-- they have pointed to massachusetts.ally such a success? only 2.6% of the residents are uninsured, 1/6 of the national average, the lowest level of any state, the plan is far from the beacon of hope its proponents make it out to be. government and industry officials agree the plan is unsustainable. public citizen's and physicians for national health programs released a report earlier, calling the program flopped due to its cost, lack of access to care -- called the program flawed. they say it has not reduced health care costs in the state and has proven far costlier than expected. meanwhile, a stock analyst has said, without higher premiums or more public funding, here it is not now a great program for the entire country -- it is not a great program. they are spending more on health insurance than it did in 2006, çup 42%. how will massachusetts pay for the $1.30 billion of health care this year? oneç suggestion? increasing the tobacco tax. what a remarkable healthy idea. and that is mass care in a nutshell. i swear to

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: i would like to yield for such time as she may consume tohe gentlelady from california, the speaker of the house, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker of the house is recognized for as much time as she may consume. the speaker: i thank the gentleman for yielding and commend him and the ranking member for bringing this resolution to the floor about a great personality. it's so -- such a cause of celebration for all of us in san francisco to see lim poon lee so recognized on the floor of the house of representatives. thank you both for your kind words about him. those of us who knew him and worked with him take great joy in the celebration we have here today. and i also rise in support of the legislation to commemorate the life and achievements of lim poon lee. the first chinese-american post master in the united states. today, the house has the opportunity to honor his lifetime of public service and proud patriotism by naming the post office in the heart of san franc

olver of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 669, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. olver, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. olver: mr. chairman, this is a good amendment that makes a handful of modest changes to the bill. it adds $250,000 for national highway traffic safety administration to develop safety standards for the incorporation of alternative fuel technologies in vehicles. it increases the federal rail administration railroad research and development account by $3 million, which will allow the f.r.a. to perform multiple studies that were authorized in last year's rail safety bill. it provides $1 million for the federal aviation administration to support commercial space activities. this amendment includes two provisions championed by representative cuellar from texas and included in previous appropriations bills, one that requires the use of energy-efficient bulbs in federal buildings, and the sec

massachusetts is struggling under enormous debt as are all the other colonies but massachusetts in particular. land values have crashed, credit is terra ballwin. mercy's husband who had been a wealthy man and her own family, the notices are losing money daily. one of the reason that the mercy's has been besides the financial situation is that the their second son, their favorite to is not only a gambler, but probably despite the mercy and her husband's high ideals about patriotism and simplicity, thrift, honesty, fairness to all, he is very aristocratic and he has started basically a trading business. scholarly opinion says he probably was a profiteer on the black market. quite opposite of his parents but he runs his family pretty much into debt as well as himself. anyway, things are going from bad to worse in an america at this point and at mercy and her husband finally sell that governor hutchinson mention and move back to plymouth, but before they do so in the 1787 the new constitution has been sent to run for ratification. now, mercy is an old-line patriot and is a while since the revolut

massachusetts remember that.hen they went through, making the 2006 law, they decided that we have to start covering people, giving them subsidized coverage, making people feel good about themselves -- making people feel good about the program before instituting individual mandates. for the explicit purpose of not only passing the law, but being able to continue the support so they could implement it. many people would say that that worked beautifully, because not only was there strong public support, but it has actually grown since the law was implemented. host: your second point is that coverage expansion might not be sustainable? and when the 2006 law was passed, the assumption was that the price of insurance premiums would fall of young, healthy, uninsured people joined the ranks of the uninsured and fewer people use emergency rooms. neither happened." guest: the cost to the state has been much greater than anticipated. the weak economy has not helped one bit. they have had to pull back on services. the legisl

should they be looking to massachusetts as this is an example of success? this is what we want nationally? >> i think we do have a potential model. i think the important things are that for low-income individuals who are not going to be able to afford premiums or who don't have access to employer-sponsored insurance, we have a state subsidized plan for those programs. individuals who can afford coverage are offered it by their employers. we have not seen employer-sponsored insurance being driven out by the public -- >> because that's what -- that's been an expressed concern nationally. people are afraid that if you offer this public health care system and it's -- thereby people who are happy with their existing coverage, they may no longer have it. >> so, one of the things we've done in massachusetts is to try to make sure that that doesn't happen, is not make that plan available to people who have access to employer-sponsored insurance. >> and so your recommendation would be -- >> and employers don't offer -- >> your recommendation would be that ought to p

