it's happening in massachusetts. on march 22 the republican party in massachusetts had a statewide party convention to pick their nominees for statewide office. being a republican running for statewide office in massachusetts is not an easy thing. this is what the state legislature looks like, the two houses of the state legislature in massachusetts. eke if you're a republican. aside from the scott brown win in 2010, the prospects for statewide republican elections are even worse than it looks in the legislature. no republican has won any statewide office in massachusetts at all in over ten years. aside from that one scott brown special. things are so tough for massachusetts republicans that two of the statewide candidates they picked at their convention in march, their nominee for the united states senate against ed markey and the state attorney general this week those two candidates found out that they may not have turned in enough signatures to even formally make the ballot for the general election in november. un

massachusetts, right?t thing the massachusetts republican party needs is to have their gubernatorial candidate bogged down in a primary battle with the tea party guy, who's going to drag the whole conversation to the right and into crazytown. but the tea party will not let it go. the tea party candidate has sued the state republican party over wanting that spot on the primary ballot. his lawsuit was set to go to trial this june. and the republicans in massachusetts have been trying to work this out behind closed doors, but then yesterday, the amazing news broke that the tea party guy has offered to drop his whole lawsuit if only the state republican party will pay him $1 million. to which the lawyer for the state party responded, no. massachusetts republican party's attorney explained to the tea party guy's attorney, quote, i advised you and your client, as well as my own clients, that in layman's terms, buying people off the ballot is illegal. according to press reports, the tea party guy's attorney respo

in massachusetts, on the massachusetts side of this story, charlie baker now says he is not at all aartner in that investment firm. he says, yes, he did list himself as a partner in that investment firm when he gave the donation to new jersey republicans, but it must have been some kind of mistake. charlie baker further insists that he's not even an employee of this investment firm, never met him, really. pay no attention to this picture of him on the firm's website, which lists him as a partner. so there is trouble in boston for charlie baker on this one. and the more the massachusetts press stays on this, the bigger that trouble is going to get, until he comes up with a more reasonable explanation for what happened here and what his job is outside of politics. in new jersey, though, the trouble is quieter, so far, bit looks like it has the potential to become even worse than it is in boston. not just because chris christie wants to be president, but because of how clear new jersey law is on this issue and how hard it is to explain whatever happened here in a way that gets anybody a

our economy -- massachusetts grew at a healthy 2.6% rate. ,n the last quarter massachusetts grew 69% faster than the national growth rate. with over 5500 clean energy nearly 80,000 clean energy workers, massachusetts is one of the strongest clean energy market in the nation. we can do more. by generating trace 15, -- generally 2015, we will make our communities more resilient. several plans have been closed and the recent years and to remain. years, bothext four should shut down. massachusetts should finally end all reliance on conventional coal generation. to cleaner natural gas. we should be mindful of the hazards of pipeline leaks to our immediate safety and to the environment. we should have that same care that the source of extraction. we should double down on solar, wind, and hydro generation. we should migrate away from fossil fuels and transportation. find better sources for energy efficiency. we are getting the cleanest energy possible at every moment. it is not the ideal today, but it will get us there tomorrow. it is how we move from good to better the best. it is an econo

our economy -- massachusetts grew at a healthy 2.6% rate. in the last quarter, massachusetts grew 69% faster than the national growth rate. with over 5500 clean energy firms and nearly 80,000 clean energy workers, massachusetts is one of the strongest clean energy market in the nation. we can do more. by 2015, we will make our communities more resilient. several plans have been closed and the recent years and to remain. within the next four years, both should shut down. massachusetts should finally end all reliance on conventional coal generation. as we migrate to cleaner natural gas. we should be mindful of the hazards of pipeline leaks to our immediate safety and to the environment. we should have that same care that the source of extraction. we should double down on solar, wind, and hydro generation. we should migrate away from fossil fuels and transportation. we should find better sources for energy efficiency. we are getting the cleanest energy possible at every moment. it is not the ideal today, but it will get us there tomorrow. it is

