we're here with republican senator john thune of south dakota and democratic senator chris murphy of nnecticut. let me start with the elections and with you senator thune. elections have consequences. you all have a terrific election. you are going to be in the majority on the senate side, already in the majority on the house side. i want to let you hear something that senator rand paul, very visible member of your republican caucus said on the night that mitch mcconnell won his election about what's ahead. >> it will be two long years until we get to replace this president. until then we can and we will send him legislation. under mitch mcconnell's leadership we will send the president bill after bill until he wearies of it. >> senator thune, is that the plan for the republican leadership is to just keep sending president bills. he didn't say it but until application bills that he probably won't sign. >> candy, the plan is to try and get the senate opened up and working again and have some votes, you know. the house has sent almost 400 pieces of legislation to the senate that have be

we'll be speaking to senator john thune in a few minutes.tting two economic data points. and october's consumer price index. >>> also best buy investors cheering this morning. the electronic retailer posted better than expected quarterly results. came in with stronger than expected earnings, stronger than expected revenue. and same store sales were strong this morning. take a look at shares you'll see right now. that shares of best buy are up close to 10%. >> that's extraordinary. >>> we are less than 90 minutes away from e the opening bell on wall street. the futures right now, take a look. see how the markets will open up this morning. dow looks like it would open 64 points down. s&p down seven. nasdaq close to 15 points. the latest purchasing managing index coming in below forecast. >>> few stocks to watch this morning. michaels beating by a nickel. revenue also topped estimates. but they did see a drop in profit margins. revenue outlook from sales force disappointed investors. the world's biggest maker being hurt by the strong dollar. an

senator john thune will have lunch at the white house.t sand. >> see what we hear. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, a land battle all over this little anim. he is kind of cute. >> it's a prairie dog. >> the people just won and the attorney that led them to that victory is going to join us. >> wait, the prairie dog has a lawyer? >> in south dakota. >>> first on this day in 1999, "smooth" by santana was the number one song in the country. that may stick in your head, too. that's a smooth song. ♪ ♪ i >>> this is a good one. born on this date in 1970, this film maker gained 25 pounds in a month for a movie. it was morgan spurlock. the winner was john ford from mount airy in north carolina. congratulations. you'll get a copy of brian's book. >>> the people of utah scoring huge victory against federal wildlife officials. the officials were protecting this particular rodent. the prairie dog, over their right to build an open businesses. an attorney that helped them do that is jonathan wood. he's with the pacific legal foundation and

john thune, the senator, was with us on this particular hunt.ng license. he say, are you kidding? >> absolutely not. we see you hunting with ted turner. >> yes, we also -- he's got 190,000 acres now in south dakota. >> wow. >> he's taken down the interior fencing. he hunts pheasants. he wants to make it look as much as possible like the 19th century. it's all about habitat. he protects prairie dogs. there's my dog. red doesn't want to give up -- >> is ted a good shot? >> it takes a while. he was on his game by the end of the day so we were okay. >> mark. >> tom, just tell us a little bit more about where and how you shot this and who we'll meet besides the two people already mentioned. >> about this. >> who were the other characters in your hour? >> the other character, there is a father/son, cabella and shields, regional sporting goods store. they call it the tan blaze christmas. i brought one back to you. blaze cap. pheasants. they do a great job of conservation. we have a pep rally at the two stores. then we have the father/son experience. we

. >> republican senator john thune who is part of the leadership team is trying to silence republican threats of a government shutdown in response to the president's action on immigration. >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down what could be a record legislative accomplishment there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict. >> but a man with a much louder voice thinks that shutting down the government is exactly why voters sent republicans to washington. >> it's an unwritten rule in washington, whenever the government gets shut down the republicans get the blame and as such, the republicans take a giant weapon out of their arsenal. it's time for the republicans to man up and stop worrying about this constant, this apparent cliche that no matter what

