in my notes it says it will be introduced by the voice of god and i said that must be francis suarez. but then to have his daughter say my name, how cool is that? [applause] honestly she got my name right more than most adults get my last name right so i'm going to have to bring her with me as i continue to travel but good morning everyone where are my west coast people? are you all feeling the burn about now? we've got to do something about having to come to the east coast because right now when i got up this morning it was 4 a.m. at home. a.m. at home. but still delighted, but still delighted in this was worthwhile to come to an be in this great partnership. i already said i am proud to stand here before you representing 19,000 cities, towns and villages across the united states as the national league of cities new president. i can't tell you what an honor it is for me to serve in that capacity. [applause] but for me it was not a choice whether it was an lc or uscf it was absolutely had to be both because i cannot overstate the importance of the partnership and the work that is done

>> francis suarez is the mayor of miami and the president of the u.s. conference of mayors. she discusses the role of digital assets, technology and cryptocurrency in shaping the economy of the future. the conversation was hosted by the wilson center. >> well, i am the creator of the digital assets forms and lab. at the outset let me applaud you for being here. you are, each of you are visionaries in your own right, you see the emergency -- emerging technology of block chain and realize it is more than headlines of crypto billionaires. you understand that this technology can change everything . this is something that we at wilson understood a couple years ago when we formed and created the digital assets form and lab. in general, our mission is to study problems of interest for congress and for the president. we help the administration think about policy as we do congress, and we hope our international partners see the vision of where policy is going in the united states. wilson is great and thinking long-term while providing insights today that can be used immediately. the

. >> francis suarez is the mayor of miami and the president of the u.s. conference of mayors. she discusses the role of digital assets, technology and cryptocurrency in shaping the economy of the future. the conversation was hosted by the wilson center. >> well, i am the creator of the digital assets forms and lab. at the outset let me applaud you for being here. you are, each of you are visionaries in your own right, you see the emergency -- emerging technology of block chain and realize it is more than headlines of crypto billionaires. you understand that this technology can change everything . this is something that we at wilson understood a couple years ago when we formed and created the digital assets form and lab. in general, our mission is to study problems of interest for congress and for the president. we help the administration think about policy as we do congress, and we hope our international partners see the vision of where policy is going in the united states. wilson is great and thinking long-term while providing insights today that can be used immediately. the

miami mayor francis suarez saw biden yesterday and joins us next. fire up the grill for pork, tomahawks and nachos. the tasty treat you need for tailgates. ♪ rachel: well just because it's cold outside doesn't mean you can't break out the grill, especially during football season when it is time to tailgate. pete: if it tastes like it smells, we're in for a treat. delicious recipes for game day and any day. rachel: we always dance on this show, january it. pete: author of no fuss family cook book. >> she saw the drinks. >> i'm with my family at reck tech and she has advice for all the great cooking and got to show you that cooking and this is a steak oscar and it's a tomahawk. jump in here. rachel: it's a fred flintstones. >> i'll pop it on top of my rtb380x. this is the bullseye deluxe wood pellet grill and can go from 200 degrees up to 1,000 degrees and sere and it's pellet driven and electric. i've got crab on top and steak grilled to beautiful medium rare and seared as asparagus. rachel: i need it. >> you can do many different things and i want

francis suarez is the mayor of miami and head of u.s. conference of mayors. latoya cantrell is the mayor of new orleans. atlanta mayor, andre dickens along with john giles, the mayor of mesa, arizona. good morning to all of you and thank you so much for being here in person. i want to talk about just what is developing in terms of the shooting in california. nationwide, we are seeing this spike in violent crime. we're seeing reports of an uptick in anti-semitism and hate crimes. all of you are from states where there are fairly permissive gun laws. and i wonder, mayor suarez, how you put those pieces together. what is driving this? >> yeah, it's -- so many different factors are driving this. one of the things we focused a lot on on the mayoral conference we just ended is mental health. mental health is a huge component of what's driving a lot of these, when you look at the root cause and go back and sort of peel back the layers of the onion. mayors are very concerned about it. we also had a panel, obviously, our ban crime. certainly a lot of these mayors have

