well, i would like to welcome everyone to the great state ril rhode island. before i get started, i would like to recognize some of the very distinguished guess its who we have with us. i would ask they pleas stand when we recognize you. i would first, as you see at this summer meeting, that first is the first time we ve actually had a head of state, prime minister trudeau will be with us today, we have representatives from all over the globe to show the importance of the governors and dealing with international trade and business development issues around the globe and we want to do direct, direct relationships with many of these countries and businesses who have come to visit us at the nga. i thank them. i want to thank china. i want to thank the ambassador from china. he and his group were here yesterday. if we can get them a great round of applause for hosting our opening lunch. and i thank governor hogan for his stellar introduction yesterday at the lunch and the great
challenges that state governments face. this discussion was hosted by the national governors association at its 2017 summer meeting in prove dins rhode island. they took questions from governors in attendance following their remarks. this is just over a hour. well, i would like to welcome everyone to the great state ril rhode island. before i get started, i would like to recognize some of the very distinguished guess its who we have with us. i would ask they pleas stand when we recognize you. i would first, as you see at this summer meeting, that first is the first time we ve actually had a head of state, prime minister trudeau will be with us today, we have representatives from all over the globe to show the importance of the governors and dealing with international trade and business development issues around the globe and we want to do direct, direct relationships with many of these countries and businesses who have come to visit us at the nga. i thank them. i want to th
this museum and he is serious about dr. king. when tavis comes to memphis even if he doesn t come in to talk to the staff he will often kneel down and pray because dr. king meant so much to his life and continues to mean so much to his life. for those of you who have never met him you have got to know he s a down-to-earth guy. he is just like your brother. he is a person you always want to talk to. my first introduction to tavis, tavis gave some of the most thoughtful commentary that i have ever heard. pappas is a brilliant young man and he has been brilliant for a long time. i know in some ways and among some audiences he has been a little controversial but when what i will say to you about tavis is tavis always speaks to himself. whether you agree with that or not or whether you like it or not he does speak truth to power. that is what i love about him. he is a longtime friend. he is for me personally much like a brother. i love him like one. i ve met his mother who he has
and dr. king. when teefourteen comes to memphis you often go to pray at the site because dr. king and so much to his life and continues to mean so much. if you have never met him you have got to know he is down to earth. just like your brother the person you always want to talk to. and teefourteen gave some of the most thoughtful commentary i have never heard. he is the brilliant man and has been for a long time. i know in some ways he has said whether controversial but he always speaks truth to power. but that is what i love about him. for me personally much like a brother i mitt his mother who he brought to the museum if you are a ben bradlee in the room i have heard of since i first heard him and did not know him so i want to introduce you to some of them present to others a man who is an icon in his own time and is not that old. icons are usually older he already is and it is a privilege and an honor to welcome him back to the national civil rights museum, my friend, mr.
i have not found out, but in voluntary immigrants, that is a different thing. hitting the ground, jamaica, the hitting the ground moving. haiti, they hit the ground moving, what great people they are. different circumstances. don t put it in the same category. some put it in the same category. thousands of bones in the bottom of the atlantic ocean that will remind us of that immigration track of those precious dignified africans who came here and encountered a slave auction, , and that is also what we are dealing with for ferguson, already criminalized before we got here and still look at too many of our precious young black people as if they were criminals before they had done anything. true for brown, but especially for black. i appreciate that question. i applaud him this time. i time. i applaud him. zero, yes. absolutely. we have time for one more my name is louis armstrong. i i heard you say something earlier about the 400 years. what i want to ask you is those 400 y