the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i rise today to call on my colleagues to reject the nomination of betsy devos as the next secretary of education. it is difficult to imagine a worse choice to head the department of education. betsy devos doesn't believe in public schools. her only knowledge of student loans seems to come from her own financial investments connected to debt collectors who hound people struggling with student loans. and despite being a billionaire, she wants the chance to keep making money off shady investments while she runs the department of education. we need someone in charge of the nation's education policy who knows what they're doing and who will put america's young people first. and that is not betsy devos. let's start with her record. betsy devos has used her vast fortune to undermine michigan's public schools. she is sure she knows what's best for everyone else's children even though she has no actual experience with public schools. in michigan, the k-12 policy she bankrolled drain

our job remains the same, that is to represent massachusetts to washington and not washington to massachusetts. [ cheers and applause ] >> we listen, learn and make the best decisions we can on energy, pay equity, economic development and a host of other issues. you have compromised with one another and with us. like other states we have enormous challenges here in the commonwealth, issues destined to create opportunities for conflict. we live in a time where what you oppose seems much more interesting than what you support, where compromising is viewed as an act of weakness when in fact it is a sign of strength. [ cheers and applause ] >> our founders worried a lot. they designed our form of government to provide a loud voice from minority points of view. they hated the idea and wanted to force advocates and policymakers through structure and process to compromise. i'm with them. as my mom used to say, you have two ears and one mouth far reason. it's one thing to shout to your opponents and another to fight for common ground. i believe it's this conversation that makes us strong. our economy

that is to represent massachusetts to washington and not washington to massachusetts. [ applause ] >> we can and we do disagree but we listen, we learn and we make the best decisions we can on energy, public records, pay equity, addiction, economic development and a host of other issues, you've compromised with one another and with us. like other states we have enormous challenges in the commonwealth, issues destined to create difficult discussions and opportunities for conflict. we live in a time where what you oppose seems much more interesting than what you support. where compromising is often vi w viewed as an act of weakness, when in fact it is a sign of strength. [ applause ] >> our founders worried a lot about the tierney of the majority. they designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority points of view. they hated the idea of unilateral power and wanted to force advocates and policymakers through structure and process to compromise. i'm with them. as my mom used to say, you have two ears and one mother nature for and one mouth for a reason. it's one thin

and massachusetts was the first place to essentially outlaw slavery. based on an article he had written in the massachusetts constitution, that's one of the clauses of the declaration of rights in the constitution, then massachusetts judges took that and said this declaration of the people being free and equal means there cannot be any slavery in massachusetts and that did end slavery within a very few years. adams had actually no quarrel with that. he disliked slavery. his family did not have slaves. abigail's family had one or two slaves and she also came to dislike it. they weren't pioneers in this way at all. but i do find a very interesting angle on this. in late in life, adams kept talking about, got right into a man named john taylor of virginia. this man was a jeffersonion, a major slave holder, a virginia soldier and hated the banks and so on. adams is writing to taylor about political questions and a lot about aristocracy and at one point he talks about the importance of education and he says, and he says, maybe being a little easy on taylor,

the abolitionist movement was born in massachusetts. in past generations, when young women wanted the right to vote, a group of committed activists in massachusetts formed the suffragette movement and they changed the constitution in massachusetts so women could vote. when young women were upset with the voting rights laws for america's southern states they baip -- became the freedom riders and changed the laws of the united states. i make these remarks from the desk once held by massachusetts senator edward brooke. senator brooke was the first african-american elected to the senate. he was a republican and also a civil rights activist, and he also received his law degree at boston university in massachusetts. from the founding fathers to the movement for universal health care to the first same-sex wedding in the united states and to the senate floor last night, massachusetts has always been at the heart of america's quest for equal justice. leader mcconnell used an arcane senate rule to silence senator warren, but the people of massach

trump alleged busloads of voters from massachusetts cast ballots against him in new hampshire, forcing him to narrowly lose the state to hillary clinton last november. politico says his remarks were met with "an uncomfortable silence." previously, and also without any evidence, the president claimed he lost the national popular vote to clinton because three million to five million people may have voted for her illegally. retail giants sears and k-mart said today they've removed 31 items from the "trump home" collection of furniture, lighting and other products they sold online. a spokesperson says the stores focus on their "most profitable items." the "wall street journal" reported today that sales of ivanka trump's clothing line carried by department store chain nordstrom dropped 32% last year. her father, president trump, tweeted on wednesday that the store's decision to drop ivanka's line was "unfair." the next day, during a television interview, white house counselor kellyanne conway explicitly urged americans to buy ivanka's products. that's caused a house oversight committee to a

