we heard this morning from the chair of this year's nga. this is what he had to say this morning. >> the national governors' association and their winter meeting. joining us to talk about a variety of topics that are important to states, the governor jack markell. he serves as the chair of the national governors' association. on the front page there is a story relating to a meeting they had with the president talking about a variety of things that we have been talking about. could you give us a sense of what the message was? >> one of the things that we feel is this is coming back. with these cuts potentially he did it -- hitting a kid impact our budgets. it would impact our state and businesses. it may make them less likely to invest. >> it was expressed about pessimism. it is to get that? >> i think he is very focused on getting pass this. one of the biggest challenges has to do with what is the impact of not just on budget and what is the impact on the economy? there are a lot of businesses that are sitting on a lot of cash. the more cer

our discussions will be about my nga chair initiative. mine is called "building a better bottom line, employing individuals with disabilities." we want to increase the jobs for everybody in our state. we cannot forget the people in our states with disabilities. we need to be the jobs governors for them as well. it is up to us to enable people to engage in productive employment and to participate fully in their communities. that is why i have chosen to focus this initiative on ways that states and businesses can increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. it is designed to raise awareness of how talents can contribute to a company's bottom line. it is also defining way state government and businesses can partner to bring opportunities to individuals in the labor market. this is the economic issue. we have invited one of the foremost leaders in our community to weigh in on this very important topic. we will be hearing from the president and ceo of walgreen's. it is an incredible example of how employing those with d

next we will have more later from the nga meeting at 3:00 for a discussion on cyber security. as well as security risk management firm and the chief security officer for the state of michigan. more from governors from across the country. we will year from the ohio governor in his state of the state speech. it is an hour long and includes remarks on jobs, taxes, and education. [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, members and colleagues from the general assembly, members of my cabinet, the great people of lima. we love the way you welcomed all of us here today. am i right, members of the general assembly? [applause] and, of course, my wife, karen kasich. sweetie, would you stand and say hi? [applause] i believe that jobs are our greatest moral purpose. and when i say it, i have a couple of thoughts in my head, a couple of videos that run through my mind. think of a dad who goes home one day. mom's at the dinner table. maybe she just got home from work. kids are gathered around. dad says to the

i would like to think nga,-- thank nga, heather, and her staff and all of the governors to worse on the -- who worked on the passing of this legislation. it actually allocated $7 billion so that we can engineer a nationwide network that is interoperable, secure, reliable, and most of all, local control. if you think conceptually about what we're trying to do here, we are trying to put wifi across your entire state and then you can plug in the capabilities you want and the degree to which you want them and the amount you want them to run your state. it is important to say this. the first question we typically get is this is going to be a nationwide network and we will lose local control and we will not be able to run our own operations. that is that conceptually what-- not conceptually what we are talking about here. that is the only way you can get interoperability not only from police to fire to emergency to medical but across state lines. if you send a crew from my home state of alabama to colorado to fight a forest fire, you want the instrument they take with them. the communication

both of those governors led one of the nga discussions yesterday. you can watch that online, as we turn now to elizabeth on the democrats line. caller: i was greatly impressed with dr. hess's presentation, and governor macconnell from virginia, and governor abercrombie. in governor macconnell's presentation, but he was very masterful and quick in his list of remedies, as far as various things. and how well they work. with governor abercrombie, i was greatly impressed with his handling of the labor union problem. one thing that bothered me, i forget which governor as the question about competition -- asked the question about competition. nobody ever mentioned the word voucher is being a possibility -- as being a possibility of handling competition. it seemed to have worked quite well in washington, dc before it was ended. host: thanks, elizabeth. some of the staff is still wrapping things up at the governors association. that is happening here in washington, dc. we will bring you some more tomorrow as well. taking down some of the tables here and get

