the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm delighted to yield one minute to the gentleman from kentucky, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on budget, mr. yarmuth. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. yarmuth: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, the question every member of congress should be asking themselves today is, who in the world is better off because of today's bill? it's not the 24 million people the c.b.o. says will lose their health coverage if this bill becomes law. it's not the seniors who will be priced out of the market by an age tax or millions of families that will see their health care gutted by the more than $800 billion cuts to medicaid. nd it's not the $881,000 nonelderly adult -- 881,000 nonelderly adults in kentucky who will face reduced care. so who is better off? well, certainly corporations and millionaires who will see nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts from this bill. and at least in their minds, a f

let's focus on massachusetts, the talent pool. much do you find ecosystem helps build your business and bring in the right sort of people? >> i think it is great being in a massachusetts-based company, especially in the greater boston area because we are able to pull from an astounding set of universities. we have the pull of a major metropolitan city to pull in folks from a or the country -- frankly, all over the world -- and living in bostoisust a great place to be, so it has a whole lot going for it. caroline: let's talk about where your business is going. you have new products to unveil. how much is that evolved by technology, by machine learning? stephen: we are about to announce -- or we have announced and are about to release a new website and app aimed much more at the trip planning and booking, price comparison, saving money, as well as the full trip experience. trip advisor has always been known for an amazing number of reviews and those insights that help you have a great trip. now we are turning and saying that's wonde

it makes cambridge, massachusetts as its space.ecurity got its start in boston in 2011. >> through the acquisition, we have since grown to 8000 people and we are operating in 133 countries around the world and we have not stopped acquiring companies. more than one dozen companies focused on cybersecurity. >> ibm security brings into billion dollars in annual revenue, and is using watson to monitor potential cyber attacks on its clients around the world. ibm's vice president of security explains how the company applies the technology. about of the real things watson that makes it advantageous for ibm and our customers is its ability to parse massive amounts of information. caroline: and they offer customers a chance to face a simulated cybertek, which ibm believes is a crucial tool. building on the success, they have set up a health care unit in cambridge. ibm's chief health officer explains why ibm has laid its roots down in the city. >> there is extraordinary talent to recruit from an extraordinary partnerships that we have evolve

there were other states like massachusetts that were really out front. in massachusetts, the court ruled that life without parole is unconstitutional, period, for juveniles. and then it made them eligible for parole after 15 years. the way that massachusetts interpreted the rights that the supreme court granted to juvenile lifers was as generous as you'll see anywhere else. the question of how it plays out in real life is a different question. >> more than 60 already convicted murderers in massachusetts now suddenly have a shot at freedom. >> narrator: as the states with the greatest numbers of juvenile lifers resisted the supreme court's decision, massachusetts went in the other direction, becoming the first state in the country to begin holding hearings for more than 60 convicted teen murderers. >> almost all the victims' families were stunned about the decision. questions were: well, how could this have happened? do we have to see these murderers again? will i be in the same room with them? my parents won't be able to handle this. i thought he was awa

massachusetts and cambridge and other cities.eries and things are happening here in our cities. and again, it helps us keep young people and talent here in the cities. it helps our doctors and hospitals advance. i am a cancer survivor. i was treated at the cancer institute, i was treated at children's hospital, i was treated at peter van brigham, we have important assets in our city. as a cancer survivor, knowing that what i had as cancer 40 years ago, today the cure rate is higher. caroline: you are the son of an immigrant, there is a lot of concern about the travel ban and immigration policies and what it means to technology talents. and also with boston, do you feel that there is a concern of talent coming into the academic institutions? mayor walsh: it was a concern before. it was a concern because there were not enough visas given out for people to stay long-term. now, there really is a concern. in this very room that we are having this interview, right after the president came down with his executive order on the muslim ban