frank of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. frank, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. frank: i offer an amendment which i said we would be willing to accept subject to some further change, we've talked, we have not yet reached agreement, this is going to be entirely up to debate, what the gentleman was concerned about, and i think legitimately, the possibility of a callback, that people give back bonuses they'd already received. we hope there will be rules adopted that will set those rules in place. but -- i agree people's pay should not be subjected to decisions. there is an s.e.c. decisions that where someone received compensation and it turned out the transaction was not profitable that a return of the money given because of profitability might with be appropriate. our language reflects that. it does give some protection against arbitrary return and i reserv

massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, this week became the first state to challenge federal defense of marriage act. the law prevents same-sex married couples from tapping into a wide range of federal benefits, like filing joint income tax returns and getting survivor benefits under social security. massachusetts attorney general martha coakley says congress has no valid reason for requiring the state to treat married same- sex couples differently from all other married couples. it's an important test of the federal law-- one that could well end up in the u.s. supreme court. the issue of gay marriage is on the agenda as the u.s. episcopal church holds its once-every- three-years general convention in anaheim, california. for years, episcopalians have been deeply divided over homosexuality. one proposal being debated at this meeting would allow episcopal chur to conduct same-sex weddings in the six states that have legalized gay marriage. currently, most mainline denominations do not officially allow same-sex weddings. but the changing legal environment is adding new

two mommies in the fifth grade in massachusetts. i think there is a fundamental shift that's going on that could damage the infrastructure of all of our culture if it is not a civil rights issue. >> you feel very uncomfortable with that. >> yes. the trouble with bishop jackson's thoughts is it is against gay couples. we are here. we exist. there are same-sex marriages already. what the state of massachusetts is doing in challenging the federal definition portion of the law is simply to defend those married couples in massachusetts who are denied about 1200 federal benefits and obligations that other couples in the state are able to take for granted. and this is a matter of people that are embracing responsibility. many of these families have children already and it is in the best interests of the children for both parents to be legally responsible for them. >> let's talk about this. let's make it personal for a second. would you be afraid to look 16,000 couples in the face and say what you are doing doesn't count? >> i would say thi

they've gone newspaper massachusetts, too. -- up in massachusetts, too. we have seen an increase over the last three years that we can perhaps attribute to the number of uninsured and being now covered of about $88 million a year compared to education reform which we passed in the mid 1990's. that's gone up over $150 million a year. over the same period of time. so we're holding the line better than we are in education, certainly. every state's wrestling with the same thing. i would certainly not characterize the activity of the health reform as you suggest. i would say it's been a terrific success. one of the issues we have is that people who have criticized, usually come from two extremes of the philosophical spectrum. those who believe in what's termed the single payer, basically a totally government-supported health program, don't like it because it isn't single payer. it's still based on employer-based plans with a significant private sector input, both from employers and from individuals who can afford to purchase the plan. and then there are the fo

look no further than massachusetts.they passed a health care law in 2006 requiring everyone to get insurance. it offers subsidies for those who cannot afford insurance. democrats suggest modeling the plan for the rest of the nation on massachusetts, a report that could cost more than a million dollars. legal immigrants having their coverage taken away. we will talk to paul ryan, ranking member of the budget committee and ways and means committee. good to see you. everyone seems to be on board that we need some kind of reform. >> things need to be fixed. we need insurance for the uninsured, and those who cannot get it because of a pre-existing condition. there russian the bill next week. they say they're talking about massive increases for everybody, massive spending, and telling us, but nothing like what we have with medicare and medicaid. shepard: the cost of health care is going up like this, and as baby boomers get older, it will go like that. if we do not fix it, we will be bankrupt, and of story, and that will be t

massachusetts attory general martha coakley says cgress has no valid reasonor requiring e state to treatried sam sex couples diferently from all other married uples. it's an important te of the federal law-- one that could well endp in the u.s. supreme court. the issue of g marriage is on the agenda as the u. episcopal church holds its on-every- three-years general conveion in anaheim, calornia. foyears, episcopalians have been deeply divided or homosexuity. one propal being debated at this meeting would allow episcopal churches to condt same-sex weddings ithe six states that ha legalized gay marrge. currently, most mainne deninations do not officially allow same-sexeddings. but t changing legal enronment is adding new pressure. kim lawton s our report. >> report: boston's historic church of the covenant h been an imptant place for anne crane and sarah peeault. the lesbianouple had their first date there in the late 1970snd by the time massachusetts legalizedame-sex marriage, the twoad been active members for morthan 25 years. so a church weddingeemed the obvious choice. >> in particular

