Our roundtable focuses on the issue of the border adjustment tax, which is being talked about as a way to offset the growing deficit. And adam pozen will be here tomorrow morning for your calls and comments. The nations governor meeting here in washington, d. C. , will be at the white house tonight for a dinner hosted by the president and first lady. Live coverage on cspan from washington, d. C. , the winter meeting. We have a lot of good work to do. I am torticollis, first lady i am dorothy, first lady of virginia and chair of the south Leadership Committee and it is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for today, we are talking about ending child hunger, improving lives and investing in american future. I want to thank all the governor here and their spouses and all the many Partner Organizations who are in attendance. It is my i will say understanding it has been several years since there has been a joint session at the nda nga, so we are
The National Governors association met this past weekend in washington d. C. For its annual winter meeting and focused on ways to combat childhood hunger and current initiatives at the state and local levels that have been successful atrophiedi feeding c at school. This is about an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, and i think we should get started. Its another important big day here at the nga and we have a lot of good work to do. Im dorothy mcauliffe, first lady of virginia and chair of the nga spouses leadership committee. And its my honor and great pleasure to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for governors and for spouses. Today were talking about ending child hunger, improving lives and investing in americas future. I want to thank all the governors who are here this morning and their spouses and all the many Partner Organizations who are in attendance this morning. I will say its my understanding its been several years since
Good morning, everyone. Good morning. And i think we should get started. It is another important, big day nga and we have important work to do. Im door to mcauliffe, first lady of virginia, and chair of the spouses leadership committee, and it is my honor to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for governors and thousand. Today, we are talking about ending child hunger, improving lives, and investing in americas future. I want to thank on the governors here this morning and espouses and the many Partner Organizations in attendance this morning. I will say it is my understanding that it has been several years since there has been a joint session of this nature at the nda, so nga, so im excited for the unique opportunity to have the spouses at the table. I want to give my acknowledgment. Excusednd does have an absence this morning. Hes currently at fox news extolling the good work being done here this weekend for the nga. He will be joining us later in the s
Charleston from today through early tuesday, the expected amount here in town is less than half that. Some areas of the valley may see no accumulation at all. Others may get more. Thats why the storms were forecasting area called popup storms. Theyre really hard to pinpoint in location, although most should be fairly fastmoving. There will be strong wind around storms and potentially sharp temperature drops. Speaking of temps, daytime highs will drop from right around 100 to just under the triple digit mark for a couple of days, before rebounding back to between 100 and 102 for the rest of the week. Lake mead also has chances for thunderstorms which could include lightning and strong wind. Boaters on the lake a motorcyclist is in the fight of their life after being hit by a passing car. Youre looking at a photo sent in after 1 this morning. At the intersection of siverado ranch and gilespie. Police say the motorcyclists sped through a red light. Tboning a sedan. Police are not sure if
Some local businesses told me that they usually get a boost in customers when theres a ufc fight, but with all the hype surrounding ufc 202, they prepared for one of the busiest nights of the year a huge fight card meant huge crowds of excited fans packing into t mobile arena for ufc 202. Its fight night you got to be here, ufc 202 it made us come all the way out here and it also means huge business for local bars like scooters pub. A ufc night compared to a normal saturday night . Its comparing oranges and apples four hours before the main card started. The bars phone was ringing off the hook nats phone rings scooters bar this is lee as ufc fans were already starting to stream in you think diaz can do it . Lee ditterline says everytime theres a ufc fight the bar gets a boost in business. Preparing for be one of the busiest nights of the year with nearly 300 people and hundreds of dollars of added revenue packed into the bar. Because he says the bigger the names, the bigger the crowds