nationwide, more than 14 million students are enrolled in schools similar to worcester tech.during the summit, and it's all part of our continuing education nation coverage online. savannah. >> all right. rehema ellis, thank you. if you want to find more on this story, head to educationnation.com/casestudies, and tomorrow we'll get governor romney's thoughts on our nation's schools. >> we did a little "ask away today." asking questions sent in by viewers. a few more questions here that i just want to get to because we don't want to let these go to waste. here's a good one. al, why don't you take this. if the "today" show were to be moved to another city in the u.s. away from new york, where would you want to do the show every morning? >> chicago. >> why? >> i just love chicago. >> i do, too. >> fun. >> great town. >> chi-town. >> new orleans, bignets. >> matt, who has the biggest boston et, you or your wife? >> signed your wife. >> not even close. >> oh, please. >> i have a big closet. >> wow. and natalie, how do you stay so fit? >> a lot of running, a lot of cycling, swimmin

nationwide, more than 14 million students are enrolled in schools similar to worcester tech.during the summit, and it's all part of our continuing education nation coverage online. savannah. >> all right. rehema ellis, thank you. if you want to find more on this story, head to educationnation.com/casestudies, and tomorrow we'll get governor romney's thoughts on our nation's schools. >> we did a little "ask away today." asking questions sent in by viewers. a few more questions here that i just want to get to because we don't want to let these go to waste. here's a good one. al, why don't you take this. if the "today" show were to be moved to another city in the u.s. away from new york, where would you want to do the show every morning? >> chicago. >> why? >> i just love chicago. >> i do, too. >> fun. >> great town. >> chi-town. >> new orleans, bignets. >> matt, who has the biggest boston et, you or your wife? >> signed your wife. >> not even close. >> oh, please. >> i have a big closet. >> wow. and natalie, how do you stay so fit? >> a lot of running, a lot of cycling, swimmin

else who's not from the area, worcester. and ultimately, it came down to the story of these five men and father brooks. unfortunately, a lot of the people i talked to, i had to diminish their roles in the book. i had to take names out because, again, my editor said, you know what? i'm getting confused keeping track of all these people. focus on these men, focus on the fraternity they formed and use that as a sort of microcosm for what they experienceed at holy cross and what was being experienced, you know, across the country at that time. i think that, um, there were a couple of things that i tried to be careful not to do. one was heighten the drama too much with fake love interests and dialogue. but, no, i think the main thing that was important to me that holy cross was both special and unique, but it was a microcosm of what was happening in the country at that time. um, i am not american, i actually grew up in scotland. i am half catholic, but brady's a very handy name to have when you're reporting at holy cross. [laught

mountains, a few of those areas in the darker blue, they're in the 30s in a few locations out in worcesteryland and in the highlands of west virginia. quite a chill in the air this morning. thankfully not much wind. we'll be talk windchill. right now it's 56 at reagan national. that's the coolest temperature there since way last may. look at ocean city. they're down to a chilly 53. elkins, west virginia at 39 degrees. closer to washington it's in the 40s. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. chilly and calm. lots of sun the rest of the day with highs reaching the mid 70s by afternoon. i'll be back in ten minutes. now a look at our traffic. >> still seeing traffic. let's head to arlington boulevard. at one point just one lane was getting by. i did see some delays, but it looks like that work zone is just about wrapped up. let's head to the beltway at van dohrn. you can see the taillights to the right of the screen. that is the inner loop at van dorn. the cones are still blocking the left lanes. it's not bad, though. the right lanes are open and you're getting by just fi

i met a kid in worcester a few weeks ago who said "i did everything you wanted me to do, i went to college, i worked hard i got my diploma and now i'm $54 in debt. i'm working a part-time job and i'm beginning to wonder, does america have a future for me?" i talk to seniors who are having a hard time keeping it pulled together and they now see a little bit of relief with these new health care reforms, they get a free exam every year. in massachusettswe 've got about 11,000 seniors who are getting an average of about $650,000 in help every year on paying for their prescription drugs. and scott brown and the republicans have said, nope, they want to repeal that, they want to go back to square one, they want to get rid of them. so these are core issues that i care about all over the commonwealth. >> ifill: scott brown says when it comes to barack obama the economy is a drag, today he said his report card was incomplete. when it comes to mitt romney there are people who say he is too beholden to his party's conservative wing. which is the bigger drag? >> i just don't see it that way. i really

