Montana governor Stephen Bullock is one of those who sees himself as a moderate, also pulling in the single digits. Governor, it is good to see you here. I almost didnt recognize you without nine people standing to your left. The format today will include remarks from the governor followed by questions from myself and the audience. Governor bullock is the only candidate who won the election in 2016 in a state by donald trump and the only candidate who has a National Campaign finance reform at the core of his. Latform governor bullock expanded aticaid, expanded programs schools. He made montana the first state to protect Net Neutrality through legislation. He has promised that if elected president of the u. S. , his First Official act, we define an executive order requiring corporations to disclose every dollar they scan on electoral. Olitics he told those of his fellow candidates who support the Illegal Immigrants are walking into a trap donald trump has set for them. After this weeken
I am a past president of the National Press club. Last tuesday, 10 of the people seeking the democratic partys nomination for president took the stage on the first night of the second round of candidate forums. As the dust settled following both forums, one of the storylines is the candidates who see themselves as moderate working hard to assert their views as those who dont see themselves as moderate. Montana governor Stephen Bullock is one of those who sees himself as a moderate, also pulling in the single digits. Governor, it is good to see you here. I almost didnt recognize you without nine people standing to your left. The format today will include remarks from the governor followed by questions from myself and the audience. Governor bullock is the only candidate who won the election in 2016 in a state by donald trump and the only candidate who has a National Campaign finance reform at the core of his. Latform governor bullock expanded aticaid, expanded programs schools. He made m
host: a focus now on food shortages and rising food prices. meredith, i m going to go right to your latest story in politico. explain what is happening there and why that is impacting food and prizes. guest: the war in ukraine has really hampered the ability for ukraine to get any kind of food out of the country. it is a major grain producer, as is russia. the russian military blockade around ukraine and the black sea right now is hampering the ability for millions of tons of grains to leave ukraine and to countries across africa who rely on those foods. host: how do you get these foods out and get them to market? guest: they have been trying to push for a humanitarian corridor that would be established from the port of odessa. they traveled out of the black sea and bring supplies to africa. that is a huge undertaking and risk russian retaliation. they are trying to work through issues right now hoping to establish that corridor. host: president biden yesterday on his trip
explain what is happening there and why that is impacting food and prizes. guest: the war in ukraine has really hampered the ability for ukraine to get any kind of food out of the country. it is a major grain producer, as is russia. the russian military blockade around ukraine and the black sea right now is hampering the ability for millions of tons of grains to leave ukraine and to countries across africa who rely on those foods. host: how do you get these foods out and get them to market? guest: they have been trying to push for a humanitarian corridor that would be established from the port of odessa. they traveled out of the black sea and bring supplies to africa. that is a huge undertaking and risk russian retaliation. they are trying to work through issues right now hoping to establish that corridor. host: president biden yesterday on his trip to illinois talked about that. here is a little bit of what he had to say. [video clip] pres. biden: ukraine is world s larges
disrupted global supply of food. the russian military s blockade around ukraine in the black sea right now is hampering the ability for millions of tons of grain to leave ukraine and to go to countries across the north africa, middle east that rely on those for food supplies. so what can you do us do, how do you get the food out and get them to market? some lawmakers i talked to recently chris coons, jason crow from colorado have been talking with administration officials and others trying to push for humanitarian corridor, a un humanitarian corridor or that would be established from the support of odessa and travel out of the black sea and basically allow those grain supplies to get to north africa, the middle east. that is a huge undertaking. it risks russian retaliation so they re trying to work through with the united d nations with provided administration working through issues right now hoping to establish that corridor . president biting yesterday in his tripto i