but as we await that ruling, the fcc has a job to do. since the open internet order went into effect, the fcc has had a responsibility to implement privacy rules to protect consumers, promote competition, and ensure that broadband providers are given certainty with respect to their obligations under section 222 of the communications act. so i commend the fcc for starting this necessary process. for my part, i believe americans have a fundamental right to privacy. they deserve both transparency and accountability from companies that have the capacity to trade on the details of their lives. and should they choose to leave personal information in the hands of those companies, they certainly deserve to know that their information is being safe guarded to the greatest degree possible. now this transparency and accountability should come from havehe companies that access to americans' sensitive information. this includes telecommunications providers like comcast and at&t but also edge providers like , google, facebook, and amazon. i have repeat

the fcc on the other hand held one workshop a year ago and a year later issued this complex has the fcc gone through the process in terms of looking at how to regulate? >> it has been a long time iterative process. the first privacy workshop was held in 1996. i think our approach which has been neutral and as chair woman ramirez said, looked at the type of information in consumer expectations allowed us to develop our approach in a way that gives us the benefit of flexibility and the understanding as consumer expectations and technology has changed. the fcc approach obviously, this is a follow on to the reclassification that was undertaken in the internet order. it has been a much more a preachiated process in my understanding. so we brought up again and i know the commissioner said we had to talk about that on the internet and the reclassification. and the chairman asked about the innovation on the internet and whether this will slow it down or something. it seems to me that the whole point of what upon as i said, they will be ruling on this. it could be now. or now. or now. or maybe t

and that means the fcc has -- i want to talk about the ftc and the fcc working together because i believe they have worked together in the past. and i believe the ftc, am i right, chairman -- chairwoman ramirez, that you've worked with lots of different agencies on ftc and you've worked with the fda, right? >> absolutely, senator franken. we have a long history of working very well with a number of different agencies beginning with the fact that we share jurisdiction over competition with the antitrust division of the department of justice. we work together with the consumer financial protection bureau. we've worked -- i already mentioned in my opening remarks that we also have an extensivi history of work together with the fcc in many areas including telemarketing, mobile cramming. these are just a few examples. >> so this isn't new. i'm kind of hearing suggestions that the ftc is the prime privacy protection agency and that for this reason we must not take away their authority to regulate broadband providers. and i'm not suggesting the ftc doesn't play a critical role, the critical role

my views the fcc should generally take a more restrained approach, let the expert mentation happen. not rule any particular business model in or out preemptively based on an ideological predisposition. instead try to figure out what ultimately is going to be an consumers welfare. to me, what is what is in consumers welfare is the current digital expert mentation that we see among cable providers and others. everybody's trying to figure out is that a bundle of services that makes the most sense? is it a skinny bottle? is a standalone offering? is it an over-the-top offering question marks consumers are also the beneficiary of that ask your mentation but that will continue with the fcc sticks within the letter of the law and adheres to the basic principle of consumer welfare. >> the letter to me is evolving and changing. sometimes at the a capital and sometimes it's a small. so consumers have an expectation that their regulatory agencies are going to backstop when markets are less efficient. we have to keep all of that in mind that we want to be, we think competition is part of our mi

[cheers and applause] >> do you think the fcc has a duty to listen to congress? the three of you with prior experience on capitol hill and your own ties, does the fcc have a duty, maybe do those studies have lawmakers have called for? others are saying these are delay tactics and this proceeding needs to push forward. what's your stance to the response you're hearing from some of these lawmakers? commissioner rosenworcel? >> guest: sure. well, i had the great privilege a couple of years ago working for the united states senate, so i know deep in my bones we have to respect the laws that congress has placed before us and asked us to implement. and we certainly do have a sectioning of the statute that speaks to the competitive availability of navigation devices which is legalese for our current set-top box rulemaking. i think we also have to be mindful of the contributions of congress and letters and our conversations back and forth, and we're wrestling with all of that information right now in the proceeding we have before us. >> guest: we're a data-driven agency,

