she told me that without her lifeline phone and without the lifeline program, her community would, and i quote, really be living in the 1800s. unfortunately, many other tribes are plagued by a disproportionate share of their citizens living in poverty. some of them lack the basics like electricity and clean running water. what this means for many of them is that lifeline phone is is te only real connection to the outside world. and that lifeline phone sometimes is their only functioning utility. the tribes have told us that losing enhanced lifeline support would be devastating because very few wireless providers provide lifeline service on tribal land. and for some inexplicable reason this item prohibits satellite service from participating in lifeline on tribal lands. as if this were not painful enough. this item offers no transition or face down. unlike what we've done in the past for multiple other universal service and disability programs when we change rate and subsidy structures. process wise, this item is a failure. making radical changes without engaging tribes is contrary to o

the lifeline program fails miserably in that regard. gao and academics only one in eight subscribers and one out of 20 wireless subscribers would not have service ab sent the lifeline, that's failure rates. let me repeat. consumers are paying more on their phone bills each month to support service for people that would have signed up and paid in full without a subsidy, a better targeted program would enabled more deserving consumers to obtain service without unfairly charging rate payers. third, lifeline was intended to be a discount program. many of the problems with waste, fraud and abuse in the program stem from the fact that when wireless services aeded to the program subsidized voice service became free to end users. along with the phone, and even the data allowance. requiring a minimum contribution would also be consistent with the rules for other federal assistance programs. i recognize that some portion of lifeline eligible consumers are truly destitute and could not afford to contribute even one dollar to the service, that's no

this is a consumer bureau so that will be later. >> lifeline, lifeline, do you cover lifeline? >> we will go through the agenda but not yet. this is the real vocal issues will get to that question later. thanks. okay we will move to the other question on spectrum frontiers. yes, that would be three pur --k we're waiting to see what the question will be. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> note, that time. go ahead and ask a question. >> i met with my colleagues would like to know satellite operators have asked the institute to make changes to the item as it was on draft and specifically to exclude grandfather gigahertz band or stations from coming toward the population limit and to narrowly define the transient operation unit and for numerical limits on or stations or at least the cap of three individual licensing stations for the [inaudible] and not applied to the 38 gigahertz band and my colleague would like to know whether those changes were made in the final version of the item and if only some, which ones? >> hello. >> do i need to run through them again? >> well, running through

the next one is the lifeline item, any questions on lifeline? >> finally, or not finally, sixth is the media ownership item. okay. the media bureau, please. there are three media bureau items. please proceed in any of those. >> could you explain exactly what the final version does to embedded markets? it's not in the handout and i got a little mixed up between what all the commissioners were saying. >> that was a change from the item that was released, and as you heard at the meeting, the republican offices as that the commission adopt a waiver approach. >> there is a presumptive waive waiver. >> i have a question about the three-point oh item. they mentioned a couple changes to the item. they talked about a change mentioning privacy they this morning. could you explain. >> there is a footnote added to the item regarding privacy. >> it doesn't create a privacy rule. it just mentions privacy? it's not substantive. >> okay, a non- substantive foot note. she also mentioned an exception to the simulcast rules or the requirement? >> you will see when

the lifeline budge program fails in that regard. one and eight subscribers would not have service absent the life line subsidies. those are failure rates. consumers are paying more on their phone bills each month to support service for people who would have signed up and paid in full without a subsidy, a better targeted program would enable more consumers to obtain service without unfairly charging rate payers. third, lifeliners were continuing to be a program. stemmed from the fact that when wireless service was added to the program the subsidize voice service became free to users along with the found and a data allow wants. i recognize that some portion of life line eligible consumers are truly december constitute and could not afford the services. there are other consumers who should be able to do so and play pay some additional amounts to top off their lifeline plans. i've already heard some ideas worth explores such as requiring a minimum contribution when skpl consumers recertify their eligibility every year. for some consumer

, do you cover lifeline? >> not this group. not yet. we'll go through the agenda -- this is the robo call issue. we will get to that question later. >> ok. >> thanks. the other questions on spectrum frontiers. yes. i think we're waiting to see what the question will be. >> i'm sorry. that. >>'s fine. go ahead and answer. or ask your question. >> for a colleague who would like to know, satellite operators asked the fcc to make changes to the item as it was circulated on draft. particularly to exclude grandfathered stations from coming toward the population limits and to, you know, define the transient population limits and to remove the miracle stations or cap free license stations and not apply it to the 38 gigahertz and 47 gigahertz ban and would like to know how the final changes were made in the final version of the item and if only some which ones? well, i think maybe the best way to answer it is that there were some adjustments made to provide greater flexibility to satellite providers but some of the ot

