hello, everybody, and welcome to the national governor association. we are so thrilled you had records of participation of 48 governors now participated in some part of the national governors association event yesterday and today. i would add the denominators is 55 and not 50. this includes of course, the territories of the wonderful governors. you know we know as governors, we are problem solvers. there is no democratic or republican way to fix a pothole. each of our state has unique assets and unique challenges. we know there are some shared challenges that we face together whether it is improving our public safety or improving our roads or process so we can build our powerful and come peming prosperous future. each governor is well aware of what they need to do to move our state forward and the importance of collaboration with one another as well as the federal government to make the lives of our citizens even better. as chair of the bipartisan national governors association, i am proud to lead on student success on how we can better measure outcome

to open that session, please give a warm welcome to the chair of the national governors association, rado governor jared polis. [applause] ♪ >> welcome to the winter 2025 national governors association conference! we have a record number of governors, 48 governors are here for at least part of the session. i would like to remind people that 48 with a denominator of 55 with our fellow governors of the territories. thank you, bill. welcome to our fellow governors. this is a terrific opportunity to come together at the start of each year and have these important bipartisan conversations about how we can work together to deliver for the people we serve. i'm honored to serve as chair of the national governors snares association for states across the country to tackle the challenges we face and embrace the role of states and governors as problem solvers and leaders to help unify us as a nation. we know there are a lot of areas where bipartisan governors can work together to find innovative and effective solutions to our shared challenges each of us face. one of those is let's get ready, edu

interior secretary along with governors jared polis, kev stitt and others, will speak to the national governors association. they are expected toiscuss energy reliability and resilience and how to reform and accelerate energy projects. watch live at 2:30 p.m. eastn on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> saturdays, watch american history tv's 10 week series my first 100 days. we will explore the early months of presidential administrations with historians, authors and through the c-span archives. we learn about accomplishments and setbacks and how events impacted presidential terms in the nation up to the present day. saturday, the first 100 days of franklin roosevelt's presidency. at the height of the great depression, he defeated herbert hoover in a landslide. in his inaugural speech, he said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. early in his term, he called for a special session of congress to tackle the economic crisis. dozens of bills were passed to put people back to work and improve living conditions. it was franklin roosevelt that coined the phase -- the phrase first 100 days.

you are at the national governors association and president trump had an interesting exchange with theernor of maine. we are all in the family here, tell us what happened. >> classic donald trump. if he doesn't like something, he's going to call out. one of the things that has made it so incredibly popular in one reason he's been able to get so much done this because he doesn't care was in the room were looks like, he's going to tell you exactly what he thinks and that's what he did and he's on the right side, i'm so tired of hearing the left say they care about women and they can't even define what a woman is and we finally have a president who will stand up for women and fight back. it's a great thing see donald trump being the one to sign executive orders to defend and define what a man and woman are which is that we have to do that but also a mom of the daughter a 12-year-old volleyball player somebody saying we will not let them play women sports and donald trump is doing that so we have a rating system, the governors, governor sanders ranked top conservative government in america

the education priorities in colorado , let's give a warm welcome to the chair of the national governors association, colorado's governor, jared polis. [applause] ♪ gov. polis: thank you. i am thrilled to welcome you for a great and powerful conversation with two national thought leaders on let's get ready, educating all americans for success. thank you to our fellow governors who have been a part of this initiative. we have a gathering coming up in new york next month. when it comes to education governors are uniquely situated to lead. we do not run the schools but we are the major funder of the schools. for most of us it is the biggest line item in our budget. we are in a position to say, are we getting what we need from two perspectives -- in terms of the individual learners and opportunity to succeed and are we getting what we need as an economy to power success? just last month the newest edition of the nation's report card was released showing that too many u.s. students are struggling with math and reading scores. far too many students nationwide scored below basic level. we also have our sta