mayech startups, and the of massachusetts.y has some serious competition. >> massachusetts went very difficult time in the 1980's with high taxes and political decisions that set us back a bit. aat is happening, you have political climate where everyone is looking to move our economy forward. but also be innovative. >> it is one thing republicans and democrats agree on in washington, and investment in research, discovery, and inquiry , that translates into the solution for -- therapy. >> we will continue to work with our colleagues and delegio. a lot of people in d.c. get why these payments pay off. boston has one of the top funded hospitals. they could be a good thing. when the funding dries up, if it dries up, it means these people who are entrepreneurs and do want to start companies will think about private funding. we are there to fill the gap. >> the council t richest in the boston, massachusetts area because of the universities, research, hospital complex. we have the lead. >> there is no other place on earth where you h

more now on massachusetts biotech sector.s from the local venture capitalists and federal research centers like the national institute of health. the trump administration has proposed cuts that may not work for future places. the affordable health care act and the tightening of h-1b visa restrictions. we take a look at how some local companies are responding to bloomberg's biotech reporter and partner at crv, which is invested in more than 400 startups, including local success stories such as, pillpack. >> some of the central companies are vertex, some of the largest companies in biotech are based here. so many tiny companies spring up around them and around the universities. i think that some of the trends we should be looking at our moves towards rare diseases. we talk so much about pricing in this industry and there has been so much pressure on pricing. some folks who have been resistant to that trend are those that focus on rare diseases. insurers and payers are a lot less willing to fight back against very high prices. f

in boston and massachusetts, we are in this together. cambridge, other cities, a lot of discoveries and a lot of things are happening in the city and it helps us keep young people and talents here in boston. i am a cancer survivor who was treated at the cancer institute and the children's hospital. i was assets in theant city. the cancer i had 40 years ago, the curate is higher than when i had a. >> you are the son of immigrants and there is a lot of concern about the travel ban and what it means for talents and technology talent in silicon valley. with boston, d you feel a concern -- do you feel a concern? .> it was a concern before hand now, there is really a concern. ther the interview, president issued an executive order and i had all the hospitals and the tech companies in this room in this room and everyone of them had the concern about fear of people not being able to come to america to get education or work for a company. spentk that congress has 6-7 years on that and they need to focus on immigration. the system is not working a

he's a chief for chelsea, massachusetts. detective conlee has been serving the public for over 22 years including a task force officer in the boston field office. detective conley. >> it's my honor to address you today on behalf the of citizen of chelsea, massachusetts. my name is scott conlee, i've been a member of the chelsea police department for over 22 years. to provide context, i've lin colluded a brief biography. i serve as a detective for the gang unit, as well as being a task force officer for the federal bureau of investigations, which is funded by the federal safe streets initiative. it is a city in suffolk county, massachusetts. it's directly across the river of the mystic river. as of 2017, chelsea had an estimated population of 42,828. it is also the second most densely populated city in massachusetts with a total area of covering just 2.5 square miles. chelsea is diverse, working class city. it is one of only three massachusetts cities in which the majority of the population identifies as hispanic or latino. i

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i advise my friend from massachusetts, i do not have remaining speeksers remaining and i'm prepared to close if he is. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, throughout this campaign -- throughout his campaign president trump made promises he would not cut medicare, medicaid or social security. now, we have come to find out that he has broken every one of those promises. the trump budget include the more than $800 billion in medicare -- medicaid cuts in the g.o.p. bill and adds additional cuts on top of that, with the total medicaid cuts of over $1 trillion over the next 10 years. furthermore, the trump budget guts social security disability insurance. which as of 2015 covered 10 million recipients. the trump budget also slashes funding for snap, our nation's first line of defense against hunger. by $193 billion. that's a 25% cut. snap is a program that provides people food. that's it. food. 42 million people in this country are food i

today, after hard work in massachusetts to pass bipartisan health reform and to implement the a.c.a., more than 90% of the people in our state have health care. more than nine out of ten people coming into cambridge health alliance clinickings now have coverage. and because of that coverage, c.h.a. can offer a wide range of services including treatment for opioids. they are making headway, more lives saved, more success stories, more healthy babies. i'm not going to tell the seniors and the mammas and the people on the front lines that they have to give up those gains to pay for tax cuts for the richest. if republicans want to defend this unforgivable health care bill, then they can start by coming out from about behind closed doors where they are conducting secret negotiations on health care. they can look the american people in the eye and admit they care more about the healthy few in this country than they do about hardworking families and people who need our help. had they can be straight up, and the american people, democrats, republicans, and independents, can hold them accounta

