reporter: he aimed to portrays his opponent, representative markey, who spend three decades in congress as a long time washington insider. in a state where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1, markey tried to paint gomez as out of touch with base voters on guns and central issues. i think we delivered a message that really differentiated my candidacy from gabriel gomez, and i think we re going to see that reflected in the vote tonight. reporter: gomez kept a distance from national party conservatives, held an election day rally, featuring former senator scott brown, whose upset win more than three years ago is one republicans would like to repeat. i will never forget the love and support you gave me, i am asking you to do the same for gabe gomez. reporter: winter of 2010 is not the summer of 2013. both candidates, democrat and republican here, they have all of the charisma of lurch from the addams family.
evacuated. students say it was chaotic when the shooting started with people basically running for their lives. parents were frantic to find their kids. i just want you to take a listen to this. she texted me and said there s been a shooting and i m in a closet, but don t worry. i said, well, just keep texting me. so that s what we re doing. my son is over there. i have a daughter here in middle schoo school. more on the shootings throughout the morning as well. they are spending time in tennessee today. that s ahead of next week s big super tuesday contest. and more apparent retaliation for last week s burning of korans by nato troops. a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing nine civilians. the taliban are claiming responsible for the attack and for poisoning food at another base. we have traces of bleach found in fruit and coffee. no troops were sicked. they re eating now prescreened meals. president obama s apology nor the koran burning has sparked criticism f
it. i want the pat-down. the tsa says the machines of safe. it s been reluctant to hand out inspection reports. lawmakers say they want proof. representative markey is worried about exposure to radiation for tsa workers and the public. he is asking that department of homeland security to investigate. dr. tim williams is the mimd past president of the board for radiation. we are zapped at the dentist, at the doctor, and even just sitting in a room. should we be worried about these new body scanners? what do we really know about them? it s an excellent question. i mean, we do get exposed to background radiation all of the time no matter where we are or what we re doughing, and this has been analyzed by medical
we continue to monitor the committee meeting that has gotten under way, oh o, i would say about an hour from now. it is, oh, about an hour it has been going on. bp ceo tony hayward awaiting his turn, he will get a chance to make his point known, make his stand, make his case in front of those committee members of the house energy and commerce committee that have been spending the past hour sort of making their own points, making, giving him a hard time. we expected this to be a slice and dice scenario. that s what congressman stupak said this is going to be. so far they have each taken two minutes to let their points be known. we heard from representative markey that, you know, this is going to be an unprecedented hearing. this will change the game. let s listen in and hear what representative jean green has to say. democrat from vermont.
criminal investigation and has every right to do so to protect the interests of the american people participating in what amounts to a $20 billion slush fund that s unprecedented in our nation s history. well, to which congressman markey quickly responded that this is not a slush fund. in fact, this is a compensation fund for all those folks down in the gulf coast region that are struggling to survive. this is their livelihood and that picture right there of that oil spewing out is just a picture. it s the people s lives that are being affected. for reaction on this, let s go to pat buchanan. pat, thanks for being with me. one of the things we mentioned earlier in the hour is this going to turn into republican versus democrat. what is your reaction? i don t know, i don t know that that is true, but i will say this, barton made a very courageous statement in my