talk to the student in worcester who worked hard to finish his degree.s drowning in debt. their fight is my fight. and it is barack obama's fight, too. that is right. yes. people feel like the system is rigged against them. and here is the painful part. they're right. the system is rigged. look around. oil companies drink billions in profits. billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. and wall street ceos, the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs, still strut around congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. does anyone here have a problem with that? yeah, well, i do, too. i do, too. i talked to small business owners all across massachusetts. and not one of them, not one made big bucks from the risky bets that brought down our economy. i talked to nurses and programmers, sales people and firefighters, people who bust their tails every day. and not one of them, not one stashed their money in the cayman islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. these folks don't resent that

you folks seeing the heaviest rain around worcester county through saint mary's, calvert, anne arundel county, and across the bay toward the eastern shore. you are seeing the heaviest rain. there is still a lot of rain to the south and west and we'll continue to watch for that. here's where the line of storms were coming through. any time you see a line like this, you know you're going to see some strong winds. we did see winds in excess of 60 miles per hour across the area. numerous trees down in many areas. we have about 15,000 people across our region without power. then we get to the watches and the warnings. the only severe thunderstorm warnings are along the eastern shore toward talbot county. a tornado watch in effect along portions of southern maryland. but i expect this to be discontinued. there is no longer that tornadic threat once the storms move out. the green areas are all flood watches and flood warnings, including a flash flood warning for montgomery. and then toward frederick county, virginia, and frederick county, maryland. these are areas that picked up a tremendous

talked to the student in worcester who worked hard to finish his degree and now he's drowning in debt. their fight is my fight and it's barack obama's fight, too. [ applause ] people feel like the system is rigged against them and here's the painful part. they're right. the system is rigged. look around, oil companies guzzle down billions in profit, billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. and wall street c.e.o.s the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around congress, no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them. does anyone here have a problem with that? [ cheering and applause ] well, i do, too. i talked to small business owners all across massachusetts, and not one of them -- not one made big bucks from the risk that brought down our economy. i talked to nurses and programmers, sales people and firefighters, people who bust their tails every day and not one of them -- not one stashes their money in the cayman islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. [ cheering and applause ] these folks don't res

. >>> a gay couple in massachusetts is suing the catholic diocese of worcester.a mansion because they're gay and it's afraid they'll stage same-sex weddings there. they want to purchase the million dollar oakhurst mansion and turn it into a banquet hall. the attorney for the diocese says finance concerns and not discrimination ended the deal. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. police on the wrong side of the law. coming up, the staggering number of officers arrested on just one city police force. >>> if you are leaving house right now, watch us anytime on your desktop, your mobile phone. just go to cnn.com/tv. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. i just served my m

. >>> a gay couple in massachusetts is suing the catholic does os ease of worcest worcester.hey claim they're refusing to sell them a mansion because they're gay and are afraid they'll stage same-sex weddings there. the two men want to purchase the million dollar oakhurst mansion and turn it into an event hall. they say they were mistakenly sent a copy of an e-mail in which a monsignor told a real estate broker after checking with a bishop the deal was off. an attorney for the diocese said financial concerns, not discrimination, ended the deal. >>> still ahead special coverage of the september 11th terrorist attack 11 years later, including a momentous change this morning. a long, long time coming, that will help our many heroes exposed to toxic dust and smoke and the fumes there at ground zero. the mayor of new york during that fateful day on 9/112001. rudy giuliani, joins us live from lower manhattan. >> also with us current new york city mayor, mayor michael bloomberg. and an agreement which is now paving the way for the completion of the september 11th museum. that was a

i met a kid in worcester a few weeks ago who said "i did everything you wanted me to do, i went to college, i worked hard i got my diploma and now i'm $ in debt. i'm working a part-time job and i'm beginning to wonder, does america have a future for me?" i talk to seniors who are having a hard time keeping it pulled together and they now see a little bit of relief with these new health care reforms, they get a free exam every year. in massachusetts we've got about 11,000 seniors who are getting an average of about $650,000 in help every year on paying for their prescription drugs. and scott brown and the republicans have said, nope, they want to repeal that, they want to go back to square one, they want to get rid of them. so these are core issues that i care about all over the commonwealth. >> ifill: scott brown says when it comes to barack obama the economy is a drag, today he said his report card was incomplete. when it comes to mitt romney there are people who say he is too beholden to his party's conservave wg. whh ishe bigger drag? >> i just don't see it that way. i really see this a

