communicators, stc commissioner michael o'rielly joins us to look at the end of net neutrality, what that means for the internet. he will also talk about a proposal to change federal rules , setting the weekly minimum of children's programming. watch the communicators on c-span. haley announced the u.s. is leaving the united nations human rights council. in a news conference, she along with mike pompeo talk about the reasons. >> every individual has writes that are inherent and an viable. they are given by god and not by government. statesades, the united has led global efforts to promote human rights, often through multilateral institutions. four -- for far too long, we have waited while that process comes to slowly. too many commitments have gone unfulfilled. president trump once to move the ball forward. he has called out institutions who say one thing and do another. that is the problem with the human rights council. as president trump said, to the massive source of and their -- it is ae nations massive source of embarrassment. today, we need to be honest. the human rights counci

communications commission or michael >> republican federal communications commission commissioner michael o'rielly. now that regulation has ended, what is next? commissioner o'rielly: consumers should know their experience they have had before the rules and during the rules, they are having now, is not going to change. it is going to maintain as it has been before. we are trying to figure out and have our conversations with the u.s. congress to see if they want to legislate. we are watching the market closely and see what moves and practices are being implemented. we should experience no change in consumer behavior. >> is it out of the fcc's hands? at this point? commissioner o'rielly: to be determined, but generally, yes. i have raised questions regarding authority under the statute. i think it is in congress's hands to address as they see fit. >> or the ftc's hands? commissioner o'rielly: they have consumer protection issues. we by taking action have restored their ability to protect consumers going forward. you have antitrust law as well. net neutrality? -- >> what are your thoughts about some

. >> this week on the communicators, fcc commissioner michael o'rielly, on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t-time warner merger. esther o'reilly is interviewed by paul kirby. -- mr. o'reilly is interviewed by paul kirby. >> in the last administration, t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be for nationwide wireless carriers? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take the application put forth before the commission and analyze that in terms of the data that is presented. what are the circumstances in the marketplace? one of the providers? what are the promises that they are providing? what is the debt load they are taking on? are they going to meet those obligations? i would look at the application as forthright as i expected, and i don't have an artificial number in my head that should be this or that. havingre benefits to more and stronger providers. i want to see what the circumstance may be and i take the applications as they are presented to me. watch the communicators monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span

announcer 2: today on "the communicators, michael o'rielly joins us to talk about the end of net neutrality, what it means and efforts i state to continue operating under net neutrality rules. he will talk about a proposal to change federal rules setting the weekly minimum of children's television programming. watch "the communicators" at 6:30 eastern on c-span. >> looking at the farm bill. >> it is a piece of legislation that takes things every five years, a major one that takes about as every american. covers all programs for american agricultural producers. the larger part of the spending is that snap program, nutrition, food stamps. that has been politically contentious because of what the house republican bill does to the food stamp program. >> what does it do? >> the stamp program has a shift in emphasis from programs that used to go to consumers, folks from the food stamp program that would be moved to job training. the republican argument is, we have unemployment that is low. we need people with skills. wouldn't people rather have jobs? democrats say these programs are not effective

jason: here is michael o'rielly with more.n businessman who gets very excited about bernie sanders and starts to do a lot of activism among the african-american community to try and get them to come out to vote. challenger hillary clinton fades, he begins to connect with the trump campaign and a series of interesting ways. he has of going on the road and doing a lot of outreach for donald trump to the african american community. easy lift inan 2017, his story is one that as you pull back layers and layers, it tells an interesting tale about how the trump campaign worked. he was basically recruited by a breitbart reporter who at first, seemed interested and interviewing him, but then started talking to him about coming over to trump and how trump could do a lot for urban communities. he connects with steve bannon. bannon is running trump's campaign, coordinates with him, and announces it was great if you get a black voter who would normally go over democrat, but it was almost as good if you could get him to stay home and not vo

communicators, stc commissioner michael o'rielly joins us to look at the end of net neutrality, what that means for the internet. he will also talk about a proposal to change federal rules , setting the weekly minimum of children's programming. watch the communicators on c-span. haley announced the u.s. is leaving the united nations human rights