john thune and sheldon whitehouse. >>> then president obama promises to take executive action to block deportation of millions of immigrants. how far will the gop go to stop him? >> they have the ability to fix the system. what they don't have the ability to do is expect me to stand by with a broken system. >> we're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. >> we'll talk with two of the gop's new senators who will be on the front lines. tom cotton of arkansas, and james lank ffrd. . >>> call the stupidity of the american voter or whatever, but bask that was really, real le critical. >>> our sunday group assesses the fallout. >>> and our power player of the week, bill marriott creating hotels for the millennial generation. >> this is what the customers want, and this is like giving them what they want. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> hello again from fox news in washington. first some breaking news. isis terrorists claim to have beheaded yesterday another american in a graphic new video. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine her

lind san graham, mike huckabee, john kassig, mitt romney, paul ryan, john thune, scott walker. >> question, is there a front runner? >> well, you started off with tom cotton. i would look for him for 202. he has a lot -- 2020. i would look for him them. he's just won an election. it's his first term in the u.s. senate. and jody urn, let's see. if you look at the trio that's running from the senate, cruz, rubio, and rand paul, they're all going to use the senate floor to advance their candidacies. ted cruz is probably going to go over to the house and do freelancing among conservatives. cruz thinks he can harness the antiwashington sentiment in the country. he's the most disliked member in the u.s. senate by both sides. rand paul is a serious legislator. i think he has the potential of knitting together the republican party. and marco rubio, i don't think he'll run if jeb bush does. he's his protege. >> how old is cotton? >> late 30s, early 40s. >> late 30s, early 40s. i don't know his exact age. he's not going to run in 2016. he just got in there. >> he's not even been in the senate a day

senator john thune says the president is playing with fire by considering executive action on immigration. >> i think republicans are looking at different options about how best to respond to unilateral action, which is unconstitutional on this particular issue, but. my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. it could be a record of legislative accomplish mement that's there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict. >> demonstrators return in ferguson, missouri, to decide whether he will charge the white police officer who shot an unarmed black teen. dozens of protesters since the death of 18-year-old michael brown. they peacefully lied down on the ground. dispatch received radio calls from august 9th. the calls were for the fatal encounter lasted less than 90 seconds. video obtained by the post dispatch shows wilson wearing a white t-shirt leaving the police station two hours after the shooting and heading on to the hospital. another shows him returning about two hours later. the police chief in ferguson says wilson is legall

jindal, john caseic, mike pent, rick perry, rob portman, mitt romney, paul ryan, rick santorum, john thune, scott walker. question, is there a front runner, eleanor? >> we started off with tom cotton. i would look at him for 2020. he has a lot of good credentials, harvard, iraq veteran you, but he won an election and that is his first term in the u.s. senate. joni ernst, let's see how she develops. they're not running in 2016. all the other crew, everyone is dreaming of the white house, and i think if you look at the trio running from the senate, cruz, rubio and rand paul, they're all going to use the senate floor to advance their canned dates. i think ted cruz is go -- candidacies. i think ted cruz will go to the house and do freelancing amongst conservatives. he is the most disliked member of the u.s. senate by his colleagues, by both democrats and republicans. rand paul is a serious legislator. and i think he does have a potential of knitting together the different wings of the republican party. and marco rubio, i don't think will run if jeb bush runs. he's his protege. if jeb bush is m

from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up toto regain the trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican

. >> senator john thune joins us. good evening, sir. >> your thoughts about jonathan gruber, professor from mit? >> i mean this is why the american people are so cynical about, washington elite now basically calling them stupid not basically, actually. >> i remember during the debate on obamacare they constantly were waiving around this jonathan gruber mit economist analysis as a validation that it would actually lower cost and reduce the deficit. all these promises that were made. and i think a lot of democrats in the senate voted for it based upon, predicated upon this guy's analysis because he was supposed to be so right. now he comes out and basically hood winking the american people. >> makes reference to romney care $400 million that sort of financed romney care in massachusetts. actually federal tax dollars and the federal government isn't going to get financed -- china is not going to come and finance this or whatever. >> no. that's the thing about this. american taxpayer gets left holding the bag. >> all the