the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman -- the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from florida, mr. posey, sponsor of this great legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. posey: i thank the gentleman from michigan for yielding and thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to be joined here today by my colleague, resident commissioner pierluisi, who you just heard from, in support of our bill, h.r. 1726, to award the congressional gold medal to puerto rico's 65th infantry regiment known as the borinqueneers. during the darkest days of the korean war, the borinqueneers, an ethnically segregated unit, served with significant distinction during a multitude of may jordan minor combat engagements. uring the now-famous battle of chosin reservoir, they covered them through what is recognized one of the greatest strategic withdraws in military history. the regiment was known for its fier

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, may i inquire how much time i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts has 2 1/4 minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want my colleagues to understand one thing. the amendment that we are talking about is germane. i spent a great deal of time working with the parliamentarian to make sure that the concerns that the republican majority had about the germaneness of this amendment were addressed. it is a germane amendment. there is absolutely no reason at all for this not to be on the floor. let me just say that it doesn't take any courage to praise the troops and then hide from a vote. it's an act of cowardess, quite frankly. the fact we are debating a defense department authorization bill, we're at war and we are not -- and we're not allowed to be able to consider an amendment about what our policies should be in afghanistan. i mean, what do you tell the troops? what do you tell their families? this war's on autopilot and we'll just let i

gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: let me say this, the inspector general testified before the oversight committee that his audit did not look at be on the olo's, look out list for, with progressive groups. that's what the inspector general testified. let's stop this partisanship. i would say to my colleagues if my friends want to do this correctly, if they want to do this in a way that has some credibility, they ought to do this in a nonpartisan way. it is really quite shameful that the oversight committee has become so polarized and so politicized and this whole issue is being brought before us in this way that really, quite frankly, i think is beneath this house. we ought to do proper oversight, but not purely because it polls well or do it in a way that plays to the political base. we ought to do it in the right way. the i.r.s. should not be involved with politics, period. whether it's going after conservative groups or liberal groups, that is absolutely unacceptable. we haut to make sure that doesn't hap

and especially with of massachusetts it is interesting that press glob on two massachusetts that is romney care. we showed you the smattering of the headlines but i just found it interesting it is not on the president but the guy who wanted to be. >> and we should not be surprised by any of this not put together the right way you have to look at that regulatory environment looking at a fraud, a criminal activity but the bottom line is it may not matter because that headline story that is what the white house will focus on going into the midterms. neil: but that gets back to how many are net in new and those figures are of. >> we could no tomorrow the white house has access but has not released them because they are embarrassing. >> but we focus on the number. >> the middle america looks at the headline number. >> but every time president obama echoes out to the rose garden whether they paid for it or not, obeid know that is irrelevant. looking at the business part neil: americans do not? >> that is our i look at it. neil: you have seen that generally they do not go beyond that. >> is not v

royce: again, i want to thank the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for his support of the rohingya people and for his dedication of human rights. i have had the opportunity to work with mr. mcgovern on a number of human rights' bills and he eloquently explained tonight the challenge that we face here and i was proud to join him as a co-sponsor of this measure and work with him. and i want to thank the gentleman from new york for his continued focus on human rights around the world. on this issue, you know it's true that the burmese government has taken steps to open its closed society, but the reality is that the recent events here are deeply, deeply troubling to yone who is watching, as i indicated, 48 rohingya were murdered, aid workers trying to care for thousands of displaced have been attacked in the country, doctors without borders, kicked out of burma. this resolution calls on the government of burma to immediately recognize the rohingya as an ethnic minority and grant them citizenship, a step that is long overdue, as mr. mcgovern po

