Governor pat mccrory escalate the nations clash about transgender rights and sued the Justice Department which said last week the state had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1954 went passed a law that prohibited people from using Public Restrooms that do not correspond to the gender listed on the birth certificate. The government accused the Justice Department of a radical reinterpretation of the law. They said the loss by the access provision was a bulwark against Sexual Assault but critics many of them demanded a full repeal said that section of the law effectively allowed this commission against transgender people. You can read more about those actions at nytimes. Com. Tonight on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner Michael Oreilly on several key issues facing the fcc like Net Neutrality, spectrum auctions and settop boxes. He comments on the political divide within the fcc. Is joined by Howard Buskirk. The direction from leadership including the chairman to take the most
I can tell you that i have personally voted on the matter, but it is still before us, so i have to be careful on exactly what i say about such a proceeding. Host now, when you say you have voted on the matter guest yes. Host but you still have to be careful, how did you vote . Guest that part is to be released at a certain time period. So all of that information will come forward in the next couple of week withs, i assume. Host when in general, then, when we talk about a merger or some type of activity like that, putting conditions on such a whats your philosophy behind it . Guest so my approach to mergers is similar to a number of republican viewpoints that we have certain charges in the statute. They are for the review of whether the transfer of licenses between parties. Youre transferring wireless licenses in this case. You have a number of wireless licenses that the Different Companies own and hold, and theyll be transferring them to the new merged company. And that review, somethi
Guest that part is to be released during a certain time period so it will come forward in the next couple weeks. Host what your philosophy on the conditions . My approach to mergers is similar to a number of republican viewpoints. We have charges in the statute and they are transferring wire licenses in this case and we have a number of licenses that Different Companies own and hold. In that review, something we have required to do to make sure the new party is able to hold the licenses and qualify to hold them and have sufficient statutory requirements for having those licenses. From that, other read the statues in a way that provide other opportunities for different reviews of the merge itself. Guest they do not today. In some services they are and in some instances they are actually different since we treat them the same as Net Neutrality rules which i dont agree with. So its a bifurcated approach and how we treat it and some of it is a statue. A lot that congress has enacted that g
A former Oklahoma City Police Officer is now facing life in prison after being convicted of Sexual Assault including rape and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im in for del walters and daniel preyed on a dozen of women using his badge to victimize them while on patrol. And we have the story. Reporter on his 29th birthday daniel found out he will spend the rest of his birthday behind bars. Guilty of the crime of Sexual Battery and sets punishment at eight years. Reporter ex oklahoma guilty of rape and 14 other counts and facing 36 criminal counts in total. Defendant guilty of the crime of oral sodomy and punishment is set at 20 years. Reporter they said he used his position of authority to sexually abuse 13 African American women while on du duty. In our neighborhood and warning no one to look at them, i believe justice was served. Reporter all accusers were African American women from the lowincome neighborhoods he patrolled and a former star College Football player
Rewrite of our rules, and at some time we will all likely be disappointed that these are the rules the body follows moving forward. However, i continue to be opposed to this nomination and urge my colleagues to vote no today when the vote comes before us. Thank you again, madam president. And i yield the floor. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands in recess until 2 15 p. M. President obam laws protect minority and majority rights and pressuring schuss freedom of every South African. Finally mandela understood the tie that is bind the human spirit. The president s remarks along with those of other world leaders, will be part of the reair of the Memorial Service highlights tonight, 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Its a rare constant in american political life, if you look at say congress, in 1901, less than 2 of members came from working class backgrounds. Got into politics and eventually wound up in congress. A Flash Forward to the present day, the average mem