from the wbc -- wbz studios in massachusetts. wins this election will be voting on the confirmation of multiple nominees to the court. when you ever voted for a supreme court nominee who opposed the abortion rights of roe v. wade? >> i would not. and i do not regarded as a litmus test. roby lake -- roe v. wade is that law and women should be able to count on this. when elena kagan came up, she was a pro-choice woman who had been solicitor general of the united states. when she was nominated to the united states supreme court -- she is from here in massachusetts -- i was surprised when senator brown voted against her. this may be a race for control of the senate. the supreme court may hang in the balance. >> thanks for that question. i am sorry you did not vote for your boss. i know you and justice kagan are close. there is a litmus test for me. a judge has to have good judicial character and a good temperament and have some courtroom and judicial experience. that is why i did not votes for justice kagan. that being said, when it

you can do more for massachusetts.s is the most insulting slogan i have seen in massachusetts' politics, because this slogan means, vote for this man, because he has influence, he has connections, he has relations. >> we should not have any talk about personalities or families. i feel that we should be talking about the people's destiny in massachusetts. plauz. >> we've got a little bit of time left over. mr. kennedy has been very restrained in his comment on this last question. would you like to add a word or two, mr. kennedy? >> we've agreed by the standards with which this should be conducted. i'm satisfied. >> thank you very much. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i am delighted to be here in the north end of boston, where my grandfather was born, and he said that he receives such a wonderful reception, that it seemed like the cobblestones of the north end rose up to welcome him home. >> in the battle of family names in the massachusetts primary election, 35-year-old george cabot lodge and mrs. lodge come to the pol

i felt very strongly that the people of massachusetts needed him. >> it's great to be back on massachusettssking in the glow of the salt lake city olympics, mitt romney is beckoned by the bay state gop to run for governor, despite the fact that a republican already was in the job. >> jane swift was the governor, but weakened by political missteps, and there were a lot of republicans nervous that she was going to lose if she ran. so you have mitt romney out in utah sort of eyeing the political landscape, knowing he wants to get into politics. >> within 48 hours of romney's return, governor jane swift tearfully drops her bid for another term. >> i have never walked away from a fight in my life. so that's probably the toughest part of this. >> hi, sorry to bring you out on a day like this. >> aware that he might be seen as strong-arming a woman out of the race, romney addresses reporters in his driveway. >> i want this to be governor swift's day. i want to note, however, that lest there be any doubt, i'm in. >> romney easily secures the nomination. and in the general election, his campaign pro

stay out because we want to be the one to talk to the voters of massachusetts and i think voter of massachusetts deserve that. it's a good way to go. >> ifill: this seems almost like a shocking example of bipartisanship. are there limits and merits to the values of bipartisanship either in your race or nationally? i believe in bipartisanship. when i first went to washington it was during a financial crisis i went to bring some accountability to what was going on and i was asked to head up a bipartisan commission, democrats and republicans. we turned out recommendations every 30 days on some of the most contentious issues of that whole crisis. and, you know, a lot of our reports-- maybe about half-- were (inaudible) that's because we saw prince we agreed on and worked from here so, yes, i think those were strong reports and we could be bipartisan. but there were times we did not agree we couldn't find that basic place where we started in the same place and that was majority report and a minority report. >> but in the senate where there isn't a lot of that, how do you proposed to change the partis

i think the voters in massachusetts knows that's wrong. >> felix arroyo. thanks for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time so much from massachusetts on "the ed show." that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> good evening, ed, i have to ask you about the clip you played from the debate in boston. >> sure. >> what is wrong with elizabeth warren being native american? >> there's nothing wrong with that. that's why i asked, why would he go down that road? it's a cheap shot. do people in massachusetts, or anywhere in this country, really care about ethnicity now when it comes to public service? i mean, i think that it was just a marquee mistake on his part to go down that road. >> it is amazing to me. you know, it didn't move the polls when he was doing it before and it ultimately comes down to him saying, she shouldn't be a senator because she's native american. >> how do you think she handled the answer? i thought it was terrific. >> i mean, i think she has the moral high ground on this. if i were her, i wou

