joining you virtually this morning is democratic governor andy bashir of kentucky thank you for joinings this morning. >> good morning and thanks for having me. >> we've got a lot to cover in a short amount of time we will talk about tariffs and medicaid and of course politics because we are politico. first, you very understandably had to cancel your in person interview because of the devastating floods that hit your state in the last few days i want to take a moment to let you talk about how kentucky is doing how the recovery is doing a little bit of an update.>> we've been hit hard and we been hit hard by natural disasters historic national disasters the last several years in 2021 we had the worst tornado disaster, 2022 worst flooding in history killed 45 people, right now were dealing with a flood and sandstorm on top of that the dust hundreds of kentuckians whose homes may not have been swept away but certainly had been ruined or have significant damage. we are once again in the situation where we gotta rebuild and march forward thankfully we have the power back on for most of the s

el gobernador andy bashir expresÓ su preocupaciÓn por la tormenta invernal que llega en medio de un desastreia o advertencia de frÍo extremo con vientos peligrosamente frÍos que van a descender las temperaturas por debajo del punto de congelaciÓn. el gobernador abbott dijo que se abrieron mÁs de 340 centros de calentamiento. este vÓrtice polar afectarÁ a mÁs de 120 millones de personas desde las dakotas hasta texas. y muchas localidades van a romper rÉcords por las temperaturas congelantes. vamos con joseph martÍnez, meteorÓlogo de telemundo, quien nos acompaÑa con un pronÓstico. adelante, joseph. buenas noches. >> muy buenas noches. una invasiÓn de aire Ártico polar estÁ provocando frÍo extremo de esta noche y continuarÁ durante los prÓximos dos dÍas en gran parte del centro de los estados unidos. para que usted tenga una idea. maÑana, dallas, texas va a tener temperatura mÁxima de 30 grados congelante, y estas son temperaturas de hasta 30 grados por debajo de lo que es normal para esta fecha. ciudades como chicago. vea temperatura mÁxima de 14. estos son 20 grados por debajo de lo que es n

so today you will hear directly from oklahoma's governor, kentucky governor andy bashir and colorado governor jared polis of the national governors association. thanks for coming, enjoy the program. ♪♪ >> good morning, i'm the executive vice president and general manager of politico and i'm thrilled to be here today for the governor's on and i'm joined on stage by francine, executive vice president of people, policy and purpose officer for cisco, global technology leader and our trusted governor summit partner for many years now. welcome back. today we will be examining the next frontier in artificial intelligence, discussing the ways governments and businesses can work to harness the power of technology safely and effectively. let's get to it. cisco recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, congratulations, the company was created by a married couple of computer scientists at stanford university. talk about cisco's founding purpose and how they meet the times when it comes to ai innovation. >> so interesting you mention how we were founded. a lot of times we think about connectivity

here and in the states that democratic resistance to the trump administration's lives on yours and andy bashirers don't have a lot of power in washington d.c., but seems to be for you places that you want to work with donald trump or see that there are places of compatibility there, what are those? >> and reform, we welcome just as president biden supported permitting reform and wasn't ultimately able to get a major package through and did some things from executive actions and we're hoping that president trump continues in that vein to make it easier to build and get things done from rail and highway to renewable energy projects and energy transmission, especially on public lands, a big deal in the west, about 36% of our state is owned by the federal government and even higher in nevada and utah. and also with regards to the process for projects that occur on private land. >> do you have a relationship with president trump? have you talked to him before? >> of course. when he was president-- well, first of all, i served in congress when he was president for two years and i served as governor