with columbia university law professor tim wu. that is followed by supreme court oral arguments in a case dealing with the separation of powers that exist between congress and the president. later, a recent veterans conference that was hosted by the american veterans center in washington dc. >> if you have heard or used the term net neutrality, you can praise or curse our guest this week on "the communicators," professor tim wu. when and how did you come up with that term? 2001, i wasback in sitting around playing with some and broadband discrimination, net neutrality, i put them onto a paper and one of them happened to stick. thought net neutrality is catchier. i did not think it would stick.y >> here is what he had to say. on a plan tong keep the internet free and open. at us while am i urging the fcc everything they can to protect net neutrality for everyone. they should make it clear whether you use a computer, phone, or have a, internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or limit your access to a website. cable co

praise or curse our guest this week on "the communicators" columbia university law school professor tim wu. when and how did you come up with that term? >> guest: you know huiwei back in 2001 i was sitting around playing with some ideas and broadband discrimination, net neutrality i put them onto paper and one of them just had to stick. larry was talking earlier about the neutrality network. net neutrality is a little catchier. i didn't think it would catch on but somehow it did did. >> host: well the president this week professor wu spoke about net neutrality. here is a little bit of what he had to say. >> i'm laying out a plan to keep the internet free and open and that's why merging the federal communications commission to do everything they can to protect net neutrality for everyone. they should make it clear that whether you'd use a computer, phone or tablet internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or limit your access to a web site. cable companies can't decide which on line stores you can shop at or which streaming services you can use and they can't lead to any compa

. >> host: tim wu, what's your reaction to what the president had to say? >> guest: very welcome. i thought that it was a terrific statement and speech. he went back to his campaign promise 2007 as a candidate, he said i'm second to nobody in my belief in net neutrality, and i couldn't have been happier the president came through with his support. >> host: well, gautham nagesh of "the wall street journal" is also joining us today. >> thanks for having me, peter. you have been following this net neutrality proceeding as close as anyone. how significant a step was it for the president to weigh in as he did on monday and in such specific terms? >> guest: i think it kind of hit a reset button on everything that was going on. the president was one of the few people who hadn't really made it clear what he thought. i think you yourself reported things were in some ways moving toward a slightly different approach, and i just think it was like turning a computer on and off, reset, and everyone right now is scrambling to figure out what's going to happen. >> exactly. everyone is scrambling

. >> monday night on "the the nicators," tim wu, columbia university law school professor who coined the term neutrality" on how to manage the internet. >> i felt one of the things that getting overlook in this debate, not everyone is overlooking it, but generally in picture is what about all people don't have broadband? get it.they going to i would say no one is addressing that right now. does give the agency more power to try to do things mandate universal service like we did for telephone service in the 20th century. and it collects money which now subsidize world television -- telephone service to h could be repositioned try to create broadband service. there's possibilities with title future president or the few which are fcc chairman specifically could say we need a universal broadband. so there's more power for that kind of thing. night, 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. tom brokaw has reported on world events for nbc news for more than 50 years. he recalls experiences such as the fall of the berlin wall, the bush versus gore 2000 election, and what stories are

. >> monday night on "the lawunicators," tim wu, the professor who coined the term net neutrality on to manage the internet. >> i have felt that one of the things that is getting overlooked in this debate, and not everyone is overlooking it, but generally in the big picture is the question of what about all people? how -- broadband, how are they going to get it? title ii does give the agency more power to try to do things like mandate universal service like we did for telephone service back in the 20th century. which collects money, right now goes mostly to subsidize rural telephone service, which could be ralositioned to create ru broadband service. there are possibilities with title ii that a future president could say, we need a universal service program and people all over the country need to have broadband. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern nn "the communicators" o c-span 2. >> tom brokaw has reported for nbc news for 50 years. he recalls experiences such as the fall of the berlin wall, the bush versus gore 2000 election, and what stories are most memorable to him. he also shares