i want to thank jack and mary for their leadership of the nga.and everybody else, i just want to say thank you for being on your best behavior last night. i'm told nothing was broken, no silverware is missing. i didn't get any calls from neighbors about the noise. although i can't speak for what -- the after parties at the observatory. i hear that was wild. now, i always enjoy this weekend when i have the chance to see the governors. as leaders, we share responsibility do whatever we can to help grow our economy, and create good middle-class jobs, and opened new doors of opportunity for all of our people. that's our true north, our highest priority, and we've got to guide every decision we make at every level. as i said we should be asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how to equip or people with the skills and a drink to get those jobs? and how do we make sure if they get those jobs, the hard work actually pays off? as governors, you're the ones who were on the ground. seen firsthand e

we will have more coverage of the winter meeting of nga.s "washington journal" continues, a look at sequestration. later we are going to take a look at who leads the ranks in congress. it is sunday, february 24th, and washington journal continues in just a moment. >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the relic -- during the revolution she was considered an enemy by the british, who threatened to take her hostage. the issue would become our related -- our nation's first first lady. meet martha washington monday night. we will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts. monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> i think it is accurate they do not play by the rules. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. think westerners tend to be a lot more legalistic, we want things on a contract. we think that is the be all and

now live coverage of the winter nga meeting. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> c-span is back at the national governors' association meeting. today, a look at how the public and private sector can work together to employ people with disabilities. one of the moderators in the foreground, judy woodruff, and gov. markell and governor allen are the chair and vice chair of this year's gathering. at 2:30, we will bring you a discussion about education. they should be starting momentarily. >> we're just about ready to get started, if everyone can take their seats. thank you. >> good morning, everybody. i want to welcome all of you. i want to thank my colleagues for joining me for this moderated discussion on employing people with disabilities. we began our discussion yesterday on this topic during the opening plenary. the ceo of walgreens share the story of walgreens. we thought it was very compelling white employing people with disabilities has been good

. >> in about 45 minutes we will preview the nga meeting with governor

but it's clear this talk of p.e.d.s and a-rod are nga, not going away.ts that originated in the local miami newspaper say there is a diary from a man named anthony boesch who runs a clinic in miami. and that diary allegedly has hand-written notes implicating alex rodriguez and other athletes with the use of performance-enhancing drugs. other unidentified sources tell espn that boesch personally injected a rod with p.e.d.s at his waterfront mansion in miami last year. one got the boot when he had trouble finding a vein. cnn has been unable to independently examine the documents. now we went to the clinic earlier this week, but it's been shut down. through a lawyer, boesch tells cnn he did not treat nor is he associated with a-rod or other named athletes. a-rod's lawyers are also batting down the reports and call the documents illegitimate. they add this. alex is working diligently on his rehabilitation and is looking forward to getting back on the field as soon as possible. the third baseman is recovering from hip surgery. don, as you said, a-rod has repe

been a busy couple of weeks for you in the transportation front and up here at nga.ks for coming in. >> you got it. >>> up next, a deep dive into the heart of texas. this new effort by some democrats to try to make the reliabr reliably republican state more competitive. we have the guy who says he can do it. >>> if the upcoming cpac meeting is the place to be for republicans this year, then why wasn't governor chris christie invited? you're watching "daily rundown." this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. she can't always move the way she wants. now you can. with stayfree ultra thins. flexible layers move with your body while thermocontrol wicks moisture away. keep moving. stayfree. like other precious things that start off white, it yellows over time. when it comes to your smile, if you're not whitening, you're yellowing. crest whitestrips whiten as well as $500 professional treatments. guaranteed. crest 3d

i want to change jack and mary for their leadership, nga.nd everybody else i just wouldn't say thanks to you for being on your best behavior last night. i'm told nothing was broken. no silverware is missing. i didn't get any calls from the neighbors about the noise. although i can't speak for joe's after party at the observatory. i heard that was wild. now i always enjoy this weekend. when i have a chance to see the governors. as leaders we share responsibilities, do whatever we can, to help grow our economy. and create good middle class jobs. and open up new doors of opportunity for all of our people. that's our true north. our highest priority. it will guide every decision we make at every level. as i have said we should be aibl asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with the skills and training to get those jobs? and how do we make sure if they get those jobs, their hard work actually pays off. as governors, you are the ones who are on the ground. seeing