stay out because we want to be the one to talk to the voters of massachusetts and i think voter of massachusetts deserve that. it's a good way to go. >> ifill: this seems almost like a shocking example of bipartisanship. are there limits and merits to the values of bipartisanship either in your race or nationally? i believe in bipartisanship. when i first went to washington it was during a financial crisis i went to bring some accountability to what was going on and i was asked to head up a bipartisan commission, democrats and republicans. we turned out recommendations every 30 days on some of the most contentious issues of that whole crisis. and, you know, a lot of our reports-- maybe about half-- were (inaudible) that's because we saw prince we agreed on and worked from here so, yes, i think those were strong reports and we could be bipartisan. but there were times we did not agree we couldn't find that basic place where we started in the same place and that was majority report and a minority report. >> but in the senate where there isn't a lot of that, how do you proposed to change the partis

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democratic congressman barney frank of massachusetts.essman frank, thank you very much for being was tonight. i appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. >> i saw the statement you put out tonight after the debate noting your disappointment with what you described as personal attacks by senator brown against elizabeth warren. what did you mean by that? >> there was a snarky tone. the kind of professor accusation. but also with all that we've got going on, the war and the economy, the environment, to begin with this silly attack on the fact that she once said she was of native american ancestry, dishonest statement by him, a lie, that she used it to get ahead which has been refuted, and later talk an the fact she's a very highly paid professor. look, you outlined it. the issues run very much against him. a key moment came when elizabeth warren talked about inhofe who scott brown would like to make chairman on the committee, says global warming is a hoax and would dismantle the epa. said, you're not running against jim inhofe, you're runnin

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the battle between senator scott brown and elizabeth warren in massachusetts. wall street is backing brown but warren has her own outside help. i caught up with both candidates on the campaign trail this week. >> i want to go to washington to fight for working families. she's a hero to the left. and he's a popular republican in a democratic state. >> my goal has been to work with people to come up with solutions. >> scott brown and elizabeth warren are in the most closely watched senate race in the country. $48million counting it's also the most expensive. in 2010 brown took the political world by storm when he won ted kennedy's senate psi. now he's trying to keep his job. top watchdog and harvard professor is too liberal even for this state. >> what do you have to do to hold on to this seat. >> point out differences between professor warren and me. i'm a bipartisan guy. professor warren is the one who pushed the ewe didn't build it mentality. demonizing job creators. i'm going to point out those differences bealso remind folks what i've done since i've been th

as we all know, three of us are from massachusetts. scott brown represented in so many of the people i know from massachusetts and so many people i know at harvard. i like her. i think she's the sort of person we should have in d.c. that said, i think scott brown is also the sort of person we should have in d.c. it saddened me a little bit she's not a great campaigner and the process doesn't reveal character, but it weeds out good people. i wish that were different. but that's the way it is. >> i am not from massachusetts, but i mean, i think ultimately the only speech that really mattered last night was bill clinton's speech. i actually found her -- you called her professorial. i can see where you're coming from. i think it's harder for a woman to pull off being the intellectual. i think people have a tendency to look at a person who presents herself in the way that elizabeth warren does, and rather than see her as smart or commanding or above the fray, all the ways we saw president obama when he was introduced to the country, there's

markey of massachusetts. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. marky, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: i thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment is very simple. if you want to keep america on its current path towards american energy independent by 2020, then let us ensure that e.p.a. uses the authority to reduce demand for oil that this bill rescinds. in 1985, after the first-ever fuel economy standards mandated by congress were implemented, we imported only 1/4 of our oil. but after the republicans and the auto industry spent decades blocking further standards from being set, the numbers skyrocketed to a staggering 57% of our oil being imported on the day george bush in 2009 walked out of the office. remember, we put 70% of all the oil we consume in our country into gasoline tanks. well, 57% is a lot to be dependent upon foreign oil. especially at this perilous time in our nation's history. paid for with money that supports iran's nuclear program, roadside bombs

