governor sam brownback white at 730 p.m. eastern. another state of the state address with the governor of nevada, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern. in baltimore the president met with democrats at their retreat. house and senate republicans are in hershey pennsylvania, for their congressional retreat, and john boehner joined mitch mcconnell who announced that joni ernst will deliver the republican response to the president's address on tuesday. here is more on that now. >> senator joni ernst for our side this year. she is a perfect choice. americans voted for change, and the senator will explain what the new congress plans to do and what it is already doing to return focus to the concerns of the middle class and away from demands of the political class. ernst has dedicated her life to iowa and her country, serving in the military, the national guard, for more than 20 years, and has deployed overseas. she is focused on growing an economy and expanding the middle class. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you, speaker, and leader also. i a

. >> sam brownback was reelected to a second term in november. his speech in the state capital of topeka's about 30 minutes. >> mr. speaker, madam president legislators, elected officials cabinet members, leaders of kansas sovereign tribes, please welcome for me my wife, the first lady lady of kansas, mary brownback. >> the one person i want to recognize in particular this evening, because he is one of the new people up front, the house minority leader tom burris. congratulations on the new leadership. [applause] >> i saw the world's tallest waterslide. in your district it is close. it is a great place. welcome back, delighted to have all of you here today. i want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces. major general paul is currently leading the fight against isis. he is in charge and leading that fight right now. he is in iraq, so obviously he is not here with us tonight. we wanted to recognize on the brave kansans who serve. gentlemen, could you please stand so we could honor you. thank you. >> we are so proud of the military

-- we take you live to kansas for the state of the state address by sam brownback. [applause] >> mr. speaker, madam president legislate doors, elected a legislators, elected officials leaders of the kansas sub native american nations that are you. -- are your. here. please welcome my wife, mary brownback. [applause] thank you. my kansans -- a little kansans -- feloowlow kansans i want to recognize the new reader. -- leader. [applause] i saw him just before i was going down the waterslide. it is in your district or close. good evening and welcome back. before i begin, i would like to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces who see that kansas is best represented by those who risk their lives to protect us. paul is leading the fight against isis. he is not here with us tonight he is in iraq, but i wanted to recognize the kansans who served through the presence ovi brigadier general from four 03 brigadier general from fort riley -- of the courage of your general from fort riley. would you please stand so you can be recognized? [applause] we are so proud of

governor sam brownback white at 730 p.m. eastern. another state of the state address with the governor of nevada, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern. in baltimore the president met with democrats at their retreat.

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we'll bring you more state of the state speeches starting with kansas governor sam brownback at 7:30. and nevada at the:00 p.m. eastern with governor brian sandoval. >> here are some of the featured programs on this c-span networks. on c-span2 on book tv's afterwards bret stephens argues our encommees and competitors are taking advantage of the situation abroad created by the u.s. as it focuses on its domestic concerns. sunday night at 10:00 democratic representative from new york, steve israel, on his recent novel about a salesman and top secret government surveillance. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures and history, george mason university professor, john turner on the early mormons and their attempt to create a new zion in the american west during the 1830's. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america nine from little rock, the 1964 academy award winning film about the forced desegregation of little rock, arkansas' all white central high school. find our complete schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs yo

coming up tonight, sam brownback delivers his state of the state address live from topeka. then brian sandoval gives his for the state of nevada. see them online any time at cspan.org. >>> cspan travels to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literaryly life. >> i wrote these books, they're two values. the reason i thought it was important to collect these histories is that wheeling trance transformed into an industrial city, and it's kind of uncommon in that it drew a lot of immigrants in search of jobs and opportunity. to that generation is pretty much gone. it is an important part of our history. most people tend to focus on the frontier history, civil war history. they're important, but of equal importance in my mind is this stri yal period that whealing had. >> it starts as a outpost on the frontier. that river was the western extent of the united states in the 1770s. the first project funded by the federal government for road production was the national road that extended to wheeling, virginia. when it comes here it will give this community that at about that

next we'll hear from kansas governor sam brownback, a republican who previously served as senator and congressman. this is half an hour. [applause] >>> mr. speaker madam president, legislators, elected officials officials, cabinet members, leaders of kansas sovereign native american tribes and nation that are here lieutenant governor jeff collier and his wife ruth. please also welcome for me if you would my wife and first lady of kansas, mary ann brownback. glad to have you here. [applause] >> thank you. my fellow kansans, one person i want to recognize in particular this evening because he's one of the new people in the forefront of leadership, and that's tom burris, the house majority leader. tom, congratulations on the position and new leadership. [applause] >> i saw him just before i was going down to willis teller waterslide. at least it's close and it's a great place. good evening and glad to be back. before i talk about this in ernest i want to pay tribute to the men and women in our armed forces. the strength of kansas is best represented, i think, by those who risk their live

. >>> coming up tonight on c-span, kansas governor sam brownback delivers his state of the state addresslive from topeka. >>> then at 9:00, nevada governor brian sandoval gives his address before a joint session of the nevada legislature in carson city. >>> see all of our state of the state coverage online any time at c-span.org. >>> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span2 saturday night at 10:00, on book tv's after words wall street journal editor bret stephens argues that our enemies and competitors are taking advantage of the situation abroad created by the u.s. as it focuses on its domestic concerns. >>> sunday night at 10:00 democratic representative from new york steve israel on his recent novel about a salesman and a top-secret government surveillance program. >>> and on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, george mason university professor george turner on the early morm rns andons and their attempt to create a new zion in the american west in the 1830s. >>> sunday afternoon at 4:0

dear governor sam brownback, it's me, melissa.ur state of the state address this week it seemed you might be ready to concede that your experiment in dramatic tax reduction has failed. you admitted my budget proposal recognizes that the current budget trajectory is unsustainable and difficult solutions are required by state as well as by fiscal prudence. the current budget trajectory is unsustainable and who exactly set the current trajectory? that's you. remember when you used your very first state of the state back in 2011 to promise a reset of the kansas tax code? well, you made good in may of 2012 when you signed historic tax cuts into law and claimed that as a state marched toward zero income tax it would, quote, create tens of thousands of new jobs and help make kansas the best place in america to start and grow a small business. you followed that up with even further income tax cuts in 2013. but the jobs and small business growth and booming prosperity you hypothesized did not materialize. instead as a result of your experi

front page story, ashley parker has it when senator rand paul went to campaign for sam brownback, he requested a meeting with charles koch: his pitch of all of the candidates action he best reflects the views of mr. koch and his younger brother, david koch. similarly ted cruz of texas asked, for an audience he had requested and told the elder mr. koch the republican party needed a grassroots conservative like him to take back the white house. chris christie has worked to cultivate a relationship with the younger mr. koch calling him to talk politics and socializing with him their wives included. this koch primary as it refers to in "the new york times" will be taking plates kicking offer the so-called primary she rights steved invitations to the end and are expected to attend. scott walker and jeb bush, who is not to make it because after scheduling conflict. unlike groups of the left the afl and cio they do not hand out traditional endorsements but their network spans 300 donors, many wealthedy business owners and clouds canada to tap conservatives but not part of the donor establis