[no audio] good afternoon and welcome to the 86th winter meeting of the mayors. I am the mayor of the great city of new orleans. [applause] start, we can start on a moment of levity. The mayor of vancouver is here. She wants us to note that today st birthday of vancouver. Birthday madam mayor. [applause] honor to introduce Steve Benjamin of south carolina. Second Vice President of rochester hill. Director tom cochrane. We also have with us in the audience, our past president. Elizabeth of burnsville. Several formal mayors who have served in the leadership in the audience today. There are many newly elected mayors who are with us for the first time. New mayors, can you stand up . [applause] thank you. We look forward to it. For those mayors who are joining us in washington dc, welcome to our meeting and thank you all for being here. I am going to introduce our speakers as we move through the agenda. This is all available at u. S. Mayors. Org. For those of you on facebook, twitter, or in
Dc for the u. S. Conference of birs by annual meeting annual meeting. It started with an address from new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. Mayor landrieu chatter] good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon and welcome to the conference of mayors. I am at mitch landrieu, the mayor of the great city of new orleans, president of the conference of mayors. Thank you. [applause] we can start on a moment of levity. The mayor of vancouver wants us 161st that today is the birthday of vancouver. New orleans is going to celebrate her 300 birthday in a couple weeks, so congratulations to us to. [applause] it is my great honor to introduce the confidence leadership. Steve benjamin of columbia, South Carolina is with us. Hillsbarnett of rochester is working on something for me. Executive leader tom cochran, thank you so much. Net mick our cornett. We have elizabeth. You are several former mayors who have served in the Conference Leadership in the audience today. New mayors, can you stand up . We are ver
Trump Administration Science policy. At 9 30, cspans capital tour continues in atlanta georgia. Our guest is the Lieutenant Governor. President trump is set to deliver his first state of the Union Tonight at 9 00 p. M. Go to cspan. Org for more information. Also, immigration, the economy, National Security is expected to be part of that speech. The president will reference the me too movement. Widespread change, not only in corporate america, but also in the halls of capitol hill. That is what we will like to focus on. The political impact of the me too movement. If you want to call and give your thoughts we divide the lines among men and women. For women. 000 202 7488001 for men. On our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The fox website highlights, when it comes to the state of the Union Tonight how some women will be addressing the me too movement. The box site fox site says that it is last february that democrat women wore white to democrat two what he was going to do to the wome
Today, President Trump went further. Invoking one of those families to make a political point. He put the spotlight on his chief of staff, john kelly, urging reporters to ask him whether he had received a call from president obama after his son robert, a u. S. Marine was killed in 2010. I mean you could ask general kelly did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. White house officials claim to be unaware of mr. Trump had spoke tine kelly before making the remark. The retired marine corps general actively avoided calling attention to his sons death making it clear he does not want tight be exploited. But on a memorial day trip to arlington cemetery, President Trump called attention to the familys loss. Robert died fighting the enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter today, despite the president s prodding, kelly decleaned to comment. But a white house official who requested anonymity told cbs news, i can tell you obama di
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