here's advice from the federal trade commission on protecting yourself. >> the ink on michael brooks' obituary had barely dried before page after page of unpaid bills started piling up because there was little if any of michael's money left after his long, painful, and expensive struggle. >> i was shocked when i was reviewing his medications with the hospice nurse, and she said, "well, this one, i don't really think this one is that effective," and that's $1,200 a bottle. and that was just 1 out of about 14 medications that he was on. >> medical, credit card, and other bills are generally paid out of the estate of the deceased. generally relatives or partners like barry are not legally and certainly not morally responsible to make up the difference. for spouses, most states have provisions that protect them from going penniless as a result of creditor payouts, but if the past due notices keep coming and there's simply no money left in the estate, tom pahl with the federal trade commission says... >> essentially the creditor just has to eat that cost. >> debt collectors have a right to

the federal trade commission also alleged that edi failed to provide consumers with information required by the franchise rule. courts granted the f-t-c's request for a temporary restraining order and asset freeze. soon after, the defendants agreed to a preliminary injunction that bars edi from selling further business opportunities. an oregon man finds a very sweet surprise inside a box of cookies... besides the tasty treats themselves. lamborghini... comes 2. take a look... surveillance video catches the 400-thousand dollar car... breaking in half after a crash in brooklyn, new york. the youtube video and stills of the crash went viral after being posted. the crash happened when a car tried to pull into a driveway right in front of the lamborghini. the driver survived... the car... not so much. an... oregon man ...finds a sweet surprise ...in... a box of cookies... / a... 100-dollar bill stuffed inside.../. at first... he thought it was some kind of mistake... / so... he went back to the walmart... where he bought it... and grabbed another box.../. that one... had a benjamin... too! th

law is not a strong enough to old and the federal trade commission would not get work on concerns that agencies like mine care a lot about. >> i do not want to address whether the fcc should have absolutely no jurisdiction over broadband providers going forward or whether some people it over in the antitrust realm. that is where it should be, in my view. a problem with this whole proceeding, and a difference is, despite and i pointing to four isolated incidents that could be classified as net neutrality incidents, there was no evidence of widespread consumer harm. with the way the fcc approach this case. it it itaph 78, knowledge to these rules -- acknowledge these roles would be put in place regardless of 's hadr any of the isp it goes to judge silberman's conversation. in paragraph 78, these net neutrality rules are good because we believe in openness. that sounds good. openness sounds attractive and it makes a nice slogan. agree the internet is basically open. the other side of it and the problem with the way the fcc approached it, when you put in regulation that has the flat prohib

a secret shopper operation done by the federal trade commission found stores sold m rated video games to kids 16 and older 13% of the time. that is an improvement over a survey done by the p.t. c in 2008 that found stores showed -- sold m rated videos 36% of the time. >> the es rb responded saying we applaud video game retailers for demonstrating our industry apps ongoing commitment to parents. he says it's sue -- still too much. >> if we'd had a 20% failure rate for alcohol or guns or some other thing we wouldn't celebrate that at all. we would think that was a failure. >> we sent this 16-year-old into best buy in northwest d.c. and into the game stop in westfield shopping mall. both times he was turned away unable to buy grand theft auto five. >> good for the store to enforce the their own voluntary rules about this thing but i wish that were always airtight but it's not. >> the parents television council is urging retailers to comply with the rating system and urging parents to be fully aware of the video games their kids are playing. >> in the newsroom laura evans fox 5 news. >> t

federal trade commission receiver said he was suspicious of the lack of a membrane another hearing ischeduled for next thursday. could still be held on contempt of court and face six months in jail. we'll have more coming up the five parent >> people who are visually impaired and are hoping to find work can check out a job here today. the chicago white house and city hall are posting jobs galore to. it is being held at the mayor's office. >> every person in alaska will be $900 richer. the $47 billion oil wealth trust fund helps keep low-income families out of poverty. about 640,000 alaskans will receive the payout. they must have lived in the state for a full calendar year or have been born in the past year. >> things of cleared up with it. the north suburbs particularly. hard hit with thunderstorms this morning. those terms of pushed into parts of north central indiana. we're in store for the rest of the area. the sun will come out and of the shows will warm- up to a rather dramatic levels. looking for temperatures probably in the mid to upper 80s. we have a picture looking live at p

