telecom, walter mccormick, why did you file suit against the new rules? >> the chairman of the fcc and the president of the united states, internet standards are to prevent this. we are challenging the reclassification of internet access being an information service to a u.s. telecom service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to railroad regulations. it imposed new cost on consumers and delayed improvement and chilled investment. we would be supportive of the open internet standards but not pursuant to reclassification of the industry services being common carrier. >> christopher lewis what do you think about u.s. telecom and the members filing a lawsuit? >> first you start with where you agree. we agree anita haidarynet neutrality regulation regulations are important. we have been supportive of the rules the fcc enacted and now become force of law. we think that after a decade of working toward a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court this is the strongest set of net neutrality protections we have seen in the three different att

telecom, walter mccormick is the president and ceo. mr. mccormick, why did you file suit against these new rules? >> guest: peter, the irony here is we support the substance of the rules as around ticklated by the chairman of the fcc and the president of the united states. the open internet standards are to prevent blocking, throttling paid prioritization. but what we're challenging -- and the reason we support them is our industry operates in conformance with those standards today. our industry supports their adoption as regulation. we support their enactment into law by the united states congress. but what we're challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to century railroad regulation. common carriage as a vestige of the english common law was originally applied to railroads and then to trucking companies and then to airlines but it's been repealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago because it proved to

telecoms walter mccormick and a supporter of the rules christopher lewis, vice president for government at public knowledge. >> what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunication service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulations. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law was originally applied to railroads and to trucking companies and then to airlines but it has been repealed for all of those industries going on from 30 years ago because it imposed new cost on consumers and delay deployment and slowed innovation and really chilled investment. >> we both agree that net neutrality protections are important. that's an important thing to start with. but we do disagree with a lawsuit. we have been supportive of the rules that the fcc and acted -- and acted -- enacted and now have become a force of law and we believe that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court that this is the strongest set of net neutrality protecti

telecom walter mccormick. supporter, christopher lewis. >> we are challenging the reclassification of internet access being an information service to a telecommunication service, regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century reregulation. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law originally applied to railroads and the two trucking companies and the to a lines, but it has been repealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. it proved to impose new costs on consumers, delayed employment, slowed innovation, and chilled investment. >> we agreed that net neutrality protections are important, and that's an important thing to start with but we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and of now have become force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court that this is the strongest protections we have seen in the three different attempts by the agency t

the new sec rules monday not on "the communicators ," we will speak with the president and ceo walter mccormick and a supporter of the rules, christopher lewis, vice president for public affairs at government knowledge. >> what we challenges the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a total communications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th century railroad regulation. common carriage is originally applied to railroads and then to trucking companies and then to airlines. but it has been repealed for all those industries going on over 30 years ago. and really chilled investment. >> we believe no neutrality is important. we have been very supportive of the rules. and have now become a force of law. we think after working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that would hold up in court and you will news came that pearl harbor had been bombed and i can remember my grandfather lucas describing the exact field, the exact row that he was picking cotton in in december of 1941 when one of the neighbors stopped and said have you heard? my father

we will speak with the president and ceo of one of those organizations, walter mccormick, and a supporter of the rules christopher lewis, vice president of public affairs at public knowledge. >> we are challenging the classification from an intermittent -- from an information service to a telecommunication service pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. common law was originally applied to railroads covert truck is -- railroads, trucking companies, and airlines. it delays deployment, slowed innovation, and it really chilled investment. crist for lewis: we both agree that net neutrality protections are important. we do did -- we do disagree on the rules that the fcc enacted and have now become force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have these economies this is the strongest federal protection we have seen. >> monday night on the communicators on c-span's here. >> each week american history tv visits museums and is for places. you are looking at peterson house and washington, d.c. where president abram lincoln passed away -- abraham lincoln passed away.

telecom president walter mccormick.e in new hampshire for remarks from governor scott walker. and ahead of the correspondence dinner in the white house, we will look back at past speeches given by president clinton george bush, and barack obama. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies and brought to you by a public -- as a public service. >> this week on the communicators, an update on the net neutrality regulations passed by the fcc earlier this year. julia haddam is with the hill. where do we stand? >> this is a new chapter. the long ongoing saga, a vote was made earlier this year in february that would take a bold step of reclassifying the internet service, to treat it as a title ii service, what we have called a more of a utility style regulation. that is a tricky term. but, while that happened in february the rules were not formally published into last week. and that gets the process going for the next stage, which is on the one hand, they will be in acted 60 days hence, those will go into effect in june, a

telecom walter mccormick and christopher lewis. vice president for government affairs at public knowledge. >> what we are is the reclassification of internet act test of being information service to a telecommunication service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad organization. this is a vestige of the english common law. apply to airlines. it has been repeal for all of the industries going on 30 years ago. it delayed deployment. slowed innovation and really cheered in cure meant. -- procurement. that is an important thing to start with. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and have now become force of law. we think after a decade of working toward net neutrality rules that will hold up in court with the strongest for talladega -- net neutrality rules we of seen at the three different attempts at the agencies to ensure the internet remains open. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators at 8:00 eastern. next the new -- the republic new hampshire committee hold it -- held a c

