Live coverage of key to hearings on cspan and cspan3, online at cspan. Org, or listen live with the free cspan radio app. This week on the communicators, we want to introduce you to the newest member of the federal communications commission, br endan carr who has been a commissioner since august. Brendan carr thank you for having me on. Astarted at the fcc as stafford back in 2012. I most recently served with the general counsel for eight months for moving into this position as a commissioner. It has been fun to serve in various capacities. Host a full plate . We have a full slate of commissioners right now. All have had experience at the agency before. We have been able to move quickly over the last couple months. It has been fastpaced and enjoyable. Host we want to talk about that. I wanted to talk about Net Neutrality. That has been one of the biggest things that has happened in the last weekend. I am curious what you see this proposal doing, and how it might affect consumers. Hear
Communicator for the federal communications commission. That is brenda and car. This is not your first time at the fcc, is it . Thats right. I started as a staffer in 2012. I most recently served with the general counsel for eight months for moving into this position as a commissioner. It has been fun to serve in various capacities. Host a full plate . Brendan carr we have a full slate of commissioners right now. All have had experience at the agency before. We have been able to move quickly over the last couple months. It has been fastpaced and enjoyable. Host we want to talk about that. I wanted to talk about Net Neutrality. That has been one of the biggest things that has happened in the last weekend. I am curious what you see this proposal doing, and how it might affect consumers. I feel like you hear a lot of different reactions. A lot of people point to what it means for business and the economy, but there has also been a lot of loud fears about this. I am curious what you see ab
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. It seems that north korea, this situation is getting pretty grave. Theyre deliberating a very significant strategy. A major conflict with north korea is possible. Do you think its likely that the u. S. Is headed for a military confrontation . All scenarios are on the table, so it really is all up to north korea. House leaders shelved the vote on gop legislation. That cleared the way for the budget vote. I think were making very good progress. Were going to go when we have the votes. Two u. S. Army rangers have been killed and a third has been wounded in a fight against terrorists in afghanistan. I dont understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. All of that clears was made during the Obama Administration. Thank you very much, everybody. United arlts has reached a settlement with a man who was violently remove flood a flight. The financial terms have not been made public. Demonstrators breaking through a Police Barricade and theyre
Seconds. T seems thatth nor korea, this situation is getting pretty grave. Theyre deliberating a very significant strategy. A major conflict with north korea is possible. Do you think its likely that the u. S. Is headedor f a military confrontation . All scenarios are on the table, so it really is all up to north korea. House leaders shelved the vote on gop legislation. That cleared the way for the budget vote. I think were making very good progress. Were going to go when we have the votes. Wo t u. S. Rm ay rangers have been killed and a third has been wounded in a fight against terrorists in afghanistan. I dont understand why the white house is covering up for michael fl ynn. All of that clears was made during the Obama Administration. Thank you very much, everybody. United arlts has reached a vittlement with a man who was the financial terms have not been made public. Demonstrators breaking through a Police Barricade and theyre rushing through the building. All that carpenter. The ca
Economy. In china maybe 80 , 100 the size of the american economy, the question is whether they are going to grow 9 , 5 . That is a much bigger question with more consequence to growth in the world, incremental gdp in the world. To make this clear, any time somebody is growing in the world, its good for everybody in the world. Obviously, its great in the country which growth is occurring. That incremental growth results in incremental demand which will draw support exports by other players, as well. Companies are sitting on a lot of cash. What are they doing . They are pursuing buybacks. How are we supposed to think about buybacks . Are they a good thing or bad thing . Or propping up the stock market . People are making decisions incrementally whether its better to invest in returns are better to augment your business. Sometimes its sensible. To take the predicate of your question, i dont think thats all companies are doing. By the way, efficiency sometimes can be the enemy of maximizi