we are all different states here but i know my states laws. i know them well as it relates to voting rights. and here's one thing i said last week and some of the most critical issues in terms of voting rights legislation. early in person voting, automatic voter registration and no excuse absentee voting. the republican state of alaska, the great state of alaska has voting laws that are significantly more expensive than those of new york, then the laws of delaware and of the laws of connecticut and massachusetts and of new hampshire. it is a long list, mr. president, a long list. and you can see why senators like me, my constituents in particular find it more than just a little bit annoying when you have these smug arguments of republican states being jim crow 2.0. let me give you another particular one as it relates to new york, the majority leader's home state. my state has no excuse absentee voting. we've had that for many, many years. now, the state of new york just had a statewide referendum to have same-day voter registration and no excu

wasn't one state. wasn't three states where they did this. it was at least five states where we have now obtained forged documents created by republicans. and it's not like they, again, created these documents to, like, hold close to their chest and fantasize that this had been the real outcome. it's not like they created these documents just to keep as a keepsake. they sent them in to the government as if they were real documents. and it's not like they sent them in saying, hey, we know we're not the real electors because biden won here, but here's our names for posterity, here's our names for the records. but, no. they created these fake documents purporting to be the real certifications of them as electors. here it is in the forged document from georgia. look at the language. we, the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified elects from the state of georgia, do hereby certify -- you are not the duly elected and qualified electors for the state of georgia. you are not. but that language, or language just like this is in all of these

of the state address from the state capital. this is 40 minutes. minutes. >> good morning and aloha. before i begin by formal remarks, i wanted to make a few comments. in normal sometimes we would gather together in

. ♪♪ south dakota governor christie delivered the 2022 state of the state address from the state capitol. she highlighted south dakota's back of mass mandates and vaccine requirements. [applause] use] [applause] [applause] [inaudible]. [applause] [applause] thank you predict lt. governor rosen, mr. speaker, members of the house and senate chief justice, supreme court justice constitutional officers, my fellow south koreans, i am honored to stand before you today as governor of a state that is probably leading nation and we are leading the talented workforce we are leading with growing our businesses in leading it was strong schools predict we are leading it with freedoms limited government and fiscal responsibility and commitment to setting the values that made her country great i am proud to report that the state of south dakota is stronger in our 133 years. [applause] [applause] and i did not happen because of what our government did, that happened because of the government what they did not do, and it is because of our people, two years ago, we made a decision in the middle of a globa

really state to state war was back in 1973. and today really no major arab states are war with israel or israel with them. iran is in a state of belligerence, but has never had a war with israel and as unlikely ever to have a war with israel so you could say at that level. this strategy worked made sense still prevails in a certain way. obviously a lot has changed. but he did not. maybe take a count of two things one is you know this non-state actors. i mean it started with a stateless people than the plo and now you have a whole bunch of obviously groups affiliated in many different ways at the middle east is no longer a zone simply of states. that you have to worry about and i wouldn't necessarily say that that is a consequence of a certain approach but it is interesting that it's the most non-state actor written region of the world. and secondly that is a that he said the us on a course. including on the west bank which as you say i mean really did not take the palestinian issue itself into consideration and enabled and brou

states. 13 slave colonies had declared their independence and become 13 slave states. by 1787 however, things had changed dramatically. inspired by the revolution northern states had begun to abolish slavery vermont's constitution did so in 1777 the pennsylvania legislature had passed a gradual appalition statute first of its kind in history in 1780, massachusetts courts abolished slavery a few years later as did the legislatures in the remaining new england states. both houses of the new york legislature of had voted to abolish slavery as well and as a result at the constitutional convention in philadelphia pro-slavery and anti-slavery delegates and countered one another argued with one another and if they were to reach an agreement on a new constitution, they would have to compromise and that notoriously is the founders did. the result of those compromises was a document that included both proslavery and anti-slavery clauses. the slaveholders secured the protection denounced by garrison the

our state. we will not leave families behind and if the legislature provides the resources, your state government will do more than just help families stay afloat. we can and we will generally invest in new mexican families and lift them up. because families don't need to be worrying about a surprise medical bill or car repairs. they don't need to worry about hunger either. in the first two years of this administration, new mexico reduced food insecurity at the second best rate of any state in the country. we all know there's more to do. but that's the kind of progress you can build on it. should inspire us to keep going. reducing poverty and shielding more families from its effects is the most important work any government, any worker anywhere, can do. in the last year we were 11th best for job growth in the country overall. in three years we have created over 10,000 jobs in every corner of our state and those jobs now have an average salary better than $90,000 a year. that's a record high. and

