they went through the common wealth of massachusetts process -- commonwealth of massachusetts process for citing gaming institutions. the state decided this. congress isn't decide. this the commonwealth of massachusetts decided this. they created an area in southeastern massachusetts along with two other areas of the state where this will be located. so i got news for the people in rhode island. they can do their best to kill this bill and destroy this tribe . they're still going to get a casino. because the state of massachusetts said so. so now that i'm through just pointing out what this bill isn't about, let me just make the last point. about what it is about. it's about justice. it's about doing the right thing. it's about taking a tribe that through its whole history has lost all of its land. even though it did occupy that it now. re it oups this is -- occupies it now. this is about doing the right thing and it's a disgrace in congress that politics and special interests and lobbying and conflicts have taken over this debate. let's do the right thing. this is part of our history

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the words from our distinguished minority whip. but i would point out that the cost of climate inaction will far outweigh the cost associated with acting now. according to the fourth national climate assessment, by 2090 lost wages will reach $155 billion. mortality from extreme temperatures will surpass $140 billion, coastal property damage will approach $120 billion. all told, the u.s. economy could lose more than 10% of its g.d.p. so people can deny that this is a problem all they want. but they do so at great economic risk for our country and for other economies around the world. madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from washington, ms. dell bennie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delbene: thank you. i rise in support of h.r. 9, the climate action now act. washington's first district is home to some of our nation's most beautiful parks, mountains and waterways and

amy: that was noam chomsky, who are just returned to boston, to massachusetts. was interviewing him at the old south church. about 1000 people packed into the church. roger waters, do you feel that kind of optimism? here noam chomsky has been so critical of the israeli state for so long, yet he feels there is a different climate right now. >> absolutely. i have been involved in the struggle for the past 12 years. for the past 12 years, it has changed dramatically. noam chomsky is exactly right. anand so is sut. they are desperate now. that is why they pulled the silly legal stunt about this meeting in umass. i am so happy to see it. working with people from jewish voice for peace and other jewish organizations as well has developed dramatically over the years as the demographic within the jewish communityty and unitd states has changed, and they're becoming more and more around to saying "not in my name." which is hugely encouraging. joyel overcome almost with even to be able to speak about it in these terms. and i'm really looking forward to saturday in massach

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to ask that the -- a letter from the church alliance be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. neal: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, congressman thompson who is the chairman of the committee on taxation -- subcommittee on taxation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. thompson: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i rise in strong support of the secure act. i thank the chairman, mr. neal, and speaker pelosi for their leadership on this important bill. america is facing a retirement crisis. nearly half of all the people in america do not have any money saved for retirement. the secure act before us today helps fix that. i'm glad we could reach this bipartisan solution to make it easier for workers, including home health care workers in california, to take advantage of important retirement savings tools. as a combat veteran and the father

the secretary of the commonwealth of massachusetts, commonwealth of massachusetts, our dear friend and someone who i personally consider to be of the foremost experts we have a very secure system as well as a paper backup system which i think is commendable. the director of law enforcement and information security with google. the head of cybersecurity policy with facebook, kevin, public policy manager with twitter. twitter this would be so kind as to rise and raise your right hand, i will begin a standing un. do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? with the record reflect the answers have answered -- witnesses have answered in the affirmative. our expensive since it is simply speak directly into them. written statements will be entered into the record and with that, you are now recognized to give an oral presentation of the testimony. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee on national security for inviting me to testify today on the safety and security of the nation's election infrastructu

it is not just vermont, new hampshire, and massachusetts. it is 17 other states, and a lot of those states permit even a democrat to take a republican ballot. and i have heard from democrats that they are going to come and vote in a republican primary for one day, so that they can vote for me against mr. trump, and then they are going to go home and take a hot shower, because they feel so unclean, but, you know, those are votes as well. so you ask how is this possible, those are the elements. daniel: uh, ok, let's unpack this. where -- which -- where did you hear -- is there a group of democrats that said that they were going to vote for you? mr. weld: no, no, that is just people i meet on the street. daniel: ok. mr. weld: a lot of them are new hampshire, but there you have to be an independent. i am not getting pushback from people i encounter, from regular citizens. i am getting pushback from the state parties, but we cannot have an election where literally the party bosses are the one who decide it. and, you know, they tried to stop the f