that didn't go over really well in massachusetts.ople felt that he had -- some people would say hey, you know, that's his brother and it wasn't his job to continue. let them find you. but i feel people felt like billy was questioned in front of a congressional committee in 2003 about this and what he knew and when you would. billy was very articulate and bright, came across as very evasive. so those a lot of pressure for him to resign his job. >> are there more whitey bulger's out there today? how has organized crime industry to change over the last five, 10 years? >> i'll take the second part first. the moth is a shell of what used to be. basically all they have is sports book. in new york some extortion, but in boston it's almost pathetic what they are. the organized crime i would say we don't recognize. it would be different ethnic groups that don't have long histories in the country. generally targeting their own people. the authorities don't have the language skill to get into. so were you couldn't infiltrate that in the early '

massachusetts, $57 million. "politico" calls that program in massachusetts fatally crippled. nevada, $51 million. "politico" says salvaging that exchange would be a huge feat. oregon, $248 million to set up its own exchange. it was such a spectacular failure that cnbc ran a headline on may 5 saying -- quote -- "f.b.i. probing oregon's obamacare exchange." the f.b.i. probing the exchange. the state plans to use the federal exchange from now on, getting rid of their state exchange. so that's the kind of double dipping that our bill goes aft after. why should democrats in washington, d.c. be telling taxpayers across america that they have to pay for the failures of state officials in massachusetts, nevada, maryland, oregon and other states that may find themselves in the same situation? democrats have said and the president continues to say he wants everyone to have a fair -- a fair shot. are americans who have to pay higher taxes because of these failed state exchanges, are they getting a fair -- a fair shot? people from the other states will or not. our bill will give a fair s

of massachusetts in amherst. he addresses climate change and supporting clean energy initiatives. governor patrick is scheduled to leave office in generally when he finishes up his second term. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you. chairman thomas the members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, senator rosenberg, representatives, honorees, distinguished guests, family and friends, and the proud and worthy members of the u mass class of 2014 -- cap underline applause]s and >> congratulations for reaching this milestone and thank you for having me. handain event is dating in the degree for which you had worked hard for. i'm aware of that and how important it is for me to get on and off as quickly as possible. i get it. question is what is next? ,rom the time you were little some and had almost certainly been asking you what you wanted to be when you grow up. it is what adults ask kids, especially parents of their own kids. the kids answer with gusto. as young people get closer to seemsgr

our economy -- massachusetts grew at a healthy 2.6% rate. ,n the last quarter massachusetts grew 69% faster than the national growth rate. with over 5500 clean energy nearly 80,000 clean energy workers, massachusetts is one of the strongest clean energy market in the nation. we can do more. by generating trace 15, -- generally 2015, we will make our communities more resilient. several plans have been closed and the recent years and to remain. years, bothext four should shut down. massachusetts should finally end all reliance on conventional coal generation. to cleaner natural gas. we should be mindful of the hazards of pipeline leaks to our immediate safety and to the environment. we should have that same care that the source of extraction. we should double down on solar, wind, and hydro generation. we should migrate away from fossil fuels and transportation. find better sources for energy efficiency. we are getting the cleanest energy possible at every moment. it is not the ideal today, but it will get us there tomorrow. it is how we move from good to better the best. it is an econo

>> isn't it more embarrassing for massachusetts and the other states because massachusetts has done thisore. it's had an exchange before. they had romney care. yet they're acting like it's the first rodeo >> they tried to say that massachusetts is the shining beacon even though it was the state with the highest number of insured in the united states. it really didn't even need romney care at the time. the problem, though, with these exchanges is not a technical issue. it's that people aren't going on and signing up for plans because they're so highly regulated. it would be like cars.com offering only a taurus and a lincoln town car. they maybe need a pickup truck, a minivan. you need a selection of choices. california and new york have done it somewhat well but i see just because of these mandated benefits that the administration put down, that's why the exchanges are failing. >> i saw an interesting statistic yesterday online and that's of all the people who signed up for obamacare, 75% of them had insurance last year. but because the president cancelled everything because it wasn't up