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i'd like to yield to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. rosa delauro, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for five minutes. ms. delauro: i'd like to thank the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. kingston, for his input over the last few months. our staffs have worked together effectively and together we've crafted what i believe is a very strong, bipartisan bill. the house is not in order, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. ms. delauro: in addition, i think this agriculture-f.d.a. appropriations bill is a smarter, better piece of legislation, thanks to the hard work of the subcommittee and the full committee. we have looked at many, many different amendments that have come up over the process of writing the bill and we have honed into some very worthy and effective legislation. we've had an open process throughout the committee and subcommittee markups. i believe this rule sets in mot

first, what happened in massachusetts, bertha coombs filed this report. >> reporter: 2006, the massachusetts experiment. health care for all no matter what. if you can afford insurance, get it at work or through a private company. if you can't, sign up for a state subsidy to buy it. skip coverage, you'll be hit with $1,000 fine. and employers don't provide coverage, pay $295 fine for each worker. thanks to those mandates massachusetts now boasts the lowest rate of inunsured in the country. the national average is 15% uninsured. but it comes at a high price. the state's health cost per capita are rising faster nan the rest of the country, up 23% through 2007. while national health cost rose 18% in the same period. the program cost 30% more than originally projected because of high demand for the subsidy program with more residents turning to the state as unemployment rises. with the health program facing a $9 billion budget short fall over the next two years after bringing everyone into the tent, lawmakers are now looking to bring costs in line by changing the rules of the game for some. bert

problem solved massachusetts. bill: ok.s a very interesting third story for miss megyn. 7th grader. where was it? where was she? >> california. throw up the shirt. she wear as pro life shirt to school. keep this up there that's not the girl. this is a model. on the front of the church, there are pictures -- two pictures of fetuses and then the last one is gone. so it's obviously an abortion message. >> right. bill: the school sends her home. you can't wear it and we went over this before. i was a teacher. you can't bring in anything to a classroom that could be disrupted to the academic atmosphere and the school said this is disruptive. her mother is now suing and you say what? >> it's a tough case. this is a close case because teachers and school do have more discretion to ban speech than the general rule does than the general public and public employers do. it's a school setting and also -- this is a k through 8 school. right? you have got kin ter gartners, first graders walking around. was this disruptive? did it have th

president obama retreating from his acertification that cambridge, massachusetts, acted stupidly when they arrested a harvard professor. president obama made no apologies. >>> also, the centers for disease control now say all children in the united states should have a flu shot as the deadly swine flu outbreak is worsening. >>> law enforcement agencies have lost an international manhunt after a u.s. border patrol agent was murdered in cold blood on our southern border. >>> and three of the best political analysts in the country join me to discuss the president's sinking poll number t delay in his health care plan and his clash with police. >>> but first, the president today trying to defuse that controversy over the arrest of black harvard professor henry louis gates. president obama acknowledged he could have calibrated his words differently when he said the cambridge massachusetts police acted stupidly. president obama said he spoke with the officer who arrested gates, sergeant james crowley, and found him to be an outstanding officer. president obama, however, did not apologize to

tammy, from massachusetts. >> caller: my husband -- and her family. this isn't that far from where i live either. i just wanted to know since whoever did this is a monster, basically, what charges would they face because i know a lot of states don't consider the fetus to be a human being when it's inside the mother, it's a fetus, but in effect, she was not like four months pregnant. she's eight months pregnant. that child could be alive right now. and if it dies, will that person be charged for murder or will they still consider it a fetus and they wouldn't get as much of a sentence? >> that's an excellent question. susan, is it a state by state decision? >> no only is it a state by state decision, but very fact specific. if the child came out and breathed air and was alive, then absolutely, it is a person and absolutely, the person who did this will be charged with two murder ones. >> penny douglas, let me ask you from your perspective, what do you do with a case like this from a defense attorney's point of view? >> if i'm a defense attorney and i re