is delaying a change to a privacy policy after getting valued by groups that went to the federal trade commissionfacebook said they would hold off into implementing the through policy to review the changes. opponents claim the policy changes make it easier for the company to use your name and picture in ads without your consult. facebook says the policy is in response to a $20 million class action settlement and the rules have not changed but the language makes it more cheer. >> get ready to look at two adorable cubs at the dallas view, two brothers are eight weeks old born in july at the smithsonian conservation and biology institute in virginia. a team from dallas picked them up and brought them back to texas for the animal adventures outreach program to teach the public about highly endangered >> a man admits to killing someone in this confession on-line and the message to the worlds and why some are questioning his motives. at 5:00, ready for lift off. nasa's mission to the moon and the bay area involvement and how it could unlock long standing mysteries about the atmosphere. and now time for

the federal trade commission is looking into whether the new privacy politics violated an agreement withegulators. under that, facebook is required to get consent from users before exposing private information to new audiences. >>> and in the christian science monitor, delaware-sized lake discovered beneath kenyan desert. scientists say the aquifer says it may fulfill the needs indefinitely. >>> the response to the u.s. response in syria could hinge on a crucial meeting today. secretary of state john kerry has landed in switzerland to meet with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. kerry and his team plan to test the seriousness of russia's proposal to put syrian chemical weapons under international control, and as part of that story, an op ed from putin in "the new york times." the headline, a plea for caution from russia. he warns a strike in syria could unleash a new wave of terrorism and further destabilize the region. >>> it looks like a nasa rocket took a little friend up in the air. with it -- it took it when it launched on friday. do you see the shadow of the frog there? >> is

. >>> the federal trade commission has begun an inquiry into facebook's new privacy policies are in line with an agreement it made with the ftc. under the deal, facebook must get explicit permission from users before it can tuesday their information in advertising. the ftc says facebook has changed the wording on its privacy notice but it's not clear its changed its policy. >>> the powerball jackpot just got a lot bigger after no one matched the numbers last night. the jackpot is now up to $317 million. if you match all five numbers, the cash value would allow you to walk away with more than $176 million. the jackpot is likely to rise as ticket sales increase before the saturday drawing. >>> multi-grammy winner carlos santana will add another honor to his resume. he's one of five artists who will receive kennedy center -- center honors from president obama. he's only the third person of mexican heritage to receive the award. singer! songwriter billy joel, herbie hancock, shirley mac claine and one opera star, the other hon orees. they were announced today. >>> coming up at 5:00, the west

anti-trust laws and anti-trust authorities, and those folks at the department of justice and federal trade commissionaking a long-hard look in terms of what is going on in terms of physicians and hospitaling coming together. >> what are your biggest hopes for the overall health care industry with obamacare and what are your biggest fears as it starts to get implemented? >> well, i prefer to focus on my hope. my hope is that health care reform will help us all to enjoy a system that delivers greater value; that delivers better quality of care at lower costs. we spend about one out of every five of our hard-earned dollars on health care in this country, and that number has just gone up and up and up, and it's an enormous burden on our own finances, but also the federal budget and the problems that we're seeing today. >> one of the fears may be at least for some people costs may go up, particularly many millennials don't buy into the system? >> that is definitely a risk, and that is what -- the architecture of healthcare reform is meant to encourage everyone to broodly participate so that we can all spr

the facebook privacy seems to get longer and longer and the federal trade commission is looking whether it violated privacy rights when it updated the policies. last month facebook announced a change to its privacy policy removing language that allows users to determine how their names and profile pictures could be used in marketing. the policy says by signing up, users including miners give facebook the right to use their personal information. facebook says it's not violated laws. futures in the market are lower after a mixed close for the markets on wednesday. the dow a triple digit gain and the s&p 500 rose for the seventh straight day. the nasdaq fell weighed down by apple after launching its new iphone. data today on unemployment and import prices, the dow jumping to 15,326, the nasdaq slipping 4 to 3725. and jpmorgan, the largest bank, is reportedly close to settling probes by u.s. regulators into credit card practices and earlier this year the california attorney general accused the bank of illegally signing documents or having employees sign off on cases without reviewing them.

