00:44:07.100This is boom time for them because we're all online.
00:44:11.040People are using the news now of a second stimulus to steal your personal information by doing things like offering to get your payments faster,
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00:49:33.220And nonetheless, there's still some folks who say, no, it's still at risk.
00:49:37.480Broadband providers are going to start censoring content any day now.
00:49:40.840And it's always the sort of boogeyman that's right around the corner that we have to regulate against, as opposed to the concrete problems that we can see on the Internet, which is not any type of stuff like this.
00:49:52.800It's more that people in rural areas don't have access or people in urban areas can't afford access.
00:49:57.900And those are the types of problems we need to be addressing, not this phantom of net neutrality, which to me, at least, is a solution that won't work to address a problem that simply doesn't exist.
00:50:07.040It is 5G has been described to me as 4G being the size of a garden hose and 5G being the size of a channel for all of the all of the information.
00:50:21.300I know my wife just I don't remember where she was, but she used real 5G and she she I mean, she never comments on speed unless it's really, really slow.
00:50:33.720And she said to me, oh, my gosh, Glenn, you can't imagine how fast it was.
00:50:38.720It was just like load, load, load, load.
00:50:46.320Can you describe 5G and what it will mean and how far we are away from that really being everywhere?
00:50:54.280I'm really excited about 5G, this next generation of wireless connectivity.
00:50:58.360And unlike some of the predecessor transitions we've had, you know, 1G to 2G, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 5G is going to be a leap, partly because of the speeds you mentioned that, you know, 100 times faster speeds than 4G, a much more responsive network.
00:51:13.060So when you click on the link, it'll come up almost immediately.
00:51:15.400But it's more the fact that this technology will underlie all kinds of different industries.
00:51:20.760Healthcare, for example, if you want to do a telehealth visit with your doctor, much higher resolution video, much lower latency, as they call it, so you can immediately see what the doctor is looking at and all that kind of thing.
00:51:34.880If 5G with doctors means because the latency goes from, what, 100 milliseconds to down under 10, which means in some cases you might be able to actually do surgery on the other side of the world with 5G.
00:51:54.840That is the future that's within grasp.
00:51:56.900And if you think about all these low latency applications from telehealth to gaming to you name it, that's a really big deal.
00:52:03.360So I'm really excited about the work that the FCC did over the last four years to help that potential become a reality here in the United States.
00:52:10.780So I just bought a refrigerator the other day, and it said Bluetooth enabled.
00:52:16.480And I'm like, I don't want my refrigerator to be Bluetooth enabled.
00:52:22.140The amount of information that is going to be going out of our homes now with 5G, because 5G allows everything to be smart.
00:52:47.320And this is why many years ago I called on Congress to come up with legislation on the federal level to establish rules of the road for privacy in the digital world.
00:52:57.960And so what you see is some states like California taking the lead and essentially regulating on their own within that state.
00:53:04.880Or you see Europe implementing very strong privacy regulations.
00:53:09.140And essentially multinational companies like Google and Facebook abide by those same restrictions in the U.S.
00:53:14.840just as they would in Europe because you can't have different privacy protections across the world.
00:53:20.880So I think right now it would be great for Congress to sit down and put on the page some of those basic privacy protections.
00:53:26.920But the other issue related to privacy is security, Glenn.
00:53:29.860I mean, as you know, as everything gets connected, the network is only going to be strong as its most vulnerable point.
00:53:36.960And we're talking about 5G and security.
00:53:38.500There are companies like Huawei and ZTE, other companies in this space that could look to compromise some of our networks for their own gain,
00:53:46.500whether it's economic espionage or inserting malware or even more insidiously the Chinese Communist Party looking to compromise security of networks
00:53:54.420to gain insights on where our national security is vulnerable.
00:53:57.860Well, people would say that blockchain is going to be really important for our security.
00:54:02.060But when we're at, you know, what is it, 56 qubit quantum computing, even blockchain is vulnerable, isn't it?
00:54:15.120I mean, now that we're getting into quantum computing so fast, how are we going to be able to keep things secure?
00:58:58.320Verizon is giving to causes like Planned Parenthood, and we need people who are backing up freedom of speech, the Second Amendment, et cetera, et cetera.
00:59:16.940I think you have better customer service, a lower price to pay every month, and you're going to get free Premier activation where they set the phone up for you.
01:00:03.020He was appointed by Barack Obama and served under Trump as well.
