of all the things you could do as chair of the nga, you picked this issue.ld you share a little bit about why this was important and why disagree better became your signature issue? gov. cox: thank you again for having me here picked it is a true honor to be here and i am so excited for this center. it is timely. it is so necessary. we get to do an initiative and bill mcbride, the head of the nga, is with us here today. governors before me have had wonderful initiatives. computer science in our school. infrastructure. teen mental health. and we were looking at those types of initiatives. at the top of our list we were looking at health care reform. we looked at critical minerals and energy policy. more traditional issues. this had always been in the back of our minds. it became very clear that we cannot solve our nation's problems if we hate each other. and we were seeing so much dysfunction in washington, d.c. i think that was on display yesterday, although dysfunction was replaced with a little bit of function which was kind of nice for a change. i want to

this is something i cared about before i was nga chair. governor moore, i had done an ad in 2020 with my democratic opponent when i was running for governor. a friend of mine had talked to me, this is the end of september, said, i'm worried about what is happening in our country. we run on the presidential cycle, so 2020 we had had riding across the country in the wake of george floyd's murder. and then we were already hearing from, from my party, that we were undermining the legitimacy of an election that had not happened yet. so, she said, isn't there something you can do? i'm like, i don't know, what can i do? but it kept me up all weekend, so i called i opponent that next week and said, i have this crazy idea. what if we did an ad together? he was very confused. a campaign ad. but i talked him to it. i said, i know you care about our country, and i do too. he said, i'm chris peterson and i think you vote for me. we disagree a lot of things. we both agree that we can disagree without hating each other. that we care about our country and

we are especially focused on the nga's of the 2000-pound bombs and, in fact, they could have intense settings as we've seen in other parts of gaza. and take a look at this. this this is the rnc in the p campaign have recently put out this ad, arguing that the biden administration isn't doing enough to fight anti-semitism. ♪ ♪ >> president biden is facing pressure to step up its response to anti-semitic incidents on college campuses across the country. >> how does he explain this silence? >> i understand their passion. >> they are accusing president biden's administration of taking and lacks approach. >> why doesn't the president be more forceful type of the protests? >> they have a point. >> we've seen anti-semitism on university campuses, in the public square, and in threats against jewish citizens. this is my pledge to you. we will confront anti-semitism. we will step out prejudice. we will condemn hate speech. we will bear witness and we will act. when i get back into office g office i will put every single university college president on notice. the american taxpayer was not subs

comes after an estimated 2000 people are buried in the land slide, which is a village and the central nga products on friday, rescue and relief assets have been severely complex by the difficult terrain and damaged roads. you an agency has said that it is, quote, highly unlikely that most advisors will not be found and i'm no joined by monkey garage. this is the head of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent inputting of gillian joins us from port mos be lucky evacuations on the way of the last by the wages. what more can you tell us? thank you very much for having me. it is a very difficult and devastating situation, so there's chairs, the locations are already nobody, they are difficult access. additional to that, the long slide, looking at highway and the also on the way from the the hodge into the near the area. also the bridges are corrupt, so additionally, bodies are happening. so the heavy machine is on the way. but i said very slow. the plan was to be alive on sunday, but already tuesday is a very school movement. and then already for this past, how many pe

alive, and a few bodies have been with compet. tanya bell has moved from me and bonnie village and nga prevents as i met young valley village in the west and reach us of the inner province in the highlands of poplar new guinea. and this is the point where the land slide has come down the hill and cuts the highway off cutting off access to the rest of the province. from here, the scale of this land slide is on price it into the an angle province. this is one of the most remote pots of pop. when you get a relief, has been very smart to arrive. today, we saw a strange in i'd come in the 1st international i to reach here. they've sent 12 disaster relief specialists, as well as much needed supplies. we also saw that on either side on the land slide does off the area makes if tents have been set up to cater for the casualties which are coming in. what we've seen here today is people in the state of shock. people is slowly sort of coming to terms with what's been going on here, the tanya brown out a 0 annual provence when you're getting the in. the accounting is on the way in south africa's g

um it includes nga shaka, the vicinity of gauze of old ports, and even be a certain brooks and these eastern parts of the district. we completely so families today playing room such areas. they have been using their own vehicles in order to move their house items and their stops in order to move forward. this central area is a rough idea where we are right now or even to our mos area, which is only one kilometer away from our location. and some families hit to the middle areas which we have visited today, is they've been touring that we are talking about truly on speak of all humanitarian catastrophe. this situation does undescribable as there was never any place. that sounds to be m t residents are living there. unprecedented congestion in the street. so i'm sort ross even there is about a town where the vast majority of gauze population of paintings and the situation on the ground floor to some of these sounds completely terrifying. because they have no need of a place that is designated as safe zone to get to so clearly bombardment that can to use the move sling movements among th

i will say i recognize it does have different meanings, -- >> obligate nga's. i've got to vote because five minutes goes by so fast. were hamas actions on october 7, was that a terrorist attack, mr. >> silvestri? >> ms. ford morthel? >> guess. >> is terrorism ever just let? >> i don't think so. >> not terrorism, , no. >> ms. silvestri? ms. ford morthel? >> i would be, no. >> congratulations. y'all have all done a remarkable job testifying but just like some college presidents before you that sat in the very same seats, that also in many instances said the right thing but then we watched the tv monitors and america watched the monitors of their campuses on fire with hatred, really reversing everything they said that they are protecting students. and when they were really not. this morning i attended a gathering, press conference just a chance to students and teachers and parents in your school districts that it said nothing is being done. some really horrible things. we get reports in your school districts or across america corp. over to under 46 very vile anti-

