It is essentially a driverless car. You see people using it in urban situations. Im not sure it is cleared for that, but you see people playing around with that. The technology is there. It has cracked into our driving already. Of thosene revolutions, it will be over before we know it is arrived. Host tennessee, democrats line. Arnold, go ahead. Caller good morning. How are you all doing . Host good. Caller im sure you are familiar with the chevy volt. Is anow, the chevy volt gasoline powered electric car. Very easily become a compressed air powered electric car. The main reason for us to go down that road, about two years ago, here on cspans washington journal, they had the head man from green greenpeace. Earthsif the temperature rises another 3. 5 degrees, it is over for us. There is still time to stop this, but he said the only way to stop it is to leave two thirds of the oil that is still in the ground in the ground. We cannot bring it up or burn it. Airching to compressed vehicles would be a giant step in that direction. How in familiar with europe, they are manufacturing cars that are powered exclusively by compressed air . Guest yes, there are compressed air cars and you will find another way to see this in a vision is happening innovation is happening all around us, look at delivery trucks and see how many of them say they are Hydrogen Powered cars. Fleets of cars tend to be places where innovation gets picked up early. If you are cocacola or ups and you are buying 100 trucks for a region, if you can save pennies on the mile over 100 trucks, it is an enormous amount of money. They have a financial interest, market interest in pursuing these new technologies. When they pay off. Thesell see that a lot of alternative nonfossil fuel Energy Experiments are happening right around you in the delivery fleets that you see. Host one more call. Karen in astoria, new york. Independent line. Caller the issue of this in an videoenvironment, the saying there were no other people or vehicles around, would in trouble be nice without that wouldnt trouble be nice without that . Environments have high buildings. Where are the flying cars going to land . Guest i lived in new york during that time. To be on topused of buildings and they found that helicopters would blow off of buildings pretty easily, so that ended that. There are these technological problems. With flying cars, it would have to be predetermined areas, places where they could go. There would be predesignated takeoff and landing spots. Airports or runways, but airports and runways would be the default mode. Logical issue on board a plane or some other problem with landing, it would default to the nearest airport. All of that would have to be planned out. Sams plane has a different approach. It uses a military technology that allows for really short landing and takeoff stretches. That can be done by having jet blown across the top of the plane with nozzles, which gives it a superfast lift or allows for super fast landing. You could take off in the area of an average parking lot. Take a lot of work, but those are the kinds of technologies that people are now playing with. The are secondgeneration flying cars with vertical takeoff. It then becomes a horizontal jet. That is their secondgeneration flying car. We are experimenting with all these technologies to see which will be adapted best to the kinds of russian talking about, like an urban environment. Do we take off from parking lots pads . Reset parking new york is a separate issue. You were talking about the Driverless Cars in an urban environment one of the problems Driverless Cars will have to deal with is teenagers. People walking down the street. Some of these test cities where they have the Driverless Cars, it is a fun prank to jump out in front of a driverless car because the kids know the car is programmed to stop for a human being. Chicken to a game of see how quickly you can force one of these Driverless Cars to stop and keep stopping. , you can readt more of his piece in smithsonian magazine. Cspans washington journal live every morning with issues that impact you. With primaries coming up, discussion about the key 2016 house and senate races and the impact of the president ial campaign on those contests. Emanuel, on how antibiotic resistance is leaving to what he calls inevitable slow down and how to this development. And a discussion of the rise of rights black Power Movement and the influence of stokely carmichael. Join the discussion. In his weekly address, president obama talks about the state of the u. S. Economy. House Speaker Paul Ryan has the republican response. He talks about the republican agenda. Obama the first town i visited as president we the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Nearly the worse. One in five people were out of work. This week, i returned to elkhart. To 5 . Yment is back more families are unsteady ground. More are on health insurance. More kids are graduating from high school. It is no accident. Outle sacrificed and looked for each other. But its also because we made a series of decisions early in my presidency, to rescue the auto industry, to promote hightech technology, clean infrastructure, and job training that helps folks build new skills to fill those jobs. Created businesses have 14 point 5 million new jobs over 75 straight months. We have seen the first sustained manufacturing growth since the 1990s. We cut unemployment in half. Another 20 million americans have health insurance, and we cut our deficits by nearly 75 . We have not fixed everything. Wages, well growing again, need to grow faster. The gap between the rich and everyone else is still way too wide. Republicans in congress have repeatedly blocked investments and initiatives that would have created jobs asked her, but the middle class is not getting squeezed because of minorities or immigrants or moochers or anyone else we are being told to blame for our problems. What needsto fix fixing, we cannot divide ourselves. We need to come together. We need to push back against deal forand push for a working americans. That is a choic that you are this year between policies that help workers