also with us from boston but having stepped off the plain from dublina daniel to be lynn a writer at emer son college. i want to start by reflecting back that those of you folks endeavored to reveal hidden histories of your family lives. we have spoken in advanced of today's conversation. it's clear to me you pursued the stories of your families histories for decades through genealogical work and writing and reflection. i'm wondering if can describe how you dot work you do and where the seeds of your curiousity, how they were planted and want compelled you to do this work. >> i would say that i was have much inspired since i lived in san francisco, california. we are a country of immigrants. in san francisco in particular, we have so many first generation americans. my husband is just became an american citizen a couple of months ago. i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country,

. >>> this is from us from boston, massachusetts, where brand new parents think their son already has takes to make it to the nfl. the folks at holy family hospital call him big baby. and for good reason. after over four hours of labor, jonathan was born weighing 13 pounds standing 22 inches long. his shocking size didn't break any records, but his parents are hoping jonathan's future includes breaking a few tackles and a few super bowls -- and a future super bowl, rather, for the new england patriots. i'm veronica de la cruz and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> england's most exclusive carmaker paid tribute to its mascot yesterday in london. rolls-royce celebrated the 100th anniversary of its famous hood ornament. the spirit of ectasy, otherwise known as the flying lady who made her debut in 1911. to mark the occasion, 100 rolls-royces made their way lieu central london passing by notable landmarks including the house of the parliament and big ben. >>> one snow festival in japan attracts giant crowds who come to see giant ice sculptures.

he joins us from boston. tell me what it is that has happened in our lives over the decades, the centuries, that make checklists seoul important these days to get things right. >> our biggest struggle in this new century has become complexity. we have discovered so much new knowledge in science, how to build organizations, how to build buildings that we are now struggling with how to actually use that knowledge well. i started digging into how people in aviation or skyscraper construction got to be good at what they do. and what they use, an addition to loss of training and technology, the core tool is the simple checklist. tavis: what about people who think checklists are so rudimentary, adolescent, "i don't need a checklist to get through my day"? >> we have thought of the checklist to dumb things down, for people at the bottom of the totem pole. we don't think of it as being for the very top people because they know what they're doing, and you could not see a greater example then in surgery. the idea that

and hello to frank, who joins us from boston. >> yeah. >> this is your first day. >> a lot of sunshine. >> joining us for the "early edition" and also anchoring the noon show and glad to have you with us. >> thrilled to be here, california native, just got in here, 80 degrees, nice little present, it's great. >> and thanks for all frank's family and friends joining us all over the bay area. >>> two schools in the east bay close for good in june. it was a heated struggle and now there's still debate over where some of the children at those schools will end up. let's go to christin ayers in concord to show us how this is all shaking out. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's going to be complicated. two schools for sure closing. we don't know where the students will wind up. they will be spread out to schools that have openings, but some of the schools are not reachable by school bus. so some transportation issues there. let's take a look at the two schools that were closed among them glenbrook middle school and also holbrook elementary. three schools, however, were spared from t

. >> brown: he joins us now from boston. to help us understand the organization a bit more, who makes up the brotherhood these days and what does that mean in terms of what kind of organization it is now. >> muslim brotherhood is 600,000 dues-paying members. they really cut a pretty wide swath across the demography of egypt. they are from largely lower and middle class neighborhoods, but there is also a professional class that controls the syndicates. they're doctors and engineers and lawyers. so this is really a very strong movement within egyptian society and one that is very layered. >> brown: it operated for decades as a kind of band organization but tolerated at times, right? they fielded some candidates in 2005. tell us... give us a little bit of background here. >> sure. i mean they were founded in 1928 so it's a very long history. they have their ups and their downs. they are largely a movement that has been banned and operated underground in recent decades but in 2005 after president bush called for more fair electio

joining us from boston is the boston globe health care reporter who broke the story. ning. >> a fascinating investigation. take us back to the reporting of this. how did you conduct your investigation? >> well, we wanted to see if we could find out how many patients are actually harmed by alarm fatigue. so we analyzed reports that hospitals made to the u.s. food and drug administration over the last five years, as well as to two states that track these types of incidents, massachusetts and pennsylvania. we also -- we also talked to dozens of nurses, doctors who oversee patient safety in hospitals, monitor makers, fda officials, and also families. >> liz, let me ask you this, in your investigation did you find this problem is getting worse or better? >> well, the exact data is hard to come by. but many people who work in health care do think it's getting worse. the nonprofit organization that's helped us research the fda reports says hospitals are using many, many more devices that sound alarms. as a result, more patients are hooked up to monitors. and there are many mo

