. >> the infewer yags should have happened in may of 2000 with the boston globe and the washington post and the bush and gore's grades that were put out by them. >> when they were running for president? >> when they were running. and also the same thing with john kerry and the boston globe in 2005, when they obtained transcripts and put them out. confidential transcripts, my point with that is you cannot continue to say that this is a one off and one only -- >> no, but -- >> and no, no. >> the request for transcripts. it was not simply for transcripts. he said he assumed he was an inferior student. notwithstanding the fact that he was editor in chief of the harvard law review. there's no question that he was an excellent student. >> when you have someone who is a self-proclaimanted billionaire, right? donald trump, somebody who has a degree of respect, has a top television show lending his name to a campaign and leveraging the media like a p.t. barnum we don't need side shows we don't need political entertainment, it's nice to laugh at for a minute or two. when it dominates the airwaves

tavis: i was personally disturbed because i have great respect for the boston globe as an institution, as a paper. i am sure you saw this editorial written by the editorial board that was a personal attack on you. it did not wrestle with any of the issues that you raised in the article about poor people, about plutocrats. nothing addressed in the editorial about the issues that you raise but the entire attack on you and a celebration of larry summers. what do think about the article that did not deal with the issues that you raise? >> letter where he talked about the difference between a paper that deserves respect and yellow tabloids that attack person. no sense of what academic liberties are all about. no attacks on my professional quality, 19 books, no attacks on may teaching. teaching all the time, office hours for five-six hours every day. the only grounds was that i am glad that summer's ran him out which is a lie, because i reside. i decided to go to princeton. i may free black man. i go where i want to go. it shows you the degree to which the liberal class has a certain moral

>> a reporter at the boston globe. c-span: how long have you done that? >> a dozen years. c-span: so when you got your name in you decided to go across the river? >> had to go across the river. excited to go back but looking for a way to try something different which was this book. my dad was a doctor. father-in-law was a doctor. madison was something that had always intrigued me. when i started reporting its in like a natural thing to do. nothing more natural or critical to medicine and industry as well as the people who care about health care. c-span: where did you grow up? >> massachusetts in a small town. a city about 45 miles north of boston. c-span: where did you go to college? >> brown university. c-span: when did you first get interested in being a writer? >> always interested in writing it brown, but i had a cynical view of reporters. people who could not do much of their own and had to live vicariously. after working following college in washington for four years of wedded to see another part of the country before i moved back to new england. it seemed like writin

. >> susan, a reporter for the hometown paper, the boston globe, came to know senator kennedy pretty well later in the 1980s. >> even when he would have people over to the house for dinner, it was to talk about some issue or to get to know some of the other members or some staffers or so forth, it was his life. it really was. >> as we now know, for patrick, home wasn't always a refuge. >> his mother had a drinking problem. his brother had cancer and had a leg removed. his parents divorced. his father's difficulties. >> his father traveled a lot. his mother was an alcoholic. he was lonely a lot. >> political signs professor darryl west wrote the book on patrick kennedy. he says that patrick's troubles got worse once he went off to boarding school. >> he experienced his first issues with substance abuse as a high school student and actually as a senior had to check into a substance abuse clinic. >> it was cocaine and patrick was just 17 years old. none of it would keep him out of the family business. >> i've been taking my campaign door to door and that's the only way to campaign. >> at

boston and dreamed of being a basketball player or a sayler. sailor. kind of sounds like my daughter. instead, he became the chief science writer for the boston globe. he later wrote for a number of magazines and then began to focus on books. he has written a number of award-winning books including "the rescue artist," "down the great unknown," which led to his selection to barnes & noble's discovery of great new writers, and a new york times bestseller. his latest book, "the clockwork universe," immerses us in be 17th century london, a dirty and what dangerous place with a few bright men who opened their minds to new ways of thinking about the world. they believed that a world well designed by god would follow simple, elegant rules, and they set out to find them. the work was done by robert hook, ed hand haley, robert boyle and most of all, isaac newton. at the same time, they had competitors. newton was one of the most well known and the hardest to get along with. his feud with look in its -- they both discovered calculus -- lasts decades. newton hated sharing his discoveries, and when he did publish them, he did nothing to make his writing easy to

. >> a reporter for the hometown paper, the boston globe, came to know senator kennedy pretty well, later in the 80s. >> even when had had people to the house for dinner it was annish you've getting to know members or staffers or so forth and just his life, it really was. >> as we now know, for patrick, home wasn't always a refuge. >> he add mother with a very severe alcohol problem. his brother had cancer and had his leg removed. that is very stressful. parents divorce. father's difficulty. it is a lot to deal with. >> his father traveled. his mother was an alcoholic. he was lonely a lot. >> darrell west wrote the book on patrick kennedy and says that patrick's troubles got worse once he went went off to boarding school. >> he experienced his first issues of substance abuse as a high school senior and had to check into substance abuse center. >> patrick was just 17 years old. none of us would keep him out of the family business. >> i've been taking my campaign door to door and that's been the only way to campaign. >> at age 21, still a student at providence college, he made his first run