and those who do not, the between strengthening rules that we put on wall street to prevent another crisis ordered dismantling them, between a tax code that is fair for working families, or wasteful tax cuts that create a fortunate few at the very top. Years wepast seven have proven progress is possible, but its not inevitable. It depends on us. It depends on the choices we make. If we come together around our common values, then we will deliver on a Brighter Future for all of us. Thanks and have a great weekend. Speaker ryan lets face it. People elected a republican government. Now we will give you a plan that shows you what we are for. Our vision is a confident america where everyone has a chance to go out and succeed grid that is the american idea. Right now, our country is on the wrong path. So how do we get back on track . , or wee can get angry can channel that into action. Ouran start to tackle problems before they tackle us. This is what americans do. We find the better way. Take poverty. For years, decades now, washington has spent billions of dollars on programs to fight poverty. The war on poverty is a stalemate at best. We can keep getting the same them onor we can get the ladder of opportunity where, with work, we strengthen our economy so everyone can make the most of their lives. This is what our plan does. 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He shares what his department is doing to help veterans find steady work. Also remarks from Virginia Governor terry mcauliffe. This is two hours. Good morning. Yay. Oh, that got quiet fast. Hi, everyone. Welcome to washington. Whoohoo all right. To good vantage of the coffee this morning, good. My name is really cohn, i am the director of the National Coalition for homeless veterans. I have seen a lot of your faces the last few days. I know because you guys have prevented me from doing things like going to the bathroom. That who is here for the very first time . Whoa [applause] i want to welcome you to the family. We are like that weird aunt. For those of you who have been here once or twice or 25 times, we have a tradition. Sometimes it involves pink floyd. Ask my colleague to, and offer the morning prayer today. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, my this year. Come in lester i was wearing a pink floyd shirt. The reverend doing the prayer in a pink floyd shirt. How awesome is that . Orleans. New one thing that we say in new the good times roll. I hope that you get good information to go serve our nations veterans. Im just glad to be here. Lets pra. Shal we do that . Heavenly father, thank you for this gathering. Usray you bless and protect ring this time. Help us to restore honor, because they fought for us and we will fight for them. Pray, amen. Me i thank you. Director crone thank you, todd. If you have a suspicion this conference is unique, i suspect we have confirmed those suspicions. Just wait, we have a good one for you. You all know some of the brains. Ehind this conference for those of you who know me well, its not me. My team, cindy bourdon, kurt, our intern kayla, randy brown and josh stewart, who has disappeared. I want to rank you guys for all of the hard work. [applause] notctor crone we could come together without you. I know that we are all running on minimal sleep and a little bit of whiskey. Good. [laughter] its 5 00rone somewhere, but not yet. I want to say thank you to our Major Corporate sponsors the Home Depot Foundation and our major finance sponsor at city i community development. You all want to thank them as well. [applause] crone because of their support, we try to keep the registration fees as low as possible. They do not even cover cost. We sold out a month early this year. The earliest ever. If you are one of those people i know, its great. Until the last minute, dont do it next year because of you email me, im not going to feel sorry for you. You have been warned. In all seriousness, we thank you for your leadership and your partnership. I also want to thank our other sponsors the czech jericho the jack jericho project, others, our awesome board of governors. Thank you. [applause] before you hear from the people you actually want to hear from this morning, im going to talk for a few minutes about some things that have been pretty heavy on my mind leading up to the conference, and i think you will see them resonate here. So, let me start off with a quick story. Its about running. Those of you who know me well know the only thing i talk about more than my nephew, my job, and bryce harper from the Washington Nationals go, braves he is the worst. Nighttime inn at the rain. Which sucks because i did not have a plan of where i was going. I have my headlamp on. Raining and i should not be running. I go down to the lincoln memorial. I passed by this temporary memorial. Has anyone seen this traveling thing . Literally just me . All right. Look it up. Google and their Facebook Page has a lot of interesting information on it. It is described as a 24 foot made by recycled cans dedicated to healing the entry of war. I do not usually stop running some especially when it is raining. But i did. It got my attention. I read the names and messages etched into the aluminum. Right here in the midst of the greatness of all of these monuments in the nations capitol was a testament to the impermanent lives impacted by war. Every inscription was strong and painfully fleeting. They were both intimately personal and empowering in their publicness. This,asnt supposed to do i definitely didnt, but if it is legal, i got out my keys and wrote in a blank place, for ec nc the initials of my is cindy here . She is going to make fun of me for the next five years like she did last time i start to cry. The last time i talked about my 25 years haslast been present in uncounted numbers of darkness with Homeless People in culver city. He is a cold verse city firemen. He said, i believe in the lights that you bring to people. Are these moments of connection we have that are deeply personal and these big moments that make up a human story. These abstract ideas about moving the arc of moral justice and as granular as it gets, the fleeting