we've seen in massachusetts there's no down side to it. we hope doma will be struck down, and we have more hope that the country has seen in this country, whether the supreme court sees it or not, that this is an issue of basic fairness. >>> lastly, i'll just ask you, from a political perspective, do you see it now as a benchmark of democratic party politics, that one has to be in favor of same-sex marriage? it seems that new senators are moving over every minute. >> i would hope so, both for democrats and republicans, that this issue is not about politics so much as it is about what we believe in this country about basic fairness, about not discriminating. it's so clear from our experience in massachusetts, and frankly from those who are more conservative, and looking at the fundamental basis in marriage, in a ways that two people commit to each other, they commit to their the building block on which we believe we get stable communities. how ironic now that everybody is recognizing that this is good for everybody, for same-sex marriages,

we had already solved the problem in massachusetts. obamacare simply layered on bureaucracy and took our government away from the state prince accountable to the federal government with the lobbyists will be running roughshod over our rights. it imposes taxes on all of us and it's not affordable and also imposes taxes on our medical device industry, which will cost jobs. if the state has met the level the state is, automatically exempt from obamacare and the exempt from taxes, i propose. next week in the house i propose a plan for a state plan to reduce the cost of health care for all people in massachusetts by 25%. it's called mandates life. i will be testifying on it next week in the statehouse. >> i want to move on to the next section and that is candidated candidate questions. brief question, one minute to answer, quick follow-up question if you want, and a rebuttal. mr. sullivan to mr. gomez. >> every time you mention your first generation american and you served in the navy, i think of my father. thanks for your service. >> thank

massachusetts has recognized same sex marriages a decade ago. i'm in support of the repeal of doma regardless of whether or not it's constitutional. i think people in massachusetts that are recognized as married couples should be afforded the exact same benefits. >> i think the government is best governed closest to the people and for that reason i don't like to have federalized government where we can afford it. i think it's ashape the supreme court should decide this issue. the senate should decide by repeal of doma. i am for the right all across the country. >> i'm against any kind of discrimination as well. i think if two people are in love they should be able to get married. i support repealing doma. this should be decide on a state by state level and i'm proud that massachusetts is the first state to legalize gay marriage. i hope the supreme court repeals doma. >> you would keep this at the state level? what about any constitutional lights for same sex married couples at the state level, can the state say we're not going to recognize it? >

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 vaes 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 ts 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. i th

this is a really high-profile moment for republicans in massachusetts. and so the republican party in massachusetts scheduled their straw poll at a yacht club, lovely, because nothing brands a party trying to get over its thurston romney iii problem like local news reports having to describe the multiple glittering chandeliers that the republicans held their straw poll at a yacht club. you think it seems like the wrong face forward for the party at this point you are thing along the same lines as the guy who won the straw poll under the glittering yacht club chandeliers. "the boston globe" reporting that dan winslow slipped out from the yacht club before the votes were even counted, before even finding he had won the straw poll, quote, but before he left he said he thought the event set the wrong message. they gave us three minutes to speak today. three minutes is longer than i ever wanted to spend at a yacht club. i am not a tea and crumpets republican. i am running a grassroots campaign. >> which is probably closer to the right message for massachusett

especially southeastern massachusetts where another several inches is possible. bringing totals up around a foot or more. especially southeastern massachusetts. we also have a lot of rain across southern california. this is going to turn into nearly blizzard conditions across western nebraska and up into wyoming where blizzard watches a already posted. especially for later today and into tonight. we also have those winter storm warnings and advisories still in effect. especially across southern new england. where we will end up with, perhaps in the southeastern massachusetts area, 12 to 14 inches of snowfall. we're also seeing some pretty decent snowfall accumulations across northwestern new jersey where four to five inches of snow is possible. and we will still have to deal with gusty winds as well. so we are going to see some pretty nasty conditions on the roads, especially for the morning commute. mara? >> all right. we'll keep an eye on that. thanks so much, dylan. >>> coming up, stocks continue to hit record levels but the sequester is hitting hundreds of th

