joining us on "the communicators" this week to talk about that is fcc special counsel gigi sohn. gautham nagesh of "the wall street journal" is our guest reporter. gigi sohn, about a month or so ago chairman wheeler talked about a different proposal that did not include title ii regulation. whatever happened to that? why didn't that get presented to the commissioners? >> guest: i think you're referring to a couple months ago there was discussion of a hybrid proposal, but that included title ii. and, in fact, there were several different proposals, all of which included title ii. so the chairman really had been considering title ii as part of a net neutrality solution. now i'd say for about four or five months now. >> host: well, our guest reporter gautham nagesh, had a front page story this week in "the wall street journal" on the process -- >> guest: oh yes, i saw it. >> host: what i wanted to ask was some of the companies involved with the white house according to mr. nagesh are pretty successful companies. why do they need further protection, as it were? net neutrality protect

special counsel gigi sohn. she talks about the commission's net neutrality proposal, which is said to be voted on later this month. then the foreign minister of qatar discusses threats posed by isolatesisis and other challenges in the middle east. and later, ruth ginsburg talks about her life and career. >> c-span, created by cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler has presented his net neutrality proposal to the other commissioners. the vote in the federal communications commission is due on february 26. joining us on the communicators this week to talk about that is f.c.c. special counsel gigi sohn. gigi sohn, about a month or so ago, chairman wheeler talked about a different proposal that did not include title 2 regulation. whatever happened to that? why didn't that get presented to the commissioners? >> i think you're referring to a couple months ago there was a discussion of a hybrid proposal but that incl

[applause] >> coming up, the communicators features gigi sohn. and then we talk about the visit to iran and nuclear negotiation negotiations. and then john scott from south carolina talks. >> c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: fcc chairman tom wheeler has presented a net neutrality proposal to the commissioners and the vote is in the federal communication commission is due on february 26th. joining us to talk about that is fcc special council gigi sohn and gautham nagesh is our guest reporter. gigi sohn, about a month ago, chairman wheeler talked about a different proposal without title ii regulations. what happened to that? why wasn't that presented to the commissioners? >> guest: i think you are talking about the discussion of a hybrid proposal but it included title ii. there were several proposals but all included title ii. the chairman was considering net neutrality as part of the solution for about four or five months. >> host: ou

gigi sohn, about a month or so ago chairman wheeler talked about a different proposal that

special counsel gigi sohn. she talks about the commission's net neutrality proposal, which is said to be voted on later this month. then the foreign minister of qatar discusses threats posed by isolatesisis and other challenges in the middle east. and later, ruth ginsburg talks about her life and career. >> c-span, created by cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you a

. >> tonight on "the communicators," gigi sohn, special counsel for the fcc, on chairman tom wheeler's proposal for net neutrality including regulating the internet like a utility. >> the chairman has said we are not going to rate regulate and, hey, i don't know who the next fcc chairman is. the next fcc chairman may try to throw out this whole regime and do something that's more free market oriented or less regulatory. so i don't really buy the next chairman argument because, you know, the rules are only as good as the guy or the gal on the eighth floor enforcing them. so we've got to do our best to set up an infrastructure that will protect consumers that will preserve an open internet which has been the greatest driver of economic development, free speech and innovation this world has ever known. >> tonight at eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg touched on reproductive choice, campaign finance and gender equality last week at the georgetown law center in washington d.c. she spoke to graduating students on her life and career

host: and i want to remind our viewers, too, on the committee caters on saturday, our guest will be gigi sohn, talking specifically about the proposed rules. let's go to new jersey. jean, you're welcome -- jean welcome. caller: thank you. i'm an i.t. professional and i look at the internet as something that has largely been developed by the private sector. i think of google and the amount of money they've invested in their server farms, and now they are looking at high speed communications. they are adding value to the internet by considering these new high-speed lines of communication. probably for high-speed cable type communications. when i see the government intervening here, i'm looking at something that i think they're trying to look at as a source of revenue, rather than adding any real value to the whole process of the internet. if anything, they will interfere with progress. what is your take on that? guest: a lot of the web companies like google and facebook have been supportive of net neutrality rules, because they are on one and they are trying to reach users on the other end. the

