Starting in approximately five minutes. Thank you. To rhode island where they are holding the National Governors association meeting. In a few minutes, they will hear ceo elona and spacex musk. You can see the room filling up with guests and interested listeners. It should be getting underway shortly. This is live coverage here on cspan. [indistinct conversations] its an honor to have you here for the final session of our 2017 summer nga meeting. Moment like to take this to thank the governor of rhode island and all the citizens of the great state of rhode island for a spectacular three days here. [applause] i want to thank raimondo. Nor r governor thank you for truly setting the bar high as we prepared to go to new mexico next year. On behalf of the governor, she sends her deepest regrets for not being able to be here herself and invite all of you to our great state. Because of family issues, she was unable to come out. Are excited to host you in the state of new mexico come in the la
Governors Association Summer meeting in providence, rhode island. He talked about the transportation sectors. This is an hour. Elon good afternoon. Gov. Sandoval welcome. Elon thank you for having me. Gov. Sandoval we appreciate you being here today. Its difficult to know where to start. Lets start with what drives you. When you wake up in the morning, do you see a problem and you want to solve it . Elon the thing that drives me is that i want to be able to think about the future and feel good about that. Can to have what we the future be as good as possible. To be inspired by what is likely to happen and support the next day. Me, is what really drives trying to figure out how to make sure things are great. That is the underlying principle behind tesla and spacex. Its pretty important that we accelerate the transition to sustainable generation and consumption of energy. It is inevitable, but it matters if it happens sooner or later. Making life will to planetary that multiplanetary mak
Governors Association Summer meeting in providence, rhode island. He talked about the transportation sectors. This is an hour. Elon good afternoon. Gov. Sandoval welcome. Elon thank you for having me. Gov. Sandoval we appreciate you being here today. Its difficult to know where to start. Lets start with what drives you. When you wake up in the morning, do you see a problem and you want to solve it . Elon the thing that drives me is that i want to be able to think about the future and feel good about that. Can to have what we the future be as good as possible. To be inspired by what is likely to happen and support the next day. Me, is what really drives trying to figure out how to make sure things are great. That is the underlying principle behind tesla and spacex. Its pretty important that we accelerate the transition to sustainable generation and consumption of energy. It is inevitable, but it matters if it happens sooner or later. Making life will to planetary that multiplanetary mak
Governors Association Summer meeting in providence, rhode island. He talked about the transportation sectors. This is an hour. Elon good afternoon. Gov. Sandoval welcome. Elon thank you for having me. Gov. Sandoval we appreciate you being here today. Its difficult to know where to start. Lets start with what drives you. When you wake up in the morning, do you see a problem and you want to solve it . Elon the thing that drives me is that i want to be able to think about the future and feel good about that. Can to have what we the future be as good as possible. To be inspired by what is likely to happen and support the next day. Me, is what really drives trying to figure out how to make sure things are great. That is the underlying principle behind tesla and spacex. Its pretty important that we accelerate the transition to sustainable generation and consumption of energy. It is inevitable, but it matters if it happens sooner or later. Making life will to planetary that multiplanetary mak
History. Massive storm. The heaviest rain in years set to drench california. This morning, fears of major flooding in los angeles and san diego. And farther up the coast, the first big test of the repairs to that damaged dam. All systems go. Elon musks spacex team preparing for a key launch. A mission after a mix of spectacular successes and failures that could be a major step towards sending humans to mars. On the launch pad with exclusive behindthescen behindthescenes. And marks manifesto. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg outlines running his company. Why it is fueling rumors that his eye is really set on running the country. Today friday, february 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. A friday morning. Happy to have Hallie Jackson back in, while savannah is on maternity leave. Were coming off yet another boring day in washington. Nothing to talk about. Ready t