governors association last night. there's no confirmation that a meeting at the white house will be part of the full bipartisan, nay, winter meeting this year. the nationalng will run through tomorrow. and joining us now senior strategist with the dga, ophira yehezkel. ophira talk a little bit about the way that democratic governors are approaching this, because, of course, for republicans, it's a much different calculation. well. >> democratic governors. >> have a history of delivering. >> results for folks in their states and. >> a history of. >> getting things done by working. >> across the aisle. i think it doesn't. >> change who's in the. >> white house. >> and so i think. >> they come to d.c. >> looking for. >> opportunities to work together and to deliver. >> on what. >> trump said was his. >> day one priority. >> which is. lowering costs. >> for families. >> all across. >> the country. many of them are here after having just delivered their state of the state, where they talked. >> about things like. >> cutting people's. >> taxes, making housing more affordable, making a real difference in people's pocketbooks. and i think that's a real. contrast

let's give a warm welcome to the chair of the national governor's association colorado's governor jaredis. ♪♪ [applause] thank you dylan thank you governors and the thrilled to welcome me for great and powerful conversation with two national thought leaders and let's get ready educating all americans for success and thank you to our fellow governors who have been part of its initiative gathering in new york this month. when it comes to education governors uniquely situated. they don't run the schools that we are the major funder of the schools. and for most of us it's a line item in our budget. we are the businesses they hey are we getting what we need from two perspectives are we getting what we need in terms of the individual opportunity to succeed and overcome obstacles and in this economy to empower our success for employers in our state for this last month the newest addition of the nation's report card was released showing to me the students are struggling with math and far too many students nationwide at whatever state assessments and we know math and reading are important ways t

they are standing by trump and elon musk's doge at this week's national governors association, politicogovernors dismissed concerns over doj's aggressive budget cuts, even as budgets are strained from pandemic era cash flows drying up. meanwhile, republican lawmakers they are facing swift backlash from constituents back home, with house members in trump voting districts being confronted in town hall meetings over the gutting of federal agencies and mass employee firings. >> they they should care. okay, let's just play. this is the town hall rep. peter sessions in texas had a town hall this week. about 150 people were. in attendance, and the crowd was mostly friendly. take a listen to this. constituent from this town hall. this was yesterday. >> when are you going to. >> wrest control. >> as the congress. >> back from. >> the executive and stop hurting your. >> constituents? >> because all that's left if you won't do your jobs, the congress. >> is for the. >> courts. >> and. >> the courts don't have a means of enforcing their judgments. >> already. our president. >> is ignoring. the cour

on saturday president trump met with state leaders at the national governors association dinner.e's seeking their support to carry out his mass deportation plans. >> we also want your assistance on public safety, especially removing foreign terrorist organizations from america, removing some really bad, bad guys and bad people from america. we're going to get them out for you. >> reporter: on sunday cbs news learned that the trump administration is preparing to bring back title 42, which would allow border officials to quickly deport migrants seeking asylum at the border, over what the u.s. calls public health risks. cristian benavides, cbs news. >>> and there's more bad news for workers at the u.s. agency for international development, or usaid. the trump administration says it's placing nearly all of the agency's 4,700 full-time staffers on leave worldwide and eliminating at least 1,600 u.s.-based jobs. agency workers were notified through a memo on sunday afternoon. it comes after a federal judge on friday gave approval for the administration to pursue those cuts. >>> well, ma

secretary along with governors jared polis, kevin stitt and others will speak to the national governors associationey are expected to discu energy reliability and resilience and howo reform and cerate energy projects. watch live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> american history tv saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. this weekend at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, a military history professor at the u.s. army command and general staff college on the of african-american soldiers in the union army and efforts to gain civil liberties. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, watch american history tv series first 100 days as we look at the start of presidential terms. this week we focus on the early months of president franklin roosevelt's first term in 1933, including actions taken to relieve economic conditions during the great depression. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, a professor talks about the life and legacy of slave, revolutionary and how the united states and other foreign powers