adams understood that because the war for independence had begun in massachusetts, because it was massachusetts where the british had first deployed troops, it was massachusetts who where in response to the boston tea party the british targeted the colony of massachusetts with what had known as the intolerable acts. because in massachusetts, that was where the british had sent their soldiers out. it was in massachusetts that you had to battle a bunker hill. it was a massachusetts that you saw the blood of americans spilled. it was in massachusetts that people from the bay colony had rallied to the fight, joined by other new englanders. congress wasnental going to be truly continental, we needed to bring on board people from other colonies. it was important to bring on board the delegates from the southern colonies and what better way to do that than to make thomas jefferson the person who was responsible for the declaration? that was reason number one. reason number two according to john adams, he said i am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. and you are very much otherwise. adams perhaps said

due to massachusetts law, i was still covered by my parents' insurance, but the massachusetts health care reform didn't stop insurance companies from imposing lifetime limits. at 18 years old, fighting for fy life, i overheard my parents discussing lifetime limits in regard to my health care. i don't know how much all that treatment cost or how much of my lifetime limit i had consumed, for the next seven years, i was in and out of treatment at various levels. close quote. mr. president, i ask for leave to extend my time by ten minutes, if i might finish my stories. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. in 2014, when i had my own health care, i had a bad relapse. for the first time i was paying for my own treatment. i had health insurance through my employer and that was really good. but even with that, for one month of residential treatment -- one month of day treatment, and three months of intensive outpatient plus therapy, a nutritionist, a psychiatrist and medication, all crucial to my recovery, my out-of-pocket health

people bused in from the state of massachusetts. do you have evidence to back that up? >> george, go to new hampshire. talk to anybody who has worked in politics there. everybody is aware of the problem in new hampshire. >> i'm asking you as the white house -- hold on. i'm asking you as the white house senior policy adviser. the president made a statement saying he was the victim of voter fraud. >> and the president was. >> do you have any evidence? >> if this is an issue that interests you, we can talk about

it was challenged by other people in massachusetts and massachusetts was the first place to outlaw slavery. based on an article that he had written in the constitution that is one of the clauses, then the massachusetts judges took that and said this declaration of the people being e. and equal means there cannot be slavery in massachusetts and baghdad and slavery within a few years. adams had no problem with that. his own family did not have slaves and abigail's family had one or two, but she also came to dislike it. thebut they were not pioneers in this way but i do find it very interesting late in life, adams got talking about a man named john of carolina county in virginia. he was a jeffersonian, major slaveholder, version at planter, hated hamilton and the bank and so forth and so on. adams writes in the about political questions and about aristocracy and he talks about the importance of education and says he may be being a little easy on him and is also indulging in the language used in virginia. he almost always invariably refers to them as servants. they wouldn't use the word slaves

now the aclu is joining in with the state of massachusetts. it seems like the state of massachusetts is pitting itself against the trump presidency. >> it's wonderful. maura healey brought the entire weight of the commonwealth of massachusetts on the side of the constitution and the bill of rights. the aclu stands together with her to challenge this unconstitutional effort to discriminate against people based on their religion and national origin. >> will we continue to see this combativeness between the state of massachusetts and the trumd administration you think? >> i think we'll only see combativeness if the trump administration continues to issue executive orders that are clearly unconstitutional and illegal. >> please keep us posted on what happens in federal court. carol rose, thank you for joining me this morning. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," russian government agents charged with treason. how russia is tracking down on the spies in moscow. with every early morning... every late night... and moment away... with every click...ca

if massachusetts were a country we'd be second behind singapore in reading. that's massachusetts. we have a very high percentage of our students who are minorities in our home state. i live in malden. malden is a city of 60,000 people. malden high school, 2016 graduation class, 28% white, 258% asian, 24% latin, 23% black, 1% pacific irelander, 28, 25, 24, 23, 1. what is our goal? our goal? malden, our goal in massachusetts is to be number one, number one not just in the united states but number one in the world. we know you can do it if you make a commitment to these kids. and it's not just our traditional public schools. it's our public charter schools, our private schools, our preparatory schools are enormously successful. many of them are world famous, these high schools that are senr children to from around the country to go to school in massachusetts. but the success of our public charter schools is largely due to very strong accountability measures brought about through state regulations and rigorous oversight. that's the key to our charter schools. it's accountability. it's