marion took this ins massachusetts. her deck before and after. snow totals that brought you to 30 inches. there are those pictures. the homes sliding into the ocean. they did just that. wrouf got to see it. march roaring in. >> this is the worst. how bad. wow! >> reporter: a second home toppled on plum island in massachusetts. the first still teetering after the entire coast was abused with wind and waves. snow kept falling and falling and falling. >> we don't want anymore snow. >> reporter: you're done? >> done. >> reporter: more than a foot in boston. two two connecticut to massachusetts. the beast started in part in minneapolis. we have already had a solid half foot of light, fluffy snow. now it moves to the east, gets wert, and causes a lot more in the way of travel troubles. and as it pushed east to d.c., so did we. >> we're in shenandoah national park. every once in awhile, you'll hear a tree crack or pop in the woods. from virginia. look at this huge tree. it stopped. i'm sure a loot of folks heard it. all the way to scituate, mass. an ang

massachusetts has the second most physicians per population in the united states. now, if anybody was not going to have shortages, they would be it, right? well, they went from a 21 day waiting period for a doctor, pre-massachusetts care to somewhere in 42 to 45 days for a primary care physician. that was just massive because they put more people in the system than physicians. the second issue is that medicaid and medicare are not forced on doctors, they don't have to take it and they lost 20% of their doctors. >> brenda: sorry to cut you off. jonas. >> and i'm pretty sure there's not a shortage of plastic surgeons in florida. the reason is there's no insurance companies d premiums, how much. we've increased the demand for health care and want to get health insurance. you can't increase the supply of doctors if they can't make more money as demand for services go up. that's the way costs go up, shortage of lines for everybody, the faips. >> brenda: okay, you guys, did the president's own state department put pressure on him to approve the keystone pipeline. backers

in massachusetts. so instead of taking that cash and using it to buy a chest of goods and ship it over, we have known about this for a long time, but we have known the extent of it because john referred to these shipments as good for family use. a present that i thought i would send you but if you go to the addams family correspondence there is an illustration of one of the inventories of goods being sent over, the shipping lists, and 87% by value, are not present. and obviously intended for resale. that is one of the mysteries i admit i haven't solved. i refer to these as for family use. was it not respectable for the wife of a diplomat? that is possible. there are lots of women in boston who were merchants and i will tell you about women's merchants copyright that abigail reported on in 1777. or maybe -- this was the theory i went with in the book, when a ship was captured by the enemy it was traditional to let the crew and passengers keep their personal items. maybe the reason john referred to leave

you know, i live in massachusetts. we are lucky to, you know, see and experience and breath the adams' life upclose every day. my comment was going to be about abigail's statement or sentiment about the ladies because i think that she pretty much knew. she put the late on the fact that women can say, women can shape and change destinies, not just of one's life but of nation and the world if they set their mind to it. it is very important because, you know, women are the family factor in bringing up the children, so, especially, she did it at the brink of fear of the united states as we know it today, because, you know, she is instrument in the constitution and forming of this nation, so, in fact, quincy actually caused the blood face of the american region, so i think she may not be formerly recognized as, you know, the primary role, but i think, she had very, very important, an important role in shaping women's place in this country and in history. >> thank you. >> we have a comment and observation and question. that

>> reporter: a second home toppled on plum island in massachusetts. the first still teetering after the entire coast was abused with wind and waves. snow kept falling and falling and falling. >> we don't want any more snow. >> reporter: you're done? >> done. >> reporter: more than a foot in boston. two from connecticut to parts of massachusetts. the beast started in part in minneapolis. we have already had a solid half foot of light, fluffy snow. now it moves to the east, gets wetter, and causes a lot more in the way of travel troubles. and as it pushed east to d.c., so did we. we're here in shenandoah national park. every once in awhile, you'll hear a tree crack or pop in the woods. and you can see why. the weight of the snow is so heavy, you can imagine what that's doing to power lines. from virginia. look at this huge tree. it snapped. popped. i'm sure a loot of folks heard it. all the way to scituate, mass. the waves are really huge out there. a very angry ocean. you can see the winds pushing all the ocean. behind it all, a fast melt. with a surge

hawaii ended up fizzling and massachusetts became the first to legalize. members of congress and other people across the nation became concerned about states moving to allow same-sex couples to get married. members of congress pass a law that defines marriage as only between a man and woman. critical is the provision that says federal benefits can only go to married opposite sex couples, even if you are legally married in massachusetts or new york, as the couple before today's supreme court case was from, cannot get benefits. host: what were the constitutional arguments for and against in 1996? more: in 1996 there was traditional, religious, cultural societal arguments about why marriage should remain between a man and woman. were somehen, there state constitutions that advocates are trying to use to say that same-sex should be allowed in various states. there was no federal pushed for same-sex marriage. what the federal officials were trying to do it the time was to stop it and to ensure that if one state allows same-sex marriage step the federal governme

