>> colorado democrat jared polis and utah republican spencer cox, two governors trying to get peopleo disagree better. they'll tell us how to do that when we come back. there's challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs. thousands of bank of america employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people how to reach their financial goals. it felt good. it felt like i could take on the whole world. >>> and we're back with a coordinator for strategic communications at the white house national security council, john kirby. always good to have you here. >> thank you, margaret. >> i want to ask you about this breakdown in the hostage negotiations. >> yeah. >> they pulled their negotiators out of doha saying there's no use in continuing to talk. is this insurmountable. thereare still americans being held. >> we don't believe it's insurmountable. even while the negotiations have stopped we haven't stopped. our efforts on the nat

national governors association, republican governor spencer cox of utah and democratic governor jared polis of colorado. they're initiative is an effort to encourage civil dialogue among leaders. welcome to "meet the press," boefts of you. >> thank you >> well, let's start by talking -- it is great to have you both here. leapt's start by talking about the youth mental health crisis the surgeon general, as you know, has called it the defining public health issue of our time. governor cox, i want to start with you do you agree with the surgeon general? >> i absolutely agree with the surgeon general, and i want to give a quick shout-out to governor phil murphy of new jersey, who was the former chair of the national governors association, who took this issue on as his initiative for a year. we absolutely believe this is the issue of our time. we have seen a 63% increase in persistent loneliness and sadness over young women especially in the past 10 to 12 years in the state of utah again, suicide rates going up, depression, anxiety, self-harm rates skyrocketing and what we know also is it corres

and you have the governor of colorado jared polis. i basically want to play this soundbite because my son is watching and he was a 1-year-old and he was hezboll mesmerized b, america not so much ♪ if he l feliz november dad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ >> he is in a very odd but happy mood it seems. >> i think he is showing that, you know, even if -- even a gay guy can be that goofy. so, it's interesting. it gives hope to the standard heterosexual white male that even the gay guy could be that awkward. >> you know, my son loves him. my 1-year-old son. if he's to put together a child's album, i will purchase it. phil, thank you. new year? new migrant caravan. you won't believe the video of what is headed our way. that comes next. i'm jonathan lawson, here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a

and you have the governor of colorado jared polis.ically want to play this soundbite because my son is watching and he was a 1-year-old and he was hezb mesmerized by t, america not so much ♪ if feliz november dad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ >> he is in a very odd but happy mood it seems. >> i think he is showing that, you know, even if -- even a gay guy can be that goofy. so, it's interesting. it gives hope to the standard heterosexual white male that even the gay guy could be that awkward. >> you know, my son loves him. my 1-year-old son. if he's to put together a child's album, i will purchase it. phil, thank you. new year? new migrant caravan. you won't believe the video of what is headed our way. that comes next. ♪ >> kayleigh: well, happy almost new year. the border is still in crisis mode. a migrant caravan leader says that 15,000 asylum seekers are set to crash the border and that would only worsen the current situation. according to fox news' griff jenkins over the four day christmas weekend, there were more than 35,000 migrant encounte

jared polis is a complete success story.in the top ten of governors across the country. he is more libertarian than he has democratic. he was on with bill maher and had a wonderful interview with him about it last year. i think that there is a place for this. do i wish he was better coordinated and look less awkward to? hundred%. does not mean that he is not serious about the border crisis. he has spoken out about it and say he cannot give us federal dollars if you want us to deal with thousands of people who are being shipped here. democratic mayors and governors are doing all over the country. >> i don't know. might neighbors are from denver and it cannot get out for a couple of years ago so i don't know. maybe he is doing a better job. doctor, we are going to go by the numbers. you know numbers more than any of us. 10,000 migrants arrested per day at the southwest border in the last week. on top of that there are 10,000 seeking asylum and just coming through eagle pass. hard to put our finger on the total number because t