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from colorado, mr. buck, for extending me the customary 30 minutes. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: we are only one month into 2017 and today we have another closed rule. or as i call them now, putin rules. this is the kind of process they have in russia. no amendments. no debate. no nothing. completely shut down. it's your way or the highway. this is not the way the united states house of representatives, the greatest deliberate i body in the world, should be run. this is shameful. i have very serious concerns about the road we are traveling down, mr. speaker. the 115th congress is, you know, only a few weeks old and we have already ushered in a process that is alarmingly restrictive. sadly, it has become routine in this republican house for the majority to close down the process, rush bills to t

by people who live in massachusetts, people who have left massachusetts for vacation or for business travel who now are stranded overseas and cannot get back into massachusetts. it hurts our public colleges and universities, our research institutions. so much of our massachusetts economy, greta, you know, revolves around a health care sector, tech center -- tech center, public education, higher education. so much has been impacted by this devastating order, but at bottom, greta, this order is unconstitutional and it's un-american and that's why i'm suing. >> all right. there are two different -- one is un-american, one is unconstitutional. one is un-american, we might feel a visceral reaction to something. unconstitutional is a wholly different area and form of analysis. the office of legal counsel at the justice department reviewed it and they apparently, you know all these lawyers at the justice department, this unit, didn't think it was unconstitutional. i understand sally yates was the acting attorney general, she had your viewpoint, of course, she has been fired. i thought it wa

adams understood that because the war for independence had begun in massachusetts, because it was massachusetts where the british had first played troops. because it was massachusetts where in response to the boston tea party, the british had targeted the colony of massachusetts with what had come to be known as the intolerable acts. because in massachusetts, that was where the british said -- send their soldiers out through lexington to conquer. in massachusetts, he had the batter uncle -- the battle of underhill and saw the blood of americans built. it was in massachusetts were people rallied for the fight joined by other new englanders. if this continental congress is continental,ruly we needed to bring on board people from other colonies, and it was important to bring on the delegates from the southern colonies and what better way to do that than to make thomas jefferson the person responsible for the declaration. that was reason number one. reason number two, according to john adams. adams, i can't john amped up noxious, suspected and unpopular and you are very much otherwise. adams, perha

the governor of massachusetts said he would help to resolve it. ultimately congress in 1864, almost a year later congress finally authorized equal pay for all soldiers. could you imagine you're offering yourself to your country and this happened? w white officers, most of them pretty good. they were trained separately from other white officers. you had to go through a whole over officer school. you had to go through an officer school to become an officer in the u.s. colored troops. many of them held the views of that day meaning they believed in some aspect of black inferiori inferiority. even abraham lincoln was a man of his day. however, there was still many abolitionists. i'm using a unit that i followed, the first united colored infantry out of d.c. another is the fourth united states. they brigaded and briefly they were called whieild african brigade. they are marching through virginia. the first comes upon two women being whipped by their slave holder. they stop him. they ask what to do. the commanding officer says free the women and give th

number two, i've not seen what the massachusetts judge ruled today. but multiple judges, as you know, rule netherlands favkno know, ruled in favor of individuals who were denied entry to this country. so the overwhelming of majority of these judges have ruled in favor of small groups of individuals or in our situation in behalf of the state of washington. so it's very clear what direction judges are going on this. >> i understand that, mr. attorney general, but the question is, you haven't even read the judge's order, and were you asking the judge to impose it on the entire united states. don't you think you're moving a little bit too quickly? >> you may think we're moving to quickly to uphold the constitutional rights for the people of my state, but i do not. and the judge was very clear in his oral rule. and to be candid, when president obama was president, republican a.g.s challenged aspects of executive orders that he made. and it affected the entire country. but to be clear, there is no part of my job stripgs thdescri says i should wait to uphold

