it was a district in north cambridge that was mostly irish. he was even called old dublin.he never forgot where he came from. he always thought that was important. he said all politics with local. that was a pretty good shrewd observation. whether you are fixing a pothole in a local street or bidding on the national budget, someone has to have the money to fix a problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix. in that sense, all politics is local, whether it is a pothole or a jillion dollars budget. >> what kind of speaker was he? >> he was amicable. he could be tough. but if you were on the floor, he would go call you pal, and if you were a lady, he might go out to sit on the floor so numbers could talk to you. you did not have to come to his office. sometimes he would just make an appearance on the floor. he was a classic liberal in the sense that he believed government could do things for people and their lives. he grew up during the depression watching franklin roosevelt change america and put people back to work. whether those programs were always su

it was a district of north cambridge that was mostly irish. it was even called old dublin. so he -- that was his power base forever. he never forgot where he came from. he always said that was important. he said all politics was local. and that was a pretty good, true observation about the nature of politics, whether you're fixing a pothole in a local street or whether you're dealing with the national budget. somebody has to have the money to fix the problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix so in that sense all politics is local, whether i pothole or trillion dollar budget. >> what kind of a speaker was he? >> affable, i think that's a good word to use. he could be partisan and tough on the floor but he was the kind of guy that liked to put his arm around you and call you pal. and if it was a lady, he would say "darling." he would sometimes go out on the floor just to sit on the floor because he knew members wanted to talk to him. they didn't have to come to his office. he would have times when he would make an appearance on the floor. so he was --

it was a district in north cambridge that was mostly irish. he was even called old dublin.he never forgot where he came from. he always thought that was important. he said all politics with local. that was a pretty good, shrewd observation. whether you are fixing a pothole in a local street or bidding on the national budget, someone has to have the money to fix a problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix. in that sense, all politics is local, whether it is a pothole or a jillion dollars budget. >> what kind of speaker was he? >> he was affable. i think that is a good word for it. he could be tough. but if you were on the floor, he would call you how, and if you were a lady, he would say darling. he might go out to sit on the floor so members could talk to you. you did not have to come to his office. sometimes he would just make an appearance on the floor. he was a classic liberal in the sense that he believed government could do things for people and their lives. he grew up during the depression watching franklin roosevelt change america and put peo

it was a district of north cambridge that was mostly irish. it was even called old dublin. so he -- that was his power base forever. he never forgot where he came from. he always said that was important. he said all politics was local. and that was a pretty good true observation about the nature of politics, whether you're fixing a pothole in a local street or whether you're dealing with the national budget. somebody has to have the money to fix the problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix so in that sense all politics is local, whether i pothole or trillion dollar budget. >> what kind of a speaker was he? >> affable, i think that's a good word to use. he could be partisan and tough on the floor but he was the kind of guy that liked to put his arm around you and call you pal. and if it was a lady, he would say "darling." he would sometimes go out on the floor just to sit on the floor because he knew members wanted to talk to him. they didn't have to come to his office. he would have times when he would make an appearance on the floor. so he was --

it turns out that cambridge has sold out in north america. so i actually had to bring a number of my author's copies here tonight for sale. so if you buy a copy, not only will it be autographed, but it is going to be back in stock soon. every printing right now. this is a small hiatus. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> it is new years day on c-span2. 24 hours of authors of nonfiction books i had. here's some poor grandson had. >> next googles eric schmidt and jonathan rosenberg talk about the lessons they've learned and how the website work today. during the event hosted by the computer history museum in non-view, california, the co-authors of "how google works" are interviewed by marissa mayer, president and ceo of yahoo!. this event is 75 minutes long. speed back our subject tonight

was part of the cambridge massachusetts city council council and he served the cambridge district and was a district in north cameras that was mostly irish and even was called old dublin. that was his power who had forgotten where he had come from and he said that that was important. he said all politics is local and that was a pretty good observations about the nature of politics whether you are dealing with a national budget, some of the has to have the money to fix the problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix. >> tell us about his life as a speaker. >> he was an affable that is a good way to talk about it. he was the kind of guy that would call you pal and he was someone that would sometimes go out on the floor just to sit on the floor because the new members wanted to talk to him. and there were times when he would just make an appearance on the floor. and so he was a classic liberal in the sense that he believed the government could do things for people and he grew up during the depression watching franken roosevelt change america and put people back to work. it was the governm

cambridge street was horrible. people were getting stuck there. >> as we told you the national weather service apologized for a faulty forecast in the new york city and philedelphia areas but long island north through new england were spot on. it was the biggest january storm in boston on record. >>> we are seeing an unusually high number of delays and cancellations at the san jose airport. the airport says dense fog this morning is to blame. 35 flights delays and 11 canceled. as of noon the delays have cleared up along with the fog according to the faa and there are no delays right now at san francisco or oakland. >>> most of the bay area reporting mostly sunny skies and stepping outside it's fairly warm once again. here's a live look out towards walnut creek and there's a good natural wind measurement with the tree in the left portion of the screen a little bit of breeze with winds around 5 to 10 miles per hour. looking to the rain fall not here to tour south a few showers popping up in the southern tier closer to san diego as the system marchs closer to the coastline. for us mostly sunny skies and fog in the south bay this morning. also dense fog just to the south of modesto and apache f

cumberland and also in pax river and cambridge the cool spots, 26 and michael & son weather camera locks fine, 31 now with mostly cloudy skies and very light northwind at three miles an hour watching this system coming out of the midwest, clouds and sprinkles, maybe a flurry in the mountains but better chance for anything to fall and reach the ground in the form of rain will be later today and as i said the potomac highlands i70 corridor. for us, we're looking okay, temperatures will be climbing into the 40s with those passing showers north and northwest. low to mid 30s and a clipper. it's going to produce wet snow and when i say wet snow because temperatures in the mid and upper 30s, grassy areas are favorite for any accumulations and road surfaces are wet tomorrow and back in the 40s on thursday, friday a quiet day and 41 watching a coastal saturday that should slip to the south so just chilly for that plunge fest 2015 and water temperatures in the mid 30s right now and we'll see flurries by monday. let's go to beverly farmer at 6:19 with another update on time saver traffic. >> howard virginia beltway crash we've been watching on the outer lo