Today on political advocacy. First, we will hear on the influence of money in politics. And later, michael steele. All right, folks, lets get started. Welcome back. Are beingminder, we filmed. When you ask a question, come up to the question mike, state your name and your school and keep your questions nice and concise. It is my great pleasure this introduced [indiscernible] he was the founder and ceo of , andmerican news project others. In 2015, he coauthored nation on the take, which received praise. He serves on nonprofit boards and advisory boards. Lets welcome Nick Penniman this morning. [applause] nick thank you for having me here on this snowy morning. That some ofanne you, this is the first time you have seen snow. Is that correct . That is fascinating for me. A talk, but i would rather have a conversation with you. Issue one was founded three years ago. We are a bipartisan political reform group. We saw this tremendous opportunity to make the point that american democracy, the
Communicators. Mark jamison, a visiting scholar at aei, a Net Neutrality. Hes interviewed by Reuters Telecom reporter, David Shepherdson. Take for example what we call fifthgeneration wireless. 5g. It is a technology that we start being rolled out next year and it will be a place for about a decade or so. It very specifically has built into it what they call slices. Each slice can be customized to a particular service or particular customer or a particular edge provider. Whatever it might be, it is designed to do that. That violates that idea of same treatment of bit. Net neutrality is out. Watch the communicators tonight at eight eastern on cspan2. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. And this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to mark jamison. Hes currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise institute but full
Transition team focusing on telecommunication and the federal communications condition. Dr. Jamison, welcome to the communicators. Guest thank you. Host i noted you were head of the National Association of regulatory Utility Commission. What does a regulatory Utility Commission do . Guest well, just a small correction. I was the chair of a commit awithin the National Association of regulatory commissioners within it was a subcommittee actually. Not even a full committee. But what a public Utility Commissioner does in the United States for example and this transfers around the world is they regulate utility. It is the things like setting what the Service Quality standards will be, what the prices will be. Those are the biggest jobs of some countries. It is folks on the infrastructure rollout and development. In some instances it is determined how markets will work. That is basically the job of the utility regulator. That is its formal job. What i also found and i train a lot of people a
Charged in floyds death is offering up a pretty shocking defense amid the growing outcry for Police Reform. More violent incidents involving police captured on video, youll see those in a minute. But first, we begin with our colleague omar jimenez. Omar, today is a day about remembering the life of george floyd. What can we expect . Thats right, poppy and jim. Not just remembering the life but celebrating the legacy he is now leaving behind, from minnesota, to north dakota and now here in texas and houston. George floyd is set to go to his final resting place. The Funeral Service begins at 11 00 a. M. Local time and afterwards the Police Department will escort floyds body to parland, texas. And the last mile of that procession will be by horsedrawn carriage so people can pull up and watch that procession. Again, as he makes his way toward what will be his final resting place buried next to his mother. Now, this comes not just houston but others who have mourned the death of floyd and r
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