rubbermaid was synonymous with worcester allow. small town america, just like the nebraska story, by scripps, providing employment for decades. exact same thing. >> we make the point the rubbermaid story because typical of how what's happened in the middle class in this country. think of the civil war. if it not been a battle of gettysburg, not some of those gigantic conflict by just a bunch of skirmishes that ultimately have much carnage. that's what's happened to the middle class. there's no one event that you can point to. june 1979 would make a point in u.s., was at the very eighth of its employment in manufacturing, total number nobody paid any attention to it because the number had always got a. and next month it went down and continued to go down there after. it was like 19, 20 million backing. now we are around 10, 11. a dramatic drop off during the point. and all this because the policies within talking about. >> we talked about vise grips and rubbermaid. but an example of modern american ingenuity initiative, innovation a

talk to the student in the worcester who worked hard to finish his degree and is now drowning in debt. their fight is my fight, and it is barack obama's fight, too. [applause] yes. people feel like this system is rigged against them. here is the painful part -- they are right. the system is rigged. look around -- oil companies guzzled down billions in profits. billionaires' pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. wall street ceos, the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millionaire -- millions of jobs, still strut around with no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them. does anybody here have a problem with that? [applause] well, i do, too. i talk to small business owners all across massachusetts. not one of them, not one, made big bucks from the risky bets that brought down our economy. i talked to nurses and programmers, salespeople and fire fighters, people who lost their tales every day. not one of them, not one moustaches their money in the cayman islands to avoid paying their fair share -- stashes their money in the cayman islands to avoid pay

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i talked to stanton worcester's half sister who was 10 years old when worcester crashed. thing i kick myself for is that clarence chamberlain's family is around here somewhere, maybe in new jersey or something, and there's a fella by the name of -- i got an e-mail from a fella by the name of billy stott or stoff, one or the other, who had made a documentary of clarence chamberlain that showed at the imax theater -- i'm sure i'm point anything the wrong direction, but at the cradle of civilization. that way. [laughter] and all this, you know, his family is still alive, and i would have loved to have known they were still alive, and his children are still alive. and i would have loved to have talked to these people. i mean, chamberlain was a fascinating character. at a time when -- there's a lot of, in this book there's a lot of, i mean, i don't harp on it, but i can't get away from it. there's a lot of prejudice and discrimination in here. i mean, um, you know, levine there's a lot of anti-semitism. at the time in 1927, there were african-american flyers who wanted to fly,

talk to the student in worcester who worked hard to finish his degree. he's drowning in debt. their fight is my fight, and it's barack obama's fight, too. that's right. yes. people feel like the system is rigged against them. and here's the painful part. they're right. the system is rigged. look around. oil companies guzzle down billions in profits. billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. and wall street ceos, the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs, still strut around congress no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them. does anyone here have a problem with that? well, i do, too. i do, too. i talked to small business owners all across massachusetts, and not one of them, not one, made big bucks from the risky bets that brought down our economy. i talked to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters, people who bust their tails every day and not one of them, not one, stashes their money in the cayman islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. >> these folks don't resent th

investigate reports that voters were being photographed by the leader of a group called activate worcester happens to be a former local leader of a local branch of the tea party. they told the paper, quote, this was an escalated organized effort to intimidate, confuse and block people from voting. keep in mind, all of this is happening in a solidly blue democratic state in a primary where all of 2500 people cast a ballot for a state representative. imagine what's going to happen on swing states on election day. all right. intimidation of voters is illegal, right? this is a different sort of thing. >> yeah. i mean, basically what we are talking about is rassment. i love the name a lot are using, the pure ballot bullies. we are fighting the same fights that were fought in the '50s or '60s whether it is poll taxes or literacy tests, rather than people from the klan showing up so black people would be afraid to vote. we are seeing the same thing in wisconsin where the government had to put out a new brochure informing voters of their rights saying we north going to stand for the same intimidat

