chairman tom wheeler. later, film maker spike lee, who was the commencement speaker for johns hopkins niversity. this week the -- communicators goes to the intx show in boston, sponsored by the internet and television expo. we interviewed f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler. peter: as a regulator and consumer, what's your view of the cable industry today? >> you know, i was listening to pat and he was talking about roots 40 years ago and i was thinking, golly, 40 years ago i my orking at ncta, and so relationship with the cable industry goes back a long, long time. and it was always a great privilege, i thought, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in history. and you know, michael powell was kind enough after i became chairman to ask me to come and meet with the ncta board. d i sat down and i said, you know, folks, everything that i relationship he etween government and industry were -- was a philosophy that was developed while i was at ncta. because that was a period in time when the cabl

. >> 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 --

chairman tom wheeler is the 31st chairman of the fcc, a position he's held since november 4, 2013. for over three decades chairman , wheeler has been involved with telecommunications networks and services as a policy expert and advocate and businessman. prior to joining the fcc, chairman wheeler was a managing director of core capital partners, a venture capital firm investing in an early stage internet protocol based companies. he served as president and ceo of shiloh group llc, a strategy development and private investment company specializing in telecommunications services and co-founded smart brief, the internet's largest electronic information service for vertical markets. chairman wheeler is a graduate of the ohio state university and is recipient of its alumni medal. commissioner ajit pai has been a commissioner of the fcc since may 14, 2012. between 2007 and 2011 commissioner pai held several , positions in the office of general counsel, serving most predominantly as deputy general counsel. prior to being sworn in as commissioner, pai worked in the washington dc office of je

. >> 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

tom and i, chairman wheeler and i get along fine as people. but when -- but the direction from fcc leadership including the chairman to take the most aggressive, leftist approach to policy making, these little ground -- when that becomes the first, primary goal of the item, when the policy direction that they 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 scenario we have today. when there's little interest in bringing my opinions onboard, you're going to find i'm less likely to be supportive, and i'm going to express my views. >> does it feel to you like it's been a general, gradual deterioration of relationships at the commission? >> guest: yes, i think that's probably fair. i still maintain positive relationships with my colleagues, but i think overall there's a fairly tense, you know, feeling at the commission. we're waiting for a number of court decisions that will settle some of the ground. we have only so many more months left

chairman tom wheeler is the 31st chairman of the fcc, a position he's held since november 4, 2013. for over three decades, chairman wheeler has been involved in telecommunications networks and the services as a policy expert, an advocate, and a businessman. prior to joining the fcc, chairman wheeler was a managing director of core capital partners, a venture capital firm investing in an early stage internet based companies. he served as president and ceo of shiloh group llc, a strategy development and private investment company specializes in telecommunications services and co-founded smart brief, the internet's largest electronic information service for vertical markets. chairman wheeler is a graduate of the ohio state university and is recipient of its alumni medal. commissioner ajit pai has been a commissioner of the fcc since may 14, 2012, between 2007 and 2011 commissioner pai held several positions in the office of general counsel serving most prominently as deputy counsel general, or i'm sorry, deputy general counsel. prior to being sworn in as commissioner, pai worked in the

interview secwe chair tom wheeler about the cable industry, set top boxes and net neutrality. >> it makes you look at things, you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives. you see increased talk about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to , over different kinds of devices. and that we have the potential best era ever the for consumers, programmers and for those who deliver. the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. morning, an attorney representing political groups allegedly targeted by the irs, talks about this week's congressional hearing to discuss it potential impeachment of iris commissioner. former democratic senator carl levin on his efforts to eliminate abuses of the tax system i way of tax savings and liberals. later william klein from the peterson institute for , including the debt held by saudi arabia. as always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: it is the "washington journal,"