columbia university professor tim wu is credited with creating the term net neutrality and he took part in every discussion in new york city. it is just over an hour. >> i am delighted to now introduce the board of trustees, jacob weisberg, who has been involved in the internet before we knew what it was since 1996. eer in then a pionw field and what we talked about how to take on the topic whouding experts and people signed net neutrality and their eyes glazed over and we got the perfect person would be jacob weisberg so over to you. >> thank you. want to think of the fordham system for sponsoring this event. we are going to do way better than have your eyes glaze over. a hallucination of this interesting and lively and very urgent issue. i want to briefly introduce the panel and then give them a chance to make opening statements and will mix it up and save time for questions. i will start with my old friend micah sifry and i know him going back to when he was a writer for "the nation." that he works for the democracy for and author of a new book called the "big disconnect." agree with

. >> "the communicators is next with columbia university law professor tim wu. that is followed by supreme court oral arguments in a case dealing with the separation of powers that exist between congress and the president. later, a recent veterans conference that was hosted by the american veterans center in washington dc. >> if you have heard or used the term net neutrality, you can praise or curse our guest this week on "the communicators," professor tim wu. when and how did you come up with that term? 2001, i wasback in sitting around playing with some and broadband discrimination, net neutrality, i put thnt

columbia university professor tim wu is credited with creating the term net neutrality and he took part in a discussion in new york city. it is just over an hour. >> i am delighted to now introduce the board of trustees, jacob weisberg, who has been involved in the internet before we knew what it was since 1996. he has been a pioneer in the field and what we talked about how to take on the topic including experts and people who see net neutrality and their eyes glazed over and we got the perfect person. jacob weisberg so over to you. >> thank you. i want to thank the fordham system for sponsoring this event. we are going to do way better than have your eyes glaze over. we'll have this interesting and lively on a very urgent issue. i want to briefly introduce the panel and then give them a chance to make opening statements and will mix it up and save time for questions. i will start with my old friend micah sifry and i know him going back to when he was a writer for "the nation." that he works for the democracy forum author of a new book called the "big disconnect." i agree with the prem

. >> also a columbia university professor, tim wu, he invented the term net neutrality. he wrote a piece for the new yorker in which he tells the new yorker he is never flying them again. united has the second highest level of complaints in the world behind spirit airlines. it employs nearly 10,000 people in san mateo county and that's almost double facebook. the economists did a reality check on this asking is united airlines really that bad and you know you have a p.r. problem when this is your headline. the economist's conclusion united airlines is not uniquely bad, it's just standard bad. >> so basically reality here people don't always love their airlines aren't necessarily totally on board with some of those changes. >> particularly the merger. we've heard it a lot. second highest level of complaints ever. >> thank you, scott. the economist trying to take my job. in tahoe, snowboarders and skiers are simply stoked, for lack of a better word. heavenly and north star, showing the recent accumulation of snow. the rain that past through the area is giving a big boost t

columbia university professor tim wu is credited with creating the term net neutrality and he took part in every discussion in new york city.

. >> tim wu, thank you for coming on. >> you are welcome. >>> and three things that you need to see andews, bill o'reilly. >> and bill does not like me much. this is him talking about me rekre recently. >> thank you, bill o'reilly for teaching me how to conduct a smear campaign against a military family. >> we expect it from that guy who is a zealot who is left-h d left-handed reporter who has been masquerading as a reporter. >> well, we love our colleges, and bill deserves credit because he helped to save the daily free press by paying off part of a $70,000 debt they have, and the paper is now going to be able to keep publishing. i was at b.u., and they have a great journalism department there and thanks to bill and oth others the paper is a great laboratory for writers and editors. and now my other is about a fox editor mike huckabee, and he is getting ready to run for president or at least he is trying to start acting like it, and he has to give up the saturday night show before he has to do that. so this is what he says. with we are looking at senator huckabee's recent activities an

