i said, if somebody i know inewt massachusetts, which you read the massachusetts chapters.the massachusetts chapters, way historians read other people's work is different from the way editors read other people's work. good argument, you got a typo on page 10 or got the name of the town wrong on 15 india might rethink what you say on 23, end of consultation. it took me awhile to realize he had gone through the notes and he would give me didn't teach he knew the documentary so well. you quote john j. you are right, but got the quotation that does say what you say. your note isn't wrong but that is not what they said. go to the day paper is on line on the library section. and he wanted to be as accurate as possible. you get my point. i put the better part of the decade into the book. and about 20 years ago valuable work full time. but that is a fraction of what this book took a. how much time did those editors put in? it would be modest. many spend their whole life doing it. they are retiring now. century seems modest enough. then factor in all of the time jerry daniel put in. my name is on th

>> starting with massachusetts the states would ratify and recommend amendments after massachusetts, every state but maryland did that. but don't assume what they recommended was the bill of rights. of the states that ratified or participated in the first congress only virginia formally ask a bill of rights be added to the

>> starting with massachusetts the states would ratify and recommend amendments after massachusetts, every state but maryland did that. but don't assume what they recommended was the bill of rights. of the states that ratified or participated in the first congress only virginia formally ask a bill of rights be added to the constitution but most people wanted improvement on representation and some restrictions on federal tax policies because they thought -- the major rights issue of the american revolution, no taxation without representation and they said the representation in congress was inadequate to the second passage. .. and he was actually -- i think he believed in what he was doing, but he is also playing a very interested local game. the amendments that were -- madison wanted to change the body of the constitution. we all know that i trust. his proposal from the first federal congress. they got -- changed into a list to be pasted that the end because roger sherman ofof connecticut said he couldn't change the body of the constitution. the people had ratified it. moreover, you'd

massachusetts. >> reporter: it's sider days in western massachusetts. a tiny cheer when people eat, bake, press and drink the elixir from one of the state's healthiest exports, the apple. but there's another home-grown product getting national scrutiny these days because four years ago massachusetts became the first state in the nation to pass a health care reform bill. and now with the republicans poised to take over the house and governorships in ten states next year, the new federal health care reform law is under the microscope. with supporters and critics alike looking over their shoulders to see how reform is working here. >> this is the 16th year of this festival. >> reporter: cider days volunteers lynn nichols is one of those who no longer has to worry about insurance. but before the law passed she and her husband, both self-employed web designers, could not afford the $500 a month premiums. >> basically played russian roulette hoping we wouldn't get sick. that was the best we could do. fort

he doesn't want to be like massachusetts. because oregon is different than massachusetts. oregon insurance market is different. its provider network is different, its beneficiaries and population are different than the same in massachusetts. and oregon might want to implement reforms to create a coverage mechanism that i did not like or that i would not want to work in the state of massachusetts but that's okay. that's what this bill is about. it allows the individual state to have the trite do what they feel is imperative and important for their particular states. this is why the legislation that we're introducing, the empower states to innovate act, is so important. right now as provided under section 1332, the waiver for state innovation on patient protection and affordable care act states can waive out of provisions of the federal reform law. that's the good news. we're allowing states to participate in the process and allowing them not to have duplicate process or maybe potentially have lesser care and coverage if the federal health care bill is implemented. so it all

the next year he ran for massachusetts governor and won. signature achievement as governor, legislation that extented healthcare coverage to everyone in massachusetts by deploying array of carrots and sticks, such as tax penalties if you didn't buy insurance. romney care was a main selling point when he ran for president in 2008. >> getting our free market finally able to allow citizens to have insurance is something we did in massachusetts. >> bret: but it's turned out to be more and more expensive and less popular as the years passed. when the passage of obamacare caused a nationwide uproar in 2012. obamacare appears to have become mitt romney biggest liability among republican voters. >> i asked specifically about the healthcare that you brought to massachusetts. country rejected obamacare. you made the notion that there are great differences. what are the differences in the healthcare? >> our bill was state solution to state problem within the rights of the constitution. obamacare is federal intrusion of power to take over the rights of

