to defeat democratic congressman steven lynch because lynch supports the keystone pipeline. according to "the boston globe," he plans to have a banner fly over red sox opener at fenway that says "steve lynch for oil evil empire." >>> the next scene from nasa teams like a scene from "armageddon." it wants to bring an asteroid even closer in hopes of sending astronauts to the rock and bring back samples. they say it can be done within a decade before focusing on mars. >>> we go to cnbc now. >> good morning, richard. the markets coming off a down week with the dow and nasdaq ending in the red on the back of that disappointing jobs report. investors will look for data this week on retail sales, inflation and consumer sentiment. and a story on our radar, airbus is breaking ground on a $600 million assembly plant in alabama today. this will make the european company and boeing's rival a commercial jetmaker on u.s. soil for the first time. >>> and a new report shows airline complaints jumped by one-fifth last year as carriers are making seats smaller and are bumping more ticketed p

democratic congressman steven lynch represents the city of boston.friend of the richard family. thank you for your time. the details of what happened to martin richard has to give everyone pause. this kid went to hug his father. went back to be with his mother and sister and that's when the impact happened. have you had an opportunity to talk with the family members or people in the neighborhood? >> i have. i spend a lot of time last night in the wee hours this morning with the family. i was just over there today visiting their daughter as well with their father bill. there has been some confusion here. bill is a runner but he didn't run yesterday. he and denise took their three kids just to watch some friends who were running in the marathon. apart from the elite runners, there are also thousands, tens of thousands of people who run for various charities, for the liver foundation, for dana farber so they went over to see some friends who were running. so bill and denise and the kids were all intently watching the crowd as the runners came across jus

former union president who is steven lynch, kind of known as a moderate democrat. he represents a con stint wednesdayy with a lot of union jobs. they see keystone as an opportunity to put more members to work, put more people to work generally. it's good for the future but someone like styer uses oil for evil. the fact they'll move oil through the pipelined and ship to other places irritates him. i don't know, maybe he should have thought about having president obama fly across the country in a very -- fuel consuming jet. >> why is the president delaying the decision? >> the keystone pipeline decision has been delayed. i don't know the motives but it's clever. he tied over the environmentalist until after the election and keep the union people by dangling the carrot. he managed to get through the election, now he can get people to give money just by -- he can sort of keep it dangling. >> last one. why is the president doing a fundraiser? he won the election. he's not standing again. >> he's not but his agenda depends on democrats succeeding in 2014. he wants to str

on the democratic side, congressman steven lynch is the more conservative candidate. for example, voted against health reform. congressman ed markey, the more liberal candidate, a bulldog on environmental and energy issues in congress. the most recent ppp poll shows mr. lynch trailing markey by 14 points. not helping mr. lynch, 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

would you rather be ed markey looking for 350,000 votes in his district or steven lynch?t democrats in their own district to show up, you could make those numbers work. >> you could. the problem is in this special election is really being called into question. the process of special elections in massachusetts. voters aren't paying attention. even with these lively debates in the last couple of day, i don't hear people talking about it. even in political circles. people are still confused about when the election is. this has been a couple of months of we've had blizzards, an upheaval in city politics with menino dropping out. everybody focused on that. then a big tax debate on beacon hill with the governor's tax plan and then all of a sudden, we have this marathon bombing, which has just taken the oxygen out of the air. these guys like markey, lynch particularly and the two republicans who were trying to challenge mike sullivan, the front-runner on the republican side, need more time to get into this race and get a challenge. build up a challenge to it. because they're not

steven lynch is in that neighborhood. he is a long-time friend of the richards. the youngest victim of the attack. >> you know, he's a nice combination of his mom and dad, i have to say. usually one kid looks like the mom or the dad. he was half richard and half o'brien. he looked a lot like his mom, had her smile. he was an innocent kid, just very well behaved, very courteous, you know. just a joy, just a joy. he was just a good kid, loved -- just loved the simplicity of life, and, you know, brought great joy to this neighborhood. you know, had great friends from school and, you know, the sporting programs here very widely known by a lot of these kids, and i must say desperately, desperately missed by his mom and dad and his uncles and aunts and grandparents. terrible, terrible loss. >> an unimaginable loss for those who are watching this from afar. i know, congressman, that you have known the family for many, many years. his mother denise is in the hospital, and his sister, a dancer, i know, who has lost a leg and fighting now to be able to keep her other leg.