that was supposed to be apolitical, the looming budget cuts were inescapable even showing up in the nga chairman's rising toast. >> one thing for sure is certain, you don't let issues fester. you get to deal with education and health care and even a sequester. >> there you go. how do we know that the looming automatic cuts will go into effect at least in the short term? well, there's a sense of urgency about the dire consequences if the sequester goes into effect. there is no sense of urgency about coming up with a plan to avert it. overnight the white house released new state by state figures warning budget cuts will have a devastating effect on states. in virginia they claim 90,000 civilian defense department employees will be furloughed. in california the white house claims 9,600 low-income students could lose their financial aid. in ohio the claim is teachers and schools would get $25 million less in funding. the cabinet secretary's been issuing dire warnings all over the sunday shows as well. >> there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, getting notices they can't

i want to thank jack and mary for their leadership of the nga, and everybody else, i just want to sayhanks for being on your best behavior last night. i'm told nothing was broken. no silverware is missing. i didn't get any calls from the neighbors about the noise. although i can't speak for joe's after-party at the observatory. i hear that was wild. now, i always enjoy this weekend when i have a chance to see the governors. as leaders, we share responsibility to do whatever we can to help grow our economy and create good middle-class jobs and open up new doors of opportunity for all of our people. that's our true north, our highest priority, and it's going to guide every decision that we make at every level. as i've said, we should be asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with the skills and training to get those jobs, and how do we make sure if they get those jobs that their hard work actually pays off? as governors, you're the ones who are on the ground. seeing firsthand every single day what work

sean penn had arrived in haiti \90{l1}s{l0}\'90{l1}s{l0} after the quake, spearheading a new nga bankrolled by a boston form financier. for a few days the leading team of the relief organization distributed water filters and medical aid here and there, then an army officer was invited inside the why part of every one of the team, soldiers were most excited about sean penn fellow actor turned aid worker who had just, payday -- plaited bartender and coyote ugly. he walks to the actors down the hill. at a clinic he highlighted the ongoing medical aid. deemphasize need to print women girls from sexual violence. finally, he stopped conflict into a ridge overlooking the golf course. cameras, he called out, directing journalists to get a shot before thousands of blue, white, and others. once everyone is in place, he spoke. i'm concerned the rainy season is approaching. what will happen to the people who are living here? secretary-general notions went towards the 45,000 people in the code below. with the movies displaced persons to a safer place. once again, it was important to understand both the

i would like to think nga, heather, and her staff and all of the governors to worse on the passing of this legislation. it actually allocated $7 billion so that we can engineer a nationwide network that is interoperable, secure, reliable, and most of all, local control. if you think conceptually about what we're trying to do here, we are trying to put wiffi across your entire state and then you can plug in the capabilities you want and the degree to which you want them and the amount you want them to run your state. it is important to say this. the first question we typically get is this is going to be a nationwide network and we will lose local control and we will not be able to run our own operations. that is that conceptually what we are talking about here. we are are detecting a national network. that is the only way you can get into our ability not only from police to fire to emergency to medical but across state lines. if you send a crew from my home state of alabama to colorado to fight a forest fire, you want the instrument they take with them. the communication systems to be

>> thank you, governor, and governor sandoval and the nga staff for this invitation. it's an honor to be invited to speak to the governors on this important topic of cybersecurity. let me begin by starting with emphasizing that the state of michigan government faces a barrage of unauthorized attempts to access our networks and systems each and every day of the week. utter in 2012, we removed over 31 million pieces of malware from incoming e-mails cost of over 142 million web site at tax and walked over 24 million networks gams. the threat is real. we see it daily in michigan as does every other state in the nation. so what can be done, and what are we doing now when michigan? i would like to offer seven actions that the governor should take to mitigate some risk. for on cyber defense and three in the area of cyber response and go right in line with what richard clarke was mentioning. first-come actions regarding cyber defense. governors must make cybersecurity a top priority. in michigan, governor snyder personally led the charge by establishing clear accountability a