[applause] in the face of unprecedented challenges, the state of the state is strong. [applause] we been living with covid-19 nearly two years and has changed the way we do business, educate, learn and go about her daily lives. and in some tragic cases it has taken lives. but true to our character we keep moving forward with vaccines and boosters and new treatments tote give us the opportunity with the pursuit of a good life. nebraskans don't need to be mandated to do the right thing. they just do it without lockdowns or mandates and then we canan stay open. children able to return to school. where authoritarian states we areiv thriving estate pandemic response work hard confirms this an in-depth independent analysis of all 50 states shows that nebraska weather this storm better than any other state. [applause] we have thete lowest unemployment rate in history not only in the history of our state but in the history of our nation at one.8 percent. [applause] last november marked the third month in a row where 1 million nebraskans were employed and our manufacturing sect

to report to you on the state of our state. that accounting is clear. the state of our state is resilient and ready to keep moving forward. because this is who we are as new jerseyans. we believe in ourselves and we believe in each other and we know nothing is beyond our reach because nothing is beyond our willingness to work hard. under our state constitution, i will also have the privilege of returning here in one week's time to reaffirm my oath and to begin a second term as governor. i am extraordinarily honored and humbled by the responsibility you have given me. and i am excited by the possibilities that lay ahead for our state. and if that's not enough, i'll be back six weeks after that to propose my budget for the upcoming fiscal year. so over the next two months and indeed the next four years, we're going to see a lot of each other. i will do my best to not wear out my welcome. we begin 2022 just as we did 2021, once again addressing you from an empty theater. around our state remains on a war footing on a virus that ha

red states. it provides for same-day registration, like they had for 15 years in montana. it allows all voters to request a mail-in ballot without an excuse. and it ensures voters do not need to provide witness signatures or note arizations -- notariizations. if you want to cast a mail-in ballot or you're in the hospital, you have to have a witness sign off on that ballot. also makes sure voters have access to ballot boxes. it would include much needed protections against those seeking to undermine our elections. senator blunt and i held a bipartisan hearing this last year, and we found out that nearly one in three local election officials feel unsafe because of their job and nearly one in six have received threats of violence. the republican secretary of state said that if something doesn't happen, they are not going to have enough people to work at elections. now, he didn't agree with what we were going to do, but he did note that they no longer have enough volunteers to work their polls. repub

delivered the 2022 state of the state address from olympia. he praised the state's response to the covid-19 pandemic and also spoke about challenges >> good afternoon and welcome washingtonians to a criticalre year. for our state we know every day of this legislative session will be an opportunity to make good in our commitment may have begun a short session with a long list of things to get done. i can encapsulate the state of our statetu very simply we need action we can understand that we need action this day which was church shows first order of world war ii and to focus on the task before us. like to start today by our front-line workers and educators and childcare providers and state employees for all they've done the last two years and to think those unprecedented weather events including the national guard , we're all grateful and a special thank you to the healthcare workers who work tirelesslyp for two years with little time for rest we are grateful for your service were happy to welcome many members in the senate to the house my tho

law enforcement and other state employees. these brave men and women have been on the frontlines of a truly unprecedented time in our state's history. from civil unrest to a global pandemic and we could not be more appreciative of all they do to keep our families and communities safe. and i will always back the blue. i your help me to recognize all these hard-working men and women across our state for their efforts. [applause] and to improve the safety and well-being to have more bipartisan support than the top priority of our first lady. you join me to think marty and the girls for their great missions and human trafficking in our state. [applause] under marty's leadership and under the director reynolds the grace commission has changed the conversation went human trafficking reminding georgians men and women trapped in this industry need our help and compassion, not another blind i turned. with the strong support of the members of the general assembly and state law enforcement including attorney general may have achieved ref