01:00:08.860I think he's the best chairman that the FCC has ever had, and he also is somebody who I think really, because of his passion, has saved the Internet from net neutrality.
01:00:21.820And we've seen how good the Internet has become.
01:00:26.500You spoke earlier about when you were talking about hypocrisy, about the kind of controversy about big tech companies censoring conservative voices generally.
01:00:35.660And obviously, we have a right for free speech.
01:00:37.900We don't necessarily have a right to an audience on someone's private website.
01:00:40.860As someone who's a conservative and is very scared of a federal intrusion on the Internet, I am worried about this sort of new idea from the right, where there's a big debate going on, whether the government should step in and do something to these big tech companies.
01:00:59.580Well, where I stand is what I've said for many years, which is that these tech giants increasingly are running social platforms that have become the new public square.
01:01:08.180And to the extent that some are either obstructed or prevented from speaking in that square, I think it's important for people to understand how are these decisions being made, who is making these decisions, and why.
01:01:21.760And I think the past couple of months have only illustrated the fact that we don't have any insight here.
01:01:26.900And for me, at least as a consumer, I don't care whether it's a network operator, like your Internet service provider, or a content company, like a tech platform.
01:01:35.260I just want to know, am I able to speak or not?
01:06:04.660This is an issue that Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, Libertarians should be extremely concerned about,
01:06:11.000especially because we don't have to guess about where this goes or how it ends.
01:06:15.420When you have people like former CIA director John Brennan openly talking about how he has spoken with or heard from employees or nominees in the Biden administration
01:06:25.300who are already starting to look across our country for types of movements similar to the insurgencies they've seen overseas,
01:06:33.200that, in his words, make up this unholy alliance of religious extremists, racist bigots.
01:06:41.320He lists a few others, and at the end, even libertarians.
01:06:47.760It's dangerous because of our civil liberties.
01:06:51.620It will mean that who could be scooped up tomorrow, we don't know.
01:06:58.200I am very concerned about the freedom of speech on broadcast radio and the freedom of speech for those of us,
01:07:07.300not just the average man, but also those of us who they're talking about deprogramming or licensing to be able to have a podcast.
01:07:19.000It's an unfortunate time for those of us who cherish free speech in the First Amendment,
01:07:26.500and that's part of the reason why I've been so steadfast in my defense of it,
01:07:30.500because I do think a defining feature of our democracy is that any faction that happens to be in power
01:07:36.980should not have the ability to define who is allowed into the public square and who is not.
01:07:42.720And I think that's a basic American democracy over the decades.
01:07:47.560I may disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.
01:07:52.420I think that understanding has become frayed,
01:07:54.340and I think the First Amendment is even more important when we have a tribalistic political culture like we have now,
01:08:00.380because we don't want your ability to speak to depend on whether or not you are in favor with those in power.
01:08:07.140So I don't know what particular information Mr. Brennan was relying on when he made those assessments,
01:08:12.140but I'll just simply say as a general matter, the First Amendment is important for all of us,
01:08:16.600even when we disagree with the message that we might be hearing over the airwaves.
01:08:21.720Are you concerned that the next FCC commissioner and chairman will erode some of these freedoms for radio?
01:08:34.360Are we, in radio, in a safe zone or not?
01:25:58.920Yes, every state certified their results.
01:26:01.120And then they talked over each other for a while.
01:26:02.880And Paul said, George, where you make a mistake is that people coming in from the liberal side like you, you immediately say everything's a lie.
01:26:12.880Instead, instead of saying there are two sides to everything.
01:26:15.560Historically, what would happen is if I said I thought there was fraud, you would interview someone else who said there wasn't.
01:26:22.040But now you just insert yourself in the middle and say that that the absolute fact is that everything I'm saying is a lie.
01:26:30.460I think this is the root of the problem.
01:26:36.060These journalists have deemed themselves to be arbiters of the truth.
01:26:40.440And the truth is, it may not have changed the election, but there were enough regularities that we should look into it, not to change the outcome of the election at this point.
01:26:53.060There's nothing in the Constitution that would allow that.
01:26:55.900But to make sure that all of the other elections that are coming don't have the same kind of problem.
01:27:02.920And I love the fact that Jeff Bezos is now against mail-in voting when it is in regards to his company receiving ballots through the mail on whether or not it should be unionized or not.
01:27:17.120He says the signature verification isn't strong enough.