telecoms walter mccormick and a supporter of the rules christopher lewis.esident for government affairs at public knowledge. what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being in information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier to 19th century railroad figuration. it is a vestige of the english common law and originally applied to railroads and then trucking companies and then to airlines. it has been repealed for all of those industries, going on over 30 years ago. because it proved to impose new costs on consumers, delayed deployment, slowed innovation, and really chilled investment. next we both agree that net neutrality protection terms are important and that is an important thing to start with, but we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the roles that the fcc enacted and have now become a force of law. we think that after one decade of working toward a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court, that this is the strongest set of it -- that neutrality

walter sukkot -- mccormick. and christopher lewis >>. >> we are we challenging the classification of internet access. we are turning it into a common carrier service pursuant to 19th-century railroad delayed. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law which applied to railroads, then trucking companies, and then to airlines, but it has been revealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. it proved to impose a cost on consumers, delayed deployment, slowed innovation, and chilled investment. >> we both agree that the neutrality protections are important. that's an important thing to start with. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted. they have now become a force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that can hold up into court, this is the strongest protections we have seen in the three different attempts at the agency to ensure that the internet remains open. announcer: monday

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monday night on the "communicators" we will speak to walter mccormick and christopher lewis. walter: what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access being an information service, to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. common carrier was originally applied to railroads and trucking companies airlines, but it has been appealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. they impose new cost on consumers, delayed the product slowed and -- innovation, and chilled investment. christopher: we both agree that net neutrality protections are important. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been supportive of the rules the fcc and active -- enacted. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold -- hold up in court, this is the strongest set of protections we have seen in the first three attempts in the agency to ensure the internet remains open. announcer: monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. announcer: on

. >> host: christopher lewis walter mccormick, julian hattem is with "the hill" newspaper. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> today the united states institute of peace and the woodrow wilson center hold a discussion on the politics of a nuclear deal with iran. participants include former congressman jim slatly of kansas and howard berman of california former national security adviser stephen hadley, and a former member of iran's parliament. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is calling for an immediate cease fire to the violence in yemen. he made this announcement thursday during remarks to the national press club discussing global challenges and the role of the united nations. the secretary-general also addressed iran's nuclear program, combating isis, the syrian civil war and u.n. efforts with climate change. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening and welcome. my name is john hughes

walter mccormick and christopher lewis. >> what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. commong carriage is a vestige of a english law which a originally applied to railroads, trucking companies but it has been revealed for all of those industries going over 30 years ago because it proved to impose new costs on consumers. delayed deployment, slurred innovation and chilled investment. christopher: we both agree that meant neutrality protections are important, but we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and have become a force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way toto have net neutrality rules that can hold up in court, this is the strongest set of protections we have seen in the three different attempts at the agency to ensure the internet remains open. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> during this month, c-span is pl

telecom's walter mccormick and a supporter of the rules, christopher lewis. vice president for government affairs and public knowledge. >> what we're challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th century railroad regulation. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law, originally applied to railroads and then to trucking companies and then to airlines, but it's been repealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. because it proved to impose new costs on consumers, yet delayed deployment, slowed innovation and really chilled investment. >> we both agree that net neutrality protections are important and that's an important thing to start with. but we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and have now become force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that can hold up in court, that this is the strongest set

visit ncicap.org] >> on "the communicators" we talk with walter mccormick and christopher lewis. >> whate're challenging is the reclassification of internet access being an information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century will regulations. it is a vestige of american law and applying to -- it has been repealed for all of us to destroy's going on. it delay deployment. slowed innovation. >> in both the great net neutrality protections are important. that is important to start with. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been supported of the rules. now a force of law. we think after a decade of working toward a way to have rules that, this is the strongest we have seen in the three different attempts of the agency to ensure that the internet remains open. >> "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> on friday, the president and first lady hosted a national poetry month celebration at the white house. the president delivered brief comments before a private reading with poet laureate elizabeth alexander. he spoke about the importance of p

lewis walter mccormick, thank you so much for joining us. cspan created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a local service by your cable or satellite provider. >> coming up on c-span2, discussion on the iran nuclear agreement, then turkey's foreign affair's minister talks about his country's role in the middle east and the iran nuclear negotiation negotiations. and then we will bring you several protential presidential candidate speeches. gl coming up on the next washington journal linda dempsey joins us to discuss legislation that would give the president fast track authority in negotiating the transatlantic partnership deal. and then we talk about the role in bolstering protection for the lgbt committee. and jennifer lawless talks about her new book on why young americans are turned off to politics. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> she was called ms. president by her detractors and outspoken about views on slavery and women's write. one of the most prolific