another opioid killed 200 people in massachusetts last year.oston cops say that heroin trade in the state is dominated by people who aren't from massachusetts or even from america. we'll talk to radio show host allie carr about the links between black supporters and drug >> tucker: massachusetts is one of the states hit hardest by the ongoing heroin epidemic. a new report from boston please include the dark but fascinating revelation. a large majority of heroin traffickers in the city of boston are not from this country. their noncitizens. 65% of people arrested for heroin dealing say they were born abroad and of those, the vast majority came from the bin can republic. allie carr is a boston radio host and he joins us now. how we, this seems to me as a layman to be another indication that maybe there's a connection between our immigration policy and our drug problems. >> absolutely. this is been a very big issue as you said, not just in massachusetts but in all of new england. donald trump ran around last year during the republican primary new

mass because it started in massachusetts but also, mass over body. the help startups get off the ground. explains, it is an escalator. >> it is a new concept. incubators have been around for sometime. and the model has been effective in starting a business. but when it comes to hardware, there is no organization there. >> products in the works include drones for commercial agriculture and 3-d printers. and according to the director, that number will grow. >> we have six companies and two more moving in. we can grow more companies in this space. and that we will be looking house over 100 companies. >> founded by leaders in the robotics industries such as amazon robotics type brady, they mentorship and help with funding. >> we don't fund ourselves but --work with a lot of local we know which ones are investing in robotics. 50% more than 2015. nearly $1 billion of that when two companies in california. boston companies is growing and it is attracting sponsors and partners for massachusetts and outside the state. >> they're looking for investment. >> whe

last weekend, she gave a commencement address in massachusetts. were happy to make people famous, even not very impressive 26-year-old bloggers like lauren duco. he think someone on the bar and commencement community would write what she is written before hiring to her, maybe look at her twitter feed for a minute. it turns out which is not barking on cable television or writing vapid tease of the elect pieces for teen magazine, she has yet another hobby. fantasizing about the deaths of her political enemies. last week, she tweeted what she said quote a cute pick of trump getting tired of winning. it showed an airplane going down in flames. duco later bravely deleted the tweeted but fortunately, the internet never forgets. to an online credit, she wrote i hope this person dies in a fire. so she gave the commencement address at an accredited four-year college. the left has gone insane. if you don't believe it, check out what's been happening to members of congress lately. last week, the fbi arrested a man for threatening republican congressman marth

joining us now, massachusetts attorney general maura healey.atic attorneys general who joined lawsuits joining president trump's travel bans. i want to ask you about a tweet that the new york state attorney general sent out today. he said if donald trump's disastrous and unconstitutional health care bill is ultimately signed into law, i will cham i think it in court. attorney general healey, would you join him in that challenge. >> you know, we need to do everything week as state a.g.s right now. we are on the front lines trying to hold back really bad things from happening to moerns all across this country. let me tell you something, lawrence, when it comes to health care. in massachusetts we've had universal health care for over ten years now with bipartisan support. this bill is trying to blow a hole right through that. and absolutely we need to, as this goes forward, to everything week first off in the senate. i agree with your earlier guests about the need to make those calls and get the word out and speak out at town halls. certainly we n