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, and i yield such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, is is not a normal rule, but it is a fair one. it's unusual because it combines two bills into one rule, and makes in order several amendments for one of the bills. what might be unusual for my republican friends is i will support it. the rule makes in order the fiscal year 2015 commerce, justice, science appropriations bill under an open rule. . although i wish the spending levels were higher, i think it's good we bring this bill under an open rule. this rule also makes in order general debate on the annual defense authorization bill, along with seven amendments. that's a little unusual. normally the rules committee reports -- reports two rules. one for ge

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this happened in massachusetts, about 35 miles north of boston. the mom reported by suffered serious injuries-broken vertebra among them. says says she opportunity know if she will walk but her baby got only a bruise on his forehead. >> she just had to make a decision to go. >> amazing. i wouldn't put it past her. i wouldn't put it past any mom. >> mom in this case is still recovering from surgery. we don't know what caused the fire. >> crews searching for the missing malaysia airline jet are growing doubtful that the electronic signals calm from the flying recorders. that's a serb australian naval official said. night 370 went missing more than two months ago now. the jet was headed from beijing to kuala lampur when it disappear from radar with 239 people onboard. the investigation has taken a number of twists and turns and dead ends but experts were able to narrow done to the search area to the southern indian ocean. after weeks of searching without any physical sign of the missing 777, an australian ship detected pings that investigators say me

about this happening in massachusetts.e point makes a line. and it's all the fault of gay marriage. i agree with fox news contributor and definitely not a lesbian todd starnes who recently facebooked when you redefine marriage, it's anything goes. and the washington times editorial board who editorialed this was foretold when the supreme court eviscerated authentic marriage last year. yes, three lesbians together was foretold by the supreme court. and the entire porn industry. (laughter) and for the record, the warnings did not start just last year. antonin scalia was thinking about three lesbians way back in 2003 when he dissented in lawrence v texas which struck down texases anti-sodomy law saying the ruling, quote, called into question state laws against big amy, same-solicitor-general marriage, adult incest, prostitution, adultery, forn case, bestiality and obscenity. yes, it is a slippery slope. sodomy leads to gay marriage which leads to throupling which inevitably leads to three--- threestallity, fivenication and wh

deval pat track, the two-term governor from massachusetts which has produced a couple of presidential nominees. he also is going into the private sector at the end of this year, but in many ways he is the son of brown versus board of education. he was born two years after and he has gone basically from a south side tenement where he was raised by a single mom in his grandparent's apartment to the governor of massachusetts. he has quite the story to tell and a lot of observations about race in this country and the bitter words we've heard in the past couple weeks versus what really we should be discussing. >> candy, looking forward to it. thank you very much. watch candy's exclusive interview with governor patrick today at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> a "new york times" firing is now getting public. it is turning nasty. these allegations of sexism after the executive editor was fired. the publisher says that's not what happened here. see how he's responding. >>> also, hillary clinton just had her first big political event this year, hosted a fund-raiser for a congressional candi

same for the governor of massachusetts who may have higher amibitions than governor. massachusetts is kind of a home of the health care exchange. those were built for romneycare. obamacare comes long, the idea is to meld the two system is which is too complicated in anybody to figure out so they have to start over. >> thank you, my friend, always a pleasure. we were mentioning mitt romney here. he has run for president twice. how about his own trifecta? how about the third time? meet the guy who is already pushing it now. good job! still runnng in the morning? yeah. getting your vegebles every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. are your joints ready vegetables for action? osteo bi-flex® nurtures and helps defend your joints with joint shield™♪ so you can keep doing what you love. what'd you guys do today? the usual! osteo bi-flex®. ready for action. female narrator: the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. we challenged the manufacturers to