[applause] >> coming up, the communicators features gigi sohn.and then we talk about the visit to iran and nuclear negotiation negotiations. and then john scott from south carolina talks. >> c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: fcc chair

host: and i want to remind our viewers, too, on the committee caters on saturday, our guest will be gigi sohn, talking specifically about the proposed rules. let's go to new jersey. jean, you're welcome -- jean welcome. caller: thank you. i'm an i.t. professional and i look at the internet as something that has largely been developed by the private sector. i think of google and the amount of money they've invested in their server farms, and now they are looking at high speed communications. they are adding value to the internet by considering these new high-speed lines of communication. probably for high-speed cable type communications. when i see the government intervening here, i'm looking at something that i think they're trying to look at as a source of revenue, rather than adding any real value to the whole process of the internet. if anything, they will interfere with progress. what is your take on that? guest: a lot of the web companies like google and facebook have been supportive of net neutrality rules, because they are on one and they are trying to reach users on the other end. the

fcc counsel gigi sohn will join us to talk about the new proposed rules to ensure net neutrality. 6:30 p.m. eastern here on spon. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span 2's book tv saturday night at 10:00 on "afterwards" washington bureau chief for the sunday times in london toby harnden on the british efforts in 2009 to stop the taliban advance in afghanistan while awaiting u.s. marines reinforcement. and sunday at 10:00 the senior editor on the u.s. senate torture report and why his company decided to publish it. on american tv history on c-span 3 all this month interviews with former korean war p.o.w.'s. this sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern charles ross. an army sergeant captured by the chinese and held as a p.o.w. from 1950 to 1953. just after 9:00, a look back at selma and the voting rights act 50 years later with congresswoman eleanor holmes norton and cbs white house correspondent bill plant. you can find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202

. >> tonight on "the communicators" gigi sohn. >> the chairman has said we are not going to rate regulatei don't know who the next f.c.c. chairman is. the next chairman may try to throw out this whole regime and do something more free market oriented or less regulatory. i don't really buy the "next chairman" argument. the rules are only as good as the guy or the gal on the eighth floor enforcing them. so we have to do our best to set up an infrastructure that will protect consumers, preserve an open internet, which has been the greatest driver of economic development, free speech and innovation this world has ever known. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> governor bobby jindal told a group of reporters today that he is in favor of arming the ukraine people with weapons. he spoke at a christian science monitor breakfast. this is about an hour. >> good morning. thank you for coming. he was our guest most recently in 2004. i'm glad he's come back. he graduated from brown university at age 20 with degrees in biology and technology and studied as a rhodes scholar

. >> host: and gigi sohn is special council through the fcc and gautham nagesh and with "the wall street journal". we look forward to having you back. >> i love the show. i will be back. >> c-span created by companies 30 years ago and brought to you as a service by your local cable or satellite provider. >>> coming up, former graze congressman talks about his trip to iran and scott talks about education and then a talk about defense spending. on the washington journal tomorrow virginia congressman talks about international issues like the conflict in ukraine and isis issues. and then indiana congressman talks about granting president obama the authority to fight isis arming the jordan forces and the defense budget. and we continue with our president of college series with the president of nashville. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow the new members through the first session. new congress best access on c-span c-span 2 c-span radio and cspan.org. james slattery talks next on the iran nuclear deal. the president said today he didn't see a further extension of negotiat

. >> host: and gigi sohn is special counsel to the fcc. gautham nagesh is with the "wall street journal." ms. sohn, we look forward to having you back and we look forward to having the chairman on the show. >> guest: i love the show you know that, and i'd love to be back. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> today independent vermont senator bernie sanders ranking member of the budget committee, outlines his ideas on the economy and the middle class and his legislative priorities. live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> treasury secretary jack lew testified thursday before the senate finance committee on the president's 2016 budget request. he discusses many of the proposals in the $4 trillion plan along with other related topics. this is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee wi