please welcome tom wheeler. [applause] >> thank you very much susan and to the members of the board it's nice to see you all here. this is something very important and congratulations to the institute of library and museum services for convening and for having this idea to help get this message out. susan and everybody i am privileged to share the podium today with my friend tom power from the white house who has been a leading pusher, advocate for the kinds of changes that we have to be making to make sure that we are bringing the e-rate program into the 21st century. i'm also joined by a couple of my colleagues to our intimately involved in this. jonathan chambers and daniel alvarez. when you look for fingerprints on what the fcc is doing in terms of the e-rate reform you'll find john and dan's fingerprints all over it. but there are also two other very important people in this audience. i think that their presence here today creates a construct for how we can discuss things. chairman reed hundt. i have the au

i am pleased to have john oliver back at this table. >> thank you for having me. >> i know tom wheeler, by the way. i have known him for 30 years. are you saying he is corruptible ? >> all i am saying, charlie, is that the former head of the cable lobbying group might not be the ideal candidate for head of the fcc. >> maybe he needed experience and he got it lobbying for the cable companies. them, younderstand can regulate them. once they have paid you to represent them -- >> no conflict of interest. i know exactly who i want in their. someone who doesn't fight me all the time. i can be that person. >> but he was so nice and gentle in his response to these egregious attacks. him of being a baby eating dingo. >> you substituted for john stewart. then you came on this show and had a sterling performance. right after that, you got a big offer from hbo. i'm just asking, i'm asking. in for jon stewart, appearing on my show, a big new show for you, i'm asking. >> it's a gateway. what you are saying is you would like a piece of the action. >> that's what i'm saying. >> give me a taste. a litt

. >> what is your impression so far up tom wheeler's fcc? like tom. he is a smart guy. i think he is trying to get done everything he can as fast as he can with the time remaining. he has a job to do. i like him. but i am disappointed that the narrative that came with him, that he finds offensive -- and i understand why -- as the former chairman of wireless and cable, a lot of the decisions that have ,ome up seem to be very biased to the injury of broadcasting. we are defending ourselves. he respects that, my job is to defend my members. confer an enormous value still on the american people. we don't care whether folks get their television from .ubscription tv or over the air gary schapiro has said six percent of the people. nielsen says it is 11%. is 20%. study says it 20% is 16 million people. who are those people? they tend to be overwhelmingly minority community members. lily, theto be the a young techies, and the economically disadvantaged -- they tend to be the elderly. i may sound more like a democrat than a republican. i think they count. those valuesf congress

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we will now begin with a wonderful welcome by fcc chairman tom wheeler. it gives me pleasure to introduce thomas wheeler who has taken time to start it off. chairman wheeler has been involved with nes networks and experiences. he is an advocate and business man. he helped start multiple companies offering innovative cable, wireless and video communication. chairman wheeler has made it clear he understands the importance of libraries. with this background on telecommunication. we are lucky too him here with us. please welcome, tom wheeler. [ applause ] >> thank you very much susan and to the members of the board, nice to see you here. this is something very important. and congrats to the institute of library and museum services for convening and having this idea to help get this message out. susan and everybody there, i am privileged to share the podium with tom power from the whitehouse who has been a leading pusher advocate for the kinds of changes that we have to be making to mare sure we are bringing the e-rate program into the 21st century. i am joined

commission is asking telecom and cable companies to step up and take the lead on cyber attacks, tom wheelerurged companies like time warner to take responsibility and accountability before the agency has to impose new regulations. >>> and shares of lululemon, after shares plunged 60% last quarter lowered the outlook for the full year. shares fell south, 16%, the upscale clothing company says it is due to the big tax bill. but as courtney reagan reports lululemon is getting squeezed from all sides. >> reporter: it was a lemon of an earnings report for lulu and the retailer is not inspiring much confidence that it will get better any time soon. while lululemon reported a better than expected first quarter and a $50 billion share buyback, the unexpected news that cfo john curry will retire at the end of the year is concerning investors. adding to that, the founder and board member chip willson continuing to bring tensions to the lulu family voting against the current chairman and another board member saying neither fits with the core values of the company. when asked about the board division o