and that means the fcc has -- i want to talk about the ftc and the fcc working together because i believe they have worked together in the past. and i believe the ftc, am i right, chairman -- chairwoman ramirez, that you've worked with lots of different agencies on ftc and you've worked with the fda, right? >> absolutely, senator franken. we have a long history of working very well with a number of different agencies beginning with the fact that we share jurisdiction over competition with the antitrust division of the department of justice. we work together with the consumer financial protection bureau. we've worked -- i already mentioned in my opening remarks that we also have an extensivi history of work together with the fcc in many areas including telemarketing, mobile cramming. these are just a few examples. >> so this isn't new. i'm kind of hearing suggestions that the ftc is the prime privacy protection agency and that for this reason we must not take away their authority to regulate broadband providers. and i'm not suggesting the ftc doesn't play a critical role, the critical role

is that trickle over to the fcc? >> guest: i don't believe so. i worked for members of congress for many years and those fights coming go depending on the cycle then depends on the leadership and depends on her tongue. i think the commission traditionally has run in a fairly straight forward manner. people are willing to work together i try to be as collegial as possible trying to find common ground. people are willing to do that the difficulty is as i alluded to earlier the majority has a particular outcome that they want and are pushing as hard as they cannot notwithstanding my views or my colleagues views or other republicans. if those users sidestep it's fine to -- hard to find commonality. it is about how the commission is being run. >> guest: you complained a lot about how you will submit edits and they don't get it looked at for previous orders. you believe that that's a departure from past fcc's? >> guest: i put forward a process of reform and ideas and not many of those admitted into the books as of yet. i do think i do put on the table,

and that means the fcc has the authority to the privacy -- i want to talk maybe about if the fcc and ftc working together. because i believe they have worked together in the past. and i believe the ftc, am i right, chairwoman ramirez, that you've worked with lots of different agencies on ftc and the fda, right? >> absolutely, senator franken. we have a long history of working very well with a number of different agencies beginning with the fact that we share jurisdiction over competition with the the anti-trust division of the department of justice. we work together with the consumer financial protection bureau. we've worked -- i mentioned in my opening remarks we have an extensive history of working with the fcc including marketing, those are just a few examples. >> this isn't new. you know, because i'm kind of hearing suggestions that the ftc is the prime privacy protection agency and that for this reason we must not take away the authority to regulate broadbrand providers. i'm not suggesting the ftc doesn't play a critical role in protecting consumer privacies. but i guess chairman

do you feel that the fcc is doing enough to make sure the u.s. stays in a competitive position in the world as the world moves to 5g? >> guest: well, i'm pushing as hard as possible as i can. i think the incentive auction is one piece of it. it is making more spectrum available to lower tier, the lower bands. we still have more things to do, we have an item to kiss pose of in -- dispose of in july. hopefully, that will be successful. i've pushed the chairman, and he's agreed to high frequencies to that pot. and hopefully, we'll be able to do that this summer. >> the companies having trouble building out the wireless towers and small cells and that kind of thing, that's one of your concerns. >> guest: absolutely. there's -- the first part is obtaining spectrum. the second part is actually doing the buildout. understandably for many years communities don't necessarily -- they would like the service, but they don't necessarily like towers themselves, the macro towers, the big towers that cover a number of areas. we have moved to a technology, thank

consumer protection and the fcc tcpa rules. we were one of the petitioners and sought a clarification of what prior consent means. as well as a partial exemption from the act to facilitate important healthcare related calls. the fcc's ruling did not clarify consent and exempted certain type of calls. may by health care providers. they cannot be financial in nature. because of the ambiguity of the term prior express consent and related entities are protected many well-intended healthcare organizations have been sued and tcpa litigation continues to sky rocket. to be clear, healthcare providers cannot do their jobs effectively, efficiently or cost effectively without using appropriate technology. the tcpa inhibits the use of such technology and as a result drives the cost of healthcare higher. the tcpa was intended to protect consumers from receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls in their homes at all hours of the day and night by restricting the use of auto dialers and requiring consent to be called. we fully support the goal a

but as we await that ruling, the fcc has a job to do. e the open internet order went into effect, the fcc has had a responsibility to implement privacy rules to protect consumers, promote competition, and ensure that broadband providers are given certainty with respect to their obligations under section 222 of the communications act. so i commend the fcc for starting this necessary process. for my part, i believe americans have a fundamental right to privacy. they deserve both transparency and accountability from companies that have the capacity to trade on the details of their lives. and should they choose to leave personal information in the hands of those companies, they certainly deserve to know that their information is being safeguarded to the greatest degree possible. now, this transparency and accountability should come from all the companies that have access to americans' sensitive information. this includes telecommunications providers like comcast and at&t, but also, edge providers like google, facebook, and amazon. i have repe