it's michael powell's fcc comments tom wheeler's fcc. >> guest: first of all this this a collegial body of five is pretty takes three votes to get anything done and i think that what has happened is it he comes easy -- you have to hang a name on it so rather than 2013220 whenever it is the chairman was, he'd know they hang a name with it. the other thing is that it is a strong chairman structure. and so it creates an opportunity to put ideas before your colleagues for their reactions but i go back to the fact that you have got to get three votes and that is very much a cooperative process that happens every single day. >> host: ladies and gentlemen tom mboya where the chairman of the fcc. [applause] and a newly-released political podcast house speaker paul ryan saying he wants unity within the republican party still not betting on donald trump winning. joining us on the phone is supple and who conducted the interview. thank you for being with us. disco it's great to be here. >> host: we will head excerpt and a mom of the wounds your overall -- of his demeanor and how the speakers approa

we interviewed fcc chair tom wheeler. >> host: as a regulator and the consumer what is your view of the cable industry today? >> guest: so, you know i was listening to pat talking about routes four years ago and i was saying golly, four 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 great privilege i thought to be associated with this industry at that particular point in history and you know my goal for powell was kind enough after he became chairman to ask me to calm and meet with the ncta board and i sat down and i said you know folks, everything that i believe

chairman tom wheeler is the 31st chairman of the fcc, a position he's held since november 4, 2013. for over three deck id as chairman wheeler has been involved with tell me communications networks and services as a policy expert and advocate and businessman. prior to joining the fcc, chairman wheeler was a managing director of core capital partners, a venture capital firm investing in an early stage internet based companies. he served as president and ceo of shiloh group llc, a strategy development and private investment company specializes in telecommunications services and co-founded smart brief, the internet's largest electronic information service for vertical markets. chairman wheeler is a graduate of the ohio state university and is recipient of its alumni medal. commissioner ajit pai has been a commissioner of the fcc since may 14, 2012, between 2007 and 2011 commissioner pai held several positions in the office of general counsel serving most predominantly as deputy general counsel. prior to being sworn in as commissioner, pai worked in the office of jenner and block where h

we interview fcc chairman tom wheeler about the cable industry, set top boxes, and net neutrality. m: you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video. you see increased talk about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to the consumer over m plus 1 kinds of devices. we have the potential to be forring the best era ever consumers, for programmers, and those that deliver. >> watch "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> each week until the 2016 election, road to the white house rewind brings you archival coverage of presidential races. nxet, new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro accepts the vice principal nomination at the 1984 democratic convention in in san francisco. walter mondale selected her as his running mate. she became the first woman nominated by a major party for the presidency or vice presidency. the mondale ticket lost the general election to republican incumbents while writing and george h.w. bush, with reagon winning 49 states and receiving 49% of the vote. this

conference in boston, known as the internet and television expo, and we interview the fcc chair tom wheeler cable industry, set-top boxes and net neutrality. >> if you look at things, you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives. you see increased talk about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to plus onemer over in kind of devices, and that we have the potential to be best era ever for consumers, for programmers, and for those who deliver. >> watch the communicators 8:00 eastern monday night c-span 2. secretary, we proudly votes tof our delegate the next president of the united states. [applause] ♪ all weekend, "american history tv" is

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and sec chairman tom wheeler. moderator: can i have had a blast putting this together for you.are deeply indebted to the members of the advisory board for helping us realize our vision. moderator: when pat and i started down this path, when we agreed to cochair, we wanted this to be fast-paced and electric. we wanted it to be fun, casual, relaxed, no ties, but there is a hanky. with the opportunity for all of us to compare notes and to get a glimpse into the future that we are all creating together. it is going to be an exciting week. moderator: we do hope that what you experienced this week is just how you'd hear described in boston. with afford to chatting with you in the next few days. moderator: have a great time and get some great food. i will meet you later at the food trucks. x here in boston, everybody. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president and ceo of ncga michael powell. ♪ >> good morning. x 2016. to int this is the first time we have ever had an open stage on the show floor like this. i think it is variable medic -- and will medic of the wal