no they can seek to apply the massachusetts court's opinion. they could say, look, we have conflicting opinions here. we think this is a lawful order and we're going to comply with the massachusetts court. now, it's a little harder. the massachusetts court just refused to renew a stay, whereas, the washington courte actually granted a stay. so the granting of the stay is a kind of tougher order than refusing to grant the stay. if i were the lawyer for the justice department and i were being prudent and cautious, i would say you really have to comply with the washington state order. if you want to be aggressive and the trump administration could be aggressive, they could say no, we're going to comply with the massachusetts order. i think the white house was revealing and saying we're going to appeal. that means they're not going to take the law into their own hands and simply comply with the order that's more favorable to them. >> that's interesting. i'm glad you pointed that out. we had the attorney general on earlier from washington state and

the massachusetts unemployment rate is 2.8%. we're number one in math, verbal and science at the fourth, eighth and tenth grades of all 50 states. we have the cleanest environment in the united states. we have health care for all children and all adults, and our unemployment rate again is 2.8%. it's not a choice. in fact, it's a business plan for the state. it works. the healthiest families, the most educated children in the nation, the lowest unemployment rate, it all comes together. it's a plan. now, listen to the critics of this idea that everyone's entitled to health care, you would think that it would destroy our economy. they are still waiting for it to happen as our unemployment rate continues to go down and down and down. what is up? i'll tell you what's up. cancer screenings are up. preventative care visits are up. diabetes treatments have gone up. health disparities amongst women and minorities are down. that's who we are. we can do this. it's a plan. it's a plan that actually ensures that every child in america, every

he studied whether the uninsured a burden to the massachusetts taxpayers. so i probably have normal medical insurance and you probably get claims and you get two prices, right? you get something so you go in and they do something. and they say, then you get a benefits statement form and it says, charged price, $7,000. insurance discount, $6,990. net cost, $10. guess who faces those absurd prices? the uninsured. if you go in to the er or a doctor's office, those crazy list prices that you don't pay any attention to, that the one they face those. guess what? a third of the uninsured in massachusetts, let me see, sorry, 25% of uninsured pay nothing. but two third of the uninsured in massachusetts pay pomore tha the insured do under the rates that insured people get. so uninsured people were paying more than insured people under this complicated price discrimination scheme. but two physician fres from the uninsured in massachusetts were greater than if they had been insured. okay? that's a head-scratcher. so now, there's a throw away line at epd of thnd of this

harris, of massachusetts, the right reverend roy holmes, bishop suffragant of massachusetts. the reality is that this is not just a question of these episcopal bishops, but pope francis, pope francis came to the congress just last year and he preached a sermon on the hill saying the planet is dangerously warming, human activity is causing it, and we have a moral responsibility to take action. as americans, as the house and senate. a moral responsibility to protect this planet that god created and those who are the poorest, most vulnerable and who will be most exposed. so let me just say that this is a moral issue of the highest magnitude. the leaders of religions all across our country are praying for us, begging us to do something in order to protect this planet. scott pruitt does not intend on taking those actions. so let me stop once again and ask the president if -- if i could doubt the presence of a quorum and ask for it to be called. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senato

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harris: i move to the senator from massachusetts be permitted to proceed in order. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yeas and nays th. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this motion, the yeas are 43, the nays are 50. the motion is not agreed to. the democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, if the average american heard someone read a letter from coretta scott king that said what it said, they would not be offended. they would say, that's someone's opinion. that's all. it seems to me we could use rule 19 almost every day on the floor of the senate. this is selective enforcement and another example of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle escalating the partisanship and further decreasing comity in the senate. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i have a question, i guess, it's in the nature of a parliamentary question, and that is

i see my friend from massachusetts is here, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate my friend from missouri and the senate forgiving me the opportunity to speak out here. i rise to speak on the opposition to the nomination of mick mulvaney to be director of the office of management and budget. congressman mulvaney represents the latest of president trump's broken promises to the american people. in this case it's president trump's campaign promise to protect social security and congressman mulvaney is the man who will lead the charge. the office of management and budget, or o.m.b., as it is called, is like that scientist in the movie "apollo 13" that have to figure out how to bring the spacecraft home with only a few items found in a couple of boxes. in the movie they described it as fitting a square peg in a round hole. in the government we call it the federal government. the crucial role of o.m.b. in the development of the federal government means that the dire

