commissioner michael o'rielly, thank you for coming. with a general sense, how do you approach your job? how do you approach the different issues? do you have a philosophy? >> each issue should be handled differently. i have a general philosophy. we start with the basic premise of how i approach everything. economic fairness is my guiding principle. does the commission have authority to act on an issue? what authority has congress given us? is there harm to consumers? is there a solution that will isedy the harm that is done? the solution tailored to the particular problem that we are dressing. , do theh all of those benefits of regulation outweigh the cost? that is how i am approaching each issue. you take each issue as it comes forward. trackyou have an inside or a staffer in congress? >> i had the benefit of working on a number of provisions. the communications act is our guiding statute. i have worked on a number of those legislations. i have had my hands in. i know a number of those people intimately. >> we also want to bring to th

michael o'rielly, one of the five commissioners, a republican. november 4, 2013, is the date he was sworn in. brendan sasso is with "the national journal." >> you brought up ntia and their role in managing spectrum. another issue they're involved in right now is giving up current u.s. oversight of icann, this nonprofit that manages the internet address system. what do you think of that? do you think that's a smart move? >> guest: i've been really critical of this decision, and it's not was the good people at ntia are doing this in a malicious way, it's just i'm worried where it's going to go in the long term. i've been, you know, i've talked about this extensively, and the problem is it's a component of the current relationship that we have, the oversight of icann and particularly the functions for the domain name system. from the domain name system you can control, you can regulate content, you can prevent people from accessing the internet. so there are ways to use that process in a bad way. and the question has been today what mechanism should

michael o'rielly one of the five commissioners a republican. november 4, 2013 the day he was sworn in riyadh brendan sasso is with the "national journal." >> guest: you brought up in tiaa earlier in the role and another issue they are involved in right now is giving up the current u.s. oversight of i can this nonprofit internet access system. would you think of that? do you think that's a smart move? >> guest: i've been really critical of this decision. it's not because the good people at ntia are doing it in a siliceous way. i worry about where it's going to go in the long-term. i have talked about this extensively and the problem is it's a component of of the current relationship we have and the oversight i can and the imf functions are the main system. funding to the main system you can control. you can prevent people from accessing the internet and there are ways to use that -- use that process in a bad way and the question has been today what mechanism should go from the current system which i think is working very well and i wonder why we

. >> new fcc commissioner michael o'rielly.- >> a look at some of the innovations in technology that could impact the ways consumers watch tv and other content. a discussion of comverse technology, content delivery, and the discussion of wi-fi. this is about 20 minutes. >> let us talk about cable. merger mania. a lot about what the time warner comcast merger could mean for cox. maybe you should have come out more strongly and gotten half a million subscribers out of it. >> i am a believer that the more the industry works on a cooperative platform, creating standardized platforms, looking -- allversal solutions boats rise and we are in a better place. the charter agreement i think actually helps us move along that continuum. an industry working together. it simplifies some things. the more we create standardized industry platforms, the better off our customers will be. >> if the others get bigger, do they drive down the cost of ?ontent for everybody >> it is a platform discussion. i wanted robert to come here today. we are going to talk about trends going on in our space. you are goin