. -- our friend, governor chris sununu. [cheers and applause] governor sununu: all right. thank you, thank you, thank you. trust me, i know you are not really here to see me. thank you guys very much. i want to take a couple of minutes -- i'm going to be fairly brief and a little bit off-the-cuff, as you guys know i always am. this is the state of new hampshire, and we are just rocking it. there's no doubt about that. sometimes i sound like the proud parent who says, my kids are the best. let me tell you, this state is crushing it. we really are. it is unbelievable. in the n i just got a statistic the other day that said we are the only state in the country where less businesses closed in 2020 than in 2019, which is really amazing. really, really amazing. when the feds gave us all that cares act money, more than any state in the country, we did not keep it in the government. we pumped more dollars out to businesses and citizens and relief efforts on the ground at a local level, at a personal level to prop them up and keep th

ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the 82nd governor of new hampshire, governor chris sununu. [applause] >> thank you. i know you are really here to see me. thank you very much. i want to take a couple of minutes. i'm going to be fairly brief and a little bit off-the-cuff as you know i always and. this is the state of new hampshire and we are rocking it. sometimes i sound like the proud parent who says my kids are the best. this state is crushing it. it's unbelievable. [applause] we are ranked the safest state in the nation, the strongest economy. we're the only state in the country where less businesses closed in 2020 than a 2019. that's really amazing. when the feds gave us the cares act money, we didn't keep it in the government. we pumped more dollars out to businesses and citizens and relief efforts on the ground at a local level at a personal level to prop them up and keep them surviving through tough economic times because we knew in good management were playing the long game. the result is we get to reap the benefits. sometimes i think people don't realize how far ahe

. >> shannon: in tonight's real news roundup, chris sununu signing a budget bill that includes educations. allowing families earning three times the poverty line are less to put their child's per student aid to private or homeschooling. supporters are praising the program giving low income families more school choice but opponents are criticizing the measure is taking money away from public schools in favor of unregulated individual and families. british social media influence or ali london. it going under transition surgeries to look like a korean singer. london identifies as korean and says "being transsexual is the same as being transracial because you're born in the wrong body." the "washington examiner" reporting and the state department is expected to announce a change in passport policy wednesday. letting applicants pick their gender "even if the gender they select does not match the gender or other supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport or state i.d.." no word on how other countries are going to handle the designations for travelers using u.s. pas