improve mental health care with republican governor spencer cox of utah and democratic governor jared poliscolorado. and a special panel of experts on the front lines of the crisis. former democratic congressman patrick kennedy of rhode island, dr. sherry turner chief health officer of the crisis text line and activist and podcast host victoria garrett brown. it's all ahead on a special edition of "meet the press." >> thanks, kristin. we hope you join kristin for this morning's "meet the press" if you stick with us for "today in the bay." "meet the press" is on after this newscast at 8 a.m. >>> turning now to flu activity continuing to rise in most parts of the u.s. over the last week. according to the cdc's weekly influenza report, there was a 16% jump for people testing positive. nearly 9 the 00 viruses were reported by public health labs as well as six pediatric deaths connected with the flu. that brings the 2023, 2024 influenza total to 20. >>> from a national debate on a woman's right to abortion to california's seeming role in everything, from homelessness to the high cost of housing,

democrat governor jared polis.the centennial state's tubby governor posted a cringe-inducing cover of feliz navadad. either that or he's having a stroke. roll ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tom: so many questions. who thought this was a good idea. why is there no music? how is this guy only 48 years old. and why does it look like he's milking cows. >> emily: yeah. >> tom: i don't know. jim, i know you probably have never done anything nearly this embarrassing on videotape right? >> jim: no, i have not and i appreciate you saying milking cows because i thought there were two men missing from this video. [laughter] >> tom: what was he doing? joey, i mean, was he -- does he think this was going to play with the voters? he actually has a high approval rating according to jessica tarlov. >> joey: you can appreciate i'm not a man who dances, don't have a lot of pep in my step or hop. so i have no idea. i respect the fact -- it would scare me to death to sing and dance in front of people. i will give you an pen onabout the most divisive thin

we saw protesters, kt, again disrupt colorado democrat governor jared polis in his pro israel eventse on you, colleges are focusing on diversity and not education. anti-israel students doing these anti-semitic protesters and they're ignorant about history here and university of california berkeley, they did a survey, eight out of ten students can't name a decade for the six day war, they can't locate palestine on a map, they can't name the actual river to the sea in their anti-israel rants, kt, and they don't know who arafat is. >> the smoke screen on the american campuses are anti-semitic including my alma mater mit and they're worried about myorobin lou aggressions and safe spaces for d micro-aggressions and safe spaces for themselves and it's so frustrating for them to sea. our best universities and some of the dumbest people are out in the streets talking about things about which they know very little. liz: we're hearing more and more republican lawmakers, they really want to kill and get rid of the billions of dollars in federal funding and tax breaks to these colleges and colle

can speak more specifically to affordable housing in our home state of colorado where governor jared polis has embraced the inclusion of modular manufacturing and construction of affordable housing across our state and undertaken actions to facilitate and prioritize the use of modular as a solution for affordable housing. for example, fading west recently partnered with the vail valley habitat for humanity to build 16 homes in eagle county. habitat could only have built three homes this year on the site had they used the usual stick built construction model. habitat used state funds along with philanthropic donations to cover the construction cost for 16 homes. it took fading west one month to build these modular components for the 16 homes and factory. these components will now be shipped and assembled on concrete foundations where some equity is still needed to build out garages to paint and finish porches. 16 families, many of them local teachers who have toward our factory, will be moving into al these homes later this year. the modular industry is constantly evolving and adopting new

come governor jared polis on christmas eve.ntennial state'soste tubby governor posted a cringe inducing of feliz navidad. either that or he's having a massive stroke, maybe both. >> roll it. least retired police now realize feliz navidad was bad. >> all i know if you say bad. so many questions. who thought this was a goo wdas idea? hi why is there no music?y on how is this gulyy only 48 years old. and why does it look like he's milking cows? yeah >> yeah, that's the.ow i don't. w yo >> jim, i know you've probably never done anything this embarrassing on videotape, right? >> no, i have not. and i appreciaterino you saying milking cows because i thought there were two men missing from this videoauseught. it's what we've been doing, joey. i mean, , was he does he think this is going to play with the voters? ra actuall they has a very high approval rating. >> so i heard from jessica tarlov. you can probably appreciatccorde a lonot a man who dances. i have a lot of pep in my steppr or hop my. and so i have no idea.i resp i respect t