just to let you know the impact these laws will have, 17 states have had worcester a voting laws. 17 states have had the potential to impact 2012 residential election. beastie account for 218 you are a vote. 80% of of the elect are a folks in order to win the presidency. let me just y this, my mom taught me that when you change the rules that is called cheating. there is no place in our country or democracy to put before the people eligible citizens to show up at the voting booth this fall to produce multiple i.d.. i say this because my distinguished to this. in 2001 i when i managed al gore's campaign, where we won and lost both on the same day, my own sister who had the time lived in florida produce not one, not to, two, but three forms of voter i d. just to get a provisional ballot. so i told everybody, not just in my family but all throughout the country that regardless of what they tell you to show up with the odor identification card and a driver's license. i want to -- your driver's license and your per certificate, your voter registration card, anything and your utility payme

it is worcester of massachusetts and a tech high school. is unbelievable. they have 24 different career choices. they have an on-site veterinarian clinic where kids work with live animals, not stuffed once. the 16 day auto shop and the list just goes on but it different, not more the same. in the report i think, though it wasn't the focus, it is so important and it was mentioned by both panelists, the early intervention. i'm a believer and a system that you can't take a piece of the whole system, tinker with it or even change dramatically one piece and assume the whole thing will change. i don't believe that is true. the thing about public education in america that is most troubling to me is when the system can produce anything other than what it was designed to produce. when we graduate 75% of kids year after year after year unless you are african-american or hispanic, 50% as the report points out, that rate doesn't fluctuate like the dow jones average because the system was designed to do that. what we have to do is talk about what changes in the system h

worcester, massachusetts. manning, you're on the air. >> caller: yes, sir. >> host: we're listening. >> caller: i, having been born in the middle '20s, the '48 election was the first one that i was able to vote in. and when it came to the polls, i was, obviously, very aware of what "the chicago tribune" had done and came up with dewey having won. but there was also the literary digest, and their poll also came up with dewey. but the problem they had was the sample that they had actually worked on was one of making telephone calls. and many people did not have telephones and, therefore, they got a sample that was not exactly the kind of sample that one needs. and after that election the literary digest just folded up and never existed again. >> guest: well, that leads into how polls are being done today and whether you're calling people at home, you know, all the young folks don't have land lines, they have cell phones, and are we going to be measuring opinion that way? also, are we going to be measuring, you k

lawyers standing by so that when the cease-and-desist letters come to place, they send the ads out to worcesterasking them to push that forward and have folks to look at "the abbey" for the make a decision to air. if you'd like to join that process, go to factcheck.org, e-mail, also encourage us. we hope as result we will get some small thing to decrease the deception and markets and not have as result they need to exercise all of these fact-checking moves, the section can be pointed out right now in front. are there any more questions? just. >> -- yes. >> doyle from the "los angeles times." with all these political scientist and one row i want to ask a question about how the incentives might work for political candidates. in the -- emily thorson's findings, if you can think of in the range of controversial he said/she said. harry reid may be an example. an example of it. so what do we know about the point at which there is punishment by voters for this information, anecdotally window cases where outlandish information that makes a candidate sound out of touch with reality, the outer bounds of

the only news of rushing to get worcester pravda magazine which wasn't order of the kremlin all but a-controlled radio. in fact the propaganda ministry employed hundreds whose lone job was to convince russians and in time most of eastern europe that not only was communism inherently good, and capitalism bad, but also live in democratic countries was miserable. many believe these lies because they knew nothing else. and really did been brainwashed by the kremlin into what was in many ways the cult of communism. and the people of russia and eastern europe did not see the truth. they even need a passport to move around inside their own countries. we cannot imagine this level of control. and now we go back to 1945, and with hitler defeated winston churchill recognized that communism was not the greatest threat to the democratic west. he had in fact written to harry truman in may of 1945 of that year. saw him voted out of power, to warn truman that stalin was bringing down an iron curtain across europe. as russia morphed into the soviet union, the abuses of communism spread across eastern

worcester, massachusetts. manning, you're on the air. >> caller: yes, sir. >> host: we're listening. >> caller: i, having been born in the middle '20s, the '48 election was the first one that i was able to vote in. and when it came to the polls, i was, obviously, very aware of what "the chicago tribune" had done and came up with dewey having won. but there was also the literary digest, and their poll also came up with dewey. but the problem they had was the sample that they had actually worked on was one of making telephone calls. and many people did not have telephones and, therefore, they got a sample that was not exactly the kind of sample that one needs. and after that election the literary digest just folded up and never existed again. >> guest: well, that leads into how polls are being done today and whether you're calling people at home, you know, all the young folks don't have land lines, they have cell phones, and are we going to be measuring opinion that way? also, are we going to be measuring, you k