in a moment we will hear a video message from our chair, governor rick snyder. before i do that, i want to discuss another critical issue facing every state's homeland security, and that is the discussion going on right now in congress about funding for the department of homeland security. i am sure secretary johnson will speak on this issue, but i want to stress how tremendous an impact allowing dhs funding to collapse will affect every single governor in every single community. let me be clear. there will be real-world consequences for all of our states if dhs funding runs out. 30 hard-working dhs employees will be without paychecks. and grant funding to every single state could be significantly impacted, even in the event of a continuing resolution. many of these grants support local police, firefighters, and emergency managers. they fund supplies, materials, and preparedness training to make our states so we can respond to homeland security threats and hazards, including the threat of ebola. a lapse in dhs funding could affect port operations around the coun

in a moment we will hear a video message from our chair, governor rick snyder. before i do that, i want to discuss another critical issue facing every state's homeland security and that is the discussion going on right now in congress about funding for the department of homeland security. i am sure secretary johnson will speak on this issue, but i want to stress how tremendous an impact allowing dhs funding to collapse will affect every single governor in every single community. there will be real-world consequences for all of our states if dhs funding runs out. 30 hard-working the edge -- dhs employees will be without paychecks. many of these grants support local police, firefighters, and emergency managers. they fund supplies, materials, and preparedness training to make our states so we can respond to homeland security threats and hazards, including the threat of ebola. a lapse in dhs funding could affect port operations around the country, something our economy cannot afford today. it's time for congress to get together on this and act. they should not let p

in a moment we will hear a video message from our chair, governor rick snyder. before i do that, i want to discuss another critical issue facing every state's homeland security, and that is the discussion going on right now in congress about funding for the department of homeland security. i am sure secretary johnson will speak on this issue, but i want to stress how tremendous an impact allowing dhs funding to collapse will affect every single governor in every single community. let me be clear. there will be real-world consequences for all of our states if dhs funding runs out. 30 hard-working dhs employees will be without paychecks. and grant funding to every single state could be significantly impacted, even in the event of a continuing resolution. many of these grants support local police, firefighters, and emergency managers. they fund supplies, materials, and preparedness training to make our states so we can respond to homeland security threats and hazards, including the threat of ebola. a lapse in dhs funding could affect port operations around the coun

sam brownback john kashich, rick snyder mitch daniels. -- not mitch -- mike pence. they get -- they're the same person. just -- i don't know how they do that. it's just -- then did you look at the tax inincreasing governors? three out of six of them lost their seats. we took massachusetts, the governorship of massachusetts. pretty amazing. if you look at what happened in maryland, we took the governorship there. did anyone -- notice illinois? we took that one. [applause] >> i mean, this is reading -- when you look at it, economics really does matter. the ones we didn't take we didn't take california, but jerry brown did lose super majorities in both the assembly and the senate. we did not take minnesota, mark dayton was re-elected. but he did take the house in minnesota in new hampshire we did not take -- we took back the house in new hampshire. it's amazing what is going on. if you look at the number of states represented senate and house, we picked up a huge number of that as well. it is just amazing itch thought i'd just go through some of the economics of states

i want to congratulate governor rick snyder for his leadership. want to acknowledge secretary of state ruth johnson and general shooting for being here. and mayor mike duggan for his determination to serve the city of his birth, but i also want to recognize as well the hard work of kevyn orr, who i'm proud to say is a son of florida. and finally, i want to recognize all those who involved in making really difficult and often painful decisions. look, your work is not complete, but your efforts have captured the attention of our nation because across the united states, we are asking ourselves the same questions. how do we recapture prosperity and opportunity that once defined cities like detroit? how do we restore america's faith and the moral promise of our great nation that any child born today can reach further than their parents? this is a really urgent issue. far too many americans live on the edge of economic ruin. and many more feel like they're stuck in place, working longer and harder, even as they are losing ground. tens of millions of ame

i want to congratulate governor rick snyder for his leadership.i want to a knowledge with johnson and general surety for being here. and mayor mike duggan for his determination to serve the city of his birth. i want to recognize the hard work of kevin moore, who i am proud to say is a son of water -- florida. i want to recognize all those involved in making difficult and painful decision. your work is not complete, but your efforts have captioned -- capture the attention of the nation. we are asking ourselves the same questions. how do we recapture prosperity and opportunity that once defined cities like detroit? how do we restore america's faith in the promise of our great nation, that any child born today can reach further than their parents? this is an urgent issue. fark too many americans live on the edge of economic ruin. far too many you like they are working harder and longer while they are losing ground. tens of millions of americans no longer see a clear path to rise above their challenges. something is holding them back. not a lack of am