host: fill in massachusetts. -- phil in massachusetts. caller: i don't care if you're a republican or democrat. this is very alarming. this guy was going to be the national security advisor to donald trump. this guy would know all the america's dealings throughout the planet. if there's one president at a time, donald trump was not even sworn in when he made the call after obama already passed those sanctions. he's going to call the ambassador and reassure him of what? what did he say to those people? who all did he tell what was said? knowlieve trump does --ause he is the king maker he works for us. we don't work for him. he is our president did he needs to start acting like he works for us. people, please, please wake up. this is alarming. this is unheard of. if he's a smart person like he surrounds, yet he himself with all these people trying to do harm to the very agencies they are heading. ast: the new york times has story this morning taking a look at another issue concerning national security. this was in the moments leading up to

yeah, kimberly, this is where they met at the islamic center on massachusetts avenue. they then walked a half mile up massachusetts avenue, and where they stop was across the street from the naval observatory, which is where a vice president mike pence lives. >> we are not going to stop. tom: refugee bans, protesters on massachusetts avenue say they are not relaxing. >> i'm not sure if it will come back again. tom: the justice department is already asking an appeals court to lay aside a seattle judges friday decision halting trumps executive order, which the protesters feel unfairly targets muslims. >> it is not feel safe anymore. people look at me different. been criticizing the judge's decision on twitter. , "the judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others who do not have our best interests at heart. bad people are very happy." enemy,ace a dangerous inspiring people to enter this country, and the president is using the authority he has and because tuition and under the law. george: authority to do what he did as well? pence: heident does. tom: the o

but the 400,000 factory in new bedford, massachusetts, has 740 workers. they make about 1,100 suits every day. but it is a rare example. most of the shoes made in the u.s. are made abroad. there are a lot fewer u.s. textile mills and factories than in years past. skilled labor at low cost is also extremely hard to find. >> a near record number of manufacturing positions. we just don't have the workers with the skills. >> with years of falling apparel prices and you have a difficult set-up for american manufacturers to make the economics work. but joseph has made it work. manufacturing suits here in massachusetts for 30 years. >> we're really proud to be made in america. i think our distinction is we make it well in america and that's an important part. the customer is so smart today. so i think you can't give the customers something that isn't worth the price. >> the problem for many retailers is the problem behind the label. it may be just too high. for nightly business report. new bedford, massachusetts. >>> coming up, to the next big tech ipo. >> in ve

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from alabama, mr. byrne, for the customary 30 minutes. . i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, we are less than two months into 2017, and today we have another closed rule, or as i call them putin rules. this is how they operate in russia, no deliberation. it is simply astonishing that here in the people's house we continue to have this closed process. no amendments, no debate, no nothing, completely shut down. i have very serious concerns about the road we are traveling down. the 115th congress is only 6 weeks old and we are rushering in a process that's alarmingly restrictive. it should distress not just democrats but republicans as well. this is now the norm, and it's very, very sad. mr. speaker, today's rule would pave the way for the ho

my friend, the senator from massachusetts, was reading a letter written by mrs. coretta scott king, the widow of martin luther king jr., to the judiciary committee. her testimony about the nomination of then-judge jeff sessions to be a federal judge. for that, the chair and my friend, the majority leader, interrupted her remarks, invoked rule 19, and forbid her from continuing. the chair directed the senator to take her seat. in my view, it was totally, totally uncalled for. senator warren wasn't hurling wide accusations. she was reading a thoughtful and considered letter from a leading civil rights figure. mr. president, anyone who watches the senate floor on a daily basis could tell you that what happened last night was the most selective enforcement of rule 19. my friend, the senator from massachusetts, was here when one of her colleagues called the leadership of my dear friend senator reid cancerous and that -- quote -- he doesn't care about the safety of our troops, unquote. that was not enforced as a rule 19 violation. but reading a letter from coretta scot

the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: i object. rein reason i appeal the rule -- ms. warren: i appeal the ruling. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator will take her seat. ms. warren: mr. president, i appeal the ruling of the chair and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: is quorum call is not present. the clerk will call the names of the absent senators. the clerk: mrs. alexander, ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mr. blumenthal, mr. blunt, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. brown, mr. bu mr. burr, ms. cantwell, mrs. mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. mr. cassidy, mr. cochran, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. corker, ms. cortez masto, mr. cotton, mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. donnelly, ms.

