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

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

. -- 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

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

let me thank james alexander for his remarks. trongone thank sarah for introducing me and most of all, thank you very much for coming out this afternoon to complete the political revolution and transform this country. [cheers and applause] and i want to emphasize that what this campaign is about is not just winning the democratic nomination. it is not just defeating donald trump, the most dangerous president in modern american about all of t is us -- not me, us transforming this country that is what this is about. [cheers and applause] this weekend, i will be not only here in wisconsin, but in indiana, ohio, michigan, and pennsylvania. four years ago, despite losing the popular vote by three million votes, donald trump carried all of those states and won enough electoral votes to be elected president. [jeers] together, we are going to make re that that does not happen again. [cheers and applause] we're going to win here in wisconsin. [cheers and applause] we're going to win in indiana. we're going to win in ohio! we're going to w

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

. -- 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

alexander lacey about the civilian conservation corps entitled the sort of the soldiers. and there's a congressman in this book, congressman oscar dupree from illinois. recognize or not, a history. but i wonder if you're familiar with congressman dupree because he was a republican, and he got an amendment to legislation for the civilian conservation corps, which barred discrimination based on race or religion. and i just found is so amazing, and i wondered if you had seen this before. thank you. >> guest: i'm serving not an expert on the congressman but i'm certainly aware of his existence. he was a republican in areas where it was possible to be a moderate republican. i think we're in a different era now in terms of what republicans represent. >> host: ellis cose, alexander of university place washington e-mails into you, and this is his third point that he wants to make. in your opinion have the hbcus fulfilled their role as a social and social mission, or add new areas of research, or what role do you think they should play come if any, in the 21st century? >> guest: a

alexander lacey about the civilian conservation corps entitled the sort of the soldiers. and there's a congressman in this book, congressman oscar dupree from illinois. recognize or not, a history. but i wonder if you're familiar with congressman dupree because he was a republican, and he got an amendment to legislation for the civilian conservation corps, which barred discrimination based on race or religion. and i just found is so amazing, and i wondered if you had seen this before. thank you. >> guest: i'm serving not an expert on the congressman but i'm certainly aware of his existence. he was a republican in areas where it was possible to be a moderate republican. i think we're in a different era now in terms of what republicans represent. >> host: ellis cose, alexander of university place washington e-mails into you, and this is his third point that he wants to make. in your opinion have the hbcus fulfilled their role as a social and social mission, or add new areas of research, or what role do you think they should play come if any, in the 21st century? >> guest: a

i would like to recognize jodi angel, leslie mecca arena and alexander klayman. the pen and robert shea tao for emerging writers is generously funded by robert shea who is in the audience with us. [applause] the prize recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers for their debut short story published in the literary magazine, our cultural website in 2017. please hold your applause to the hand while they read the names of this year's honorees. the winners are you on him off the road, lauren friedlander, christina friese, lynn king, drew mccutcheon, celeste mohammed, embrace and morally, mod truth, alex jarrell, it gave the thomists will occur see a, megyn tucker and bernie long. [applause] the next award tonight is the pen phyllis naylor writing workshop which is offered in nearly two children or young adult fiction. this fellowship is generously funded by phyllis naylor, who is also in the audience tonight. [applause] it has been developed to help writers whose work is of high literary caliber and designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in their career, to compl

alexander leslie is a very important figure in the story, although rather neglected. because he was the senior british army officer in boston on the night of december the 16th 1773. and he commanded -- he wasn't allowed to be in boston itself because he didn't have ordered from governor thomas hutchison to put his men into the city. so he had to stay out there somewhat frustratedly on the castle island. it only had about 400 men plus a small battery of field guns, not much ammunition because, of course in peacetime -- and it was peacetime -- they weren't supposed to have all their ammunition. it was supposed to be down in new york in the arsenal, some several hundred miles away. you can imagine that he was feeling rather frustrated about all this. he came from a very distinguished scottish military family. he was the brother of the sixth early of levin, and the earlies of levin, otherwise known as the leslie family, had a very long record of distinguished service in the service of the british crown against the jacobites in particular. anyway, he was pretty upset by th

. >> general leslie, you would know that general alexander is very important to canada on some of the work with the five eyes, i actually do believe we are working on some areas outside the public sector that the military cyber security command and control was more advanced than it is in the private sector. how do you see this, do you see an opportunity or an avenue for institutions that are connected between our three countries to get increase, not only intellectual property but wording that could be part of an international modern treaty? >> these would be intellectual and property rights. there is room for improvement. large r&d firms and production facilities have made very convincing request for modifications and a lot of them are quite technical. many of them have to do with timings and when the rights a labs. that's something the negotiators can and should go through. literally billions are on the line and people have to recoup those cost, and yes, we get it. cyber. it's a complex problem that a whole bunch of people are working on right now. cyber, all of us have identified cy

i don't know those harpers or leslie's but and this is actually isn't that a career in ives lithograph kind of ellsworth being shot looks very similar to that. and so yes. she uses the image round. yeah, the frank leslie's and shows them what's produced by the by milton? as the the painting version or what will go in the game. yeah, they are directly from that. and i think the fact that we're looking at it something that's marketed to families raises an important question, which is who is doing the consuming and how does that change over the next 30 or 40 years because at first, you know, whatever's being sold, you know, we talk about veteran spying and using products. but what about when you get into the 1880s and 1890s and then you have the next generation of people who maybe are the children of veterans? and so what do they want to buy? do they want to buy the bloody, you know graphic? things from the war or do they want to you know buy into that more nostalgic idealized vision of what war was so there's a shift. i think we see in some areas and amanda when children grow up. they be

and leslie did an anthology. there's just a whole realm of young native poets like natalie diaz, jennifer forester, i mean, there's all kinds of really incredible young native poets. and they didn't just, you know, i think the ancestral line goes way, way back into our native languages. you know, in our languages, we know that language is alive. it's a living thing. >> right. >> for everybody. what you say comes into the world. you know? whether you are at a political convention or -- [laughter] the words shape us. we have to watch out for all this false narrative, you know, that goes on and so on, but it starts shaping us in ways that we don't always realize. >> my best -- all this time about how poetry and politics needs to be way more intertwined and that more poets, you know, should be involved in politics and vice versa -- [laughter] because language, you know, poets are, have a way to shape and create language that communicates a very specific thing. and that can be very hopeful in politics because we need