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massachusetts biotech sector has been receiving a lot of attention.ne investor helping keep the industry rolling is none other than boston celtics co-owner and bain capital manager steve pagliuca. thanks to a have two donation -- a hefty donation, the life lab opened its door last november. it is a shared laboratory space for high potential life sciences and biotech startups founded by harvard faculty, alumni, and students. i spoke with him about the significance of the lab. steve: the story started several years ago when i was running for the senate. one of my campaign promises was to protect biotech here. i wrote an editorial saying we've got to keep the lead and infrastrucreere. we have the best universities and hospitals. through the vision of dean faust, they came up with the idea of building a facility that while the startups to stay here instead of leave and be cost-effective. caroline: were you worried about a brain drain? steve: we had seen it in the tech industry. 25 years ago when i went to business school, we had digital equipment. many of

chelsea is a city in suffolk county, massachusetts. it is directly across the river of the "mystic river." as of 2017 chelsea had an estimated population of 42,828. it is also the second most densely populated city in massachusetts with a total of area covering just 2.5 square miles. chelae see is a diverse working class city. it is one of only three massachusetts cities in which the majority of the population identifies as hispanic or latino. chelsea's residents enjoy a large and thriving central american population. in 2014 our community as well as surrounding cities and towns experienced a significant increase in the number of teenage students entering the schools from central america. for the most part, a large majority of these students were hard-working in pursuit of the american dream but there was a second type of student entering our schools as well. the ms-13 gang member, straight from el salavador, honduras, guatemala with nothing but malice on his mind, looking to further the influence of his gang and to recruit as many of

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm delighted to yield one minute to the gentleman from kentucky, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on budget, mr. yarmuth. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. yarmuth: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, the question every member of congress should be asking themselves today is, who in the world is better off because of today's bill? it's not the 24 million people the c.b.o. says will lose their health coverage if this bill becomes law. it's not the seniors who will be priced out of the market by an age tax or millions of families that will see their health care gutted by the more than $800 billion cuts to medicaid. nd it's not the $881,000 nonelderly adult -- 881,000 nonelderly adults in kentucky who will face reduced care. so who is better off? well, certainly corporations and millionaires who will see nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts from this bill. and at least in their minds, a f

sydney is the first teacher from massachusetts ever to win the from and the first public charter school. that is really something special. sydney like to congratulate you on this tremendous achievement. nothing more important thanking about a teacher and a greaty to being teacher. you're all great teachers. congratulations. trip to theay your white house was something special. melania has been working with you. she's a tremendous fan of wonderful teachers. very hard.d this is melania's birthday. happyation to say birthday. thank you all very much. you goss you all and back and keep teaching those students. there's nothing -- [indiscernible] i had some of the biggest executives in the world. times theyhere many walk into the oval office and they start crying. i promise won't say to your stockholders that you cried. i seen people cry. it's a very special place. special building. much.you all very thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> pleasure to meet you. >> check out our c-span atssroom website c-span.org/classroom. it's full of free teaching resources for c-span classroom members. give

the massachusetts state police seeks the take. and el salvador and guatemala may be more often than that. if the fbi has in place those resources and expand those resources would probably be the best course. >> i agree wholeheartedly as i mentioned in my testimony. this database is a critical mission-critical to facilitating effective collaboration and eradicating the gains from our communities here. overseeing for the first time on long island is that direct connections with young gang members to el salvador. in the past we have seen connections from folks and gang members in the county of long island to the west coast. now it's directly to el salvador, guatemala and honduras. your question is directly on point. in addition to the data pace i would just add that we work closely with the fbi and to the fbi streets street task force. a broad special operation division may also be worth taking a look at. my understanding is that is a multi agency organization and that could be a division that could assist in this type of database. w

i've been investigating the ms-13 gang in massachusetts for 15 years. over course of those years, i've seen the gang's membership numbers increase and decline. the most recent increase in and the most significant increase began in 2014. the city of chelsea as well as surrounding cities and towns saw an uptick be in street-level violence associated with ms-13 and its rival 18th street. at first, this violence was isolated to mostly armed and you armed assaults. but soon developed and evolved in the coordinated attacks on rival gang members and students within our schools. some of these attacks resulted in homicide had the homicide investigators have detailed the most brutal, premeditated horrific crimes committed at the hands of ms-13. the organization has no respect for human life, they kill on demand, and without mercy. they often use cutting instruments like machetes, knives, and even box cutters to inflict the most damage on the victims as possible. this is how they spread their influence, this is how they intimidate, and this is how if left unchecke

