we are in a very rural area in southeastern kentucky.we have police lines that come in on one carrier, internet that comes in on a second carrier and a redundant third carrier for internet. as we go through thi it is important to think about that dual redundancy, we can bring world broadband, get it out to all of these locations across the country but when they become dependent on it and there learning is dependent on it and it goes down, what do they do? let's not offer something that could go away or may not be stable. my final thoughts, next slide, please, it is a math problem, it comes down to doesn't have adequate broadband, 2 megabit or above, how we achieve the 90% penetration with existing technology such as 4 gee, etc.. and avoid the misconception that we have to dig up the entire country to achieve the basic broadband infrastructure that our students of today and tomorrow are dependent on. thank you very much. >> after t panelists presentation, we want to ask you about redundancy and have you elaborate on that. our next panelis

applications from microsoft office today to tell, oracle, we have around 800 employees in rural southeastern kentucky that's up from around 60 employees there three years ago. so we're the fourth largest employer in polski county down there. and knyon to to bring jobs to that region that is been quite hard hit byhe current economic environment. we answer questions relating to i.t. enrollment, financial aid. so we have a number of clients that will call in to our personnel and ask about their financial aid packets. asked for a transcript, find out where they mail a check in. we have over 800 clients that we are supporting across th united states, everything from higher education, community college, for-profit, as well as k-12, and continuing education programs. we have a consulting organization that helps deployed our services across these organizations. and really help them maximize customer service for these learners as both heather and kermit mentioned that these are folks that are also workg. they have childcare responsibilitiesnd really they want to be able to get on line and learn as quickly as

educational provider we need to have dual redundant broadband so we are in a row earlier million southeastern kentucky. we have a voice lines thacome in on one carrier. we have internet that comes, second and then every daunted the third carrier f the internet a i think as we go through it is iortant to think about that dual redundancy that we can bring their rural broadband and get it out to all of these locations across the country but when they become dependent and learning is dependent and nicoe was down what do they do so let's not offer something that could go away or may not be stable. >> and my final thoughts -- next slide, please -- it's a math problem really. it comes down to who doesn't have adequate broadband, two megabits per second or above. wherere they groped and how do we achieve the 90% penetration with existing technology such as 4g, lt etc., and then also avoid the misconceptions we have to dig up the entire country to achieve basic broadband infrastbucture that the students both of today and tomorrow are dependent on. thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. hink after the panel'

southeastern states. brazen heists, police say, by this man caught on surveillance cameras. authorities say it all started with a robbery in louisville, kentucky, last may. the string continues into north carolina, south carolina, and then, two robberies in tennessee just last week. what fbi agents say they find surprising is the blatant disregard for hiding his identity. >> really, uncommon just to come into a bank and show his face like he has. >> in this surveillance video, the alleged robber can be seen apparently casing a bank in fletcher, north carolina. the second known bank to be robbed. if you look closely, you can see him speaking into a walkie-talkie. later, he calmly walks out of the bank with a bag of money. they think he also used a wireless phone headset in the third heist in forest acres, south carolina. a lou

southeastern u.s. and that's where we'll see the threat again north and south carolina. rainfall has been the story this morning across kentucky west virginia, stretching into virginia now. eventual, those showers will make their way into washington, d.c. rain is already on your doorstep in washington, philadelphia, you will also see possibility for rainfall. and eventually maybe even showers and thunderstorms. some of the showers could be heavy. over the next 48 hours, we're talking some places down to the south of raleigh could be talking 2, 3, 4 inches of rainfall. so again, heavy rainfall from baltimore through washington and eventually in coastal sections of north and south carolina. in tennessee, we continue to talk about fog toward the memphis area. let me go ahead and take you out there live where we are taking a live look at nashville, tennessee. you can kind of see the fogginess out there into the distance. expect that to burn off, and it's actually going to be a very, very nice day today, robin. as we'll see high temperatures into the upper 80s. no rainfall in the forecast for nashvil nashville until you have a 30%