that case recently in massachusetts of a brutal and violent rape of a teacher and then murder. that is a -- and these kids, every time they do it, you hear about how they were an honor role student or so nice or so sweet. that isn't a definition of the psychopath that you could have the same things going on at the same time, right? >> one sounds like he was and one sounded like he wasn't. but we like to think as a culture that we can always bring somebody back. and this laps not to be the case, unfortunately. so it really case by case some people can be and you can look at it. but in many cases it can't. so this omnibus sort of ruling seems quite irresponsible to me. >> interesting to use the word irresponsible. i know you have said there are three things that determine whether someone is a psychopath and someone can commit some of these horrible kinds of crimes. brian makeup and childhood patterns. two of the three are nature, not nurture. people are born this way? >> well people are born with a certain genetic makeup. and many are born with a certain propensity, a sort of bra

massachusetts was its 12th largest in the u.s. since 2013. asked him up about industries he is focused and. we are not looking to come home to build things together. we're doing things with the israeli government joint cooperative investments, for the benefit of both massachusetts benefits. >> it is interesting you mentioned water. we came with life sciences and biotech ear the clean tech community and digital technology representatives ranging from cyber tech allergy to big data. when we were here, and entrepreneur stood up and said, what about water and i said, what about it? they said, we have an interesting crustal -- cluster. we would like to know more about them. built a water cluster and there are a couple of hundred companies doing business and those from israel. >> did i hear or read correctly withtechnology helps also the boston marathon? >> very much so. we had marvelous cooperations and tech companies and security following the marathon bombings last year and preparing for the merit on this year, a very successful occasion. qwest

massachusetts its state-run system had failed. they want 50 million, from the federal taxpayer. >> wow. >> involved in that original state-run system was cgi, who were involved in the mess h up of healthcare.gov. maryland spent, what, $130 million before abandoning its health exchange. oregon spent 248 million before abandoning its own state-run exchange. a lot of money involved. taxpayer on the hook. martha: health care consulting business is looking pretty good. >> on the right side of the fence. martha: exactly. stuart, thank you very much. >> thank you, martha. bill: well, the website, huh? martha: that's right. bill: you and i got to start writing code. we can make a lot of money. martha: i'm good at that. my sideline. little-known fact. bill: maccallam. not what you could call a good landing a plan crashing right into the roof of a home. was anyone inside? we'll tell you about that. martha: plus will there finally be answers on benghazi? and the accusations of a white house cover-up months before an election back in 2012? co

by the way, the massachusetts exchange, it clap collapsed af few hours of operations. money was free flowing from health and human services. >> romney care, they are already trying to pin this on that old program, not on the new program. >> the problem appears to be the conversion to meet the standards of the affordable care act. that's when it collapses. but $180 million. >> yeah. or even a year ago. listen, i agree with ben in a sense that i think we do, every time the obama administration stumbles somehow we give them more credit that they deliberately stumble like dick vandyke in the opening scene of the show. no, i think they made a big mistake. >> you just lost both of them right there. >> that's okay. they'll come back. but here's the thing -- i remember that. the reality of it all is that they do single pair and this kind of stuff may or may not help them but i think overall nancy pelosi the american public, it doesn't help. just doesn't help when these states fold and all these problems come and it isn't helping. whatever the overall goal is, they're moving fu

joining me now is elizabeth senator warren, democrat from massachusetts. also the author of a new book "a fighting chance." thanks for your time this evening, senator. >> it's good to be with you, reverend al. >> is this the defining issue about making sure everyone has a fighting chance in our society? >> i believe it is. i believe what has happened here in washington is that we've got a system that works for those who can hire lobbyists and lawyers and they make sure every rule works for them and everybody else is just left behind. and the way i see it is that's not america. that's not what it means to be america. we believe that every kid should have a fighting chance. and that's what i'm out there fighting for, that's what i talk about in that book. and that's what i think we really can do. >> one of things i was interested in talking to you about, you and fellow democrats introduced a bill to tackle the student loan problem. and it's a major issue. the average clij senior has more than $29,000 in debt. this bill would allow those that are eligible to

