Thank you very much for coming. This is a critical issue for all of us, i think. Existingentage of your business is dumb online now . For best buy, depending on the quarter, it is in the high single digits, about seven or eight percent. Market share online is lower than the physical world. We have established a goal to get parity from that point. Thank you for being here. We are honored to have you here. You say we are on the five yard line. And we can probably push it across the finish line this year. What do you think the options are . There are some out there who will try to put up a stiff defense on the last goal line stand, i expect. Can we get a vote on this before the august recess . Who is going to be opposed to it . Where are our challenges . Is broadse is there agreement that this issue needs to be fixed. I have not heard anyone saying the current construct makes sense. The decision in the Supreme Court in 1992 was made before ecommerce existed and we talk about how important
, meaning the Unemployment Rate of veterans since 9 11 is above the number for the average folks and we are making sure that statistic is one we still have years from now as we still Work Together. The considerable challenges Many Service Members in our family face. We know our veterans fought for us and we will fight for them. That is why many states, including missouri, have taken membertees Service Transition to the workforce, such as issues with the state licensure. We have signed bills in that regard and i think everybody for tremendous work. A host of new or improved programs to host access to benefits and services and expand access of longterm employment. You will hear about in a little while here, it got started very simply. I was in afghanistan meeting with a Group Getting ready to go out to do with ieds. I was in a small room with those and they were putting on armoring getting night vision goggles ready. A locker room, everybody was getting fired up. I turned to a fellow fro
Governors association. We appreciate everyone joining us this morning, and governor has lumbar, is he here yet . He is still out probably making arrangements. Have we had a great time at this meeting . I tell you, it has just been absolutely fantastic. [applause] the governor and his wife havee done such a wonderful job in planning, not only have we had great meetings and productive meetings, but we certainly haved had wonderful entertainment. I dont think weve ever probably had the opportunity to go to one place and see so many superstars as we did last nighti and just talent and history and the ryeman theater, it was just so much fun. Governor, as you may have seen, were having quite a little rile live because hes rivalry because hes invited a lot of to our oklahoma talent to perform, and hes claiming them as his people here this nashville. Thats not setting very welll but well work it out before we leave. Were happy to share a love of music and entertainment, so we a appreciate the
Do when theye will collect that, it will be up to the individual state. If we change the law, this is the opportunity for the country to create 1. 5 million jobs. Any states will reduce the tax burden and this will facilitate economic growth. It is an issue that needs to be solved because of jobs. The number of stores that are closed, 15,000 store closures in the past few years, 5000 were announced this year. Income margin is about three or four percent. I cannot match the sales tax. Jobs are being lost every day and decisions about store closures are made every day influenced by this situation. The situation needs to be solved urgently because of the base at which business is moving online. The good news is that is it the good news is that it is an issue that can be solved and can and must resolve the share. Inas with i was washington last week meeting with various members of the house. I know today is the final game of the soccer world cup. The uniteds, states, france, we do not like
For americas top job. But we begin this afternoon with developing news out of london. Manchester uniteds final match of the season was canceled today when suspicious package was found in the stands. The scare may have been a hoax. Greater Manchester Police tweeted this, full assessmen tment conclude e assessmenassessment concluded and device was not vulnerable. 75,000 fans were forced to evacuate the stadium. Joining me now from london is nbcs kelly cobiert. Tell us what youre hearing from investigators. You have a huge vent tlik with so many eyes and so many thousands of disappointed fans for having to leave. Yeah, and the premier league is defending the decision to cancel this game, evacuate the stadium out of an abundance of caution saying that really the safety of employees and fans was more important than taking risks. So all of this started about 30 minutes before kickoff. The players had already been out on the field practicing. The fans were filing into the stadium for this the