introduce the governor, thanks to the siegels for making this possible and many people on the ground, alex ashley and our production and communication team, jack, anna, jane, ebony, thanks to you all for coming. [applause] >> we have been talking for a long time about a lot of change going on in washington. we should have a republican join us to talk about, a lot of them don't want to talk about it. why would that be? but our guest tonight is and does and he is here willingly. the 80 second governor of new hampshire elected to four terms, bachelors in civil and environmental engineering for mit and when he came out of school, at nyu, the school of the arts, he started his career as an environmental engineer working in wastewater treatment, landfills, that kind of thing, contaminated soil and water, comes from a political family. i covered his dad when he was white house chief of staff, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former governor chris sununu. [applause] >> are we off to a good start? thank you. the intro is always the easy part. >> i hope so. >> thank you for being with us. >> this is gr

sarah morrissette, alex ashley, and our production and communication team. jack, hannah, jane, ebony and david. super thanks to you all. so, we have been talking for a long time about, there's a lot of change going on in washington, we should have a republican join us and talk about it. turns out a lot don't want to come out and talk about it. why would that be? but our guest tonight did and does and he's here willingly. the 82nd governor of new hampshire, elected to four terms. he has a bachelors in civil and environmental engineering from m.i.t.. when he came out of school he did a stint at nyu at the tisch school of the arts. i want to ask him about that, what happened there. he started his career as an environmental engineer working in wastewater treatment, plants, landfills, cleaning up contaminated soil and water. comes from a political family, i covered his dad when he was white house chief of staff. his brother was senator. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former commander -- former governor chris sununu. are we off to a good start? quick thank y

alex, jennifer, and her family. and he was thrilled that the family seemed to embrace him and his daughter, as his sister ashley remembersat was number one, is he wanted to make sure that they enjoyed kids, and would get along with alex too. not only was she nice in interacting with him and alex and basically the perfect mother, but their family was accepting alex and welcoming both of them with open arms. and it was crucial to steven to have this family except alex? exactly. rob stafford: within weeks of meeting, steven and jennifer got married, in august 2006. steven's family remembers how happy everyone seemed the day of the wedding, especially steven. he was ecstatic. just had a big old smile, eyes shining. it was an outdoors wedding. it was really a nice wedding. they threw petals on the sidewalk, and jennifer was happy. she was smiling from ear to ear. her family was happy. they made several comments about how happy they were that they had such a wonderful son-in-law now, and that they were getting married, and he was going to be part of their family. the whole family just raved about steven and alex. rob stafford:

. >> and i'm dan ashley for spencer, kristen, larry beil, all of us. ♪♪ from the alex trebek stage ates studios, this is... ♪♪ introducing today's finalists... a software engineer from lionville, pennsylvania... a customer support team lead from burbank, california... and an archivist from west lafayette, indiana... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny, and welcome to the finals in this "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. as we've done in each of the past two tournaments of champions, the finals this year will once again be a best-of-seven series, in which the first player to notch three victories will be declared our winner. from a field that began with 21 champs, only three remain-- adriana, isaac and neilesh. good luck, finalists. this should be fun. let's kick off the first game with the jeopardy! round and these categories. we have... followed by some... then...

ashley for larry beil. all of us have a good night. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm liane ♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures, this is the... ♪♪ today's champions are... an developer originally from philadelphia, pennsylvania... a music executive originally from cleveland, ohio... and a library technology consultant from marietta, georgia... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny. welcome back to the "jeopardy!" invitational tournament. in yesterday's game, a zero-dollar wager in a category where she didn't feel confident proved to be the right move for emily sands, who won the game and a spot in the semifinals on a tough triple stumper. today, i'm joined on the alex trebek stage by raymond, troy and jackie. good luck, champs. we'll start with the jeopardy! round. i'll tell you what you categories are...right now. they are... then... we have some... ...for you, followed by... and...

ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us. we appreciate your time. have a wonderful evening and we'll see you again at 11. ♪♪ from the alexy pictures studios, this is... ♪♪ let's meet our second group of semifinalists... an er doctor from milwaukee, wisconsin... a content manager from riverside, connecticut... and a customer support team lead from burbank, california... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert. to all of you at home, welcome to the second of our three semifinal match-ups in this "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. yesterday, we saw 15-game winner adriana harmeyer showing off her super-champion strength as she pulled off what was nearly a runaway victory against two noble challengers. today, three new semifinalists step up to the contestant podiums. welcome to isaac, mark and amy. good luck. here are your categories as we dive into the jeopardy! round. first up... then... we have... and finally, we're going to... isaac, you start the game. have i got news for you for $600.

ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us here. we appreciate your time. have a nice evening. we'll see you again at 11. ♪♪ from the alexy pictures studios, this is... ♪♪ today's third group of semifinalists are... a software engineer from lionville, pennsylvania... a journalist from honolulu, hawaii... and a graduate student from birmingham, michigan... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to the last of our three semifinal games in this "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. so far, adriana harmeyer and isaac hirsch, our two players with the longest winning streaks in the regular season, have advanced to the toc finals. today, it will be the battle of the drews and neilesh, all hoping to claim that one remaining finals spot. obviously, having two different players named drew today poses a bit of a challenge for a "jeopardy!" host. so, to smoothe things out, the drews will be going by their last names, basile and goins, although drew goins did ask if he could play as lisa ann-- [laughter] in honor of our "celebrity jeopardy!" champion lisa ann walter, whose

ashley for sandhya patel. sarah hodges all of us here. we appreciate your time. hope you have a wonderful evening and that we see you again at 11. >> oh. ♪♪ from the alex trebek stageony pictures studios, this is the... ♪♪ introducing today's champions... a baseball software team lead originally from el paso, texas... an applied scientist from arlington, virginia... and a graduate student from atlanta, georgia... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to "jeopardy!" we have had some incredible games so far in this "jeopardy!" invitational tournament. and yesterday was no exception. all three of our champions had impressive five-figure scores heading into final jeopardy! but in the end, it was national college championship runner-up raymond goslow who held on for the win and is headed to the next round. today, we're welcoming back maya, roger and john. good to see you. let's get right into the game, shall we? we'll start you off easy with the jeopardy! round and these categories. first... then we have a little... ...for you... then...