i am m-mik mike from douglas massachusetts and i have alzheimer's. i'm 55 and soon i will have forgotten this conversation. i will have forgotten everything. you, my children, my wife. his wife stood quietly searching for words. finally, he said everything i know will be taken from me and that was all it took. how does anyone deal with the future for an instant the faces of those i loved the way to cross mthecross my mind. my grandchildren, my husband, my three brothers and all of those who already died. dad, mother, our beloved dog. who would i be if i forgot them. before i could recover enough to speak, i will have forgotten so i am here today so i can remember. to ask for more funding and research on alzheimer's. please, i am going to forget, so i need you to remember. i walked into that room with some paperwork thinking ahead to my next meeting. it was like a spear thrust between my ribs reminding me that everything we do in washington matters to real people. it's for those that need it right now. alzheimer's disease offers the perfect example of

today we will take a look at the massachusetts biotech sector.eantime, while the trump administration has proposed cuts that could hamper future growth, and many local companies are opposing the president other initiatives, such as the affordable health care act and the tightening of h-1b visa restrictions. for a look at how local companies are responding, we are joined by our bloomberg biotech reporter doni bloomfield, and hasenture capitalist who -- thank you for joining me. paint the picture for us.we keep talking about boston as a biotech hub. which company should be on the agenda here? >> i think some of the central companies here are biogen, varitek, some of the largest companies are based here. so many little tiny companies spring up all around them and around universities around here. i think the trends we should be looking at are the moves towards rare diseases. we talk so much about pricing in this industry, and there has been so much pressure, but some of the focus resistant to the trend are those focused on rare diseases. insurers and

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a call from nantucket, massachusetts. democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning.hank you for taking my call. it's the lobby that controls everything. the insurance lobby. the pharmaceutical lobby. those are the two biggest lobbies. and the republicans, this was like a football game. trump needed a score so they made a bunch of deals and they made this, but it will never get through the senate, ever. in a million years, it will never get through the senate. and a lot of republicans are going to be lost. you know something, he ends up spited. thank you for taking my call. host: june is calling from edinburg, virginia. hi, june. caller: high, good morning. -- hi, good morning. host: what's your message to the senate? caller: my message to the senate is deadlock. they work against trump, totally. is at least trying to do something different because obamacare is a joke. everyone i know that's involved without insurance has problems. they have high deductibles, $5,000, $16,000, it's ridiculous. the old days -- let's put it this way. insurance was a business. a big busin

in massachusetts in 2016, 2,000 people died from an opioid overdose. and who is the typical victim of an opioid overdose? who is the typical substance abuser? the answer is that there is none. this epidemic does not discriminate on the basis of age or gender or race or ethnicity or economic status. it doesn't care if you live in the city or in the suburbs. it doesn't care if you have a white-collar or a blue-collar job. the 50-year-old white male attorney is just as likely to become addicted to prescription drugs or heroin as the 22-year-old latina waitress. opiate addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer of lives. those addicted to opiates are too often stealing from their friends, from their families and neighbors or complete strangers to fuel their addiction. cars are broken into and valuable stereo systems are left intact while a few dollars in change is stolen, homes are broken, and flat-screen television sets remain unteched while -- untouched while children's piggy banks go missing. it is also causing immeasurable harm to families in the grip

if you gave from massachusetts james hancock and the other for james wilson. and there were compromises with differences, you're not going to have a president picked by the people. you're going to have state legislators are those. and they assumed there was independent judgment. and then they aportion that the south gets greater clout and the states have greater opportunity to elect somebody. so the electoral college, plus your house numbers and plus your senators. and this one has bigger than the population of delaware. and in the electoral college, there would be a 4-1 advantage rather than 10-1 advantage. the slave states liked that because their house numbers includes the number of slaves for the three-fifths rule and other complications worked in there. the only way to defend the congress today and the indirect election never works that way so now we have a pop already-- and it's possible for the faithful elector. in terms of mal aportionment, it gives voters in wyoming more power. california 55 electoral votes. wyoming has three. but they have bigger pop