not just massachusetts. i would love to see washington move in that direction as well. >> very quickly, health care is a key reinstates made this list. did you send a message to president trump when you met this week? >> the governors have all talked to both the vice president and the president and secretary price about how important health care is in our states. whether you're democrat or republican, it's a big deal no matter where you are. >> governor baker, brian kelly, thank you both for being with us this morning. >> congratulations. >>> president trump's adult sons are expected in norway. what it costs to give the brothers secret service protection on their international trips. you're watching "cbs this morning." service protection on their international trips. you're watching "cbs this morning." er let anyone tell you you can't change. that is what life is. change. it's not some magic trick. it's your will. your thoughts become your words become your actions become your reality. change is your destiny

of those 6,000, just under 3,000 were new hampshire -- were massachusetts. we do know that a lot of people did that, and we will have data at the end of the month how many of those 6,000 people voted in both new hampshire and in one of the other states on election day. >> mr. secretary, data at the end of the month, and you are saying -- no, no. wait a second. steven miller over the weekend just yesterday said that thousands did vote illegally. he said thousands and thousands did vote illegally. definitively saying that this actually happened. you are saying that there is going to be more data coming at the end of the month. do you have the evidence? >> well, at the end of the month -- new hampshire just joined the program, by the way. we will -- this is the first time we will be looking at new hampshire's numbers. bill gardener had already made public the fact that we had 6,000 people register in new hampshire on election day with another state's driver's license. see, that's the key clue there. >> voter registration programs does not equal problem votes. >

as a resident of massachusetts and a teacher of a.p. environmental science in a public high school in western massachusetts, i am writing to express my concern about the appointment of scott pruitt as director of the e.p.a. he appears to be the exact opposite of the qualifications and perspective of a person who should have that position. as you know, he has close ties to fossil fuels, has repeatedly sued the e.p.a., avoided mercury legislation, and h espoused the belief that the e.p.a. is too powerful. i urge you to work with other senators to block this appointment. thank you, elizabeth. the work that you're doing, that teachers are doing is more vital than ever now. and i share your concerns. thank you. a man from boston wrote to me with concerns about scott pruitt's ties to fossil fuel companies. and here's what he said. as a constituent who cares about our environment, i want you to know, i am deeply concerned about the nomination of scott pruitt to lead the environmental protection agency. scott pruitt is firmly in the pocket of t

look at thehen you case in massachusetts, the judge in massachusetts, clearly the law is on the president side. he has broad discretion to do what is in the nations best interest of protector people and we feel very confident that we will prevail. >> you are not thinking about withdrawing the executive order? mr. spicer: absolutely not. onno, no, no . this was in the best interest of the american people, and it is something that has broad support from the american people. we will continue to do what we have to. the president is committed to making sure the country and its people are safe. >> the president over the weekend said that he believes that jihadis were pouring into the country. is there any evidence to suggest that is true? is that what intelligence is telling him? mr. spicer: the reason he issued the order the way he did was to make sure people didn't have an advanced notice, to protect the country and make sure we have an idea who is coming in. >> is anybody coming in? mr. spicer: i will not get into specific information. said hisdent has number one priority is to keep the amer

if this is what we're fighting in western massachusetts. absolutely ridiculous. this is a society that perpetually offended striking again, with respect to the situation at udub, let me say, this as a professor, the most valuable commodity a student can learn is how to communicate effectively. when you legitimize incorrect language, you are damaging a student's career prospects. do you realize how dangerous this is? charles: we graduate kids that aren't ready for the real world. we're not doing anyone a favor with this stuff. katie, is there any way to fight back. somehow in the liberal state like massachusetts that we can fight back. >> we agree, the moment you say being literate, being able to articulate yourself is good. people say you're racist. the way to combat that is create a school system to create an environment where learning is encouraged. achieving, we're doing well. we're striving for things you didn't think you could have is encouragement. something you want to do. teaching people they can be better than they are, if you can foster that, i believe

