mr. markey? >> people who know me know that i take on the tough issues and i get results. 1994, there was another endemic of assault weapons on the united states. this qumsing from the chinese. they were selling millions of assault weapons for $130 or less and they had become the gun of preference on our streets of our country, you feel, i built a coalition to build the political pressure so we could, in fact, keep those weapons out of our country. in 1994, by executive action, president clinton did, in fact, do that after i built the coalition and they have been off the streets since 1994. so from my perspective, that is what you have to be able to do. that's why i want to go to the senate to build those bipartisan coalitions, especially on the kinds of issues that there is a brood consensus across our country. these assault weapons on our streets, near schools, the only technology that should be near a child in a school should be a computer, not a gun. special those that have the magazines that

mr. markey voted against that proposal. i voted for repeatedly voted for funding for homeland security, mr. mark key voted repeatedly against that. i would continue the priorities i have. it's probably why the firefighters, the nurses, police are backing me in this race. >> thank you. mr. marquee, ninety seconds. >> thank you. thank you to the "boston globe" for conducting this very important discussion. steve and i have been on the campaign trail for months. we both suspended a week ago because of the great tragedy. my heart goings out to the families of the victims. also congratulations to the heroes who were a hero to help us through the incredible tragedy. it was a tragedy, but it was also a try yomp. i think all of us in massachusetts are indebted to all who stood up in order to make it a special week. we mourn the losses. we identify with those victims and their families, but we also honor the heroes. on the issue of homeland security, i served on the homeland security committee for seven years. i am the author of the

mr. markey. the obama administration has chosen to prosecute the surviving suspect in the bombings in the federal court system. instead of before a military tribunal as an enemy combatant were where they have fewer constitutional protections. did they do the right thing? 90 seconds, sir. >> yeah, i believe that president obama and his justice department are completely committed to ensuring that case. is done in this we all heard president obama last week. he said there is a part of boston in him. he said that justice would be done in this case. if in the opinion of president obama and his justice department, the proper place for prosecution is here in the federal district court system of the state of massachusetts, i believe that the court system here in massachusetts can provide that kind of a venue in order to hear this case. so i defer to president obama. i defer to his justice department if in their judgment this is the proper place in order to conduct that trial. >> thank you, sir. mr. lynch

mr. markey. it will be the people of massachusetts that i work for. >> mr. markey. >> look, i'm proud to have been endorsed by the "boston globe" yesterday. and by the sierra club. and by groups that are trying to end gun violence, as well as the league of conservation voters, and many unions across this state and across this contry. i'm running -- this country. i'm running in order to make sure the voices of the people of massachusetts are heard. and the globe and their endorsement actually mentioned how successful i have been in passing dozens of bills in a bipartisan fashion that are now on the books, now laws in our country. i think that's what we are going to have to do. we are going to have to find people, across the aisle, who we can work w. in order to pass legislation in this area of gun violence that will make a difference in the lives of millions of americans. >> mr. lynch. >> sure. i want to point out that we serve in the legislature with 435 members. you can't break for lunch without getting 218 votes. so whenever you hear a legislator saying i s

behind the terror rocks that made so many question the illusion of safety they have been living under mr markey massachusetts. the suspect's family claims that they've been under a few hours of aliens for the past five years and refuse to believe the young man carried out the atrocity we traveled to the north caucuses with the brothers pair of snow live to try to learn more about the. that middle and sad naive and amateur boxer who dreamt of representing his adopted country the united states he claimed to have no american friends but married a local woman katherine and they shared a daughter by contrast his younger brother john had a period well adjusted popular in high school and even won a college scholarship yet sadly they were revealed as the main suspects in the boston marathon bombings their father was the first to step up to claim his two boys who are set up i'm confident in my children's innocence and i'm not sure what have thought that he only god knows no one in the household any weapons i think my children may have been framed their mothers to be died shared her biggest suspicion tel

mr. markey? you and i are friends. i just think -- i keep thinking about the boston thing and how this is going to affect it. that coziness, that togetherness that's us against the world almost feeling. the new england people and boston people. you know, you're smiling because you know that feeling. and 180 injured now. and some very seriously. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back. as information continues to come problems, serious threat to their lives. what was it like yesterday? what's the situation in your hospital at tufts? >> it was extremely hectic right from the get-go. the event occurred about 2:50. by 3:30 or a little before we had victims romming in. we got about nine people from the scene within about a ten-minute period. eight of them had pretty serious injuries. four of them immediately limb threatening injuries. they were triaged through our system quickly. and within about 30 minutes, four of them were in the operating room here. >> were they amputations in your case? >> no.