lynch of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 377, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lynch: mr. chairman, my amendment would extend by one year the deadline by which states may apply for federal grant assistance to set up state-based health insurance markets. moving the deadline from december 31, 2022, to december 31, 2023. my amendment would also extend by one year the corresponding date by which the exchanges must be self-sustaining. from january 1, 2024, to january 1, 2025. currently 11 states and the district of columbia have such health insurance exchanges. however, no health exchanges have been established since the a.c.a.'s original deadline of 2015. and while i do support h.r. 987's language that provides an additional two-year window

you have the final word there for the segment, from massachusetts. let's hear one final thought from our guest. guest: thank you for the comments, everyone. i appreciate it. i will say that the middle east has diminished in importance, and that is a reckoning a lot of people in washington have had. of oil,the expor worry about nonnuclear countries, and make that shift to our alliance structures and where we are focusing our resources on. host: our guest has been john dale grover, assistant managing editor at the "national interest ." ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning we will discuss campaign 2000 20 political dynamics in pennsylvania, ohio, florida and wisconsin. rolling thunder executive thector discusses organization's mission and why this year's rally will be the last in the washington dc area. and an expert on china and informal trump advisor talks about the president's trip to asia and u.s.-janet -- u.s.-china trade policy. 7:00ngton journal, live at a.m

again, he returned to massachusetts. remarkably, wilson chose to enter the fray a third time. in september 1864, after a 14 year absence, he returned to norfolk, virginia. he signed on as a union dispatch, and then worked with the u.s. secret service in front of richmond. the end of the war found wilson back in norfolk, tending to government supply store. his career is fascinating on many levels. his louisiana regiments, along with its two sister regiments, contained nearly 90 percent of the total black civil officers -- black commissioned officers that would serve in the civil war. his second regiment was the most massachusetts was the most storied of all the u.s. cg regiments. immortalized in the popular movie "glory." the exhibits are full of artifacts and stories and images and interpretive texts of these heroic black regiments. with his roots in the south and the north, wilson symbolizes the diasporic nature, of u.s. ct regiments. each regiment was full of men who had taken the long, perilous journeys to even get to the union army. i will also emphasize wilson's identity

that metric congressman sestak molton is winning the race for the presidency if you only polled massachusetts white people between the ages of 30 and 48 who are seth moulton wife . and c.n.n. runs with as i said molten winning even though the corporate media is celebrating joe biden like a 2 year old who has just learned how to use the potty biden has a few tiny strikes against him in the race for the presidency let's start with the fact that he's the only one in the race to have lost the race for the presidency multiple times. he is a step ahead of the others in losing big time his 1st run was back in 1988 when he was perky young man of 67 years old. that run flop spectacularly after it was revealed he has been placed a rising large chunks of his speeches and this time around he's plagiarized the look of the old guy with the white hair actually winning the race right way i mean yes he's copying bernie intil 2 weeks ago joe biden had dreadlocks ok. they did they did he was he was big into fish 2 weeks ago . let's move on to the fact that joe biden proudly boasts. that he was friends with stau

boston tech is booming, powering massachusetts to the second highest spot in the nation on bloomberg's innovation index, based on factors , including the region's research and development and education levels, and its number of tech companies. >> the score is really high, and much of that was led by the boston area, which is a tech hub. it has many top graduate programs, many undergraduate programs for science and engineering and also has a high tech company density, as well as robust venture-capital investment. carol: on tech density alone, the bloomberg index ranked the state number one. more than 60% of all publicly traded companies are classified as high tech. shelly: one of the main reasons massachusetts is ranked so high is because of the tech company density. and a lot of that is led by the boston region. if you think of some of the top s&p 500 companies, be it biogen, raytheon, some of them are in massachusetts, some in boston. carol: that tech density is no accident, given the boston brain burst, which includes 70 top graduate programs in an area where 47% of adults have colle

