will ever fully correct this problem. i do want to say that to the degree the discl

on those psa's that need to be aired, i'm going to call the federal communications commission because what's happening is all this money rolling in because of that one bill that was passed or supreme court et cetera, i'm sure you can comment on that, so that unfortunately the public service announcements aren't put into those rolls on the daily basis, and these communications stations are cashing in on all this money running in. one of the problems with the endowment funds was the crash for the colleges. you teach there at south florida in tampa. caller: yes, i do. caller: well, number one, for all these colleges is football money maker and then the next one is teaching hospitals. and there's a major problem with -- host: why don't we leave it there. to the first point of the caller there's some figures out about ads. . . guest: paid look at this and many people tell me look at all of the good that money could do. the truth of the matter is that to get your message out to people, you have to use television. that said, the bulk of the ads have the by the -- have been by the super pacs.

. >> and a federal communications commission chair julius genachowski outlines proposed changes to the government's lifetime program aimed at reducing fraud and adding broadband internet. program currently provide subsidizes phone service to the poor using a portion of the universal service fund on telephone bills. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. my name is matt bennet. your host for this morning. we're delighted to have you all. when i was going up my grandmother used to write out phone numbers beginning with letters. her number was gp 66184, if you want to color. and i remember calling her from our house with rotary phones, if those phones were still on the wall in my parents house, my children would not know how to operate them. and at third way, we are about addressing america's challenges with modern ideas, just as rotary phones evolves to the 21st century technology. that's precisely what the fcc and chairman genachowski are doing today. we will hear more, a little bit about some of their efforts to modernize this vital government agency. the fcc is in the mi

willing to say that i like right now are and that is the one that has to do with the federal communications commission because the fcc to some degree tells us what is being spent and that is a great way for reporters such as myself to know what is being spent and one of the reasons we can save 30 plus million dollars is spent by super pac because there are groups like fema or can't armenia that protect spending and that is a simple or not intrusive way to say here are the number of ads and here is who bought them. this would be pre easy and pretty illustrative and helpful to think getting a grip on what is being spent and by whom. i will be provocative and i am going to say that i think the -- such a difficult area to legislate for constitutional and free speech reasons that i advocate a correction by a culture change. i think non-profit organizations should voluntarily disclose their donors and there should be growing public pressure on groups to voluntarily disclose their donors and i think groups that don't disclose should be embarrassed and that is the only way that we are going to fully correct t

on those psa's that need to be aired, i will call the federal communications commission because what is happening is all this money rolling in because of that one bill that was passed or supreme court, etc. -- i'm sure you could comment on that -- show that unfortunately, the public service announcements are not put into those roles on a daily basis, and these communications stations are cashing in on all this money running in. one of the problems with the endowment funds was the crash for the colleges. you teach there in south florida, in tampa? guest: yes. caller: number one for all these colleges is football moneymaker, and then the teaching hospitals. host: let's leave it there. there are figures out about ads, which the caller referenced. this is from the "washington post." host: with that in mind, tell us what you have seen this cycle not only with the amount of ads you have seen, but with the nature of them. guest: it is very expensive to campaign in florida, considerably more than a lot of other states. we have a network in almost every market. secondly, it is true that peopl

that is the one that has to do with the federal communications commission. the fcc already tells us what is being spent, and that is a great way for reporter such as myself to know what is being spent. that is one of the reasons why we can say 30 plus million dollars has been spent by super pacs. that is a pretty simple and not interested way to say here is the number of ads that were bought, and here is who bought them. that would be pretty easy an illustrated and helpful in getting a grip on what is being spent and by whom. i will be provocative and say that i actually think that this is such a difficult area to legislate in for constitutional and free speech reasons, that i advocate of correction via a culture change. i think that nonprofit organizations should voluntarily disclose their donors, and i think there should be growing public pressure on groups to voluntarily disclose their donors. i think those who do not disclose should be embarrassed. that is the only way we will ever fully correct this problem. i do want to say that to the degree the discl

