WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.679 By this hyper partisanship and divisive rhetoric. I wish the 2 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:10.800 race was more competitive than it was, but you know, 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:17.280 something changed is hard. I saw a card recently that 4 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:25.039 said hope has been described as a small rebellion, and so. 5 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.600 Change takes time. 6 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:31.079 You know, winning over an incumbent who has a lot 7 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:34.840 more money than you is hard enough. But when you 8 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.439 have a primary and then there's nine weeks only after 9 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.280 that primary, for a candidate that doesn't have a lot 10 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:43.719 of name recognition, it can be an uphill battle. 11 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:47.359 I knew that from the beginning. You know. 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.000 This system we have, it's very incumbent friendly. I was 13 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:54.880 with Bernie Marino and I hope Bernie Marino wins in 14 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:59.200 Ohio and we get rid of shared Brown. And Bernie 15 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:01.560 was shocked when it was in June. 16 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:03.520 He goes, what do you mean you still got a primary. 17 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.480 I said, yeah, we got primary in September, September third, 18 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.560 because that gives you like two months and I said yeah. 19 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:12.480 He goes, I don't know if I would do it, 20 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:17.040 and so but it's worth doing. 21 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:22.799 It because change takes time. But we need change in 22 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:23.319 this state. 23 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.519 All right, Well that was John Deaton speaking there conceding 24 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:31.439 the race to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has just 25 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.359 won her third term in Washington. We're going to do 26 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:38.840 a little bit of a m CAST ballot questions now 27 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:41.359 for you. There were five ballot questions on the ballot 28 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.760 today in Massachusetts. In fact, several communities had a sixth 29 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.200 and or seventh question that they had to deal with. 30 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.920 But one of the questions in Massachusetts had to do 31 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.680 with the future of the m CAST some of the buses. 32 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:54.599 Brook mccarthury takes a look right now. 33 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:57.519 It's something all tenth graders need to take to graduate, 34 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:02.200 the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessments some tests better known as mcasts. 35 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:04.959 But on the ballot is Question two, which would eliminate 36 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.639 MCAST as a high school graduation requirement. If Question two 37 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.199 does pass, students would still need to take the MCAST exams, 38 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.360 but they would no longer need to get a passing score. Instead, 39 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.120 the over three hundred school districts across the state would 40 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:22.080 set their own criteria for graduation. This would make Massachusetts 41 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.639 one of just a handful of states without a common 42 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.080 graduation standard. Those in favor of Question two say this 43 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.039 would give all students the opportunity to thrive and reach 44 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:34.280 their full potential because some don't get their diploma because 45 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.240 of it. Those against Question two argue it's unfair and 46 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.599 it's not right to grant diplomas to kids that aren't 47 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.400 ready to graduate. Less than one percent of high school 48 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.280 seniors don't get their diploma because of the mcast Brooke 49 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.840 McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News Radio. 50 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:50.039 We don't want to catch you up on some of 51 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.639 the results that perhaps you have missed so far today. 52 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.360 More polls have been closing at nine o'clock tonight. But 53 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.960 in the presidential race across the country, Kamala Harris, as expected, 54 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.280 has taken much of New England. New Hampshire undecided right now, 55 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.199 and so is Maine. But the vice president has won Vermont, 56 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.400 in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ed Rhode Island, as well as New York, 57 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.800 New Jersey and several other states. She has ninety nine 58 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:16.240 electoral votes right now. She has just picked up Ohio 59 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.800 as well. We are also looking at Donald Trump has 60 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.439 picked up Ohio. I should say here one hundred and 61 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.879 thirty seven electoral votes right now. He won Florida earlier, 62 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:28.080 as well as Tennessee in Arkansas and Oklahoma and several 63 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.080 other states. So we're watching the presidential race for you 64 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.000 throughout the evening. We'll continue to keep you posted. Several 65 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.360 college campuses reported long waits at their polling places today. 