. >> next, fcc commissioner, michael o'reilly joins us on the communicators to talk about the impact of the coronavirus and president trump the executive order on social media. after that, the house hearing on how the virus has affected education budgets and challenges set for the upcoming academic year. no ... c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> host: this week on "the communicators" we are pleased to be joined by fcc commissioner michael o'reilly, one of three republicans on the commission and our guest reporter this week is margaret harding magill of axial's. commissioner o'reilly, last couple of months have been a challenge for everybody but especially for the communication industry. what has changed? >> guest: everyone is faced with different difficult circumstances from the covid pandemic. the communication network as a whole seems to be holding quite well. i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early but we will have to see if things hold but i'm pretty impres

o'reilly: it is not sustainable. so that recent increases because of this pandemic things going on but it's the rising part far too long. have been a number of ideas that are been put forward to. of those pushed forward by the state commissioner which involved attacks on broadband prior to haven't favored that. we haven't been able to get past that conversation. i would ask any idea to be debated out. let's figure out how to get a new mechanism for u.s. of funding. how we collected. it. sen. roger wicker: would you like to jump in on this conversation commissioners. >> i think that commissioner riley and i have had the pleasure of running universal service joint statement forward. it's hard to wrestle with these issues. and honestly is really hard because a system that was set up, the telecommunications a 1996, assumed the future was interstate long distance voice. what that means as that is what we have been up against in order to come up with all of these broadband funds pretty so that keeps rising because the pool

o'reilly. >> i waited until friday to vote. i had phone meetings. i listened to those arguments and voted, so it wasn't over the weekend. >> ms. rosenworcel, on this terminology interference, harmful interference, potentially impacting, help us parse is. is harmful interference, a term of art? >> well, it's terminology that is widely used not just by the fcc but used worldwide. i think it means if something significantly obstructs, degrades or interferes with existing communication. and in every environment, the agency and our engineers is tasked with trying to give meaning to that. like i mentioned before, our staff did work on doing that. >> so, to the extent that this new proposal hurts the gps functioning, that would not be permitted without compensation and correction by lagado. am i correct there? >> i believe that's correct. it is a slightly more complicated story than that, but yes, that was the intent. >> at least after ten years it is more complicated. >> i know, i know. you've been going back and forth with the chairman. >> we'll let you

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federal communications commission or michael o'reilly. >> i think everyone is faced with different circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well and i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early so we will have to see if things hold but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. in terms of some of the connectivity issues and some of the work from home issues and certainly conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i would not say it's the new normal but it is more this way then returning fully to the old-style. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> let's bring in an actual expert on this topic so we will turn to brian who is the chief executive officer of the property and environment research center. he will walk us through what happens with the great american outdoors act and he will tell us all the details that we need to know great brian, good morning. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> host: i can hear you just fine but thank you for b

years ago and it was wrong that it is the young mr o'reilly jump in there sorry our own america has just reached the podium floats you look at it. i know when we resume the presidency we will have a job that i will look forward to and which the whole of the german government is looking forward to europe needs us as much as we need to know that. it is not just a legacy that we were gifted by history we need europe as a project to lead us into the future europe isn't just something we have it is something become i don't need to show you europe is an open and make system of peace and liberty a system we can need to continually improve when it was created europe was devastated destroyed fragmented. after the civilizations rupture of the show of the 2nd world war all of that caused by a nationalist socialist terra ruling in germany despite all that the founding fathers and mothers managed to overcome this deep suspicion and the experience of war and distribution that was never forgotten never denied it was accepted and turned into a peaceful and democratic europe at that time they had this de

i you have if this is a time of who because people are paying attention o'reilly feeding on it's groundhog day and here we go again and again and again. like groundhog day that's that's really where i'm at is a feels like groundhog day. and i you know i am a descendant of slaves my great grandfather was born into slavery like that generational trauma is very real for me i feel in my bones i navigate the world feeling that hostility i have had negative interactions with the police myself. and you know but i feel like this is so much bigger than just policing like minneapolis i would say i've lived in quite a few different cities in my lifetime and that minneapolis including the bay area is the most progressive city i've ever lived in and also it has the worst racial disparities between black folks and white folks in the entire country across every indicator of life and that's right here in north minneapolis and so you know i'm in the system so that's why you're kind of seeing me like you know like feeling merely a slightly disgruntled to be honest because you know i'm in the system i'm tryi

emily: you have been involved in a number of successful accountability campaigns, getting bill o'reillyff the air at fox, getting r. kelly dropped from rca. what do you actually want facebook to do here? what could accountability actually look like? brandi: there's a lot of players to that. we have been working with facebook for years on a civil rights plan. in the coming weeks, they will drop a final installment. have consistently called for permanent civil rights infrastructure that is really looking at the harms of the platform not just from a policy standpoint, but from implementation, engineering, product, etc. we want to see that they have a permanent skin in the game. also quite clear that it is not going to get there if left in the hands of a corporation. it's always going to be one step forward, one step back. we are calling for government regulation. we think there is a huge role to play right now for government, so nothing short of regulation, will actually get us to the facebook that i think everybody in the world deserves. emily: so, what kind of regulation are you calling

federal communications commission or michael o'reilly. >> i think everyone is faced with different circumstancesfrom the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well and i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early so we will have to see if things hold but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. in terms of some of the connectivity issues and some of the work from home issues and certainly conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i would not say it's the new normal but it is more this way then returning fully to the old-style.

happening specifically in just the last three months or so these particular names, autozone up 30% and o'reilly automotive up 33% for a lot of investors and traders out there, it may come down to this notion, kelly, that as people spend more time at home because of necessity, are they taking care of their cars more? kelly, you and i both know that i have spent money at the auto parts store doing stuff like taking care of my car. it might be something worth thinking about if hypothetically we go back towards another resurgence of the covid-19 virus. >> this is just the dom waiting in line chart. but was that -- were you taking care of the car because you wanted to or had to? >> the stuff i would say is this, i took advantage of the essential workers that were auto mechanics. but i did do the cosmetic work on my car and that's why i went to the auto parts. >> you waxed it? >> i actually did some paint and plastic restoration, sun damage from the dash and everything plastic in the car. >> we have a couple in our driveway if you want to come take a look. >> i have great rates. i'll get you a good o

here is a facebook post from o'reilly's public downtown in pensacola. they are technically a restaurant and they have chosen voluntarily to stop their college nights to prevent large crowds from gathering. one of the managers there on the phone with me this morning said they really just did not want a situation where they could potentially have up to 200 people in there, even though that is still at 50% capacity, fred. >> all right. lots of frustration coming from lots of different directions there. natasha chen, thank you so much. >>> cnn's polo sandoval is standing by with us. 32 states seeing these cases inclining but only a handful are slowing down plans to reopen. what's the case in new york? >> reporter: it is important to pause for a moment and when you consider what is and is not working. as we have heard from health officials say certainly some of the states that are seeing the spike may want to look at what is happening in and around the new york state area when you look at the numbers there. in fact, consider the stats just released by new yo

federal communications commissioner michael o'reilly. >> well, i think everyone's faced with a difficulttance from the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well. i don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early. so we'll have to see if things hold. but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. in terms of some of the connectivity issues, some of the more work from home issues, certainly, you know, conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i wouldn't say this is the new normal but it's a lot more this way than returning fully to the old style. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators. n c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: good morning, everyone. we are back and getting your thoughts this morning on use of force laws across the country. this is from "u.s.a. today." the atlanta police shooting over the weekend stirs outrage. the police officer was fired. a new chief was at the helm and a wendy's restaurant burned sunday as the city became the latest epicenter in