. >> how much time to you do you spend with tom wheeler? >> we stay in touch with each other. ling. ry stric brian fung covers technology for the "washington post." next question. >> again, on this topic of the relationship between the f.c.c. and ntia, obviously both agencies are working very closely in the public safety realm. later this week chairman wheeler is going to give a keynote address about cybersecurity at the american enterprise institute. can you describe the overlap and responsibilities when it comes to public safety and where the responsibilities sort of divide? >> the f.c.c.'s primary responsibility with public safety is to be involved with the spectrum that's being utilized by the public safety organizations and they can set rules around those and deal with other issues that emerge and they're dealing dealing with a whole panoply of public safety, both in terms of the spectrum used by state and local agencies. they deal with next-generation 911 issues. our role is limited to first net. first net was created by congress in 2012 as an independent entity within ntia wi

wee try to bring coverage to earlier, what about the revolving door concern and the concern that tom wheeler others cannot be fair because there've gotten so much influence from lobbies in washington? dashing back the when the internet was in its early days, all of us in washington, we were having this discussion, we wanted the internet to be a platform for grass roots. what you are seeing in these comments to the fcc is basically what we hoped for. we hoped everybody call log on to the fcc website, sorry it crash, it needs to be beefed up. i want people to download this free app from issa and put on their smartphone and measure the bandwidth in their house and to tell the fcc if they are getting what they paid for. au will get a heck of reaction from government if you report you are not getting what you paid for. and if you are, complement your cable guy or cellular guy. it is a free app. --there is the fact that [indiscernible] kind of pathetic to some the faster countries. >> there is nothing wrong with the whining about it. download for free app and submitted to the fcc if you are not ge

. >> host: so how much time do you spend with tom wheeler or the fcc commissioners? >> guest: tom and i talk on a regular basis. it's not scheduled, but we stay in touch with each other. >> host: larry strickling is the administrator of the national telecommunications information administration, he's also assistant commerce secretary for communications and information. brian fung covers technology for "the washington post". next question. >> so, again on this topic of the relationship between between the fcc and ntia, obviously, both work in the public safety realm. later this week chairman wheeler is going to give a keynote address at the american enterprise institute about cybersecurity. can you describe the overlap in responsibilities when it comes to public safety and where the responsibilities sort of divide? >> guest: so the fcc's primary responsibility with public safety is to be involved with the spectrum that's being utilized by the public safety organizations, and they can set rules around those and deal with other issues that emerge. and they're dealing wi

chairman tom wheeler. it gives me great pleasure to introduce the current f.c.c. chairman, thomas wheeler, who has graciously taken time to this thing off for us morning. we appreciate that. decades chairman wheeler has been charged in services, a policy expert, advocate and businessman much as an entrepreneur he or helped start multiple companies offering innovative and videoeless communication services. as i mentioned in my opening wheeler hasirman made it clear that understands the importance and role of andaries, with his vast diverse background on telecommunications and emerging very'logical issues worry fortunate to have him here with us today. tom wheeler.e [applause] >> thank you very much, susan board,the members of the nice to see you all here. this is something very important, and congratulations andhe institute of library museum services for convening and for having this idea to help get this message out. there, i'mverybody privileged to share the podium today with my friend tom power house who has advocate,ding pusher, for the kinds of changes that we

first of all i would like to say thank you very much to chairman wheeler and to tom for being with us. we are very honored. we're moving onto the panel discussion portion of our program. i want to remind everybody that this hearing is being live cast, and viewers are in courage to submit questions via twitter. we also have some cards on your chairs if you have questions that you want to submit. we have a staff member who will be picking up those questions fter each panel. we will also have a chance for members of the audience and our virtual audience to pose questions. here is what we are looking at with our first panel, the vision, what happens when we get it right. we will examine why partnerships and investments in broadband make a difference. we will have a senior officer at the bill and melinda gates oundation. we are hoping to have the had of the el paso public library with us, but you had a family emergency. what we are excited to have clarence anthony, the executive director of the national league of cities. we will start out with chris. come to the microphone. >> thank you. t