the authors spoke at porter square books in cambridge, massachusetts, for just over 45 minutes. >> thanks for that introduction, and thanks for coming out tonight. what jerry and i have and might is i'm going to talk a little bit about the book, including reading a short excerpt from it. and then jerry is going to talk a little bit about our long history with this story. and where i want to start is to remind everyone about the significance of this story. whitey bulger is a big one, a big topic, but the distinguishing thing about whitey, and i think what makes him at this point historic crime figure in terms of crime figures and where they rank in 20th century america, i mean, he's got the body count to match other crime bosses and charged with 19 murders and is probably many more. he's got the longevity. he's been around a long time, and he certainly has made millions. but the distinguishing feature i think, and we have found with whitey bulger, the thing that sets him apart from any other crime boss that becomes a nice -- a household name, some of the mafia dons or who they might be, is

ginger zee, abc news, massachusetts. >> thank you, ginger. >>> we turn overseas now. new pictures from the secretive nation of north korea, the country which threatened the u.s. with talk of nuclear weapons last night. there they are, kim jong-un visiting troops near the border, sparking a kind of hysteria as soldiers raised their hands in the air, in the surf, supposedly a sign of their devotion to the regime. >>> now the big news out of rome, the conclave, the vote to choose the next pope will begin on tuesday. the cardinals will move into a sequestered building near the sistine chapel. we see their quiet rooms. there's a bed inside, a cross above it and a desk to study. there's also a chapel in the dorm and tonight, the italian press is reporting that among those cardinals, a division is growing on one side. roman insiders on one side and other americans pushing for reform. abc's terry moran talks to men and women in the american catholic church for the reality of their views from here. >> reporter: they will choose the next pope, the cardinals, the princes of the

scituate, massachusetts. beautiful vacation area where they are worried about the sea coming in and scraping away some of the homes right thereon 00 water, beautiful vacation homes. ultimately, you know, it's dark from here on out until the morning when that final high tide comes in and then these town also be able to take another look at the damage. this has already been a very costly winter where these storms are concerned. shep? >> shepard: molly line on windy. look at the scene of the jor is i shore, heavy surf broke through a dune and forced crews to shut down a coastal highway. rick leventhal with the news in nearby bring township. how are you looking there, shep? >> not bad. folks dodged a bullet. this storm was supposed to be a lot worse than it was on the jersey shore. that said, there were problems as you mentioned where that dune was breached. we found another dune breached in bring township. ocean front homes there they built a temporary dune to protect them when much of the washed away. in the oc

yes, it is massachusetts and have harsh winters there. but two feet of snow. melting mixed in with high tide, all of it bringing destruction. we have been getting video and pictures from massachusetts, houses falling in the sea there, since yesterday. david lee miller is here. the east coast feels like a target zone now. a lot of the extreme weather especially since sandy and it is a double punch. >> it is. what make its worse the forecasters got it wrong. the recent storm was not supposed to be a problem for new england. the winds came from a northerly direction and canada micked up the moisture in the atlantic. 18 inches of snow feel in boston international airport. portions of new england and connecticut are digging out from more than a foot of snow. among the communities hardest hit, plumb island, off of the massachusetts coast. two homes were ripped from their foundation and a dozen more are teetering on collapse. all residents could do was watch in disbelief. >> one moment it was there and then all of the sudden gave away. >> we saw it slide right down a

he was going to win massachusetts, unless a third-party candidate by the name of martin van buren running on the new free soil cake which was created to avert zachary taylor mostly by former interest rates, trying to convince them that it is a great thing but martin bent -- martin van buren, zachary taylor can win. so we need to make sure we work for zachary taylor to keep lewis cass out of the white house. what is interesting is lincoln goes to the philadelphia convention this in pennsylvania, lincoln's first trip to philadelphia, a chance to -- i suspect many of you have done it. abraham lincoln actually does a lot of the same things we have done in this book. in the recess that happened after zachary johnson through adams lincoln actually goes to mount vernon. like many of us have done, to washington, not a tourist site, but he is aware as custodian of the ground. just like many of us have. the philadelphia convention he meets a lot of people, people he is not serving with in congress putter gentleman named thaddeus stevens from pennsylvania. everyone can remember him, played by tommy