66 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.879 ABC political consultant Steve Roberts says this apparent high turnout 67 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.080 is a break in tradition from the way young people 68 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:45.120 usually vote. 69 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:48.199 Young people have always been a very important element and 70 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.719 democratic coalition, but also a very uncertain element. Young people 71 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.400 just don't vote in the numbers that older people for 72 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.159 obvious reasons. They're more mobile, they don't have the vested 73 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.439 interest in schools and taxes and street improvements, all the 74 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.639 things that tether their parents and grandparents to their communities 75 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:07.080 and incentivize them to vote. But when they do get 76 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.199 organized and they do get energized, they can be an 77 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:11.080 important factor. 78 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.280 In several colleges across the country, in fact, let their 79 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.279 students take the day off to vote. It includes Tofts, U, 80 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:20.120 mass Amherst, and Suffolk University. Senate control is up for 81 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.240 grabs this time around, and the nation has its eyes 82 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:26.079 on several key races that could flip the Senate. In Massachusetts, 83 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.319 We've told you Elizabeth Warren held on to Hurst Senate seat. 84 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.680 WBC's Emma Friedman is here with Moron. What else is 85 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.079 up for grabs, Emma Ben. 86 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:35.560 There's thirty four Senate seats up, but nine of the 87 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.879 most competitive races could ultimately decide the balance of power 88 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:43.120 in the chambers. Senate races in Montana, Ohio, Michigan, Arizona, 89 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:47.360 and Pennsylvania could shake up the democrats current slim majority. 90 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.160 One major upset already. Republican Jim Justice has won in 91 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.279 West Virginia, flipping the seat that was held by Senator 92 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.399 Joe Manchin, and results are coming in in New England. 93 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:02.079 Bernie Sanders wins Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Incumbent senators also 94 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.480 hold on to their seats. It is still early, but 95 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.199 we are getting election results pouring in here. We will 96 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.439 keep you up to date with the latest coverage. 97 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:11.480 Back to you, Ben, all right, Still too early to 98 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.519 call the key swing state of Georgia right now. It's 99 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:19.680 leaning in Donald Trump's direction, but one voter block is 100 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.680 turning things in that direction. 101 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:25.040 Our polling shows fifty four percent of independence in Georgia 102 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.560 went for Republican nominee Trump, compared to forty three percent 103 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:32.240 for Democrat Harris, but in North Carolina, the two candidates 104 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.839 tied among independents who went for President Biden in twenty twenty. 105 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.560 President Biden flipped the Peach state blue four years ago 106 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.879 in rout too, winning the White House. Many voters who 107 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.360 headed to the polls today felt like their votes carried 108 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.360 a little extra weight this time around. WBC's Hyle Shaffle 109 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:49.439 caught up with some of them. 110 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:51.120 For so many of the voters I talked to, this 111 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.839 is not just a humdrum election. It's the big one. 112 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.319 It's probably the most input an election that I can 113 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.000 remember in my entire. 114 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.519 Lifetime, your entire lifetime. 115 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.680 And I'm old, I'm seventy two. 116 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.920 That was the general sentiment among voters at a West 117 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.639 Roxbury polling station. Absolutely incredibly important election. 118 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:10.959 Oh absolutely, this is a hugely important election. 119 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:13.959 That sense of urgency maybe what drove people to the polls. 120 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.160 With election workers telling me they had a steady poor 121 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:17.480 of voters all day. 122 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.439 I will tell you that I'm absolutely thrilled to see 123 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:20.920 how many people have come out to vote. 124 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.839 It has been amazing. 125 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:24.720 To put things in perspective. People were so motivated to 126 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:26.720 vote this time. More than a third of all registered 127 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.240 Massachusetts voters cast a ballot early this year. Kyle Shaffeld 128 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.000 to be Busy Boss's Radio. 