. >>> according to "the boston globe" guess who could be related, madonna and lady gaga. brity genealogist. so maybe their songs sound alike but maybe it's in the bloodline. >> like six degrees of lady gaga. i thought kevin bacon only did that. >> strange though. born this way. we're all related to madonna. i want my check. really? are you all born that way. all born to madonna. i want my check. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news. jurors could be sworn in today in the murder trial of casey anthony in florida. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter. opening statements could be heard in a few days. >>> president obama meets with jordan's king abdullah today at the white house. the king discussed arab tensions yesterday with secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> and 8,500 police officers are ready for queen elizabeth's landmark center of dublin today. the security there is incredibly tight. >>> and how about this now, if you are due for a dentist appointment a liquid solution to what could be a very stressful situation. the situation of cour

. >> the "boston globe" reporting that mccreary previously tried to commit suicide and quoted her motherd a troubled life. with me now is a neighbor of julianne mccreary, where she had been living in irving, texas. we appreciate you taking time out with us. is this a woman you considered a friend? >> i've known her going on 15 years and, yeah, i mean, she's baby-sit my child and been at my house i was there the day camden was born at the hospital. yes very close friend. you know, i -- julie was leak family to, you know, to me. >> sir, what do you think it means? does it mean anything to you when you hear that her mother's quoted as saying she led a troubled life? do you agree with that? what does that mean? >> no, i don't. i don't agree with that. julie had her ups and downs, but she always kept going. she didn't try to blame her problems on anybody else. she always worked. you know, she -- she had a few different jobs but she tried and, you know, she did what, you know, she had to do to survive. i mean, like i said, everybody has their ups and downs but i -- she didn't have a troubled l

host: from "the boston globe," there is a preview to the president's trip to ireland. host: and look at just some of the coverage coming ahead of his trip to dublin. in louisiana, "agonizing wait." flooding in mississippi continues. newt gingrich is making waves above the fold of "the los angeles times." from "the advantage journal constitution," "new gingrich network boosted." good morning. caller: you never mentioned the bill that make daniels just signed that restricts abortion. not just abortion, but women's rights. you people put such an emphasis on who is running in the gop, but if you look at the people that are running, god help this country if these people ever got a elected. you and the establishment in washington keep promoting the republican's. just like when obama got bin laden. suddenly all that you heard from the gop was how torture worked. taking credit for what obama did. the news media and c-span went right along with this. . states like wisconsin, ohio, michigan, florida, i do not know how they ever became a republican. the only way that i could thin

from your right, donna van slyke, white house reporter of the boston globe. -- don of than slack, white house reporter of the boston globe. holly present grant, labor reporter for bloomberg news. paul shenkman, a reader reporter from wtop. alex hannah, a member of the wisconsin american federation of teachers, co-presidents of the teaching assistants association, a guest of the speaker. sabrina eaton, washington correspondent for the cleveland plain dealer. arlene baker is the afl-cio executive vice president and a guest of the speaker today. skipping over the podium, marilyn is senior business editor at npr. thank you for all your work. skipping over our guest speaker, rod is a member of the press club's speakers' committee organized today's even. thank you for that. john sweeney, you'll recognize him, president emeritus of the afl-cio, guest but the speaker. thank you for being here. jennifer depaul, reporter for the fiscal times. beth ward, a reporter with platts. and craig gilbert, milwaukee journal sentinel washington bureau chief. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] as

host: here is the front page of the boston globe this morning about that senate seat in massachusettsguest: that is like a barometer election. took away the democratic supermajority and the senate. the republicans can not like hearing that, and that their candidate who s a golden boy for a little bit who led the resurgence in congress, that he is not fearing to well ahome. if there is a canary in the coal mine to say anything bad about republicans, i think that is what we are looking at. it might not be that surprising. there was starting to be backlash against the president and what democrats were doing, and maybe some of that has faded. he has had to find his way in congress. it is kind of a finger that the media does now, when something like the right and budget happens, everyon is asking scott brown what he thinks about it. people want to see if scott brown is going to side with them. so scott brown is now drawing tremendous attention from everybody if he is going to go with the republican party. he is the first guy that people ask when the ryan budget comes out. host: this tweet

host: here is the front page of the boston globe this morning about that senate seat in massachusettsest: that is like a barometer election. took away the democratic supermajority and the senate. the republicans can not like hearing that, and that their candidate who was a golden boy for a little bit who led the resurgence in congress, that he is not fearing to well at home. if there is a canary in the coal mine to say anything bad about republicans, i think that is what we are looking at. it might not be that surprising. there was starting to be backlash against the president and what democrats were doing, and maybe some of that has faded. he has had to find his way in congress. it is kind of a finger that the media does now, when something like the right and budget happens, everyone is asking scott brown what he thinks about it. people want to see if scott brown is going to side with them. so scott brown is now drawing tremendous attention from everybody if he is going to go with the republican party. he is the first guy that people ask when the ryan budget comes out. host: this twe

