. >>> and today is the anniversary of the famous ride by paul revere. in 1775, revere rode by horseback to warn patriot leaders and lexington area residents that english troops were marching to boston leading the squirmish that launched the american revolution. all day long, you can follow those stories and others as they break on msnbc and tonight watch brian williams on "nbc nightly news." >>> and coming up on the "today" show, today takes you live to the scene of the deadliest disasters and one man helped to save several lives and hear how one young woman is using a life-sized barbie doll to battle eating disorders. >>> keep it on this channel for news, weather, sports, and more.

paul revere. nothing could be further from the truth. ever heard of israel bizle. he run 346 miles on horse back from boston to philadelphia to warn not just boston, but all of the colonies in that upper area about the parish were coming. in other words, there are stories that made america and there are stories that america made up. you hear what i just said? there are stories that made america and there are stories that america made up and too often the myth becomes the choice and you believe rather than the facts and here's one thing and i'm going to close it here. he give me 15 minutes. i say, how are you going to give me 15 minutes? it takes a day of my time to come up here and give me 15 minutes. but i'm going to take what i need to take. what else are you going to do when you get up here? i'm going to leave you with this and you got to listen to this. the myth of absent. in american history as in american life, black americans are invisible presence. did you hear what i just said? you got to just listen to that a little bit because it's got to sink in a littl

quite well known in colonial times and during the early nineteenth century for example when young paul revere went off to join the army he took hughes along with it. after escaping from the british fleet to join the rebels general george washington and his wife martha took hughes into their home for a few days washington called hughes a man who was amazingly good natured and hughes said that that in washington waited upon them at table at dinner time and it was remarkably social and it was hughes and this book that named what thomas jefferson and all his writings and speeches always referred to as the incident in boston harbor into something called the boston tea party hughes literally queen the phrase and here's why he dressed up like an indian and showed up for the tea party the east india company was trying to corner the team market after all it was the drink of choice of the colonists and there's pretty much a tea shop on every corner in america we imported millions of pounds of tea every year and most of it was brought in by small american entrepreneurs but the british called smugglers a

though they might call themselves paul reveres. these are holders of u.s.ernment debt-- our bonds. the fear is that, if we don't cut our deficits, they'd dump the bonds in a fire sale, as economist nouriel roubini warned us last year. >> the bond vigilantes have already walked out in greece, in portugal, in spain, u.k., ireland, iceland, but soon enough they're going to wake up in the united states. >> reporter: wake up and smell suddenly demand higher rates to keep lending america money, and thus raise our cost of borrowing, meaning higher government deficits, thus even more borrowing. so last week, the budget impasse at its climax, we'd gone to the bond trading floor of nomura securities in new york for good footage of the stampeding vigilantes. >> you're not going to find any, no vigilantes here. >> reporter: what we would find, said joseph marra, who runs the fixed income desk here: lots of colorful computer screens, tracking the interest rate the u.s. has to pay when it borrows. in this case, for a five-year loan. so this is how much the u.s. has to pa

these days, you can't help but run into people, so much so the british could probably use their own paul reverek flies high, a not so subtle american invasion is under way, marching towards the wedding day. >> we want to say congratulations from america, because we're very excited, too, for them. >> reporter: these five friends from texas, oklahoma, and louisiana are rolling through london, showing off their version of the crowned jewels. do you feel silly or do you feel fun? >> fun, and silly. couldn't we be both? >> reporter: so what's it like to be here during the wedding? >> it's wonderful. you can feel the excitement everywhere. >> reporter: and americans are everywhere. >> if you do wish to film his majesty. >> reporter: mobbing this kate and william replica. >> what's in your bag? >> ornaments. >> reporter: little magnets, looking nice on your fridge. by friday millions of tourists are expected to crowd into a jam-packed london, 6z 00,000 more than are normally here, and those tourists will shed some pounds, 50 million of them, about $80 million, on the wedding day alone. >> i think it's

courting grassroots activists -- >> and thanks for being modern-day paul reveres, patriots who are sounding the alarm and sending the message across this state, and the entire united states of america, that we're here to take back our country. >> reporter: and attacking the president. >> the president offered nothing in the way of fiscal solvency or passed an kind of sustainable path to government in his budget. >> reporter: tea party groups, with their focus on lower taxes and massive cuts in government spending, will hold more tax day rallies over the next few days. former alaska governor sarah palin will attend a rally later today in madison, wisconsin. donald trump, the new media darling of the gop field, will be at a similar event in boca raton, florida. and on monday, congresswoman michele bachmann will speak at a rally in the early primary state of south carolina. now after last year's elections a lot of pundits here in washington predicted that the power of the tea party would fade. well, rebecca, it appears they were mistaken. >> the president this week is going to be spending real

so while we aren't latter day paul reveres, we sound the alarm for the american people to beware. i come to the floor to warn every parent and grandparent to beware for the well-being of your loved ones. if you want your children and your grandchildren to have the best health care that american research can produce, beware. if your chest swells with pride when your two-year-old repeats numbers or words learned at federal head start schoolhouses, beware. if your child suffers when toxic air overwhelms them and they're gasping for a breath of fresh air, beware. look at your family, and if you have a son and a daughter or a daughter anxious ready and abl able -- anxious, ready and able to go to college and you can't afford to help, beware. and if you're a woman dependent on planned parenthood, where every year women receive tests for breast or cervical cancer that could endanger their health and maybe your life, beware. and if you're a retiree who believes that medicare is freely available to help you live longer or function better, beware. watch out. tea party republicans have seize