and she s already told me that if it s snowing or ice you re going to come pick-me-up in your four-wheel drive pickup. we know what cold weather is, just have to warm the car up and put another coat on. the weather never stopped us, blizzards, cold, rain, snow, it doesn t make any difference. neil: they re a hearty bunch, the iowans. but not the airport. and there s great food. that was not meant to be and we had to stay in new york, which isn t a bad alternative, it s beautiful here, but the backdrop in midtown manhattan is slightly different than the beautiful state of iowa and des moines where we will be because we re flowing out after this show for the big event on monday and all weekend coverage. in the meantime, there s this nasty cold wave that you ve heard a lot about, not only affecting iowa. in michigan, it s one doozy of a storm and certainly record low temperatures and in grand rapids, max. it s not as cold as iowa, but chilly temperatures in the 20 s and qu
as becoming china s disputed leader. are you worried that that could all go away? well, i was the governor that hosted xi jinping when he was only a young hearty secretary at a county level in our sister state and he calls me an old friend because we treated him so well. we don t agree with his policies. we thought he would be a reformer like don ciao ping like his mother a provincial leader. unfortunately, he has not been so we don t agree with his policies, but we have the greatest respect for the chinese people for their work ethic, their commitment to education. they ve been important trading partners and we want to maintain that and china, frankly, needs the safety and quality of american food and agricultural products. neil: all right. we ll watch. governor, great catching up with you. well, thank you, neil, and i hope you can get out here.