>> i think it's much more likely to be what john thune says in that it's a photo op, but i think we'veomments from john boehner and mitch mcconnell and also president obama, there's not likely to be much room for compromise. bill: unfortunately, i hope you're wrong. i hope that table's wrong so they have to look each other in the eyes the whole time. thank you. stephen hayes, enjoy your weekend. >> thanks, bill. heather: listen up to this. a first of its kind move by the justice department, a russian national held in afghanistan is set to face terror charges in a virginia federal court, and some say that this is a test run for the white house since the administration is unwilling to send anyone else to gitmo. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live for us in washington. catherine, what do prosecutors say that this guy did? let's start there. >> reporter: well, heather, while there are no publicly-available photos of the suspect, a 55-year-old russian national, these court documents claim he's a follower of the spiritual leader of the taliban with a $10 million bounty o

there hasn't been a lot of -- >> some of the best journalism comes from the makeup room. 2004, john thuneomes out and daschle gets beat. and aren't the democrats looking for a little payback when it comes down to mcconnell. >> there's always the harry reid in 2010, mitch mcconnell, 2014. of course you want to take out the leader. but in the case of alison grimes, this was an uphill fight for a statewide official. she's taken on goliath in the so-called senate race, a big, expensive race. she's kept it close. i think it's going to be a very close race. >> you guys bring a pillow and a blanket to cnn? >> and a lot of coffee. >> here's an extra one for you. don't go anywhere, donna, amy. a really, really tight race for the united states senate keseatn kansas could throw a big wrench into the situation. who are we going to talk with if he wins? what a mystery. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see

john thune and sheldon whitehouse.then president obama promises to take executive action to block deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. how far will the gop go to stop him? >> they have the ability

> these same participants said on immigration, it was pretty contentious -- boehner and senator john thunet do any executive action and the president shot right back and said i am the president. >> well, i'm not going to characterize what anyone else said because i have a rule on that. i'd be happy to tell you what the president thinks and said. president said we have been looking at this question of immigration reform for quite some time. the understanding is the system is broken and even going back to early days of the bush administration and even the clinton administration, the steps that are required to fix the immigration system are quite clear. that recipe has been set for more than a decade. the question on the president's mind is what is stopping us from getting that done? ought to take executive action if congress cannot get things done legislative and that should serve as a catalyst to get congress to take this seriously and get it done. if congress passes law, that will supersede any executive action. johntch mcconnell and boehner say it will do just the opposite. they claim it

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from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up tothe trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war, one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican on capitol hill. the newbies speak.

senator john thune is the latest republican to say a government shut down is not off the table. >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is -- shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down, what could be a records of legislative accomplishment there for the taking for the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict of. >> and joining me now live is melissa franco. also with me is born to the new black actress. she's written a powerful on et about her own family how the family was broken up by deportation when she was 14 years old. thank you for joining us. key began, let me start with you here. you're a successful actress on what is a brilliant show now. you have put all of that aside to talk about your family. and i can see it in your eyes it was not an easy decision. >> no. why did you decide to take the step? >> i think

onadvisory committee the house side the cochairs are congressman bob goodlad and the senators are john thune and patrick leahy. forre in their debt supporting this program and they do not agree on every issue but we are thrilled that they agree that the internet should have a form where we can debate these issues. i want to thank them and our moderators today. she is a cyber security reporter and she has covered this over the past couple years, and she is situated to moderate our panel today. her twitter account information is on the program as well. take it away. >> thank you, and thank you to the net caucus for having me here today. a very interesting topic which we will be diving into headfirst. to introduce our panel, from here down on, we have marianne franks. to her left is the director of the free expression project. then a columnist at yahoo! tech. and david post. all these fine people have a lot of expertise in this topic from a lot of different angles, which is where i wanted to start off today. one of the most interesting things about this hack of the celeb photos is it raised a d