. >> next, "the communicators" with fcc chair tom wheeler. then vice president biden and former house speaker john boehner honored by the university of notre dame. after that filmmaker and activist spike lee is the commencement speaker at johns hopkins university in baltimore. and live at 9 a.m., a forum on how to improve the effectiveness of civic groups. speakers include consumer advocate ralph nader. >> this week "the communicators" goes to the intx show in boston, the internet and television expo sponsored by the national cable and telecommunications association. we interviewed fcc chair tom wheeler. >> host: as a regulator and a consumer, what's your view of the cable industry today? >> guest: so, you know, i was listening to pat, and he was talking about roots 40 years ago. and i was saying, golly, 40 years ago i was working at ncta, and so my relationship with the cable industry goes back a long, long time. and it was always a great privilege, i thoughting, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in historiment -- h

the question is, what is the fcc doing with those resources? if you think about the great and many rabbit holes the fcc staff has been having to pursue at the leaderships and systems, it's amazing the time that's been wasted and how many responsible these have been ignored. for example the broadband diploma, they're so much the agency can it should be doing, instead we spent a great many staff hours on things like the set top box proceedings and singling out cable in particular for the special access market even though they took the risk to deploy the next-generation networks. ic connectivity, those are the kinds of activities that distract us from the court mission which we have under the law which is to make sure that this industry in every industry is able to compete on a level playing field to deliver digital opportunity to every american. >> i want to answer this way. congress decides are budget i think they're capable of. in terms of resources, priorities are driven by the chairman. if you see where staff is allocated today, i would say it

i think the fcc does need to rule on that order. and i don't know why it wasn't in the earlier ruling. people need to know if there's power outages. one of the petitions pointed out people have medical equipment at home that relies on power. we need to be able to alert them to an outage. that should be ruled on. i think there needs to be a much bigger look across the board as calls that are legitimate calls that are generating lawsuits. >> in a recent hearing, let me take a moment to acknowledge a positive development which is a decision some banks and credit unions have made to provide consumers realtime information about the funds in their accounts available to be spent. they are doing this through text and e-mail alerts which can reduce the risks that consumers inadvertently overspend, end quote. how can banks, credit unions and other financial constitutions increase communication with their consumers if they have the threat of tcpa litigation hanging over their heads? >> thank you, you raise a very important point. there are all

but as we await that ruling, the fcc has a job to do. since the open internet order went into effect, the fcc has had a responsibility to implement privacy rules to protect consumers, promote competition, and ensure that broadband providers are given certainty with respect to their obligations under section 222 of the communications act. so i commend the fcc for starting this necessary process. noir pa for my part, i believe americans have a fundamental right to privacy. they deserve both transparency and accountability from companies that have the capacity to trade on the details of their lives. and should they choose to leave personal information in the hands of those companies, they certainly deserve to know that their information is being safe guarded to the greatest degree possible. now, this trance perrin pairnscy and accountability should come from all the company that's have access to americans' sensitive information. this includes telecommunications providers like comcast and at&t but also edge providers like google facebook and

to your colleagues about yesterday was the way the fcc operates. the fact that all four were sitting here on this stage. >> guest: was probably a violation of sunshine. >> host: the fact that they could not do that in your offices in washington, should there be a change in how the fcc is mandated to meet in some of those rules and some of sunshine laws? >> guest: the interesting thing is, i think that my thoughts on that have the and i have become a traditionalist. there are a lot of good reasons why the procedures of the commission are as they are and have been this way for decades, and for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction is a kind of thing that makes you think wait a minute now is this really something we have to be challenging at this point in time? so i think that it is always worthwhile to explore, to ask the questions, to have the dialogues and talk among our colleagues in talk with those on capitol hill who write the rules the question is, is there a necessity to change that which for the last multiple decades has been ope

