and when massachusetts declared independence, he was elected first governor of massachusetts. that put him in control of the massachusetts independence movement. and forced sam adams into the background. sam adams went to the constitutional convention and was there for two, i think, two, possibly three terms. but never again was a figure of importance in either national or massachusetts history. he became governor of massachusetts. he was vice governor during hancock's last term at the beginning of the 19th century. hancock died, he exceeded to the governorship. he was elected for one term, and then he died. but he never again had any importance in american politics or state politics. >> [inaudible] >> we have time for one more question from -- wait for the microphone, please. >> what was the relationship between sam and john adams? >> well, obviously, they knew each other at the continental congress. they both served in the continental congresses, so they knew each other there. but john adams was a staunch conservative, and adams was this fiery radical. when sam adams got to

i am joined by massachusetts gov. deval patrick. the second term democrats is the author of "a reason to believe." he joins us tonight from washington. it is always have to give you -- to have you on this program, sir. i am anxious to get to the book. i enjoyed it. let me start with a few questions about the president's words today. this is my own assessment read i have not heard the president that forceful, that forthright and a longtime. i am happy to see it. is the president finally starting to find a spot? >> i am thrilled with the speech. he put the real question to not just the republicans, but to the american people. the one that we are really debating, what kind of country do we want to live in? what is the character of this country? do we still believe in the american dream? what are we willing to sacrifice? tavis: how is this debate impacting the states? >> we are in pretty good shape in washington -- in massachusetts. we have delivered four budgets now. we have had to reduce headcount in state government, but we have also

i'm so happy it's right over here in rochester, massachusetts.rsity of mass campus. it's a great day. the groundbreaking is always a special day. i look forward to months and weeks later when we have the folks coming here and learn about government. learn what the senate really means. the fact it has on people's lives. i also think of some of the young people will find what a difference ted kennedy made in so many peoples lives, who he touched in so many different ways. i'm honored to say a few words this morning. thank you all of you, thank you. [applause] there a lot of great days and our commonwealth come a day so we can all be happy and proud of what we do and the kind of leadership is commonwealth provides. today is one of those days. we've talked about the institute and we talked about it being a nonpartisan institute when we talk about the issues of the time and the issues of the past so we eliminate the future. a tribute to that sense of nonpartisanship and what we can do with the commonwealth. our next speaker, senator scott rowan. [appl

. >> next, former massachusetts gov. mitt romney in las vegas and kentucky senator rand paul in iowa. >> a discussion of u.s. policy in the middle east will be part of the anti-defamation league conference tomorrow. dennis roth and martin indyk. live coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> follows the span on twitter. it is the fastest way to get programming and schedule updates. you can also join in the conversation and tweet questions to our "washington journal" guests. get started at twittered.com/c- span. >> former massachusetts governor and the 2008 republican presidential candidate mitt romney. in the area for a policy, he criticizes the obama administration handling of iran, russia, and the palestinian, israeli peace negotiation. from las vegas, this is about 50 minutes. >> i want to say thank you to you for hosting this event. thank you to the chairman for his leadership and matt parks for his extraordinary leadership as well. thank you for opening up their home. what an extraordinary contribution th

it's the former massachusetts governor, calvin coolidge. and i'll wager that the magnificent air force one that i saw and many of you have seen out in the area that is just as big as i can tell, i've never seen such a large museum space. it has set down more than a few times because as a candidate as you know, ronald reagan carried my state. and you also know that no other republican has won massachusetts in the last 50 years, and the gipper did it twice. [applause] >> when i think of ronald reagan i think of someone who was larger than life. a powerful figure who was proud to be an american. i did my small part. yeah, you can clap on that, it is true. it is true. and i'd like you did my part in supporting him, and in the working-class neighborhoods where i lived that put me in the majority. to this day in american politics we speak of the reagan republicans and reagan democrats, and that's the legacy of a man who respected everyone. and spoke to everyone. now, a lot of old political assumptions fell away in his time because his convictions

the massachusetts health care reform law enacted five years ago this week. the romney care law says that everyone in massachusetts must have health coverage, and that employers with 10 or more workers must make it available to those employees and must cover some of the romney care insurance costs. now, romney care closely mirrors obama care. many believe. and this will turn off republican primary voters, which means no g.o.p. official presidential candidate status for romney, maybe. question, in the eyes of the exploratory committee, will romney care, that's his health program in massachusetts, be a plus or a minus for romney as the official candidate of the g.o.p.? eleanor? >> well, it would be a plus for me in assessing governor romney because -- it covers -- [everyone talking at once] >> what do you mean? >> well, because they now cover 98% of the population, in massachusetts. it's a good plan. but i think that politically, romney -- the only way he can steer through is the olds mack imif you have a problem, hang a lantern on it. don't run away if it. he