from your right, donovan slack, white house reporter for "the boston globe" and we are proud to announce she is a new member of the national press club. thank you for doing that and being here today. holy is a labor reporter from bloomberg news. paul, a radio reporter from tasha also a new member. alex and it is a member of the wisconsin american federation of teachers, copresident of the teaching assistants association, local 3220, a guest of the speaker. sabrina eaton is a washington correspondent for the cleveland plain dealer. arlene baker is the afl-cio executive vice president and a guest of the speaker today. skipping over the podium, marilyn geewax a senior business editor at npr, vice chair of our press club speakers committee. thank you for all your work in that regard. skipping over our guest speaker, rod is chief editor, a number of the press club speakers committee to organize today's event, thank you for that. john sweeney, you will recognize him. is president emeritus of the afl-cio, guest of the speaker. thank you for being here today. jennifer de paul is a reporter for t

donovan slack is a white house reporter for the boston globe. new member of the press club. thank you for being here today. holly resin krantz -- ro senkrantz is a labor reporter for bloomberg news. we have the co-president of the teaching assistants association, a guest of the speaker. sabrina is a washington correspondent for the cleveland plain dealer. this is the afl-cio executive vice president and a guest of the speaker today. skipping over the podium, this is the senior business editor at npr, vice chair of our press clubs speakers' committee. thank you for all of your hard work. this is a member of the press club speakers' committee who organized today's event. you will recognize john, president emeritus of the afl- cio. jennifer is a reporter for the fiscal times. x, h is a reporter with plaque and credit is the washington bureau chief for the milwaukee sentinel. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] as you probably know by now, organized labor in america has been under renewed attack this year. well it has not been as physica

host: from "the boston globe," there is a preview to the president's trip to ireland. host: and look at just some of the coverage coming ahead of his trip to dublin. in louisiana, "agonizing wait." flooding in mississippi continues. newt gingrich is making waves above the fold of "the los angeles times." from "the advantage journal constitution," "new gingrich network boosted." good morning. caller: you never mentioned the bill that make daniels just signed that restricts abortion. not just abortion, but women's rights. you people put such an emphasis on who is running in the gop, but if you look at the people that are running, god help this country if these people ever got a elected. you and the establishment in washington keep promoting the republican's. just like when obama got bin laden. suddenly all that you heard from the gop was how torture worked. taking credit for what obama did. the news media and c-span went right along with this. . states like wisconsin, ohio, michigan, florida, i do not know how they ever became a republican. the only way that i could thin

. >>> now a special appreciation of the city of jerusalem -- beloved and fought over for thousands of years. author and "boston globe" columnist james carroll, a former priest, has a new book out called "jerusalem, jerusalem," with stories that jews, christians and muslims -- all three -- may find surprising. we talked with carroll at the historic synagogue at 6th and i streets in washington. >> jerusalem in the ancient world was a cockpit of violence. it was the place where all the warring armies of the empires intersected. beginning with that first experience of exile in babylon, jews came into a new awareness of who they were and who their god was by looking back at jerusalem, and they claim their identity by refusing to forget it. augustine was arguing for the survival of jews as jews in christendom who would witness to the truth of christian claims by their degradation, and that's en the source of tremendous anti-jewish and ultimately anti-semitic behavior, contempt, and one of the most powerful forms of the degradation was the jews are to be permanently in exile from jerusalem, from the jewish home. it's so im

the story and reaction. we will spend a minute showing that to you to get a sense of how his speech played. home state paper "boston globe" romney says he stands by the law. critics open fire against fatal flaw is the secondary column. romney defends massachusetts health plan but concedes flaws in "new york times." he said he sought to defuse it by addressing it frankly and acknowledging the difficult politics addressing calls from conservatives to apologize for the law saying he was aware some believe it would be good for me politically but there is only problem with that, it wouldn't be honest. front page of the "washington post" romney walks fine line on healthcare law and he was attempting to lay it rest criticism of the law he put into place as governor of massachusetts. she goes on to say this will not be an easy pivot. to the "washington times" i was right, obama wrong on healthcare reform. he writes still in a speech in a lecture hall at university of michigan mr. romney defended the individual mandate that was the crux of his plan in massachusetts and is the centerpiece of the law obama signed last year but is a

this on the new york times, you come to get this out from, killed by u.s. forces. obama says" justice has been done. " boston globeama bin laden said. -- dead. people cheering outside of the white house. it simply leaves a lot of. outside the white house, the loss angeles times, u.s. kills one, miami herald he is dead. finally, this is making international headlines. not just the story here in america but across the world. we'll have more on this breaking news story when the news comes at right back.. >> james: update on your weather, some spots warming it up, alive look from the james lick freeway, sunny and mild today, warm up wednesday, cool enough towards weekend. that's a quick and dirty. 55 antioch, for the most part everybody in the upper 40's and low 50s. 7 day forecast coming up. >> erica: a quick bridge check, no accidents or incidents to tell you about the meter lights were turned on a bit early. the backup is through the macarthur maze. san mateo bridge no problems here, the golden gate bridge you might have to contend with fog but traffic is flowing freely. the time right now some 40 2:00 a.m. much mo