and let me ask you about massachusetts -- >> no, no, the fact it is only 5%, 5% to have of the small businesspeople would be paying the additional tax, and that is income above $350,000, income beyond 500,000 and income beyond a million dollars. >> jamie: pus -- if you put all the numbers together it would be a tax rate that is here than other countries that provide health care as well and i want to ask you about massachusetts and they've made an effort to insure everybody with a universal health care like plan and this past week we reported at fox news about boston headline center, actually suing the state, because medicaid reimbursement had been cut. and, that hospital is facing -- and i want to get this numbers righted and ask you about it, $38 million deficit, just for that one hospital for the fiscal year ending in september. and it is its first loss in five years and next year, $100 million loss potentially, because the state had lowered medicaid reimbursement. are there not calls for medicaid reduction of reimbursement under your plan? >> there are some in terms of what the co

and james in massachusetts. tonight a special report, california in crisis. how the golden state will lift itself out of troubled times. among the push, leaders to get things back under control. sue herrera anchors and is joined by jane wells and julia boorsten. tune in right here on cnbc. health care is a consuming issue in washington today and it will be everybody day as they race to meet the august deadline for an overhaul of the health care system. that's why we are starting a special segment on street signs today. our own john harwood will give a daily update on everything you need to know about how much money they are going to tear out of us to pay for health care. john, thank you for being here. what's the latest? >> the latest is that this is hand to hand combat time and they are notuing handbags for this. in the tough bargaining between democrats and republicans. president obama offered the public face of the argument today when he came out again as he will every day talk on this issue and say he is committed to a plan that improves quality and cuts

host: go to massachusetts.hen massachusetts was starting to take a nickname about taxes, the state is starting to increase taxes on everything from alcohol to satellite television. why is that? guest: it has a $3 billion deficit for 2010, which is pretty big. it is putting through a sales tax increase, the sales tax is going from 5% up to 6.25%, a pretty sstantial, and they're making cuts over the place. i think governor patrick has been unsuccessful with including soda and can't come to tax those items in retail stores, but the sales tax has gone through. >> thank you for spending time with us, lisa, this morning. i encourage people to find your website smartmoney.com. she's been covering this as a senior staff editor. >> thank you. host: next is a call from philadelphia. pennsylvania has had a lot of this bdiscussions about its budget. caller: governor wants to raise the state income tax. if it is being raised, i guess it's not so bad if everybody's paying for it. it should be from the low income to the high

and that's your check of sports. >>> money problems in massachusetts could force two zoos to shut down. and sadly, some animals could lose their lives in the process. >>> hi, there. i'm robin meade. hope you're enjoying your weekend. here's what we're working on for the week ahead. a judge could decide tomorrow where michael jackson's kids could end up. and we'll find out if his ex-wife, debbie rowe, plans to fight his mother for custody. >>> also tomorrow, supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor beginning her confirmation hearings. >>> the banks took the largest chunks of government bailout money release their earnings reports this week. we're watching to see if citigroup, jpmorgan chase and bank of america have turned things around. all those stories and much more starting tomorrow. >>> former cia director, general michael hayden, is denying claims the bush administration misled congress about the details of its post-9/11 surveillance program. in an interview with the associated press, hayden said he personally kept top members of congress well-informed all along the way. the ex-cia ch