. >> president trump met with state leaders at the national governors association dinner on saturday.e wants support for his mass deportation agenda, including a plan to bring back title 42. that allows border officials to quickly deport migrants over what the u.s. characterizes as public health risks. >>> still ahead tonight at 11:00, san francisco mayor daniel lurie has now been in office for more than a month. we've got a look at his early report card after the break. >>> then later we're out on the streets of oakland taking in the sights and sounds at the annual black joy parade. >>> and coming up in the first alert forecast, we're still watching the last little bit of a storm over the west. we've misses like 99% of it, but we might get a drop of rain out of this tomorrow and then a warm-up for the middle of the week and rain next weekend, more than just a drop. we'll look at all that coming up in the forecast. >>> foggy night out there around the bay area. it has been six weeks since mayor daniel lurie took office and in that time he's made a number of changes. he's pushed new le

democrat republican governors across the country that's national governors association. this weekend. we were at the white house today with the national governors association. we need to deliver for our people. when you talk to the leaders of nearly every state, we're eager to work with the white house. we are often the first line, the last line of defense in protecting vulnerable populations. in delaware. we're taking a leading role in making sure we do that. but every opportunity we have to bring down costs for delawareans to bring down costs for americans to provide educational opportunity. the outcomes delawareans are getting in their schools are not acceptable in public schools. it's a complex problem, a hard problem to solve. there are teachers across our country who are struggling with that problem. they need support. they need smart investment, and i'm hopeful that we'll be able to partner with the white house and maybe even a department of federal department of education, maybe not to deliver on those outcomes. >> trump says he wants to shut it down. we'll see if

[applause] -- interior secretary doug burgum andths will speak to the national governors association. th are expected to discuss energy reliability and resilience and how to reform and accelerating energy project. watch live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, former mafia associate lewis bronte shares his book clash of titans volume two on his story

. >> coming up, president trump speaks to governors who were in town for the national governors association conference, we expect this to get underway shortly, here on c-span2. >> welcome back we are joined by ellen to stall justice correspondent and columnist for the nation. welcome to the program. >> start with this associated press article with the headline "trump administration wants the supreme court to let the firing the whistleblower agency had ". could you get us up to speed on what the court case is about and what the issue is. >> trump likes to fire people he thinks because he is the president he can fire anybody wants for any reason whether or not they were appointed or not for just because he feels like it and remembers that from his tv days. there are laws regarding how to fire people when they work for the federal government who you can fire what the proper processes and all that. trump wants to ignore the laws ignore people who have different positions that are authorized by congress and fire people willy-nilly he's hoping for the supreme court to let them do that. there are

today for the winter meeting of the national governor's association on the agenda for state leaders todayrity. what are governors hoping to achieve this weekend? let's ask west virginia governor patrick morrisey who joined me now. thank you for being here. before we get to that, i want to ask you about the floods in west virginia. i know it's killed at least three folks. it's an emergency situation. what can you tell us? are you getting the help you need from the federal government? >> well, we've been speaking with the federal government. i want to applaud the efforts. all the folks on the ground, the local emergency management folks, the first responders, all the people, the volunteer efforts in west virginia, the state response, the guard, and we've been working very closely with fema and folks at the federal level. so, i'm very hopeful that we'll be getting some approvals coming very, very soon, but it's been a work that-- together with local, state, federal, and i think we're going to have some good things to report, but some tough challenges for our people. many people know that thi

trump will address a group of republican governors holding a dinner as a part of the national governors association winter meeting. that will be live on c-span, c-span now online at c-span.org. >> ts week,in for c-span's new members of congress series wheree talk to reans and democrats about early lives, previous carrs families, and why they decided to run for office. all week beginning at 9:30 p.m. eastern. here is a preview. >> after graduating i worked in finance for several years. got to experience the private sector. got to work long hours once again. got to see a little bit of what the real world was like. how our financial system works. i forget provided a really strong foundation not only for what i'm doing before how this world works. >> the most formative experience of my own life was serving as the caregiver to the person who will become my husband. for anyone being diagnosed with cancer particularly if you were diagnosed in your 20's, it is a punch in the gut unlike anything you have experienced. you never expect to hear that at a young age. from those first moments, andy and i knew how