the decision by the federal trade commission to, you know, go after an i.p.er that created vulnerable devices is telling and so the hope is that companies will avoid making these vulnerable products to avoid getting in trouble with the f.t.c. and and the hope is that public shaming, appearing in negative news reports, will help but i don't know that the law has really caught up with the possibilities here. >> sreenivasan: kashmir hill, thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: finally tonight, the life story of the world's first superhero. newshour political editor christina bellantoni is our guide. >> reporter: there's something about the man of steel. superman has endured for 75 years, captivating people of all ages through. scrappy crime fighter to american icon, the character reflects the changing world around him, but superman stay throws one ideal: helping others. the hero's evolution is the subject of a new book: superman, the unauthorized biography by glen well con. he covers pop culture by npr and joins me now. why do superheroes an

. >> reporter: lisa is with the federal trade commission. >> it can happen in all sorts of ways. there can be insiders that are paid to steal information, from hospitals and nursing homes. >> reporter: there have been recent cases in the d.c. area. in 2012 more than 66,000 people put at risk after someone stole a howard university hospital contractor's laptop. in 2011 the company which provides health care for the military tricare lost tapes containing private information of almost 5 million people. >> some studies have end indicated that on the black-market you can get more for medical information than you can for social security number. >> that's my social, date of birth, ip address. everything. my driver's license number. >> reporter: terry martinez was shocked when the news 4 iteam showed up at his door with private information we found for sell online. >> have you ever checked your medical records? >> no, i really don't -- i hardly ever even grow to the doctor. very seldom do i check that. >> he's not alone. we were able to find private information for people all over the dc

. >>> facebook may in trouble with the federal trade commission. there's a government investigation into the company's news privacy policies. the government is trying to find out if facebook violated a 2011 settlement with regulators. the deal called for facebook to get the explicit consent of its users before exposing private information. facebook plans to update policies with new language in a couple of days. and facebook's stock is going up. mark zuckerberg says taking the company public made it stronger. yesterday at a conference in san francisco, zuckerberg said the lessons learned during the ipo has led him to run the company differently. shares were $40 a share since the ipo. >>> a new high-tech way to track sexual predators. how it works and what you need to use it. >>> and tread very carefully. that warning issued by russia's president vladimir putin was in a message in the new york times. >>> if you are looking at driving in san jose, northbound 101 is slow and so is northbound 280 gets up to the cupertino area. we'll tell you why this co

and your house on the internet too that's exactly what happened recently according to the federal trade commission they issued a release dating that trend net a company that markets video cameras to allow people to monitor their homes and babies remotely was a little bit lax in their security measures as a result the insides of hundreds of people's homes and their cute little sleeping babies were on display for anyone in the world to watch online. in a statement f.t.c. chairwoman even from europe has said that the internet of things holds great promise for innovative consumer products and services but consumer privacy and security. he must remain a priority as companies develop more devices that connect to the internet. well it's pretty funny to hear someone from the u.s. government opining about privacy and security her words bring up an excellent point about the internet of things as all of the things we connect to the internet learn more about our spending habits our schedules our baby's nap time our running routes all of those things about us become vulnerable to hacker attacks daft invasion o

>> according to the federal trade commission consumers are getting more robocalls than ever offers services all fraud. two of the biggest offenders treasure your success and ambrosia web design. the f.c.c. slashed them both out of business for making billions of phone calls to numbers on the do not call registry. in the lawsuit against treasure your success the f t.c. says they tricked consumers to paying fees as high at 1,600 dollars with the promise of lowering credit card interest rates -- they say they never provided any of the promised services -- ambrosia web design promised low interest rates deceiving consumers making them i think they were part of a government program. >> if you're number is on the do not call registry and a company you're not familiar is calling to try to sell you something it's probably a scam. >> susan grant director of consumer protection says a recent survey says most people don't know their rights. >> they shouldn't be getting any calls from companies they don't have a business relationship with them whether it's a robot call or live sails person. >> once you

