A hearing was held wednesday on the oversight of the fcc. The hearing focused on a range of topics including Broadband Access during coronavirus, expanding broadband to rural areas, telehealth, and more. This is three hours and 25 minutes. Welcome to todays hearing on the federal communication committee. I thank our witnesses for appearing. Today we will hear from the fcc chairman, commissioner michael o riley, and jeffrey starks. The fcc is the nations primary regulator of interstate and international networks. They ensure that all people in the United States have access to rapid, efficient, and nationwide Communication Services at reason prices. Never has their job been more important. They have put a spot right on the nations Nations Communications networks. There has been a dramatic usage and we are fairing better than other countries in meeting this increased demand. This is to be applauded, but there is still more work to be done, of course. Today there are far too Many Americans
Viral in the democrats hands. Plus, trump donor turned ambassador. Gordon sondland changes his testimony and now says the actual message to ukraine did involve a quid pro quo. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, november 6th, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. We want to begin with that governors race in kentucky. Nbc news projects andy bashir is the apparent winner and will unseat matt bevin who aligned himself closely with President Trump and who framed the race as referendum on trump and the issue of impeachment. The race was close. Separated by about 5,000 votes in total. Thats the difference between half a percentage. While the governor is refusing to concede the governor elect is looking ahead. Tonight, voters in kentucky sent a message loud and clear for everyone to hear. As your next governor, i will listen more than i talk. I will work with anyone who has a good idea that we can deliver for kentuckians. With all of the partisan bickering and nastiness that w
The Legislative Council building destroying pictures, spraying grafb itti on the walls. The citys police fired tear gas to break up the crowds. The government called for an end to the violence. But there are some reports that the general sentiment may not be all aligned. As one New York Times columnist writes, a large number believe the protesters are wasting their time. They should be instead working to rebuild hong kong, a city as they see as a onetime beacon of prosperity that is losing its promise. Joining me from hong kong is bill neely. Bill, its nighttime now. The protests have been dispersed. What do you make of todays activities . Well, i think the political crisis remains even though the protesters have been dispersed. And certainly these scenes that we saw today are absolutely unprecedented. Theyve caused a big shock here in hong kong and i imagine an embarrassment and certainly some surprise in beijing because we not only saw hundreds of riot Police Disperse these protester
that s really what this is about. and it s state sponsored. sputnik programming is only broadcast in two u.s. cities. washington, d.c. and kansas city, missouri. rn broadcasting helps get sputnik on the air. its owner who lives in florida told us, he, quote, stands with ukraine. rn broadcasting is dedicated to the unferted exchange of information and ideas he said. that choice is the ultimate under pinning of the republic. it isn t the job to censor content either, commissioner jeffrey starks told us, instead, to the let listeners know where that conflict is coming from. the public must have transparency in order to be informed and make their own decisions about separating truth from disinformation. the ftc has given authority here, given listeners transparency to change the doubt. starks said he finds some of
cities washington, d.c. and kansas city, missouri. rm broadcasting helps get sputnik on the air. its owner, who lives in florida, told us he, quote, stands with ukraine. rm broadcasting is dedicated to the unfettered exchange of information and ideas. it isn t the job of the fcc to censor content either, commissioner jeffrey starks told us. instead it s to let listeners know where that content is coming from. the public must have transparency in order to be informed and make their own decisions about separating truth from disinformation. the fcc has given its authority here, given listeners transparency so that they can decide to change the dial. reporter: stark says he finds some of sputnik s content deplorable, but on public airwaves, even if a station is backed by a country allegedly committing war crimes, they can in the u.s. continue to