damage. reuters news agency has published this footage filmed by a community leader in the province of nga. or as you can see, this is a disruption. federal custody that took place last night at 3 o'clock am in the morning. everyone was supposed to sleep. not knowing that any people took place and they were furthest leaving. all of a sudden the natural condition we took place in to the place was covered by ropes. as you can see that more than 300 lights have been covered for guidance. the people, the properties would move the medium skinners have been the most covered by all these things here. so you can see these 11 slide that took place last night at 3 o'clock. as you can see, it started right down to the mountains and these are the voice, normal voice. yeah. right now they're watching what is going on on the ground right now. i'm right on that. i'm on the ground right now talking to level c. and from the information that i acquired from the people on the ground, they've just said that that more than 200 lives of confirm covered by the deputies and roku. right? nice. you can see right at

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while i applaud the work of the nga and why we are here during this moment, i do think it is important for people in congress to hear a collective voice from people who are directly responsible and touching people. it is very appropriate and very important that when so much is being decided, governors are coming together and saying we have a concerted voice. i would say governor murphy when i was vice chair and -- who is my vice chair, we weighed in on behalf of the national governors association on the budget negotiations and so many other policies. >> you brought up immigration. there has been an unprecedented surge of migrants coming across the southern border. republicans are saying the border is out of control, they have turned it into a huge issue. is that criticism accurate? >> very accurate. and it is remarkably frustrating. it is the governors who and up taking all the brunt. they take on the responsibility of making sure people are safe and housed, and clothed. without enough supports, and without enough policy, that can help to come over the long-term solution -- i signed a

and also, why i applaud the work of the nga and why we are here during this moment, is because i due it's important for people in congress and people in washington to hear collective voice from people who are directly responsible and directly touching the people. and saying, we need you all to act. i think it is very appropriate and important that when so much is being decided, that the governors are coming together and saying, we have a concerned voice. >> and i will say governor murphy, who was the chair when i was the vice chair, and now governor polis is my vice chair, we waited on behalf of the national governors association on behalf of every policy. >> you brought up immigration. as we know there has been an in precedented surge of migrants coming across the southern border. we have republican saying the border is out of control. they have turned it into a huge issue. is that criticism accurate? >> that is very accurate. it is very accurate because, it is remarkably frustrating, because it is the governors wind up taking on the brunt. it is the governors who end up taking on t

a few hours ago, the provincial authorities in nga held an emergency meeting. that meeting consisted of representatives from the health sector, as well as police and defense. we understand that there are emergency personnel on the ground at the moment assessing the extent of the damage, and indeed the death toll. they say at this stage it is chosen to say how many lives were lost, but they have regarded this as a massive landslide, pretty remote areas, and that to jessica, what more do we know about the region as well? that's right. it is a remote area and in situations like this, it can be difficult for doherty's to assess the scale, also damage. indeed the population of the area, the affected area in and approach problems it's, it's still yet to be determined. how many people were living in that area that we don't really have reliable things like census data to, to reference easily. what we do know is this, the community that lives indeed well the traditional lives, mostly small scale funding, living on this mountainous rhonda, a remote area of what we've see

we heard also from the provincial authorities in nga who sent an emergency crew that earlier. and they say they also are working to assess the extent of the damage. but they have us all health authorities, as well as police and any other relevant bodies to be on stand by as they do anticipate the needs of this community will be great. in a short while ago we heard from the surrounding and foreign minister penny wong, who said that astronomy a stands ready to help it's neighbor. yeah, i was just calling to say, jessica, you did touch on this about the remoteness of the reach. and i mean, how is that going to impact guessing help that and does pop one? you're going to have the resources to address what's happened as well. it certainly does complicate efforts. this is an area that is some, 2 to 3 hours from the nearest provincial capital. 600 kilometers from port must be the capital pumping you're getting. and so the remoteness of this mountain, this area really does complicate efforts. the main road also being blocked and we understand from speaking with sources on the ground th

. >> and they are that t omp ngas. let me shift to the southeast sustainable strategy. we are going to cut off timber and not be harvesting and not putting up available sales for timber but give you resources from the federal government. 25 million was the first traunch. and i had scud you last month about the funding that secretary vilsack had promised. he said again the $25 million is the first traunch. i asked for an update on additional funding. you shared it with me the same thing that secretary vilsack did, well, southeast has gotten funding. that is true. as i reminded everybody, this proposal his on southeast sustainable strategy was well before we even talked about i.r.a. in fairness that does not count. that is not keeping the promise of secretary vilsack. you said you were going to double-check on the status of what southeast might be able to expect. maybe that is part of our survive built strategy and getting some kind of support from additional sources of funding. [indiscernible] this completes the dingell act. this is the result of several years of groundw

it out of the playbook and asked every state and that network of folks that we help work on through ngaus resource. we have 54 across country, republican states, democratic states and real resource for us for two-way communication and also breaking through silos and barriers and getting things done. >> so it's a lot. >> it's a lot. there's a lot that you have to track. >> yeah. >> obviously as you begin the work you have your idea of where you want to go, right, and can you talk about -- you had a idea of where you want to go, highlights to have work so far from the administration and also for you? >> yeah. so i got to start with the macro stat, right, where we are 2 and a half years of implementation, 2 and a half years of bill and we have over $450 billion at the door and 56,000 projects and so we are proud that we have been laser focused on getting the money out of the hands of the feds, into the hands of state and local partners so they can get projects done, you know, we've seen some really great specific stats, it's all in the white house fact sheet, of course. 155 road projects,