we interview tom wheeler about the cable industry.s, youok at see the evolution of the nature of television and the explosion of video alternatives and see smallerd talk about bundles and how that changes the relationship with consumers. you see alternative pathways to the consumer over different devices. potential to be best era ever for consumers, programmers, the communicators on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we will take week at the amount of u.s. debt held by foreign countries. ine is here to help us. we are talking about treasury. can you talk about why the foreign countries would be interested in purchasing that that? they need foreign exchange reserves in case they have a crisis like korea had in 1998 and everybody was to take their money out. iny need to have safe assets dollars and that's the treasury bonds. government hases made it point since alexander hamilton that it will not default on its debt. host: if the bonds for certificates come on the market, that's how it works? guest: its market purchases. the

tom wheeler had recommended on friday to four feller commissioners to allow the plan to go forward and broadband service. what is interesting is it claims the change could expand u.s. wi-fi capacity by one third. we're talking about potentially a big change here. staples, office depot, no longer going through as we know. office depot shares trading sharply lower today. the hedge fund trimmed its , today, -- in addition presumably impart to talk about where it goes from here and now that the deal is not happening. >> with antitrade sentiment rising in the u.s. and europe, new urgency to we know can a's 10 providences have constructed a high barriers to trade internally. does that trade under the government? alix: we're joined now from toronto with more. pamela, how worried are canadian business lenders about all this anti-trade talk? >> america first approach being communicated by both presumptive nominees in the presidential election, one a little more freely and one perhaps being pulled into this rhetoric a bit, it is a concern, and any disruption to the north american and trade agree

we interviewed tom wheeler by the cable industry, set-top boxes, and net neutrality. of thesee the evolution nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives. you see increased talk about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to n+1 kinds of over devices, that we have the thential to be entering best era ever for consumers and programmers and those who deliver. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. announcer: this week on "q&a," vanity fair columnist and slate magazine founder michael kinsley. he talks about living with parkinson's disease and his new book, "old age: a beginner's guide." brian: michael kinsley, in your new book, "old age: a beginner's guide," why do you start your book by saying, this is not about parkinson's disease? michael: because i did not want people to think this was another sad saga of someone suffering. and i wanted to write -- i just did not wanted to be autobiographical, especially. and i wanted to tell the story. i wanted to be able to generali

from the expo we interview fcc chair tom wheeler about the cable industry, set-top boxes and net neutralitys you look at things, you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives. you see increased talk about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to the consumer over n-plus-1 kinds of devices and we have the potential to be entering the best era ever for consumers, programmers and those who deliver. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> congratulations to the class of 2016. today is your day of celebration and you've earned it. >> the voices crying for peace and light because your choices will make all the difference to you and to all of us. >> don't be afraid to take on cases or a new job or a new issue that really stretches your boundaries. >> you spent your summer abroad on real ships rather than internships, and the specter of living in your parents' basem t

[inaudible conversations] >> the sunny -- we interviewed fcc chair tom wheeler. >> is a regulator and consumer, what is your view of the cable industry today? >> guest: so, you know, i was listening to pat and he was talking about four years ago. i was saying golly, four years ago i was working at ncta. so my relationship with the cable industry has been a long, long time. it was always a great privilege, i thought, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in history. and you know, michael powell was kind enough after i became chairman to ask me to come and meet with the ncta board. i sat down and i said, you know, folks, and everything that i believe about the relationship between government and industry was a philosophy developed while i was at ncta because that was a period of time when the cable industry was the voice of competition and innovation. those who did not want things to change, in those days it was the brought pastors and hollywood and the telephone company all working together to try and hold back the cable industry. those who did not want things to