congressman ed markey and steven lynch will face off in tomorrow's democratic primary. markey with a slight advantage over lynch and representative lynch canceled most of his public events today but will hold his election eve rally in south boston later tonight. >>> the republican primary, of course is a three-way competition, michael sullivan, state representative winslow and former navy s.e.a.l. gabe gomez. released his first tv ad this morning titled unanimous. winslow campaign is calling it, a political grand slam after receiving endorsements from every state newspaper. everybody expects very, very low turnout. >>> tonight in south carolina former governor mark is an poured and democrat elizabeth colbert bush will debate for the first time. we have much more on this increasingly unpredictable special election on our website. jessica taylor has a lot more of this stuff for us. >>> turning to the markets. opening bell ringing right now on wall street. investors may get a boost from new numbers of consumer spending and incoming march. they were up .2 of a point. slight

. >> and the massachusetts special primary, on the democratic side, battle of two congressman, steven lynch versus ed markey. markey seen as the favorite. the question is how much the favorite. there's some polling that's suggested either he has a huge double-digit lead or something that might be in the double digits and the other side, a trio of candidates, mike sullivan as well as gabriel gomez. some think gomez might give the republicans a better chance. all in a race to replace john kerry who is now secretary of state. >> the fact that they had to suspend for obvious reasons, campaigning for weeks because of boston. so they just picked it up this week. it was an awkward timing and the whole issue with the special election, especially at primary, are people going to come out and who is going to come out. >> it threw a wrinkle in this race. this is massachusetts, a very democratic-leaning state. republicans are hoping for a little scott brown magic that hoped for them in 2010. a lot of democrats see it was a perfect storm of things happening in health care law being implemented. the econo

on the democratic side, congressman steven lynch is the more conservative candidate.nst health reform. congressman ed markey, the more liberal candidate, a bulldog on environmental and energy issues in congress. the most recent ppp poll shows mr. lynch trailing markey by 14 points. not helping mr. lynch, 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

. >> your colleague, congressman steven lynch releasing a statement, similar statements you're saying. he went on to say, no matter who or what is responsible, this is a terrible tragedy for our city and nation. our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured today. as you well know, the white house has commented as well. the president in contact with homeland security. but at this point, sir, you see these images of people being carried off. at this point, two souls have been lost as a result. many others are injured. here and to your point, this is one of our nation's greatest cities, the history of boston. certainly can to the be understated. you make so many great points. how does it feel looking at these images from your home state? and this unknown factor of what has happened here? >> the first thought, you know, is the victims and their families. and second thought is, let's do everything medically we can to respond to all the medical needs that are there. i know, myself, someone in our office, is trying to contact their brother by phone. and they couldn't get thr

i'll start with you on it, john, because this democratic congressman, steven lynch came out and saidright to know whether this terror attack was funded by public money. your thoughts. >> i think it would be outrageous if it was. he is an american citizen and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. i think he is guilty as sin. at the same time, i'm not understanding what the urgency. >> megyn: what about the dead guy? >> at this point, he is dead. in terms of releasing.... >> megyn: why are we worried about his privacy? >> what do we gain releasing all this stuff. whether they were on welfare. is it an excuse to attack welfare recipients. >> megyn: don't we do i have deserve to know whether we paid for the bomb? >> there are all kinds of things we need to figure out. when you talk about the terror watch list and we see the welfare, what frankly truly outrageous you can buy guns and explosives on the terror watch list. that is something that is far more relevant to what we're trying to prevent here. >> megyn: mark? >> of course people are outraged that the governor is not being mo

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steven trilling, joining us from symantec. >>> still to come on today's show -- >> gold has rebounded slightly. is it time to buy or sell? bank of america's merrill lynch's neal curly will join us to talk about key levels to watch. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." i'm kelly evans. >>> and i'm ross westgate. >> the toll rises from monday's bomb blast in boston. three dead, more than 140 injured. president obama vowing to bring those responsible to justice for the incident that u.s. authorities are treating as an act of terrorism. >>> gold stabilizes after suffering the biggest one-day sell off since 1980. stocks fall and germany's zew index suggesting sentiment is weaker than we expect approximated. >>> and spain's t-bill auction not impacted by market jitters. madrid just over 5 billion euros in three years. >>> softbank defending i ining for sprint in the wake of dish's offer. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> for the latest out of boston this morning, as we said, three people are dead, more than 140 are injured after two explosive devices went off just