he got sent to the federal trade commission because i think personally, he just insulted a lot of people by his mannerisms. >> you write so far cr mpb z has proposed no major legislation and has shown no interest in changing that. he said i stop stuff. >> for right now. that's the thing that has been so puzzling about him to some of his admirers. he is a guy who is very smart. he has been very engaged. >> he is not engaging in these debates that other people are. he probably could. he brings a lot to the table and i think he has made the political calculation that it is not reallied a van teenageous to engage in the debates. >> the man hailed as the tea party intellectual has used the intellect only sparingly since arriving in washington. you quote someone saying he's smart enough to know that it's -- i have been sitting here watching him and i am unconvinced that he is smart enough to know anything. i am going by his public record and i have heard few senators with a steady stream of stupidity on a daily basis in the senate. >> you go back and you read his princeton thesis and you talk

the federal trade commission and postal inspection service want to stop the scam sweep stakes letters. a california man and a dozen companies have taken $11 million from consumers since 2009. they were sent to 3 million addresses and instruct thim to send $20 to $30 to guarantee a prize payout. they want the money paid to victims. they don't require you to pay or buy something to improve your chances of winning. if you have received a scam sweep stakes letter, fire a complaint with the postal inspection service. >>> trying to cut back on calories and fat? burger king might have a solution for you. i brought you the newburgher king fries. >> an order a piece. >> an order a piece. >> i'll e-mail you. >> the company is rolling out satisfries. there's less fat and fewer calories than the traditional fries. 340 calories and 14 grams of fat. a regular medium fry packs 410 and 18 grams of fat. burger king is using the same ingredients but made a few tweaks so the batter absorbs less oil. >> same consistency. >> i wouldn't know the difference. >> you saved a bunch of calories and fat. and fat

a california based debt collector will pay $1 million to settle charges brought by the federal trade commission say the collector used english and spanish text messages to collect debts without proper disclosure. he says he lied about portraying his company as law firms who could sue and garnish victim's wages. the government found they revealed debt to consumers families, which is illegal. if you have ever wondered if an online review of your favorite restaurant was fixed or doctored up? you are right to be skeptical. the new york attorney general is cracking down on companies that wrote fake reviews. many of the businesses reached out on craig's list to ask the public to write those positive reviews for cash. fake reviews popped up on sites like yelp, google local and city search. writers were paid between $1 and $10 per review. they have to pay $350,000 in fines to the state of new york. >>> want to know how much it's costing you to eat out every day? it will make you want to pack your lunch. americans who eat lunch out spend nearly $1,000 a year. the survey says people who eat out twice a w

. >> reporter: at secret shopper operation done by the federal trade commission six months found storesd m rated video games to kids 16 and under 15% of the time. an improvement over a similar survey done in 2008 thah found that stores told m rated videos 36% of the time. founding celebrated by the software rating board. we applaud video game retailers for once again demonstrating our industry's on going commit to parents. >> in if we had a 20% failure rate for alcohol or guns or some other thing, we wouldn't celebrate that at all. >> reporter: we sent this 16-year-old to best buy in northwest d.c. and to the game stop in northwest beach shoppinh mall in bethesda. both times he was turned away,a, unable to buy grand theft auto 5. >> good thing for the store to enforce the voluntary rules. i wish it was always airtight but it's not.bu >> reporter: they aret urging retailers to comply with theth rating system and urging parents to be ur fully aware of the vido games their kids are playing. in the newsroom laura evans, fox 5evs, news. >>> all right, 6:44 right now. tucker is back. ck >>> c

"the new york times" says this morning the federal trade commission is taking a closer look at facebook'ses. it can't make changes without user approval, part of a court ordered settlement. what it's doing aren't changes, just clarification of existing policy. amd facing strain after news it's kicked off the s&p 500 index. because it's not big enough. amd was 500 on the list, now it's 501. this comes a couple days after hewlett-packard was remofed from the dow 30 industrials. big in the days of the computer, amd makes the chips but analysts predict this morning by next month the number of tablets shipped to stores outnumber computers for the first time in history. >> isn't that amazing. >> how things have changed. remember the good old typewriter. >> classic. relics now. >> no kidding. >> it's nice to reminisce. the olden days back when we were young or -- you're not even around when i was young. 5:56. let's check things with christina loren who is also very young. probably -- >> look at him cover. >> i know. keep on digging this morning, mr. jon kelley. good morning to you. that's why we