129 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:33.720 It's still a long way to go before we know 130 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:36.920 who has won the White House. But if former President 131 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.839 Donald Trump does win this time around to do something 132 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.519 that hasn't been done since the late eighteen hundreds, become 133 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.399 president for a second non consecutive term. The first and 134 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.240 only time it was done, Grover Cleveland turned the trick, 135 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.519 elected as the twenty second and then again the twenty 136 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:56.800 fourth president in the late eighteen hundreds. Cleveland's loss in 137 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.279 eighteen eighty eight featured in winning the popular vote, but 138 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.399 he lost with fewer electoral votes. The iconic Empire State 139 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.839 Buildings getting in on the election results this year. The 140 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.600 building decked out in red, white, and blue when it 141 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:10.639 comes to results. If a swing state is called for 142 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.839 Vice President Harris, the building will shine blue for five minutes. 143 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.399 A state called for former President Trump, the building will 144 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:19.480 light up in red for five minutes, and if the 145 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.600 race is called tonight, the building will shine either red 146 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.720 or blue for the rest of the evening. We will 147 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.759 be bringing you election results throughout the evening here on WBZ. 148 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.040 Don't forget. You can always hear us streaming on the 149 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.680 iHeartRadio app. More results and more of Dan Ray and 150 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:37.839 Nightside coming up in just a couple of minutes. Here 151 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.000 on WBZ, I'm Ben Parker. 152 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:46.759 Nightside with Dan Ray, Election Night in America, WBZ, Boston's 153 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.639 news Radio. 154 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.839 Well back at you here on a very important night. 155 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.879 My name is Dan Ray, the host of Nightside. Have 156 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.759 the honor tonight to talk to several guests who are 157 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.519 people who are well steeped in the tradition of Massachusetts politics, 158 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.399 and none more steep than my next guest, Former Congressman 159 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:10.199 Mike Capaano. Mike Capaano, Welcome back to Night'side. Always good 160 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.279 to have you on, particularly on an election night. 161 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:14.680 I love talking to idian. 162 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.000 So on a night like tonight, You've been through what 163 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.040 uh ten or so elections to Congress, you were the 164 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:27.040 mayor of Somerville. Do the juices still float? Is the 165 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:30.000 adrenaline flow as you're watching this? Are you like, you 166 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.639 know the former guy that you know played in the 167 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.240 NFL or the major leagues who still gets excited about 168 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.759 watching NFL on Sunday or a Major League Baseball at 169 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.399 a World Series in playoff. 170 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.879 Time significantly less than you might think. I mean, really, 171 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.600 you're in the ring so long you kind of get tired. 172 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.120 And I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm desperately interested 173 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:52.399 in the outcome of this election, but the juices are 174 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:55.200 really interested in the outcome, not so much the game 175 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.080 so much anymore. 176 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.840 Okay, Now, I know that you were never, in any way, 177 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:05.240 shape or form a big fan of Donald Trump. Can 178 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:09.639 you explain to me from your perspective, how, after all 179 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.720 that he has been through that he's still standing. I mean, 180 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.840 this is a guy, you know, ben impeached, been indicted, 181 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:17.559 been shot. 182 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:18.279 At all of this. 183 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:21.840 Most everybody around. 184 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:23.159 Yeah. Absolutely. 185 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:25.080 I don't know if he's personally insulted you or not. 186 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:29.480 But I've never had the honor of having him on 187 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:33.159 my show, and I've always been convinced that he can 188 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:38.720 win the Republican nomination if he wanted it. But I 189 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.039 don't know that he can win tonight, And of course 190 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.320 we'll know that he's the only Republican. 191 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.840 I think he's the only Republican we can beat at 192 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:49.840 this point in time. I think the Democratic label is 193 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.639 a little bit damage at the moment on a national scale. 194 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:56.919 But I think Donald Trump himself has significantly damaged on 195 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:00.759 a national scale. So we'll see. It's is very It's 196 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.919 gonna be an interesting election. I think I don't know 197 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.200 too many people who are terribly excited to vote for somebody. 198 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.399 A lot of people I know voting against somebody. 