keep these has revealed to you what has been spying on top nato officials and using pressure to distance the alliance from. boston this week a man set foot on mars twice and though it was just a mock up trip it's hoped the new new virtual journey will bring a new mission to the red on a step closer. to. a warm welcome to the weekly here in r.t. this sunday i'm nice now with the latest news and a look back at the week's top stories we begin in the middle east which is in the grip of anti-government protests which are showing no sign of letting up eyewitnesses in the b.s.a. more than two hundred people have been killed in the surging violence observers in the country's eastern city of benghazi say the army has been using snipers and heavy weapons against anti. government rioters the protesters are demanding an end to the forty two year rule of colonel gadhafi the arab world's longest serving leader in yemen rioters continued to clash with government supporters in the capital sanaa with gunfire heard on the streets while in bahrain the opposition is preparing for talks with authorities after.

he drove all the way from boston to join us. did you g to the bathroom? >> i found it. pleasure to be here. >>> the decision is in on school closures in walnut creek. the mount diablo school board voted last night to close holbrook americans and glenbrook middle school. three other schools dodged the bullet. >>> state cuts have left the district $1.5 million in the red. so the school board has been working for weeks to decide on closures. the debate left neighbors pitted against neighbors last night. >> she pointed at my shirt and she said, you're going down. we are taking you down. how sad is that. >> when we closed schools 31 years ago we haven't re-opened any of them. so when we close these schools tonight, history will tell us that this is it for those schools. >> the closures will be effective at the end of the school year. >>> and tomorrow uc-berkeley is expected to announce whether it will drop five sports teams. the sports are baseball, men's rugby, women's lacrosse and men's and women's and gymnastics. cal would save an estimated $4 million a year by eliminatin

it took us years to get from boston -- to get to boston, where we did decide what we wanted to get out of our national government. that is an important step. it is interesting. the set of principles that they explained is still the same as it is today. the tea party movement today reached the same conclusion, that our national government is far from what we call a general police power, passing any laws they think is important. really, our national government is set up to do just a few things, to control our borders, establish a uniform system of weights and measures, conduct laws governing copyrights, patents, and trademarks, our defense, and then there is one that i hope to exercise one day, the power to issue letters. all past and issued by congress in the name of the united states -- all passed and issued by congress in the name of the united states about piracies on the high seas korea -- high seas. but the point is, there is no power granted in that document. to tell us where to go to the doctor and have to pay for it. there is no power to tell us to do a lot of the things they ar

us flights from st. louis, chicago, boston are among those cancelled.ecause of our foggy weather there are 30-minute delay on -- 30-minute delays. >>> thousands have packed cairo 'freedom square demanding -- demanding for hosni mubarak to step down. >>> a google exing tib is one missing. he went to cairo last week to join the protests. he's mott been heard from hins friday -- not been heard from since. >>> there's no internet -- no internet connection required to tweet in hosni mubarak. just a phone. >> i just want to thank google for allowing us to send our message. >> twitter developed the feature with google and a company dahled -- called say now that google purchased a week ago. people in egypt can listen to them by calling one of several international numbers. today, san francisco supervisors consider a ground- breaking ban on the yellow pages. jade hernandez just spoke to the president. >> reporter: the new proposal will restrict phone companies from leaving these big story -- heavy books without permission. if they do, there will be a $500 violat

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close to the trail stands no table used by ranges it's meant for hi can sponsor barring wanting to rest for a moment children from a little boston club are gathered here on the bank of the stream to discuss major new courage to action some testament we all know that on the eve of new year's celebrations many local people pick up axis and go to the forest to cut down on green beauties. save the green beauty is the name of the movement organized by the children. they make refinance their in the image of a thirty three you know they are a taxed on the leaflets and display them prominently into village. the children hope their peaceful actions will help prevent fur trees from being cut down illegally. preserve ranges however take more radical measures against slow breakers their main task is finding and detaining poachers. one of the most challenging jobs takes rangers to mount yet. each time they go there under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night or weather conditions they're painstaking job requires special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as well as able to discern telltale signs showing the p

