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Let telecommunications giant verizon taking heat for deliberately slowing down service speeds to firefighters battling the largest wildfire in california history. the fire crews putting lives on the line during the mendocino complex fire. and verizon apparently throttled their service to below dial-up speeds. the santa clara county fire department filing a lawsuit against verizon is beyond outraged. the department says it severely hampered their ability to run evacuation plans. >> the speed that...

Tracking. the thing you asked us about. the part we didnt ask them about is there any other way you can track us? the answer is yes. they track you every time you search. if you use the photo app, google maps on your iphone. bits and pieces of where you go is being tracked and logged. >> bill: they physically know where you are even if you arent using their map. >> even when your phone is in airplane mode. >> julie: how do they do that? >> lets say you change your settings saying i dont want you...

And fleischer earlier today. heres one of the flaws in that proposal. what if theres a terrorist attack? what if theres a hurricane? what if theres an earthquake and theres a need for a live briefing here at the white house to talk about whats going on in the country? those kinds of occasions do arise as you remember with ferguson. can you imagine if we did not have live briefings at the white house during ferguson for example? the question becomes does the white house control the switch? do the...

Margin? so youve got to do what we did back in the day in this country and help to electrify. utilities are going into places where theres a market and youre going to have to provide some sort of subsidy or floor to get everywhere. if you drive around in some of the places that beat the heck out of me, you cannot get a cell coverage for miles and so you dont -- and even in towns, you know, the president was just in harrisburg. i was in harrisburg during the campaign and after it was over i met w...

Floor. you cannot get a cell coverage for miles and even in towns, you harrisburg.resident was just in i was in harrisburg during the campaign and after it was over i meant with a bunch of people and one of the things that they said was that there are a lot of places in central pennsylvania where we dont have access to high-speed affordable internet. we have dial-up. and we dont have kids in a lot of places who have the technical capacity to do the homework assignments that they are given. were ...

Some sort of floor to get everywhere. if you drive around in some of the places that beat the heck out of me, you cannot get a cell coverage for miles. and so you dont -- and even in towns. you know, the president was just in harrisburg. i was in harrisburg during the campaign. and after it was over i in et with a bunch of people. one of the things that they said was, there are a lot of places right here in central pennsylvania where we dont have access to high-speed affordable internet. we have...

Package but a cousin on it that has happened yet democrats are calling out their counterparts in the majority. >> i will begin posting 10 questions that republicans will face on their constituents. what have republicans done in their control of the house, the senate and the white house to produce jobs? where are the jobs? show us the jobs. >> lawmakers want a new job. many in both parties are asking president trump to consult them if he wants a dial-up anymore airstrikes against the assad regime...

On earth with twitter, and what is the food that you say, as soon as we land, i want to go to this place? >> well, we have can decent capability with the e-mail, and the skype ip phone system to communicate ax and little bit of a delay, and we have an internet connection which is lot like the dial-up was, and im sure that the kids dont know what dial-up is. but it allows us to get on the internet. slow, and not ideal, but better than not having anything. so there is pretty good capability there ...

The trucker was not hurt. a dozen train passengers were treated for minor injuries. at&t is calling the claims in a federal lawsuit baseless. the federal trade commission is accusing the company of deceiving millions of customers when it comes to there unlimited data plans. rebecca jarvis reports. >> reporter: theres a limit to unlimited. the government suing at&t claiming the wireless giants been misleading customers with its so-called unlimited data plans offering unlimited access to the int...

>> i remember the heartache of these beautiful cars sinking into the mud. and a loss for words. >> they fished a few of them out. the last ones are the most difficult ones to get. >> well, cant do anything now. they are all destroyed. but if youre getting another fleet of corvettes, dont put them anywhere near sink holes. >> bad idea. coming up, social medias earliest day. do you remember dial-up or aol, do you remember that sound? you know what im talking about, it is throwback thursday. al...