mr. markey wrote a letter to the sec saying not too long ago i believe high frequency trading is a clearnd present danger to the stability and safety of our markets and that its use should be curtailed immediately. nobody on wall street thinks high frequency trading is going to go away any time soon but a lot of attention to what we refer to as hft because these computers are in control. they have trade at 1 million of a second. they are faster than we think. >> shepard: a lot faster than i think. adam, thank you. we reached out to twitter. a spokesman says the company does not comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons. earlier today the a.p. tweeted the a.p. twitter account suspended after being hacked has been secured and is back up. thank you for your patience. no sudden drops in the market today but no huge gains either. the dow slipped amid a paver weak economic reports from major companies including at&t plus proctor and gamble, the maker of tide, gillette and other household products off 23. the nasdaq and s&p basically flat. new high tech version of the $100

mr. markey? you and i are friends.keep thinking about the boston thing and how this is going to affect it. that coziness, that togetherness that's us against the world almost feeling. the new england people and boston people. you know, you're smiling because you know that feeling. what's this going to do to it? this going to make you more united, more tough about facing down the rest of the world? >> next year we'll have the single largest crowd come to the marathon in its history. people are walking all around downtown boston this afternoon, this evening. there's going to be a vigil right across the street for the families of the victims. that's going to begin in another half an hour. so bostonians are coming together. it's a family. we feel it as a unit. and it's really all of massachusetts and all of new england as well. and so i'm -- you know, i'm feeling part of this family. i think everyone is and we're all trying to stay together in order to provide the support for the families that are most affected. >> well, y

lynch trailing markey by 14 points. not helping mr.ch, he cancelled all events the day before the primary due to unspecified illness. on the other side, three republican names are on the ticket. gabriel gomez, former navy s.e.a.l., and state represent winslow. he is widely viewed as being out of his depth and opposite of impressive in debates on the republican side. on that republican side, though, polling offers little guidance. the "the new york times" says it is a three way competition with relatively little known candidates in a race analysts say is difficult to poll because so few republicans are likely to vote. obviously massachusetts had a lot to contend with in recent days, politics may not be number one on people's minds, but tomorrow is primary day. polls open at 7:00, open until 8:00. we promise to let you know what happens. . . >>> good tuesday morning. right now on first look, reaction to nba player, jason collins, announcement that he is gachlt from the white house to homes across america. >> new dna evidence found on one

lynch trailing markey by 14 points. not helping mr.nts the day before the primary due to unspecified illness. on the other side, three republican names are on the ticket. gabriel gomez, former navy s.e.a.l., and state represent winslow. he is widely viewed as being out of his depth and opposite of impressive in debates on the republican side. on that republican side, though, polling offers

mr. markey.h.r. 527 was favorably reported out of the committee on natural resources on february 14 on a voice vote and there were no dissenting votes. i'd like to thank the chairman of the natural resources committee, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, for his work on this commonsense bill and approach. mr. speaker, helium is an essential and vital element and commodity that we all depend on in countless ways. it's used widely in the scientific community, but also in the health care industry. vital to the proper functioning of m.r.i. equipment, hospitals. vital in the production of electronics such as microchips and superconductors. essential for science, nasa space program, helium is a byproduct of natural gas production. in short, we have heard from people for a long time what congress needs to do is come together and work in a bipartisan way. find a compromise and present a solution that could actually solve some of the problems we are naysing. -- facing. this is exactly what this p

mr. markey from mass marks as well as our other colleagues on the committee, mr. flores of texas and mr. holt of new jersey. first, this bill would implement a new operating system for the federal helium reserve over the next decade that would include semiannual auctions. this will ensure that we prevent a helium shortage and that the reserve stays open until all the helium supply is sold. second, it will build on the reforms made in 1996 and inject more free market principles into the sales process to get a better and fairer return for american taxpayers. over the last decade, the federal government has been selling helium from the reserve below market prices. as you can see from this chart, this is based on b.l.m. data, the new demands for helium have caused the market price to rise, much higher than the federal government's pricing formula. and much faster than b.l.m.'s ability to track market prices. as a result this has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. this has been been confirmed by reports and testimony from both the general accounting office, g.