state. prior to his current position mr. mayer has written on national security issues, is a visiting fellow with the american enterprise institute, and a visiting scholar for the heritage foundation. mr. mayer also serves as a senior official to -- served, past sense, as a senior official at the department of homeland security. dr. carlos martin is a fellow at the brookings institute and director of the remodelling futures program at harvard's joint center for housing studies. dr. martin previously led research in climate adaptation and environmental governance. thanks to all three of you for joining us. again, apologies for moving the hearing from last week to this morning. each of you will speak for five mention and we'll take questions. we'll start with you, mr. sprayberry. >> good morning, chairman brown, ranking member toomey and members of the committee. i'm senior adviser for emergency management with haggerty consulting incorporated, a firm which specializes in emergency management

by state. some of them do really well. there's great voter access and high voter security. right? that's the magic. that's the place in which republicans and democrats should come together. a state where security is high and everybody who is qualified to vote can vote. is there some way of sprinkling that electoral magic around the state to say, republican or democrat, those are not goals that are at odds with one another? >> a couple of states that i'd highlight. florida has worked to make their elections better. we all remember the -- 20 years ago, the challenges that we faced when it all came down to florida and we weren't really ever sure who won it was so close and there were so many issues. they worked together to make their system better and you can vote however you want, election day, by mail, early on, in person. they have some good safeguards. i think -- and colorado is a similar kind of situation. to me, the biggest thing we can do is build in safeguards into the system so that no on

the state secret privilege, and now invoked the state secrets privilege. does that make any sense? >> i think it does, it serves a useful function. they file the motion and we said as a preliminary matter before even briefing it, we tried to make some of these -- to the district court. but we said don't even look at the information, first decide if a threshold matter whether the east where the document can apply here. if you can avoid doing that that we better. it'll be. unconstitutional so we lost obviously the argument, but i think it serves a very important function in there and i do think is important for that reason. >> one of the question. under 1806, do you think that the judge must be able to look at all of the evidence to the extent necessary to decide whether the surveillance was lawful? >> applications orders and such other materials as are necessary to determine. i don't know what the scope of such other materials is. the court of appeals predicted but did not decide -- it predicted that the scope of evidence would be reviewable to determine wh

of the state speeches continues. iowa governor kim reynolds gived her condition of the state address from the house chamber at the iowa state capitol in des moines live at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span offers a variety of podcasts that have something for every listener. weekdays, "washington today" gives you the latest from the nation's capital. every weeking booknotes plus has the late west writers about their latest books. and "the weekly" uses archive to look at issues over the years. and our occasional podcast "talking with" interviews historians and leaders. find them all wherever you get your podcasts. today congress should in as well, we have invited john to talk to us. residence scholar at the american enterprise institute on changes to federal state voting laws. let's begin with this abc poll. americans

our state is growing again. for years we were fed a line that no one wanted to be part of the new jersey family but the truth is the exact opposite. our population is growing. our real estate market is strong. we are making more progress against property taxes than any administration before us. for policies we put in place and the community investments we made our administration slowed the rate of property tax gross more than any of the four administrations, record that includes four of the lowest year-over-year increases in property taxes on record. the reality is this. we are making new jersey the place where businesses want to locate and families want to live. the census counts it in black and white. some states in the region lost population, new jersey grew. turns out the moving vans are driving into new jersey. any number of issues which are national in scope, combating senseless gun violence, protecting the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, facing the x essential crisis of climate change, ensuring

to -- states. thank you for the opportunity to testify and please let me know if there's anything i can do. >> it's good taste to see somebody from ohio staying at a time limit. we are not usually that good. dr. martin welcome and thank you for joining us. >> good morning and thank you chairman brown and members of the committee. for this opportunity to present thete findings to my research. their research organizations with which i have collaborated. there are many aspects t of cdbg-dr and several they can share today. among the most critical is simply that cdbg-dr works. it fills needs after the assistance is exhausted particularly for residents they cannot recover on their own. my work shows disasters have a long-term negative financial impact on housing and household finances of survivors for years. without assistance that impact is longer. the depth of impact crosses jurisdictions regardless of their size or the severity or political --re cdbg-dr has madea qualitative and quantitative differen