the article sit elf was prompted by the whole debate over same sex gay marriage in massachusetts that americans boy this is sort of a fau naphenomew to us. in fact the dutch had legalized gay marriage in 2001. and so in america is really kind of sense catching up so absolutely there's a valts pipeline >> you think that this values globalization is going to change the culture. >> it's already changing the culture. >> how so? >> i think that the gay marriage is another issue. yoit anyways yeah through science and technology the so-called abortion pill r uchu t was pioneered in france. there was a great deal of hostility and opposition to it. now it's come over and now it's easily available from doctor or from a clinic. there's no question we're all sort of this mainstream of western values. >> you think that this force emanating from europe particularly amsterdam seems to have codified it more than anyone else is irresistible. i think it's a condition of modern life and in that sense is streak liamly powerful force. there are and there can be count counterveiling issues in the society.

the facility of the united states postal service located at 2 government center in fall river, massachusetts, as the sergeant robert barrett post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from california, mr. bilbray, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the district of columbia. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. norton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: i rise in support of h.r. 5758. this measure designates the facility of the united states postal service located at 2 government center in falls river massachusetts as the sergeant robert barrett post office building. h.r. 5758 was introduced by our

i said, somebody wrote notes on massachusetts, would you p read the massachusetts chapters, ricf beaman read those on virginia. you know the way historians reah other people's work is differene than the way editors read others people's work, this is what ihe learned. we say, yeah, good argument. fine, you've got a typo on page 10, ah, you got the name of the town wrong on 15, and you might rethink what you say on 23.n 15 end of consultation. leffler went through this line for line. it took me a while to realize he'd even gone through the notes. and he would give me, you know, he knew the documentary records so well at one point he said you quote john jay, yes, you're right. the book you got the quotation from does say what you say, so your note isn't wrong, buty. that's not what jay said. go to the jay papers online on the columbia library site. of course he was right.on i mean, who can give you this information? [laughter] why did he do it? he said, this is going to be a landmark book, and he wanted to be as accurate as possible.ti you get my point. i put the better part of a decade in

massachusetts avenue closed between 34th street and 34th place.t conditions we have video of. took this earlier. still affecting the roadway. also finding that rhode island in northeast shut between 4th and 12th street. taking you over to arlington, virginia, george mason drive between 16th and washington boulevard. northbound river at persimmon tree road, another tree to watch for. coming up in the next traffic report, at 6:00. more storm damage to avoid. back to you. >>> making news at 5:48 this morning. today, senate subcommittee holding hearings about airport security screening. they review the transportation security administration, senators expected to discuss that detailed imaging machine and pat down technique, that some call violation of privacy. >>> former vice president dick cheney appeared noticeably dhinner at tuesday's ground breaking for the george w bush presidential library. a cheney spokesman says he spent several weeks in the hospital this summer after heart surgery, is trying to keep his weight down for health reasons. >>> stud

>> here he is, the united states senator from massachusetts, scott brown. ( cheers and applause ) >>people do not want the trillion dollar health care plan that is being forced... ( cheers ) >> in one election was a composite of all that ill feeling from the grassroots of america, and if it can be expressed in liberal massachusetts, they know it's a lot worse in montana and wyoming. >> if they replace the so-called kennedy seat with a republican, then, my gosh, you'd better wake up. >> narrator: the president's super-majority was gone. the republicans now had their 41st vote. the worst blizzards in history buried washington in february. >> getting a health care billq passed now looks more difficult than ever. >> all of the options for health care get very ugly. >> narrator: it closed the government. >> i don't see any way you go forward from here with health care. i'm not saying... >> they're shell-shocked. they're going to need a whole new strategy on health care reform. >> narrator: barack obama was coming to terms with what looked like his first significant failure as president. >

