Trump to serve as u. S. Ambassador to china. Asis expected to step down governor, once the u. N. Takes up his nomination. Is around 30 minutes. [applause] gov. Branstad madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Matter Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders and legislators, justices and judges, elected officials and distinguished guests, family, friends, and fellow iowans, i am humbled to once again addressed the joint session of the General Assembly delivering the commission of the state for the final time as your governor. Addressedrs, i have this body as governor. Today, i wanted to especially welcome the 22 new legislators that are with us from both sides of the aisle that were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, for them, and to help make iowa a better place. I hope you are filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislator in 1973 leg
Iowa. Governor branstad was recently nominated to be the next u. S. Ambassador to china. This is just over half an hour. Thank you 37 thank you. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leader, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends and fellow eye eyans. Im honored to address a joint session of the General Assembly delivering the condition of the state for the final time as your governor. For 22 years, i have addressed this body as governor and today i want to especially welcome the 22 new legislators who are with us from both sides of the aisle who were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, to work for them, and to help make iowa a better place. I hope youre filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislature in 1973. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and i look forward to working with each
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders, legislators, judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends and fellow iowans. Im honored to address a joint session of the General Assembly delivering the condition of the state for the final time as your governor. For 22 years, i have addressed this body as governor and today i want to especially welcome the 22 new legislators who are with us from both sides of the aisle who were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, to work for them, and to help make iowa a better place. I hope youre filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislature in 1973. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and i look forward to working with each of you and listening to your ideas on how to make our state an even better place for familie
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legacy of leaders, legislators, justices and judges, elected officials and distinguished guests, family, friends and fellow iowans, im honored to once again address a joint session of the General Assembly delivering the condition of the state for the final time as your governor. For 22 years, i have addressed this body as governor and today i want to especially welcome the 22 new legislators who are with us from both sides of the aisle, who were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, to work for them and to help make iowa a better place. I hope youre filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislator in 1973. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and i look forward to working with each of you and listening to your ideas on how to make our s
Everyone. Even adults in back seats. Iowa has a High Compliance rate for seat belt use but 41 percent of all the traffic deaths this year involved someone not wearing a belt. Were going to do everything we can. A law is just another tool we can use to try to drive down those numbers. The iowa state patrol cant get involved in pushing for changes in law. But the director of the Governors Traffic Safety Bureau says tougher texting and set Impaired Driving enforcement are priorities his office will take up with lawmakers this session. Law enforcement statewide will take part in extra traffic patrols for the holiday beginning wednesday. Theyll concentrate on speed, seat belt use and distracted or impaired drivers. And while officers didnt meet the safety goal for traffic deaths this year, theyll want to get a good franzman kcrg tv9 news. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, people are hoping for good traveling weather this week. After a day of sunshine, low pressure makes its way e