gary irving fled from massachusetts, and settled in maine to go by his first name which was enough toice until he was arrested wednesday. a relative turned him in and he is due back in court monday. >>> two fifth graders will be tried for conspiracy to commit murder for plotting to hurt seven members at their school. washington state law says that children their age should not be tried for crimes like this, but an exception permits a trial under certain circumstances. court documents say that the boys ages 10 and 11 have confessed to plot to harm their classmates and they brought a knife and gun with ammunition no school. >>> we have all had a little bit of road rage, right? but not like this. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> bradley turner and his wife, and you will see her in a moment, and two guys in the truck tried to run them off of the road in north carolina, and in the video, turner confronts them apparently starting the fight and the two hop out and fists flying and turner's wife there who seems a little tad overdre overdressed for this party hands him a gun which he fires as the o

her were much fewer blacks in massachusetts. and there were more blacks and slaves in philadelphia. -- don'ton't have them have him come beyond th new yor. he says, you have a beat him. i think she taught him to read. i don't know that she was instructing john adams so much on this as that she was showing her love and affection for james as an individual regardless of his race. >> here is something from our viewers. it looks like she is quoting a letter from john to abigail. do you have any thoughts on that that's -- on that? >> it is a wonderful quote. they had no idea there would be a war. they may have suspected there would be a war. they had no idea of its duration or that it would separate the colonies. we would have to go back and view it from their point of view. he is saying we don't know what is going to happen. >> we said at the outset that she was criticized by the press who sometimes used the phrase to describe her as mrs. president. what is the context of that reference? >> the context is the spirit is -- these. pre

>> massachusetts voters only had to imagine one professor warren down there. that dream a reality. now getting reelected in massachusetts shouldn't have been so hard for scott brown. all he had to do was distance himself from mitch mcconnell and crazy republicans on things massachusetts voters obviously wouldn't like, but scott brown wasn't smart enough to do that, and so elizabeth warren beat him and beat him badly. when it was clear john kerry was on his way to secretary of state, opening another massachusetts senate seat for another special election, democratic congressman ed markey was the first to announce he would run for the kerry seat, and everyone, but i mean everyone assumed scott brown would not only run for that seat but be the front runner for that seat. everyone except one lonely television voice. and you heard it here first, which is to say you're hearing it right now. scott brown probably won't even run against ed markey. but i didn't know the half of it. i was pretty sure scott brown was afraid to run against ed markey, and would instead wait

she comes from massachusetts.re she is from and used to work for republican governor, mitt romney. she was a top environmental official in massachusetts under mitt romney and oversaw the implementation of mr. romney's climate action plan to combat global warming. the terror piece was a plan for massachusetts to join with the other states in the northeast in a regional cap and trade system. that was mitt romney's plan to be overseen by gina mccarthy, then he decided to get the republican nomination for president in 2008 and decided to turn against his ideas. he backed out of the regional cap and trade thing and all of his other climate stuff. gina mccarthy left what had become a dead end job because the boss decided to run for president. political ambition and environmental concerns mix about as well as oil and water. on the other hand, our current democratic president has made a really big deal about the subject from his length in treatment of the issue on his second inaugural address to his big speech accepting t

gary irving fled after his 1978 conviction in massachusetts. he eventually settled in maine just 130 miles away and went by a different first name. that was enough to avoid police until wednesday when he was arrested. a newspaper reports a relative turned him in. irving is due back in court on monday. >>> two fifth-graders will be tried for conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly plotting to hurt seven classmates at their elementary school. washington state law says children their age shouldn't be tried for crimes like this. but an exception to the law permits a trial under certain circumstances. court documents say the boys, ages 10 and 11, have confessed to plotting to harm their classmates and that they brought a knife and gun with ammunition to the school. >>> we've all had a bit of road rage, right? but not like this. look. >> [ bleep ]. >> bradley turner and his wife -- you'll see her? just a moment. they say two guys in the truck tried to run them off the road in north carolina. in the video, turner confronts him, apparently starting t

jim axel is in massachusetts southeast of boston. not meteorologist, but i think this is just about the worst of it. it better be about the worst of it. we are in a parking lot in massachusetts with a good vantage point at the harbor behind me. you can see what the situation is right here. for the last couple of days officials here have been concerned about the high tide on friday morning. they have been watching the storm move up the east coast and they've been concerned that the water would move in as the winds from the northeast whipped up the water, it wouldn't -- between high tide wouldn't let the water come out. when the high taid came friday morning, the water would come up and over the seawall breaching things. we've been watching the high tide come in and while the water is certainly up and you can see these waves crashes against the rocks and crashing against the seawall, right now at least in this part of sish at, we're not watching the water come up and over the seawall. we did have to move from the spot earlier before wh