maria: that's president trump on friday speaking to the nation's governors at the national governors' associationlooked ahead to the midterms and beyond marking his first 30 days in the oval office recommending the governors move to paper ballots and same-day voting. then later along with the first lady, melania, hosted the governors for dinner at the white house. joining me now with more on the impact of the president's agenda is virginia governor glenn youngkin. governor, thanks so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. and what a few days it was with the president who is keeping his promises and and moving at a pace nobody has ever seen before. maria: what was the reaction to the patient ballots and same-day voting on election days in and what else were your takeaways from your meeting with the president? >> well, maria, firstly from a virginia governor, of course, we have paper ballots, and the biden administration sued me when i tried to make sure that everybody who was on our voter rolls was a citizen. we had to go all the way to the supreme court and win that that to make sure that

on saturday, president trump met with state leaders at the national governor's association dinner. he is seeking their support to carry out his mass deportation plans. >> and we also want your assistance on public safety, especially removing foreign terrorist organizations from america. removing some really bad guys and bad people from america. and we're going to get them out for you. >> reporter: on sunday, they learned that the trump administration is preparing to bring back title 42. allowing them to seek a report over what the u.s. calls public health risks. >> reporter: they tell cbs news, they've been reporting 300 illegal crossings. >>> four israeli hostages were held in gaza for over a year. this happened earlier this week, where hamas turned over to israel, the bodies of the 83-year-old and two young brothers. and it is all part of the ongoing cease-fire deal. just yesterday, the mother was identified after being mixed up with other human remains. >>> israel delaying the release of more than 600 palestinian prisoners until the release of prisoners is guaranteed without the

. >> coming up, president trump speaks to governors who were in town for the national governors association expect this to get underway shortly, here on c-span2. >> welcome back we are joined by ellen to stall justice correspondent and columnist for the nation. welcome to the

15 trucks could reject her nomination that could be uphill battle and on thursday the national governor's associationhe capitol. winter meeting meant to serve as a forum for bipartisan coordination on national issues. going to be a busy week ahead. all right. did you see this yesterday? secretary of state marco rubio came to j.d. vance's defense after a cbs host criticized his speech in munich and made this comparison to nazi germany. >> he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponize the to conduct a genocide. >> free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. the genocide conducted by authoritarian nazi are regime. the point of the speech erosion in free speech and intolerance for aopposing points of view. that's ereading. not erosion of military capabilities. not erosion of economic standing. that's erosion of the actual values that bind us together. >> carley: fox news contributor joe concha joins me now. what did you think about this exchange? i don't know why any member of the trump administration would appear on any cbs news program anything by margaret brennan one of life's great

melania trump once again rocks a power tux while attending the national governors' association dinnerhe planned this. listen to this entry here. ♪ rachel: this is from les miz, they walk through the crowd, very dramatic, very beautiful. but look at her in this tux, morn. maureen. it's too much. can we get back to the tux, please. >> i'm loving it. rachel: it's too much. >> this is giving me semi-bianca jagger vibes. if anna wintour knew what was going for her, she would put this woman on the cover of vogue. what is the problem? i love this look. it's very powerful. i don't think we've ever seen a first lady in a tux before. rachel: i don't think we've seen a first lady look this good before. this is incredible. people were wowed when she walked into the room, obviously. as far as anna wintour, she doesn't deserve melania. she just doesn't. >> i take it. rachel: next topic. get this. there is a woman, a comedian, and she is sort of making fun of conservatives of their moment that they're in, the golden era and all these young women like caroline lee vi leavitt and otho have taken over

satellite corp. 2025] it's >> today, the interior secrar and others will speak to the national governors associationand are exct to discuss energy reliability, resilience, and performing energy products -- project watch it live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people in the events that tell the american story. this weekend at 2 p.m., a military history professor at the army command and general staff college on the role of african-american soldiers in the union army and their efforts to gain civil liberties. at 7 p.m. eastern, watch the american tv history series first 100 days as we look at the start of presidential terms. this week we look at president

uh, there was last week, all the governors were in washington for a meeting of the national governors association and the governor of hawaii, josh green, a democrat, a liberal democrat, was he spoke at a press conference and said, look, we have medicaid needs in our state. but where the highest needs are. and he was right about this is, uh, if you look in the southern part of the country, the reddest part of the country, right. those are a lot of trump voters. those are a lot of republican voters. what what are they going to do when these cuts come in? >> all right. and that is the question. and unfortunately, we are out of time because we could talk about that a long time. but stay with us. they're not going anywhere. straight ahead. on cnn this morning, the president of ukraine traveling to the white house to sign a deal with president trump. plus, iconic actor gene hackman and his wife found dead in their new mexico home. we're going to have the latest on the case from police. and what's for breakfast? and a lot of homes this morning. it's probably not. it. >> just don't eat them. we miss them