mcconnell will be the majority leader in the congress with john cornyn of texas as the width and john thune of south dakota as the conference chair, john barrasso is the policy chair and we also understand from the number of reports deciding who will be the next nrsc, dean heller running for the position that no members have come out yet to speak to reporters and neither have the democrats. they've been meeting since buying a clock this morning in the senate chamber and there is no word yet on the democratic leadership. we do know that senator mccaskill said earlier that she would not support kerry read. here is a tweet that says senator reid told a story yesterday i met with. read and told them i wouldn't be supporting him for the minority leader. i heard the voters loud and clear. they want change in washington and common sense tells me that begins with changes in leadership. that is from senator mccaskill. also more from abc news about the leadership on the democratic side. even elizabeth warren will be a liaison to the liberal groups as part of harry reid's leadership team and they lear

senator john thune saying don't even go there. >> i think it would be best interest of the country and congress to wait to do this next year under regular order, candy. loretta lynn much will get fair. martha: byron york is here. >> good morning martha. martha: president obama has to want to shore up a legacy for himself in the final two years for his presidency. gop has to use their victory carefully, right? >> especially on immigration you have to take both sides at their word on this. president obama is saying i'm going to do this and i think he will do it. republicans say he will strongly oppose. how much stronger than they say this, playing with fire and red flags in front of bulls. republicans are going to oppose this what will happen the president will go ahead and it will create a standoff. a multistage standoff in congress. the president may ultimately win it but he will be damaged in the process. martha: what about the numbers here. if cassidy wins in louisiana, republicans will have 54 seats in the senate. so, if the president plays hard ball, how does it work from there. >>

mitch mcconnell from kentucky as senate leader, and john cornen as republican whip, and john thune is senate republican conference chair, roger wicker of mississippi is national republican senator chair, and bras sew from wyoming as senate policy chair. >>> republican house leadership will hold a news conference today live at 4:30 eastern time on c-span3. during a house arms committee hearing today on isis, they caulked about the campaign against the terrorist group and only will succeed with a strong support of congress. here's a portion of the remarks. >> mr. chairman, president obama, chairman dempsey, all our leaders have been clear that the campaign against isil will be long and will be difficult. we are three months into a multiyear effort. as we enter a new phase of this effort, working to train and equip more counter isil forces in iraq and syria, we succeed only with the strong support of congress and the strong support of the committee. since i testified before this committee two months ago, our campaign against isil has made progress. isil's advance in parts of iraq stalled

john thune of south dakota. the conference chairman. roy blunt of missouri, vice conference chairman. roger wicker, mississippi, national editorial chair. and john barrasso of wyoming will serve as policy chairman. senate democrats also holding elections for leadership during the next session of congress that convenes in january. harry reid will be the minority leader. he's now the majority leader, he will continue to lead the democrats, however. dick durbin of illinois will be the assistant leader. chuck schumer of new york, policy chair. patty murray of washington is democratic conference secretary. debbie stabenow of michigan will be ddvp vice chair. and elizabeth warren of massachusetts will serve as strategic policy adviser to the dpcc. house minority leader nancy pelosi held a news conference earlier today. one question concerned her future as minority leader. her response, she suggested there was a gender bias to the question. >> -- leadership after democrats lost seats last week in the election. i'm wondering if you gave any thou

the senate co-chairs are senator john thune and senator patrick leahy. we are in their debt for supporting this program. they don't agree on every issue and pointed out on a lot of issues but we are thrilled they agree that the internet should have a place will be can debate these issues with expert speakers like we have today. i want to thank them under moderate today is tal kopan, with political, a cybersecurity pro report and she's covered this issue quite a bit over the past soviets from cyprus to sit down on the revenge site and choose perfectly situate to moderate today. her twitter account information is on the program as well and so, tal, take it away. >> thank you, tim, and thank you to the caucus for have inherited it but it's a very interesting topic which will be diving into premature first to just introduce our panel sort of from here down on we've got mary anne franks with the assistance of law at the university of miami school of law. to her left is the correct of free expression project for center for democracy and technology. followed by

here's john thune. >> i think republicans are looking at different actions on how best to respond tobelieve is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. my concern is, i don't -- shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down which end up could be a record legislatist accomplishment that's there for the taking. if the president would choose cooperation instead conflict. >> robert costa is a national political reporter for "the washington post." what a pleasure to see you this morning. >> good morning, thank you. >> you heard the senator. how serious should mitch mcconnell take these threats of a possible shutdown? >> mitch mcconnell comes into these new posts as senate majority leader just like house speaker john boehner, wanting to extend the government's funding into late 2015, into the end of the fiscal year. that's always been a goal. because they want to have some time to legislate and do things on tax reform and trade agreements. however, because of the outrage that's likely to come from conservati