in his annual state of the state address he spoke about the states response to the coronavirus pandemic, mental health, job creation and investments in education. >> thank you lieutenant governor meyer, senate president micciche, speaker stutes, and members of the 32nd legislature. i'm glad to be back at the capitol addressing the legislature in person, and i thank you for the invitation to speak to you tonight. i first want to recognize my wife of 34 years, first lady rose dunleavy. [applause] thank you. alaska made history this past year. a stellar young alaskan who could not be here tonight also deserves some recognition. lydia jacoby of seward stunned the world last summer in tokyo when she won gold with a thrilling finish to the 100-meter breaststroke in record time. we saw lydia's friends and neighbors cheering her on in that famous video that quickly went around the world from the seward ferry terminal. alaskans around the state were cheering right along with them. on behalf of lydia's fellow alaskans, i know we're going to keep cheering her on in everything she does going forwar

one traditionally begins a state of the state address by acknowledging dignitaries here in the chamber, but this morning calls for something a little different. >> i want to start by acknowledging the people who couldn't be here. please join me in a moment of silence for coloradans who have lost their lives: to covid, to violence, and to natural disasters including the recent boulder county fires. we will start with a moment of silence for those we lost. thank you. now, to the legislative leadership in both parties, members of the general assembly, lieutenant governor primavera, treasurer young, attorney general weiser, our dedicated first gentleman reis, mayor hancock, mayor coffman, members of the state board of education, justices of the colorado supreme court, members of the cabinet, welcome. i appreciate and value your presence here today, and i look forward to all the good work we will do in the days and weeks ahead on behalf of the people of colorado. we are so privileged to represent you. my fellow coloradans, i want to begin today with gratitude. gratitude for the people of co

of state law. and indeed, they made that formal referral. here's the letter. arizona secretary of state writing to the person who sent in that fake elector's document saying number one stop using the state seal, it's illegal and number two we're referring to you the attorney general's office for potential prosecution. the following day, on december 23rd, we've got the secretary of state making that formal criminal referral to the ag's office and a very straightforward thing. we received these documents from these arizona residents, purporting to be official state documents using the official state seal, these were not real official documents, use of the state seal by anybody not authorized to use it is a crime in arizona. here's the material. please proceed. that formal referral was made on december 23, 2020, more than a year ago. since then, nothing. so there's two questions here. one of them is about the federal cops on the beat here, right? why did federal investigators at the national archives

the states secrets privilege. does that make any sense? >> i think it does. they filed a use in motion and filed a motion. and we said as a preliminary matter before even briefing it, we tried to make some of these tauten versus reynolds kinds of arguments to the district court, and we said don't even look at the information. first decide as a threshold matter whether or not the state secrets doctrine can apply here. and it may be a necessary evil you might have to look at the ex parte information. we lost obviously in that argument, but i think it served a function ear. >> one other question. under 1806 do you think that the judge must be able to look at all of the evidence to the to the extent it's necessary to decide whether the surveillance was lawful? >> it's applications, orders and such materials to determine. i don't know what the scope of such other materials is. the court of appeals predicted -- didn't decide. it predicted that a scope of evidence that would be reviewable to determine whether the clearly

he recently gave his annual state of the state address from the state capital in honolulu. this is 40 minutes. gov. ige: good morning and aloha. before i begin by formal remarks, i wanted to make a few comments. in normal sometimes we would gather together in the house chambers for the state of the state address. we would have family, friends, former governors and community leaders and have opportunity to access and think the many people who have helped us along the way. because of the pandemic i, they cannot be here in person. but i wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for their partnership during this crisis. all of them have answered the call to serve people of hawaii. speaker scott syke, chair sylvia lu and all the members of the00 senate president ron cole chief. senator della cruz and all of the members of the senate. first lady dawn -- lieutenant governor josh green. dr. libby char and all the members of my cap net and mayor -- cabinet and mayor and former mayors. i also want to thank the i business community, the visitor industry including hotels, airl

and they do in the united states. and so when they're being turned on in the united states, there, that's what's causing this interference. a new report has claimed that former pope benedict, the 16th failed to take action in 4 cases of alleged sexual abuse. while he was serving as archbishop of the german cities of munich and facing of the study by a german law firm, looked into cases of abuse between 945 and 2019. and how church officials handled them. according to the report, over 2 thirds of people investigated, turned out to be priests of the report also said that the former pope supported this latest inquiry but denied any wrong doing. we spoke with wilfred feldman, who says he was a victim of sex abuse by the clergy during that period and he told us what he has been through. that's why it happened in the summer of $979.00. i was 11 years old back then pastor act served as st. andrew's church and when he left s and groups of people started attacking me. they knew i was one of the reasons he left. we moved to ano