kennedy's theme was i will do more for massachusetts. it is somewhat ironic because in some sense kennedy was charging goldwater with being is that really kind of senator he wanted to be. that was what he thought a senator should do a saw that it was electorally a vulnerability. he pushed very are an affront. so when kennedy was elected, as the first thing he did was a symbol of very, very detailed economic plan for massachusetts and new england. he hired ted forstmann who came out of his top aides to assemble is very detailed economic plan. and there had been a steady in the boston federal reserve bank. they had a lot to draw from. they put together this massive document. kennedy in his first month in the senate gave 32-hour speeches -- 3 two hour speeches on his economic agenda for massachusetts. he later turned this agenda into dozens of bills. 160 page book on his agenda for massachusetts. he actually put together a delegation of new england senators. they would meet twice a month to talk among the issues here research shows that ken

also he was the former senator from this great state of massachusetts.o, some key obama advisers, including david axelrod and valerie jarrett among others. as you said, the venue and this city holds a significant really important special night. the 2004 democratic national convention in boston, barack obama's passionate speech. >> we are one people. >> seemed to reaffirm the american dream. >> all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america. >> suddenly, a new political rock star emerged, young and idealistic, with the audacity of hope and early endorsements from ted and caroline kennedy, barack obama became the first black president of the united states. now, as we approach the 100th anniversary of president kennedy's birth, his family once again recognizes obama with this year's prestigious profile in courage award. named after john kennedy's pulitzer prize winning book, it celebrates public service. >> president obama really brought in a new generation just like president kennedy did. and transf

and a growing number of massachusetts-based companies. >> it's a very significant market.one in this space is about $1 billion to $2 billion. we know there is a tremendous amount of my going into this market and a lot of money invested in automation. we are hopeful to get our percentage of that. caroline: six river systems has raised nearly $7 million in funding to date and plans to double its number of employees to 35 by the end of the year. as we wrap up day four of our coverage in boston, i want to head back to emily chang in san francisco. we got some insight on the investing climate in this area compared to silicon valley. silicon valley is still the big brother. but compared to the rest of the globe boston is stacking up. ,emily: it has been lovely to watch you this week. i've learned so much about what is going on outside the silicon valley bubble. i appreciate all the stories you have been bringing us. tell us what you have on tap for tomorrow. caroline: plenty, as ever. we can geek out entirely at mass robotics. it is one of the fastest-growing startups in the cit

a massachusetts judge agreeing to erase his murder conviction. let's start where all the action is this hour in the nation's capital. chris jansing is on the north lawn of the white house. hans nichols at the pentagon and in d.c., a former u.s. ambassador to rusa and a nato deputy secretary general. a lot to talk to him about. chris, let's start with you. what's the latest from the white house on this possible troop deployment? >> we thought we might get an answer quickly because the president is going to that big meeting next week and the early word had been that he would make a decision by then. we heard from sean spicer there is no timeline. he asked for a comprehensive review to look at what their options are. the reports are he wants to start winning again. here's what sean spicer said about that. >> one of the things he has asked his national security team to do is to actually rethink the strategy. what are we doing to achieve the goals that you are asking about. how do we win? how do we eliminate the threat? i think doing that is not just

host: you talk about the massachusetts historical society. we have gotten a lot of them from over the years. when they just showed up, were they in boxes? guest: they were in boxes and kind enough at the early stage to allow me to look at the collection which was on process nd not a lot of our inzutions. i realized i had a book. host: for purposes of how long was this house of truth important? in writing the book? guest: six-year period to write the book. i thought the book would take me two to three years to write, but this was four character narrative that expand 20-some years and six years and two kids later, i finished. host heast you have four pictures on the cover and one of them is felix frankfurter, who was he? guest: he was a young i'd is particular lawyer and went to work past secretary of war, like the council -- counsel almost. and worked for him in the southern district of new york where simpson was a u.s. attorney. frankfurter, if valentine is a visionary of the house, frankfurter is the one who had the talent for bringing diffe