199 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:12.759 Yeah, I said, a friend of mine looked for my 200 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:17.360 predictions today, and I simply paraphrased Rick Patino and sent 201 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.320 back a text that said, Jack Kennedy and Ronald Reagan 202 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:24.200 are not through not walking through that door anytime soon. 203 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.480 Uh and and you long for the day of that. 204 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:31.919 How much of a mistake. And it has to have 205 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:36.919 been a tremendous mistake for for former President Trump not 206 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.480 to invite Nikki Haley out on. 207 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:45.639 US trail with him. I mean, really, I don't get it. 208 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.360 It's almost political malepractice, you know, like an I know 209 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:53.200 she's said some tough things about him, But in publitical business, 210 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:55.759 you're supposed to have a thick skin. You're supposed to 211 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.200 understand that when the campaign's out there, it's like it's 212 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.120 like a contest on a football field. Nobody goes out 213 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.799 there and gives half half a loaf. They give everything 214 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.559 they got, including against their best friend, and once the 215 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.919 game is over, you shake hands, move on, you know, 216 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:12.399 and you get on the maybe on the same team 217 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.919 next year. But all that being said, I couldn't agree 218 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.960 with you more. It's a huge mistake not to have 219 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:19.639 reached out to her. Don't get me wrong, He's a 220 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:21.360 good Democrat. I'm glad he made that mistake. 221 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:25.559 Yeah, and there were others. I don't think that he 222 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.519 campaigned with DeSantis or Rubio or many others. 223 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:31.039 It almost my knowledge. 224 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:34.799 It's almost seems to me that given a choice between 225 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:43.039 winning with the help of say Nikki Haley, or realizing 226 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:45.840 that he would lose, that he almost would prefer to 227 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:49.639 lose then to have to share any credit for a win. 228 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:53.600 And that to me is I'd like to talk to 229 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:58.320 some psychologists a psychiatrist about that decision, who might have 230 00:11:58.360 --> 00:11:59.240 a minor. 231 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:03.399 In two he might he governed that way as well. 232 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.320 He didn't govern He governed by browbeating his Republican friends 233 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.559 and totally ignoring Democrats. You know, that's he did that 234 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.600 for four years. And that's one of the reasons you asked. 235 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:17.960 In my opinion, he didn't show any of the business 236 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:21.519 acumen of trying to work with people at all other 237 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.879 than people who agree with him. And I don't think 238 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.519 there's a successful businessman in the world who hasn't learned 239 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.840 how to work with other. 240 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.440 People, including competitors. 241 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.120 Especially competitors. Now me, you compete when you compete, but 242 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.200 then you try to get on the same side if 243 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:40.840 you can. It's a game of addition, just like life. 244 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.039 It's not a game of division. 245 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.639 It just isn't that he assuming that. 246 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.559 He were to win tonight, and I'm not making that assumption. 247 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.399 But if he were to win tonight, do you think 248 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.799 he will govern any differently in a second term? 249 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.440 No, I think I personally think it'll be worse. I 250 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:59.320 think he will have vindicated himself. Everything I have said, 251 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.919 everything I have done, has now been vindicated, so I 252 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.519 will do whatever I want to do. I think it 253 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:05.720 will be worse than the first two. 254 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:13.639 It's it's it's it's an interesting night. It's a fascinating night. 255 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:17.840 I hope that when this is over, whoever wins, everyone 256 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:21.879 at least gives them a chance to do the right thing, 257 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.679 even if in the case of Donald Trump it's probably 258 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:29.799 not likely. But I hope that whoever wins, you and 259 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:32.399 I both can say well, that person is our president 260 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.840 until they start. 261 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.440 To stir up back right from your lips to Gazias, 262 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:41.039 I totally agree. And you know, it's just the country 263 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:44.600 is too divided. It's too there's too much animosity out there. 264 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:47.559 And again, I've been in lots of street fights politically, 265 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.240 and you know, fine, but I've also made friends as 266 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.960 we go along, some people that I'm probably with today 267 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:55.559 that I never would have thought I was friendly with 268 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:59.840 thirty years ago. Why because things change, different issues come up, 269 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.279 you work together, you realize, Okay, they're not so bad, 270 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:04.000 and maybe I can be with them the next time. 271 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:08.480 It's again, it's life, and I just I hope you're 272 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.600 one hundred percent right. I pray to God you are. 273 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:12.759 I think the country really needs it. 274 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.559 You know, in another time and in another place, you 275 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.039 were considered sort of the Democratic firebrand. 