01:28:44.600But like the rule because of covid, right, they changed the rules of the NBA, which was to give an old player who was playing a lot of minutes in a very important part of the team, a three month break in the middle of the season to relax and get his energy up to for a playoff run.
01:29:20.820But again, you know, you know, potatoes, potatoes.
01:29:24.620But I guess I don't like LeBron James.
01:29:28.580My point, though, is that like some of these changes happened before the election took place and those changes in the rules gave an advantage to Joe Biden.
01:29:39.340That's different than saying that like Dominion voting machines were changing votes on the fly.
01:29:43.520That's saying that like these rules need to be put out in a way that make it fair for everybody and that both sides can trust the results.
01:30:32.400I do believe that if you have a reason to I mean, like, you know, I'll get an example that we've used many times, especially when we were in New York.
01:30:41.840We were doing election coverage all day from the from the morning I woke up.
01:30:46.200It's, you know, I'd be on a train at six o'clock in the morning and I didn't come home until the next morning.
01:30:50.980Like, you know, usually I had to stay in New York that night.
01:30:52.900So I had no chance to vote in my own state on the day of the election.
01:30:56.160Does that mean that I don't get a vote?
01:30:59.980If you have a reason to not be able to vote that day.
01:31:02.860Honestly, I think even if you just don't want to vote that way, you probably can.
01:31:07.340However, it should be something that you're requesting and going through a process that's legitimate, not this sort of like we're just going to mail everybody, you know, a ballot or a ballot request form and and change the choice architect architecture.
01:31:21.920That's why the left likes this so much.
01:31:25.160It basically means, well, these people who have barely pay attention to the election and are fringe voters because they don't actually know anything about the topics can vote from their own living room with no effort.
01:31:36.440That's what they want, because they want people who don't think about these things to win the election for them.
01:31:40.660And if that's the way your state wants to operate, then it should go through the legislature right now.
01:31:46.060Make those changes and make sure that it is it's verifiable, that it is strong.
01:31:50.900I mean, Washington state has done this for a long time, but it took them 10 years to get the security right.
01:31:56.780Let's not just all go, oh, well, we did it last time.
01:32:03.140What you're saying here is we all have to play by the same rules.
01:32:07.460You can't change them in the middle of the game.
01:32:10.520Well, is that what's happening with the impeachment trial?
01:32:13.400Well, John Roberts, Chief Justice John Roberts, shockingly, has said he's not going to go to the impeachment trial.
01:32:25.500Now, according to the Constitution, the chief justice must preside at the impeachment trial.
01:32:32.860Well, he says he's not going to go because he said it is, let me see, an illegitimate procedure.
01:32:43.400All right, so he's not going now that the Senate, the Democrats are saying, well, we're he's not going because we're not inviting him.
01:32:51.420Wait, the Constitution says you have to have the chief justice sit as the judge.
01:32:59.640He plays no role other than the administering of rules.
01:33:04.240So will this be a legitimate process if the Democrats don't invite or if the chief justice says, no, I'm not going because this isn't legitimate.
01:34:42.280But more importantly, the more we talk about Donald Trump, the less we talk about things that are actually happening, the things that they are doing on climate change, et cetera, et cetera.
01:34:54.460Massive changes are being made right now.
01:36:52.960They want to know how many miles you drive, and that will add up over the years and you will get a tax every year on the amount of of time you spend in your car.
01:37:37.620So we used to have a way that you would have to pay for it if you're going to make a regular a new regulation.
01:37:44.340And you had to look at the cost to the economy.
01:37:48.180Well, they've changed that now to the social cost.
01:37:51.580If you think the economy is going to get better, I think you're sadly mistaken.
01:37:56.420And that's why they want him impeached so he can't come back and run.
01:38:00.320The other the other thing that verifies this, I'll tell you in 60 seconds.
01:38:05.140First, let me tell you about Goldline.
01:38:09.280They are offering a huge promotion right now on self-directed IRA acquisitions for retirement accounts before the dollar really starts to to nosedive.
01:41:34.600So now, because he gave a speech to where he didn't incite, but he didn't also say, hey, don't do these things.
01:41:42.180That's going to bar him from being president.
01:41:45.020Here's why they care about this so much.
01:41:47.340They care about this so much to make sure that he can't run for president ever again because they know how bad things are going to be.
01:41:58.260And they also know Americans might start looking fondly on those good old days of Donald Trump.