we are an old state and a multi-season state, things ate quickly. we are looking forward to having those funds and using the policy -- and using the big wants dig once policy. with the labor shortage that everybody is seeing and supply chain issues, every time we want to bid on a project, we are getting higher bids than our estimates. we are trying to parse that out so that we do not put all of the money out of the door too quickly. i hope and trust that the federal government will be flexible in how that money is parsed out so that we can simply fixed 10 roads over here and no roads over here. with the expansion of dollars that we are getting rid of when to thank the administration for the open-door policy that you have had for the states and we welcome continued dialogue. >> you thank you, on the latter point, i agree that we should be -- we thank you and on the latter point, i agree that we should be careful on using federal dollars. when the stimulus act passed, the goal was getting as many dollars pumped into the economy as quickly as humanly p

of the united states state. and yet, listen to their etrhetoric. listen to their rhetoric. republicans and republican states are quote, jim crow 2.0. mr. president, i was on the floor last week talking in particular detail about my states laws. we are all different states here but i knowla my states laws. i know them well as it relates to voting rights. and here's one thing i said last week. in some of the most critical issues in terms of voting rights legislation, early in-person voting, automatic voter registration, and no excuse absentee voting, the republican state of alaska, the great state of alaska has voting laws that are significantly more expansive than the laws of new york, then the laws of delaware, then the laws of connecticut, then the laws of massachusetts and new hampshire. it is a long list, mr. president, a long list. and you can see why senators like me, my constituents in t particular find it more than just a little bit annoying when you have these smug arguments of republican states being ji

of states or states still could or and presumably would continue to freely allow abortion, many states, some states would be able to do that, even if you prevail under your view, is that correct? >> that's consistent with our view your honor. it's one that allows all interests to have full voice, and many of the abortions we see in certain states i don't think anyone would think would be moving to change their laws in a more restrictive direction. >> thank you. >> thank you, your honor. >> justice barrett. >> i have a question that is a little bit of a follow-up to one justice breyer was asking you. that's about stare decisis. a lot of the talk you have had with us, there are some circumstances in which overruling is possible. we have plessy, brown, we have bowers versus hardwick to lawrence. but in thinking about stare decisis, which is obviously the core of this case, how should we be thinking about it? justice breyer pointed out in casey, and in some respects it, it was a different account of starry decise in it took into account public reaction. is that a factor that you accept or

we fought in state after state and now have it in over two dozen states. at the same time we did that, just a small group of women broke up the hearing for the 18 rolled votes there finally be a hearing in the senate on the equal rights amendment for the reason it's taken so long, this 100 years as we lost about 50 of them. and i mean 50 bright wonderful leaders, how did we lose them? they botched it up in committee. they would not vote. in fact to get the first vote to ratify in the house, took 50 years because it wasn't boxed up and the judiciary committee and they would not allow a vote. why would they allow a vote? this is not been so popular they knew it would pass overwhelmingly when it is placed on the floor. and when it was after a discharge petition and i had the pleasure to work with her at the very beginning of my own career path 354 -- 24 people great overwhelmingly i would say bipartisan. to get it going in the senate we disrupted the hearings of the 18-year-old vote. and got a promise a cosponsor in the senate or the major sponsor in the sena

are they fully backing the united states? is the allies unified when it comes to dealing with what's happening between russia and ukraine? amb. thomas-greenfield: the alliance is unified we have engaged very closely with our european colleagues, both in brussels and the capital, but also in new york to ensure we are unified in our response to the russians, and is that -- and it is that unity that the russians are worried about. jonathan: we just celebrated the holiday for reverend dr. martin luther king junior and we are in quite a moment in this country when it comes to what he marched and died for. in your personal capacity, i would love your reflections on dr. king, his legacy, and our country right now. amb. thomas-greenfield: being able to celebrate the legacy of dr. king is an extraordinarily important event for our country. what he led the fight for, the legacy he has left behind is so powerful and i thought about as we look about what is happening across our country, i grew up in the south in louisiana and i remember