. >> nbc's ron allen is in cambridge, massachusetts, for us today. ron, you've been covering this story. you know the feelings and the emotions that play on both sides. can you try to dissect where we stand today and whether there is any chance of communication between these two sides? >> reporter: well, i think we stand in the surprising situation, i think everybody involved in this case on all sides is probably amazed that it has become such a huge issue. but i think that speaks to the passions, the feeling of hurt, the feeling of resentment, the feelings -- strong feelings that go with discussions about race, racism, profiling in this country. i was struck that the police officer's unions officials used some very strong, measured, but strong language directed at the president of the united states, and also the governor of the state, duvall patrick, whose role in this we really haven't discussed a lot. but it was clear, as you said, they felt resentment towards these two men because of what they said about the situation. they said both men showed a

the political will in massachusetts exist to keep health care up and going.llenge is for lawmakers to find the money. jon: the universal health-care law has helped to guarantee coverage for more people but some say that the program made it more difficult to see a doctor. one blogger explained the situation using lagos. each represents a single day that a person has to wait for a checkup. checkup. [whistling] [mumbling] [bell rings] jon: that is just about 50 days, the average weight that a person has to wait for -- the average time that a person has to wait for an appointment. for more on this story, check out a new page on our website, foxnews.com/liveshots. lots of extra information from our people in the field. the world health organization says that they will stop counting individual cases of so- called swine flu. tracking them is too overwhelming where the country is spreading. india reports six new cases to date. britain has 55,000 new infections just last week. the centers for disease control say the u.s. is not worried about being able to get enough v

. >> reporter: with their families, gates and crowley flew from massachusetts to washington, d.c. gates has said he wants an apology. and crowley? >> what do you hope to accomplish today at your meeting at the white house? >> hoping to move on and get back to work. >> reporter: jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> professor gates say he and sergeant crowley hit it off well. saying, when he's not arresting you, quote, sergeant crowley is really a nice guy. >>> there will be a working weekend for the president and his cabinet. they're meeting tonight and tomorrow across the street from the white house, fora bonding session, and to look at the agenda going forward. every administration since the 1950s has done the same. >>> turning overseas to iran, where police and military forces are on alert against renewed anti-government protests. that comes a day after police went after protesters in a cemetery. they were mourning those killed in the violence that flared, following last month's presidential election. afterward, the violence became more widespread, as government forces cra

tammy from massachusetts. good evening, tammy. >> caller: hi hi, my thoughts go to her uncle and family. i want to know whoever did this is a monster. basically, what charges would they face? a lot of states don't consider the fetus to be a human being when it's inside the mother, it's a fetus. but in effect, she was not like 4 months pregnant. she's 8 months pregnant. that child could be alive right now. >> absolutely. >> if it dies, will that person be charged with murder, or will they consider it a fetus and the person would not get as much of a sentence for that for that reason? >> that's an excellent question. susan moss family law attorney, how do we answer that? a state-by-state decision? >> not only is it a state-by-state decision. it's very specific. if the child came out and breathed air and was alive after being taken from the womb, then absolutely is a person and absolutely the person who did this will be charged with two murder i. >> penny douglas for a defense attorney. let me ask you from your p

every none in massachusetts what outraged. mccormack god's matt because he realized life was and there but the interesting thing about teddy was within short order of that time he got elected all of a sudden the old sequoia's of the senate came to regard him for it differently than regarded his brothers. it is interesting and i think that goes to family birth order. he was the runt of the family, the youngest of nine. when he came to the senate the senate even more than today, much more than today was an old man's club, and they expected him to be a brat to kind of had the run of the place, who came in and traded on the family name and he didn't because he knew how to be deferential. he knew how to deal with elders fargo he also has an incredible social intelligence that i think his brothers didn't have in knowing how to size of situations in knowing how to read people, knowing how to be self-deprecating. >> elders of the senate love that and served his purpose. he learned how to be a junior senator. >> he was more hard-workin

we start with the developing story out of massachusetts. a newborn baby, stolen from her dead mother's womb is alive after being tracked down in a neighboring state. >> a 35-year-old woman, described only as an acquaintance of the dead mother has been charged with kidnapping her baby. later this morning, she could be charged with murder. >> this was the best-case scenario out of this tragedy, that we have the child. and it appears to be healthy. >> reporter: the newborn baby girl, cut from her dead mother's womb, is safe and being evaluated in a new hampshire hospital. on monday, her mother, 23-year-old darlene haynes, was found mutilated in a closet in her worcester, massachusetts, apartment. her baby, not due for another month, had been cut out and stolen. police searched the local hospital, knowing the baby would need urgent medical attention to survive. but they say it was the suspect's friends that gave them the tip they needed. >> some friends became a little concerned about how she got home so early, after just giving birth. many of

