[applause] >> governor hickenlooper, this is your chance. you have here a room full of silicon valley executives. what do you say to them to get them to expand or move to colorado? >> can governor brown leave the room for a minute? >> i am a great believer that luring companies from one state to the other does not help the country. i think it is a race to the bottom. as the governor would say. it is useful for us to be as relentlessly pro-business as we can. we're very focused on education and we want to be the no. 1 state for solving this riddle that this country has become from being the no. 1 public education nation to one in the bottom half. we know the things -- at risk kids are coming from difficult neighborhoods and often broken families, they need a longer school day. that is nothing new there. there's another way to do that without spending a bunch of money. you can get your teachers union to agree to stagger the school day. some teachers come in early and you have study hall, some come in later and you have sports after school. the

the democratic governor john hickenlooper will be joining us as we also kick off education nation withhe governor. also joining me ambassador susan rice on the failed north korea rocket launch and a new u.n. presidential statement on that. >>> and former iran hostage sarah shourd will be with me. andrea mitchell live from colorado coming up next. i'm bill karins with your business travel forecast on this monday. what a crazy monday it's going to be. summer-like heat with record highs in new england. snow in northern minnesota. rain down along the gulf coast and more and i in the northwest. but boston today, boston marathon, 88 degrees, warmest temperature ever for the boston marathon. thunderstorms possible atlanta and detroit. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen.... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american expre

next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank you, governor. >> are we all set? i am from the "mercury news," and we're here because we live in a global cloueconomy. it has altered local economies because so many manufacturing and technology jobs are moving, whether it is a matter of costs for going where the trained work force is. we're fortunate to have to governors here to talk about how that change affects their jobs and what they're doing to jump- start their economies which compete with one another. this could be fun. let me start with our guest. governor hickenlooper. i knew that was going to happen. most of us here are pretty much aware of california's budget crisis. can you give us a quick

it's not workable. >> john hickenlooper, president obama going to win colorado? >> you know, coloradans generally respond to pragmatic you know people that find solutions. i think president obama has been working very hard. i think it's going to be a very close race but i feel pretty comfortable that he's going to win colorado. >> thank you so much for the hospitality and for being with us. thank you. >>> and coming up, the lavish government spending spree heating up capitol hill and still ahead, u.s. ambassador susan rice joins us on new action coming out of the u.n. security council today on north korea. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" live in denver only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every

. >> i had the chance to interview colorado governor john hickenlooper.look at what he thinks could be done as a first step. >> also let's have a guest worker system where we really can make sure that we don't tear family as part, that we -- everybody gets an identification while here, a year, two years to prove what they can done, let's move towards a solution instead of having this limbo. >> can't something be done on an interim basis for all of these young people who can't travel, they can't get into many schools, they don't have proper identification, and they are here through no fault of their own? >> that's absolutely right. and that's the primary reason we need to get the dream act done. the only place it doesn't have support is with republicans in congress and with the republican nominee. the president has taken steps on anned amen straightive level to focus on criminals, not kids who are going to college or serving in the military, attack a more h humane approach to immigration laws. these are laws. we need to pass the dream act so these kids who