at ate of the union follows 3 pm eastern with senator john thune, senator chris murphy, and delaware democratic senator chris cooper. representative steve israel -- is the outgoing chairman of the democratic national campaign committee. at four eastern, it is face the nation. today, it is their anniversary broadcast and have interviews with president barack obama and former president george w. bush. buy a public service by the networks and c-span. a rebroadcast of the shows 2 pm at noon eastern, fox's sunday, at three cnn state of the union, and face the nation at four. listen to them all on c-span radio at 90.1 fm, across the radio on xm satellite 120 -- us un channel on channel 120. night on the communicators, dir. of center for technology and innovation. people who oppose -- this and look at the internet header. called a something low latency -- services, different kinds of services -- that was designed from the beginning. when we redesigned the internet because we were out of internet not only that field, we actually included another field to do form of prioritization. prioritiza

i also want to thank our senate colleagues jay rockefeller and john thune for their willingness to work with us to find common ground. i'm proud of our committee's record of bipartisan results and as we work toward the update next year to modernize our nation's communication lawers in innovation era, continued cooperation will be critical to that success. without this bill, without this re-authorization being moving forward, satellite viewers, millions of americans will have those sets turned off. it's important that we re-authorize this bill. i'm pleased to do so in a very bipartisan way. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, i rise support of h.r. 5728, the stela act. this is a continuation of our bipartisan efforts this year to ensure that 1.5 million satellite subscribers don't lose access to the broad progr

meaning we don't just have a candidate now we have a voice. , >> i'm john thune, for years i fought forhat matters for the people of south dakota, often in opposition of president obama and his supporters. this november, if you can make south dakota's voice in washington even stronger by electing mike rounds to join me in the united states senate. with mike, our state will have two senators working together to get our country headed back in the right direction. please join me in supporting mike rounds for the united states senate. >> i'm mike rounds and i approve this message. >> i'm larry pressler and i approve this message. i'm here on the farm that i grew up still owned by my brother. and 30 years ago, they know i championed social security. the republicans are attacking me for background checks on guns. they know i supported the bob dole plan. and on the keystone, the pressler pipeline plan is dedicated to south dakota oil. that's south dakota jobs and independence. >> it's time to do something different. on election day, you're going to vote for the candidate you really support, no

senator john thune and patrick leahy. they don't agree on every issue and frankly not on a lot of issues, but we are thrilled that they agree that the internet should have a place or we can debate these issues with expert speakers like we have today. so i want to thank them and our moderators today is tal kopan. she is with "politico." she has covered this quite a bit over the past several years and she is perfectly situated to moderate our panel today and her twitter account information is on the program as well. so tal, take it away. >> thank you, tim and thank you for having me here today. it is a very interesting topic, which we'll be diving into pretty much at first to introduce our panel, sort of from here down on. we have god mary ann franks, the associate professor of law at the university of miami school of law. to her last is an alonso, dredger the free expression project for technology. ross perot was a columnist and david post, contributor at the volokh conspiracy and "washington post".com. all of these have a

that is senator john thune on cnn. 60 to 90 day window is closing.and paul wrote in the daily beast that he thinks that this isis for is now illegal because of the 60 to 90 day window closing on the current a umf. we are marking veterans day here on "washington journal." you've seen the images. we will bring it to you all morning from the vietnam war moral out on the national mall here in washington. our coverage will continue later at 11:00 over at arlington national cemetery for the wreath laying ceremony. corey is in kentucky. you're on the air. about thewas watching american legion. kentucky, they called. i was about to die. the v8 did not have beds for me. they told me to go to the nearest hospital and they would pay for it. they have denied me and even quit answering our letters. we will send it registered mail. they will deny it. i have applied for veterans compensation since 1978. they have denied. the veterans living should be important as well. you thestart to tell things that i have been through except they have burned my credit. host: on