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, at this time i don't believe we have any further speakers on this issue. so i'll continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi, mr. harper. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i urge all members to support the passage of house concurrent resolution 142. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: i thank the gentleman from mississippi for his kind words and his support, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields back the balance of his time. the question now is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 142. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. harper: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from m

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr.ern: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: just in brief response to the gentlewoman's comments, as she knows, when the manager's bill is adopted, this bill will have no cost. and in response to her question about what the democratic priorities are, they are to create jobs, they are to pass an energy bill, to create more jobs, to deal with climate change, our priorities include passing a health care bill that will lower the cost of health care for average americans. i don't know about in north carolina, but i can tell that you in my district, and everywhere i go around the country, people claim, with great justification, that they are paying too much for health care. she may represent a bunch of millionaires but i think most of us don't. the fact of the matter is health care costs are too high, we need to make it more affordable for the average family, for small businesses, and so that's what our pr

i don't care. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn, massachusetts. >>> it is horrific and jaw-dropping. the case of an 8-year-old girl who police say was gang raped and police are describing how four boys were able to lure her to the empty storage shed, but the reaction from the girl's parents makes her story even more unbelievable. >>> it is so good to have you %ith us today. arnold schwarzenegger ruffled feathers. schwarzenegger says people missed the humor in his message here. he held that 2-foot long knife as you see actually while he was thanking residents for their efforts to help reduce the deficit. >> hey, guys, i wanted to say thanks very much for the ideas you're giving me. we talked about making cuts in the budget, getting ready for some of the state's costs, and then all of a sudden you come up with the great ideas, why not just sign the cars and since you're a celebrity governor, sign the cars and sell it for more money. that's exactly what we're going to do. i love your ideas. give me more of those ideas, we need it. >> so now about 15% of the state's 40,000 cars be autogr

the gentleman from massachusetts, for what purpose does do you rise? mr. olver: i ask unanimous consent that the -- we be able to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? oaks is -- objection is heard. the clerk will continue to read. the clerk: c of title 49 united states code shall authorize the pro-- to the provision of funds provided under this paragraph. provided further, that a project may not be in a state rail plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49 united states code to be eligible for assistance under this heading. provided further that up to $5 million of the funds provided under this paragraph are available to the administrator for the purposes of implementing section 243-16 of title 49 united states code. page 62 strike lines 11 through 21 and insert the following. pipeline and hazardous material safety administration, operational expenses. pipeline safety fund, for necessary operational expenses of the pipeline and hazardous material safety administration, $18,968,000 of which $639,000 shall be derived from

i want to talk about massachusetts law and the constitution. >> massachusetts law, and it is the same in almost every state of the union, allows an arrest for being disorderly if you are in public and if your behavior is so disruptive that it is preventing persons lawfully present from doing whatever they are lawfully present to do. you cannot be disorderly if you are in a desert alone because there is no one else there, and you cannot be disorderly if you are in your house or on your property because that is not a public place. if professor gates was arrested because of the words he used to the police inside his house, on the front porch, or on the front lawn, it was an improper address. on the other hand, when the police got there come of all they had was the 911 report. they did not know whose house it was. they did not know if they break and had occurred. they did not know if the owner was aware or unaware of a possible break in. if we just take the police report and massachusetts law, the question is -- was there a proper arrest? in my view, there was not. i can understand the mo

the obama administration pushes to create a nationwide health care system, tens of thousands in massachusettsust found out they're losing their coverage. molly line with more on the ailing system in the commonwealth state. >> facing a massive budget shortfall, massachusetts lawmakers are cutting roughly 30,000 legal tax paying immigrants out of the state's ground breaking universal health care system, alerting them via letter they will soon lose their insurance. >> blood test, is that right? >> health care advocacy groups are besieged by phone calls like a native who has been battlings prostate cancer and losing coverage. they're going to send me the bill and no way i'm going to pay all the bills. >> critics say those left ut of insurance. >> they'll end up waiting until they're sicker, show up at the emergency room and be be incredibly expense stiff and that cost will fall to the hospitals or health care centers where people are treated. >> the biggest question about the landmark health care program in massachusetts has always been how to pay for it. the plan to cut tens of thousands of lega