connection between people that reminds us that we are all people. Andnts that drive forward propel our movements. So, lets talk, you and i, about our movements, because i have been hearing your worries and your fears and your concerns about where we go now that the ended. Fiveyear plan has were devoting this entire conference and looking where we are in designing this new era. The general shinseki moved needle by saying we would not only maintain, but and veteran homelessness, our mission shifted. When he said, lets do it by the end of 2015 some said it was crazy, but it ava our work a needed sense of urgency. We had a deadline now, right . We have an end game we needed to start working backwards. Council on homelessness helped operationalize the plans. I do not agree with everything that our federal partners say and do. Thatsght say everything sorry, guys but i think we can say without a doubt this. Of resourcing is without president and a testament and at precedent testament to their dedication of ending homelessness among veterans. So, what have we learned . Couple of things. Investing in systems is essential. So as local leadership. Helping veterans find a housing requires aintain full spectrum of Housing Resources depending on what someone chooses and what they need. Aster lists are a great idea mayors and officials can help. A couple parts that we learned, and over the next couple of days we will learn a t more. O, the end of 2015 came the objective ending homelessness for each and every was who needs us more important than any deadline. Unstoppable momentum and showed the country we can end homelessness for veterans. Plan is not an allencompassing one. Who here has ever had to get a bit creative in helping a veteran in the program, going beyond what local v. A. Resources have . If you do not raise your hand, i am disappointed in you. I am harnessing my constantly disappointed mother right there. The movement we embody in this room, we cared when no one else did. We grew and we pushed back when veterans were not adequately serviced twice his terms. Another movement we build and build every day to end homelessness for veterans sets a model of change to and homelessness for all people. Various training initiatives with different acronyms that im sure we all know and love these are all steps for improving and better resourcing systems, but thats not all they are. They are also methods for whatifying and explaining makes up the every day. They are tools in your toolbox. , greaterur movement than the sum of those parts. Lets go back to basics. Lets go back to the connection between people, back to what i felt if it was legal if it was not, i did not do it grandfather fell initials into the monument, because since they have passed, i miss those people. Sammy, do not watch. That work is under his watchful eye. With that granularity, the moments that make of a movement, that is why we are here this week. Its very personal to each of us. Here is what im going to ask of you the token three things, right . Talk, listen if you are new and your quiet im doubting a pointyou are make to share something with a colleague. Its ok if it gets personal. Share a moment of connection with a veteran that has been meaningful for you and let others in the room on pack what that means for the unpack what it means for the wider community. I youre used to talking, and know that some of you are here is the passion that drives all of us, including our federal Agency Partners who are here in force this year. Toss away some of that heavy burden that i know we all carry to make mental space for something new, exciting, and powerful. Those are the three charges i leave you with. Speaking as someone who does ask things powerful, i will our first real speaker to, and talk to you guys for little while. Im going to ask Shannon Garber join me. Depot to how many of you have been positively impacted by Home Depot Foundation and Team Home Depot . [applause] and of the Home Depot Foundation are fabulous partners invested 130 million in resources for veterans who are homeless. We are so excited to have them as a partner. Andnon, let me go ahead take your [applause] shannon good morning, everybody. Good morning. I will give you a little background on me. Ferber, and innon am the director of the Home Depot Foundation. These are not my slides. I will not be able to speak to these. Orange. Orange all the time. Yep, we are all good. Perfect. I am privileged to leave the Home Depot Foundation team. Just to give you a little background, i have been with home depot for 14 years now and have seen the amazing work that you and the foundation have done. When we shifted our focus back in 2011 on veterans, it was very personal for me. Both my grandfathers served in korea. My stepfather was a navy seal. My brother had been active for the last 22 years in the u. S. Marine corps. Our mission of improving the homes and lives of veterans is very near and dear to me. Over the last seven months, i ine fully immersed myself the people who do the great work, and im so excited about the lives you are changing. Over the last five years, we have invested over 138 million and veteransrelated causes, building and improving over 25,000 homes and we have done 272,000 teamr depot volunteers. [applause] we have not done this alone. We have done this with nonprofit partners and so many of those include you. We want to say thank you very much for all you have done. We are able to do what we do and we do it with and because of you. Depot fallen tears work sidebyside with you and we allow you to do what you do best, which is serve our veterans. We thank you for the work you do and the support that you have for our veteran community. I would like you to give yourselves around of applause. [applause] we are working with organizations across the country to help our wounded veterans come home to live independently as ourr homes, as well senior veteran community that is growing by the day with critical modifications to help them age in their homes as long as possible. We are committed to continuing to help our veterans in need. The last five years, we have been able to do a lot of great