what states? went democrat and what states went republican right to a striking extent, you know it it was almost a mirror image of of 2020. yes. so i mean in other words like the northeast, you know the, new york, new jersey pennsylvania in both cases, they went democratic right, but you know the south was democratic in 1960, and it was republican in 2020 and the west, you know, particularly the far west coast was actually solidly republican in 1960, california went republican and not just i mean nixon was from california, but you know, it had been kind of traditionally, you know, you know as much republican and more republicans say than a democratic state. right, so i guess what, you know one question that i have is i'm thinking about is first of all, you know, one of your core points, is that the small states small in terms of population will be andy redistribution and you know, isn't that kind of a phenomenon at the moment shouldn't that can't that change through politics in other words, you kn

that is a new state record by a long shot new businesses coming to our state existing expanding big companies that means jobs for kansans and in the rural communities a superior boiler in hutchinson and big national companies like urban outfitters our distribution centers. and the best workforce. over the past three years we have secured seven.$6 billion in new business investment that is more than any previous administrations total in the entirety of their first term and we still have another year left. remember several years back kansas is in the national news for all the wrong reasons? in 2019 we were back in the national news but this time come back state of the year kansas was recognized given to governors who lead the way for job creating investments. there's more economic opportunity today than at any time in history and kansans themselves should really take pride they have played to help our state and all of the nation successfully navigate to the pandemic if our meatpacking plant it would create of food crisis for our country we cannot let that happen so i partnered with then senator

states continuing to worsen. for the last two weeks more than 2100 people have been dying on average each day nationwide. 2100 people. the overwhelming majority of whom are unvaccinated, and as deaths continue to rack up, yesterday we saw yet another blow to the biden administration's efforts to keep americans safe through vaccination. on friday a federal judge in texas blocked the white house from enforcing an executive order that required federal workers to get the vaccine. judge jeffrey brown who was appointed to his current post by donald trump in 2019 wrote that it was a, quote, bridge too far, end quote, to let president biden require millions of federal employees to undergo a medical procedure as a condition of their employment. a medical procedure. anybody got kids who go to schools in medical procedure? jab in the arm with a vaccine. asked last night about the setback, weiss press secretary jen psaki noted that 98% of federal workers are already vaccinated. psaki added, quote, we are confident in our leg

but why are those groups being targeted by the strategies in state after state after state with republican legislators and republican governors? because those constituencies tend to vote more often for democrats and republicans. so, they are stealing the vote of millions of americans. they are corrupting the process for millions of americans and we stand here today in the senate with the same issue we are debating in 1890 and 91. the house set the national standards of every american can vote and the senate wouldn't give unanimous consent to get to a final vote and contributed to eight plus decades of discrimination in the country, of corrupted elections in the country until the voting rights act of 1965. i see a colleague here preparing to speak and i haven't even begun my real speech yet, but i'm going to close to hand the floor to him my colleague from maryland. but let me summarize a couple of points before i do so. i believe the senate is far better off when the minority has the power to slow things down. i think that is a value to be able to have leverage to get amendments, to be abl

states. gov. desantis: welcome. isn't it great to be in the freest state in the united states. it is an honor to be here. what we have seen in other states over the last couple of years has brought to light an old debate that some of our founding fathers had about what was the world's oldest profession. it was a debate between dr. benjamin rush, thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin. he said the oldest is -- profession is the physician, after all eve was cut from adam's rib. thomas jefferson said no, the world's oldest profession is the architect because he needed the architect to bring order out of the chaos of the universe. dr. franklin said it wasn't the architect, it was the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place? [laughter] unfortunately, we have seen in many other jurisdictions in this country and around the world the creation of faucian dystopias. schools shuddered, crime spiking and opportunities dashed. the destructiveness has been exceeded only by their i

other state have to do that? >> no. one state doing a first mover does not calibrate a national standard, ipso facto. >> how could we as a court say actually two people now one person, yes. what mutual principle are we relying on there when other states do it and we say, well, other states do it, but that's not the least restrictive alternative? >> i don't think there will be a micromanagement problem. no one is asking federal courts to micromanage. i think the issue will remain that you will still have most recent national standards as demonstrated, maybeinate national standards, empirical basis, where we see the federal did just last years in the state and alabama has changed its rules just in the last six months and carried out an execution only two weeks ago. the state of alabama actually affords more religious exercise in that execution of willy smith. >> you're making the argument that i'm a bit concerned about. and you make strong arguments, so i'm just testing them here. the argument i'm concerned about i