his first stop was john alb and andrew who was later become the governor of massachusetts but at this time, was a lawyer where he largely submitted the closed committee. he ran the fund for destitute slave and so he knew most of the people in boston. and he told that henry williams came in, john andrew historian and johnson i'll take the case. they started fundraising and before he was done, henry williams had fund raise enough money to free his entire family, mary, her little sister rebecca adelaide, her brother oskar, mother elizabeth and henry's wife. her grandmother, prudence. her aunt evelina, her uncle jesse as well as albert and i don't have time to tell you today about all that i've learned about each of those people but they all have extraordinary stories of their own. and in particular, prudence, mary's grandmother went i would show you slide here in 19th-century fashion,i'll just show you a picture from the book . here we go. prudence nelson bell was enslaved by a woman named constance cornwell who in her will be her and her increase for ever to her telegenic grandson who w

the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i want to rise in support of the traced act, a piece of legislation that will help all americans deal with the epidemic of robocalls, which afflicts them and their families every single day of the year. i want to thank chairman wicker for all of his assistance in moving this legislation expeditiously through the legislative process. i want to thank my partner, senator thune, from south dakota. he and i have worked very hard to reach this moment where democrats and republicans can come together on an issue, which we all agree is something that we have to address in a very serious way. so this question of robocalls and their role in american society, well, it's a daily deluge of calls that americans experience. it's more than a nuisance in 2013. it is a consumer protection crisis. americans across the country face an epidemic of robo calls, bombarding land lines and mobile phones. while our phones were once a reliable means of communication, they have been turned against us and

they will be seeking property tax relief and reimbursed massachusetts for $87 million.ll remain in boston as a renter, after reaching a deal to sell the land to a real estate development group. >> definitely something that needed to happen and i think they are going about it in the appropriate way. not just from a cash standpoint, but from a pr standpoint. they are trying to say that we like boston and want to be here, but we just don't have the capacity that we did when we started this process. carol: to weigh in on what happened at ge, we caught up the ceo of what sunday -- wasabi. the company is taking on the likes of amazon. we begin on the challenges of facing international and industrial companies such as ge in an increasingly digital world. >> when you look at the giants of the technology space, amazon, google, facebook and so forth, they really started in this digital way. it is hard for industrial companies that are used to doing things in a certain way, everything from technology to accounting, it is entirely different and the culture is different. i think it

the bloomberg innovation survey finds massachusetts as the second most innovative place for businessn the country. and boston is a primary driver of that destination. from venture capital funding to academic brainpower, boston is undergoing a revolution into its economic future. boston, a city that knows a thing or two about revolution is -- revolution, is undergoing a new one, an innovation revolution. boston tech is booming, powering massachusetts to the second highest spot in the nation on bloomberg's state innovation index, based on factors including the region's research and development and education levels, and its number of tech companies. >> the score is really high, and much of that was led by the boston area, which is a tech hub. it has many programs for science and engineering and also has a high tech company density, as well as robust venture-capital investment. carol: on tech density alone, the bloomberg index ranked the state number one. more than 60% of all publicly traded companies are classified as high tech. >> one of the main reasons it's ranked so high is because

donald trump is being challenged by former massachusetts republican governor bill weld. his has shown that a primary challenge to an incumbent president from his own party always hurts that president badly if it lasts beyond the new hampshire primary. i'm going to say this again. every incumbent president who was challenged within his own party beyond the new hampshire primary then lost. in the general election. bill weld is both a former governor and a former federal prosecutor who worked on the impeachment investigation of republican president richard nixon. governor weld will join to us discuss impeachment and his campaign to defeat donald trump. ♪ limu emu & doug what do all these people have in common, limu? [ paper rustling ] exactly, nothing. they're completely different people, that's why they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual. they'll only pay for what they need! [ gargling ] [ coins hitting the desk ] yes, and they could save a ton. you've done it again, limu. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ plants capture co2

the bloomberg innovation survey finds massachusetts as the second most innovative place for businessn the country. and boston is a primary driver of that destination. from venture capital funding to academic brainpower, boston is undergoing a revolution into its economic future. boston, a city that knows a thing or two about revolution is -- revolution, is undergoing a

commonwealth of massachusetts. shaunna o'connell thank you for joining us live and telling us your story. >> thank you, steve. steve: 7:20 in new york city. some celebrities like alyssa milano are dominating the abortion debate for now. the tide could be changing. we will tell you why and how next. ♪ we can't stop ♪ and we won't stop ♪ biopharmaceutical researchers. driven each day to pursue life-changing cures... in a country built on fostering innovation.

