. -- senatorr from the amar alexander, who played large role in every student succeed act. later today, our road to the white house covert takes us to greenville, south carolina four campaign rally with presidential candidate bernie sanders. he will talk to supporters after losing the nevada democratic caucuses yesterday to hillary clinton. eastern one at 5:00 c-span. [applause] more -- everyion election will remind us. >> c-span is a home for political junkies. >> it is a great way for us to stay informed. >> there are a lot of c-span fans on the hill. my colleagues say, i saw you on c-span. >> there is so much that c-span outsideknow that people the beltway know what is going on inside of it. >> we are joined by congressman adam smith of washington. he is a top democrat. he is a member of the select committee on benghazi. in our studio to help with questions, richard lager. we will start with richard. good morning, congressman. how are you? >> good. i would like to talk about the defense commission. they are calling for a major increase of the budget, $18 million for 2017

leslie is nancy during shade at it clear to green deal, no knows what it is that they are for it. >> carbon emissions, no use of fossil fuels in 12 years. >> that is the goal. >> that would mean no cars and airports -- airplanes, and shutting down the energy sector, putting 6 million -- people out of work immediately. then 2017, the u.s. led world in reducing carbon emissions. why do you need to government to interfere when you see natural gas getting it done? host: janet redman of greenpeace. it is all about climate denial in my opinion. thing wehe important have to remember is climate change is real and here and need to address it in real-time. while the green new deal proposal is a dream and aspirational and that is what is exciting about it. let me give you a chance to talk about solutions. she remembers what 2010 whenn 2009 and the democrats controlled the presidency in both chambers of congress and they decided to pass the trade bill. at the beginning of that, most americans thought it sounded good. ite they understood that raised the energy crisis, it became very unpopular and

alexander, international director for the tennessee department of economic and community development. i want to frame this discussion a little bit more. i'm a consultant and i can't help but some data on some powerpoint slides. i want to share with you some research we have done. a few years ago, we did a survey of over 2900 global executives. we asked the reasons why these executives and their companies were seeking new locations. the number one reason was to reach new markets or customers, as you can see on this chart. no other answer came close, including seeking locations that had a lower cost profile. we also asked these executives what criteria they used to pick specific locations. the most important by far was the size and growth potential of a local economy. that is what executives care about. half the executive also cared about two components like talent and the availability of an industry cluster, supply chain customers need to be nearby. rounding out the top five were infrastructure and local politics. this is what matters to companies. what is not on this slide is 14% of

let me thank anthony and leslie for singing the national anthem. [applause] sen. sanders: let me thank the sean michael dargan bands. let me thank james alexander for his remarks. and let me thank sarah tron grown for introducing me. [applause] all, thanks: most of you all very much for coming out to complete the political revolution and transform this country. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: i want to emphasize that what this campaign is about is not just winning the democratic nomination. defeating donald trump, the most dangerous president in modern american history. [cheers and applause] aboutanders: but it is all of us, not me, us, transforming this country. that is what this is about. [cheers and applause] weekend, is: this will be not only here in wisconsin, but in indiana, ohio, michigan, and pennsylvania. four years ago, despite losing the popular vote by 3 million votes, donald trump carried all and won enough electoral votes to be elected president. together, we are going to make sure that that does not happen again. [cheers and applause] we are goi

and leslie marshall. let me say it again. linda is 50. her boyfriend charlie is 20. how in the world did this match made in heaven actually happen? well, linda hogan tells her sweet story to "inside edition," and it's a winner. >> how did you meet? >> on the beach. i said, whoa, what's that? he's so hot looking. i'm like dang, you know. >> dang, you know. megan, i've got to go to you first. you were asking the questions. what was your reaction when you heard that? it was so schoolgirlish and he was 20 and he was younger at the time. was it hard to keep a straight face? >> you know, it was, a.j., and that's a 3-0, 30-year age difference. going into it, of course, i was skeptical. 50-year-old linda is dating a man who's the same age as her daughter and son basically. i was prepared to ask tough questions. i was not going to judge anyone. you never know what a relationship is like until you get to know people. the initial picture was rather shocking but after talking to them i asked some tough questions, a.j., and i think charlie actually is a pretty nice guy and it see

will wrap us up here. >> leslie alexander with the state of tennessee. i want to say thank you to our governor who is a big commissioner, randy boyd, developingasked with a stronger workforce. i am going to hold those two talks on the side and about a little bit about our strengths as a state. but also talk about the similarities. we are talking about the united states of america. one thing i love about the panel and my colleagues, yes, we are all landlocked. when you look at it from a logistics perspective, we provide a unique perspective. we are not on the coast. we do not have a big port for someone to come into. we have unique attributes. tennessee has one of those attributes. we also happen to have memphis with have the most exports microsoft. we have some really unique attributes throughout the state, which is one of the things i see as similarities. onto some more specifics about tennessee, we are the volunteer state. that goes hand-in-hand with committing my colleagues about some of their attribute. are comeies between us along the ideas of indus

will wrap us up here. >> leslie alexander with the state of tennessee. i want to say thank you to our governor who is a big proponent of foreign direct investment. also workforce development. >> our commissioner, randy boyd, was first tasked with developing a stronger workforce. i am going to hold those two things on the side and talk about a little bit about our strengths as a state. but also talk about the similarities. we are talking about the united states of america. one thing i love about the panel and my colleagues, yes, we are all landlocked. when you look at it from a logistics perspective, we provide a unique perspective. we are not on the coast. we do not have a big port for someone to come into. we have unique attributes. tennessee has one of those attributes. we also happen to have memphis -- we have the most exports with microsoft. we have some really unique attributes throughout the state, which is one of the things i see as similarities. onto some more specifics about tennessee, we are the volunteer state. that goes hand-in-hand with comm

. -- leslie alexander eyewitness i want to take it to the next level. we can bring in and grow high paying jobs here. but you have to keep taxes low. you could go in the direction of tax increases. i will protect the environment. we will solve the water problem and stop the algae discharges. we have got to did it. i will also protect our communities. that means work with law enforcement, not aligning with groups like andrew has who are hostile to law enforcement. the police are risking their lives for us. the leels we can do is stand by them. i will do it with honor and integrity. as a naval officer we put honor, courage and career first. i am someone who has the goen into this and tried to stand by taxpayers every step of the way. as governor, i will stand by the taxpayers of florida and protect florida's future. todd: mr. desantis, thank you. i want to make sure mr. gillum gets all of your time. go ahead. mr. gillum: i will say thank you again for the evening. i thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to have a conversation about the vision for the future