duvall patrick did not grow up with a lot of money but he grew up with a different kind of wealth, a social capital which is people surrounding him, telling him that he was worthy, telling him -- >> not necessarily members of his family, by the way. >> yeah. >> and that goes to your question, you know, that each of us has the power to be an angel for someone else. to pass a message on to a child to tell them that you can succeed, to push them on the path and the other thing they had in common was a stellar education, access to a very good education >> in the end that's really the thing that closes all the gaps. >> yes. >> it may not be a combination of economic which is earning potential on one side and education on the other. the whole concept of a meritocracy and if you don't get the education you don't get the job. and we live in a society in a sense it dumbs it down and not raises them. >> so the question is -- >> what about -- instead of just race as a question, what about education and the opportunity to quality education and the opportunity to get quality jobs and if you don't

massachusetts governor duval patrick is refusing to endorse the secure communities program which we'ved about here quite a bit. it's meant to help identify and deport violent illegal immigrants when they have been charged with a crime. opponents complain that this program snags too many minor offenders, and massachusetts, not the only state that is looking to opt out of the secure communities program which was started by the obama administration. william la jeunesse is live on this for us in los angeles. hey william. >> reporter: martha, if an illegal immigrant is arrested for even a misdemeanor, drunken, disorderly, driving without a license, should they be deported, the administration is saying yes and it's mandatory, no exception, but some states now, with large immigrant populations and democratic governors, are saying no. that is the mutiny now confronting the president. >> under security communities a suspect's fingerprints are run not just with the fbi, but also, homeland security. which can automatically put a hold on any criminal alien. allowing the feds to pick him up for dep

springfield this morning, there to inspect the damage from those tornadoes is massachusetts governor duvall patrick who joins us with a closer look at what's actually happening on the ground there this morning. governor, good to have you with us. as the sun is up you get a look at this damage. what's your first priority, sir, this morning? >> well, obviously, the first priority is the safety of individuals and their families. we have nearly 300 people sheltered across the street at the mass mutual center here in springfield. so far, four confirmed fatalities across the whole region, which is remarkable, given the strength of this storm. there is still search and rescue to do. >> how much warning, because this is an area of the country not prone to tornadoes, there is not training in elementary school? how much of a warning did folks have? did they know what that warning was for? >> well, we got very little warning. i mean, i'm personally from the midwest, so i'm familiar with -- with preparing for and responding to tornadoes. but the mayor told me yesterday when i spoke with him, the mayor of sprin

governor patrick duvall and kerry both toured the damage.said it was the worse damage they've seen in their state. >> house that is have been lifted up off of their foundations. in some cases totally destroyed or moved several feet. >> many of the residents said to me, this is massachusetts. this isn't supposed to happen here. and it never has to our recollection. >>> tens of thousands of people are without electricity tonight. >>> on to our weather now and boy bill this is, you see those pictures and massachusetts, you see what's happening here. this has been a strange weather year so far. >> it has been a strange weather year. and as we look at it we'll be able to make conclusions. for now it's just a day-to-day weather. we don't know too much about climate and what's changing and what's not changing. as we look back a year from now we will say, that's what it might have been. a lot of clouds out there. temperatures cooler because of cloud cover. not a bad day after a few morning showers. we do have more inclement weather coming our way. i