Host the communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We are going to show you some of the interviews were conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. And now joining us on the communicators is susan ness. Commissioner ness, what were some of issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you are an fcc commissioner . Guest peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards which is radio standard. My First Commission meeting we did band plan. It was an extraordinary time. And we were just given Auction Authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. So it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we im
The communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology users. Joining us on the communicators is susan, what were some of the issues you dealt with back in the 1990s when you were the fcc commissioner . It was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. That was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. My First Commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. And we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. It was an exciting time to be there. We also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. And also radically changed
Satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. Commission meeting we had pcf. It was an extraordinary fund. Auction,gan the first at which point they actually bid. The hand plaque to it was an exciting time to be there. Implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in video. Also radically changed the landscape for broadcasts. Widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. Looking back 20 years later, did you get it right . Susan some of it we did. Andother thing we did, cspan can appreciate this greatly, as Childrens Television programming. The requirement for Childrens Television on broadcast. Some of it we got very right, marketplace said they were not sure if they needed it anymore. And it implemented the law. Issue with the 1996 telecom the congressally was looking backwards and was basically settling battle taking. Lace du
The Committee Plans to hold this congress. After examining the history of the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change in our first two hearings, today the subcommittee turns to the impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. This subcommittee has three goals today. First, were going to illustrate how Natural Disasters are made both more intense and more frequent due to Climate Change. Climate change is real. We are con substantiate constan of that fact. Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice in one day alone. 2 billion tons of ice lost in a day and weve got people still telling us not to worry that Climate Change isnt a problem. The American People know better and they know because they are already suffering from the effects. Michael man is here today to explain how and why we are seeing more intense hurricanes, more frequent wildfires and more devastating flooding because of Climate Change. Our second goal today is to examine how the fed
Deadly overnight shooting in east palo alto. Police arent telling us much about what happened. The shooting happened a little after 1 00 a. M. On tulane avenue, less than a mile from facebook headquarters. An unidentified man was standing outside when someone shot him. The victim died at the scene. We are staying on top of this investigation, once we do get an update, well bring it to you. A former 49er star accused of a disturbing crime. Prosecutors say Dana Stubblefield assaulted a developmentally disabled woman. His attorneys are painting a different picture of what happened. Kris sanchez live with details. Good morning. Dana stubblefields Attorney Says they have proof the former 49 star didnt rape anyone. He himself didnt have much to say as he jumped in a car where he was booked on five felony charges of raping a developmentally disabled woman at his morgan hill home april last year. He and his attorneys scheduled that 9 30 press conference this morning and say it will show he had