announcer: this week on the communicators, ftc commissioner michael o'rielly on the elimination of net neutrality an expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t/time warner merger. mr. o'reilly is interviewed by paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama, both chairman wheeler and the head of the antitrust commission felt that this should not be changed. t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be more nationwide wireless carriers? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take the application that is put before the commission and analyze that in terms of what is the data that is presented, what are the circumstances in the marketplace, what are the qualifications and capabilities of the current providers? what are the promises they are providing, the opportunities they may be able to bring to consumers? what is the debt they are taking on? are they going to be able to meet the obligations with us and the department of justice? i will look at the application as forthright, and i don't have an artificial number that it should be this or that. there are be

satellite corp. 2018] [crowell talking] -- [crowd talking' ] >> this week on the communicators, michael o'rielly on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t-time warner merger. mr. o'reilly is interviewed by senior editor paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama, chairman wheeler and ahead of the antitrust division felt it should not be changed. t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be coordination by wireless carriers. >> i do not have such a structure. on the application's book over , analyze that in terms of the data presented, what are the circumstances in the marketplace. what are the qualifications and the capabilities of the current providers. one of the promises they are providing, the opportunities they can bring to the american consumers. what is the debt load they are taking on? can they meet those obligations they are talking about with us and the department of justice? i look at it as forthright and expected and i don't have an artificial number in my head. havingre benefits to more and benefits to having

this week on "the fcc commissioner michael o'rielly on the elimination of net neutrality and the expectede in corporate mergers after the at&t-time warner merger. illy isiley -- o're interviewed by paul kirby. >> chairman wheeler and the head of the antitrust division felt it should not go to three. at that time, t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. nationwide wireless carriers -- >> i do not have such a structure. i think the application is put before the committee, and analyze that in terms of the data that is presented. what are the circumstances in the marketplace? what are the capabilities? what are the promises they are providing? what are the opportunities they may be able to bring to american consumers? what is the debt load they are taking on? will they meet those obligations with the department of justice? i will look at the application as forthright, as expected. i do not have an artificial number in my head that it should be this or that. there are benefits to having more and having stronger providers. i want to see what the circumstance may be. i take applications as the

o'rielly. that is followed by foreign policy experts discussing to korean nuclear program >> republican federal communications commissioner michael riley, now the magnetron deregulation has officially ended. what is next? >> first and foremost, consumer should know the experience they've had pretty been that there have been now is not going to change. the experience they've enjoyed is not going to maintain that it's been before. going forward, we will have our conversations to see if they want to legislate on the issue. we're watching the market and see what practices are being implemented. we should experience no change to consumer behavior or experiences going forward. >> host: is out of the fcc's hands at this point? >> guest: generally yes, i raised questions regarding some authority that we may have under the statute. i think it is really in congress intends to address as they see fit. they have consumer protection issues and we by taking action have restored their rights and authority to make sure they can protect consumers going forward. and you still have antitrust law that will govern the space as well. ajit pai what are

cay to bes, fcc commissioner michael o'riley on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t/time warner merger. mr. o'rielly is interviewed by telecommunications reporter paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama, both chairman wheeler and the head of the anti-trust division felt that four should not be changed. at that time, t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be four nationwide wireless carriers, or are three okay? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take the application put before the commission before us and analyze that in terms of the data that's presented. what are the circumstances in the marketplace? what are the qualifications and the capabilities of the current providers? what are the promises that they're providing? what are the opportunities that they may be able to bring to the american consumers? what is the debt load they're taking on? are they going to meet those obligations they're talking about with us and the department of justice? i will look at the application as forthright as expected, and i don't have an artificial number in my head that it should

announcer 2: today on "the communicators, michael o'rielly joins us to talk about the end of net neutrality, what it means and efforts i state to continue operating under net neutrality rules. he will talk about a proposal to change federal rules setting the weekly minimum of children's television programming. watch "the communicators" at 6:30 eastern on c-span. >>