i think fundamentally, the j justice department is going to say we've had a ruling from massachusetts different from the ruling in washington. and that this should go to the supreme court. so we have only one approach to this problem nationwide. it doesn't seem quite right that washington should determine the policy if judges in boston, massachusetts or elsewhere disagree and eventually, that kind of dispute usually winds up in the supreme court. >> if it goes to the supreme court and let's say for the sake of argument, that judge neil gorsuch has yet to be confirmed to the support and we nireme cod up with a 4-4 decision, what happens then? it's supposed to go back to the lower court's decision, but if there are two competing decisions, one in massachusetts and one u in seattle. do we flip a coin? what happens? >> that's a fascinating scenario that you posed and quite possible in this situation. what would the supreme court do? actually, the case that was probably the first case through the door would be the ruling most likely to stand. however, i think people forget something about

due to massachusetts law, i was still covered by my parents' insurance, but the massachusetts health care reform didn't stop insurance companies from imposing lifetime limits. at 18 years old, fighting for fy life, i overheard my parents discussing lifetime limits in regard to my health care. i don't know how much all that treatment cost or how much of my lifetime limit i had consumed, for the next seven years, i was in and out of treatment at various levels. close quote. mr. president, i ask for leave to extend my time by ten minutes, if i might finish my stories. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. in 2014, when i had my own health care, i had a bad relapse. for the first time i was paying for my own treatment. i had health insurance through my employer and that was really good. but even with that, for one month of residential treatment -- one month of day treatment, and three months of intensive outpatient plus therapy, a nutritionist, a psychiatrist and medication, all crucial to my recovery, my out-of-pocket health

western massachusetts, the unlikely new frontier of america's war on drugs. where heroin has become an exploding problem that's begun to touch nearly every family. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ >> anthony: there's nothing like the north atlantic. it's majestic. i love the beach. pretty much had my first everything on a beach. you name it, first time i did it, beach. i was miserable in love, happy in love, alternately. as only a 17-year-old could be. this is where i lived. very happy summer in the early '70s, and that was my room on the left. it's an amazing spot if you think about it, a bunch of knuckle heads working as dish washers, waiters, pizza servers. we could live on a beach like this. you know, happier, stupider times. you know, i can still hear the play list -- strawberry letter and the brothers johnson. i

the speed limit has been slashed on massachusetts turnpike. abc has more. >> we couldn't believe it was going to snow again. >> reporter: still reeling from a major nor'easter days ago, 50 million people in the northeast are bracing for another blast of winter. snowplows already overworked and fear many are facing snow clear up. >> reporter: driving is already treacherous. in massachusetts, they are getting a jump on the new storm by pretreating the roads. >> five hour trip to get home, halfway home and the roads are awful. >> reporter: the fierce weather taking a deadly hole. in new hampshire, three snow mobilers plunged into ice over a lake. only one survived. >> snow mobile disappeared. in the water for a while. >> reporter: also in new hampshire, 15-year-old boy missing after falling through the ice on another lake. >> reporter: terrifying moments for five people aboard a small plane in massachusetts. takeoff almost turned to tragedy when they slid off the end of a runway. no one was hurt. air travel, as always, a casualty, more than 1400

>> senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there objection? >> i object. >> i appeal the ruling -- >> objection is heard. the senator will take her seat. >> we are expecting to be joined live by senator elizabeth warren any moment now. that has just happened in the senate. she's just been called back to the floor but we are going to get shore sit there for the commercial but then be there when the commercial is over because we'll be right back. >>> i rise in opposition to the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be the next attorney general of the united states. >> senator sessions' record in the senate provides little evidence that his views have evolved since the last time the senate evaluated his fitness to serve in high federal office. >> over the course of his career, senator sessions has opposed key legislation that protects and further enhances