it took us years to get from boston -- to get to boston, where we did decide what we wanted to get out of our national government. that is an important step. it is interesting. the set of principles that they explained is still the same as it is today. the tea party movement today reached the same conclusion, that our national government is far from what we call a general police power, passing any laws they think is important. really, our national government is set up to do just a few things, to control our borders, establish a uniform system of weights and measures, conduct laws governing copyrights, patents, and trademarks, our defense, and then there is one that i hope to exercise one day, the power to issue letters. all past and issued by congress in the name of the united states -- all passed and issued by congress in the name of the united states about piracies on the high seas korea -- high seas. but the point is, there is no power granted in that document. to tell us where to go to the doctor and have to pay for it. there is no power to tell us to do a lot of the things they ar

linsey davis joins us from just outside of boston.id not take on any water or leak oil. 80 tourists and 35 crew members are on board the "polar star." there are differing reports, though, about whether they are being evacuated now. the ten-day cruise is set to end in argentina on sunday. >>> now to egypt where tensions are high. despite president mubarak's announcement that he will not run for office again. >> while antigovernment protesters remain camped out in cairo's main square, pro-mubarak demonstrators are gathering there, too. alex marquardt is joining us by phone from cairo this morning. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, protesters are still out there. word came late last night that president mubarak would be addressing the egyptian people after a week of violent and huge protests. yesterday we saw the biggest day yet with estimates of crowd sizes running from 500,000 to 2 million people across the country. president mubarak came out around 11:00 p.m. the major takeaway, he promises not to run again

from boston. frank has been checking in with us as he makes his trek across the country to the bay area so today franks us meet the family. >> all right, gang. it's time to meet the family. yours truly at the helm. this is my bride, monique. >> hello, everybody. >> what do you think of this road trip? >> well, we have only been at it one day and it's been a little challenging. but we'll get there. a lot of snow. a lot of snow, ice. take it slow. >> all right. and what have you got behind there? >> we are traveling across the country with my little kitty cat. >> scoop, say high, buddy, what's up? scoopy, wow, she was meowing up a storm but here's our rig. we have her in the back seat there. should be fun. time to move on, folks. we'll catch you hopefully in ohio or somewhere a little further west after today. snow permitting. see you soon. >> and frank is expected to join us on tuesday, next tuesday, that is if the weather cooperates. you can keep up with his journey. he is blogging his cross- country experience on our cbs "early edition" facebook page. hey, he is still in a good mood even despite some

from hour to hour as a storm progresses. philadelphia, new york, boston area. >> you told us before even if you're going to warm destination ifthat flight leaves the chicago you might that not take off. >> that's right may have started chicago and that plane may not take off in you may not get to hawaii or wherever you are going. >> you just heard him say this changes the hour to hour, minute to minute, updates throughout the morning as well as reaction from people were coming here, finding out the hardware or they're not going anywhere. >> let's go to the weather now,. >> some places expecting 1 ft. or more snow, concord, new hampshire, more than a foot of snow in new york by tomorrow morning. boston just under a foot of snow. the midwest expecting more than a foot of snow in milwaukee, 2 ft. of snow in chicago illinois, in through detroit getting up to a foot of snow. continuing to get pummeled right now through the great lakes up bin to the portions of new york, new england as well, the coast is getting wet weather as well. not still by rain. for us we are, this morning. stronger winds up in the hills, keeping the fog out

it took us years to get from boston -- to get to boston, where we did decide what we wanted to get out of our national government. that is an important step. it is interesting. the set of principles that they explained is still the same as it is today. the tea party movement today reached the same conclusion, that our national government is far from what we call a general police power, passing any laws they think is important. really, our national government is set up to do just a few things, to control our borders, establish a uniform system of weights and measures, conduct laws governing copyrights, patents, and trademarks, our defense, and then there is one that i hope to exercise one day, the power to issue letters. all past and issued by congress in the name of the united states -- all passed and issued by congress in the name of the united states about piracies on the high seas korea -- high seas. but the point is, there is no power granted in that document. to tell us where to go to the doctor and have to pay for it. there is no power to tell us to do a lot of the things they ar