federal commissioner. it talks about basically from my perspective our national purposes. and it is so inclusive as to the -- well, where we find ourselves in terms of governance in this communications and technology centric federal commission. how these technologies can literally, positively address every single challenge we have before us. how it could positively affect them is quickly sometimes as the evolution that we see within the screen rate. so a lot of what is surrounding that, what is still speaking to me about that, especially as it relates to adoption in communities that last 3% to 5%, it is difficult to serve positively, you are going to hear -- you heard that southern "gonna" right? sorry. i'm in the capital now. you are going to hear -- it is difficult for me not to say the "gonna" you will hear our office speak more to that and some of the issues that you hold dear, too, especially as it relates to women and minorities being more prominent in this ecosystem. in our office we always say from the boardroom to the control room those entities as includes everyone everywhere needs to look more like america. and it is not doing someone a favor, it is plain old good business. so you are going to hear our office rea

communication between super pacs and candidates? >> well, obviously no federal agency can watch day by day the sorts of communication. if there is a complaint filed with the federal election commissiono it. but in reality the candidates themselves can actually appear in ads for super pacs. they can raise money for the super pacs. there is very little that is actually prohibited. >> let me ask you what happens to super pacs if the candidates drop out? you mentioned mitt romney. we know he is the frontrunner at this point. but hypothetically say he doesn't make it to the end. then does his super pac, does it operate without him as a candidate? can it operate independent of him and switch alliance? do they have the freedom to do that? >> this is kind of a gray area what happens to the money in a super pac if a candidate drops out of the well the money can be spent in some other way. there are very few restrictions on that. in fact most of the super pacs out there are registered are not candidat candidate-specific. so they can spend their money really any way they want. jenna: interesting to see so much money out there. that will be something we'll continue to watch. thanks for being wi

communication in the early 1970s. we blew it apart. we wept to the federal trade commission and said we need more.es to draw from. we need to service the consumers. i believe if we're going to do what needs to be done from an energy independent standpoint, all products, getting the products to the customer, we've got to disrupt that one product monopoly that does not serve this country well, nor its consumers. >> congressman paul, how do you feel about -- [ applause ] how do you feel about subsidies in general for specific energy and also more specifically right now, more immediately, low-income program, heating assistance program? is this something that fits in under your view of what government does do or should not do? >> well, subsidies, per se, it's bad economic policy, it's bad moral policy, because it's using government force to transfer money from one group to another. and economically it does a lot of harm. but when it comes to energy, we should, you know, deregulate like others talk about. but we need to talk, you know, supply and demand, everybody knows about supply and demand. they tal

federal communication rules. you can find other perspectives on line on our cspan video library. >> we sort of thought we knew what the commission rules would be. the commission changes. now we have no idea what the new commission -- >> the and decency regulations have a safe harbor for programming before 8:00 p.m. and after 6:00 p.m.. >> search the archives at c- span.org/video library. >> name moment, a look at the day's news and your phone calls and e-mails live on "washington journal." tensions continue in pakistan and we will get an update from the hudson institute this morning. republican presidential candidates continue with campaign stops throughout south carolina today. mitt romney will be joined by senator mccain in hilton head for an event with veterans at 5:00 eastern. at 6:20 eastern on the other side of the state, local republicans in greenville and spartanburg counties will hold a presidential candidate forum and we will have live coverage from duncan, south carolina. the u.s. supreme court took up a texas redistricted case this week. we will talk about some of the possible political implications. 22 states have

communications in the early 1970's. we blew apart it went to the federal trade commission and said that we needed to verse sources to drawrom. when a disservice to consumers. i believe if we're going to do what needs to be done from an energy independence standpoint, all products, getting the products to the customer, we have to disrupt that one product monopoly if that does not serve this country well, nor its consumers. >> congressman paul, how do you feel about -- [applause] how you feel about subsidies in general for specific energy, and also were specifically right now, more immediately, this low- income program, the heating assistance program? is this something that fits in your view of what government does? >> subsidies per say are bad economic policy and bad moral policy because it uses moral force -- government forced to transfer money from one group to another and economically it does a lot of harm. when it comes to energy, we should be regulated like others talk about. but we need to talk -- supply and demand, everybody knows about supply and demand. the talk about oil and if we had more alternative sources, w