has this been a real major issue in massachusetts?ssue because scott brown can't let it go because it's easier to talk about a fake story than talk about your real record. yes, she said she's native american. it's been said. her family told her she was. both my parents told me they were born in puerto rico. i have yet to ask them for their birth certificate to prove that. i understand why she did that. however, let's be clear, every employer that commented on this said they did not hire her because she was a native american. ed, i'll go further. as a puerto rico, i'm a person of color. for scott brown to suggest it would be easier for a native american or any person of color in this workforce because of the color of their skin and heritage is insulting. >> are you surprised he brought that up? would massachusetts view that as somewhat of a cheap shot? >> i'm hoping massachusetts voters view it as a cheap shot. you ask me if i'm surprised he brought that up. no, i'm not surprised he brought it up and not surprised he ran away from his

massachusetts was only 1%. choices. >> bill: what is it about 1 in 6 unemployment that you don't understand. you can't create jobs when everybody is working. there are nobodies to take the jobs. >> but when you cut the things i talked, about the services and you cut education, k through 12 and higher ed, those are the things that people. >> bill: massachusetts is one of the best education scores in the country. >> he cut hundreds of millions of dollars in education. you and i both know. >> bill: and they still scored. the kids are still scoring up in the top tier. >> and people still need to move up the economic ladder by getting better jobs you do that with a better education to. cut those things and to cut education is not the way to do it. >> bill: if the kids are operating at a clip that's higher than almost every other state and you see it and you can cut money and fat out of that system, and the kids are still doing well, you cut money out of the system, marianne. >> that wasn't -- where he did cut was he

i'm from massachusetts so i'm pumped about the senate race between elizabeth warren and scott brown. >> i'm krystal ball. barack obama and mitt romney wants you to like them, poke them, tweet them, vote for them, too. now the man behind david letterman is getting in on the action. >> don't make your weekend plans just yet. i'll tell bu the best movie of 2012 so far. that should keep you around for the entire cycle on this friday, september 21. >>> there's only seven days until early votes begins in iowa, 12 days until the first presidential debate, and 46 days until america goes into the booth and decides who will occupy the oval office the next four years. according to the latest poll, the election is still air-tight. history may one day recall romney as mr. 47% and spoke of his moment the day the music died. people on both sides admit the race could still change. there's always an october surprise. steve can name them all off the top of his head. trust me. both candidates are on the campaign trail today. this afternoon president obama made a stop in virginia. >> i don't believe we

massachusetts in particular, the notion that elizabeth warren couldn't win massachusetts by a big marginkind of surprising to me. why is that race so close? >> scott brown the incumbent republican has really worked hard in a republican environment where moderates are shunned and often you know, removed. unsayreceremoniously from the party. scott brown has worked hard to maintain his -- he's smart. it is a blue state. a lot of the smart money would have said he never should have won in the first place. the fundamentals in massachusetts have to favor elizabeth warren as a democrat with good name recognition. that race is fascinating. the most interesting thing about it if you're watching from washington, from this perspective is that's one that republicans really don't want to lose because republicans are really all about republican pickups. in massachusetts they're defending scott brown's seat but republicans, if they have any hope of taking control of the senate they need four pickups and if they lose one in massachusetts, that number automatically becomes five and that number is getting

and we will do it because we're the commonwealth of massachusetts, and we try to do the right thing. >> reporter: grossberg says what happened in massachusetts should prompt other states to examine their own labs. >> i think in our system, our criminal justice system, there is nothing worse than an unfair, unconstitutional conviction. >> reporter: in dookhan is convicted, she could face more than 20 years in prison. elaine quijano, cbs news, boston. >> reid: a new report says drug ask alcohol abuse is on the rise among amtrak employees. among other findings the report says mechanics and signal operators tested positive at four time the rate of employees at other railroads last year. amtrak management said it will step up random drug testing. a washed out in drought-ridden west texas. rain continued to fall today over part of the lone star state. up to five inche inches have fan the last 24 hours, swamping street, strandingars and drivers. water was four feet deep in this swrairses. it's being called carmageddon, the sequel, in los angeles. a 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest fr