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it what's the status of there is china offering a lifeline to greece what's going on there dan you've opened a pandora's box tell us more well i know more on the projects you're working on in eastern europe not so much on greece i do know the port they bought in greece the out the you know the throughput on their port is up to three hundred percent it's doing very well and it's managed managed by the chinese ship in you know the port company here and they've got their people over there so they're you know they restructured and it's working well terms of eastern europe is the big play you know china has had to cuellar meetings getting everyone together from poland through serbia czech republic everybody trying to build zero infrastructure you know whether it's electric whether it's high speed rail and eventually factories moving there i mean people in serbia now if for instance give you an example make half of what a chinese worker would make. this is this is the world we live in now i mean we've totally flipped. so yeah i mean you're going to see a lot more change power projection all

it has been plagued with abuse several signed up for lifeline that cannot be verified. that hurts both consumers generally that are paying into the fund the support the lifeline dollars but it also means we can't move on. we need to make sure we're eliminating the waste, fraud, and abuse. there's many questions on how we target support and effective ways. >> we have time for one more question. >> there some of the strongest rhetoric on that item and others. think the majority of the fcc said it's going down a destructive path. i looked at several actions that concerned her. how different is it now from when you started? >> i would say it's more partisan. the vast majority of what we do at the commissioners bipartisan consensus based. the doctors high-profile issues that are controversial and difficult to find common ground on. but on the that we need to agree where we can. and we can try tomorrow one other ones. there will be tough issues and you'll hear about those in the press. but we're working by consensus at the agency. thank you gentlemen. >> c-span, where history

lifeline serves important purposes. it is part of our statutory obligation to make sure services available are affordable. it has an important role to play. at the same time, the program has been plagued by waste. a million consumers found up for lifeline that could not be verified as eligible. ,000 were listed as deceased who had been signed up after they passed away. that hurts consumers were paying in to support the lifeline dollars going out there. we are not able to target those funds to legitimate consumers and legitimate communities. we are ao make sure limiting waste, fraud, and abuse. i support that inquiry. >> one more quick question. strong rhetoric from democratic commissioners. commissioner clyburn said the majority of the fcc was going down a destructive path that does not put consumers first and listed actions that concerned her. how different is it now from when you started, and is it more bipartisan -- is it more partisan? brendan carr: i would not say it is significant we more partisan. the vast majori

. >> the last meeting there's a large discussion about the lifeline program.in your view has it been successful and does it need to be changed? wi-fi and serves important purposes. it's part of our obligation to make sure services available affordable has an important role to play. to continue to play that. at the same time it has been plagued by waste, fraud and abuse and time and sign up for a lifeline that couldn't be verified as eligible. 6000 listed as deceased that had signed up for after they passed away. a lot of waste, fraud and abuse hurt consumers generally that support the lifeline dollars out there. it also means they target the funds churned legitimate consumer to legitimate communities. we need to make sure that we are eliminating the waste, fraud and abuse. they also asked questions about how we target support an ineffective waste i definitely support the inquiry. >> host: time for one more question. >> host: on that note, surrounding both that i'd amend the others, mr. mignon clyburn said they were going on a destructive path that doesn't put

trying to, as you said, throw him that lifeline. i don't think the president is listening to that as well, recognizing that there is conservative support for roy moore and he doesn't want to shoot himself in the foot politically when his approval ratings are already so low and he's already suffering so much. >> he endorsed luther strange. that's what's also weird about this. can i just say in the primary he endorsed luther strange, person he backed. you were right. he could just say i have nothing to do with this because i endorsed the other guy. when he endorsed luther strange,

repeal and get to work on renewing these lifelines for american families. i'm disappointed that didn't happen and i'm disappointed by

i was lead and ask when i met if i asked if they were lifeline suscribers but we had conversations inflagstaff and on the outskirts of reno and a great number of them, i would think. >> how did those in form the item that you put it on today? >> i think it underscores it. here's an example. i recently met with a member of a tribe from new mexico into my office and said we need them for structure and we are lucky if we can get to g and part of our reservation and a lot of our younger members in particular are simply left on the wrong side of the divide and we need deployment here and i think it is noticeable that periods tribes from alaska and washington state and oregon and new mexico and you name it you voice support for proposals that i might add on rural tribal lands that the previous ftc has adopted in 2015 and this is the dean order of the idea that we read about today and i think the only thing has changed here is the identity of the person who is leaving the commission, not so much the validity of the issue itself. >> can you tell us if you had any contact with the -- >> i have