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 f 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 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 f 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

in 45 minutes, massachusetts governor deval patrick. also >> we do not have to choose between a future of spiralling debt and one where we forfeit the investment of our people and our country. to meet our fiscal challenge, we will need to make reforms. we will all need to make sacrifices, but we do not have to sacrifice the america we believe in. as long as i'm president, we will not. ♪ host: president obama unveiled his deficit reduction plan yesterday. we want to get your thoughts on what is in the plan and the politics of it. the numbers to call this morning -- good morning and welcome to "washington journal." you can also e-mail us this morning. you can also find us on twitter. we will get your comments. let's take a look at some of the coverage of this story. "the washington post" leads with the headline "obama's plan combines cuts with tax hikes." host: very different interpretations of what this means and opinions in the opinion columns. "the wall street journal" has this article that says, "where is rahm emanuel when we need him

for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: of every 10 people going hungry, six are women. they have the least access to schools, lands and markets. but because every mother will go to bed hungry before her child does, h.r. 1 cuts life-saving food aid, humanitarian programs almost in half. these programs make up less than 1% of the federal budget. slashing them does nothing to help the budget but will be devastating to women and children. when food prices are at all-time highs and more people are hungry than ever before this is unconscionable. people are fasting in opposition to these budget cuts. hunger should not be a partisan issue. i urge my colleagues to reject these draconian cuts, support programs to protect the hungry and the most vulnerable here at home and around the world. learn more at hungerfast.org. the speaker pro tempore: th

the event includes tributes to the late senator bayh massachusetts governor deval patrick, massachusettsessman ed markey and former longtime kennedy aide paul kirk. kennedy institute president peter meade begins the program. >> good morning, ladies and b gentlemen, thank you very much y for being here. ol really do appreciate it. f if we could begin to have folksr take their seats we will have time for pictures of littledown, later. billpl delahunt, could you sit down please? thank you. [laughter] lieutenant governor is about to take his seat by the treasurer there. we're making real progress here. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and in so many ways is the khoir was saying just a bit ago, this is the day the lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad. [applause] i was just telling vicky i was walking earlier and looked up at the incredible blue sky with the sunshining down, and i said something that so many of us said so many times in our lives, thank you, ted. well, people will take credit for much of what happens, we give him the responsibility and credit for this beautiful day, and

markey of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 203, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, and a gentleman opposed each will have five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: my amendment is quite simple, which says nothing that the republicans are proposing today should put a limitation on the ability of the e.p.a. to reduce the demand for inputting oil from opec, which should be the number one objective in our country. you know, we only have 2% of the world's oil reserves and consume 25% on a daily basis. and there is nothing we can do about it. and so the only way in which we can solve the problem is we reduce consumption by increasing the efficiency of the vehicles we drive, of the boats we use, the planes that we ride in, of the other sources that consume the oil that we use in our country. and what they're going to do, the republicans, is tie the hands of the e.p.a. to back out the five million barrels of oil that we import from opec on a dail

but we think massachusetts is relative, it's very specific in massachusetts about what its role was and what it was what the court says. we lack the exert tease to second guess the policy choices of the e.p.a. that its role was to compel the agency to the statute as the court interpreted it. in this case the state is asking to make those policy choices in the first instance and they say that the cours can do this because the courts can do this in pryor knew sans cases. but this case is nothing like an instance in which one state is complaining that another state has dumped sewage into a body of water. >> how many states does it take? three states have made that allegation. i don't know exactly how you draw the line between a case like tennessee-copper and this case. >> it's not a question of the quantity of states. this task is different because of the global nature of the phenomenon. >> i'm more receptive to this kind of ak argument if i knew where we were going with our standing. i don't want to make it difficult on you. but i take it that these arguments also go to whether there is a

