And direct their way, training them in your school of humility so that they will strive to bring glory to you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , december 12, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben sasse, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the senate advanced the nomination of Leonard Stephen grasz to be a judge on the eighth Circuit Court of appeals. Mr. Grasz has sterling credentials
A week of demonstrations in the occupied palestinian territories Israeli Forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who pelted stone bethlehem dozens of palestinians have been injured in confrontations with Israeli Forces says last week those were the headlines about with more news in thirty minutes next on aljazeera its the street do stay with us. Facing reality if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a train of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we need to the fact that some of my previous users hear their story on talk to aljazeera at this time. Ok and i really could be here in the stream this week a five person panel is set to decide the future of Internet Usage in the u. S. But could it change the World Wide Web as we know it find out what some people say yes. Here in the United States the federal Communications Commission will vote thursday a whether or not to roll back regulations but acting Net
So im with the American Consumer institute. Its a pleasure to be here today and thank you all for coming. Of importance is on thursday the federal Communications Commission holds one of its December Open meeting and deals with one of several very important topics and the issue today is the order to restore the Internet Freedom which includes a number of important provisions, one is classifying Broadband Access services as an Information Service as it was once before, removing the ambiguous internet conduct standard and the bright line rules, reestablishing the private mobile Service Classification for mobile broadband and promoting Internet Service provider transparency among other things and the transparency issue is very important to us because it helps give consumers better information to make better decisions. But theres a lot of noise out there, confusion, misinformation on what will mean for consumers and today we have a panel of experts that will address the issues but first id
Commission holds one of its December Open meetings, and deals with one of several very important topics. And the issue today is the order to restore the Internet Freedom, which includes a number of important provisions. One is classifying Broadband Access services as an Information Service as it was before. Removing the ambiguous internet conduct standard and the brightline rules, reestablishing the private mobile Service Classification for mobile broadband, and promoting Internet Service provider transparency among other things. The transparency issue is very important to us. It helps to get consumers to make better decisions. But theres a lot of noise out there, confusion, misinformation on what this will mean for consumers, and today we have a panel of experts that will address the issues. But first, id like to introduce a special guest to give remarks, and were so glad you are able to make it, and join us today. The fcc commissioner was unanimously confirmed to the senate and took
Sandy hook. Flags state wide flu at half staff today. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti, this is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Im emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. The fcc officially hits reset on the internet. What that means for the internet of the future. Plus, disneys megadeal for a massive chunk of talks. What the worlds biggest Entertainment Company gets for its 52 billion. Orville revenue rises. The ongoing competition with cloud later amazon. First to our lead. Net neutrality no more. The fcc voted to repeal the obama era protections. The republican Led Commission voted 32 to repeal. It comes amid defense amid intense protests. The fcc chair heralded the return to what he called a free speech market approach. He said it was time for us to restore internet freedom. Joining me now, one of the people who earlier voted to repeal Net Neutrality, brandon carr. He was n