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francis suarez, your 81st president is unstoppable. he makes us proud throughout these united states and the world. we are so appreciative of his leadership. we think his wife gloria and so pleased to have their children with us. let's look at the video, roll the video and let's see what we've been doing in film. [video clip] >> a lot has happened since we met in reno and our mayors have a lot to be proud of. ♪ should i can present today that we now have over 150 mayors who have signed on to combat hate and extremism. this is the second u.s. conference of mayors funded the trip the we are taking through the north port area. the mayors have graciously agreed to pay for it. >> with the new mayors in our ranks the future of american business looks brighter than ever. tom: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states congress of mayors francis suarez. mayor suarez: i love the pregnant pause. i think i have gotten faster and tom has gotten a little slower. i started to figure out how it is possible that we have had 91 winter m

miami mayor francis suarez joins us next. >> we've seen governor desantis do political stuns and that is -- stunts and that's how he perceives to fix this issue from florida. he is not dealing with the problem, he's actually creating a problem. will: look, hours after the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre slams desantis, the u.s. coast guard asks for help on the shoreline. mayor suarez, great to see you this morning. is that fair what she says about governor desantis, it's all political stunts? >> no, look, it's never fair when the federal government asks a state or local municipalities to help them with a crisis that's bye been created in large part as a result of failure of their policies to turn around and criticize them for the very help they're giving them. i can tell you that just this week we had a boat of about 100 haitians land on our shores and a big park in virginia key and our police department, our fire department was there to render aid in assistance of the federal government and their role as border patrol agents and it make nososense to ask for help and cr

the miami mayor, francis suarez, says that her success is due to teamwork and collaboration. >> we don't make easy problems hard or weigh them down bipartisanship. we act with respect, civility, and higher purpose and get things done. >> joining me in our studio are two of those mayors. the mayor of oklahoma city, david holt, a registered republican, and richmond, virginia, mayor, who serves as the president of the democratic mayors association. welcome to both. you are meeting with several officials while you are here in town. is there a single most important message you hope to deliver while you're here? what is it you hope to see from washington? >> our residents are dealing with a number ofhallenges. we have dealt the pandemic. now we are dealing with the consequences and aftereffects. our residents are dealing with the challenges of regional health, the challenges of fentanyl and opioids in our communities, and mayors and local authorities cannot do it by themselves. so we are asking for help from the federal government. >> i think i would say two things. from a policy perspective,

the mayor is francis suarez, and his honor joins me now. your honor, look, i read your stuff, you know that. and you say part of the problem with migrants and and the rise of -- is the rise of socialism. spell that out for us. >> thank you for having me on such an important topic. i think we, the united states has ignored the rise of socialism for decades many our hemisphere. you know, cuba exports, its number one export is its ideology. and what we've seen them do throughout the last 50 years or 60 years since castro's been in power is spread this ideology to venezuela, nicaragua, and now we're starting to see other countries in south america go left of center and, or hopefully, not mt. direction of socialism. but you have situations in argentina, many chile -- in chile, recently with the election in brazil, many colombia. peru is up in the air. so, you know, you have a massive shift which creates a tremendous amount of poverty in the region which creates immigration pressure. so no one is arctic thelating the fact -- articulating the fact

the group's president, miami mayor francis suarez, says their success is due to teamwork and collaboration. mayor suarez: we put solutions before politics. we don't make easy problems hard by weighing them down by partisanship. we operate with respect, civility, and higher purpose and we get things done. amna: joining me in our studio are two of those mayors, oklahoma city mayor david holt, who is a registered republican, and richmond, virginia, mayor levar stoney, who also serves as president of the democratic mayors association. welcome to you both. thanks for being here. mayor holt: thank you. amna: so, you're meeting with several federal officials while you're here in town. is there a single most important message you hope to deliver while you're here? what is it you want to see from washington? mayor stoney, why don't you start? mayor stoney: well, our residents are dealing with a number of challenges. we have dealt with the pandemic, but now we're dealing with the consequences and the after-effects. so our residents are dealing with the challenges of mental health, the challenges of