. >> without brown, would deval patrick be governor of massachusetts? >> who knows? i don't think so. >> our conversation with governor patrick about why it's so hard to talk about race. how his friend, barack obama is faring and his worries about hillary clinton. and then the obama registration's twilight years. the growing distance between democrats and the white house and all things cloak and dagger with the chair of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein. plus -- >> no matter who you are and where you come from, the path is always forward. >> why would the rising star mayor of san antonio move to washington to become secretary of housing in an administration with more pasts than future. our political panel adds to the latest buzz. this is state of the union. >>> good morning from washington, i'm candy crowley. we begin this sunday with a short story about a long time ago, about a boy born in 1956, two years after a landmark supreme court decision declared as unconstitutional, state laws segregating public schools by race. the boy grew up in south side

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the last five years i got to know many of the leaders merry filed the phase -- the first case in massachusetts. but do challenge those doma baez as i was watching those mouflon simultaneously but it did not turn out that way >> host: so then they will talk about that but you talk about you had unfettered access to chad who's started the organization and now the head of the human rights campaign and that most of ben incredibly interesting to be the fly of the wall story for your accounting and you were are conference calls you could walk into so boyars meetings. -- though boyars meetings did you have drinks with them? >> for instance the trial i ryan did in san francisco i took all my vacation time just to be in these rooms. i would echo eight or nine days before. but i was reading room to room where chad griffin buyer is mounting a huge campaign but what is interesting to me now is they are reading this book they find out things because i was the only one crossing room to room. >> host: i take it any litigator knows it is intimidating. i had the impression you were part of that intensity that

it was a secondary school in massachusetts but it got a lot of press at that time. i think it was the first library to abandon books and the headmaster said something when i see books i see an outdated technology. but i went on to interview people that were there and to read other stories in the reaction of some citizens and bloggers. what was interesting was the kids there didn't open books. they were digital natives. it was all on line for them. the candle downloads and that sort of thing so these books went to less privileged schools which would be a good thing and were just given away to faculty but i thought this is truly troubling because what if the power goes out or what if the cappuccino machine breaks down or the big screens explode or what if whoever the corporate overlord of all of this data is suddenly decides well we think mice and men to take an example is not appropriate so we are not going to allow it to be viewed on our site. at two may have brought up all kinds of potentially troubling ramifications and it seems so final. this print really does se

we will hear from governor bobby governor louisiana, patrick of massachusetts, and representative messer of indiana. earlier this month, louisiana governor bobby jindal gave the commencement address at liberty university. the republican governor explained his conversion to christianity as he addressed an audience of 40,000 people at the g, virginia campus. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that very generous introduction. congratulations to the class of 2014. let's give them another round of applause for this wonderful congressman. [applause] -- this wonderful accomplishment. [applause] i have got to warn you in advance i have done a number of these graduations. you will bear with your parents today. you might witness them shedding a tear or two. when you see that come you might think they are replaying the years in their minds. you might think a remember when he first learned how to ride a bike when you took your first steps. you think they will be wondering where all those years have gone by. but you would be wrong about that. those tears you see are tears of joy. from kn

in roughly 1692 because from 1692 to 1693 in salem, massachusetts, salem, massachusetts went completely nuts. that community went into a panic over the fear of witchcraft. they put more than 200 people on trial, the salem witch trials, for being witches. a significant proportion of people they put on trial ended up getting drowned or burned at the stake or hanged, et cetera. no, i was not there, neither were you, but it is fair to assert that salem, massachusetts did not actually have infestation of witches. what salem, massachusetts had was a really unfortunate panic about a civic hysteria, and to remind us of that, we as americans have this really commonly used phrase, in modern american english, the phrase witch-hunt. we all know if there's a witch-hunt under way, it is not like saying rabbit hunt or bear hunt or manhunt, it doesn't apply there's a witch out there, that's the person for whom you are legitimately hunting. the idea of a witch hunt is that there isn't a witch. there's a self serving exercise maybe using the specter of a witch, but that's just used to excuse your own sel