01:42:07.640Because if the economy is an absolute wreck, the one thing everyone knows, half the country won't admit, but everyone knows, we had the strongest, the best economy in the history of the United States.
01:42:26.660It was working in record numbers for the poor and minorities.
01:42:32.000That's something that you just don't throw out.
01:42:35.260We did, but they're afraid when they've screwed things up horribly, this guy could march right back into the Oval Office, be carried on the shoulders of Americans back into office because they'll be tired of the economic destruction that I fear is coming our way.
01:45:50.020And this is starting to concern states like New Mexico.
01:45:52.860In Albuquerque, President Biden's 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits is prompting widespread concerns in New Mexico, where spending on education and other program hinges on the industry's success.
01:46:09.260Top Republicans in the state, as well as local leaders in communities that border the most productive regions in the U.S. right there in New Mexico, say that any moves to make permanent the suspension would be economically devastating for the state.
01:46:26.000Half of New Mexico's production happens on federal land and amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars of royalties every single year.
01:46:35.400Congressional members from several other Western states are also raising concerns, saying the ripple effects on the moratorium will hurt small businesses already struggling because of the pandemic.
01:46:48.460The West and the attorney generals in the West need to get together and demand their land is returned.
01:47:00.340Their land was taken from them when the government pushed out West.
01:47:05.160And they seized a lot of these lands, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada.
01:47:11.680If you look at what the United States government owns far as land goes east of the Mississippi, it's a very small amount of land.
01:47:23.220Once you start going west of the Mississippi and the farther you go, you know, near the Rockies, it's almost all federal land in some states.
01:47:32.340And they have been told by the Supreme Court twice that that land belongs to the states and needs to be returned.
01:47:43.160But when the government is the policeman as well, what do you do?
01:47:50.940Twice this has gone through the Supreme Court and two times the federal government has been told return the land.
01:48:15.920I think this is part of the correction.
01:48:19.440American Airlines will no longer permit emotional support animals on flights, forcing owners to pay extra if they wish to be accompanied by their pets.
01:48:27.460The airline said Tuesday that trained service dogs will be the only animals allowed in the cabin without an additional charge.
01:49:49.360And I think it's kind of funny myself because we saw this coming, you know, when they when the person had the donkey as the emotional support donkey.
01:49:58.200I'm not making this up and put it in their aisle with them.
01:51:02.180There are many states now, Montana, Tennessee and Utah are now running through their state houses, open carry laws.
01:51:17.340They are saying they're pushing for concealed carried guns without a permit and open carry.
01:51:24.640So wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, you can conceal your gun, you have a concealed carry permit, you don't need the permit, what?
01:51:36.220This is the states starting to react to the federal government and saying, you know what, you're going in the wrong direction and we're going to strengthen the laws here to make sure that everybody is very clear where we stand on guns.
01:52:02.640And every state in the union that you live in, that's not frickin California.
01:52:09.180You need to get to your state legislatures and act right now.
01:52:14.780They should be pulling the 1619 project out.
01:52:18.420They should be passing a law in the in your city and in your state.
01:52:24.860And you're going to get a lot of heat and pushback for it.
01:52:28.200I know of a city here in in Texas that is just being dragged through the mud because they're like none of this critical race theory crap in our schools.
01:52:46.120Just keep standing and and bring it to your state level and your local level.
01:52:52.420They've got to be you've you've got to right now organize in your local community and your state to make sure the 1619 project is not in your schools to make sure that critical race theory is not being taught in your schools in any form.
01:53:07.640You have to make sure that your state is shoring up its election rules right now.
01:53:18.260You're going to have a hard time because most likely you're you're being run by smarmy people.
01:53:23.120But if if your state like Texas, they fought and fought and fought and fought in the courts.
01:53:30.240I think they should be looking at those things right now, make the make your voting, your voting rules absolutely bulletproof.
01:53:41.640People should be forming groups now in all states to stop mail in voting unless there is signature verification and all kinds of verification.
01:53:53.760I think personally stop all mail in voting except for absentee, any of this voting where we just send out ballots.
01:54:49.420They're going to be much more direct, much more direct.
01:54:54.580You have to do everything you can to shore up your state and local community and your home.
01:55:03.340You need to start preparing for a time where you are the leader that thinks this way, that you are the one who can lead others to safety because you work hard on your credibility.
01:58:26.260Like, even like you go, I think people believe them in sort of a, it was a good little bit of entertainment and kind of like the moon thing.