on my notes it says it will be introduced by the voice of god, and i said, that must be francis suarez. but then to have his daughter say my name, how cool is that? [applause] honestly, she got my name right more than most adults get my last name right. i might have to bring her with me as i continue to travel. but good morning, everyone. where are my west coast people? [cheers and applause] mayor woodards: are you feeling the burn right now? we have got to do something about always having to come to the east coast. right now when i got up this morning it was 4:00 a.m. at home. but still delighted, and it's worthwhile to travel to continue to be in this great partnership. already said i am proud to stand here before you representing 19,000 cities, towns, and villages across the united states as the national league of cities new president. i can't tell you what an honor it is for me to serve in that capacity. [applause] but for me, it wasn't a choice, whether it was nlc or nlcs. it had to be both. i cannot overstate the importance of the partnership and the work that is done between our

we'll speak to francis suarez. >> we pretty much always have some crypto conversation with you. i don't think we -- >> i think all of that has been a waste of time. and why you should waste my -- >> you think the whole thing -- >> going to zero and it's fake >> bitcoin is a hyped-up fraud it's a pet rock. it doesn't do anything it's a pet rock. >> bitcoin >> you can own it all you want -- >> i'm talking -- it's billions of dollars. >> i don't care about bitcoin. we should drop the subject >> the response from the miami mayor coming up. in the meantime, check out futures. we are higher on the s&p as well as the nasdaq. the dow looking to lose 45 at the open "squawk box" will be right back. >> announcer: this cnbc program is sponsored by baird. visit bairddifference.com. 92% still active? seems high. seriously? it's just a bike. wait. they make a treadmill with an intuitive speed knob? yeah. want to try? 92% stick with it, so can you. start a 30-day home trial today. terms apply. [office sounds] ♪upbeat music♪ ♪♪ ♪when the day that lies ahead of me♪ ♪♪ ♪seems imp

suarez. we are glad to hear from you about the many ways to take a collaborative approach to fighting violence. you are up. >> thank you, mayor lucas. to offer every one of your cities and towns, the assemblies of god, churches, over 13,000 churches in the united states, 3.3 million with over 800, close to 40,000 ministers, we created an initiative called seek and save. we are coming at this from a different angle when it comes to violence. raised in chicago, we believe america has a heart problem. if we address the heart, then the hands and the head will follow. we are coming in from that angle, mobilizing our counseling services, we say to you all that we are prepared to serve and come alongside your cities and towns with the initiative across the state. let me just say last year we started this initiative with yuma, arizona. from yuma, arizona, we mobilized our college ministry. ..teen challenge is a ministry within our churches that deals with addictions, gang bangers. we mobilized 200 39

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on my notes it says it will be introduced by the voice of god, and i said, that must be francis suarez. but then to have his daughter say my name, how cool is that? [applause] honestly, she got my name right more than most adults get my last name right. i might have to bring her with me as i continue to travel. but good morning, everyone. where are my west coast people? [cheers and applause] mayor woodards: are you feeling the burn right now? we have got to do something about always having to come to the east coast. right now when i got up this morning it was 4:00 a.m. at home. but still delighted, and it's worthwhile to travel to continue to be in this great partnership. already said i am proud to stand here before you representing 19,000 cities, towns, and villages across the united states as the national league of cities new president. i can't tell you what an honor it is for me to serve in that capacity. [applause] but for me, it wasn't a choice, whether it was nlc or nlcs. it had to be both. i cannot overstate the importance of the partnership and the work that is done between our