. >> we're going to leave the last few minutes of this national governors association winter meeting event here. president trump is addressing cpac, live coverage on c-span. ♪ and i'll gladly stand up next to you because there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the u.s.a. ♪♪ >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] and a very special hello to cpac. it's been a long time. love to be back. this place is packed. you got to see outside. i can't. i don't know what's happening. they have no idea what's happening. and our friend is here from argentina and our friend is here from poland. stand up! [cheers and applause] great job. thank you. thank you very much. welcome back to the nation's capital where our movement is thriving, fighting, winning and dominating washington like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like this before. they used to have little smaller crowds here. this is a little bit bigger. the fraudsters, liars, cheaters, globalists and deep state bureaucrats are being sent packing. the illegal alien c

just hours ago, at a meeting of the national governors association, trump accused zelensky of talking tough without the leverage needed to win the war against russia. now, according to the new york times, that criticism runs counter to what secretary of state marco rubio is telling european allies, sources tell the times rubio has been assuring leaders that nothing has changed, that the us-russia talks about the future of ukraine did not represent a significant departure from american policies, but rather a first step in a larger process a test of whether the kremlin is serious about making a deal. so who are the allies to believe what they hear from the secretary rubio, or from trump's special envoy to ukraine, who just today called zelensky a, quote, courageous leader of a nation at war, or from the president himself who continues to falsely call zelensky a dictator. the times is also reporting that canada was forced to revise a g7 statement meant to mark the third anniversary of russia's invasion. the u.s. reportedly sought to remove all references that could be interpreted as bein

i was last week at the national governors association meeting, and doug ford, who may be the next prime minister of canada, was there. and he said, we have no problem with americans, but one person here is what we're dealing with. that's the way this is now. >> i want to go back to jeff zeleny. jeff, you've got some reporting on what's happening inside the oval office. >> we do. and as this meeting, uh, approaches about an hour, it according to reports in the room, there are some tense exchanges now with vice president jd vance and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. now, just to explain how we're getting this, this is a closed event where the white house press pool is in there. today it's a cnn time in the rotation. so hearing from our colleagues and other reporters in the room, we are learning about this tense exchange with vice president jd vance and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy all about democracy. i'll read you one line here. it says president zelenskyy interrupts vice president vance and said, we signed a deal with putin. he did not keep it. what kind of democracy

miles from where we are sitting this morning here in washington, also the site of the national governors association's organization which prioritizes bipartisanship, will be meeting over the next two days to discuss national issues, including education reforms to the country's permitting process and public health and disaster response. let's now bring in the chair of the national governors association, democratic governor jared polis of colorado, and the organization's vice chair, republican governor kevin stitt of oklahoma. our thanks to you both. mr. governor, mr. governor, for being here this morning. let's just start with, i think what grabbed all of us here, there are some things right now that are rare that are bipartisan. so talk to us about how you guys are getting along. and i was going to say, yeah, we don't see this too often. republican democrats are smiling even. talk to us about why that's so important. both of you. you first. >> yeah. >> well, first. >> off, you know, governors. >> have a unique. >> perspective that, you know, we. >> we share the. >> common purpose. >> to make sure we h

live coverage of the national governors association winter meeting being held here in the nation's capital. you are watching live senate coverage here on c-span2. the mac i actually would like to do that. >> you cannot believe how old and dystopian it looks. i will call out my first amendment as modified which establish the fund to protect sensitive and classified information. this ought to be i think an easy one. i can tell you is chairman and vice chairman of the intel committee and the federal government has to do all they can to safeguard security information obviously at the same time protect privacy. president trump and his cabinet have given access to the most sensitive information including the information to lead and perhaps manipulate data on the payments the treasurer makes each year. this includes one operative that formally worked for russia hacker group and was fired for leaking sensitive secrets to its competitor. another declared himself a racist and said that he was not yet gaza and israel wiped off the face of the earth. now, i do not think somebody would give up informat