as michelle miller reports, it's believed to be the same camp where massachusetts senator scott brown says he was abused as a child. >> reporter: police were called to camp good news after the report of a gunshot. there they found the body of 43-year-old charles devita, a longtime employee of good news. devita was under investigation for allegedly abusing a 10-year-old boy at the camp 26 years ago. >> i know you want to ask some questions. >> reporter: camp good news made headlines when massachusetts senator scott brown revealed to "60 minutes" that he'd been sexually abused a cape cod camp when he was 10 years old. another man came forward to cbs news saying, he was molested at the camp. he spoke through his attorney. what does your client want to happen? >> my client wants the perpetrator to be prosecuted criminally. he wants to be able to heal to a certain degree. and he wants to protect children in the future. >> reporter: brown hurried past cameras, but his office later issued a statement saying brown, quote, has never met the employee who killed himself. but on a boston radio sh

and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care by the way the massachusetts state house has one hundred twenty eight democrats and thirty two republicans but just a case in from house speaker democrat robert j. the leo was that this would save one hundred million dollars in the coming year by scaling back the health care costs of municipal employees apparently there was some opposition from local unions and even governor patrick acknowledge the parallel to what we've seen in wisconsin saying they should dial it down because that's not what's happening here so like good loyal partisan like these think that dial it down remember what we saw in wisconsin when a republican controlled state government did almost the same thing in wisconsin and it drew national outrage in massachusetts done by democrats but politicians get a pass by comparison. this is why big unions are purely partisan political organizations and other partisanship remember this guy he seems to be making a play at the g.o.p. nomination for president and by seems i mean making a national joke of hi

he has taken positions over time in massachusetts. these are positions that progressives and conservatives will not like. he does not want to become a lightning rod. it is a very smart strategy. host: only one public event in the month of march 4 mitt romney -- for mitt romney. why? guest: a lot of the analysis that is being applied right now -- there was a, lot of truth to it all. i think we are looking at the last campaign as a template for this campaign. during the 2008 campaign, i moved to boston and was moving on the campaign in december of 2006. we were entering the building stages of the campaign with a candidate at about 3% nationally. the goal was to build awareness and stimulate demand. we had to do that very early, going up against john mccain and rudy guiliani, who had 100% name recognition at that time. the governor has universal name awareness among many republican voters. there are a number of candidates that also have that -- newt gingrich, sarah palin's, mike huckabee, even michele bachmann for a member of congress ha

parts of massachusetts are digging out from an april fool's day snow. rich has the latest. >> this is the heavy wet snow that even hearty new englanders hate. there a winter storm warnings in six new england states. it hardly seems like spring. >> this is no april fool's joke. from new england to pennsylvania the sounds and sights of winter are back. >> it is not fair. we have had so much snow already. it does not seem right. >> up to a foot of snow in parts of massachusetts connecticut and rhode island. >> it is more like a nightmare. >> the road crews are putting the plows back on trucks. >> what are you going to do? >> this main ski area closed before the snowfall. now is too late. >> if we had this earlier, we could really use it. >> it is clgging traffic and obliterating roadsidesghns. i cannot wait until it is over. >> it will melt and then we can grow things. >> some towns in western massachusetts are thousands of dollars in the red. new england is not alone. the new england plane could see a foot of snow sunday into monday. >>> there is breaking

it was followed by the election of senator scott brown in massachusetts and then really smashing republican victory in the 2010 elections. now we are in a fight about the budget in washington where we have a situation where last year the leaders of the house and the senate chose not to pass a budget at all. this year we had a government shutdown fight that was resolved literally at the 11th hour. and now we have to budget proposal that both almost come from different universes. you on the other hand in virginia close budget shortfalls by 1.8 going to invent 4.2 billion. you did without raising taxes and not blowing up the state. so what are the lessons of your experience for what we see now in the federal budget fight? >> that's a great place to

i'm so happy it's right over here in rochester, massachusetts. and especially at the university of mass campus. it's a great day. the groundbreaking is always a special day. i look forward to months and weeks later when we have the folks coming here and learn about government. learn what the senate really means. the fact it has on people's lives. i also think of some of the young people will find what a difference ted kennedy made in so many peoples lives, who he touched in so many different ways. i'm honored to say a few words this morning. thank you all of you, thank you. [applause] there a lot of great days and our commonwealth come a day so we can all be happy and proud of what we do and the kind of leadership is commonwealth provides. today is one of those days. we've talked about the institute and we talked about it being a nonpartisan institute when we talk about the issues of the time and the issues of the past so we eliminate the future. a tribute to that sense of nonpartisanship and what we can do with the commonwealth. our next speaker

up toward massachusetts. in the 30s. and 30s up across maine. where it's still snowing across the interior sections. they've gotten everywhere from 4 to 8 inches of loose snow here on the first day. we've got rain last night. not a whole lot. but tim has a look at the updated rainfall numbers for this region. and for the year as well. tim? >> well, we're right on target for the year. seemed that mark was a -- march was a bit damper than usual. for march, let's talk about. just under 5 inches. 4.99 inches for the month.