. >>> well, in massachusetts, more car trouble. an elderly driver was backing into his garage when he hit the gas instead of the break and it landed him right in his next door-neighbor's pool after crashing through the fence. he is said to be okay. >>> in ohio a fast-footed black bear stayed one step ahead of police and firefighters after wandering into an apartment complex. authorities tried everything they could think of to bag the bear, including blasting a water hose, but nothing worked until the bear finally took off on its own and escaped. >>> and finally in massachusetts it's never hard to find a good bowl of seafood stew, but probably not like this one. students at the university of massachusetts cooked up a guinness record for the word's largest batch. more than 6,500 pounds of seafood, bacon, potatoes and vegetables helped put the stew and the students over the top. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. you know what we cal

senate seat in massachusetts.y took the stage for the first of four televised debates last night. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that if elizabeth warren were elected she would become the first woman ever to represent massachusetts in the u.s. senate. massachusetts and rhode island are the only states in new england that have never elected a woman to the u.s. senate or the governorship. but enough with the real news. let's gather around the water cooler to watch former president bill clinton sit down with jon stewart on "the daily show." they discussed his much praised speech at the democratic national convention and the novel idea that a politician these days might actually use factual information to explain issues to voters. >> let me ask you, so, did you give any good speeches lately? how did that feel at the convention? could you tell that you were crushing it as you were doing it? could you -- did you feel that? >> yes and no, but, you know, what i mean by that is i work so hard on that f

son: >> la florida en primer lugar con 14 ataques le siguen hawai, lÁscar linas, california y massachusetts, algo comÚn en la escena marina pero el banquete sucede justo en la playa en donde miles de baÑistas disfrutan el dÍa del trabajo es otro cantar. >> este video aumentÓ las preocupaciones, y solamente 7 tiburones fueron difÍcil satraÍ la costa de new orleans en massachusetts al noreste de la naciÓn. vamos a mantener a todos fuera del agua dijo el salvavidas que es lo que buscan estos escualos, se quieren comer a la gran comnidad de lobos marinos que como son muchos los atrae de manera que hay que ver para creer. >> este tiburÓn termino en la arena de una playa en oddo island y massachusetts, aunque estaba muerto, y su dentadura, causaron pavor y respeto. >> los curiosos no se perdieron la oportunidad de ver a un enorme tiburÓn blanco tan de cerca y los cientÍficos aprovechan el momento para realizar investigaciones, aunque no saben que es lo que le dow so la muerte, no existen seÑales de trauma, el afÁn de atrapar a su presa se un enreda en las rocas >> vÁmonos con la informo eles mÁs

liberal from massachusetts.ervative in a state that's wildly red and they had a charismatic senator, i would say rationally, they will vote for the democrats. you're voting for mitch mcconnell or harry reed. edward brook, the geographical first african-american senator. the fact is we can talk about these things regionally. bottom line is, that is still a political reality. if mitt romney continues over the next few weeks to be as toxic as he is and scott brown does not make that separation, i cannot see how he can win this race. >> mitt romney, i should say, toxic -- >> there's also a certain precedent here too in that a while back we had a really great senate race up here between john kerry and bill welch. probably the classic senate race of the last 10 or 20 years. the thing that tipped it at the very end besides bill welch decided he didn't want to be a candidate was that john kerry managed to hang the national republican party around bill well's neck just enough to get a margin of victory. that can repeat i