us to. >>> there is no force like the one that comes from joining forces. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, warriors first opponent after the all-star break?? the boston >>> talk about a rude awakening. warriors after the all-star break. boston celtics currently leading in the eastern conference standings. oakland native paul pierce trying to get his first win in oakland since 2003. warriors in control. stephen curry getting to the hoop. foul. warriors by seven. curry had 18. but meet boston's big 3. ray allen. boston takes a five-point lead in the 3rd. then paul pierce on the break in the fourth. throws it down. boston up by 10 points. outscoring the warriors 12 in the final quarter finishing it off. boston won 115-93. joe thortonton on the verge of a milestone against the red wings. rebound in front of the net. thorton putback. second period. game tied at 2. thorton skates around the net. finds devin setoguchi. flying into the net. san jose holds on for a 4-3 win. >> one of the fourth biggest long shots ever at 20 years old trevor bayne becoming the youngest winner of daytona 500. operating really on a shoestring budget. came to san francisco tonigh

from our government. taxation over regular station and the realization that they can tax any aspect of our existence. it took us 14 years to get from bostonhiladelphia where, in 1787, we as americans came up with a document in which we laid out what we did want from our national government. we understood then just as we understand now that national governments, by their very nature, have a certain tendency, unavoidable, unfortunately, to increase their power. to become tyrant's. we see this is true whether the government in question is headed by a king, on the one hand, or by a president, on the other. or, as turns out, by an elected president who thinks he is a king. [applause] you see, we understood then that it was important to put in significant restraints and constraints on the government's ability to exercise power so, we came up with a list of powers that we wanted to lodge in congress. we said that congress would be in charge of just a few basic things, not everything. most of the power would be left to the states. congress would be in charge of regulating trade in the states, declaring war, establishing a uniform system of weight

and your heads afghanistan and pakistan and joined us last summer coming down from boston, taft university where he was direct to earth research the finds an international center. he has spent most of his life in south asia and the. the last decade focusing on afghanistan and also heading one of the think tanks in kabul. andrew. >> thank you for organizing this event. i might say a very ambitious event saltier says that the network and trying to study south asia. i always try to stay out of the business of predicting the future. invariably i got it wrong. but we now have an eminent panel coming up with people who can tell you about the future i'm sure with great certainty. i like to start off by introducing christine fair. chris is an professor at georgetown school of foreign service and is also a senior fellow at the counter terrorism center at west point. chris has done extensive research on south asia and a lot of that focusing on pakistan and afghanistan. chris has her phd from chicago, but more importantly a fellow graduate of the berkeley purdue program in lahore. chris, welcome. chr

from our national government. oppressive taxation overregulation and an assumption that that natural government. it took us 14 years to get from bostonhia where in 1787 and a hot half, she was sweltering summer we as americans came up with a document in which we laid out what we did want from our national government. because we understood that, just as we understand now that national governments by their very nature have a certain tendency, unavoidable unfortunately, to increase their power out to become pirates. and this we see is true regardless of whether the national government in question is headed by the king on the one hand, or by a president on the other hand, or as it turns out, by an elected president who thinks he is the king. you see, we understood then that it was important to put in significant restraints, constraints on the government's ability to exercise power. so it came up with a list of powers that we want to lodge in congress. we said congress would be in charge of just a few basic things, not everything. most of the power would be left to the states. but congress would be in charge of things like regulating trad

us. you time is 5:30. welcome to the "early edition" and the noon show. >> good to be here. out in boston for 20 years. >> but you're frome? >> from here. went to cal, thrilled to be here. >> welcome. >> thanks a lot. >> it is 5:30. >>> again, two closing, three saved. that's the word on schools in the mount diablo unified school district. christin ayers is in concord to explain last night's meeting and how heated it got. good morning. >> reporter: it did get pretty heated. but in the end it turns out that when parent and students show up at glenbrook middle school later this morning it will be for the last few months at this school before it closes permanently. this is one of the schools on the chopping block. the mount diablo school board voted last night to close both holbrook elementary and also glenbrook middle school. three other schools, monte gardens, sequoia elementary school and sequoia middle school all dodged a bullet. all three of those schools will remain open. the decision is expected to close a $1.5 million budget shortfall for mount diablo schools due to budget discuss the. it was devastating for some st