donald trump is being challenged by former massachusetts republican governor bill weld. his has shown that a primary challenge to an incumbent president from his own party always hurts that president badly if it lasts beyond the new hampshire primary. i'm going to say this again. every incumbent president who was challenged within his own party beyond the new hampshire primary then lost. in the general election. bill weld is both a former governor and a former federal prosecutor who worked on the impeachment investigation of republican president richard nixon. governor weld will join to us discuss impeachment and his campaign to defeat donald trump. campaign to defeat donald trump. why didn't you book your family vacation on a travel site? at hilton.com, i get the price match guarantee. and i can choose from their 14 different hotel brands, so i get the right hotel for every member of my family. like a doubletree for my cousins who love their warm chocolate chip cookies. a homewood suites for my uncle who likes a long stay. a hampton for my sister and her kids. that's a

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so for his own safety he was sent to new bedford, massachusetts. a strong, free black community there and a haven for runaway slaves. in new bedford, he attended public school and as many new bedford boys did, he went to see a whaling ship down for the south pacific. joseph wilson was indeed working in latin america, in chile on a railroad construction crew when he received word that civil war had broken out back home. he returned home, eager to get in the fray as soon as possible. he traveled first to new york and then union occupied new orleans, where he hoped to be reunited to his father, who had been sold south many years before. wilson enlisted in the fall of 1862 as a private in the second louisiana native guard, a new regiment composed of african-americans who later reorganized into the 74th u.s.c.t. after being hospitalized for intestinal disease and being honorably discharged, he returned to massachusetts. but instead of sitting out the rest of the war, he listed again, this time in the massachusetts infantry. he returned south with this r

contessa brewer is with the lobstermen in massachusetts and diana olick reports on the home remodelinginess in shington and we begin with jane wells at ground zero for chine import, the port of los angeles. >> yeah, you know, a funny thing is happening in th trade war between the u.s. and china, companies aorking around the tariffs. how? >> the chinese factorywn might a production site in vietnam and they simply move the production from china totn v and the chinese factory still makes the profit, but the u.s. impoer is t taxed because the goods are coming out of vietnam. >> okay. let me throw out new numbers in this trade war. according to a congressional group which monitors u.s.-china trade during theirst quarter, u.s. exports to china fell almo 20% but check this out. at the sam utime overall,. exports grew t.3%. hina is not buying as much of our stuff someones. >> we are seeing more goods out of the southeast asia and not nearly enough to make up for the ch. a busine >> the ports themselves meanwhile, are doing fine along the pacific, l.a.'s container traffic is up almost 5% year t

massachusetts regulators will allow the casino company to keep its gaming license in that state, butave to pay a multimillion fine in the wake of a me too scandal that embroiled the company in a ar-long investigation and endangered big casino plants for boston. contessa brewer has the details j . >> the decision to allow wynn resorts to keep the massachusetts license surpassed for the encore of boston harbor. the integrated casinoest is scheduled to open in june in everet. itn't a sure bet. in the 15 months since "the wall stre journal" first a list of obligations against steve wynn, the company was scrutinized by investigators from nevada and >>ssachusetts. ou were making excuses for high-level folks that had failed to do their job. >> those investitions concluded company executives repeatedly, over years,d fai to protect employees and failed to apply their own policies to steve wynn after serious accusations of rape, harassment and other sexual misconduct, charges he's denied.d e company, its board and executives never informed gaming regulators when they learned of the allegations

a congresswoman from massachusetts. they created the women's army auxiliary corps in 1942. early 1942. they were contract. they all went to fort des moines. they were trained there. some were deployed to england and some served in north africa. they were not really covered by geneva convention, because they were contract. they were part of that group in 1977 that fought to get benefit. the other services did not do that. later in 1942, the navy established the women accepted for volunteering emergency service. the marine corps later that year as well is the coast guard. it was about a year later in 1943 when the army transitioned from wjac to the women's army corps. the other women, when the other services were all stateside. except for the nurses. one of the pictures i love to point out here is eleanor roosevelt was a great advocate of women serving in the military. these are the women in the four components that stepped up to be the leaders of each of the women's components. when i think about them, they came on board and there were no uniform specific to military women.

