i don t like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early, so we ll have to see if things hold. but i m pretty impressed where things are now. but everyone s lives have been thrown up in the air. i m being interviewed from my bedroom. yesterday i was in the nursery and i did a press conference from the girls basement where all the toys are. everyone is facing trouble. and more people are having more circumstances more difficult than i do. so we re all living through this together. is this a permanent change in our lives? well, i don t know about that. i have to defer to some of the health experts. but in terms of some of the issues, some of the work-from-home issues, certainly conferences being done through this medium is more likely to increase over time. i wouldn t say this is the new normal but it s a lot more this way than returning to the old style, in my opinion. and if this is a continuing trend, what s the f.c.c. s role in this? well, it depends on w
thanks are being with us for the first time ever. guest: my pleasure. host: i want to start and ask you, what exactly is the ftc s responsibility when it comes to telecommunications? guest: the federal trade commission has no jurisdiction over common carriers, although it can investigate and challenge conduct that the pilots is the antitrust laws or the consumer protection laws if it is a non-commentary activity that s undertaken by common carriers. the net neutrality debate took away jurisdiction from the federal trade commission for broadband isps when the isps were categorized under title ii as common carriers, and with the rolling back of the net neutrality regulations we do now i can have jurisdiction over broadband isps. host: define a common carrier. guest: i m sure there s a very technical definition but it is an entity that falls within title ii of the ftc jurisdiction. host: with that be a landline phone company? guest: yes. host: when it comes to th
$1.25 tree? the question is, what does it say about inflation? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early. the show that knows it has a lot for which to be thankful i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, november 24th. we ll start with the news. the suspect in the waukesha christmas parade rampage made his first appearance in court yesterday as officials confirm a sixth victim has died. an 8-year-old boy. nbc news correspondence meagan fitzgerald has the story. reporter: the man at the center of a horrific tragedy in waukesha, wisconsin, appearing before the judge for the first time. this is case number 21-cf. reporter: 39-year-old darrell brooks charged with five counts of intentional homicide after allegedly plowing into a christmas parade. and more charges are pending after the confirmation of a sixth death, an 8-year-old boy. new images appear to show brooks asking a homeowner to call a uber. you can call a uber please? i m homele
thatatory light touch chairman pai talks about? that the s both, in s.e.c. just decided to roll back rules that were implemented, as in 2015, and in doing the f.c.c. will return to a theyatory structure that argue served the internet well decades and represents a light touch on industry. that same approach will potentially allow internet providers to speed up some websites, slow down others. and even if they decide not to do that right away, it s conceivable that in the future, the industry could decide to take actions that, under the old rules, would have been considered violations. host: are there safeguards against such behavior? guest: the f.c.c. says it s transferred some authority to the f.t.c., the federal trade commission, the consumer and thatn watchdog, agency will be responsible for fielding net neutrality complaints as well as going are allegedies that to have acted in unfair or deceptive ways. however,g question, whether or not the f.t.c. will have enough authori
that share of votes i make. host: and the vote the federal communications commission negated the obama era net brutality rules governing internet service providers. in this edition of the committee getters we will look at arguments on each side of the issue at the potential effects moving forward. brian fung of the washington post, in your late story this morning you write that this vote will allow internet providers to speed up service from websites they favor and block or slowed and others. is it that, or is it the regulatory light touch that chairman pai talked about? guest: it s both in-depth the fcc just decide to rollback rules that were implemented as you said in 2015, and in doing so the fcc will return to a regulatory structure that they argue serves the internet well for decades and represents a light touch on industry. that same approach will potentially allow internet providers to speed up some websites, slowdown others. even if they decide not to do that