Night, in lookay at the fcc Lifeline Subsidy Program in a plan to include Broadband Access in order to bridge the Digital Divide between higher and lower income americans. The fcc expects to take up the proposal at the end of the month. We will talk with the policy director at the Benton Foundation and daniel lion. We are joined by brandon sasso. Low income consumers need access to broadband. That unclear to me congress would be able to pass a support for directly aimed at low income users. This congress has not been particularly supportive of folks who are in poverty. The conversations that have been on the hill have been hard to decipher. They are putting the cart before the horse or they have not been a study to suggest that these are the drivers keeping low income people from adopting broadband service. We do not know if we need nine dollars a month for 10 Million People or 45 month for 2 Million People. You have to make sure you are employing the money effectively. Fcc has not don
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Thanks for joining us and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im thomas drayton, live in new york city. We begin this morning with breaking news out of australia. Early thursday, australian Prime Minister tony abbott announced that satellite images appear to show two objects in the southern indian ocean, that may have been a part of flight mh370. No solid firmation. Abbott told the Australian Parliament that an orion search aircraft has been sent to an area 1550 miles south of perth. I would like to inform the house that new and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 in the southern indian ocean. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified. Abbott said he notified malaysias Prime Minister of the development, but warns the
Emergency session. They tell russia to respect sovereignty. They are still provoking the tension. Oscar pistorius in court for day four of his murder trial. The parra olympian defense team starts with an intense crossexamination of witnesses. So, ukraines interim Prime Minister is appealing to the eu for support in brussels with another fast moving developments in crimea. It could become part of russia in just 10 days. Crimeas Regional Parliament has just voted to bring forward a referendum to rejoin. And the message from ukraines interim Prime Minister to the 28th European Union leaders in brussels, this is not just a crisis for ukraine and russia, it is now a crisis for europe as well. The eu has now decided whether sanctions, diplomacy or other options can pressure into reversing its armed action in ukraine. In kwraoeupl ya, tense military standoffs continue across the whole peninsula. In the eastern city of donetsk, a flag has been hoisted over a government building which has been