Tmobile and sprint and they said i would hurt the consumers spcial for those in local income and minorities. It would cut the weless providers from four to three and meanwhile, the number of antitrust inves against google, facebook and apple and amazon areg. Grow here to discuss are law professor kathlyn sandoval and tech editor and San Francisco bureau chief, jeremy owens. Nice to have both of you. Thanks for having me. On the proposed me ger of sprint and tmobile there are ten states led by new york and california filing suit to block it. Professor sandoval, youre a former commissioner of the lifornia Public Utilities commission. What are your concerns about the proposed mergernd how would it affect consumers . Right. Im not thankou so much for the invitation. Im an antitrust law professor. Sboth as a former regulator and as an antitrust professor, a couple of tngs jumped out at me. First of all, the complaint eleges that tmob and sprint already have over half of the market share in
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and the committee is meeting today in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on this is not a drill, educated related response and recovery in the wake of Natural Disaster. Pursuant to Committee Rule 7c, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear more from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. A small note this hearing was scheduled before we knew that this was going to be a short week. Votes will be called at 10 00, and members will go to vote. And mr. Allen has agreed to come back and continue the hearing so we can have here every witness testify. So i now recognize myself for making an Opening Statement. Today were here to examine the federal governments response to School Communities impacted by Natural Disasters and the diverse challenges our schools face on the road to recovery. We need to know what has gone right, what ha
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and the committee is meeting today in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on this is not a drill, educated related response and recovery in the wake of Natural Disaster. Pursuant to Committee Rule 7c, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear more from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. A small note this hearing was scheduled before we knew that this was going to be a short week. Votes will be called at 10 00, and members will go to vote. And mr. Allen has agreed to come back and continue the hearing so we can have here every witness testify. So i now recognize myself for making an Opening Statement. Today were here to examine the federal governments response to School Communities impacted by Natural Disasters and the diverse challenges our schools face on the road to recovery. We need to know what has gone right, what ha
From the last few minutes. The government has said it will bring forward a change in the law to prevent the ownership of uk newspapers and magazines by foreign states. The move follows concern about the potential takeover of the Daily Telegraph and spectator by a group backed by the united arab emirates. Minister say they will try to amend the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently going through parliament. Labour has indicated it is likely to back the move. So, that developmentjust coming into the last little while. More on that in the six oclock news here in the next little while. Now, though, as promised, lets round up all the sport of the day. Gavin is in the bbc sport centre. Yes, mathew, good evening to you. Lets start at cheltenham, where trainer Willie Mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which could come in the weatherby s champion bumper, the final race of the day. It is now under way. El fabiolo was the favourite for the champions chase earlier,
Good morning. My name is kevin gaines and its a pleasure to welcome you to the Miller Center for a conversation about the postpresidency of barack obama. In his farewell address, president obama spoke of threats to american democracy and called for an actively engaged and vigilant citizenry to preserve democracy. It falls to each of us, he said, to be those anxious, jealous, guardian of democracy, contemplating his future as a private citizen after the honor of serving his fellow americans. Obama pledged, as he put it, that he will be right, right there with you. As a citizen, for all my remaining days, he urged Young Americans to believe in themselves and their ability to effect change. We know what happened next. The Trump Administration sought to undo the policies of his predecessor, and at every turn, trump sought to undermine the democratic norms that obama had extolled and defended. Adhering to political custom. Obama remained largely silent for most of the one term Trump Adminis