the fcc created a safe harbor but the safe harbor doesn't work. it doesn't work after one single applied call whether or not there's knowledge of reassignment. you may be using modern technology that may not have random or suequential number. no one knows what this means. this is not workable and not what congress intended. as a result beneficial consumer communications are chilled, compliance-minded entities have put in a catch 22 and companies trying to engage in financial education are punished. first many type of important consumer communications trigger risk in the current to warn of service outages, mobile health problems, schools provide atepid -- attendance notification, credit unions. political candidates to provide information regarding town halls and election information. the list goes on and on and on. second, while the environment surrounding communications is becoming punitive, other regulatory agencies are encouraging and requiring contacts through texts. companies are resorting and taking insufficient steps to mitigate risks. for e

the fcc rule on more than 20 petitions. one of the petitioners sought clarification as well as a partial exemption from the active facilitate important healthcare related calls. the ruling did not clarify consent. these cannot be financial in nature. because of the ambiguity many well intended healthcare organizations of been sued for nt cpa litigation continues to skyrocket. healthcare providers cannot do their job effectively, efficiently, or cost-effectively without appropriate technology. technology. they prohibit the use of such technology --dash the cost of healthcare higher. unsolicited telemarketing calls in their homes at all hours of the day and night. searching the use a lot of hours and by requiring consent to be called. they have fully supports the goal and mission helping to reduce unsolicited calls. the complaints typically are not involving healthcare providers. they have become severely outdated preventing the health care appointment reminders, insurance coverage eligibility issues for social security disabi

i think the fcc does need to rule on that order. and i don't know why it wasn't in the earlier ruling. people need to know if there's power outages. one of the petitions pointed out people have medical equipment at home that relies on power. we need to be able to alert them to an outage. that should be ruled on. i think there needs to be a much bigger look across the board as calls that are legitimate calls that are generating lawsuits. >> in a recent hearing, let me take a moment to acknowledge a positive development which is a decision some banks and credit unions have made to provide consumers realtime information about the funds in their accounts vaibl to be spent. they are doing this through text and e-mail alerts which can reduce the risks that consumers inadvertently overspend, end quote. how can banks, credit unions and other financial constitutions increase communication with their consumers if they have the threat of tcpa litigation hanging over their heads? >> thank you, you raise a very important point. there are all type

the question is, what is the fcc doing with those resources? when you think about the rabbit toes the fcc staff have had pursue, it is striking how much , andhas simply been wasted how many delegate responsibilities have been ignored. with respect to broadband appointment, there is so much the agency should be doing, but instead we have spent staff hours on things like the set-top ox proceeding, or singling out cable for special attention in the special access market, even though they took the risk to deploy some of those generation networks giving businesses high-speed connectivity. those kinds of activities distract us from the core mission we have under the law, to make sure that this industry and every industry is able to compete on a level playing field to the liver -- to deliver additional opportunities to all americans. -- digital communication to all americans. michael o'rielly: priorities are driven by the chairman. if you see where our staff is allocated today, it is problematic. when i have worked on things already this year, you see

that the fcc should take a more restrained approach, let this experimentation happen. not rule any business model in or out preemptively. but try to figure out what is ultimately going to be in consumer's welfare. the current digital fermentation we see among cable providers and others. visited a standalone offering,? ? consumers have been the beneficiaries of the expert imitation, but that will only continue as the fcc sticks within the letter of the law and adheres to the e-cig principle. the letter to me is evolving and changing. so the consumers have an expectation that their regulatory agencies are going to be a backstop when markets are less efficient. we have to keep all of that in mind. competition is a part of our middle name. we want to be regulators that are partners in terms of options and opportunities in stimulators of growth. it is very important, but it is important that the consumers are if thingsn their own are less-than-perfect. we have to keep in mind we are there for them if the markets are less-than-perfect trade michael o'rielly: we should not sta

but the fcc chose to go different way. so it is in the courts and until that is resolved, it may be in a couple of months, that really stalled us instead of doing a rewrite of it which hasn't been done in nearly 20 years. >> what you think of the fcc, the current makeup of the fcc? >> i would like to think that being a republican things might change in november and will get a three - two edge and see little change. but we'll see. it's not something that we can do on our own. >> you are joining us here on c-span tv. >> we walked over to the ford displayed to see what you are displaying, carrie is with the ford motor company, what technology are you showing to congress question what. >> what we but we have to show is really two things, this is a generation of our technology, ford was the first automaker to bring conductivity technology into the car and mass-market to consumers. we do that in 2007 and we change the industry and the way the industry approached electronics in the car. this launched about 12 months ago. it focuse