and the best state in the nation is -- drum roll please -- massachusetts. charlie baker is the governor of massachusetts and brian kelly is the editor-in-chief content officer to "u.s. news and world report." welcome to you both. start with massachusetts, because the patriots won the super bowl, casey afleck won best actor, "manchester by the sea." is that it? >> they can't seem to do anything wrong. >> frankly, i'm already getting sick of them. enough already. >> forward, we'ot them. >> brian, what is massachusetts doing right? >> i mean, massachusetts is a terrific education institution. higher, harvard, m.i.t. all of that. health care, places like mass general hospital. brigham and young hospital. phenomenal. they're doing everything. >> quality of life? >> quality of life. and they've got a pretty can political system. governor can tell you about that. >> governor, why is your state performing well in those categories? >> i think part of it, as brian said, we have a lot of really smart people. we have a lot of great schools. that has led to a whole seri

people bussed from the state of massachusetts. do you have evidence to back that up? >> george, go to new hampshire. talk to anybody in politics. everybody is aware of the problem. >> i'm asking as white house senior policy adviser. the president made a statement he was the victim of voter fraud. >> and bussed -- >> do you have any evidence? >> if this is an issue that interests you, you can talk about it more in the future. >> president trump praised miller for his performance on the talk shows. the democratic senator was not impressed. tweeting, as everybody knows miller has no evidence of voter fraud in new hampshire. this has been debunked. donald trump did not call for a recount. >>> a friend of the president is slamming the white house chief of staff reince priebus. told cnn that the president's big problem is priebus. >> i think there is a lot of weakness from the chief of staff. i think reince priebus, good guy, well intentioned, but doesn't know how the federal agencies work. i think the president is not getting the back up he needs in the operation of the wh

presentadora: justamente, nos acompaÑan vivo, desde massachusetts, uno de los lÍderes de esta campaÑa. busca iniciar ese juicio en contra del presidente. buenas tardes. cÓmo comienza la campaÑa? >> gracias. la campaÑa es muy simple. en la constituciÓn de los estados unidos dice que el presidente no puede cometer ningÚn crimen. si se lo encuentra que ha cometido algÚn crimen puede ser destituido. el crimen que decimos que ha cometido es que ha decidido mantener su negocios con extranjeros. hacer dinero. mientras sigue siendo presidente. la constituciÓn de los estados unidos es muy clara. dice que un presidente no puede recibir, absolutamente nada, de un gobierno extranjero. donald trump ha decidido quedarse con todos sus negocios. tiene deuda de 900 millones de dÓlares en el banco de china. tiene un hotel en washington. Él estÁ haciendo dinero a travÉs de la presidencia. esto no se permite. ademÁs, tambiÉn viola la constituciÓn, porque no puede recibir ningÚn dinero, ni del gobierno federal, ni de ningÚn estado americano mientras sea presidente. Él ha recibido mucho di

springfield, massachusetts, 13. almost a foot in fairfield. and in central park in new york city, nine inches of snow on the ground. that is exactly where we find abc's lana zak bundled up against the big february lana? lana: hi there, doug. more than 3,000 flights have been canceled. here in new york city, john f. kennedy airport issued a complete ground stop. everybody trying to stay safe as we are facing this winter whiplash. hear that noise? [thunder] that is thunder snow in connecticut. okay, all right, all right. 50 million americans affected by the storm. schools canceled. commuters staying home. the biggest danger are the slick roads. look at the tractor trailer on i-87. in suffolk county, new york, state of emergency were declared. first responders had to flip over a truck that collided with an s.u.v. authorities are urging everyone to stay off the roads. >> these roads are bad. they will only get worse with the snow accumulation and the wind. lana: yesterday was a different story. a perfect spring day. wednesday record high 62 degree

the speed limit has been slashed on massachusetts turnpike. abc's richard cantu has more. >> we couldn't believe it was going to snow again. >> reporter: still reeling from a major nor'easter days ago, 50 million people in the northeast are bracing for another blast of winter. snowplows already overworked and fear many are facing snow fatigue. >> there's no time for it to melt and no time for it to clear up. >> reporter: driving is already treacherous. in massachusetts, they are getting a jump on the new storm by pretreating the roads. >> five hour trip to get home, halfway home and the roads are awful. >> reporter: the fierce weather taking a deadly hole. in new hampshire, three snow mobilers plunged into ice over a lake. only one survived. >> snow mobile disappeared. in the water for a while. >> reporter: also in new hampshire, 15-year-old boy missing after falling through the ice on another lake. >> reporter: terrifying moments for five people aboard a small plane in massachusetts. takeoff almost turned to tragedy when they slid off the end