the next year he ran for massachusetts governor and won.is signature achievement as governor, legislation that extended health care coverage to everyone in massachusetts, by employing an array of financial carrots and sticks such as tax penalties if you didn't buy insurance. romneycare one of his main selling points when he ran for president in 2008. >> getting our free market able to allow all citizens to have health insurance that's something we did in massachusetts. breath it has turned out to be more and more expensive and less and less popular. when the passage of obamacare caused a nationwide uproar in 2010, romneycare appears to have become mitt romney's biggest liability among republican voters. >> massachusetts has the highest per capital health care costs in the nation jail >> and it did before the bill was passed too. >> isn't it supposed to bring the cost down? no. >> bret: romney declined to sit down with me for this series but he has appeared on a number of fox programs in recent months. >> we solved our problem on a bipartisa

the next year he ran for massachusetts governor and won.ature achievement as governor, legislation that extended health care coverage to everyone in massachusetts, by employing an array of financial carrots and sticks such as tax penalties if you didn't buy insurance. romneycare one of his main selling points when he ran for president in 2008. >> getting our free market able to allow all citizens to have health insurance that's something we did in massachusetts. breath it has turned out to be more and more expensive and less and less popular. when the passage of obamacare caused a nationwide uproar in 2010, romneycare appears to have become mitt romney's biggest liability among republican voters. >> massachusetts has the highest per capital health care costs in the nation jail >> and it did before the bill was passed too. >> isn't it supposed to bring the cost down? no. >> bret: romney declined to sit down with me for this series but he has appeared on a number of fox programs in recent months. >> we solved our problem on a bipartisan busin

senator from massachusetts. he's doing what is best for massachusetts. >> greta: it is a democratic seat that he holds typically. to the extend -- to the extent he works across the aisle with senator widen is good. >> he's on another bill that deals with the 1099 issue which is very important for small businesses. he's trying to be constructive. when you represent a liberal democratic state aunt are a republican and calling for repeal which he continues to call for, you want to show you are principled but trying to be constructive. i think it is a nice balance for him. >> greta: this whole idea of letting states opt-out. it is called the national health care -- >> businesses opt-out too. >> greta: people who have lobbyists. if you have -- if you have enough money to get out you are not paying into the pool to lower the cost. every time they give somebody an exemption you are taking somebody out of the pool that's the funding of it. >> that's what will ultimately happen. a lot of these are requirements on health

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for his longtime, 18 years of leadership on this issue. i would like to yield t minutes to our distinguished chairman and a champion of this cause as well for many years, mr. ed towns. the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. towns: thank you very much. i would like to thank the gentleman from massachusetts for this time. let me just say that i'm happy today to be here and of course congressman wolf indicated he's been working on this for 18 years. i think that the time is right to move this legislation forward. as chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform, i rise in strong support of h.r. 1722, the telework enhancement act of 2010. . i want to congratulate representative sarbanes for his persist tense and hard work on the -- persistence and hard work on the legislation. i also commend representative lynch the chairman of the federal work force committee for his help

how about massachusetts? >> echo of arizona around the country and in massachusetts, too.assachusetts backed away from policy to help the state police enforce the immigration law and considered immigrant friendly state. in recent months the the state legislature was cracking down. in may, they passed amendment that would have explicitly barred students getting in-state tuition. and other kind of benefits as well for the illegal immigrants. >> the train shifted -- >> greta: sorry i cut you off. i have to go. thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> greta: for the first time in nearly 40 years living member of the military has been presented the medal of honor. today at the white house, president obama awarded the highest honor to staff sergeant who distinguished himself on october 25, 2007 when the plafoon was ambushed in afghanistan. he faced wall of bullet and chased down two of those. and two soldiers died. the sergeant said i'd give it back if a second to have my friends with eme right now. we salute him. >>> next, the best of the rest. uh-oh, vice president cheney takes