has lifeline been successful? >> f8 as part of our obligation to make sure that service is available and affordable. i think it has a number urgent role to play. by program has been plagued abuse. up million consumers signed for lifeline and could not be verified as eligible. 6000 were listed as he ceased that had been -- listed as deceased and sign up after they had passed away area -- passed away. view this as we need to make sure we are a limited eating eliminatingare abuse. on that note, there was some of the strongest rhetoric from the democratic commission. you have been with the agency for many years. how different is it now from when you started? how --ore partisan and and what the agency is able to do? >> mostly what we do is consensus-based and bipartisan. there are high-profile issues that will be controversial and it will be difficult to find common ground. all five, commissioners approach the job with, let's agree where we can agree if we don't agree, we will try again tomorrow on a another one. there

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they're here to meet someone who's been a lifeline for them from the very beginning. >> newman familyody i want you to meet. christina aguilera. >> hi, guys. >> oh my god, can i hug you? we're in christina aguilera's house! >> welcome. let's go hang out. >> reporter: once everyone settles in, magda tells christina that it was her song all those years ago that gave her the strength to hold her baby boy for the first time and raise him to know how beautiful he is. >> christina has one more surprise for you. >> what is it? >> she's actually going to sing the song. >> really? >> wow. >> are you ready for this? >> reporter: this time, not for an audience of millions. but for a family of four. for whom this song has meant so much. ♪ i am beautiful no matter what they say ♪ ♪ words can't bring me down >> reporter: and just this week the whole family was back in los angeles for the premiere of the movie "wonder." as they walked the red carpet, we were reminded of those words russ wrote in his birthday letter to nathaniel. you have shown me strength i never knew could exist. you even taught me

the equivalent of about three euros that's more than what people here is daily brose the goal is a lifeline for the poor in the region some thirty thousand people work as scavengers in the mines. some of the three has to first bundle coal she's collected to reduce it to celebrate chunks. no. lasting damage or do have plastic glass. if you. did it would desert walk slowly the flame will die out. wear down carefully. or are you going to build you up. again. i have my problems because of the smoke i sometimes work glasses at home i know the smoke is very harm that especially for the lungs. the burning coal causes air and water pollution. and it destroys everything it comes into contact with. i know that. this helps to cook the coal faster. from the charcoal is sold on to local markets households and restaurants. tredrea sits atop one of india's largest gold reserves dozens of blazes rage below the ground some have been smoldering for more than a hundred years when underground mining first began most fires ignited spontaneously when minerals in the exposed coal heater. continued opencast mining

. >> 1 player, 3 lifelines, 14 questions and $1 million up for grabs. it all starts right now.llionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody! welcome to "millionaire." you guys ready to go today? [cheers and applause] well, let's welcome our first contestant. a comedian from brooklyn, new york. james coker's here. >> hi. >> let's see how funny you are when you get to that $1 million question. [laughter] you're about to face 14 questions from $500 all the way up to $1 million. you have your 3 lifelines there if and when you need them. >> all right, great. >> let's get to your game, and let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ $500 question starts us off. good luck. >> thank you. >> in a popular saying, a sudden, unexpected win is referred to as "snatching victory from the" what? >> these are all great, but i'm gonna have to go with "a," jaws of defeat. final answer.

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. >> every time you say that, juan, you are giving another lifeline to hillary. why don't you cut the lifeline -- >> no. wait... >> you are afraid of criticizing hillary! >> you would be lost with your lifeline -- >> if she goes away, it's better for america? >> you know she is corrupt because of the whole clinton foundation. you took issue with that from the beginning. >> right. but you know what? for people interested in humor, how do we -- a green on him on hillary? >> it's classic. remember, she denied. she denied the rigging. now she's saying she's with it. that's my point. she should be one of the people i said, "i'm sorry, trumped, you are right." >> right about what >> the rigging! >> that she helped out the dnc? >> i saw it on a perry mason episode. >> i like tucker carlson having donna on monday, but i'm having her on tuesday on "the daily briefing." >> i hope she embargoes something for you. >> hopefully she doesn't hold something back for me. >> fantastic, donna. do it. she will buy make you someone. our media center juan, a stunning sentence for a st