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: i'd like to yield to ms. speir. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. speier: judging from my constituent they don't expect the federal government to come to their aid for every problem, but they don't expect us to stand in their way when they face loss of life and property. the massive flooding following hurricane katrina was a wakeup call for those of us who live along the coasts of oceans, bays, and rivers. there's hardly a spot in my district where you can't see water. currently, an advanced new levee system is being constructed to protect airs along san francisco bay. the residents voted to tax themselves to do it. this is how it should be, communities handling their issues themselves. but currently, fema only recognizes federally funded or managed projects so despite the fact that these levees are built to the exact same specifications, so until the project is completed, residents will be forced to pay higher flood insu

massachusetts was the first state to allow the practice. >>> what's in your bottled water? it is a question you probably can't answer because the companies are not required to tell you. but now some members of congress want to change that policy to bring bottled on par with tap. >> you don't know what is in tap water. you've got all those different restaurants and don't know what is in their water. >> this is why she drinks bottled water instead of tap. but members at a subcommittee hearing argued the opposite. >> consumers spend more for bottled water but they can't learn essential facts about what's in the bottle. only two of 188 bottled waters make public three basic facts routinely disclosed by local tap water utilities. >> the three basic facts are the source of the water, how the water is treated. >> i drink bottled water mainly because of the taste. i don't like the taste of tap water. >> some seems purer, harder. >> tap water facilities are required by law to inform the public about any contaminants within 24 water hours. bottled watered companies do not have this r

it was in her home in worcester, massachusetts. but it was not until tuesday the medical examiner realized the mother of three had been eight months pregnant. it was the strange behavior of julie cory, an acquaintance, that led to a break in the case. cory told a mutual friend she had given birth some time last week. her friends who didn't even know she was pregnant called police. >> many of her acquaintances watched the news and realized that there was a woman who was killed and missing the child. >> the 35-year-old suspect did not waive extradition to be taken back to massachusetts. as for the baby girl, tonight she's listed in good condition. >>> an investigation is underway tonight on a resort island in spain after an explosion killed two officers. kai is live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: the explosions are blamed on a vast separatist group. emergency crews raced to the scene on the resort island of mallorca. frightened tourists gathered outside of the hotels. it's the second attack blamed on the separatists in tw

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in massachusetts, it's turning out not to be so universal. they got a huge budget short fall and that's now forced big cuts. we'll explain. stay with us. >> welcome back. a look at some of the stouffers making news. a manhunt underway for two suspects in the killing of a border patrol agent in southern california. investigators are focusing on hospitals because the suspects might have been injured in the gun fire which killed that agent. robert rosas is the first border agent killed in the line of duty in almost a decade. today is the last full day in office for sarah palin. she's stepping down tomorrow. her next move, well, no one really knows. seems to be the biggest guessing game in politics. and harvard professor henry gates is accepting president obama's invitation to come to the white house for a beer with cambridge police sergeant. president obama spoke to both of the men on the phone yesterday and after days of tension over the arrest of gates. >> congress has been looking to massachusetts as a model for overhauling health care. but a

horrible amount of rain here through the mountain areas of new hampshire, back through areas of massachusetts and just outside providence. providence has picked up two inches of rain. we also have showers and thunderstorms along a front from raleigh to norfolk. eastern carolina, you could get storms "early today." all that wet weather will exit during the day.

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and teh beehe beer >> the hunt is on for a cold- blooded killer in massachusetts. pregnant woman has been found murdered in her apartment yesterday. the baby was removed from our will. they believe the mother was killed days ago. -- the baby was removed from her. womb. they believe the mother was killed days ago. police have and raided the home of dr. murray who gave michael jackson a powerful anesthetic that may have killed him. and sonia sotomayor is getting closer to becoming the first hispanic justice on the u.s. supreme court. now back to "the record. ." make a deal. we are live in los angeles, california, and today, in a sacramento, governor arnold schwarzenegger signed the $24 billion budget. >> this budget is kind of like the good, the bad, and the ugly -- in sacramento. the good because great things were done. we did not raise taxes. we made government live within its means. we made the necessary cuts to be responsible. the bad it is simply because we had to make some real cuts. i think the democrats and republicans alike hated to make cuts in education an