oklahoma's governor, kentucky governor andy bashir and colorado governor jared polis of the national governors association. thanks for coming, enjoy the program. ♪♪ >> good morning, i'm the executive vice president and general manager of politico and i'm thrilled to be here today for the governor's on and i'm joined on stage by francine, executive vice president of people, policy and purpose officer for cisco, global technology leader and our trusted governor summit partner for many years now. welcome back. today we will be examining the next frontier in artificial intelligence, discussing the ways governments and businesses can work to harness the power of technology safely and effectively. let's get to it. cisco recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, congratulations, the company was created by a married couple of computer scientists at stanford university. talk about cisco's founding purpose and how they meet the times when it comes to ai innovation. >> so interesting you mention how we were founded. a lot of times we think about connectivity today, connecting countries and communities and businesses

national. governors association meeting next month. in dc. >> and go to the. >> dinner at the white house. house. i'm not going to do that. i'm going to continue to. >> show up and try to find common ground. the people of michigan. hired me, you. >> know, elected me with. big margins twice. >> and within two. >> years of both those elections, donald trump got elected. by michiganders as well. so my duty is to do everything i can for the state of michigan. and that means seeking collaboration wherever i can never means abandoning my values and standing my ground when i. >> need to. >> but the people of michigan expect me to do my job, and that's why i'm. >> stay. >> focused on interesting. >> see? >> no problem going face to face with. >> people you completely disagree with. >> i think you learn. >> when you do. i think it's important that you have. >> those conversations. >> and it. doesn't mean you you. >> shirk your job, your duties, or your swallow your values and not. >> live your values. >> it means. >> doing the work. and that's exactly what i'm going to do. okay, joe. jump in. >> wel

ontario premier doug ford was joined at the national governors association in washington by the premiernova scotia, as well as canada's ambassador to the united states, kirsten hillman. other provincial leaders, as well as federal ministers, have regularly been in and out of washington on air canada since the election. meeting privately with trump aides and lawmakers of both parties. kudos to you for getting in tim hortons. you got to have it in any piece about canada. it's got to include it. so what do they feel like? what is the sincere level of panic inside canada? we've seen all the 51st state stuff from president trump. we've heard canadians booing the national anthem at hockey games. but when you cut through all that, what is the level of concern from people who actually can make a difference here? >> it's significant. i've covered. >> the n.g.a. >> for the last. >> 15 years. >> i don't think. >> i've missed one in. >> that period of time. i can. >> never. >> remember any canadian presence. >> at. >> the. national governors meeting. >> let alone the. >> extent of what i saw over t

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> national governors associationg their winter meeting this week. on thursday, political will host a discussion on key policy issues and states featuring nga chair governor and jared poulos of colorado. fisa chair covenant kevin of oklahoma and others. watch live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span now are free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. ♪ c-span's "washington journal," a light form inviting you to discuss latest issues in government, politics and public policy. from washington d.c. to across the country coming up thursday morning national education association becky pringle discusses trump administration efforts to shut down the department of education plans to fund private school vouchers. also, paul dan's who directed the "project 2025" will talk with us about the intended purpose of the project. and the degree to which it has been implemented by the trump administration for c-span "washington journal" join the conversation alive thursday morning on c-span, c-span now free mobile app and online

you were at the national governors association dinner and president trump had this interesting exchangernor from maine. we are all in the family here. tell us what happened. >> i think it was classic donald trump. if he does not like something, he will call it out. it is one of the things that has made him so incredibly popular and one of the reasons he has been able to get so much done is because he does not care who is in the room, what it looks like, he will tell you exactly what he thinks in that moment and that is what he did and frankly he is on the right side. i am so tired of hearing the left say they care about women when they cannot even tell you what a woman is and we finally have a president who will stand up for women and fight back. i think it is a great thing to see donald trump being the one to sign executive orders that defend and define what a man and woman are which is sad that we have to do that but also as a mom, as a daughter and a 12-year-old volleyball player and we have someone saying no, we will not let men play women's sports. i think he is right for calling p