is putting her improture on this misleading -- look, if the government can be sued by the federal trade commission for deceptive advertising, secretary sebelius would be slapped with lawsuits today about a mile thick. >> well, you know, a lot of viewers have written me upset about their premiums going up. i urge any viewer who thinks the premium is going down to write me. i would like both sides. e-mail me at the show. >> i have a good deal on my premium. i got a good deal. i just signed with my insurance company early so that i could carry my plan over to 2015 rather than wait for the expiration date after october 1. rove and company with massive number of four employees, we extended our coverage. it was the only way to avoid seeing premiums skyrocket dramatically. it gives me only a year breathing room. you're right. again, the average american young man will pay almost twice as much for insurance than they are now i paying. a young woman is going to pay almost two-thirds more than she's now paying. in some states it will be dramatic. hhs told the bald-faced lies today by comparing new estimates

the role of the federal trade commission. then the war. the u.s. declaring war on germany. after the war, wood row wilson winning the nobel peace prize. the 18th amendment bringing prohibition. the 19th amendment calling finally for women suffrage in this country. what was edith's role in this period of time, legislateively, public affairswise. how involved was she in the substance of what he was doing. >> very little. she didn't have ellen's acumen for understanding these things. he liked to show her the papers but she would get fired up and would say you need to put this note to germany more strongly or to the secretary of state william brennan to be stronger. he encouraged her to be fiery. she didn't have understanding. a lot of people thought she had influenced him to lobby as he finally did for woman's suffrage. that wasn't the case at all. she didn't approve. so i wouldn't say she had any effect on his legislative -- >> he did not support the 18th amendment. he did not like prohibition. he vetoed the act which passed over the veto. >> how difficult was it for him to m

federal trade commission is probing whether facebook violated users' privacy rights when it changed itss last month. august the 29th, the company announced an update on its privacy company, taking out language to allow users determine how their names and pictures can be used in marketing. facebook says it's only clarifying existing policies and it hasn't violated any law is. at the same time, they say going public wasn't all that bad. spooking of the at the lunch conference, he says while he once advocated the company stay private for as long as possible, now they make 40% of its revenue from mobile. >> we have three pillars of the platform strategy, which are, you know, build, grow, and monetize. if we can help make it so that the industry overall can build better social apps that are more human by helping them build, grow and monetize, then i feel really good. >> zuckerberg shared his annual goal, which in part has been to learn mandarin or only eat things he kills. this year he says it's trying to meet someone outside of facebook each day. i'm free. marissa mayer says yahoo! is getti

wednesday, the federal trade commission penalized one company for lax security. the ftc says home security cameras, cars and medical kwemt are magnets for hackers. >>> the "san francisco chronicle" looks at how a major earthquake in alaska could trigger a tsunami disaster. it would also force 750,000 people to leave flooded areas. >>> "the times" says chobani is voluntarily recalling some of - its greek yogurt. a type of mold may be to blame. cups labeled with the lot code 16-012 on the lid are being pulled. >> a lot of people checking that >>> just a few patches of fog to start out the day a lot of sunshine coming in our direction, temperatures really going to be heating up the next couple of days. san jose you have that patchy fog in the distance, delays at sfo of arriving flights of almost an hour. looks like one more day of fairly mild weather with that trough carved out along the west coast. that's going to change as high pressure moves in for tomorrow. temperatures in the 80s inland, 70s inside the bay today and 60s coastside. tomorrow much warmer inland. 9

tariffs bill, which was an important debate in this country, the , the role ofve act the federal trade commission -- ts function was also created. then of course there was the war. the u.s. declaring war on germany. after the war, woodrow wilson winning the nobel peace prize. also the 18th amendment,, and the 19th amendment calling for -- women suffer age. -- suffr was she?lvo >> i would say very little. he liked to show her the papers, but mostly what she would do is get fired up and say, i think you should put this note to germany more strongly, or you should put this note to the secretary of state william jennings bryan more strongly, and he liked her to be fiery. that.ouraged it was funny because a lot of people thought she influenced tahim. she really did not prove -- approve of them and suffer rich suffrage. >> how difficult was it for him to make a decision to bring the ..s. into world war i >> very. the sinking of the lusitania is a great wake-up call as to how we might be involved in the war. asreally is as comparable pearl harbor or 9/11. then it took two years to try to get the germans

