That you want to submit. Ber who a staff mem will be picking up those questions after each panel. We will also have a chance for members of the audience and our virtual audience to pose questions. Ate is what we are looking with our first panel, the vision, what happens when we get it right. Examine why partnerships and investments in broadband make a difference. We will have a senior officer at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. We are hoping to have the had of El Paso Public Library with us, but you had a family emergency. What we are excited to have clarence anthony, the executive director of the National League of cities. We will start out with chris. Come to the microphone. Thank you. Thank you for holding this hearing. Opportunity toe talk about the experience that the bill and Melinda Gates Ha Foundation has had, and our vision of how we can drive personal and Community Development. To helping farmers strengthen their crops to proving the educational system in the united sta
Thank you gentlemen. That was a great way to start. I will ask our panel number one to join me here on the odium. First of all i would like to say thank you very much to chairman wheeler and to tom for being with us. We are very honored. Were moving onto the Panel Discussion portion of our program. I want to remind everybody that this hearing is being live cast, and viewers are in courage to submit questions via twitter. We also have some cards on your chairs if you have questions that you want to submit. We have a staff member who will be picking up those questions fter each panel. We will also have a chance for members of the audience and our virtual audience to pose questions. Here is what we are looking at with our first panel, the vision, what happens when we get it right. We will examine why partnerships and investments in broadband make a difference. We will have a senior officer at the bill and Melinda Gates oundation. We are hoping to have the had of the El Paso Public Library
Celebrating mass in nanila. The crowd wasnt as large as the 6 million expected. The rain may have kept some away. They received blessings from the catholic leader. Pope francis repeated his appeal for children and the poor saying the world has to learn to cry over their fate. She joins us live where i gather people are packing up and starting to disperse. The pope left the mass on his pope mobile and really tried to get as close as he could with the crowd. Reporter he did. He was kneeling down. He must have a buzzer i think. And he gets the driver to stop. Picked up babies kissing babies. It really was quite beautiful. Those moments that people just do not forget. We have seen them throughout the days where the pope goes and wants to get as close to the people as possible. And he certainly did that again today. The rain has not stopped pouring. I think everyone was hoping for divine intervention. Obviously, that is the tail end of the typhoon that hit the philippines yesterday. Despite