again, the fcc report and order that created this oversight monitoring board, 24 individuals. a chairman who rotates between the cable lobby, the broadcast lobby and the motion picture lobby. so the chairman of the npaa rotate as chair. there are 18 industry executives, and there are supposed to be 5 public interest individuals. to our knowledge -- and i've only been to one meeting, but the conversations i've had, all those five aren't filled, and who gets to approve who those five individuals are? well, let's see, television industry executive who gets to appoint which public interest advocates are on the board. it should be more even. there should be more scientists involved, more psychologists, clinical psychologists, child psychologists who are aware of the impact of media on children. and there should be some consequence if there is continued misrating. if the industry executive who misrates things sits on the board and says there's no problem here, please move along, there can be no accountability. there's no consequence for what i think is -- i don't know if it's actuall

there are still the fcc broadcast decency law that's been on the books now for decades and --. >> hostrow it out as unconstitutional a few years ago and the supreme court chose not to throw out that statute and its still good law and it was enforced as recently as a year ago when a tv station in roanoke virginia aired a hard-core part not free clip they fed by accident but it did appear on the public airwaves. >> host: again what exactly are the restrictions? does it begin at a certain our hour? is a nudity, said violence? >> guest: it is a content that is described in patently offensive terms, excretory function. violence is not part of the broadcast law. there are some that would argue the harm that comes to children from watching violent media is greater than the explicit content radar research we have seen is that both have an impact on children but right now the law only affects sexual or excretory content between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. so after 10:00 p.m. the broadcasters are free to air whatever they choose as long as it's not legally obscene. >> guest: one of the arguments fr

but the fcc -- if what you want is the same rules everywhere, the fcc can't give you that. they have title i authority over commercial broadband internet access providers. they don't have authority over starbucks when they provide me internet access. the only way to get that is legislation. are you calling -- the congressional staff in this room, are you calling for broad-based privacy regulation across all of these legislation all these providers? >> do you want to opt in for privacy legislation from congress or do you want to be opt out of this fcc rule? >> i think, to be clear, the previous fcc requirements, which can be placed into regulations under the fcc's own framework, there's a proposal that was submitted to do that. there is nothing to stop the fcc if it's going to, as is proposing in its -- talking about regulating all information, not just cpni that's received by an internet access provider. if it has the authority to do that, it certainly has the authority to go beyond the structure of cpni. and to replicate essentially the fcc framework with opt ins for use of

[applause] spitted you think the fcc has a duty to listen to congress? the 3-d with your prior experience, does the fcc have a duty to do the studies as some lawmakers have called for, others are saying these are delay tactics and the proceeding needs to push forward with what is your stance on the fcc responds. >> guestresponds? >> guest: i the great privilege years ago working for the kind of senate's i know deep in my bones we have to respect the laws that congress has placed before us and asked us to do with it. we a section of the statute that speaks to the competitive availability of navigation devices, which is legalese for current set-top box will make you giunta goes out to be mindful of the conurbations of congress and letters in our conversations back and forth. we are wrestling with all of that information right now in the proceeding we have before us. >> guest: we are a data-driven agency and it really think this exercise which i often refer to notices of this type as, i really think it is healthy for us to pause and look and weight in. these

let me give you example how the fcc approach bonn off the rails in this regard. if you are at home on android smartphone and power on wi-fi network you're in one isp. in our on the highway over another cellular network, you have another and you are at work you might be on a third and take a local break at starbucks you might be on forth. does it make sense to face a multiplicity of regulations depending who the isp is? we might not know who it is. fcc decides to stringent regulation, for more stringent an that the fcc has done due the dawn of commercial internet as isps anticompetitive in this space. that doesn't make sense to me or former fcc commissioner leibowitz and nor does it make a sense to a lot of people. the new competitors in the online advertising market who are trying to pose a competitive threat to incoming players. >> guest: let me build on that. i'm not going to agree with every last thing you said. sorry there is asymmetry there. think about a mobile phone today. we have different privacy regulations that are going to apply to the hardware, the s