it then took us 14 years to get from there, to boston in 1773, to philadelphia in 1787, where we, as americans, decided what we didn't want. that was an important step that journey from boston to philadelphia. it's interesting. the set of principles they came up with explaning what they didn't want from the national government is still the same as it is today. the tea party movement of today reached the same conclusion that our national government far from possessing general police powers, far from passing laws that they think are important, really, our national government is set up to do just a few basic things, take care of our national defense, establish borders, adopt laws relating to patents, and my personal favorite power of congress that i hope to exercise one day is the power to issues letters mark and reprisal. this gives you, the recipient, the right to engage in acts of piracy on the high seas. i think it would be fun to get one. i promised my teenage boys i'd get that done and we'd be pirates and you can join us. [laughter] therethere's no power in that 223-year-old docum

us. this is from twitter -- from the "miami herald" -- "the boston sunday globe" -- the president's proposalill be outlined for the budget tomorrow. west plains, missouri, republican line, welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning. i am glad the president is changing his mind a little bit after this election. i think he is getting the message that we can keep spending. i would like to see the department of education get severely cut. and forestry and -- if the kids don't do schoolwork, i don't care how much money you throw into the department of education. it is up to the students to do their part with all the money we are giving them. as far as the poor, i am getting tired of hearing about the poor because in the 1990's and up to 2006, our economy was coming and they did not do much to improve themselves. they could have gotten a job in any field and everybody was hiring. generations of these people stayed in port. they don't improve themselves when the time is right to improve. host: thank you for your call. earmjarks if they are not made in congress, does obama get to direct spend

boston for us, thanks. >>> now here is chris. >>> joining us from washington is craig fugate, administrator of the federal emergency management agency. good morning. >> good morning. >> what are you hearing from the different states right now? what is the primary concern for you out there? >> well, as you were saying, the big issues right now, is transportation. we do have a lot of power outages in some of the states but the big issue for everybody is just don't get on the roads if you don't need to because the real heroes have been the first responders and public works officials and even the good samaritans helping stranded motorists and if the storm continues to move transportation is your number one problem. power outages are a big concern. >> let's talk about that. how much coordinate nation is there to make sure power is running in the different states? >> we don't work with the power companies directly. we work with the governors and we're talking to the states and they are getting some feedback now from the utilities what it looks like to get power back on. so far, we haven't a request but we did m

boston until wednesday. it's going to be a rough 24 hours, diane. >> this is spoken from someone who has seen at of rough storms. thank you, sam. we asked other correspondents to give us the experience of giving out in the snow and ice and the wind. which was what ryan owens was braving today. >> reporter: diane, good evening oklahoma city. which is a ghost town for good reason. we have seen near whiteout conditions all day long. almost a foot os snow and listen to that wind. sometimes howling at 60 miles an hour, creating a windchill of 30 degrees below zero. state officials all but begged oklahomans to stay off the roads today, and for the most part they listened. >> it's a little bit chilly out. >> reporter: marcus alexander was one of the few who had to go to work -- he didn't get far. further south in texas, the blizzard hit hard this morning shutting down dfw international airport for a few hours and leaving dallas's usually busy interstates deserted. drivers who did venture out found nothing but ice. once this blizzard finally blows out of here, it will be replaced by the coldest temperatures this state has seen in 15 years. this snow will not be melting anytim

boston. we have flight departure delays out of laguardia and eventually out of sfo. as soon as they tell us, we can ♪ >> here's a live look fromowntown san francisco looking from mount sutro. now i do have some steady rain on live doppler 7 hd. i'll show you where it is and how long the showers, possibility of thunderstorms, hail and snow last in your forecast. >> a lot of problems out there including a major connection ramp closed in san francisco north 101 to north 280. coming right up. a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza where you'll see ponding and a few accidents to tell but as well. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at the bay bridge toll plaza with a heads up for commuters this morning. standing water in three lanes at least out here. some horn honking, some near crashes. nothing yet but it only takes one. >> i'm jenelle wang live in the news room. the oakland school district has exhausted its bag of tricks. the cut that may be looming for the cash-strapped district in a live report coming up. >> just driving into work could be exhausted for you now because of the rain and the winds. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas.