. >> democratic senator elizabeth warren was the speaker at the university of massachusetts in amherst. she encouraged graduates to be involved with public affairs and talked about her path to becoming a senator. this is 15 minutes. [applause] you.warren: thank [applause] sen. warren: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. u-mass. it is good to be here. thank you or inviting me to be here with you today. i really do love visiting this campus and seeing the great work done by students and faculty. u-mass a lot of th amherst grads on my staff. you have turned out smart people. i know because i hire them. to see stan rosenberg, whatstate delegation, and a great team you have working for you in western and central massachusetts. i was a law professor for years. this is not my first commencement speech. if i go longer than 20 minutes, i know that it will be my last. i understand every extra minute i speak is that much longer before you can hit the bars. [applause] sen. warren: not that some of bars, ofto hit the course. imagine my surprise last week when i got my daily news roundup , a

the massachusetts state police speaks the fbi tag in el salvador and guatemala maybe even more often that that. it would be my opinion that the fbi already has in place those resources and to expand those resources would probably be the best course. >> mr. sini? >> i agree wholeheartedly as i mentioned in my testimony, that this database is mission critical to facilitating effective collaboration and eradicating these gangs from our communities here. what we're seeing for the first time on long island is direct connections with young gang members to el salvador, so in the past we've seen connections from folks -- gang members in sufle k county to the west coast. now it's directly to el salvador, guatemala and honduras. in addition to the database, i would just add, we work closely with the fbi with fbi's safe streets task force. however, a broad special operations division may also be worth looking at. my understanding is that is certain essentially a multi-agency division and that could assist in this type of database. what's very helpful is when we have a number pop in suffolk coun

we want --won in massachusetts and new york.ecently, texas dismissed it and moved it back to new york and we had a good hearing the other day and we are awaiting a decision from the court. hopefully, we will be in a position similar we can continue to go forward with our investigation so xm will finally have to answer the questions we have asked. amy: explain what was the smoking gun. why did you get involved with the exxon probe? >> there was information publicly reported that details some of what exxon's executives and scientists knew decades ago that what the effect of burning fossil feels would be on the environment. based on that information, and those other information about wheel executives flying in regularly to meet with one another, to talk about how they were going to handle this as a public relations matter, and concern were cover-up about this information. we were then led to do what we always do, which is when you are faced with that kind of information, you ask russians as a state attorney general. this is a quest

caroline: with headquarters in singapore and massachusetts, the m.i.t.'s founded in 2013 -- the m.i.t. spinoff was founded in 2013. now home to its employees and cars. -- theng there garage on site and being in the testing area allows developers to see in real time the area they are coding and building the technology platform for. caroline: as for residents in boston hailing self driving taxis -- >> it will take us some time to get there and we are working with the city to roll that out. caroline: it is backed by the singapore government and the ford motor chairman. it is in talks for a new round of funding, as nutonomy works toward a full commercial launch in 2018. now we are joined by the and --y ceo, carl icahn karl iagnemma. karl: in boston we just started driving here a month and a half ago and we are adapting autonomous driving to the streets of boston. boston is different than singapore. in singapore people obey the rules of the road -- caroline: no jaywalking. : in boston people are more creative on the road and we have to adapt to the software to

massachusetts leave the u.s.n capital investment for biogas leads the u.s. -- massachusetts leads the u.s. in capital investment for biotech. a hefty donation from steve pagliuca and his wife, the pagliuca harbored life lab opened its doors last november. peek at the -- we got an inside peek at the incubator. it's a 15,000 square foot incubator, into a dead -- intended to support harvard's life lab. silk, developed at nearby toughs university -- tufts university. >> we pull one protein out of silk in solution format. we are reengineering silk to encapsulate and protect that. caroline: the cofounder and ceo explains this small patch is made of hundreds of vaccinated microneedles that are wrapped in a silk protein. it makes vaccines easier to administer and, more importantly, eliminates the need for refrigeration. >> it is something i can administer much more easily. secondarily, this patch is shelfstable. we can ship it around the world without refrigeration, which is a major challenge with a lot -- all of the vac