the article sit elf was prompted by the whole debate over same sex gay marriage in massachusetts that americans boy this is sort of a fau naphenomew to us. in fact the dutch had legalized gay marriage in 2001. and so in america is really kind of sense catching up so absolutely there's a valts pipeline >> you think that this values globalization is going to change the culture. >> it's already changing the culture. >> how so? >> i think that the gay marriage is another issue. yoit anyways yeah through science and technology the so-called abortion pill r uchu t was pioneered in france. there was a great deal of hostility and opposition to it. now it's come over and now it's easily available from doctor or from a clinic. there's no question we're all sort of this mainstream of western values. >> you think that this force emanating from europe particularly amsterdam seems to have codified it more than anyone else is irresistible. i think it's a condition of modern life and in that sense is streak liamly powerful force. there are and there can be count counterveiling issues in the society.

>> guest: massachusetts. >> host: where did you go to college? >> guest: i went to harvard college. >> host: and where did you go to college? >> guest: to figure of first and the limit to connecticut and took more time off and went to the university of north carolina and finished about the university saw it took me awhile to get there. >> host: as a wall street journal dow jones there was a starkly a number of competing cultures in a company and one was the culture of depaul. there were many, and the culture was a pragmatic culture. i would think it's fair to say we had a number of hoosiers. it seemed to be the college though many of the hoosiers and many of the viewers would remember george malone and the great columnist of many decades and malone had that at some and talk about the tea party now. what were your parents political views? >> guest: moderate. my mother is alive and is a left-wing democrat. my father was a more moderate democrat and i was brought up to believe that my religion was jewish and my political party was democrat and i was

. >>> serious injuries on the football field are on the rise at all levels bua company in massachusetts says it's selling out -- setting out to soften the blows. >> relax when you get hit. >> inside this new helmet are 18 tiny shock absorbers that work like air bags, the zenith helmet was developed in massachusetts by a former harvard quarterback and md. one coach says they have already seen a difference. >> it was the best thing we have ever done. i mean, last year, concussions went down significantly. >> the custom-fitted helmets will follow freshmen and sophomores at one massachusetts high school their entire high school career as part of a comprehensive study. >>> that does seem like a pretty good idea. rosy, weather wise, clouded up, did not see as much sun but did stay dry at least, that's a good thing. let's show you now what the temperatures look like at our exclusive weather net site only here at abc 2. across the state of maryland right now, edgemere 50 degrees, pasadena, buoy down to 49, 52 in centreville, 53 now in reisterstown. let's take a look at the cloud cover rolling i

mike barnicle, you're a massachusetts guy.line right now, scott brown is the most popular politician in your state. >> yeah. any democrat who thinks they're going to happen tont ballot and beat scott brown in massachusetts, they're deluding themselv themselves. if he veers far right, he's going to have difficulty. right now the way he's playing it right down the middle, he's back in. >> mike allen, president obama has upset many supporters on the left by following through with many of president bush's policies on terror. how does the new republican majority in the house impact that? >> something we've chatted about over the months are what can house republicans really do? you've still got a democratic white house, still have a democratic senate. this is an example of an area where the republican congress can really work its will. they can prevent anyone else from either being tried out of gitmo or maybe even being released from there. congress now has 45 days' notice they have to get of anybody to be released from guantanamo.

he was willing to, if you will, talk straight to the people of massachusetts. he didn't sugar-coat anything. he vetoed any bill he thought would not be good for the state. his advisers told him if he tried to break the police strike, it was the end of his political career. he agreed, but said, we have to break the strike. that was true of his whole career as president. interestingly, it resonated well with the american people. if you were to come up with a list of characteristics that any good politician needs to have, or what we think they need to have, coolidge wouldn't have even been considered. but the fact was that he remained very popular throughout his term. with the break of the police strike in 19 -- 1919, coolidge enter the national arena, he was moved very quickly into a presidential contender in 1920, but when harding was nominated, then coolidge was very quickly selected as vice president, and entered office as vice president under harding. and, again, contrary to our popular perception of harding, the harding administration was showing real progre