community. if convicted, faces up to 15 years in prison. >>> another scandal for washington's ward 5 neighborhood. federal prosecutors are charging the ward's formedder chairman of the ad sites neighborhood commission with fraud. william shelton is accused of using a anc debit card to access funds for personal spending. ding. >>> the council wants to know why there was no government oversight to stop harry thomas from stealing in the first place. jim graham says he is reviewing a thousand audit documents. he will denext week if hearings will be held. >>> police in maryland need your help fining a man who may be behind two armed robberies. officers want to talk to a guy who used a credit card at a cvs stolen hours before. a masked man forced his way into a house in bethesda. he sexually assaulted ahousekeeper and tied up the home owner and her teenaged son and robbed them. >>> a toddler found alone in a freezing cold tent at the occupy camp in d.c. is in protective custody this morning. map who says he is her father is facing charges. an occupy protester heard the 18-month-old girl crying. the woman gave the girl her hat and called police. >> she was very cold. she was really good natured. she was e

federal trade commission and the senate judiciary committee and say we will break this one apart. we will do to this one product distribution monopoly cold oil what we did to broadcast communications back in the early 1970's. when i grew up, we had about three options on television. now we have more and many in the media benefit from what was done in terms of opening up the marketplace. i say i want to do for this one product monopoly what was done with broadcast communication and i want to make it so we can draw from all kinds of different products. i think that is the kind of energy independence that i would envision starting with the infrastructure that we so desperately need, realizing we will convert to address the session and hour of electricity and manufacturing. they want a president who will say this is where we are going. we're not looking back and inevitably will drop from the sun and wind but we have a bridge to build that will take our people into the future while creating jobs and improving the air and addressing national security implications. [applause] will take one more and let you go. yes, ma'am? >> what about corporations as people? >> i think that is self-evid

communications but on. the commission started the process of reforming the lifeline program with the release of our national broadband plan in early 2010. shortly thereafter, after the federal state joint board and universal service examined the lifeline program and offered recommendations for reform. which it did. last year the fcc -- on the board's recommendation in the order being circulated tomorrow implements many of those ideas. we haven't waited for this order to take concrete steps. last june the commission adopted an order clarifying that an eligible consumer may only receive one lifeline supported service, creating procedures to detect and d. enroll subscribers of duplicate lifeline support services and establishing an unprecedented process in partnership with major lifeline providers to detect and eliminate duplicative lifeline support process now underway in 12 states that will expand to additional states in the months ahead. as a result of these actions we have our ready identified more than 200,000 duplicative lifeline subscriptions for elimination, saving millions of dollars every month. the order to be circulated tomorrow continue support the work and if app

commune caigs platform. the commission started the process of reforming the lifeline program with the release of our national broadband plan in early 2010. shortly thereafter, we asked the federalstate joint board on universal service to examine the lifeline program and offer recommendations for reform, which it did. last year the fcc proposed rules that built on the joint board's recommendations and the order being circulated tomorrow implements many of those idea. we haven't waited for this order to take concrete steps. last june the commission adopted an order clarifying that an eligible consumer may only receive one lifeline-supported service creating procedures to detect and deenroll subscribers with duplicate lifeline support services and establishing an unprecedented process in partnership with major lifeline providers to detect and eliminate duplicative lifeline support. a process now underway in 12 states that will expand to additional states in the months ahead. as a result of these actions, we've already identified more than 200,000 duplicative lifeline subscriptions for elimination saving millions of dollars every month. the order to be circulated tomorrow continues

federal communication rules. you can also find it on line at the c-span video library. >> we sort of thought what we knew what the commission's rules might be, although i may not be able to go beyond the bewilderment of the position you have taken. the commission changes and we have no idea what their perspective is. >> the decency regulations have a safe harbor for programming after 10:00 p.m. at before 6:00 a.m.. any broadcaster that is under some confusion in their own mind about whether a particular broadcast would be found indecent is simply to just put the programming in a safe harbour. >> search the archives, clip and share. >> we will take you to the state department earlier today, secretary hillary clinton announced the u.s. would exchange ambassadors with burma since the country began freeing political prisoners and putting in place other reforms. burma signed a cease-fire with the largest armed rebel group. the announcement is about five minutes. >> good morning. burm is ata in -- when i visited burma in december, i encourage the authorities to continue along the path of reform. in particular, i urged them to uncon