joining me now is david cohn, executive vice president of comcast, the nation's largest internet providerdential customers, and congressman chaka fortal, congressman from pennsylvania. he has been a leader in the fight to expand internet access since before facebook and twitter even existed. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you, reverend. good to be with you. >> david, let me go to you first. i know you well. obviously, comcast is the parent company of msnbc. but i wanted to talk to you about what we've talked about in private, because it really bothers me that in many communities that we're telling kids to get an education, that we're telling people to access the things that will help them. they are not getting internet access. what is comcast doing about it? >> well, first of all, the statistic you gave is absolutely right. i'll give you another one which you can add to your panoply, which is more than 70% of white house holds in america have internet access at home, and fewer than 50% of african-american households have access to the internet at home. so this is