>> the papers are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house of the stone library, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> i have a question on facebook from jeannie, i have read excerpts from louisa adams' auto biography and her rumors that the massachusetts historical society was going to public this. is this true? >> yes, a two-volume set of our autobiographical writings which includes a record of my life, adventures of a nobody, and her narrative of a journey from st. petersburg to france and all of her diaries have already been published in a scholarly edition, two-volume set. next year a trade edition of these writings will be available and called "a traveled first lady" with a foreword by former first lady laura bush. >> we must talk a little bit about their posting in st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell what is important about that story? >> their years in st. petersburg are difficult in some ways. st. petersburg is a hardship o

people started marine in massachusetts. woman that won the case on the marriage in massachusetts, a number of couples can to her and started talking about different problems they had, very practical problems being married, -- the unmarried couple, but the law did not become the say. she challenged the defense of marriage act. it has taken several years to get to the supreme court. it took awhile because you needed a real people with real problems to litigate the issue. int: who are the players tamara's oral arguments? argument?w's oral been a new has england phenomenon. the proposition 8 case is from california -- the fight over the defense ameritech has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward -- defense of marriage act has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward. the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. they believe it is unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicitor g

for the amazing resources, that goes without saying but the amazing people and this is a place, massachusetts historical society, where uncommon generosity is a common virtue and i am immensely grateful to the staff of the adams papers

tierney of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 113, the gentleman from mass marks mr. tierney, and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. tierney: i yield myself three minutes. the chair: without objection. mr. tierney: i thank you. this amendment is offered in its entirety as a substitute for the underlying bill in the manager's amendment to it. i do it because i strongly believe that this is in fact a better proposal than the existing one, but would have preferred what could have been the best result on this bill which would have been one where all the members had consultation and all the negotiations occurred and we were able to bring forth a bill with concessions by both sides to get a bill that would have been assured of passage in the senate or close to that, assured of the president's signature, and assured the support of the broad public. just as last session we end up with a proposal that ignores sound proposal from

massachusetts is expected to get hit particularly hard.oston dozens of streets were closed after two and a half feet of water washed ashore. the high waves and strong winds are expected to cause extensive beach erosion. inland the issue is snow. parts of new england could see up to a foot. some ten inches are expected in boston before it's all said and done. the good news? the storm should move out to sea later today. cbs news weather consultant david bernard has the details wrrlts. >> a light to moderate heavy snow continues to blanket most of southern new england and also the tristate area. occasionally the snow bands are heavy, and we're going to see additional accumulating snows over the next six hours or so. winter storm warnings continue for much of massachusetts and northern rhode island. winter weather advisories for the rest of new england and the tristate area looking for about three to five inches of snow. up to a foot of snow possible across portions of eastern massachusetts. that

in fall river, massachusetts, these sixth through eighth graders hear the first bell at ten past 7:00nd 40 teachers experience a longer day than the average public school, 90 minutes longer. that means 300 more hours of school every year. >> what comes first? which variable? >> reporter: the extra time lets her teach a double dose of math, back to back. 45-minute periods. >> i would like to be less tired, yes, but honestly i would rather teach here with the extended time because i don't think i could teach everything i need to teach in that short 45-minute block. >> the author picks words to help you feel something. >> reporter: english teacher sharon says she sees the difference in students. >> they're understanding what they read on a deeper level or they may not be so gifted in one area as they are in another. and we're able to address those needs and individualize the instruction. >> reporter: back in 2005 massachusetts labeled kuss chronically underperforming. two years later they began to subsidize extra longer school day and the kids caught up. the number scoring proficient and

