mr. huckabee: thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> tomorrow, governor chris christie announces his presidential bid. he is expected to be the 14th candidate to enter the race. live coverage at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the road to the white house with louisiana governor bobby jindal, answering questions about social security and the national debt at a politics and eggs breakfast at saint handsome college. gov. jindal: thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank the institute of politics for being our host. thank you for being here as well. this is my first stop as an announced candidate. i should introduce my better half. if i can convince her to marry me, that is reason enough to vote for me. [applause] gov. jindal: we have known each other since high school. i like to describe each other as high school sweetheart. i w

mr. huckabee: thank you again to all the first responders who are here. -- mr. thompson: i am jonathan thompson. today is a great honor for the association. we are taking ourselves in a new direction. with that goes so many obligations, so many opportunities that we, as an association in launch oarsman can and should -- in law enforcement, can and should take advantage of. today represents the first time ever presidential candidates have been invited to participate in your annual conference. all of the candidates for president of the united states received an invitation to participate in this event and talk to you, the men and women in uniform who do walk that line, to hear your questions, to talk with you about the issues you face every single day. republican and democrat, they were all invited. ladies and gentlemen, i want you to take notice over the next couple of days as to who is here . i want you to take notice of the people that aren't here. and i want you to take notice of those that are here, that they are standing tell with you and they are renting --

governor huckabee: thank you. mr. thompson: as you and i talked about a little bit earlier, as you pointed out, there are a number of folks in the audience and across the country with questions. we reached out to our members over the past several months and said what is it you would like to ask a candidate for president of the united states and the questions cover an amazing landscape so i have in front of me a few questions and i have some sheriffs in the audience that i believe would like to ask you questions, as well. let me start. governor -- and this, just to repeat, these aren't my questions because that would be unfair. i want our members to ask these questions. governor, our nation's infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks and disruptions to our electrical grid. as president, how would you equip local law enforcement agencies to deal with such threats? easy question, right? a lot of moving parts. governor huckabee: i don't think most americans understand how much at risk we are for an attack

governor mike huckabee vowed to oppose the ruling saying this "only the supreme being can redefine marriage. i will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our i thank you so much, mrs. pinckney, for this opportunity. i was praying about what to say in the two plus minutes that i have. and as i was praying i awokened on thursday morning and this is what the lord said. tell the people that he walked the talk. a fellow clergy person by the name of the apostle paul in ephesians 4:1-3 -- don't get nervous -- said, therefore, the prisoner of the lord beseech you that we walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. reverend clementa pinckney walked the talk. it has been said that i'd rather see a sermon lived any day than just preach. reverend pinckney lived as he taught. he was the embodyment of the sermon. he loved god. he loved people. he was humble, caring, compassionate, supportive, encouraging, compassionate, respectful, honest, a man of integrity. he was positive, he was a servant leader, a counselor, a mentor, a pastor par excellence, a phenomenal human being. as i prepare to take my seat in the last minute and a half i have -- [laughter] to sum it all up,

mr. great, great ideas i can't wait. >> rosa parks. >> that's a good one. >> it could be. >> i like it. not under the huckabee administration. >> nikki minaj. >> i'd go for that. >> i actually think, rosa parks. >> that was amazing. >> boy, every time a $20 bill went down. >> right. >> it would be sending a message and kids would ask who is rosa. >> ah. >> where is susan b anthony? i still really don't -- >> harriet tubman would understand. >> so exciting. >> you take rosa by a nose? >> yeah i think so. >> okay. we have to go coming up the must read opinion pages, why gene robinson says -- why gene robinson says he's an optimist when it comes to america's ongoing challenges surrounding race. keep it right here on "morning joe." woman: it's been a journey to get where i am. and i didn't get here alone. there were people who listened along the way. people who gave me options. kept me on track. and through it all my retirement never got left behind. so today, i'm prepared for anything we may want tomorrow to be. every someday needs a plan. let's talk about your old 401(k) today. when a moment spontaneously turns