a massachusetts magistrate for oiled an ice officers arrest of an immigrant at a courthouse when the immigrant was cleared of charges in her court today judge shelley joseph finding herself on the other side of the bench after prosecutors say she helped an undocumented immigrant slip out the back door don't worry judge shelley you can avoid those obstruction of justice charges if you just talk to your legal team and become president of the united states that's a bulletproof defense also when you get to the white house would you mind leaving the back door open so our current president can get out and avoid getting arrested . believe it or not local law enforcement hasn't been thrilled about making immigration and arrests. and also in many cities police are barred from cooperated with federal immigration authorities especially in so-called sanctuary cities so ice announced a program this monday to allow local law enforcement to make immigration arrests nothing is going to help the police's public image more than arresting more brown people and especially on behalf of another organizati

western massachusetts, the unlikely new frontier of america's war on drugs.re heroin has become an exploding problem that's begun to touch nearly every family. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ >> anthony: there's nothing like the north atlantic. it's majestic. i love the beach. pretty much had my first everything on a beach. you name it, first time i did it, beach. i was miserable in love, happy in love, alternately. as only a 17-year-old could be. this is where i lived. very happy summer in the early '70s, and that was my room on the left. it's an amazing spot if you think about it, a bunch of knuckle heads working as dish washers, waiters, pizza servers. we could live on a beach like this. you know, happier, stupider times. you know, i can still hear the play list -- strawberry letter and the brothers johnson. if you put on marvin gaye right now

boston tech is booming, powering massachusetts to the second highest spot in the nation on bloomberg'sindex, based on factors including research and development and education levels, and it's number of tech companies. >> much of that was led by the boston area, which is a tech hub with many hot programs for science and engineering degree holders. it has a high tech company density. it also has robust venture-capital investment. carol: on tech density alone, the bloomberg index ranked the state number one. more than 60% of all publicly traded companies there are classified as high-tech. >> one of the main reasons why massachusetts was ranked so high was because of tech company density in the state. a lot of that is led by the boston region. if you think of the top s&p 500 companies, raytheon, general electric, those are in massachusetts, some in boston. carol: that tech density is no accident, given the brain burst, which includes 70 top science graduate programs, in an area where 40% of adults have college degrees. statewide, there are now more than 1.3 million jobs in the technology e

up yesterday after the massive sell-off. >>> another live look at the situation in arlington, massachusettsear hanging out in a tree. he was in the neighborhood so there are homes in the area and there are authorities out there trying to strategize how to get this animal down safely and, of course, keep everyone in the neighborhood safe as well. we've been watching for probably more than an hour as they assess the situation. >> it is raining there? >> it seems it is cold. at least he has his fur coat on. >> he went from sitting up al and now is yawning and lying down. >> he's been taking a nab for quite some time. things are probably boring. >> he seems okay. >> i hope this ends well. >> we're assuming it's a male. it might not be. >>> actor robert pattinson is in line to become the next batman according to "variety" this morning. it's not a done deal yet but sources say pattinson is in negotiations to play the caped crew sayser. the 33-year-old will succeed ben affleck in the role. preproduction could start in early 2020. it is supposed to hit theaters june 25, 2021. >> is it called "the b

terrorists here to give us a story is richard wolfe professor of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst welcome richard. thank you glad to be here so we've seen an upsurge in investment into vietnam recently how much of it has to do with tariffs and how much of it is just the fact that they were cheaper minimum. well i think it's really more of the latter in other words with the is extraordinary economic growth in china let me give you a simple statistic over the last 20 years the real wage of a chinese average chinese worker has quadrupled that is it's gone up to 4 times what it was a mere 2025 years ago compared to the united states for example where the real wage is the same now that it was 20 years ago basically so you have an extraordinary explosion of wage costs as the standard of living of chinese workers goes up very dramatically and for companies both from chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they began long before the tariffs to look around elsewhere in asia particularly for example in vietnam where the wages were and still are consid