national association of development company, national retail federation, small business investor alliance, small business and entrepreneurship council, national association of government guaranteed lenders, international franchise association, national restaurant association, georgia public policy foundation, governor of georgia brian kemp, association of women's business centers, economic and community development institute, u.s. black chambers incorporated, at the national small business association. without objection, so ordered. so at this time we will go ahead and move on to questions. i now recognize myself for five minutes of questions. senator loeffler, in our conversation you made it clear given your time in the senate you understand the role of congress. you denoted, you denoted give your business experiences, you view us as your board and the taxpayers as your shareholders with responsibilities to all of us to ensure the sba moves forward in the right direction. unfortunately the biden administration did not share this view. i repeatedly requested information and those requests were ignored. can you commit to provide this committee with the documents and information requests in a timely manner? >> absolutely. i look forward to a collaborative and responsive relationship. >> i think that

national association of development companies, national retail federation, small business investor alliance, small business and entrepreneurship counsel, national association of government guaranteed funders, international franchise association, national restaurant association, georgia public policy foundation, governor of georgia brian kemp, association of women's business centers, economic and community development institute, u.s. black chambers incorporated in the national small business administration. without objection, so ordered. at this time, we will go ahead and move on the questions. i now recognize myself for five minutes of questions. senator loeffler, in our conversation, you made it clear that given your time in the senate, you understand the role of congress. you denoted given your business experiences give u.s. as your board and the taxpayers as your shareholders with the responsibility to ensure the sba moves forward in the right direction. unfortunately, the biden administration did not share this view. i repeatedly requested information, and those requests work ignored. can you commit to provide this committee with the documents and information it requests in a timely manner? ms. loeffler: absolutely. i look forward to a partnership. sen. ernst: i think that is essential to a good

now to remarks from president trump speak at a republican governors association dinner. live coverage from the national building museum in washington, d.c. >> i want to start by thanking president trumper for being here this evening. i asked him to come to this when the in-- when he invited the governors to a dinner at mar-a-lago for a dinner last year. he never hesitated just said i'll be there. we appreciate that. that's the promises made, promises kept approach which is exactly what we've all been watching as his administration keeps up a historic pace of executived offers, events and accomplishments. but also believe it's that same mind set that president trump had in his first administration working with myself and other governors. he knows just like we do that winning is a team sport. i think i can speak for everyone in this room and millions across america tonight in saying that we are excite and thankful to have a new quarterback calling the plays. over the last four years, republican governors have been the last line of defense defense against the disastrous 1-2 punch of joe biden and kamala h

. >> so the national park conservation association warns people may need to take into consideration they won't get the full experience this summer. in southern california, governor newsom announcing he has directed the parole board to begin a risk assessment investigation for the menendez brothers, who are serving those life sentences for the murder of their parents. it's considered a key step in a process that could lead to clemency. meantime, on a separate legal front, the brothers have also been pushing for a new trial or resentencing. eric and lyle menendez have been in prison for nearly 35 years after being convicted of killing their parents inside their beverly hills home in 1989. they claimed they acted in self defense after years of sexual abuse. los angeles district attorney nathan hochman is reviewing the case, and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. west coast rap with alex savage here at 7:00 monday through friday. or you can always find a round the clock coverage right there at west coast rap.com. next at 11, a new pedestrian mall in san jose. the hope that it can bring more people downtown and connect the

national governors association and are exct to discuss energy reliability, resilience, and performing energy products -- project watch it live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people in the events that tell the american story. this weekend at 2 p.m., a military history professor at the army command and general staff college on the role of african-american soldiers in the union army and their efforts to gain civil liberties. at 7 p.m. eastern, watch the american tv history series first 100 days as we look at the start of presidential terms. this week we look at president roosevelt, 1930 three, including his actions during the great depression. at 8 p.m. eastern, marlena dowd talks about the life and legacy of slave revolutionary and king henry gustav and how the united states and other foreign powers reacted to the 1791 haitian revolution. at 10:15 p.m. eastern, the national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen leads a discussion on presidential historian inaugural addresse