, the current makeup of the fcc? >> guest: well, i'd like to think that being a republican that things might change in november and we'll take a 3-2 edge, and we'll see a little change there, but we'll see. voters will decide that. it's not something we can do on our own. >> host: fred upton is chairman of the energy and commerce committee, and he joins us here on "the communicators." [inaudible conversations] >> host: congressman fred upton brought us over to the ford display to see what you were displague, and gary jablonski is with the ford motor company. what's the technology you're showing members of congress? >> guest: really two things. this is the third generation of our sync technology, so ford was the first automaker to bring connectivity technology into the car and really mass market numbers. and we did that in 2007, and we really changed the industry and the way the industry approached consumer electronics in their car. this is our third generation, it launched about 12 months ago. really focused in this

i think the fcc could adopt some changes that shed some light. i would allow not just the industry executives to determine what is appropriate or not, but bring more voices from the outside. child psychology experts, experts in the scientific yet he can see what what it's proper and what's not, and provide input. absent thestem -- oversight, it is required to look to see if the system is truly working. it has to be independent, right now it is not. this cable issue, the argument that there are 70 channels on the box now for kids options, many good clearly family rated program ming. necessary than other broadcast networks to have those types of shows? how are the network scanner returned to little house on the prairie air murder she wrote, are shows that are more geared to the family. when everyone has their entry to watch. >> having some immediate choices t is a wonderful thing. it gives us a larger number of possibilities to choose from. but, that does not mean that everything necessarily family-friendly. we saw a on nickelodeon where there was a

he comments on the political divide within the fcc. is joined by howard buskirk. >> the direction from leadership including the chairman to take the most aggressive, leftist approach to policymaking, these little ground when that becomes the first primary goal of the item, when the policy of aggression to want to go becomes the first goal rather than any consideration of any collegiality or any kind of attempt to bring or develop consensus, you wind up with the senate we have today. were initial interest in bringing my opinions on board and you'll find that i'm less likely to be supportive and i will express my views. >> watch tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> syrian refugees now living in the u.s. recently took part in the discussion at georgetown university in washington wednesday are expenses on syria and the transition to living in the u.s. or other speakers include the state department representative for refugees of the truck of refugees international. spirit and now i'm very pleased to introduce actually dr. michel gabaudan

and it's been clarified by the fcc there is no duty to connect calls. that prohibits them from adopting this technology. they can adopt the technology and make it available to the consumers that allows the consumers to opt out. without having to take these calls. and what we're really trying to do here, we're not trying to punish people with litigation. we're trying to put power in the hands of the consumer. and this may not be the most artful way to do it. but i will just speak for me. and i think probably for a whole lot of people who run for office that hang out around here, if you think i'm backing up on going after people who make robo calls, in light of what i encounter every day from people i meet, including my own family? i mean, my son can't get two companies to quit calling him on his cell phone. he handed the phone to me. you know, i said, i'm u.s. senator i'm going to sue you. guess what? they called him 15 minutes later. >> i think that those are really the bad actors that need to be targeted that have been getting targeted and continue woul

the fcc looking into how the successful pitch man made an almost $1 million profit off a stock in one day. >> simply put mickelson made money that was not his to make. you shouldn't get to keep it. we have not charged him with insider trading. >> the fcc says it stemmed from a stock tip from friend and gambler billy walters. telling him to invest in a company called dean foods, but walters tip was allegedly from insider information from thomas davis, the former chairman of dean foods. >> mickelson agreed to pay back the full amount with interest. he feels vindicated but takes full responsibility to the decisions and associations that led him to be a part of this investigation. >>> scandal plagued volkswagon agreed to a pay raise for its workers, the industrial union agree the to the wage increase and could help the 19 country euro zone lift inflation from dangerously low levels. they receive a 3.2% on april 1st next year and then another 2% in august. >>> this is the latest concept car from aston martin. the design was inspired by racing cars and has a 6 liter v 12 engine and has a sl