and the public opinion swung in massachusetts and all over the country. and coolidge really became a national figure. as a result of that, he came on the national stage and i want to read just a few experts from i think an extremely interesting report. the new work world newspapers and reporter to boston to interview coolidge read after the police start. and this reporter he think nailed calvin coolidge as well as anybody, that i've ever seen, describe him. and here's what he wrote, he said to one would never think governor coolidge of massachusetts, he is a sphinx or an enigma. he talks a little. it is his silences which seemed to speak loudest. for when one ventures to put a question to him, the answer comes back in a tightening of the governor saying face in the closing closing of his lips. he has a lean and hungry look and the policemen's union and the central label bureau have often discovered that such men are dangerous. that was probably true. contrary to the accepted characteristics of the usual sort of politicians, cal coolidge's seldom smiles, h

that's what the massachusetts hospitalization says.tarting in january they plan to eliminate smokers entirely from the work force enforcing a no hiring policy for anyone who has not yet kicked the habit. >> dr. mark segal is here to talk about it. compromised of 90 hospitals in the state. they're banning all smokers, it makes since, right. >> first of all, only for their. >> 0s. not all the hospitals. although the hospitals may follow suit. i think there's a civil rights issue here, i think there's a discrimination issue. i think the problem with this is that where are you going to draw the line. if you say you can't hire smoker, what is next, people that are overweight. anyone who has health problems. smoking for sure in massachusetts alone leads to 6 billion dollars of health care costs every year and the fire department and police department, 1997 banned smoking and that makes sense, you don't want to smokers going to a fire because they might not recover from it. >> job performance. >> job performance. >> romney care, has governmen

. >> the united states senator from massachusetts, scott brown. >> reporter: the election of scott browned kennedy's old seat in massachusetts, should have been a huge wake-up call to democrats that the tea party movement and energy behind it could affix to any candidate, even if the bluest part of the country. >> couric: where were you when massachusetts was going down in flames? were you asleep at the switch? the debate dragged on. >> hell, no, you can't! >> couric: unemployment peaked just above 10%. >> couric: do you wish you had waited on health care until the economy grew stronger? no. because keep in mind, jobs were my number one priority last year. >> couric: in the year it took democrats to get health care reform passed, the u.s. economy lost more than two million jobs. now half of voters want health care reform repealed. >> i'm exhausted of defending you. i need you to answer this honestly-- is this my new reality? >> couric: ultimately velma hart's frustration was shared by millions of voters. 84% say their financial situation is worse or no better. 62% believe the country's o

massachusetts avenue.ew blocks north of naval observatory. a huge tree in the road. one inbound lane is blocked. let's go to northeast washington. kristin fisher is live at brentwood shopping center looking at the damage there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i can't even begin to tell you how many people have come up to me this morning and asked did this area get hit by a tornado. it is a great question, but one that we are not going to know the answer to for quite some time. national weather service of course has to come out and make that determination. so way too soon to say if it was a tornado or not. what we do know, this area was hit by winds up to 50, 60 miles per hour. let me show you how bad it was. i mean, it was able, winds were strong enough to knock over several of these metal fences that are all here as part of construction. i can start to lift it up. but these are pretty heavy fences. to talk about damage here, if you look at the aj wright behind me, you see part of the roof blown o

improving news for massachusetts avenue folks.side of mass avenue at 34th now reopened inbound. stillclosed 34th and 35. this tree came down earlier. good work by ddot on that one. metro, green lines delayed on green belt because of an earlier problem. 302 and 304 delayed. marc, 872 and 874 andenn 509 behind schedule. eun. >> thank you, jerry. we are following breaking news right no strong winds and heavy rain swept across the region overnight leaving a ss. winds tore off parts of roofs and sent debris flying. megan mcgrath is live with a ok at the damage there. megan, it's not looking good. >> no. there's a big cleanup job ahead of folks. we're at the rhode island place shopping center. that's whe the home depot is and aj wright, if you're faliar. it's in between brentwood and rhode island avenue. you can see the damage that was done here b this very powerful storm that blew through. all the outdoor products here at the home depot were blo around. those are the wooden stands at the outdoor plants were sitting on. you can see ever