what about this sort of revolving door concern, the concern that tom wheeler and others cannot be faircause they have gotten so much influence from lobbyists in washington? >> back when the internet was in its founding days, in the green of youth, all of us in sendingon -- i remember ash sitting in vice president gore's office, we wanted it to be a platform for grassroots democracy. ,ow they call that net roots but what you're seeing in these comments to the fcc is what we hoped for. we would hope that everybody could log onto the fcc website -- sorry that it crashed, it needs to be beefed up -- but log on and submit comments. i want th people to download this free app from assia, mr. there bandwidth, -- measure their bandwidth, and tell the fcc what you are getting what you paid for. if you are getting what you paid for, complement your cable guy or your cellular provider. and it's a free app. however, that in the u.s., even when it's as advertised, it is pathetic compared with some of the other countries who have internet access, period. >> there's nothing wrong with whining about it

but by the end of the year we should have fulfilled tom wheeler stream. he wants to reimagine the e-rate. he told us that he wants us to be collectively the andrew carnegie's of the century and with a little help from bill gates. we will need a lot of help from bill gates. but this is an incredible opportunity. we have to take it. actually i know we can take it because when i look back at the conversation with olympia snowe and i look at the results the reality of internet access in the united states from the year olympia took me to the library and maine internet access in the united states was led by access to schools and libraries. in its first 10 years it was led by access to schools. the united states led the world in having a generation come onto the internet. we have in fact in that generation the highest percentage of internet savvy people of any country in the world. .. [applause] >> i knew he would be a great closer. always has a good vision and we're lucky to have someone with his knowledge and his passion talking about these issues your in the

. >> rose: i know tom wheeler by the way, i've known him for 30 years.hat you're saying he's corruptible, is that what you're saying. >> no. all i'm pointing is charlie is the former head of a cable might not be the ideal objective head of the fcc. it's more suggestion than maybe those two worlds. >> rose: maybe he needed experience. you get experience lobbying for the cable companies so you understand. once you understand them you can regulate them. once they have paid you to represent them, then you have the capacity to regulate them. >> there's no conflict of interest. i know exactly who i want in there, someone who doesn't fight me all the time. i can be that person. >> rose: but it was so nice and gentle in his response when you accused him of these egregious act. >> i didn't accuse him of egregious act i accused him of being a baby eating dingo. that's what a dingo does, that's my point. >> rose: help me understand this. you substituted for jon stewart. then you came on this show. >> yes that's true. >> rose: and you had a sterling performance much

. >> host: what is your impression of tom wheeler? >> guest: i like tom. he is a smart guy and trying to get it done with the time remaining. he has a job to do and i respect that and i like him. but i am disappointed that the narrative that came with him, and he finds offensive is a former chairman of cable and wireless. so we are defending ourselves and my job is to defend my members and i think my members confer an enormous value still on the american people. we don't care if folks get their television from subscription tv or over the air. gary shapiro says 6%. nielsen says 11% and a new study says 20% and that is 60 million people. and who are those people? they tend to be minority community members overwhelming, they tend to be the elderly, the young techies and the economically disadvantaged and the question is do they count? and my answer mind sound democratic but i think they sound. i think localism is something that congress established in the beginning so every community has access to broadcasting. if they can't pay for it, they can get it for fr

chairman wheeler and i and others watching it started with chairman hans as tom said. we are going to keep doing what we can but we are depending on you. we know how hard you are working to make things happen at the local level. we are going to support you because we know it takes all of us to make this effort a success. thanks for having me here and have a great day. thank you. [applause] >> okay thank you gentlemen. that was a great way to start and i'll ask our panel number one krista weiss is same parents anthony to join me here on the podium. first of all i would like to say thank you very much to chairman wheeler and to tom power for being with us. we are just really honored. now we are moving on to the program portion of -- or the panel discussion portion of our program and i want to remind everybody that this hearing is being live cast and viewers are encouraged to submit questions via twitter to at u.s. underscore imls. we also have some cards or paper at your chairs if you have questions that you want to submit. we have a staff member perusing that will be pi

tom wheeler recently addressed the issue speaking to the institute of museum and library services, along with former chair reed hunt. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. this saturday we'll have live coverage of the iowa state republican party convention in des moines. speakers include louisiana governor bobby jindal, kentucky senator, rand paul, and 2012 presidential candidate rick santorum. that starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday on our companion network, c-span. >>> when i started covering congress you had people like senator russell long, wilbur mills, danny rostankowski, howard baker, people who were giants in their own way. a couple of those guys got themselves in trouble, but overall they were all intelligent. they knew how to craft legislation, they knew how to do a deal, they all worked with whoever the president was, whether it was their party or the other party. yes, there was politics. at the end of the day they usually found a way to come together and make decisions for the good of the country. today you just don't see that anymore. first of all, the quality o