antitrust is not a strong enough rule and the federal trade commission in particular the laws that operates under would not get to a lot of the concerns that organizations like mine care a lot about. >> guest: you know, two gigi's point and on the phone want to address whether the fcc should have absolutely no jurisdiction over broadband going forward or whether you now as gigi says some people want all of that over the antitrust realm. it may be that ultimately that is where should be but let's put that aside for a moment. a fundamental problem with this whole proceeding and i think the difference between gigi and i is certainly myself and the fcc compact despite four isolated instances that could be characterized as potential net neutrality violations have the rules been in place, there really wasn't evidence, widespread or even nonwidespread consumer harm. the problem with the -- and that's a fundamental problem with the way the fcc approach this case because it didn't say in second paragraph 78 it explicitly acknowledge that these rules would be put in place regardless of whether any of

the role of the federal trade commission. its function was also created. then the war. the u.s. declaring war on germany after the sinking of the lusitania. after the war, woodrow wilson winning the nobel peace prize. the 18th amendment bringing prohibition. the 19th amendment calling finally for women suffrage in this country. what was edith's role in this important period of time, legislateively, public affairswise? how involved was she in the substance of what he was doing? >> very little. she didn't have ellen's acumen for understanding these things. he liked to show her the papers but mostly she would get fired up and would say you need to put this note to germany more strongly or put this note to the secretary of state william jennings bryant to be stronger. he encouraged her to be fiery. she didn't have understanding. a lot of people thought she had influenced him to lobby as he finally did for woman's suffrage. that wasn't the case at all. she didn't approve. so i wouldn't say she had any effect on his legislative -- >> he did not support the 18th amendment. he did not l

what happened then was antitrust, the federal trade commission.al is rulesw for large institutions. the rules that came out of the securities and exchange ask, worked pretty well until the 1980s. two things happen, it seems to me. a lot of liquidity was built outside the banks. secondly, information technology. it becomes possible to do things, particularly in regard to securitization. ways inave come up with the industry to pass the buck on the risk. there are systems whereby people think they can make some money and minimize the responsibility for the risk. what i think the job of the tellc sector is, not to people you can't do this and you to try tohat, it is reconnect risk-taking with responsibility for taking it. >> let me give bill a chance to respond to that question. when you think about the reasons for the crisis, where do you end up? asked to serve on this commission and i told them, this purelyarly -- a political device and a placeholder, don't expect much out of it. and i think we lived up to that. i agree with barney. when you just sa

what happened then was antitrust, the federal trade commission. much of the new deal is rules for large institutions. the rules that came out of the new deal, securities and exchange ask, worked pretty well until the 1980s. two things happen, it seems to me. a lot of liquidity was built outside the banks. secondly, information technology. it becomes possible to do things, particularly in regard to securitization. people have come up with ways in the industry to pass the buck on the risk. there are systems whereby people think they can make some money and minimize the responsibility for the risk. what i think the job of the public sector is, not to tell people you can't do this and you can't do that, it is to try to reconnect risk-taking with responsibility for taking it. >> let me give bill a chance to respond to that question. when you think about the reasons for the crisis, where do you end up? >> i was asked to serve on this commission and i told them, this is a pearly -- a purely political device and a placeholder, don't expect much out of it.

i rise today to inform my colleagues about a consumer protection initiative of the federal trade commission to address underaged drinking in the united states known as we don't serve teens. people may not think of underaged drinking as a consumer protection issue, but we don't serve teens is an annual educational effort each september as teens head back to high school and college. the goal is to sustain and build on the proimpress our nation has made in combat -- progress our nation has made in combating underaged drinking. in my hometown of chicago, crown imports is leading the effort to publicize the we don't serve teens message. we need the active involvement in parents, older siblings, educators and other adults. years of government surveys show a significant number of young teens get alcohol from their own homes. all the homes are friends or extended family members. most parents are extremely careful watching what their children eat and drink. teens maintain vigilance over the refrigerator, the wine rack or the liquor cabinet is equally important. illegal underaged drinking among older