by then it should be up here in connecticut and massachusetts. the line of storms goes fr albany down through southern w york and through new jersey. swing and pivot through new england this morning. a shield of heavy rain from heart hartford to boston. the big storm system will make it very windy for a lot of people in the ohio valley, m mid-atlant mid-atlantic. and pennsylvania and nework tooxt the storm will be leaving by about noon. but from now through the morning rush hour it's going to be difficult. the next system coming down through the rockies, a little bit of snow in denver and nebraska. not a big storm, but enough to cause nor inconveniences. yo forecast today a cool rain in kansas city at 42. southeast of texas looks nine. new england has all of the weather problems. here's a look at weather outside your window. the rain in philadelphia, just scattered showers. new york city should be done with the heaviest rains by about 7:00 a.m., from boston and hartford it's going to be a long difficult morning. >> we'll take a look at the radar

>> guest: massachusetts. >> host: where to go to college? >> guest: went to harvard college. >> host: and where did you go to college? >> guest: to give off and then went to university connecticut and took more time off and the university of north carolina and then i finished up at depaul university so it took me awhile to get there. >> of "the wall street journal" dow jones there were a number of competing cultures in the company and one was the culture of depaul. there were many, and this culture was the pragmatic culture. i think it is fair to say we had a number of hoosiers who seem to be the college of many of the hoosiers and many of the viewers will maybe remember george malone, the great columnist of many decades, and malone had that pragmatism and i wished he were here to talk about that multi-party now. what were your parents political views? >> guest: moderate. my mother is alive and is a left-wing democrat. my father was a more moderate democrat, and i was brought up to believe that my religion must jewish and my political party

western massachusetts high-school hockey playoffs.y team was not enough to make the playoffs. $20 a game for the rights. the way the hockey team came to town. my dad was working with them. i became an announcer. from a pure performance point of view i had the greatest experience of my life. he came and played on the team. playing with his two sons. at his 50th birthday i got to be the emcee. set to rise in the spotlight. my childhood idol. to make it even better his birthday is the day after mine. our joint effort the celebration . in those days you could cut its sports on television. only one college game played a week. hockey games could not get on very much. my father and i will try and find ways to do it. we heard about this new thing about cable. the real key was the satellite. less money than it cost to send a signal of around the state of connecticut. >> host: you identify a new medium which allowed messages to get through. >> guest: you were talking about the difference between his clubs and what is happening today. it is the

that's the case of one massachusetts man. he may not be alive today if he hadn't crashed his truck. he was driving down a busy road when he popped some raisins and started choking. he passed out behind the wheel. he swerved into on-coming traffic, when his air bag deployed. it dislodged the raisin from his throat. >> we think it's crazy. i think it's crazy. i think it's a miracle. i think that's awesomed. he's blessed to be alive. >> reporter: no one else was injured in that crash. >> unbelievable. >>> when we return look at weather and traffic and something old, something new, something blue. we bet you probably like them all. >> look at this. the world's famous grand new look, we're going to show you it to you and tell you where you can check it out. >>> black friday is a week away. most popular sell items are usually those big screen tvs. we'll tell you where you can get the best deals on those and other electronics when we return. if only there were a place where banks competed to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like tha

