and now it is my pleasure to introduce governor deval patrick. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you all for coming out evening, i appreciate it very much. there is only one part of the introduction which needs to be corrected, i am not going to speak for 20 whole minutes. [laughter] i'm just going to speak for a couple minutes, i think it'll be more fun if we have some conversation. but i want to thank you all for coming. it has been a new and quite fascinating experience writing and now talking about this book. it's funny to me how many people expected that a book by a sitting governor would be about laying the groundwork for another campaign or about settling political scores. this book is not that. i am not running for anything. and as for political scores, um, there's some staff here who know i like to settle political scores in realtime and not in print. [laughter] so for all of who thought that this would be a political kiss and tell, i am sorry to disappoint. so why did i write this book? i am a very hopeful person, an unrepentant idealist, and i've come to understa

and deval patrick is on the phone with us right now. governor, i know you've been able to get out and see the destruction firsthand. any updates on the damage? >> it's quite a lot of property damage. and an awful lot of shaken people, particularly kids. i walked around the mass mutual center in downtown springfield where about 300 people were sheltered last night. obviously, a lot of kids badly shaken by what's happened. people have lost everything. but when you consider the scope of the damage, the property damage and the strength of the tornadoes that touched down, the fact that they are still so far only four confirmed fatalities, and most of the other injuries seen so far, not to be life-threatening, is a blessing. >> governor, what are your most immediate needs right now for the state? >> our most immediate needs are to comb the affected areas with search and rescue teams to make sure we have identified all of the victims. and that we have given shelter to people who have been displaced. and we decided that yesterday. and we'll res

. >> rose: deval patrick is here. he is the governor of massachusetts. in his first term, he oversaw the implementation of the state's alth careeform program. today more than 98% of massachusetts residents have health care insurance. for a second term, he's focusing on education reform and, of urse, on balancing the budget. he was raised on the south side of icago. after a scholarship to miln academy, in massacsetts, he attended harvard university and harvard law school. he's written a new book about this journey of his. it is calle "a reason to believe: lesso fromn improbable life." i'm pleased to have him at this table. welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much for having me. >> rose: so talk about growing up. and let's just start with mother and father and the moment your father, who was a musician, leaves home. >> well, my parents split when i was four. as you said, i grew up on the south side of chicago and much of that time on welfare. my father was a dedicated musician. he was one of the founders of an avant-garde jazz band. very good jazz band cal

governor deval patrick appeared tonight to declare a state of emergency. >> we'll do whatever we have to do to meet the needs of people, to protect public safety and to help people get back on their feet. >> reporter: the governor said about 1,000 national guard troops are being deployed to help with search and rescue and debris removal. 19 communities were affected. fema was on the ground in west springfield, where some roofs were completely torn off and other buildings reduced to piles of bricks. boston, meanwhile, found itself in the middle of a lightning storm. and abc's sharyn alfonsi has arrived in springfield. she joins us now. sharyn, what is the scene there tonight? what have you learned? >> reporter: terry, just to give you an idea of what this tornado did, this is concrete cinder blocks, destroyed this building. this was an auto body shop. as you can see, there's not a whole lot left of it. the amazing thing is, there were people inside when the tornado struck. they said they saw it coming through town. they took cover, everybody inside okay. and there are scenes like this

deval patrick, he is the governor of massachusetts. ck in a momt. stay with us. >> rose: june 12 marked the second anniversary of president mahmoud ahmadinejad's disputed reelection in iran. claims of fraud sparked the largest popular demonstration since the 1979 islamic revolution. the government responded with a deadly crackdown. mr. zacarias moussaoui was in the... mousavi was placed under house arrest and there appears to be growing divisions between ayatollah hamanahind ahmadinejad. joining me is doctor ervand abrahamian. welcome. >> ( translated ): thank you very much. >> it's a pleasure to have you here to understand where reform is in iran today. give us an overview of where reform is, where the reform movement is, where the green moment is. >> ( translated ): well, the green movement started after electoral fraud was noticed and there was a period of time duringhich there were a lot of demonstrations, large demonstrations, more than three million people demonstrated in iran, in tehran. after that, there was violence, repression of demonstra

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governor deval patrick toured the tornado sites today and declared a state of emergency. >> we got a on our hands here. but we are all in this together. and for those who are feeling quite understandably that they can't imagine what a better tomorrow looks like, i want to assure them that we're going to dofering to help folks get to that better tomorrow and that we're going to get there together. >> holman: springfield is home to the naismith basketball hall of fame. the site was not damaged in the storm. officials said the deaths were the first caused by tornadoes in massachusetts since 1995. the war odrugs was branded a failure today by an international group of political, financial and cultural figures. the global commission on drug policy said the evidence is clear that the drug fight "cannot be won". former brazilian president fernando henrique cardoso chaired the commission. he said governments should decriminalize marijuana, for instance, and focus on regulation instead. >> stop the war on drugs. and let's be more constructive in trying to reduce the consumption. if you look a

. >> reporter: governor deval patrick declared a state of emergency across the bay state, calling uph-and-rescue. >> preliminarily we have confirmed reports of four fatalities, two in westfield, one in brimfield. and one in west springfield. and an unknown number of injuries. >> reporter: viewers snapped photos of the wild weather from their backyards and from the highway as the apparent twister pushed east. severe thunderstorm warnings remained in effect for much of massachusetts for much of the evening. peggy, daniel. >> thanks, t.j. >>> right now we do want to get the latest from the massachusetts emergency management agency. >> yes, spokesman, peter judge is joining us from his office in framingham, east of springfield. peter, good morning to you. tell us about your state's rinse response to these devastating tornadoes? >> good morning, daniel. we activated the state emergency operation center this evening which we brought in numerous federal, state and local agencies and organizations. and although, you know, we are up and ready to run, we have done some assessment -- assistance

that statewide about 500 people had to use their emergency shelters, also we spoke with governor deval patrickhis hour, about 50,000 people remain without power. erica? >> whit johnson in springfield, thanks. >>> now, here's chris. >> erica, thank you. >>> this morning one of the most notorious alleged war criminals is locked up in the netherlands where he'll face an international criminal tribunal for the first time tomorrow. ratko mladic is accused of massacre and other atros dis during the bosnian war nearly 20 years ago. ratko mladic was shuttled by helicopter to his new home, the detention center at the international criminal tribunal in the hague, netherlands. >> for almost 16 years he has evaded justice. now he must answer to the serious international crimes he has been charged with. >> reporter: those charges include genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from the atrocities of the wars in the former yugoslavia. as commander of the bosnian serb military, mladic is accused of targeting civilian areas of sarajevo. and ordering the execution of nearly 8,000 bosnian-muslim men and b

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