a man in massachusetts wrote in 1817, several months after monroe became president that for the first time he saw a picture of president monroe. james madison gave three speeches when he was president. thomas jefferson did too. people never saw the president, they never heard the president, let alone the first ladies. so the public perception, there really isn't a public perception. it's a good question but it's sitchpli a different time and it's not there. >> the white house was burned by the british and the madisons had to leave. the mon rose were able to move back in. how important symbolically was this for the country? >> huge. the white house had become in effect america's house. one of the reasons why then and

up toward massachusetts as well as northern new england. that's because the coastal low is just sitting there and spinning and bringing these spokes of moisture and mainly snow across the region. an area that you see in the lighter blue 2-5 inches including around the new york city area. you see we have 6-12 maybe higher amounts west of the boston area. this is the 4th snowstorm in the boston area in the same week. look in new york city by monday 53, 47 boston, 62 in dc. a quick shot of springtime weather then we are back into the deep freeze later next week with a possibility of another coastal storm midweek. back to you. >> to leave things on a positive note we turn our clocks forward this weekend. >> you are correct. >> except when you are doing the 5 am monday you lose an hour. >> thanks a lot. on to another issue now. remember this guy made waves through his invisible drive through prank? this guy is upping the anti. he took the chucky doll he put that in his driver's seat and it is shocking employees at all different fast food restaur

from maryland to new jersey to massachusetts, with precious beach disappearing, just as it's replaced. leaving little protection for homeowners. >> we've had one storm after the other. and it just can't sustain it. >> reporter: inland in massachusetts, residents are digging out after getting almost two feet of snow. >> it's a lot more than i was expecting. it's a lot heavier too. i got two snow blowers in the back. i can't pick it up because it's so wet. >> reporter: meanwhile back in denver the winter blast didn't stop joggers from getting a little exercise. or these kids from having a little fun. >> the wind's blowing up, and it's working against us. we're having a good time regardless. >> reporter: the storm tonight and sunday heading across the plains into the midwest, where they desperately need the moisture because of the drought. meanwhile, no more snow from this point for boston and the northeast. it will stay well to the west and bring rain in a couple of days. back here in denver, speaking of spring, this snow will melt, lester, by tuesday and wednesday temperatures tracking

we sat down with jeffrey brooke, jr., of missouri; tom mcdonald from massachusetts; and gregory gerhardt of texas. tom, why did you decide to become a priest? >> personally, i was very much reluctant to follow the call because of celibacy, and i ran from the call pretty hard and tried to date my way out of the priesthood. but the "hound of heaven" caught up with me. >> greg, tell me, why did you join? >> at 14 years old, i came home telling my family, telling my pastor, i'm going to be a priest. and there was, hold on, slow down, slow down, you have four more years of high school left. >> what would you like to see in the next pope, who will lead the church through your early careers? >> one who will continue to work to not only just to defend the message but to give the message in a way that it opens and stirs up the heart of the believer. >> you want to see somebody who can light up a room? >> yeah, absolutely.

that the real mitt romney is the man who governed massachusetts. he then tacked to the right so as to survive that republican primary process, and this was the net net. now i'm wondering did i have it reversed. could he at his core be a conservative individual who tacked to the left in order to get elected in massachusetts? what do you make of that theory? >> i agree. i think what we -- the real mitt romney is the guy we saw in that 47% tape. the reason i say that is that was mitt romney not being handled. that was mitt romney not believing he was being taped, not believing he was on television and saying what he really thought. when a guy said to him, how do we get those people, those people, to stop taking all our stuff and being on welfare and not taking care of themselves, that was his answer. 47% of people are just dependent, just leeches and mooches. i think what mitt romney is fundamentally is is a patrician, and he will do and say whatever he has to do in the moment to get re-elected, and in massachusetts that meant tacking to the middle, b

massachusetts is recognized and i am in support of goma. -- doma. people should be afforded the exact same benefits. moderator: mr. winslow? >> i believe the government is transparent to the people. for that reason, i do not like federalized government where we can avoid it. i think it is a shame that the senate and congress should decide this issue by repealing doma. i support the repeal of it and i believe in the quality of marriage for all people in massachusetts and in the country. >> moderator: mr. gomez? gomez: i think that two people, if they are in love, they should be able to get married. i support doma. i think that should be decided on a state-by-state level. and i'm proud that massachusetts is the same state to legalize gay marriage, including the district of columbia. i hope the supreme court repeals there. moderator: so you would keep this at the same level. each state has traditionally been able to define marriage. winslow: that is where significant social policies are best to be decided at the state level. i think this goes to the co

