i am honored that governor brian sandoval will serve as vice chair with me. we will make quite a team. brian and i are committed to making sure the role of the nga influence isga's recognized. as we embark with a new administration coming in, we want to make sure the governors are at the forefront to talk over the joint concerns of all of us. one of the ways i do plan to move the national governors association forward is through my initiative, which is to meet the threat -- states confront the cyber challenge. this will highlight an issue i have been focused on since my first day as governor, cyber security. in addition to providing states they need torces meet this threat, my initiative will build on the strong work of resource center, an effort i have chaired for the last year and a half with governor rick snyder of michigan. i know firsthand my work in virginia, i hit this issue as soon as i took over in the commonwealth of virginia. just to give you an example, so , virginia has had 53 million cyber attacks this year. that is every four seconds. that is 30

there are a number of rising stars, like brian sandoval and nikki haley, who will not be speaking atrump cap is that he could contend in as many as 20 battleground states. is this confidence justified? it's not. he's very unlikely to win connecticut or oregon. his theory is that he can -- he's an unconventional candidate, so what they are putting out there, the message they are putting out there is that they can win states that republicans have not been able to before. there are some states where this is possible. states in the rust belt, for in its, that tend to be whiter than the country as a whole. that tends to be less diverse. he has a shot in theory in those states. he's not winning in those places right now, but his message might appeal to them. when you talk about connecticut, new york, california, these are incredibly blue states. donald trump doesn't need to win let'sn order to get to -- just say that these states would only be in his column if it is a landslide victory for him, which is unlikely. vonnie: sahil, thank you therefore providing some color out of the rnc in cle

. >> i think most of you know governor brian sandoval was going to oversee the session and he asked me to step in. they had an unfortunate event in with an emergency in nevada city had to return. i'm delighted on behalf of governor sandoval to step in. fortunately i was familiar with the session i'm able to talk a little bit about this particular session. it is called the next generation state. of changing communities. the reason we put the session in it because it is kind of under the news you can use. information you can use type of template because we have been talking about demographics and the aging population and all these things for years and the worry is that we have to deal with this, states have to do with this. when it comes down to it, we are the beginning of the issue. it is happening now. it is no longer an article the omaha world herald. you better be worried, the population is aging. the time is now. as the national governors association to start the process of thinking about it and been able to assist the governors as they think about it. i'm really excited that we are

i am honored that governor brian sandoval will serve as vice chair with me. ke quite a team. brian and i are committed to making sure the role of the nga -- the nga's influence is recognized. as we embark with a new administration coming in, we want to make sure the governors are at the forefront to talk over the joint concerns of all of us. one of the ways i do plan to move the national governors association forward is through my initiative, which is to meet the threat -- states confront the cyber challenge. this will highlight an issue i have been focused on since my first day as governor, cyber security. in addition to providing states the key resources they need to meet this threat, my initiative will build on the strong work of the nga resource center, an effort i have chaired for the last year and a half with governor rick snyder of michigan. i know firsthand my work in virginia, i hit this issue as soon as i took over in the commonwealth of virginia. just to give you an example, so far, virginia has had 53 million cyber attacks this year. that is every

governor brian sandoval was going to oversee this session.ed me to step in. an emergency event in nevada and he had to return. to step in.ed the sessionar with so i am able to talk a little bit about this particular session. it is called the next generation view of 360 degree changing communities. the reason we put this session in is because it is under the news you can use template. we have been talking about demographics and the aging population and all of these things for years. what it codo

tennessee and governor herbert of utah as immediate past chair and for nga vice chair governor brian sandoval and for our next nga chair, my good friend and neighbor to the south , governor terry macola of virginia. on behalf of the nominations committee, moved to have this outstanding slate adopted. >> thank you we have a motion on the floor. is there a second? any discussion? all those in favor? motion carries. thank you very much, larry. appreciate your good work. as long as we are-- before we turn the gavel over to our new chair, let's-- i would like to make recognitions of those who are leaving their service with us here and just trying to check to see who is here. those who are not with us, but this is their last as a now exit office we have governor jack markel and jack dalrymple and peter shamblin, jay nixon. i did not see maggie hasn't. she is leaving, also. i think she is running for the senate, as i recall. let's see kirk earl ray-- is earl ray here cracks earl ray tomlin. west virginia and who we do have here, i think, is governor pythias. right there. governor, come up. we have a

the push on trump to find somebody who fixes the party fears, to talk to martinez and consider brian sandovalan like joni ernst, to sort of do those considerations, do you have any reporting that there actually is a push on trump to push away from a newt gingrich or not sign him up right away and talk to the other demographic picks? >> well i've got a lot of good stuff for you. one, we forgot about the name former secretary of state condi rice. she sut th-- shut that down rig away. she would bring foreign policy to the table. she shut it down right away. but when it comes to donald trump, and i talked to some conservatives, i've talked to people in the rnc, what needs to happen is the unification of the party. and what needs to be strengthened is the foreign policy and the policy on foreign policy. he is a businessman and i believe this vice president would play a stronger role in helping to advise and guide more so than playing a second fiddle to donald trump. i think this vice president will be helping. but when it comes to donald trump and trying to brings things together and trump is in d

you talk about the new people like hailly who is not here, brian sandoval. >> yeah. >> and those people supposed to showcase all of the diversity and trump had a hard time because he alienated so many. i don't think we should look at that in by picking a solid social conservative somebody who the delegates really respect, that goes a long way. in my conversations i have actually heard that come up. >> have you really? >> yes. >> among the people who don't like donald trump, yeah, smart pick, really out of character for trump. >> absolutely. so he calms the waters of rebellion amongst the delegates. >> he can talk all he wants about how it is okay they aren't here but the campaign knows they need those on board and it's explicit in mike pence. donald trump said the reason why i picked mike pence in part is for party unity. >> and by this point you're supposed to be unified and you're supposed to start reaching out to independents and democrats or reach out to independents and republicans. >> that's right but trump's view, his coalition is different from anything that's been before. nonet

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