. >> so let me ask you about shut down politics, immigration, john thune said something this past weekend context. >> they really pushed back. >> where he said that john is against government shutdowns, said it's counterproductive. >> that talks were ongoing. but he opposes a government shut down. the question was it's not being considered. is there talk other than ted cruz in the senate about the possibility of responding to the president's action? >> there may be talk. no one in the leader scholarship or the republican side wants to see. >> is it going to happen? >> no. >> why would you shut down if the immigration. >> i hope the president does not move forward with executive action. it would be crazy to do, i think it's also illegal. it's a prosecutorial discretion, there issue on dependent children. it shouldn't be aplead to 5 million children. >> if it is, there won't be a government shut down? >> even if he would do it. we have to reup to fund the government. you could take the parts on immigration and put that off a month and see what happened. >> if you think it's illegal, don't y

we're going to have john thune, one of the top leaders in the republican party.eal. we're going to talk to two of the new senators, republican senators tom cotton and james langford. we will be talking about climate change and immigration and obamacare. so lots to talk about. and gruber. #gruber. >> thank you, have a great sunday. we'll be watching. >> see you guys. good to have you back, elisabeth. >> it's go to be here. i'll see you sunday. >>> 18 before the top of the hour on this friday. still ahead, america's most popular comedian just meeted a whirlwind world tour. what happened when one country told him you got to censor your act. he responds next. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. welcome back on this awfully busy friday. it's a quarter before the top of the hour. we've got eric in for brian and elisabeth back in for elisabeth. >> that's right. i'm back. happy to be here. we're going to turn to heather childers. a lot has been going on all morning long. everybody happy to have you back. >> stories we are following, there is a tiger on the loose in france. the hunt is on

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attend is house majority leader kevin mccarthy, new york senator chuck schumer, south dakota senator john thune, house minority whip steny hoyer. one story out of louisiana noting that the house majority is noteve scalise expected to attend the white house meeting today. more details on that later in the show when we talk to a reporter aboutl" the agenda items and what needs to happen at that meeting. right now we are taking your -- taking that question, how can the president and republican congress work together? samantha in akron, ohio good morning. caller: i was thinking that the newly elected candidates as well as the president's staff, or the democratic party and the republican party committees, could take a survey of the most urgent needs that people have expressed, and really get behind it and find out what the people of america want from them, see as important, and not pander to the wealthy or to the business interests, but really get to what the people want -- host: something the on those polls that we see of the issues that are most important to you, the gallup polls, where the econom

john thune of south dakota, the policy chair. senator roy blunt of missouri will be the vice chairman. and senator roger wicker of mississippi is the campaign committee chair. that's senate republican leadership election results. on the democratic side of the senate, senate democratic leaders have decided to give elizabeth warren of massachusetts a new job in the democratic leadership to help rev up the party's base. warren will work with the democratic policy and communications committee to reach out to liberal groups on democratic policies. the massachusetts democrat special assignment will likely focus on policy development instead of political tactics and messaging, a job that harry reid and senator chuck shumer have honchoed in recent years. her title being strategic policy advisor to the policy and communications committee, a source said. while we're waiting for several party leadership briefings to get under way at the capitol, which we hope to bring to you live here on c-span, a portion of today's "washington journal," ou

thune,aunt -- john senator on the commerce committee, part of his response this week was that the decisionld stifle our host: it goes on from there. question to you, can congress stop this effort? guest: congress is actually trying to stop this effort -- dman, years ago, greg wal chairman of the communication subcommittee, brought an effort to the house floor, acting like a censure of the fcc for moving forward with net neutrality. congress can certainly use certain tools under the administrative procedures act to overturn this. of course, you need a president to sign, depending on how many votes you have, of course. but congress could bring resolution to the floor, overturning, seeking to overturn what the fcc does here. fcc has to act and needs to be published in the federal register enemies to be time after that before congress connect. but right now congress can use his oversight authority to try to influence the fcc's thinking. host: ed lives in colorado. go ahead. , earlier reviewer talking about how the president cannot make the fcc do the things that he wants, but what happens if c