state courthouses and obstructing the administration of justice in massachusetts almost daily for the last 2 years. a critical eye witness is too afraid to come to court to testify. i saw officers mistakenly arrested handcuffed someone in a courthouse then have to find a hand saw to saw off his handcuffs because they lost the key. you know that's why i should stick to cages state court officers are forced to intervene during an ice arrest in a courthouse lobby which onlookers think is a civilian fistfight ice is so concerned with rounding up the most people possible that they no longer consider the detainee. but on the other hand they're making the police look really good. and that's very hard to do reporting to washington this day and we care about that tonight. here are your headlines from the future on tuesday you'll learn. joe biden unveils campaign slogan i'll give you a happy ending for america. heritage fighting drivers for babies thrive services were and lift went on strike this week to demand a higher wage and better treatment this will then inspire more protests going forwar

here to give us a story is richard wolfe professor of economics emeritus at the university of massachusetts amherst welcome richard. thank you glad to be here so we've seen an upsurge in investments and to vietnam recently how much of it has to do with terrorists and how much of it is just the fact that labor is cheaper in vietnam. well i think it's really more of the latter in other words with the is extraordinary economic growth in china let me give you a simple statistic over the last 20 years the real wage of a chinese average chinese worker has quadruple that is it's gone up to 4 times what it was a mere 2025 years ago compared to the united states for example where the real wage is the same now that it was 20 years ago basically so you have an extraordinary explosion of wage costs as the standard of living of chinese workers goes up very dramatically and for companies both from chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they begin long before the tariffs to look around elsewhere in asia particularly for example in the naam where the wages were and still ar

representative from salem massachusetts should be running in this race when the senior senator from massachusetts for months. he's also pointing out that having all these candidates is too much noise and it is overwhelming for the voters. what do you think about what the mayor saying there? >> i think it's the strength of our party we have so many candidates offering different perspectives and making their case for how they can take on president donald trump i think he's going to be harder to beat than many americans think so let's see who makes the best case, the second thing i will say when i rented my first race people said the same thing. people in the massachusetts political establishment said why you taking on this 18 year incumbent in your home district? think about what they were saying to this young veteran, they're basically saying do not participate in the democracy you risk your life to defend. and that is wrong.>> you just alluded to it here you talk about the fact that president donald trump is going to be more difficult to beat than you think people give him credit for. do you beli

in massachusetts governor elbridge gerry claimed a term for posterity gerrymandering. president james madison moved to congress and customs duties double. british forces surged through modern-day michigan and napoleon swept into russia. john adams kept in touch with old contacts and commented generously on the fluctuating world scene. so i have plenty of long monologue like letters to work through transcribing while he commented on all these events and i had the chance to really get his voice in my head. and what a voice. thanks to the efforts of mutual friends and musician benjamin rush john adams romance with thomas jefferson was back on. by early 1812 the two statesmen had resumed their lively correspondence with the new intellectual respect that i suspect surprise even them. adams for his part spent his days exchanging letters with friends and devouring faith. john adams was a lifelong student of church and state. he looked up biblical references and even explored aspects of ancient egyptian religion. a descendent of said immigrants yet seen the world while serving

she joined one of the massachusetts regiments, and she was wounded twice, served in the battle of york time. when she was wounded, she treated her own wounds so she wouldn't be found. and she got sick. i don't know if it was the flu or whatever and was examined by a doctor who discovered she was a woman and was discharged. but the key thing is that they did just discharge her from the military. she got a pension, probably the first woman in history to get a pension. and in fact, when debra passed away, her husband petitioned the government for espousal benefits, which, in fact, he got. regrettably, he was dead by the time they granted it to him. but it's quite a story. she served as robert shirtliff. another incredible character is dr. mary walker. dr. mary walker was a surgeon trained in new york. the army's crying for surgeons, you know, to come to help and take care of the sick and wounded during the civil war. so she comes and presents herself, but they don't want her. why do you think? because she's a woman. she persisted, though. in fact, she volunteered her services for some tim

massachusetts is bankrupt.ay our bills. theyd a certain point, if spend money like drunken sailors and never cut spending in washington, d.c., that is where we are going to be as a nation. david: one of the consequences of all of that debt is it is good if we keep interest rates down because if those are going back up, it will be crippling. it will make a bad situation much worse. does that mean as president you would favor lower interest rates? mr. weld: i tend to agree with those who say let's have growth. i point my policies towards growth in the economy, and i think that can be done. david: would you be shy in expressing that view? mr. weld: no, i'm never shy. [laughter] david: that's fair enough. mr. weld: i've actually got a lot in common with mr. trump. we are both large redheaded men with experience on the stage. i think if we got to debate, it could be entertaining. i know entertainment is of considerable value to mr. trump. david: let's go to exactly that question about you and mr. trump , on a stage