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that nothing has happened so thank you for talking to al jazeera now russia has given venezuela a lifeline to help it get out of debt under the restructuring deal it will pay moscow three billion dollars of the ten years and for the first six of those they'll make minimal payments as the first result of talks with creditors from nine nations in the capital caracas on monday two of the world's major credit agencies downgraded venezuela is writing off its failed to make bond repayments really chalons as more from austin. this is a lifeline for the caracas government russia has agreed to restructure three point fifteen billion dollars worth of debts with payments now being spread over ten years and only a minimal commitment for the first six years it gives the government of venezuela much needed breathing space and here is how the delegation that was sent to moscow took the news. but. we have signed not just a financial agreement but also a political one this is true to form the great battle that our support of president hugo chavez waits in the mall to pollard world and the sec reaming estee

make sure your phone is your lifeline with captioncall. phone at no-cost plus free captioning service and free installation. go to captioncall.com and enter the code below. how report justice department said it's considering tapping a special counsel to investigate hillary clinton and the our rain yumple one deal. she called that an abuse of power. >> i regret deeply this appears to be the politicization of the justice department and our justice system. this uranium one story has been debunked countless times by members of the press. howie: joining us, amy holmes, leslie marshall. he said he will appoint a special counsel if the facts support it. but some question that by president trump speak out publicly and tweeting he pushed the doj into it. amy: the media loves to focus on that instead what happened with the uranium one deal. but i think it was more interesting that it seems a lot of high-ranging democrats are more interested in investigating uranium one that the mainstream media. you have dianne feinstein saying she wants to look int

i have 20,000 constituents utilizing lifeline programs and access to broadband. this is a program helping low income families access communications that are essential in a digital economy. the national eligibility verifier would be a significant step towards this goal but would not be up and running until 2019. in august i wrote to the commission to request steps the fcc has taken to implement the verifier. i received your response last night, chairman ajit varadaraj pai. get the national verifier up and running and commit to providing me and the committee with regular updates in the future. >> yes, the quarterly reports will be forthcoming and staff talked about that going forward. in terms of the first point which is the update, we are on track. i have been advised, december 2017, the soft launch of the verifier for a full lunch in 2018, the first states that will be considered for the national verifier, six of them, colorado, mississippi, montana and new mexico, utah and wyoming. in 2018, we will rollout 19 states in the national verifier and stakeholders unde

knows how many can hear him but he's convinced that for those who can the she has a project offers a lifeline of hope to. people who have managed to come back told us they weren't allowed to speak japanese or sing japanese songs in north korea but some were able to listen to our program and there they heard our language and music that gave them strength to carry on and hope that someday they would come home. but i was listening to these broadcasts in north korea is strictly prohibited but tomorrow knows some take the risk and tune in anyway in secret and at night. that's why he invites relatives of the disappeared on to the show to send personal messages to their loved ones. one of these is to margie takeshita her little sister nori called vanished forty four years ago she was just eighteen at the time. my mother wanted to meet her at about noon that day to go shopping. but then someone called and said noriko wasn't going to make it. my mother thought she was probably busy with work so she didn't worry. they haven't seen noriko since the family did all they could to find her but it was years

one knows how many can hear him but he's convinced that for those who can cause a project offers a lifeline of hope. that people who have managed to come back told us they weren't allowed to speak japanese or sing japanese songs in north korea but some were able to listen to our program and there they heard our language and music that gave them strength to carry on and hope that someday they would come home. or that what i was listening to these broadcasts in north korea is strictly prohibited but the tomorrow knows some take the risk and tune in anyway in secret and at night. that. it's why he invites relatives of the disappeared on to the soul to send personal messages to their loved ones one of these is to margie takeshita her little sister nori called vanished forty four years ago she was just eighteen at the time. my mother wanted to meet her at about noon that day to go shopping. but then someone called and said noriko wasn't going to make it. my mother thought she was probably busy with work so she didn't worry. they haven't seen noriko since the family did all they could to find her

the proposal to throw them a lifeline. >>> good tuesday morning to you.ve look, this is san jose, as you can see. a beautiful start to the morning. a cool, crisp start to the morning, here. almost 5:30, right on the dot. thanks for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> it is flying by. i'm laura garcia. it is a cool start. >> yeah, you get ready to head out, something is nice and warm to wear and drink, too. coffee is always great this time of morning. we are in the mid-30s. fairfield, 35 degrees. oakland, 47 in san francisco. let's get a look at that school day forecast for san jose. only mid to upper 40s as you head out for school. warming up as you go through the day. we are going to talk about the weekend forecast in about seven minutes. mike is saying it's a quicker trip through palo alto. >> unless you want to exit at willow. look at this, the cones approaching willow cleared. no problems at university. the off ramp is still closed. working on the interchange last night and tonight. some of the dust, the sweepers are looking in the area. look at the

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