. >> in massachusetts more car trouble. an elderly driver was backing into his garage when he hit the gas instead of the brake. that sent his car right into the next door neighbor's pool after it crashed through a fence. he is said to be okay. and in ohio, a fast footed black bear stayed one step ahead of authorities. they did try everything they could think of to blast the bear but nothing worked. the bear just took off on its own and escaped. and finally, in massachusetts it's never hard to find a good bowl of seafood stew but probably not one where you have to use a rake to stir it. more than 6,500 pounds of seafood, bacon, potatoes, veggies all helped put the stew and the students over the top. here's bill karins with your weather forecast. >> i've always been good with the clams and lobster but the muscles. i've never -- >> really? it's all in the same family. when you mix it together with potatoes, bacon -- >> you can't taste it, so it would be fine. good morning to everyone out there. very humid conditions out there

the national health care reformal pos in massachusetts about 50-50 and they are the same thing.ink it has almost everything to do with how poorly the affordable health care act has been marketed. people don't understand it. >> does that help or hurt romney, because he says that i'm behind the plan in massachusetts, but he would repeal obama care. well, i, you know, governor romney has always been a gentleman to me, and he is a fine fellow, but you have a sense that if the affordable care act were polling better nationally, he would wrap his arms around it, because the massachusetts model is the model for national health care reform. >> and it is not suggesting that he is being disingenuous, but political. >> well, i believe he has been political about it frankly. we have a record, i think from governor romney's time in office which is not quite consistent with the national storyline he is selling right now, but the one profoundly important thing that he did, suzanne, was health care reform which helped a lot of people and helped a lot of businesses, and i think that there is rea

on the other side, senator john kerry of massachusetts, playing the role of fellow massachusetts mittand john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them and normally come into this as underdogs. we're coming into this very realistic mitt romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. >> reporter: while the candidates themselves are laying low today, the running

not far from massachusetts. battleground state with four electoral votes up for grabs and later he campaigns in another battleground state, ohio and vice president biden is in another battleground state, florida. >> you can see the first presidential debate here on cnn wednesday on 7:00 p.m. eastern. thank you for spending your morning with us. >>> we have much more a hehead cnn saturday morning. it starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm deborah fereyick in for randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell, 8:00 on the east coast, 5 in the west. we're starting with new revelations on the attack in libya, the attack that killed ambassador chris stevenson and three other americans. >> he

and these butterflies may be on to something bigger than even massachusetts.get the story tonight from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> reporter: in this lush garden of verbena, butterflies that have long called massachusetts home -- >> three american ladies. >> reporter: -- are making way for an influx of butterflies from the south, like fiery skippers. until recently, more likely to light in florida and texas than new england. >> we call them accidentals. in the old days, you would see perhaps one or two fiery skippers, and now you see dozens. >> reporter: the shift of southern butterflies to the increasingly warmer north is detailed in the journal nature. harvard professor greg breed is the study's lead scientist. >> we see the species that are more adapted to warmer clients are increasing, and species that are adapting to colder climates are decreasing. it seems sensible to infer that this is some climate driven pattern. >> reporter: is it climate change? >> that would be the most logical inference. >> reporter: the study is

we did it in massachusetts. in our health care bill, we actually protect women, allow them to get care and coverage they deserve. and we also protected those hospitals that want to practice those days. i'm in a have to come back on the fair pay for women. i have a house full of women, john and you know them. of course i want them to get fair pay. but in the national federation federation -- in the u.s. chamber of commerce agreed, they read it yet, both on bill. i'm not going to give in or the christmas for the plaintiffs lawyers to go into businesses and make sure that they overregulate businesses and kill jobs. so i agree with the globe. >> this is equal pay for equal work and senator brown voted against it. but on the blunt amendment, let's be clear about the language in the amendment. it doesn't say or talk about a religious exemption. attacks without any vague, moral objection in this employers and insurance companies. i don't think that is what senator kennedy 54 and i think it's inappropriate for senator b