ladies and gentlemen, the honorable laura kelly, governor of kansas. good morning, everybody. i am so delighted to be here and honored at astra for aspira to the stars through difficulty. that is the kansas state motto, a recognition that kansas came into the union as a free state when there was fierce opposition that the spirit of kansans propelled them to beat the odds and accomplish much. who better to represent our great state in statuary hall than dwight d hayes and our and now a native daughter of kansas, amelia earhart. i want to extend my gratitude to our congressional leaders and our kansas delegation for the opportunity to honor one of kansans most iconic figures, a woman who showed all of us what it means to reach for the stars. amelia earhart was born and raised in atchison, kansas. a small town overlook in the missouri river from a very early age. amelia was a dreamer. her dreams went far beyond the banks of that river and far beyond the prescribed gender roles of her time. kansans have long celebrated our women, trailblazers, blazers like susanna salter, the firs

just yesterday, kansas governor laura kelly banned the app on state-owned devices. now. i'm going to get to tik tok very quickly. congress woman, i want your thoughts quickly on congressman elect santos and this mess with him. you care to weigh-in? >> look, i've said publicly that it is disturbing quite frankly. it's not just one aspect of his life. if it was just the college, it would be equally disturbing if it was one thing, the college or the professional life. it's all aspects. it's disturbing. at the end of the day, this is between him and his constituents. you can see, there's investigations taking place as should be. as of now, it's between him and his constituents. we'll see what the investigations unfold. >> it seem people defending him say you see other members of the house like adam schiff that tend to tell untruth after up truth and there's no consequences, no repercussions. >> well, that's true. it doesn't execution anyone actually. if you're dishonest like adam schiff has been, in his role as a member of congress, you can see people like eric swalwell

kelly? >> lauras such an interesting story because it could be an indication that the tide on woke investing may be turning. we have one of the world's asset firms pushing back on esg so vanguard is announcing that it will leave the net zero asset initiative so what is it? for some context before vanguard left the organization had 291 signatories and managed 66 trillion in assets. members commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2015 so that means investing in companies that align with that push. some argue to the detriment of monetary returns. vanguard now sharing that industry initiatives like this can create confusion and it's decided to withdraw "so that we can provide the clarity our investors desire about the role of indexed funds and how we think about material risks including climate-related risks." to make sure vanguard speaks independently on matters of importance to our investors. unsurprisingly the firm is facing vocal backlash from liberals including al gore who called the move an irresp

. >>> now on to kansas where the wichita eagle reports that governor laura kelly has signed an executivessued devices for executive branch employees. this comes, of course, as congress in several other states have also moved to ban tiktok on government devices amid growing security concerns. >>> coming up here on "morning joe," how a perfectly normal new york suburb elected a con man. former congressman steve israel will join us with his new op-ed on the embattled lawmaker elected to his old seat in congress. >>> plus, the colleague to be of george santos who will also be representing new york in the house, congressman-elect daniel goldman. he'll join the conversation as well. "morning joe" will be right back. trying to control my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ enough was enough. i talked to an asthma specialist and found out my severe asthma is driven by eosinophils, a type of asthma nucala can help control. now, fewer asthma attacks and less oral steroids that's my nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala is not for su

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