ultimately that required legislation which we championed as well as actions by the fcc and others. w it is easier for you to move your cell phone to different carrier. that helps, you know, if you change, helps you get a better deal. if you don't change the threat you might do it helps restrain prices. airline slots is another one. airlines were sitting on slots at airports they weren't using and using it just to foreclose on other airlines to be able to compete effect of itly. d.o.t. required them to give up the slots to let other airlines use it. that created more competition, lower prices, better options in air travel. those are two of types of examples, one at the commerce department, one at d.o.t., that we'd like to see more of going forward. >> i'm going to do one more and we'll go to howard snyder of reuters and then around table. do you think ttp is dead, sir? the most likely democratic candidate says i don't think it will be the beat the high bar that was set. the likely republican candidate that the deal was set up for china to come through and take advantage of everyone?

he comments on the political divide between the fcc. >> the direction from fcc leadership to take the most approach is little ground. when that becomes the primary goal of the id., when the policy direction becomes the first goal rather than any consideration of any collegiality to develop consensus, you wind up with the scenario we have today. you're going to find i'm less likely to be supportive and i'm going to express my views. >> watching the communities on c-span 2. asked, holocaust survivor sz recalls her family's experiences including their hometown and anti-semitic laws. the family was confined with other jews to a ghetto when nazi germany occupied hungary. they were transported to auschwitz and forced to perform hard labor. the event was part of the united states holocaust memorial museum's first-person series. it's a little over an hour. holocauste stories of survivors transcend decades. but you are about to hear from anna is one individual account of the holocaust. we have prepared a slide presentation to help with her introduction. she was born into a jewish transylvania,

he comments on the political divide within the fcc. >> the direction from fcc leadership including ourirman is to take the most aggressive approach to policymaking. it leaves little ground when that becomes the first primary when thehe item, policy and direction they want to go becomes the first goal rather than any consideration of any collegiality or any attempt to develop a consensus. you've lined up with a scenario where we had today, where there is little interest in bringing my opinions on board, and you will find i am less likely to be supportive. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> next, santa clara university history professor nancy under follette whole la was politically active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ger is an author of a book, which tells the story of this journalist and pacifist who campaigned alongside her husband in suffolk in their own bids for office.

net neutrality, set-top taxes, and the political divide in the fcc. editor.ined by a senior o'rielly: this approach to policymaking, when that becomes the first primary goal and the policy and direction becomes the first goal rather orn the end consideration collegiality or any attempt to bring or develop consensus. -- what up with we have we have today. you will find i have much more likely to support and express my ideas. announcer: watch the communicators on monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. honoringt, representative john lewis followed by first lady michelle obama speaking to graduates at jackson's eight university. later, former secretary of state henry kissinger. >> this week, the u.s. holocaust memorial museum honors representative john lewis. he worked alongside martin luther king, junior, and other prominent leaders. this ceremony is 35 minutes. ♪ announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the museum vice chair, allan holt. >> good evening, everyone. it's an honor to be here, and i want to express my thanks to all of you fo

. >> reporter: now, the collection industry is telling congress and the fcc that all businesses should be allowed to send robocalls without permission. arguing, "wireless phones are the public's preferred means of communication." so what can you do to fight robocalls? there's the federal do not call list, and new apps hitting the market including this one today. >> picking up an unknown call has become a roll of the dice until now. >> reporter: and robocall opponents are encouraging people to make few calls of their own. >> folks can lean on their telephone companies and lean on the fcc and lean on their congressmen and their senator. >> reporter: until then, expect a lot more of this. >> this is an important message. >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news. >>> when we come back, new video believed to be the baby bison shivering before being put into the tourist's car. they'll try to explain why. >>> and the legal battle over this classic song. the rock legends that may be forced to face a judge. we'll be back. e with some bagga: opioid-induced constipation-oic. sooo awkward... you sou

the question is what is the fcc doing with those resources? if you think about the radicals the staff has been having to pursue, it is striking how much time has simply been wasted and how many of the responsibilities have been in art. for example, with respect to broadband deployment, there's so much the agency can and should be doing and said we spent a great many staff hours on things like the set top box proceedings are singling out cable in particular for special attention and special access, even though they took the risk to deploy those networks that give businesses. those are the activities that distract us from the core mission which we have under the law, which is to make sure the industry in every industry is able to compete on a level playing field to deliver to all americans. >> i want to answer it this way. in terms of the resources, the priorities are driven by the chairman. when the sap is allocated today, is problematic. when i worked in a number of things this year, you see how many staff are assigned to a budget. we worked to