and people who bring them into our living rooms like john king and jorge ramos and fcc chairman tom wheeler. you know, ken and i had a blast putting it together for you and we are deeply indebted to the numbers of the advisory board, for helping us realize our vision. >> when we started down this path, we agreed to cochair. we wanted intx this year to be fast paced and electric, to be fun, casual, relaxed, no ties. but there is a hanky. >> with the opportunity for all of us to compare notes and get a glimpse into the future that we are while creating together, it is going to be an exciting week. >> we do hope what you experience this week is just as described and we look forward to tapping with many of you during the next three days. >> absolutely. have a great time. get some great austin food. all major at the food truck. enjoy intx here in boston, everybody. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president and ceo of ncta, michael powell. [applause] >> good morning and welcome to intx 2016 in the great city of boston. this is the first time we have ever had an open stage o

we talk to tom wheeler, the f.c.c. chairman about set-top boxes. mr. wheel are: you see the evolution of television. the explosion of alternatives. you see increased tax about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to n plus 1 kind er of devices in that we have the the ial to be entering best era ever. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> on newsmakers this week we're joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas. he's chair of the armed services committee and saw the $610 billion 2017 defense policy bill passed in the house. in studio to help with our questions today we're joined by rn kern -- about karin karin demijian.aroun coip there will be several -- guest: there will be several bills that come out. the big thing -- there are policy points we don't agree. your bill dips into war funds more than the senate bill does and though mccain may be putting an extra measure on the floor you say your approach is necessary for readiness but if it doesn't match with

this is commissioner, chairman tom wheeler on this program a couple of weeks ago talking about managementof the fcc. >> when i first got involved at the fcc, it was very directional and detailed. you will do this, we will look at your books for this. you will have these kind of directors.it was very, very specific in terms of what it did. and in the open internet order, we have a very different kind of approach where instead of preemptively saying we know best, we said, you want to have a couple concepts. you want to have an internet where there is no blocking, no throttling, no pay prioritization and consumers know what they are getting. transparency. and then, put a referee on the field. and the referee has the ability to look at circumstances and throw the flag if necessary. and that's an entirely different approach to what the fcc used to be and i think that's the kind of approach that encourages this kind of innovation that i was talkingabout . >> what do you think about what he had to say? >> i disagree with most of what he had to say but certainly the last priority permission with

we interviewed fcc chair tom wheeler about the cable industry, set-top boxes and net neutrality.ou look at things, you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives, increased talk about a smaller bundle up how that changes the relationship with the consumer. do seek alternative pathways to the consumer over kinds of devices, and that we have the thential to be entering best era ever for consumers, programmers and those who deliver. watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. ,ost: we welcome dan de luce for "foreignondent policy" magazine. thank you for being with us. the president in vietnam today. the first stop in a week long to asia. how significant is this visit? very: i think it is significant for vietnam, the united states, and when you think about that relationship, history, it wasn't that long ago that there was an awful war and the u.s. and be enemies were enemies, and now you have a very friendly relationship, and now there is a possibility the u.s. will even start selling w

wheeler, next. good morning. ♪ tom: good morning. bloomberg "surveillance."ncine lacqua in london, i am tom keene in new york. the airliner crash across the mediterranean sea off the shores of egypt. we will bring that information to you as it becomes available -- as it becomes available. christopher wheeler has had 15 meetings with esteemed clients in new york. his head is a jumble with atlantic equities in london. ready to go through security at the american airports. you have to get repaired. christopher: absolutely. i am taking an early morning flight. i don't want to take one in the middle of the day, i think it would be tricky. tom: let's look at the charts on union credit. the rightpplying medicine to find a bid on bankshares in europe? case ofher: in the deutsche bank, as we have discussed, it is a long haul. has talked about sorting out the platform. tom: does he have two to three years to spend? christopher: i think he does. we are confronting a tougher market in terms of the continued problem with italian loans. tom: bring up the deutsche bank char

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chairman tom wheeler. later, film maker spike lee, who was the commencement speaker for johns hopkins niversity. this week the -- communicators goes to the intx show in boston, sponsored by the internet and television expo. we interviewed f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler. peter: as a regulator and consumer, what's your view of the cable industry today? >> you know, i was listening to pat and he was talking about roots 40 years ago and i was thinking, golly, 40 years ago i