bevin: thank you all. i have so many notes here i don't know where to start. before i begin, i want to mentioni have so many something. last year, we began this session with a discussion about the overlook above the capital. using it as an analogy for the fact that we are, in fact, a state that is not always lived up to its best self. it is not always been the best version of ourselves we could be. i challenged you all to be the best version of yourself, to have kentucky to become the best version of itself possible. in the state of the commonwealth address, it is my responsibility to report to the people to these chambers and to those watching on what is the state of the commonwealth. weighted down and talk about policy and ideology. we will not do that. there are opportunities to both look back on the year and to look at of what will come before us. i will say this and talk about this first year in hindsight. meets been a pleasure to to be joint at the hip literally and sometimes -- it almost seems figur

. >> i'm going to go to governor baker and governor bevin.overnor baker from the great state of massachusetts. >> thank you very much, governor hickenlooper. secretary, just two quick thoughts on the autonomous vehicle issue. the first is we have a number of companies that have located in massachusetts to work on this and what's been particularly interesting about it is i thought they were doing it because we have a whole bunch of smart people who really know about technology. it actually turns out they're locating in massachusetts because our winters are horrible and our roads suck. they basically have said to us if we can figure out how to move autonomous vehicles around the city of boston we can do it anywhere on planet earth. the second thing is we've had a lot of conversations with folks in the department of defense about this. there's a huge interest, at least i think there's a huge interest there about how autonomous vehicles and autonomous flight devices all the way up to airplanes and maybe even fighter jets may end up being autonomo

we will save governor bevin for last whether you like it or not. the governor of north dakota? >> madam secretary, it is refreshing to hear about your technology on the front end of this. one of the implications of automated technology in vehicles is going to change how we think about infrastructure. we have a culture in america built for the last 70 years run around automobiles. and with automobiles comes parking. the dollar value of parking in america on an aggregate basis is larger than the dollar value of all the vehicles. the average city has between 10 and 12 parking spots for every automobile. when it comes to the sharing economy, we will not have that need. one of the things i'm worried of is we will spend $1 trillion on infrastructure around yesterday's transportation models as opposed to tomorrow's because we will have these costs and maintenance costs that will be a burden on taxpayers. we have to think about that. we have been asking for states have a lot of flexibility on healthcare. in transportation dollars, it often comes it percent federal, 10% stake, 10% local

please welcome governor matt bevin of kentucky, governor sam brownback of kansas, governor doug do you of arizona, and governor scott walker of wisconsin. our moderator from the lynde and harry bradley foundation, richard graber. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> good morning, everyone. my name is richard graber, president of the bradley foundation. it is great to be here. our topic today is federalism and certainly all of our lifetimes witnessed a frightening and really disturbing expansion of federal government. far beyond what our founders ever anticipated and they truly did work hard to work against and to prevent, and that expansion of federal government has only gotten worse over the last eight years under president obama. today with a great privilege to welcome for outstanding governors to discuss these authors significant issues of federal growth and regulatory overreach. and they really do bring a great first-hand perspective on why states can't and should be laboratories of change within our governmental system in the united states. just a couple of words on each of our governors, starting t

. >> this is the second oscar and tenth nomination for jenny bevin.ho took home her first oscar in this category for "a room with a view." >> jimmy: she looked like sammy hagar in sturgis. i guess she doesn't take her work home with her. "spotlight" won best picture. that's a little bit of a surprise. brie larson won best actress. [ cheers and applause ] leonardo dicaprio won best actor. leo had been nominated six times. until tonight he never won but everyone kept saying, this is his year. and it was. but you know, the man has had sex with a different victoria's secret model every night of -- ev from 1991 on has been his year. and it was a special night whether you're a fan of movies, movie stars, or the ryan seacrest men's wear collection. we still have many great moments in store for you. ben affleck is here. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: from "batman v. superman." he's batman. yesterday was ben's 4-year-old son's birthday party and guess what costume his son made him wear to entertain the kids at the party. that's right. we'll find out how tha

i want to bring in nbc news correspondent tom costello and governor bevin. we'll get to you in just a moment. tom, i want you to set up this conversation here. this has been a very hot topic among governors. walks throughs the comments we've been hearing. >> a lot more questions than answers. this it appears there as consensus that they need to have a plan into effect. the problems with the law are well documented, insurers are pulling out of marketplaces in many states because they're not making enough money, premiums on average up 20%. that said 20 million more people now have health insurance, the percentage of americans without has dropped from 16% to 11%, and it requires insurers to cover preventive medical care, which most health care experts say keeps people out of the. >> -- e.r. yesterday this group of republican governors met with the president and they seemed to acknowledge that keeping 20 million people out of health care without an alternative plaplan is not a good idea. >> this is about reform, to how do we do better quality, better cost contai

there are only -- >> governor of kentucky, matt bevin. is asa hutchinson of arkansas, obviously, scott walker of wisconsin talking about the governors' meeting with the president and the vice president, who said this morning that the trump administration would be the best friend they've ever had, referring to the governors. >> well, there's no question about it, carl, obamacare is the political punching political punching bag of the day, at least if you listen to a number of republican governors there, the president. i mean, tough talk. and it does feel like they're trying to counter this argument which has popped up in the press recently, that obamacare is a failure, they are saying. make no mistake about that, that people may be concerned about what would replace it. they say we've got your back and we're going continue to have you covered. we're also going to pay attention to the receipt and access of health care not just about coverage. so really trying to control the message and the story, that it is a failure. and also build up to t

. >> up next kentucky republican governor of matt bevin gives his of the commonwealth address from the state capital in frankfort. among his top priority are limited common core education which started during the obama administration and creating more charter schools in the commonwealth. this is just short of one hour. >> wow. it is good to be here in speaker hoover's house. in the house of the people, is it not? it really is. [applause] it really is.

. >> up next kentucky republican governor of matt bevin gives his of the commonwealth address from the state capital in frankfort. among his top priority are limited common core education which started during the obama administration and creating more charter schools in the commonwealth. this is just short of one hour. >> wow. it is good to be here in speaker hoover's house. in the house of the people, is it not? it really is. [applause] it really is. please have a seat. i, as is often the case, i actually do have notes this time and it might even look at them, i don't know. not sure and highly what will happen. we were blessed to be able to hear what you just heard, that indication of a student outside those doors. and you talk about just wanted to go home. i don't know that i can add anything to that. we are blessed indeed to be kentuckians. we are blessed indeed to be americans. we ar until blessed indeed to b- i tell you, you read the preamble, if you don't believe that the things that we just heard in that invocation are indeed the very foundations of not only the commonwealth of

steve: in kentucky she worked with governor bevin there. medicaid which is for low income americans, you are going to have to have some skin in the game. you're going to have to pay a little something or have a job. >> that's what she is known. she likes people to have skin in the game. she will oversee medicare. she is really limited on her authority to congress when it comes to medicare. she is really going to be focusing on our costly overexpanded medicaid program. and she will definitely have some sort of block granting is my brmy guess. gives fixed amount of money to our state i say she but i mean our federal government. with that it puts more onus on the states on how they want to disperse that historically medicaid is for low income family. our families, elderly. under the affordable care act we had drastic increase of those covered under medicaid which has made it very financially bourbon some for us but also those already enrolled have decreased access to care. steve: sure. i read a story about how she when she first went in and pr

. >> now, kentucky governor matt bevin gives his state of the commonwealth address in the capital. this is about one hour.