so antitrust law really is not a strong enough tool, and the ftc, the federal trade commission, in particular the law that it operates under would not get to a lot of the concerns that organizations like mine care a lot about. >> guest: can, you know, in this point i don't even want to address whether the fcc should have absolutely no jurisdiction over broadband providers going forward or whether, you know, as gigi says some people want all of that should be over in the antitrust realm. you know, it may be that ultimately that's where it should be in my view, but let's put that aside for a moment. a fundamental problem with this whole proceeding, and i think a difference between gigi and i is, certainly myself and the fcc, despite pointing to, i think, four isolated incidents that could be characterized as potential net neutrality violations or incidents had the rules been in place, there really wasn't evidence of any, you know, widespread or even non-widespread consumer harm. and a problem with the way -- and that's a fundamental problem with the way the fcc approached this case, because it

trading. >> dallas mavericks owner mark cuban will be in a federal court today. the securities and exchange commissions charged him with insider trading, saying he dumped stock in 2004 just before shares fell in value. cuban denies the charges. >> as we approach a possible government shutdown, a new analysis shows the current job recovery is the slowest since truman was president, so a lot of economic factors are at play as the clock counts down. >> speaking of this government shutdown, if this shutdown happens, what's the exact trigger that will affect the market? >> the key date that you want to focus on is october 17. if by then the government doesn't raise the debt ceiling, if they don't agree to allow themselves to borrow more money, the government won't be able to make payments on its bonds. this you don't pay your debts in a timely manner, you know this, then your credit score will go down. we all have friends that borrow money and they don't pay it back on time and we are skittish about loaning money in the future. if investors believe that there's doubt, that sends shock waves throughout the

federal court against two former traders. they accused them of trying to hide the losses. regulators at the securities and exchange commission condemned executives for failing to quickly inform financial authorities about the trades in question. chief executive officer james dimon took a rare step of accepting responsibility for the wrongdoing. he said they've learned from their mistakes and have worked to fix them. that's all for now in business news. i'll leave you with a check on markets. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored. and more than half the fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >> japan's prime minister has called on the company in charge of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to decommission all of its reactors including the two not currently scheduled to be taken apart. abe's appeal comes amid growing concerns of radioactive water leaks at the plant but executives at tokyo electric power company have not given abe a

federal records act and related foia are key to such transparency. i thank this committee for this hearing and the work on these matters bring in this sharper focus. i joined the commodity futures trading commission in may of 2009 in the wake of the worst financial crisis in 80 years. 8 million americans lost their jobs. the remarkably dedicated cftc staff worked around-the-clock to bring clock to bring much-needed reforms to the swaps market, which was at the center of the crisis. we also took in numerous steps since then to bring transparency to our work. we voluntarily took external meetings, notes, it was there, on a website, over 2002 in meetings. we have increased tenfold our public meetings, and withheld nearly two dozen roundtable to facilitate public interaction. literally, we rolled up our sleeves and worked day and night. though i use my official e-mail account far more than my personal, to get the job done i did routinely engage with cftc staff and others through my personal e-mail, particularly outside of normal business hours. having come to this job after years of not working in a traditional office setting and primarily being a single, stay at home dad, frankly i was not the tune

federal records act is key to such transparency. i think this committee for this hearing on the and the work on these matters, bringing into those a sharper focus and i joined the trading commission in may of 2009 of the worst financial crisis in 80 years. many americans lost their jobs and the remarkable staff has worked around it is to bring much-needed reforms which was at the center of the crisis and we often took numerous steps to bring transparency to our work and we voluntarily held external meetings, over 2200 meetings and we have increased tenfold our public meetings, and we have held nearly to dozen roundtables to facilitate public action. i use my personal e-mail account to get the job done and i did routinely engage them for my personal e-mail but outside business hours. having come to this job after years of not working in a traditional office setting and being a stay-at-home dad, frankly i was not a two and to the way of checking to e-mail at home and we did not have a robust training program, and i personally didn't receive training with remote access or federal records, as head of the agency, i take full responsibility with regard to records management and promoti