[background noise] [background noise] ladies and gentlemen. We are about to begin. Your seats and silence all cell phones and other electronic devices. [background noise] [background noise] as we mentioned, state governors from across the country are meeting in washington, d. C. Well be covering their meeting this morning and throughout the day, the National Governors association will host panels to talk about jobs, the Opioid Crisis, and the future of agriculture. We will be getting underway in just a minute. Governors and distinguish guests. Guests, pleased rise for our National Anthem of National Anthem, which is being performed by a distinguished a Cappella Group from st. Marys high school. Nal anthem] [applause] please be seated, everyone. Good morning. Im brian sandoval, the governor of nevada. To washington, d. C. And the 110th meeting of the National Governors association and lets give another big thank you to nothing but trouble, who were pitch perfect. A big hand for them. Ma
Us on set, stephan. Good morning. About the union fees. Why should someone pay for it if they dont want to . The broader issue becomes this. The union provides a vehicle for working people to have a collective voice. The morene of surprising things i found, how the union advocates for the community at large. As a Child Protection investigator in chicago, i go into some of the most impoverished areas in chicago. I get to see the Living Standards of folks and what they have to deal with on a daytoday basis. The union provides the vehicle for me to come back through a Labor Management system, where i get to sit down with members of management and discuss what it is i see. And give recommendations with servicean better deliver, better streamline our approach. How we can better access resources and get them to places that are needed. The union bargains for society. Host what about these feeds becoming a political because of Union Activity . Have been under the gun of the governor who has ma
Rural omaha. When i was a kid, everybody in my town got buffed out in the summer to walk beings. How many people know what that is . How many people know what detas sling corn is . I will not explain, i am not a geneticist nor biologically equipped to explain how is advanced. Ation i was on twitter trying to explain what detassling corn was and how you end up with mixtures of seed corn. I referred to corn as as bisexual and i set off a debate on twitter. I will not explain in technical terms what it means to be that corn needs to be detassled, what but you want cross pollinated corn so you predesignated male and female roles. Rows. A lot of kids in the eastern part of the state have been shipped out to the fields in the work. Fields in the summer to detassle corn and it is ugly and painful work. You meet up at the local junior high or the local elementary out toand get bussed wherever you are going to go. You are taking the corn that has male and female parts and you are removing the m
A group of us felt we would help heal the wounds of our community by celebrating its diversity because back then miami was one of the most Diverse Communities in the company, and we would invite everyone under one gigantic tent to celebrate the written word and begin a conversation together. That conversation hasnt stopped for these 33 book fairs. And i for one want to thank doctor petrone who is president of the Largest College in the country with eight campuses. [applause] for never wavering from that vision. In this years fair you will hear from the best writers of poetry, fiction, history, and memoir. And we need the big tent of the book fair. And the power of the written word to express them. We need this more than ever. [applause] the book fair has grown over all the years as well. We have some remarkable sponsors. We are pleased to announce we have a partnership with the charles de Groot Foundation to launch the Miami Book Fair degroot prize, it is the only one in the country an
Japaneseamerican database. They are using the word registry but it is the same thing as what came down on us. A database. How many lived in that household and what we did. Database, theye came down with a curfew. All japanese have to be home by 7 00 p. M. And stayathome until 6 00 a. M. We were imprisoned at night in our homes. Our bankwe discovered accounts were frozen. Our life savings became inaccessible. That was followed by the soldiers coming to take us away. That must never happen again today. [applause] can watch the rest of that event from the Muslim Public Affairs council at 9 00 eastern on cspan. The president ial inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20. Cspan will have live coverage of all the events and ceremonies. On cspan and cspan. Org. Listen live on the cspan radio app. Tonight on cspan, from the shakespeare theater, a mock trial on the deaths of romeo and juliet. That is followed by a discussion of the life and legacy of sandra day oconnor. Later, a look a