i have represented both sides of our state, first as a state representative from yakima valley, then in congress representing both eastern and western washington. i want to thank the people of washington for electing me your governor. i am truly humbled to represent all of washington, and to deliver the change in olympia you asked for last november. now i would like to do something very difficult to do as a university of washington husky, and that is to honor a washington state cougar. i would like to introduce all of you to my wife of 40 years, trudi inslee. we met at ingraham high school and raised our family in a century-old farmhouse in the yakima valley. i'd also like you to meet my three boys and their families, connor, joe, jack and his wife megan, our grandson brody, and the newest inslee, zoe ann. this is a very special day for my family. and this is a very special time in history for many other families. people all across washington stood up for fairness and family in approving marriage equality last november. we should all be proud. the vote on referendum 74 represents the

when the people of yakima sent me here to olympia more than two decades ago, washington had just completed its first century. i sat and listened as former governor booth gardner presented us with a challenge heading into washington's second century. he said "either we respond to international competition, or we doom ourselves and our children to a dramatic slide to second- rate status in the world." we chose to answer this challenge, with a unique formula for international success that has made us who we are today, with businesses, entrepreneurs, state government, all working together. now it's 24 years later. i have a new job, a new vantage point, and the world looks much different. a once vibrant and growing state economy was brought low by the gross irresponsibility by those on wall street. as a result we have suffered 4 years of recession, with almost 300,000 people in washington looking for work. too many of our families are on the brink of losing their home. parents lie awake at night wondering how they can provide for their children's future. but we remain an optimistic state, a vis

photos show the newly-discovered seepage at the hanford nuclear reservation in yakima, rains are. the storage tanks are past their 20-year life span. but officials say there's no risk to public safety. a new plan for the sludge is closedonstruction. >>> and hef heavy rains are hausing flooding in europe. water rushed through sicily, submerging outdoor cafes. mass transit was closed in many air by ear and no serious injuries have weeks because of >>> and boeing is hoping to get its troubled 787 dreamliner back in the air by early spring. the fleet has been grounded for five weeks because of troubled batteries. boeing is now proposing a fix for the problem. daught but the faa says it won't approve any plan until it is certain that there won't be other issues with those planes. enceand caught on camera. stlingery that a mother and daughter staring down -- had them staring down the barrel of a gun. -- quiteong. a surveillance video shows a man in a vest handing a vote to a woman in a convenience store. the gunman began wrestling with the mother. rescue him that's when the daughter jum

. >> host: matt, yakima, washington. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hi, chris. thank you so much for taking so much time and talking with us and speaking today. thanks for your service, thanks for your sacrifice, time away from your family and everything you've done. for the story, i can't wait to read your book. and for your advice that you're giving just with what we can do for really our neighbors, our family members that are coming back not just a is simple, hey, thanks for the service, but, you know, what can we do for you. can you go more into that? and did you see "act of valor"? did you like that? >> guest: i did see "act of valor." i do like it. i watched it one time, it was a -- i don't know what they called it, but they gave us a special showing of it, and it was all us military guys in there. and it was definitely emotional. a lot of those different things. i was involved with because each of those missions were true missions. but it definitely hurt to watch it, and the next time i watch it, it will be in my own home with no one else around. as far a

i heard from yakima school district in my state. they have reduced the free lunch price rate. it was that a budget cut. after the state legislature has impact on their local district trade we have to pay districts that are close to military bases. can you tell me how you would see the general impact of these districts having to cope with sequestration? those districts are making decisions about firing teachers. talk about the impact we would see. >> we're not just coming into the situation in a vacuum. we have to look at the past couple of years. we were lucky enough to -- thanks to your support to save educator jobs but the nation lost 300,000 educator job so we have class sizes that are much higher than we would like. we have less children engaged in after-school programs and summer school programs. i am always fighting for more time, not less time. we're very -- in very tough economic times. for many educators this is the toughest financial situation they have been in in 20 or 30 or 40 years. to remove additional resources now would exacerbate a tough situation when we're t

. >> host: matt, yakima, washington. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hi, chris. you so much for taking so much time and talking with us and speaking today. thanks for your service, thanks for your sacrifice, time away from your family and everything you've done. for the story, i can't wait to read your book. and for your advice that you're giving just with what we can do for really our neighbors, our family members that are coming back not just a is simple, hey, thanks for the service, but, you know, what can we do for you. can you go more into that? and did you see "act of valor"? did you like that? >> guest: i did see "act of valor." i do like it. i watched it one time, it was a -- i don't know what they called it, but they gave us a special showing of it, and it was all us military guys in there. and it was definitely emotional. a lot of those different things. i was involved with because each of those missions were true missions. but it definitely hurt to watch it, and the next time i watch it, it will be in my own home with no one else around. as far as givi

. >> host: matt, yakima, washington. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hi, chris. thank you so much for taking so much time and talking with us and speaking today. thanks for your service, thanks for your sacrifice, time away from your family and everything you've done. for the story, i can't wait to read your book. and for your advice that you're giving just with what we can do for really our neighbors, our family members that are coming back not just a is simple, hey, thanks for the service, but, you know, what can we do for you. can you go more into that? and did you see "act of valor"? did you like that? >> guest: i did see "act of valor." i do like it. i watched it one time, it was a -- i don't know what they called it, but they gave us a special showing of it, and it was all us military guys in there. and it was definitely emotional. a lot of those different things. i was involved with because each of those missions were true missions. but it definitely hurt to watch it, and the next time i watch it, it will be in my own home with no one else around. as far a