were providing protection just went straight and all of the criminal activity just stopped in massachusetts? [laughter] >> there's nothing else. i read your first book and all the other books written about this stuff and it's like nothing else is going on any more since he became a fugitive. it doesn't make sense. >> it is hardly the case on the street. there are -- but no one has risen to the level of notoriety or power to replace whitey bulger or to place in the mafia -- >> there's mafia remnants and then but she's man who was rather bumbling and is in jail and those people have taken whitey speed -- whitey's place. >> he didn't create an organization like there were lines of succession or what not. when he was gone and basically did collapse and it's been reorganized into smaller ways and smaller groups and i can't even begin to tell you who they are because we don't cover it anymore. but i know from talking to law enforcement that there's still plenty of bookmaking and drug-dealing and all the kind of things that whitey had amassed in the central authority and power. >> mika other quest

we visited one school in massachusetts to see how it works. >> at koss middle school in fall river massachusettsh 8 graders hear the first bell at 10 past 7:00. 650 students and 40 teachers experience a longer day than the average public school. 90 minutes longer. that means 300 more hours of school every year. >> what comes first which variable. >> the extra time let's jen teach a double dose of math, back-to-back 45 minute periods. >> seven equals -- >> i would like to be less tired, yes. but honestly, i would rather teach here with the extended time because i don't think i could teach everything i need to teach in that short 45 minute bloc. >> the author picks words to help you feel something. >> reporter: english teacher sharon says she sees the difference in students. >> they're understanding what they read on a deeper level. they may not be so gifted in one area as they are in another. and we're able to address those needs. and individualize the instruction. >> reporter: back in 2005 massachusetts labeled koss cronically underperforming. two years later its state began to subsidize a longe

. >> i want to bring in martha coakley, massachusetts attorney general. she's argued the case in front of the supreme court and filed briefs in support of same-sex marriage for both today's case with prop 8 and the defense of marriage act, which you'll hear about tomorrow. in your brief, you write "prop 8 discriminates against gays and lesbians and their families." if you're talking about just from a legal standpoint, is that the best argument against prop 8? >> it's one of them certainly, and we know better in massachusetts, having had same-sex marriage since 2004, challenging doma, those arguments are tomorrow. but our amicus brief points out why it's not fair. the sankity of marriage, the institution that helps every family, including children, which gives that kind of stability that everyone says is so important in marriage. >> it's going to be interesting to see who's actually in there. we've seen people lined up for days who want to be part of this historic argument. you've been in that courtroom. if you were in there right now, what would you be lo

and massachusetts. a much simpler solution is to have a much cleaner towards of logroll where you say come -- a choice of law rule where you say, if you got married, it counts. you certainly do not want to deny equality to the vast majority of married same-sex couples who do not have any interest in moving to the state of texas where they are not married. >> the reality is, there is no substantive position that is neutral. whenever position the government takes, it either subsidizes or refuses to subsidize. what congress decided in 1996 with a simple matter that it was quite to stick with the traditional definition of marriage. the definition has always been understood to exist in the versions of federal law. it was codifying it against traditions of reinvention. we can just degree as a pack -- a matter of policy and say there's no reason to subsidize same-sex marriage. it is permissible for congress to have gone either way. it went against subsidizing forcing the taxpayers, the federal taxpayers of sta

>> i do not know that. >> massachusetts. >> now, the secretary of state of massachusetts is calling chiefoberts outs on this one. he says, and i'm quoting, the concept of black communities in massachusetts not voting is an old slur, and it's not true. the chief justice shouldn't be using phony statistics. it's deceptive and it's truly disgusti disgusting. >> how about that? >> i would like to suggest to anyone that's listening right now that if they remember the busing riots, where did the busing riots happen? they didn't happen in south carolina or florida or georgia or alabama or mississippi. they happened in massachusetts. racism is in every pocket of this country. every community. i am sick and tired of this idea that the south is filled with bigots and the northeast is filled with progressive liberals. that is not the case. at the end of the day racism is everywhere, and these justices have a problem -- >> jimmy, jimmy, jimmy -- >> wait. >> i know you're from the south. you know that -- yes, racism is everywhere. i loved through some of the busing riots and boston was up south, but,