Kids spoke with governors from across the u. S. About vaping and ecigarette usage among teenagers. He talked with the governors during the National Governors Association Winter meeting in washington, d. C. We were chatting this morning as governors in an executive committee and talking about how governors at the end of the day have to get a job done. Thats why learning from each other in a bipartisan way is so important. Whether its infrastructure or economic development, there are lessons we can learn. One challenge we all have is Public Health. The vaping crisis that is going all across this nation and is spreading with a frightening facility among our young people. We have two great governors who are going to speak to us about it now. Its my pleasure to introduce governor dewine from ohio and Governor Brown from oregon. Thank you. [ applause ] set our guests up. Good to see you. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Im kate brown, governor of oregon and chair of the nga health and hu
University announced winners for the annual george polk awards in journalism. They talked about the challenges reporting during wartime domestically and internationally. This runs one hour. Good afternoon and welcome. I am john darnton the curator of the george polk awards and it is my pleasure to announce the winners for the most outstanding works of journalism in 2019. I would like to express my gratitude to long island university, the sponsor of the klein, li kimberly you president , for her unflagging support. I would like to thank my friend and colleague, ralph engleman, our faculty coordinator. As many of you know our awards were established in 1949 to commemorate george polk, the cbs correspondent assassinated the year before during the greek civil war. Yeare now in our 71st having bestowed, as of today, 3125 prizes. Legacy,ng with polks our judges on a reporters whenever possible and not just their news organizations. Dogged out those who are in their investigations, resourcefu
Reporter justified briefings for illegal notification for killing soleimani. Reactions were partisan. Not only the president make the right call, but this was a clear and present danger. But it is unclear if iran is done retaliating for soleimani staff. The president , tweeted our final answer will be to take all u. S. Forces out of the region. In washington, ray bogan, fox news. Fox news is reporting there was a rocket fire to 45 rainsoaked in baghdad earlier today. There are no reports of any injuries and no claim of responsibility. The United Nations and a number of allies are calling for peace, dialogue, and de escalation and the region. The u. N. Said in a statement that it is our common duty to make every effort to avoid a war in the gulf that the world cannot afford to go russia and turkey are also warning against further use of force. Nobody has a right to put the whole region, especially iraq into a circle of fire for the sake of their own interest. More than a dozen governmen
Politics. Up next north dakota governor doug burgum talking Artificial Intelligence andâ– technological innovation during the National Governors Association Winter meeting in washington, d. C. Prior to his remarks builder from pollster and Communications Strategist frank lund who discusses the need for depolarization and civility in american politics. Naudibgle conversations] recent settlement may have your attention. Please take your seat. Our program is about t begin. Welcome to the second Plenary Session of national governo mee. Now approaching the podium is the executive director of the National Governors association bill mcbride. Thank you. Morning everyone. [applause] hope youre having a good mo a great evening. Wasnt that session yesterday afternoon just wonderful . That was fantastic, wasnt it . People keep asking me all last night how are you going to top that . I dont know. Thats a challenge, right . Setting the bar real high. We will get there. Anyway, we hope you really en
Eastern on cspan, cspan now, and cspan. Org. Next, a Bipartisan Group of governors discussing solutions they talk about zoning, water and sewage infrastructure, and ensuring workers can live in the communities they serve. From National Governors Association Winter meeting in washington, d. C. , this is about one hour. There are also our pieces directly under our purview about what we can do to reducetate in fact its so much on our minds that when governors get together no matter what the scheduled topic is it seems like we end up talking about housing. It is a roman empire. As i travel around the state it is a top issue. Our states, we do such a great job making sure they are a great place to live and when we area hard to afford to live so we all know the stories in our states, parents who is 27yearold still lives t basement with no prospects of moving out, those who want to take a good job but would have an hour each way, people who are the backbone of our community, law enforcement,