like ward, wahlberg was one of nine kids and grew up in working class massachusetts. were these streets really rough when you were growing up? we went back, with wahlberg, to his hometown of dorchester, a scrappy section of boston. >> wahlberg: the old guy from the store? >> logan: yeah? >> wahlberg: he thinks i owe him money. >> logan: do you owe him money? >> wahlberg: i think it's my brother who owes him money. it's my brother, georgie. it's my brother. >> logan: wahlberg dropped out of school when he was 13. he ran with the wrong crowd, and from the law. what happened to a lot of the other kids that were on the streets with you? >> wahlberg: well, unfortunately, you know, a lot of friends are either dead or in jail, you know. >> logan: mark used to sneak out of his bedroom window and hit the streets for late nights of boozing, brawling, dealing, and stealing. were you a good thief? >> wahlberg: i was pretty good. i was pretty good. i was pretty daring. >> jim flavin: you were a pain in the neck, but you were always respectful. >> logan: a rare positive influence f

investigators are trying to determine how a baltimore native living in north carolina was found dead in massachusetts. that is our big story tonight, a baltimore family trying to figure out just what happened to their 16-year-old son. >> he was found in north carolina, where he had been living, and his body was found mutilated beyond recognition. kai reed spoke with them. he joins us live. >> the family is devastated and desperate to find out what happened to the 16 year-old. his stepmother told me he moved from baltimore to live with his father in charlotte about one year ago. his stepmother. baltimore describes him as a caring boy, who loved sports, the military, and being around here is a large extended family, including 17 brothers and sisters. his rotc leader said he had dreams of becoming a marine. >> he liked us enough that we had to send him away sometimes between classes. >> last monday, his body was found mutilated on a rural road, and his father had previously reported him missing in charlotte, north carolina, and there was a hand written note in his pocket, which appears to be a lunch pas

although he does have problems with the massachusetts health care. that's not going to hurt him in new hampshire i've got a feeling. he can appeal -- >> how about, a wall street guy? >> new hampshire people are very fiscally conscious and don't like a socialist program like that. but i think he can make the argument. and he's going to be hard to beat in new hampshire. if -- like pat buchanan surprised everybody by taking new hampshire. that could happen with sarah palin or huckabee. >> you could get a mitch daniels. chris: howard, who's got the best bet at winning the western division, the conservatives? >> sarah palin. chris: best bet. >> sarah palin. >> i'll say huckabee. >> between palin and huckabee i'll give the edge to palin. chris: let's go to the eastern division. we're talking traditional republican party. the club members. the fiscal conservatives. >> i was about to say the boast celtics. -- the boston celtics. i'll say it's not going to be romney. he's a weak frontrunner. chris: palin versus -- >> going to be somebody like daniels or barbe

northwest massachusetts and 34th closed same reasons.virginia and arlington, north george mason drive closed between 10th and washington for the same situation. and buoys, maryland, 197 at old laurel buoys road, more downtown wires in the roadway. and 190 at persimmon also shut down. go to wusa9.com and check out the list of closures before you hit the road. coming up in the next report, focus on the commute in virginia out of 95. back to you. >>> as howard told us, the biggest story that happened while you slept is damage from a severe storm that store through the -- tore through the region overnight. >> kristin joins us with what it looks like. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have quite a bit of damage here, so much so that several police officers that we spoke with this morning say that they think this area may have been hit by a small tornado, possibly a small micro burs. no confirmation from national weather service. too premature for that. let me show you what i am talking about. there's a lot of damage here, this is th

regiment leads this attack. >> now, 54th massachusetts was untried in battle.y are an all-black regiment that was raised up in boston. >> reporter: it takes seven attempts, but the union finally dislodges the defenders. from fort wagner, they battered the rebs into submission. >> they bombarded fort sumter for 22 months, beginning in 1863 and ending in february 1865, so it's the longest siege during the civil war, the longest siege in u.s. military history, and they bombarded fort sumter so heavily from that point that they completely shot away the top two levels of the fort during that time. and this is all the damage that was inflicted on the walls between 1863 and 1865 by the u.s army while the confederate army was here. wherever you see pock marks in the wall, that's where projectiles would have bounced off the walls. you'll see some huge gaping holes there. that's where projectiles would have become embedded in the walls and then blown up. and then there are still projectiles still being stuck in the walls of the fort, which we can go check out. we fly six