i'm joined by former indiana governor and president of purdue university, mitch daniels. he's championed the idea of public and private partnerships to offset infrastructure costs and the former head of the office of manager and budget. so he knows this. good to see you, mitch. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you were a guy in the federal government and while we all sit here and we have this great opening about the state of the union and a countdown clock, you think the whole thing is a bit of a waste of time. >> i honestly twdo. i think we had it right for the first years of the republican when the president sent a message -- a written message to congress and woodrow wilson changed that and i don't think for the better. and especially the last couple of decades, it has become sort of theater in a ritual. i think people perform thor the cameras. i don't think it reflected on the process. in my opinion it is not a good use of time and money and they ought to dispense with the whole thing. i hope for a long time somebody would become president an

we partnered with the foundation, purdue university, my colleague brandon and others at gallup to study the key experiences. we surveyed hundreds of thousands of college alumni and asked them a series of questions about what they did while they were at college. we found there's really no difference about whether the college graduate is going to be engaged or thriving in their life based on whether they went to a private college or a public college or highly ranked college or the rest. reallwhat really matters is how they go to college. a lot of that comes down to having an adult on the campus who cared about them, was a mentor, plug them into a career path and so on. also key experiences and learning. a successful credit to him that build up one semester to the next and so on. internships and on-the-job training is the thing most often mentioned when we ask employers what they are looking for in a prospective employee to join their team. they want to know, have you ever had a job before. can you communicate more than 140 characters without using emojis and so on. and then lasted managin

purdue university hasn't raised tuition for resident undergraduates in the last six years. ambitious moves like that will take some flexibility from this building, too. we've created a strong foundation for growth. but no matter how hard we work to incentivize potential and capitalize on this topophiliacoloradans won't continue to love this place or build their lives here if they can't move around easily, afford housing and stay connected. it's about companies like mayfly, which builds equipment for anglers, and worked with the state to move all their manufacturing to montrose. they wanted a rural environment with strong broadband. they're training local workers, while building an outdoor rec center and business parkbecause they believe their business should grow side-by side with the community. david dragoo please stand. thank you for picking colorado. it's great news for rural communities that many jobs can be done anywhere - but it requires good internet. we need to giddy up! we went from 60 percent to eighty percent coverage in rural colorado in the last two years. we'l

purdue university has not raised division for resident undergrads for the past six years. that takes flexibility for those in this building, but that's the kind of goals we need to have. we created a strong foundation for growth. but no matter how hard we work to incentivize potential and capitalize on the love of face, coloradans won't continue to build their lives here if they can't move around easily, if they can't find affordable housing, if they can't stay connected. it's about companies like may fly which builds equipment for anglers and worked for the state to move all their manufacturing to mont-rose. they wanted a rural environment but a rural environment with strong broad band. they're training local workers while building an outdoor reck center and a business park at the same time, buzz they believe their business should grow side by side with the community. and we're grateful to have david here with us, stand up. take a bow. thank you for picking colorado. >>> it's great news for rural communities that many jobs can be done anywhere. but it requires good intern

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the masters of economics from purdue university and this morning doctor hall will be working over the last year. director hall will take up seven minutes followed by questions. welcome and please begin. thank you for inviting me here to discuss the work of the congressional budget office. as you know the mission is providing them on purpose in analysis to support the work of the committee and congress aseea whole. we are devoted to the commission and i appreciate the opportunity to discuss how we plan to expand the work in the future. i want to take the opportunity to support your guidance we've long relied on the committee to explain to others in the congress with the role is to provide constructive feedback and how we can serve congress to provide guidance and with the congress priorities are. that has been the key to the success over the years and in the past year we've provided congress with 740 cost estimates and mandatess statements and we've also provided thousands of hours of technical assistance to the committees which have included thousands of informal cost estimates probab

enzi: he has a phd and a masters in economics from purdue university. dr. hall will be talking with us about cbo's work over the last year and the goals he has set out for these -- this important agency. we look forward to your testimony. take a fewll will minutes for his opening statement, welcome dr. hall, please begin. chairman enzi, ranking member sanders and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me. cbo's mission is providing nonpartisan budgetary economic analysis to support the work of this community and the congress as a whole. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss cbo has executed this year and how we plan to expand our work in the future. also want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and guidance. we had -- we at cbr long relied on budget committee to expunge what our role is, to provide constructive's feedback on how we can serve congress and what legislative -- are occurring in what the priorities are. that work on your part has been ke for years. in the past few years -- year we have provided congress with 740 fo

[laughter] he has a phd and a masters in economics from purdue university. this morning, dr. hall will be talking with us about cbo's work over the last year and the goals he has set out for the critically important agency. look forward to receiving your testimony. for the information. director hall will take seven minutes for his opening. welcome, dr. hall. >> chairman, ranking member sanders and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me here to discuss the congressional budget office. as you know the mission is providing nonpartisan budgetary economic analysis to support the work of this committee and the congress as a whole. my colleagues and i are devoted to that mission. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss how cbo has executed this year and how we plan to expand our work in the future. i also want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and guidance. we at cbo have relied on the budget committee to explain to others in progress what our goal is. to provide constructive feedback on how we can best serve congress. and to provide guidance and le

. >> i'm a proud purdue university alum on the plaza.fe in new york city. >> good morning to my mom in miami. >> and all my friends at boston college and those in liberty, kentucky. >> we're celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary on "today." >> we're ready to meet savannah and hoda. >> can't wait to meet them either. >> yeah. >> welcome back everybody. we appreciate you being with us on this thursday morning. we have a lot of news to get to. we're going to begin this half hour with your news at 8:00. former olympic gymnastics doctor larry nassar will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. the judge sentenced him wednesday up to 175 years for sexually abusing dozens of young athletes. >> i've just signed your death warrant. >> earlier on "today," we heard exclusively from three-time olympic gold medalist aly raisman. she described how she felt after she bravely confronted nassar in court to describe his crimes. >> it's hard to put into words, iterally sick all the stressrauma of everything. but for that moment i had to be strong.

roland is a graduate of purdue university, a track star, he's an african-american.e united states. a wonderful man. he believes that you hire people at minimum wage, train 'em, teach 'em, grow 'em, lead 'em and let them become the executives they can be. and dawn martin is a classic example. and i join her in that. i started working at mcdonald's for minimum wage and ended up being the ceo of the u.s. company. it's a fabulous company, it's a fabulous story, and that's what minimum wage jobs should be. it's entry level for low skill to become a ceo in 35 years with proper training. stuart: ed, every time i interview you i get the impression that you'd love to be back in the thick of things in a major corporation sorting it out and making it fly. [laughter] you would, wouldn't you? >> well, you'll be happy to know, stuart, that i just took over the chairmanship of fat brands in los angeles, california. so i'm anxious to get back to the grill serving great food. [laughter] stuart: all good stuff. ed renzi, you're all right, and we'll see you again soon. thank you, sir.

university. gentlema gentleman, jolly, first to you, unhelpful. you saw senators purdue and cotton with we don't recall. we don't recall. what is that? >> look, brooke, let's be honest, this is an embarrassing day to be a republican. and for rational republicans you should be angry today. i believe the president's comments, if they were made, were racist. but even if you do not, if you are a defender of donald trump, here's the important thing. we know our president through word and deed over the past two years has certainly expressed an ideology based upon a certain social hierarchy, a construct, where white people of european decent, particularly those of wealth, have a different place in society than poor people of color. we know that. we have seen that through word and deed. and why it is important, forget about what he said in the oval office, it's important because this is someone directing the policy of the united states. and he is crafting legislation with the hill that will effect millions of lives, particularly poor people of color. as a republican party, we we