national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> several governors go to reporters, including the head of the nga. >> i am governor jack markell, governor of delaware. as service and share the national governors association, joined by governor fallon of oklahoma, and a number of other governors as well. we had what i believe is a very productive conversation with the president. he heard from governors of both parties about their concerns about the sequester, and specifically their concerns about the effect on the economy's in our state. he shares those concerns. we talked about a number of other issues, very much related, largely about the economy. his belief that the continuing investment in infrastructure are incredibly important. something that each of us can relate to. we can't have a strong economy going forward if we do not have a strong infrastructure. we talked about everything from marketplace fairness, the tax issue, the workforce development fund. so many of us find that we are spending so much time trying to put people to work in our states, it is one of the must frustrating conversat

gu our host: our guest is rick snyder, in washington as part of the nga meetings. we appreciate you taking the time of your time -- the time not to talk with us this morning. plenty of "washington journal" left. coming next, we'll talk about sequestration a little bit more and what will exactly happened on march 1 and beyond as the countdown takes -- ticks towards the friday deadline. later, we're spending this whole week focusing on different agencies and how the sequester could impact different programs. we will begin with defense and homeland security today. we will be right back. ♪ >> we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and economy. >> you hear a lot of different concerns. one of the concerns that we hear and you see it reflected, volume, quality, time limits, great, you have shared informa

nga holds one of the vice chair seats. >> just to follow up, it would be great to have a governor onthe board. in terms of timing, what is happening in the next year? is it a three-year plan? give me a sense of where this is going, the timing of the state to present grant requests. is it half now or half later? >> the grants are handled by ntia. you will be getting funds to organize with in your state to communicate. this has been an interesting experience. i am at a commercial guy. i am not accustomed to working in the government world. it is an interesting experience. we started out with a board of directors that no employees. a no strategic plan and no management systems, nothing. we have been in existence for four or five months now. we're beginning to put those structures in place. we are coming on very nicely. we have the technical expertise to get this done. the other thing i want to mention is conceptually we are a company with a board of directors owned by the government with some independence to build the system. i think that is important. i think you are right. the board o

of course, a participant in the nga meeting. guest: good morning. >> what is your take away from a week of meetings in washington? guest: your show is covering the big issue, what is going to happen at the federal level. that is a real concern. host: what are you anticipating? the white house is anticipating a drop in may for eight states. what are you looking at? guest: this issue of the sequester is a failure. when you look at the states, and that governor's meeting yesterday, as i looked around the room, probably most of us in the room had not had to do with budget cuts in two or 3 years. we got the job done. why can it not be done in washington? host: what can it not be done in a more effective way? guest: one of the things that i ate look at as a governor, we do need -- i looked at as a governor is when you need to get things done in a more effective way. need to cut the deficit. we need to have a better situation across the board for our citizens, our customers. we have to get away -- we have to get away from a number of t

satellite corp. 2013] >> sees an will be live leader from me -- c-span will be live later from the nga meeting. gov. martin o'malley will be in charge of that meeting and we will hear from the chief executive of zappos and that is today at 3:00 p.m.. >> i think it is pretty accurate they do not play by the will and in most cases. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. i think americans and a lot of westerners tend to be legalistic. we want things on a contract. once we see things written down on a contract, that is the be all and end all, whereas the chinese will do any trade agreement, and when the ink is dry, they will interpret a way to get around its requirements. >> where does that come from? >> it is just a relentless drive to get ahead. it is the relentless drive to get better, to improve. they see some of the structures we put on them in terms of trade these agreements, they see that from the perspective of we are going to hold china down. we operated in a world without rules for years, and now that we are at the top, we are trying to hamstring them and hold chi

you were in washington for the nga and both parties are here obviously.viously you had some tough things to say about your contra part in our public and party but republicans do have more governors now than the dummit crab stew. -- than the democrats do. do you see 2014 is an opportunity for your for your party too i guess correct what happened in 2010 where you had back lash towards president obama? >> yeah. i certainly represent that opportunity. hopefully we will. you are going to have some governors here later today. you might want to ask him about it. i think it's going to be competitive and i think we will have competitive candidates in the state just as i'm sure they will come after me. republicans will come after me and we think we have picked them up. >> you've mentioned some of your favorite governors previously. who is your favorite republican governor? >> i guess i can say that. you are going to have the governor governor of tennessee in later and i've a lot of respect for him. maybe part of that is that we have both been mayors. >> double tro

