same neighborhood as meehan to make it plain. meehan made no secret of his affection for the irish and his disdain for the italians who showed up at the site every morning. one morning he spotted a group of italian men sitting by themselves and speaking only in italian and he knew right away they would not make his list. the italians hold aloof from the others. i told him none of the voters would be employed. i never lost anything by standing by the men who supported me. that was not entirely true. he lost money. the italians would have work for lower wages that meehan didn't care. if i hired italians at $1.20 you would work them for $10 i could make a good deal more money he said but i'm not doing business that way. the first 20 many picked nine were laborers that worked for him before. he kept true to his word about italians. as long as they spoke italian and isolated from others they would have to work for their opportunity until the demand for more bodies was greater. this is a glimpse into the world of the contractors. we li

mysteriously the bid was overruled and meehan got the job. for the most part it was done that way three bidding process. the new york financing was one of the reasons why the new job happen later. they were thinking about it before boston. they were ahead of the curve. they were ready to move, but new york had a lot of problems arranging the financing. it was a big pivotal moment that happened in 1891 when new yorkers have essentially said were ready for subway, we want a subway, let's do it. a big thing happen in city hall in new york where they fight all these people to come to bid for the project, a very open process, and nobody did. it was like this enormous sort of huge high profile moment. if other going to get lots of people getting and here it is and nobody did but it was sort of, steiner, a big mom first timer, a big letdown. they were dejected after that and it's one of the moments in parsons sort of thought for years is going to be the guy to build the subway in new york and he sort of said that's it, i'm done, i'm going to leave.

not only from russia but especially for the people of the crank me up on my white for self is craig meehan and d at large we feel that they have been living in another country that was not their own for the last twenty two years and with the recent events on it became extremely hostile to their interest so they have a very great feeling of coming home. in fact or western commentators viewing it. inside the store for remarked that the sense of the caribbean people feel very much like the feeling of the german people. when the berlin wall came down and they were re united and i think president putin alluded to this in a speech that is the strength of feeling and sheer joy on the sides both in russia and the cranial nerves. la marque while when we're alone listening to present address in discussing of the highlights of his speech on this now we cannot talk to our correspondence who've been also listening in and watching this occasion. i believe we can talk to me or this cannot do. you nor hello there well it's a chance to listen through what president was saying in a statement or upper house

the contractor on the job in boston was a man named michael meehan. they called it meehanville. the car was loaded with dirt. piles of picks and shovels shovels were all over them every morning the sun came up and there were dozens of men, sometimes 100, jostling for positions. the most important person who stood guard was not michael but his son robert. easily spotted by his bowler hat and a piece of paper always in his hand. contractors office had a comfortable chair and nobody was allowed in without the password. meehanville was a makeshift village set up for the duration of the project. three shanties were corrected and given a fresh coat of paint for places for labors to eat their lunch and mend their hands and sore feet and sometimes just wait for the next assignment. no smoking was allowed during working hours. so the shanties also became a place for pipe smoker. robert meehan was entrusted to take on the names and addresses of able-bodied workers who congregate around him every morning. he was also the timekeeper on the job and the general utility man who answered all qu

not only from russia but especially for the people of the crank me up on my white for self is craig meehan and d at large we feel that they have been living in another country that was not their own for the last twenty two years and with the recent events on it became extremely hostile to their interest so they have a very great feeling of coming home. in fact or western commentators viewing it. inside the store for remarked that the sense of the caribbean people feel very much like the feeling of the german people. when the berlin wall came

within the administration of president putin as well as craig meehan officials within the caribbean. a rod and weekend the administration of the previous prime minister next year the crimean to vote in favor of joining russia with every action can we expect from kiev and elsewhere. well in kiev has already announced that it considers that the input regime in kiev. considers the government via the prime minister in the crimea to be illegitimate. um i think this is a little bit of casting stones because i think it's clear to everyone involved for that to the government in the crimea at this point. it has far more legitimacy at the very least. then the porch that has seized control in kiev. they have made clear that they will not accept the results of the referendum. they will not accept the crate me of being allowed to join russia that they did not accept the government in the crimea at all and that basically they don't except the people of the criteria are more similar examples affairs expert think so much for ideally spirit international and down getting us your view on the situation

council and deputy prime minister and the needs that two russian president vladimir putin and craig meehan officials and the ousted ukrainian president the three of them what the sanctions include art and certainly not asset freezes and travel that is curiously un visa bans and we feel we've heard some comments being made from certain russian officials say what if we don't have any assets to breathe and so certainly of this comes as something quite expected in moscow. now this list is bound to grow according to analysts. we've also seen from the european union a similar sanctions imposed on twenty one russian officials from a wider list still isn't one to keep in mind that the sanctions seem to be only in the first stages and we are expecting the list of russian officials to be included in these sanctions to grow that we fried up from us has been crap obama speaking on the craggy in referendum which he basically said there's still room for dialogue unless provocation from from russia and did you know that the position of the us has largely been really believing russia for everything that's