i think of people like susana martinez, johnny case of, rick snyder, the list goes on. leaders all across this country at the state level who arguably, many of us would not be in place without your leadership. doug, thank you. for your leadership here and in the past. when i was involved with the national governors association. you would share information with us. we appreciate your leadership here as well. appreciate your opportunity to share in this first of the series, of which i'm sure there will be many great speakers to come. i came in late last night. i have to tell you, even though i have been here plenty of times, i love coming in at night. things have safe and up enough that you can come in from the north. it is beautiful seeing the national cathedral and coming along the potomac and seeing the kennedy center. seeing the lincoln and at washington, the jefferson memorial. there is something wonderful about coming in fresh to the nation's capital. i have never lost that, looking at those great monuments and thinking about the great leaders of our time in this co

your statement that the market is underpinned by a pro competition regulatory environment for the rick snyder allows such deals, do you want that to be subject to some kind of conditions, you need the regulator to take action to preserve competition? >> neither of those deals have been confirmed so it is a bit early to be commenting. we would expect the competition all authorities to look at mergers carefully and make sure that we sustain the environment we have had. it is important that british consumers see their prices come down and not go out as a result of consolidation. >> how many is there for? >> i know that there is a long term future. we're expecting to continue accelerating. >> your market caps on around 2 billion pounds. can a business your size survive in that kind of market? >> eating the little guy in a market full of the companies is not a problem. we have been extremely successful ever since we began. we have a larger business even though we have been in the business for two and half years say do not have to be a great big laugh to be a successful value for money business. >>

i want to congratulate rick snyder for his leadership and i want to acknowledge everyone for being here the mayor for his determination to serve the city of his birth. i also want to recognize as well the hard work of kevin who am proud to say is a son of florida. finally i want to recognize all those who are involved in making very difficult and often painful decisions. your work is not complete. in your effort to capture the attention of our nation's because across the united states we are asking ourselves the same question. how do we recapture prosperity and opportunity. how do we restore america's faith in the moral promise of our great nation, that any child born today can reach further than their parents. this is a really urgent issue. far too many americans live on the edge of economic ruin. many more feel like they are stuck in place working longer and harder even as they're losing ground. tens of millions of americans no longer see a clear path to rise above their challenges. and something is holding them back. not a lack of ambition, not a lack of hope and not because they are

a blood clot hospitalized rick snyder is governor of -- >> michigan. >> in an effort to prepare for whatsible candidate recruited more than 80 major -- sam. >> ooh, rick perry. >> correctment at the wire. hundred point toss upment the new york times reported that chris christie took a trip to jordan in 2012 and socialized with bono -- sam. >> king abdullah. >> the iconic singerer for what -- >> u2. >> correct. ends the round. at the wire josh has the early lead with 600 points. jessica behind with a hundred. sam in negative territory. this is the 200 point round. you can make up a lot of ground. the questions are twice as hard twice as valuable. a hundred seconds on the clock. the construction of the keystone pipeline could increase greenhouse gas emissions according to a report from this federal agency. >> state department? >> incorrect. >> the epa. >> 200 for josh. filing for bankruptcy this week was the electronics retailer -- >> radio shack. >> incorrect. was the chain radio shack whose first store opened more than 90 years ago -- sam. >> 1921 in boston. >> 200 points for sam. the on

i want to congratulate governor rick snyder for his leadership. i want to acknowledge secretary of state with where the johnson and general shooting for being here. and mayor mike duggan for his determination to serve the city of his birth, but i also want to recognize as well the hard work of kevyn orr, who i'm proud to say is a son of florida. and find a want to recognize all those who involved in making really difficult and often painful decision to look, your work is not complete but your efforts have captured the attention of our nation because across the united states were asking ourselves the same questions. how do we recapture prosperity and opportunity that once defined cities like detroit? how do we restore america's faith and the moral promise of our great nation that any child born today can reach further than their parents? this is a really urgent issue. far too many americans live on the edge of economic ruin. and many more feel like they're stuck in place, working longer and harder, even as they are losing ground. tens of millions o

i want to congratulate governor rick snyder for his leadership. i want to acknowledge secretary of state with where the johnson and general shooting for being here. and mayor mike duggan for his determination to serve the city of his birth but also want to recognize as will the hard work of kevyn orr who i'm proud to say is a son of florida. and find a want to recognize all those who involved in making really difficult and often painful decision to look, your work is not complete but your efforts have captured the attention of our nation because across the united states were asking ourselves the same questions. how do we recapture prosperity and opportunity that once defined cities like detroit? how do we restore america's faith and the moral promise of our great nation that any child born today can reach further than their parents? this is a really urgent issue. far to me americans live on the edge of economic ruin. and many more feel like they're stuck in place working longer and harder even as they are losing ground. tens of millions of america