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you didn't have to be in massachusetts, for instance, to spend massachusetts money. >> host: so if somebody was traveling from philadelphia to new york city -- >> guest: yeah. >> host: -- what would they bring with them? >> guest: well, it depends. in the early republic period what you'd want to do is buy eastern paper or city paper, bank notes printed by reputable banks in the east, places like boston, new york and philadelphia. but if you were traveling particularly to the west, you would see quite a bit of what's called wen paper which was -- western paper which was passed at a discount based on the reputation of the bank that issued it. you'd want to have the strongest paper currency with you, and you'd be able to buy up the cheap paper at a discount. >> host: did the continental congresses or the constitutional convention address the issue of money? ing? well, the continental congress gets into a lot of trouble during the revolution because they start printing their own paper currency to fund the war. they are, they need money. i mean, there's really no options for them. they're isolat

i just wanted you to contrast that to massachusetts and the health-care system that developed in massachusetts when you were governor, and how would you make sure that whatever happens to reform health care would be different. >> thank you. good question, and that is the first time i have been asked the question, so i appreciate the chance to address it. [laughter] first of all, you all have universal health care, socialized medicine in your state, and i say that a bit fishy sisley -- a bit facetiously, but if somebody has a heart attack or cancer, as you know, we do not let them die on the street. they go to the hospital and are treated, and guess who pays for them? you? government. you are all paying for it. we found out that was happening in our state. we found that a number of people that even though the employer offered them health insurance, they said, "no, we are going to turn it down." why do you turn down coverage when you pay only 20% or 30%? and they said, "because i can get it for free just by showing up in the emergency room." we are willing to say that the people who have the abi

i would like to contrast that with massachusetts and the health care system that developed in massachusetts when you were governor. how would you make sure that whatever happens to reform health care would be different than massachusetts? >> good question. that is the first time i have been asked a question. i appreciate the chance to address it. you all have universal health care if you will, socialized medicine, in your states. i say that a bit facetiously. if somebody in your state who does not have insurance has a terrible automobile accident, our heart attack, or cancer, we do not let them die in the streets. they go to the hospital and are treated. guess who pays for them? you, the government, you all are paying for it. we found that was happening in our state. we found a number of people who even though their employers offer them health insurance turned it down. we asked why they were turning down coverage when they were only paying 30% of the premium. they said they could get health care for free by showing of the emergency room. we said that the free ride problem was a real concern

i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where i live, i was close to boston. i had such a great time in boston but i did not like massachusetts so much because it was cold, the culture was foreign to me. when i came to san francisco, the first time i came, there was a rainbow over the bay and there was something calling me. i was 20 at the time. i knew that this was a place i needed to live. the history here, you can see it in terms of buildings, you know the history from, labor history, hit the history, history of what happened in 1978 with milk, mosconi. but i wanted to be a part of its. >> what got you involved in politics? >> i had been involved in politics for decades. i was doing work around central america, supporting people in central america, protecting against u.s. imperialism, and their right to live. i was doing a lot of work on campus in college. head of work against apartheid. i was involved in a lot of the efforts to push back on efforts to remove affirmative action, prop 209, all kinds of work around ballot measures that

and in cape cod, massachusetts, summer camp is swarming with police today. investigators looking into a suicide at camp good news. this camp made news recently after massachusetts senator scott brown and another man revealed they were sexually abused there as boys. the boston herald reports the body is of a 43-year-old man who left notes indicating he was, quote, tired of being accused of molestation. >>> it appears service cuts and fare hikes are inevitable. >> the caltrain stations on the chopping block and when passengers supply the to pay more. >> i found it to be a very confusing statement. >> pg&e customer rebates, the fine print and the utility's apology regarding the $25 debit card. >>> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. lots of sunshine, but the winds of change beginning to blow. could we actually see some rage? we'll talk rain? we'll talk about that coming up. -- could we actually see some rain? we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, branson showed off his newest toy. the "white knight two" flew over the bay ar