from boston. frank has been recording some of his journey as he makes the trek across the country to the bay area and today, he lets useet the family. >> all right, gang. it's time to meet the family. yours truly at the helm. this is my bride, monique. say hi, monique. >> hello, everybody. >> what do you think of this road trip? >> well, we have only been at it one day and it's been a little challenging but we'll get there. a lot of snow and ice. take it slow. >> and what have you got behind there? >> we are traveling across the country with my little kitty cat scoopy. >> scoop, say hi, buddy, what's up? scoopy! wow, she was meowing up a storm. but here's our rig. we have her in the back seat there. should be fun. time to move on, folks. we'll catch you hopefully in ohio or somewhere a little bit further west after today. snow permitting. see you soon. [ laughter ] >> frank and his lovely bride and scoop in the litter box. that ought to be a fun trip. >> how do you do that! [ laughter ] >> group keep up with his journey all week long. he is blogging his experience on cbs 5's facebook page. and barring any weather dela

use the opportunity of having this witness giving you information that you need to be able to legislate and decide what that authorization bill should contain. >> the next one is senator scott brown, the republican from bostonthis is only seven seconds long. so let's run this. >> mr. chairman, i want to ask questions and then render any time i have. >> what is wrong with that? >> not a very good chance of follow-up if you are not going to be there to hear the answer. he is flinging something out there, expecting, i do not know what. >> but he can read it in the record. >> perhaps. if i recall correctly, the question he asked about was about the warlords in afghanistan, and that is a very important issue. i would expect, if you think you have got a question important enough for you to ask in a nationally televised hearing, i would expect you to sit down and listen to the answer, and then i would expect you to ask some follow-up questions. "well, you forgot to answer this, general." or, "having said that, i have this response." instead, if you watch some of these hearings, you will see senators actually read questions off from a list prepared by staff. the answer will be provided, and rather than ask a follow

us and other aims for, the author of the breakthrough book. at that we decided to work on the discovery of insulin and its distribution. >> many things came from toronto, the institute in boston, others came from the academy of medicine, the rockefeller archives and a multitude of places. >> the exhibit is structured in a circle. you enter and leave from the same door way. we start with what people thought in the thousands of years before the discovery in the 1920's. exactly before. people went on a starvation diet. the first patient and then the initial production and distribution, then the time after words in which we call minutes, maintenance of the way taken and distributed. we end with today which deals with where we are dealing with the disease today. >> diabetes has been a fatal disease. with the discovery of insulin it became a chronic disease. be part of the discovery. it was important to discover the hormone itself. also important to establish a way in which it could be useful and used to save lives. >> i think the archival holdings of lilly and jocelyn and toronto are extraordinary. >> a great contribution, and a great collaboration. we often think of the instituti

us from citizens into being subjects. judge vincent also said that those who through tea into boston harbor would be horrified at this. let me remind you that the citizens of the early united states were well acquainted with many taxes. remember the whiskey rebellion. the reason they 3 tea in the harbor was taxation without representation. it was a parliament they had not elected did this to them. the people elected a congress and in 2010, they changed the congress, and that is why we are not the subjects. that is why we are citizens. >> professor barnett, you and mr. carvin have alluded to the activity/inactivity disti differences >> . there is nothing in the constitution that says congress has the power to regulate economic matters. there's nothing in the constitution that says that congress has the power to regulate activities that has a substantial effect on interstate commerce. that letter doctrine, there is no former doctrine, that is given to us by the supreme court, not the constitution. my testimony is based entirely on what the supreme court has said they have referred to the congress's power and authorize c

from abused and neglected families. and upstairs here were the bedrooms where they used to sleep at night. >> reporter: this house was set up for kids in state custody, adopted by the boston red sox. on rhode island day, the kids went to fenway park. budget cuts shut the home in 2009. >> as you can see the beds have been dismantled. i just have so many memories of this place and the boys that lived here and i remember a young boy, jeffrey who was in this room who was just, came to us so broken and so hurt and vulnerable and left us just a thriving young man. >> reporter: the boys were all placed elsewhere. but down in the kitchen margaret holland mcduff of family service of rhode island worried what's next? >> the soup kitchen will be closed. the case management and the financial literacy programs for those families will be closed. the employment placement services will be closed. it's critical moral decisions that our leaders have to make. are they going to continue to fund systems like pension systems that we already know are unsustainable and cut services to the vulnerable? >> reporter: but when people say to us, "look, i took the job with the state of rhode island bec