tonight on "the communicators" we will speak to the ceo of one of the organizations, walter mccormick of telecom. also, a supporter of the rules christopher lewis. >> what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunication service regulated as a common carrier, pursuant to railroad law. , carrier was first of to railroads, then airlines. it was repealed some 30 years ago. it slowed innovation, and really chilled investment. >> we both agree that the neutrality protections are important. that is an important thing to start with. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc and acted -- enacted, and now have become a force of law. we think that after a decade of working toward a way to have that neutrality rules that can hold up in court that this is the strongest set of net neutrality protections we have seen in the three different tim attempts to make sure the internet remains open. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. now, a panel discussion on the

walter mccormick and christopher lewis. >> what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law originally applied to railroads, then to trucking companies, then to airlines. but it has been read field for all of those industries going on 30 years ago because it proved to impose new cost on consumers it delayed employment, slowed innovation, and really chilled investment. >> we both agree that net neutrality protections are important and that is an important thing to start with. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the roles that the ccn. -- that the fcc have enacted. we think that, after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court that this is the strongest set of net neutrality protections that we have seen in the three different in attempts at the agency to ensure the internet remains open. >> monday n

walter mccormick and the support of the rules, christopher lewis, vice president of affairs of publicedge. >> what we are challenging as the reclassification of internet access from being an information service to a tell commissions service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th century railroad regulation. common carriage is a vestige of the english common law. it was originally applied to railroads and trucking companies and airlines. it has been repealed for all those industries going on 30 years ago. it puts new cost on consumers. it delays the climate. it slows innovation. and it really chills investment. >> we both agreed that net neutrality protections are important. that is an important thing to start with. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been very supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and have no become force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold up in court that this is the strongest protections that we have seen in the three different attempts at the agency to ensure that the intern

annie mccormick is live in the satellite center with the latest. >> reporter: at this point walter and sarah we know that three americans have been killed we're getting a new video from the hikers who are trapped on mount everest. watch as hikessers take cover on mount everest as the after lanchedz -- avalanche is triggered by the earthquake. they realize the base camp is wiped out of the several earthquakes followed in the hours after the natural disaster. this is the voice of a 45-year-old climber from denmark, he continues to update and use the world facebook account from mount everest. he captured subsequent helicopter rescues and those for most critical help. many were killed and survivors are running low on splice. three of the americans are dead, including google director fredinburg and marisa eve girawong from new jersey. rescue workers are arriving from around the world including japan. more than a dozen were killed in tibet. officials in india confirmed 34 were killed. allentown muhlenberg college has three students in nepal one in india. she is studying anthony -- an -- anth

monday night on the communicators we will speak with welter mccormick, and christopher lewis. walter: what we are challenging is the access to information services to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to a railroad organization. common carrier was originally applied to railroads and trucking companies and then to airlines, it has been repealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. it proved to impose new cost for consumers, delayed employment, slowed innovation, and chilled investment. christopher: we both agree that net neutrality is important that is important. we do disagree with the lawsuit we have been supportive of the rules that the fcc enacted and has now become a force of law. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have rules that could hold up in court, this is the strongest set of that neutrality protections we have seen in the three different attempts at the agency to ensure the internet remains open. announcer: monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators those quote on c-span two. announcer: nex

mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> annie thanks so much for that report. >>> a white south carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man has been formally charged with murder. [gunfire] >>> walteras running away when north charleston patrolman michael slager fired eight times. authorities say the officer had already hit scott with a stun gun after scott is down officer slager places him in handcuffs. this all started with a traffic stop saturday. officer slager then reported that scott had tried to take his taser but officials say the video is evidence of an unjustified dead -- of using unjustified deadly force. we will have more on the investigation coming up in our next half hour. >> new video has emerged in the controversial police take down of a man in vineland, new jersey. that man later died. police were called to the 100 block of grape street on march 31st. residents say 32-year-old philip white was on the sidewalk acting strange and when police responded they say white resisted and tried to grab a canine officer's gun. video shows the police dog attacking while the officer throws punches. white later died at the hospital. now, autopsy results have not yet been released.

mccormick channel6 "action news." >> annie thanks so much. >>> a white south carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man has been formally charged with murder. [gunfire] >>> 50-year-old walteras running a way when michael slager fired eight times which is was just heard. authorities say the officer had already hit scott with a stun gun after scott was down officer slager places him in handcuffs. now, this all started with a traffic stop saturday. officer slager then reportd that scott had tried to take his taser but officials say the video is evidence of an unjustified deadly force. we'll have much more on the investigation coming up in our next half hour. >> new video has emerged in the controversial police takedown of a man in vineland, new jersey. that man later died. police were called to the 100 block of grape street on march 31st. residents say 32-year-old philip white was on the sidewalk acting strange. and when police showed up they saw white, they say he resisted and even tried to grab a canine officer's gun. this video shows a police dog attacking while the officer throws punches. white later died at the hospital. autopsy results have not been released. this death