tommy menino's been in boston for so many years, a beloved mayor, deval patrick, the governor, who rises in one occasion after the other and the president who is the aingeor of the service today. all of them will speak. it's going to be sort of a classic interfaith service with script actual readings from various texts and also beautiful hymns, of course, you'll be hearing that throughout and we'll talking whenever we can. then at the end of the service we'll try to talk to everyone who was in there, and experienced that room. alex wagner from msnbc and mike barnicle, also, of course with us and congressman ed markey who is from massachusetts as well so we'll try hear from everybody. let me go to governor malloy again. yesterday, these are sort of coming together, colliding, if you will, these emotional experiences for our country. newtown in december seems like yesterday, and, of course, this monday horror up at boston along the parade route, in fact, at the finish line for the boston marathon. what has been a change in your life having lived through all of this because you've been real

and that's why, i mean, i lr tommy menino, i think you get to the substance of boston because tom menino is not very good -- he's not the greatest orator, but, you know, he's one of us. this is what we like. you know, we don't want somebody wrapped up in baloney sentences, everything. tom menino is a mayor who helps neighborhoods. that's why he keeps getting elected, although he's going out now. god bless him. he's served 20 years for us. but i think that's -- i'm sure people all over the world are watching, saying, that's the mayor of boston? he doesn't sound like much of an orator. he's not. he's lousy at it. he admits it. he makes fun of himself for that. the reality is tom menino knows that neighborhood and he's our mayor. and the richard family, they're our people and they will be taken care of. but how do they recover from that? how do they ever have a good day after what happened to martin, what happened to janeny, the little sister who lost her leg? how does little henry recover from this seeing what happened to his siblings? how does poor bill richard recover from this? the one

that's tommy menino of the hyde park meninos and got out of his wheel chair and got up and did that.et's go to -- there is a very interesting moment today with president obama where he talked about his personal connection to boston. i think we have that on video. let's listen to that. >> every fall, you welcome students from all across america and all across the globe, and every spring you graduate them back into the world. i know this, because there is a piece of boston in me. you welcomed me as a young law student across the river. welcomed michelle, too. you welcomed me -- you welcomed me during a convention when i was still a state senator, and very few people could pronounce my name right. like you, michelle and i have walked these streets. like you, we know these neighborhoods. and like you, in this moment of grief, we join you in saying, "boston, you're my home." for millions of us, what happened on monday is personal. it's personal. >> i think he spoke for all the kids who have come to college here. big university town. >> it is. >> i went to college here, but all the kids i

members of his senior staff around 3:00 today, ten minutes after the bombing he called boston mayor tommy menino and massachusetts governor deval patrick offering support they might need. because bombs are involved, it's it's hard to escape the conclusion this is an act of terrorism. terrorism like any act of human violence has a purpose. setting bombs at the finish line of a popular american event, a celebration of life like the boston marathon is designed to attack the heart of this country's life. hit the people where they're happiest. most at home. most joyous about their times and their country. how many bombs have we seen planted around the world at weddings, or other festive events? or at well-appointed hotels or gorgeous resorts? this is the bull's-eye for the terrorists. hit you where you feel safe so you won't feel safe anywhere. they hit you where you're most at ease in your society so you won't feel at ease ever. this is what we saw today in bosten a the finish line of the marathon. if isn't new. what it is, once again, is here. clint van zandt, was a profiler for the fbi. he's with

and a guy that i've known and loved for a long time, mayor menino, called tommy, one of the greatestion of boston strong, unyielding, absolutely committed and literal ly getting himself out of bed when he should be in bed to

your son, tom menino, a detective, was near the finish line, we also saw him at that memorial service on thursday, wheeling you up to the podium as well, he was a hero in this as well. >> tommy my son, he did his job, and he does it every day, there are thousands of police officers who do their job every day. tommy is just one of them. but there were a lot of other folks who were heroes on that day. one of my cabinet officials were on the finish line, he helped save lives. lot of heroes that day, and we have to give them a lot of credit for saving a lot of folks' lives. every one of the individuals who was injured went to a boston hospital that day. none of them have lost their lives. they have done a heck of a job, the health care services we have in boston. the hospitals have done spectacular in our city. >> mayor, you did a great job as well. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, george. >>> the roundtable is coming up. as is the terrorist threat evolves, how should we adapt? what have we learned from 9/11? what should we do ahead? that debate ahead. ahead? that debate ahead. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dol