and so it's sent to the states and states began the process of considering ratification. and in fact, it was ratified almost immediately by three states and later by two states. so there were states that had already passed this amendment as our ratify this amendment and expected it to become law. the war is going to disrupt this of course. so, this is a serious attempt. at constitutional compromise. it's also one that president-elect abraham lincoln fully supported. when lincoln arrived in washington in february, he's going to spend some time talking to congressman and also going to the peace conference and supporting the efforts of folks to compromise. there was one thing he wouldn't compromise on right that's the territories because the territories are what the republican party had run on in 1860 restricting slavery in the territories, but in terms of where slavery already existed yes, lincoln is on board with not interfering. on march 4th lincoln is going to deliver his inaugural address. much less confusing than james buchanan one of the wonderful things about abraham

and then for both the state house and the state senate, we gave them both bs. so, it's aually, compared to a lot of maps across the country, they did very well. >> sreenivasan: and how do you come up with the letter grade? what goes into that? >> so, several different factors are feeding into it. we have geography scores, and those e derived from comparing to other maps that we have an independent mapping corp draw. but then i think, perhaps more interestingly, our partisan fairness scores and our competitiveness scores, and those two sces are derived using computer algorithms that draw one million maps. and then we compare the map that was producedthe commission to those million maps and judge it based on whether it falls within expected distributions or whether it's an extreme outlier. >> sreenivasan: wow. so, michigan used an independent commission this time, for the first time, it was one of only a handful of states to do this. has this lead to better grades? >> it has, it has. what we've seen pretty much across the board in states that use commissions, the

of the state address from charleston. the speaker was delayed two weeks after the governor tested positive for covid-19. the governor

it is not the states job to make those decisions for you. my administration's job is to make sure the healthcare system is strong and you have the tools available for you to take care of yourself. what we learn about the virus it impacts of groups more than others and inevitably with that variant will most likely be with us for a very long time if not forever. and then to be vaccinated away. and then to incorporate into our daily lives. we cannot run away from life we must live without fear. it is not a substitute for knowledge. what we learn about this virus allows us to get on with our lives. and with affected public health policy that must include all aspects of health. physical,mental,spiritual,edu cl and economic well-being. mental health is a critical issue here in alaska as we all know. we remember the dire situation at the alaska psychiatric institution at the beginning of my term api was in such disarray was in danger of losing certification the ability to receive federal funds. most importantly to serve alaskans the promises i made

s. secretary of state denied the divisions. i've been on the phone and saw might my own a german counterpart. ah, for mr. a burbock and i can tell you that the germans very much, i'm sure our concerns and our resolute endangered, are determined to respond to respond swiftly effectively. and in the united way. up to a $100000.00 russian troops have amassed that ukraine's boulders over recent months . with moscow demanding that ukraine will never be allowed to join nato. putin is also denied. he is planning to talk. but those living on ukraine's frontier with russia are far from reassured with life on the edge of something very terrible is caring. so yes, i can say i'm of scale for now daily life continues, but as a political temperatures plummet, people here all to away how quickly that could all change. now as ukraine gets more military aid in response to russia's build up of troops, other european countries also making those to counter the tensions. the idyllic island of goods then to in sweden is seen tanks and troops rolling

for you to then send it to the national archives of the united states and the united states senate in the hopes that they think this thing you fornld might be real. that's different. but that is what these guys did. and it does appear to have been a coordinated effort. and we do not yet know by whom. republicans in multiple states asenioritied the trump campaign asked them to do something like there. white house chief of staff mark meadows in his production to the january 6th investigation appears to have been in communication with someone or someones about this type of a scheme. but who actually got this to happen and distributed the obvious document template by which the states created the similar forgeries. we don't know. we know they did in nevada, georgia, arizona, wisconsin, michigan. in michigan we have footage from the day they tried to do it in the case of michigan the footage is of republicans trying to get into a side door of the michigan state capitol tell the state police captain they're the real electors and they needed to be let in to cast the electoral college votes fo