monday on the communicators. fcc commissioner michael o'rielly. the issue of net neutrality.e comments on the political divide within the fcc. >> to take the most aggressive leftist approach on policymaking. becomes the first primary goal. the policy becomes the goal rather than anything political. you wind up with the scenario we have today. you will find i'm less likely to be supportive. here the >> the next, -- >> next, a panel of scholars discusses influential thinkers of the 20th century, including writers t.s. eliot, russell kirk. it was part of a daylong at grand rapids state university in grand rapids, michigan. it's about an hour. host: we'll move forward in time now to the mid-20th century with a look at some of that era's most influential conservative thinkers as illuminated by the bradley,ip of been, and lisa. i use the word "influential" on purpose. the trajectory of post

you have folks from the fcc crashing these conferences or registering? >> mixing and mingling. tending the very specific and wonky conferences. the crisis is all coming out of the more specialized. everyone was a generalist and a lawyer. >> a great line, to folks talked to them while they are there? not taking because they'll be against -- >> they are trying to create a dialogue. the agency's biggest criticism was that they do not fully understand. say, we wantng to to be knowledgeable about these markets and we cannot police things that we do not know about. if you have suspicion, let us know. something the agency never had before. if you help us spot bad behavior, there could be a big payout down the line. >> handing out whistles. what is the goal? what youlinger and see might hear and see what might be happening? questionnaire china to be more proactive. some people still say it still haunts the office and they want to make sure they are out in front on these kinds of things. legacyyou mentioned the of the crisis, the kinds of conferences are they going to? >> the financial i

. >> the fcc voted to move forward for new rules for internet service provider who is have access to omers's personal information. they would require them to opt in to share information with third parties. the internet caucus advisory committee hosted the discussion. it's folks, welcome to another congressional internet caucus advisory committee briefing. thanks, everybody, for come for this recess briefing. we'll try to do this quickly in one hour. and explain this issue from a pro and con perspective. the briefing in case you're in the wrong place, it's the new fcc privacy rules for broadband provider, what will they mean by privacy? this is hosted by the congressional internet caucus advisory committee. and it's chaired on the house side by congressman bob goodlatte and anna ashoe. so we are super supportive, appreciative of their support and the fact they allow us to host these in a fair and balanced way with them. in a fair and balanced way. and their ability to say, we don't care -- we don't care where our particular perspectives are, but we want a good debate, pros and cons, on

them the fcc is calling funding portals. diegogo is one that we have heard of, a crowd funding platform trying to get approval, standing in as the middlemen to connect these companies with the investor. there are other things the company's do have to do. they have to provide some kind of financial statement. they provide unaudited financial statements. there is more back and forth isng on and a lot of this mom and pop might lose their savings if they throw it into a business that is not proven. betty: what is the difference between these funding portals alex:kickstarter? kickstarter is different and they are one of the ones not looking to get into this. when you think of kickstarter, you think of the return being the product itself -- a t-shirt or an experience. you are not getting a stake in the company. are the crowdfunding, you potentially getting a stake in some of these businesses who are looking to regular folks to raise capital. interesting story. thank you so much. oil prices today hitting a six-month high, fueling th

the fcc may be opening up the set-top box market to more competition.ould it impact you guys if google gets into this market? if amazon or apple push further into the set-top box market? naveen: it speaks to the rationale behind us coming together. the world of television has changed phenomenally. a lot of new players are coming in. consumer behavior has changed substantially. we see this as an opportunity to take what tivo has done and create the best possible way to watch television and bring that together with a lot of the smart kind of plumbing that we have provided to make that possible. to the extent that the fcc is able to create more opportunity for innovation and competition in that arena, we think the combination of these two companies positions us even more strongly to play with a lot of large silicon valley companies being part of that. emily: you have a powerful patent portfolio combined. we see companies in litigation with the likes of comcast, netflix, google over patent licensing issues. are we going to see more of that? tom: this deal w