basically the massachusetts plan is exactly what obama's healthcare care reform prescription has been. on a state level -- >> isn't that an important distinction? >> he was running a state. obama is running a nation. >> why would you apply something for one unique healthcare population of 7 million people to 300 million. that would be a mistake? >> president obama said he learned from the massachusetts plan trying to draft the national healthcare. >> it's not necessarily right for other states. >> in terms of the republican field, right now big money is on the sidelines. everyone is holding their powder dry because they don't see anything out there that indicates that any of the guys can beat president obama. what is going on? you see donald trump rise to the top of the polls. he's out there yesterday talking to tea party people. they're talking to tea party people now. sarah palin talking to them, tim pawlenty talking to them, haley barbour talking to tea party people. saying crazy stuff. how is haley barbour going to get away saying we shouldn't involved in the war in afghanistan? d

it's a little hole and the wall from massachusetts. and they know it by heart. i call at a college age prank. the old age college prank. nobody bothered to check them out. on the matters as they have all these high paid positions coming forward that were never here before. it is time to downsize back to where we were before and not listen to some blowhard coming in from massachusetts that those are area better than we do. i am still waiting to have a break out of what we have for the current deputy chief and commanders. thank you very much. as a taxpayer, it is time -- kind of tough to come forward. there are a lot of people that have been losing their jobs lately. their houses. it is funded goodies seminars. you can pick them off for a diamond. not very much. get into the house and they come up with the variable interest rate loans. those people need to be checked out thoroughly. the federal bureau of investigation, the police might get their noses into that as well. the are rude, mean, and throwing people out of their houses. >> in the evening, commissioners.

and later, batter up-- the cupcake competition is on. 9l >> smith: in a "60 minutes" interview, massachusetts senator scott brown revealed he'd been sexually abused as a child at summer camp. now more people are coming forward to say they, too, were abused, apparently at the same camp. and today, we learned an employee there has taken his own life. michelle miller reports from cape cod. >> reporter: police were called to camp good news at 9:00 this morning after the report of a gunshot. there, they found the body of 43-year-old charles devita, a longtime employee of good news. devita was under investigation for allegedly abusing a ten- year-old boy at the camp 26 years ago. >> he kept to himself. he was... but when it came to campers any time anyone needed help with anything he was always there to help them. >> i know you want to ask some questions. >> reporter: camp good news made headlines when massachusetts senator scott brown revealed to "60 minutes" that he'd been sexually abused at a cape cod camp when he was ten years old. though he never named the camp, reports surfaced that brown did

. >>> in massachusetts, the snow is piling up in new bedford as residents brace for the brunt of a new storm working its way off the east coast. some areas reported up to 3 inches of the heavy white stuff, causing forecasters to warn of potential hazards from falling tree lines and power limbs. >>> the great cobra hunt for the bronx zoo has come to an end. the snake was found just a few feet from its enclosure. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. all right, what is it looking like out there? >> the forecast has changed a little bit. the areas in new england as far as vermont, new hampshire, maine, you're still going to get a big storm out of this. but the forecast has changed a little bit. it was a little too warm. we didn't get the snow that was expected from albany through the hudson valley, poconos, connecticut, long island. you're not getting anything at all. this is primarily a northern new england storm out there today. it's still raining in areas like new york city and philadelphia and

unlike mitt romney, who cannot talk about his governorship in massachusetts to republican audiences. haley barbour can talk about having been governor, as ken pawlenty. >> pawlenty is the obvious candidate. he is successfully pandering to the right, a two-term governor of a midwestern state. the one problem is he looks boring. >> what about this one? >> he would do all the right things. he is my candidate and has my endorsement. >> wow. >> that is why he is not running. >> it is like being on the cover of "sports illustrated." >> news flash, he just announced he is withdrawing. >> bruce babbitt of the republican party, r those of you old enough to remember that race. >> there was a comment after barry goldwater's losing in 1964, and in the loss in 1988, that arizona is the only state where mothers do not tell their children who is visiting. and then there is john mccain. as far as tim pawlenty, his breakthrough has to be in iowa. that is where michele bachmann becomes a very important wild card. if she goes into iowa, she can take the oxygen out of the room. she is an exciting candid