it's a sorry world where, where russians know what the state department said better than the state department . the shame, the director of the cia robert gates famously warned against the expansion of nato because and i quote, gorbachev's and others were led to believe that that wouldn't happen. west german, foreign minister hantz d 3 again, shit. and i quote, this is to a large crowd, nato should rule out any expansion of its territory towards the east, moving it closer to the soviet borders. i have much more just not enough time, but it is remarkable how a document that sets out a fight rush and this information bathes and basks in so many lies of its own arts. he has also become a targets of u. s. accusations. the state department has released a report insisting that this channel and fellow news outlet. sputnik use disinformation, instead of supporting mainstream narratives. the reports even accuses russian media portray ukraine as a nazi states. and so back that's open mentions an article written for artsy by historian paul robinson. here's what that article actually says. the problem her

by state by state. these attacks on our democracy demand a federalist response. just as we saw in the 1960's with civil rights legislation, at some point the federal government had to step in. and in fact, our own founding fathers actually anticipated that this might be necessary, because right in the constitution it says that congress can make or alter the laws regarding federal elections, as clear as can be -- make or alter the laws regarding federal elections. so what we're talking about here, with some minimum standards in place for how you do early voting, for the fact that you can register, for the fact that you can have dropoff boxes, make or alter the rules for federal elections. when you have states, certain states messing around to the extent that they are with the clear intent that they have, this is the moment that we look to the constitution for guidance, and it is right there. and this is why the need for action could not be more serious. and this is why, as leader schumer has announced, w

. >> georgia governor brian kemp delivered the 2022 state of the state address from atlanta. he focused on his administration's record on education, support for law enforcement and outline his budget priorities. [applause] gov. kemp: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you all very much. i'm still hung up on what the speaker said about marnie and the girls. lieutenant governor duncan, speaker austin, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones, members of the general assembly, members of the judiciary, and my fellow georgians, three years ago, when i stood before this body and the people of our state for the first time as your governor, i said, i know there will be adversity. those that want to tear us down. there will be difficult days and dark nights, but together, we will overcome. like coach henderson said, it can be done. standing before all of you today in the final year of my first term in office, i did not know then how true these words would become. just like i saw all those years ago under the friday night lights at clark central high school, legend

any other state. [applause] we have the lowest unemployment rate in history. not only the history of our state but in the history of our nation at 1.8%. last november marks third month in a row where 1 million nebraskans were employed. and our manufacturing sector has come boring back. in fact there are more nebraskans working in manufacturing today than pre-pandemic. our economic successes are a testament to nebraskans desire to work hard and earn. from teachers to truck drivers, mechanics to medical professionals from farmers to fast food workers and every profession in between. the states women and men invest their time and effort to better their communities and support their families. last year we supported their work and help them grow nebraska. thanks to the leadership of the chairman and the revenue committee, the 2021 session ushered in a historic level of tax relief that will deliver $2 billion to nebraskans over the next two years. [applause] many other great bills were passed into law thank

. >> alabama governor kay ivey delivered her annual state of the state address in montgomery. she called for pay raises for state employees and teachers and investments in mental health services. the address took place at the old house chamber at the alabama state capitol. it is about 30 minutes. [applause] gov. ivey: thank you. you may be seated. lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tempore reed, speaker mccutcheon, speaker pro tempore gaston, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice parker, justices of the alabama supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians, i am a firm believer that, for alabama, there is no mountain too steep to climb and no dream that is unattainable. over the last four years, we have proved that to be the gospel truth by coming together to solve some of the state's toughest challenges. to you, the people of alabama and the men and women of the legislature, you are the reason for our progress. this evening, i renew my commitment to you that we will not only continue tackling old problems. we will work together as alabamia

announcer: live from the mississippi state capitol, governor tate reeves's state of the state address. >> good afternoon. this joint session of the mississippi legislature is now called toward her. please stand in prayer. >> thank you. o most gracious heavenly father, we thank you for this day. we thank you for allowing us to see another day. you have been so good to us. you have blessed us with this beautiful weather and in spite of everything that is going on, you have been tremendously good to us. i pray that you would bless this time, i pray you would bless the leadership of this state, i pray that you would guide our hearts and our minds. i pray that you would grace us with your love, your understanding, your knowledge, but also your care. help us be compassionate about the people of this state, our cities. and those that are really in need. bless this time. in jesus name we pray. amen. >> you may beat it. it is my pleasure to introduce to you to -- the lieutenant governor will preside over this joint session of the legislature. [applause] >> they told me he was here. >> story of