Association and what do you do . Then our association is voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve rural schools and communities. We are looking at a digital divide. We are looking at reopening schools in a very different way. Thats what a lot of our work has been focused on the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit in rural, remote areas or areas outside of urban, suburban areas. We have connectivity issues with cell phones and wired access as well. We have a 40 beauty issues affordability issues. We are looking at the lack of access and affordability of the surface. How many students are we talking about . Allen overall, you know, rural represents about 9. 7 million students. But you ar
Pelley dylann roof alone decided who would live or die when he opened fire on a group of African Americans who had invited him into their bible study. He killed nine of the 12. Now a jury, nine whites, three blacks, will decide whether he lives after convicting him today of all 33 charges in a federal hate crimes trial. Mark strassmann is at the courthouse in charleston, south carolina. Reporter dylann roofs jury took two hours to find him guilty of gunning down nine bible studiers in a church because they were black. Oh, my goodness, i could go on and on about tywanza. Reporter Felicia Sanders survived the attack. Her son tywanza was killed in front of her. During her testimony, she called out roof for refusing to look at her. That goes to show you how cold and callous he is. You slaughtered nine people and you sit there and dont even look . Reporter this morning in closing argument, federal prosecutor Nathan Williams called him a man of immense hatred, committing an act of tremendous
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