i live in deppe him, massachusetts. i am a proud member of moms rising. i am a wife, a mother, an only child, and a member of the sandwich generation, caring for my children and supporting my aging parents. i want to tell you about why i believe so strongly that a national family and medical leave policy should-- thank you for the opportunity to share my story. i am a nonprofit professional king in pediatric health care. my wife is in graduate school and works part-time. we have two credible kids. -- incredible kids. i was buying back-to-school clothes with my seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter when my mom called from georgia. my dad had suffered a major stroke and was in intensive care. i was on a flight within a few hours. i spent the next month shuffling back and forth to help my parents navigate this crisis and then the huge changes in their lives they came from my dad permanently losing his ability to walk and speak clearly. around the time my dad got out rehab, i gott of another fungal. i was traveling -- another phone call. my mother was

pressley of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 389, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. pressley, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from massachusetts. ms. pressley: thank you, madam chair. i rise today in support of my amendment to h.r. 1500 and in support of the consumers first act. i also want to thank chairwoman waters for her leadership and her stewardship in this endeavor. i'm proud to co-sponsor this bill which will return the consumer bureau to its intended role as a nonpartisan consumer watchdog that protects 9 interests of american taxpayers, not those of special interests. in 2017, the urban institute found that 71 million americans had a debt in collection on their credit report. meanwhile, collectors estimate they contact consumers more than a billion times a year. a billion. . people lost homes, jobs and hard-earned wealth. the crisis was the prime example of what can happen when nobody's looking out for the consumers

frank, you lived in massachusetts. >> i'm just a california girl. >> i did. something to think about. prince frank, more importantly. roll with that. >> thanks, frank. >> too bad it's not a little baby girl. it would have been a little baby kari hall. next time! >> here's a live look outside in san jose as you get ready to head out. a live look at the shark tank as we get ready for the game tonight. a mix of sun and clouds, mid-50s. the mike retkhraoeuplt and the forecast coming up next. >>> weather and traffic together. let's start out with that forecast. >> we have some great weather again today. we really have had a nice streak of sunshine during the afternoon hours. that's a live look outside at san francisco. starting out cloudy once again as we will see the clouds gradually clearing out as we normally see this time of year. pleasant hill will be in the mid-50s. 56 through 7:00. then upper 60s at 11:00 today. the seven-day forecast already up at the bottom of the screen. checking out our highs for today with los gatos reaching 74. milpitas, 76 degrees. a

i am calling from massachusetts. host: you are on. go ahead. caller: ok. medicarent to say, worked out great for me. i don't have to pay anything. i have had all kinds of procedures over the years. cataracts. specialized eye surgery for glaucoma. hip replacement. all things that happen when you get older and with the supplement, it's about $195 a month. for me, it has been perfect. i lived in the same area my whole life. everybody i know seems perfectly satisfied. i have not heard any complaints as long as i can remember. i think medicare has been fabulous. host: thank you for sharing your experience. guest: that reveal something important about the medicare program which is it is a very generous benefit provided by taxpayers to the elderly. we understand that there were elderly, retirees and the disabled and the medicare program unable to work so taxpayers fund about 60% of the benefit. it is essentially a 60% subsidy of the cost of your health care you get when you become eligible for medicare. -- we wouldnerous not be able to provide as generous as assi

he eventually enlisted in the 54th massachusetts regiment. others from virginia, james garner, james mifflin, everett -- edward radcliffe and charles beale from virginia all served. the outbreak of the civil war meant the beginning of the end of the institution of slavery throughout the country and a new economic and political relationship between african-americans and the broader community. it's important to note the debut of the museum of the civil war, now that it will be revealed that these stories that talk about these individuals and how they really stood and how america stood on the precipice of change will be a discussion for generations to come. for african-americans this journey for the civil war propelled them to want nothing less than full citizenship rights for themselves and for their children. thank you. [applause] >> so now it is time for questions. we will take two and then go to lunch. i will give you more details about the lunch in a moment. questions for dr. alexander? >> thank you. that was great to have you share that. h