and thank you to tap into afscme as well. this is a very timely subject. i'm convinced we are living in century of cities and here in the united states america's falling in love again with cities. the census bureau estimates by 2015 we will see 80 million new people in our country and about 60 million of them are going to live in urban areas. in san antonio if i have one piece of advice for local leaders around the country, it would be to break through the silos that often exist at the local level. so one of the things we saw the administration up here doing very early on was an effort called sustainable communities that was hud working with a department of transportation working with epa, and we said, hey what we should do is organize ourselves in a similar way. the city government needs to be talking to the community college district which needs the hall talking to the transit, two electric, water utility. it is surprising how often that doesn't happen even at the local level. what we found was first of all the a lot of resources going after that if they

today afscme announced they are moving their october 2014 women's conference out of indianapolis, indiana. all bad news. president lee sanders called it a direct result of the discriminatory law. tim cook said religious freedom laws go against the very principle our nation was founded on. governor pence, what are you doing? later this week indiana will host the final four in yips indianapolis. the ncaa is involved. they said they are concerned about indiana's law. charles barkley, he is slamming the religious freedom law. in a state, he called discrimination in any form unacceptable and he went on to say as long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state i strongly big events such as the final four and the super bowl should not be held in those state's cities. outrage over this law has gotten the attention of other states. georgia, you see they were working on passing something very similar working on their own religious freedom bill but they have had to table the legislation. just today indiana legislators have stepped forward and said they will work to clarify the law. my question toni

polacio, the chairman of the colorado democratic party. [ applause ] and lee saunders, the president of afscme. [ applause ] and i am so pleased to recognize kentucky governor steve beshear who serves -- last but not least, as the de facto chair of the democratic victory task force to give us a preliminary report of their work to date. i guess we're making you chair by default today. he drew the short straw to do the presentation. governor bashir was elected governor of kentucky in 2007 and was reelected in 2011. during his time in office he has focused on initiatives to help kentucky families in the areas of health health care, education and economic development. an attorney by profession he has a long background in public service having served in the kentucky general assembly as lieutenant prior to being elected governor. he holds a bachelor's degree and law degree from the university of kentucky and served in the u.s. army reserve and i can tell you, his service on this task force has been remarkable. this is a person who s the governor of a state and he has participated in every task force

tom, i was just handed this information concerning the afscme. this is the largest and fastest growing public services employees union. has more than 1.6 million working and retired members that they are going to be moving its convention out of indiana coming up in october. so the reaction and the ripple effect it continues. is the governor and those within the state of politics concerned about the footprint this law is leaving behind? >> sure. well thomas thanks for having me on. i appreciate it. you know i think that nobody saw, certainly none of the republican leaders here, saw quite the fallout that's happened over this. you know, what's interesting, what happened today is when pence went on this week yesterday, and ducked the question six times, he couldn't give an answer. it just looked terrible in doing that. he set up this emergency news conference that the house speaker and the senate president had to call. and the funny thing is that we're not even sure that they really have any draft legislation together yet. they just know that they n

as afscme president lee sanders said he is the real deal. so please join me in welcoming secretary tom perez. [applause] >> good morning. i have a feeling first of all bash barb, thank you for your kind introduction. barb's the real deal and she has been a stalwart in so many areas, including the retirement space, but i want to thank you because you know, success in building an america that works for everyone is a joint venture. you've got to have folks in government like our president who get it and have those values and then you have to have folks outside of government like all of you who get it and share our values. and that is how you define success. then you've got to have people working at the state and local level who get it and share our values. you have to have serial activist who is are doing the same. i have had the privilege of working as an elected official in montgomery county, maryland, for those of you not around here, seven or eight stops on the metro red line. i've had the privilege of working at a state level at state labo

lee saunders is president of afscme which represents more than 1.6 million public sector workers acrosshe country. we are also very honored to have secretary castro from the department of housing and urban development. he's also the former mayor of san antonio. asia brown has spearheaded a number of creative initiatives as the youngest person ever elected to mayor in compton, california. glenn hutchins is co-founder of silver lake, a technology investment firm. bruce is the vice president of the brookings institution. janet murkier is president and c.e.o. of the national council of la raza, the largest national hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the united states. and the executive director of the policy institute which serves more than 100,000 youth and young adults at 125 programs in los angeles. randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers, which represents 1.6 million educational professionals. and finally, seth williams is c.e.o. of rockford technology company, a company with mission to give back to its urban community by creating jobs and ma

saunders: this is just a discussion that i believe is a beginning we should continuity and afscme is committed to that. but let me highlight a couple of things i heard today. one is jobs are the key to building our cities. challenges must be addressed across the country. includes improving education and establishing programs. investing in public safety, addressing health disparities and present vembing affordable housing. here's something else i heard today, we to be included in this discussion and every community has to have the opportunity to advance and to make a better life for themselves and their families. and we need to invest in our infrastructure across the country. we are going to need help and resources coming from the federal government, but also from the private sector to do just that. i really am excited about this endeavor we are undertaking. i think this is the right thing to do and important thing to do. we have the examples of where we can be successful all across the country. the trick is going to be pool those examples together and bring people together rather tha