Bribe at times because it cost money. I cant thank you enough for coming and speaking and being part of the incompass summit. Thank you for the broadband caucus and we look forward to working with you on legislation affecting the broadband deployments around the country and in michigan. Look forward to it. Chip, thank you. Thanks. [applause] [inaudible conversations] if i could have your attention please, we are ready for the next panel to begin. If everyon c seats, please. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome, thank you for joining us morning. The 11 00 oclock session is called bridging the Digital Divide using all the tools in our tool kit. Im your moderator katie, partner here at hogan levels and im joined by esteemed panel of great speakers who have a lot of ideas on how to make sure the promise of Broadband Connectivity is delivered nationwide to the benefit ofef all. To my right is evan fienman, director, broadband, equity access deployment better known as the bead progra
[applause] [cheers and applause] c oh come on. Good morning. Thank you for that warm welcome and thank you for being in person all the people watching on line or listening remotely we say thank you for joining us for the 2024 state of the state. Youve all been thoroughly welcomed this morning but i want to give a special shout out to a few people in the course ive got to start with first Lady Catherine and her Family Members she spirit their sister julie and her cousin lisa and watching on line to the rest of our rest of our extended families and their sons joe and tom and her daughter jesse and their extended families. When you serve your family serves with you so i want to be sure to at this time thank them for all their support in the seven years in todays a special day because its jesses birthday and so we need on a one, two, three everybody to yell happy birthday jesse. It will be the Largest Group to ever yell her birthday at the same time. One, 23, happy birthday jesse [applause
are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20 thousand people have now died in gaza since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 12 hundred people in israel were murdered. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government says the majority of those who ve been killed in gaza are women and children. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but, for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted. dead children brought to be touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. imagine that yesterday i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escap