to michael meehan who says there is nothing wrong accountability and here is what i part with the leaderme republicans and crimea falling because of it. >> it is lunacy. one is this not a relief ill when it contains $60 billion to guyana or if this is what is wrong with washington. everything has to be passed without reading it, absorbing it, debating it and making it accountable and harry reid is now blaming the republicans for the invasion. last time i looked at the constitution our president was in charge. it is the weakness of obama's foreign policy. he is a hyper polar majority leader but can you imagine if a conservative republican said something that was this absurd and i'm glad you're doing this segment and that harry reid is in called out. he just made a keep her. this is a bill that not only does what we need to do to put the russians on defense, but it expands the russian influence in the imf. at the same time you're trying to send a signal that this is not acceptable behavior. you are sending another signal in the exact opposite we are going to expand the influence throughout

the bosses of the philadelphia republican machine, the meehan family, all irish, all catholic.t may be a new thing. >> for me, it was ronald reagan. i thought he was the -- i became republican because ronald reagan -- my dad was a republican. he voted against kennedy for nixon, though he's an irish american. part of it is because -- >> made a few bucks. >> well, yeah. if you make a few bucks -- that's not surprising. if you're part of the american dream, there is this political diversity that a lot of republicans have migrated like a paul ryan, migrated to the -- irish migrated to the republican party. that's a healthy part of this debate. the interesting thing is republicans now are the swing vote. irish are the swing vote. that's been an interesting thing. >> if the republicans ever back immigration reform, congressman, that's because they must be betting that eventually if enough hispanic people, latinos, become middle class, they'll republic republans otherwise th screwed. they have to believe that, right? >> they're affluent now, but i also think it's the church and the ch

guys like meehan and fitzpatrick won in' 10. >> all won in 2010. they won with white males, culturally conservative who i believe don't necessarily like seeing a black president in the white house. it is black and white, maybe not 100%, but it's an issue there is absolutely no denying it. >> let's look at the senate. >> exacerbates. >> let's look at the senate, because the senate was drawn by the states. it's the nature of the states. but the senate, our founding fathers ruled that the smaller states with less people in them who tend to be white states today, they didn't plan that part, rural states had the same two senators at new york. >> that was the idea. >> you called me on that. but they do. >> like wyoming and montana coming up this time. and alaska. alaska has very few people living in it. montana, south dakota. these states are going to dominate the senate. and they're all republican. >> this is a problem. democrats, if they're going to play in the senate, if they're going to keep this very slim majority they have, they have to find a way

guys like meehan and fitzpatrick that. >> all won in 2010.with white males, culturally conservative who i believe don't necessarily like seeing a black president in the white house. it is black and white, maybe not 100%, but it's an issue there is absolutely no denying it. >> exacerbates. >> let's look at the senate, because the senate was drawn by the states. it's the nature of the states. but the senate, our founding fathers ruled that the smaller states with less people in them who tend to be white states today, they didn't plan that part, rural states had the same two senators at new york. >> that was the idea. >> you called me on that. but they do. >> like wyoming and montana coming up this time. and alaska. alaska has very few people living in it. montana, south dakota. these states are going to dominate the senate. and they're all republican. >> this is a problem. democrats, if they're going to play in the senate, if they're going to keep this very slim majority they have, they have to find a way to play in these states. and it's not e

slashing the military secure the borders which is where the financial reports on what it is that claim meehan's us so afraid off. crimea is on the defensive many in this autonomy is republican southern ukraine populated mostly by ethnic russians fear what happened in kiev could bury their quiet way of life but if you want peace prepare for war this is the crimea there are two roads connecting the peninsula to the mainland here and here this is one of them to rose the global say could become to gateways for undesirable forces from the north they fear that ukrainian fascists comes in may just wrapped up the country's ultra nationalists right sector group helps topple president jenna coverage now many crimean so worried that such radicals want to come and open pandora's box store we want peace in our country we don't want what was happening in clear we don't want people to be hit with molotov cocktail or shot or killed. because if they want to coexist peacefully we are ready but apparently they don't civilian volunteers stand shoulder to shoulder with professional officers including members of the

meehan: this is the game for charity in which we allow members of congress who play hockey and three of our friends from the parliament in canada representing the lawmakers, playing a team of lobbyists who support the cause, both specifically of supporting underaged -- hockey for children in communities, underprivileged communities who would not otherwise have access to the game. in addition, it has raised dollars for scholarships for children from underprivileged communities who will go on to play hockey in college. this was the sixth annual game, and we have raised to date over half a million dollars for that charity. but let me just close with this observation. in addition to being able to play with our colleagues and the lobbyists, we were joined on each side by very, very special guests. they were members of the wounded warriors ice hockey team. and a lobbyist team was privileged to have retired army reservist joseph bowser who lost a leg in iraq, playing on their team. our side was able to be joined by retired army captain, mark little, who lost both legs in iraq. and i might t