. >> massachusetts made it real.t was no longer a scary bogeyman. once couples began to marry, i think the citizens of the commonwealth saw that nothing had changed. in fact, all they saw was joy, celebrations, wonderful weddings. they got to know their neighbours, friend, co-worker and learnt about the reality of their lives. that's impact of the in terms of changing the hearts and minds of americans. >> that raises the question - if public opinion changed so dramatically, why not put the issue on state ball odds. are gay rights groups hesitant because they fear voters could be swayed. >> we have had it on the ballots and won it in three states as you mentioned, maryland, phil wahba and maine, and we saw that the side shifted and that's the popular majority. >> one could argue the powerful antigay lobby groups could sway the voters. civil rights was not put on the ballot. if so, the tear would have voted it down. do you think that legalized marriage would stand the test if put on the ballot. >> we know through the c

ceremony at the university of massachusetts in amherst. he calls on the students to become good citizens by supporting clean energy initiatives. governor patrick is scheduled to leave office in january when he finishes his second term. this is 15 minutes. addresses climate change and [applause] >> thank you. chairman thomas the members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, senator rosenberg, representatives, honorees, distinguished guests, family and friends, and the proud and worthy members of the u mass class of 2014 -- [cheers and applause] >> congratulations for reaching this milestone and thank you for having me. the main event is dating in hand the degree for which you had worked hard for. i'm aware of that and how important it is for me to get on and off as quickly as possible. i get it. the main question is what is next? from the time you were little, some and had almost certainly been asking you what you wanted to be when you grow up. it is what adults ask kids, especially parents of their own kids. the kids

joining me now is governor deval patrick, democrat from massachusetts. governor, first of all, thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> al, nice to have me, thank you very much. >> let me ask you a question, how can republicans in washington oppose a plan to create jobs in your state and in states all over the country? >> how can they do it? that's what they call a rhetorical question, al. i mean, look, infrastructure investment works. we've had a very disciplined strategy over the last almost eight years here in massachusetts of investing in education, in innovation, and in infrastructure, which i always describe in the latter case as the unglamorous work of government, but it supports everything else. and that strategy is the reason why we came out of recession faster than most states. in 2013, we added more jobs in a single year than in nearly 14 years, and it's the fourth straight year of strong job gains. >> this weekend, governor, during the republican weekly address, gop lawmakers repeatedly called for job creation. listen to this. >> republicans

especially in the case of massachusetts. find it interesting that the press has gone on to romney care. but the big ones. i found it interesting that it's not on the presidents, but those that want to be president. >> i think you'll have a lot of finger went in. a lot of things going on, we shouldn't be surprised by any of this. the weight of this was put together, it was a together the right way. and you have to start looking at the regulatory environment. you will have a lot of people looking at fraud or criminal activity in and the bottom line is that it may not matter because that headline story about how many people have signed up, that is what the white house is going to focus on, especially going into the midterm elections. the democrats that are still there. >> these 8 million figures, they are way off. >> we don't know. or we could not tomorrow. the white house has access to the data but hasn't released them because they are embarrassed. >> they're always very sedated. >> we focused on that number, that is what we w

unitedhealthcare. >> pelley: today, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren introduced a bill that would for the first time allow americans to refinance student loans directly with the federal government at lower interest rates. anthony mason tells us debt on u.s. student loans has become an albatross for millions. >> reporter: in california, rosemary anderson's student loans have landed her deep in financial trouble. >> i don't even think i could have gone to a loan shark and had something like that happen to me. >> reporter: anderson, a 57- year-old divorced mother of two, went back to school in her 30s for her bachelor's and master's degrees. illness and financial trouble, she says, forced her to miss payments. so, the $65,000 she originally borrowed has ballooned, inflated by 8% interest rates that she's not allowed to refinance. >> this represents the total amount of federal student loan debt that i have: $123,317.35. >> reporter: in the past eight years, student debt has doubled in the u.s. from $557 billion to $1.2 trillion. that's more than americans owe on credit cards or auto l