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to my left is tim wu, you may recognize him from his wildly successful campaign, he got 35% of the vote? >> 40%! [laughter] he is amazing and he has a background as a "slate" writer. he has a book called "the master switch," and he coined the term net neutrality, and no discussion of it is really complete without his perspective. next to him is jeffrey manning who is, until recently, was a law professor at lewis and clark, and now he runs an organization that he founded which i appoint to have to put on my reading glasses to read, which is based in portland oregon -- portland, oregon. for the first round here, i would like each of you to be as neutral and descriptive and a diagnostic as possible, because i think before we get into the weeds of this issue, it is important to have this philosophical perspective and this historical perspective. let's start with you tim. can you explain a where whole issue of net neutrality comes from? >> thanks to everyone for having us here. this is an issue of importance and of concern. i want to try to discuss why that is and give some historic backgrou

to my left is tim wu, you may recognize him from his recent unsuccessful yet wildly successful campaign for lieutenant governor with 39% of the vote. >> 40%. 40.1. >> that is amazing with no background in politics. his background is "slate" writer. they tend to over perform unexpectedly. he is the author of a book called "the master switch: the rise and fall of information empires." relevant for today, he coined the term net neutrality and no discussion of it is complete without his perspective. and lastly, next to him, jeffrey anney. until recently, a law professor at lewis and clark. and now he runs an organization that he founded, i will have to put my reading glasses. to read the title. international center for law and economics based in portland, oregon. and for the first round here, i would like each of you to be as neutral and descriptive and diagnostic and explanatory as ossible. because i think before we get into the weeds of the issue i think it is very important to try to have the philosophical perspective, a historical perspective. and i want to start with you, tim. explaini

. >> good afternoon, commissioners and commissioner president wu i am tim johnson with the san francisco planning department with me is the senior planner with the department as well the item before you is an appeal of the preliminary midst negative declaration for the sf soil remediation project at the gun club on john mirror drive the sf owns lake merced and the rod gun club leases this site the puc project seeks to clean up the soil at the rod gun site by a remedial action plan prepared that i the sf puc in response to an issue by the water control board the order was issued to the puc as the landowner of the site the project consist of an appropriate disposal of soil containing elevated concentrations of led and cashes and back filling the site the excavated areas with clean material you should have a packet with a motion to uphold the negative declaration our response to the appeal letter the appeal letter itself and additions of copies of the revised preliminary it was published on june 5th, 2014, and on july 5th, 2014, the department received an appeal from the pacific rod gun clu

. >> good afternoon, commissioners and commissioner president wu i am tim johnson with the san francisco planning department with me is the senior planner with the department as well the item before you is an appeal of the preliminary midst negative declaration t

and good afternoon commissioner president wu and confirmations are commissioners i'm tim and i'm the property owner and propose business for thirty years next to this premise i am here to support this young family fellow i never checked and did not ask for the market rate at this point when we came with his little family his wife and the boy to ask me for the place i decided right now u right away to let this man ambitious young man to get the place and succeed same way as i did 40 years ago when i came to this beautiful country and beautiful city and, of course, there's no secret to noun none of us that particular block of ocean avenue is not the best with a lot of vacancies, of course, and i think we need to support this man and please do not kill this project i want to please let you know that this young fellow is ambitious definitely and he showed me he's going to be able to go throughout and wish him the best thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i need to get a card. >> that's if that. >> good afternoon. i'm ann chin a resident of west side park i only will a few

totonight, tim wu on how manage the internet. >> one of the things that is overlooked, isng the big question about broadband. how are they going to get it? i would say no one is dressing that right now. give the agency more power to try to do things like mandate universal service like we did for telephone service in the 20 century. and it collects money which right now goes mostly to subsidized telephone service which could be repositioned to try to create rural rock band centers so there is possibilities with title ii. we need a universal service program and people it to have broad bed. >> tonight at eight eastern on " the communicators" on c-span2. representative raul grijalva looks at the congressional agenda. after that republican walter jones discusses the strategy to help combat isis and whether congress will authorize money and troops. as always your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, dr. thomas ineden on the ebola outbreak west africa. the possible dangers to the u.s. and what can be done to prevent it spreading further. that heari

praise or curse our guest this week on "the communicators" columbia university law school professor tim wu. when and how did