. >> fcc chairman tom wheeler is proposing to increase wi-fi access at the nation's libraries and schools. he addressed the issue back in april at an event hosted by the institute of museum and library sciences. we will show that event tonight at eight eastern. here's a portion of what you will see. >> i wrote a couple of books on the civil war, and the most recent was about abraham lincoln's use of the telegraph. and thank goodness at the national archives, they are said abraham lincoln's handwritten telegrams. the spielberg movie was a fabulous movie but they got the telegraph office seemed wrong. lincoln did not dictate his telegrams. he wrote them out in longhand, and thank god he did, and thank god there said at the national archives. because it becomes a one degree of separation. when you hold in your white gloved hand the piece of paper that abraham lincoln wrote on, there is one degree of separation that you feel from abraham lincoln. and that is a privilege that a few researchers, like i was privileged to have get. but what david has done is to digitize all of those documents, no

fcc chairman tom wheeler recently addressed that issue, speaking to the institute of museum and library services, along with former chair reed hunt. hear their comments, plus a panel discussion on the topic, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c spann 2. this saturday, we'll have live coverage of the iowa state republican party convention in des moines. speakers include louisiana governor bobby jindal, kentucky senator rand paul and 2012 presidential candidate rick santorum. that starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday on our companion network, c-span. >>> one of the things people don't always recognize is that during the war of 1812, it was fought from 1812 until after 1814, early 1815. and it was really about the america re-establishing its independence against the british. this was sort of our second american revolution. and this flag is the object for which francis scott key penned the words, which became our national anthem. >> the image in 1995 that the flag was made to look whole and restored and there is a whole bottom section that was reconstructed, when the flag was moved into

. >> host: what's your impression so far of tom wheeler's fcc]cg . >> guest: well, 20% is 60 millionwho are those people? they tend to be overwhelmingly minority community members. they tend to be the elderly, the young techies and the economically disadvantaged. the question is, do they count too? and my answer, may sound like a democrat or a republican, i think they count. and i think localism is one of those endurable values that congress established in the beginning so that every community has access to broadcasting if they can't pay for it, they can get it for free to tell 'em what the news is, what the weather is, what the traffic is, what the sports scores were and especially in emergency circumstances whether it's a terrorist attack, a earthquake. all these other telecommunications devices tend to fall first but not broadcasting. governor after governor has said in alabama and kansas and missouri thank heavens broadcasting stayed on because they saved human lives. >> host: but how local is it when a sinclair or a salem owns several stations across the country? >> guest: they

fcc chairman tom wheeler recently addressed that issue. he spoke to the institute of museum and library services along with former chair reed hunt. here is a preview. >> i wrote a couple of books on the civil war, and the most recent was about abraham lincoln's use of the telegraph. and thank goodness at the national archives there sit abraham lincoln's handwritten te telegrams. the spielberg movie was a fabulous movie, but they got the telegraph office scene wrong. lincoln did not dictate his telegrams. he wrote them out in longhand, and thank god he did and thank god they're saved at the national archives because it becomes a one degree of separation. when you hold in your white gloved hand the piece of paper that abraham lincoln wrote on, there's one degree of separation that you feel from abraham lincoln, and that is a privilege that a few researchers like i was privileged to have get. but what david has done is to digitize all of those documents, not only the telegrams but the other great holdings of the national archives so that ther

don't typically do, to say we're not in favor of this, that being fcc, the fcc and its chairman tom wheelerthe doj. it's going to be a difficult deal to get through the regulators. you have outliers on both sides here. craig moffett, well-known analyst, saying he thinks there's a 10% chance this deal will get through. >> 1010? >> he's conservative. if you asked him if -- that may still be the case although let me say that's one side. another says hey you know what, this is exactly what is needed and they believe in the arguments that have been made continuously by massason who controls softbank who controls sprint saying this is a capital intensive business, scale is of the essence. we're competing against two behemoths in at&t and verizon and we need a well capitalized third competitor to bring the level of service that we think we can to really start to bring competition in a real way to both of them. not to mention to comcast, our parent company, that in many ways can start to almost act as a wireless opportunity for many people, given that broadband is everything right now, and that mas