what a great team you have working for you in both western and central massachusetts. for manyaw professor years. this is not my first commencement speech. if i go longer than 20 minutes i know it will be my last. [laughter] senator warren: i understand that every extra minute i speak is that much longer before you can hit the bars. [laughter] [cheering] not that some of you need to hit the bars, of course. [laughter] imagine myren: surprise last week when i got my daily news roundup and right there, front and center headline was "elizabeth warren's commencement speech drinking game." [cheers and applause] i have to say, the timing was perfect, i was suffering from writer's block, the drinking game got me going. [laughter] the downside of courses that now i know what you are hiding under those robes. [laughter] senator warren: so, let's get it out there from the beginning, if you learn nothing else from this ,peech, please know this fireball is a nickname that donald trump uses on twitter. [laughter] beveragearren: not a to be consumed by distinguished college graduate

the citizens knew about the stanz in colonial massachusetts with the blue tint on the pride of the hat which is the emblem of the revolution. they say the tea has been thrown overboard. the revolution of 1860 has been initiated. this is patriotism. south carolina is too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum. >> four months later, fort sumpter, charleston harbor, the war came. when it was over, when it was over, win win, above and below on the right hand and left. ruin, ruin everywhere and always. harpers weekly, 1865 after the war. the boston advertiser war had desserted warehouses and weeded gardens and miles of grass grown streets and acres of bareness. gener general sherman made a visit to charleston. many were visiting at that time and came on the city of destination. they decided the rules were picturesque like ancient roam or actingle athens. as your people had for years been agitating the war and discord, and finally inaugurated the civil war, the judgment of the world will be that charleston deserved the fate that found them. that was sherman's judgment on

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: what i'm wondering is, it president trump and the republicans in congress think we wouldn't notice? did they think the american people would be ok with them knowingly allowing a dangerous pesticide to be used on farms and infect our food supply? republicans should be ashamed of this blatant disregard for the health of the families they were elected to represent. in 2000 the e.p.a. banned most home uses of the chemical. citing risks to children. yet it continues to be used in agriculture production across this country. does this really sound like something that should be used on the food we feed our kids? on the campaign trail and the white house, president trump has made clear that he'll always side with deep pocketed olluters and corporations over the health and safety of families. in january, 2017, dow chemical was reported to contribute $1 million to president trump's inaugural committee. the c.e.o. of dow chemical was a frequent guest of president-elect trump, including

here we have a portion of a letter written by sin meal of the -- samuel of the 55th massachusetts.hey are going out west. in his english, his soldier english, the rope of human progress, he conveys an very strong language that his unit is in north carolina and they know they face a great fight but as i said a moment ago, he is fighting not simply for the present but for the future, free of leather and whips. who serveded woman during the war. there were women who attached themselves to different regiments and turned into nurses as well. for white regiments as well as black and they served where they could. where they sought to make some kind of difference. nichols surrounded by from soldiers in flink slavery -- inflating from eing from- in fle slavery and she went away with the indiana man when they returned to the new albany area where she married and lived out the rest of for life. this is in 1898 reunion. thereis no doubt that context with men and women was able to begin to melt there perhaps in a born reservations and stereotypes about black people. now in battles johnson is di

another unofficial recruiter for 54th and 55th massachusetts joes eppe.st. pierre rp r he married and disheartened by wefrpb went from their wedding to a -- ship arried them that carried them to england because they didn't want to aise a family in a nation that tolerated slavery. that means they were fairly well also. after the outbreak of the civil they returned to boston and they have home and five children old est dies in war.cy during the civil she recruited black soldiers and worked for the sanitary precursor of the red cross. of honor winner hristine fleetwood and his pwaoeuwife freedman's nt of hospital posing with their 300 block i he believe of w street. and she was also a glowing nspiration to women who had recently fought their way out of enslavement and decided to the study of nursing. woman who e a black at least carried on the roles of as unit in which she served a nurse. patterson graduated -- over hrapland. she came to d.c. and worked mong the contraband and wound up as a teacher. wellis her ibit one of the known teachers in the colored schoo