coverage begins saturday morning at 10:00 eastern with an opening news conference from nga chair, the delaware governor, and the vice chair, the oklahoma governor, and a discussion on employing people with disabilities. and look at the role of faith in cybersecurity. start, we toldy the board the approach we were going to take, which was pretty straightforward. remember, we were sent there to sort of fix gm, the board and i. that was the mission, to go make this thing a viable company again. so, we were all focused her and brought the message that we were going to design, build, and sell the world's best vehicles. we were going to move quickly. we need your support. and we need your input. and so, we changed a few things about the board meetings. it was shortened considerably. we stayed away from the details -- or did not get in the weeds on how you build a car. but the bigger questions of financing, more routes, positioning, marketing, that sort of thing. the board was very supportive of that. we kept them informed. and we just took off. >> leading general waters through bankruptcy a

on the executive committee of the national governors association on the work was committee and the nga and before becoming the state's chief executive governor gary herbert served as lieutenant governor for five years. he has been in washington this week having wonderful conversations with federal officials and the administration regarding the future of his state's health exchange marketplace of depending on what you want to call it, but in his view i think the utah exchange isn't half-empty. it's half-full and we will see from early readings what that mind mean for the future. today's presentation brought to you by the letter h, governor gary herbert. [applause] >> thank you tom. i appreciate that warm introduction in introductory spanish which i thought was good for us all. i am honored to be here with american enterprise institute and for me it's like coming to the mac and the promised land and certainly we recognize the great contributions that the american enterprise is given over many years in helping us with the development of policy and understanding of what's taking place part

he's on the executive committee of the national governors association, workforce committee of the ngaome in before becoming the state's chief executive, governor gary herbert served as lieutenant governor for five years. he's been in washington this week having some wonderful conversations with federal officials in the administration regarding the future of his states health exchange, marketplace, whatever you want to talk about. but it's not having to come its hafle. we will see base about the early ratings what that might mean for future. today's presentation is brought to you by the letter h. governor gary herbert. [applause] >> well, thank you, tom. for that warm introduction. [inaudible] >> i am honored to be here at the american enterprise institute. [inaudible] certainly we recognize the great economy -- in helping us with development of policy and understanding of what's taking place, particularly here in washington, d.c. so thanks to you and thanks witr the invitation to come here and speak. we're going to talk a little bit about health care today, and maybe from a utah persp

nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] >> on the next "washington journal", jack markell will talk about the nga's meeting in washington this weekend. then the association of unmanned vehicles international on local and state regulation of drums. and harvard medical school professor george church will discuss proposals to map the human brain. that begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the revolution, while in her mid-40s, she was considered an enemy by the british who threatened to take her hostage. later, she would become our nation's first first lady, at age 57. meet martha washington. we will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook post. last monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >> now, u.s. chamber of commerce tom donahue spoke at the manhattan institute about the federal budget, the economy, and immigration. his remarks are ab

the nga staffas done as a normal job on the project and we still have several months ago.i want to thank my secretary of health and social services in delaware. rita has been a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities. she is our cabinet secretary, as well as missy weir from our washington team. i want to remind everybody about the governor's institutes that are coming up in may. one will be in pittsburgh, hosted by the governor. we appreciate that. one of them will be in washington state, most either governor. it is intended for governors and senior advisers. the purpose of this -- it will take even one level more specific in terms of practical, sensible things that states to do. i think we talk about a bunch of them here. governor herbert was talking about expectations that we set. one of the things that came up a couple times today is for our young people, instead of getting them prepared to sign up for benefits when they are 17, get them accustomed to the fact that when they turn 70 or 18 they will be able to work and continue education in some cases. it's really