276 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.240 There were some comments. 277 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:24.000 That you and I don't have to recall that you 278 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:28.879 made at rallies, which some of the Democrats will say, hey, 279 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.399 can you keep it down a little bit, But today 280 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.879 you would be considered a moderate Democrat within the contest 281 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.600 of the National Democratic Party. How tough is that? 282 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.360 It's again, I think it's one of the reasons the 283 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:45.960 Democratic Party is struggling a little bit. I don't think 284 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.039 we should be, but I think we are because of 285 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:51.240 things like that. We have radicals in the party as well. 286 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.000 Many of them are activists in the party, just like 287 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:57.360 the Republican Party. And there are a lot of moderate 288 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.919 regular people just going ahead a dated basis, try to 289 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.320 make a living, try to make ends meet, and they 290 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.639 want to be on the Democratic side. But they look 291 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.000 around and they see some of the things that they 292 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.240 just don't want to hear about. You know. They don't 293 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:11.840 want to be told, you know, what kind of a 294 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.000 neighborhood they have to live in. They don't want to 295 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.919 be told they have to be a needle exchange or 296 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:19.120 whatever it might be next to their own house, you know, 297 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:21.360 and they don't want to hear it, so that you 298 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.279 know there And my problem is that there are too 299 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.279 many politicians who refuse to then go out and actually 300 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.679 solicit and listen to the opinions of others. There's always 301 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.240 some issues where a politician is going to have to say, look, 302 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.879 I love and respect my constituents, but on this issue, 303 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.159 it's a moral issue to me, I have to do X. 304 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.039 But we're supposed to represent the people that we that 305 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.960 elect us, and sometimes that means you do things that 306 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.879 maybe you don't personally share one hundred percent, but that's 307 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.720 what the job is, at least I think that's what 308 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.240 the job is. 309 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.279 Well, you did the job for a long time, and 310 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.759 you did really well, and you're a Democrat that certainly 311 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.159 had the respect at the time, and you still will 312 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.519 have the respect and you are always welcome here at nightside. 313 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:07.480 Mike Capawano, I want you to get back in the game. Thanks, 314 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.039 thanks so much, my friend. Okay, we will talk again, 315 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:12.000 and we'll talk soon. Thank you, Mike, say aha to 316 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:16.600 Boubra form. We have Elizabeth Warren would be speaking pretty soon, 317 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.799 so stay with us and we have more guests coming 318 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.200 up and more program on this special election night twenty 319 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:27.240 twenty four coverage. 320 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:31.159 If you're listening to comprehensive coverage of the twenty twenty 321 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:35.360 four election on New England's news leader WBZ News Radio. 322 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:41.679 Campaign without money from corporate superpacks, we prove them wrong 323 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:50.720 again and we financed our campaigns from the grassroots. Even 324 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:55.639 more experts and insiders said, okay, you won, but progress 325 00:16:55.759 --> 00:17:01.080 will be slow to impossible, so go small but together 326 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:03.919 we demonstrated that we. 327 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.880 Can make change, big change. 328 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.640 And here's where early gets to be fun. We beat 329 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:19.839 big Pharma and now we have thirty five dollars insulin. Yeah, 330 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:24.279 we've capped out of pocket prescription drug costs of Medicare 331 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.680 can now negotiate lower drug prices. 332 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.240 Yeah. 333 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:36.440 We beat big oil and pass the most ambitious climate 334 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:45.799 legislation in history. Oh and better yet, we paid for 335 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:53.079 it with my plan for a minimum tax on billionaire corporations. 336 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:02.599 And now Amazon and other billionaire corporations are paying for 337 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:13.799 our investments in a greener, cleaner America. We beat the 338 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:17.240 big banks on Wall Street, and we cracked down on 339 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:23.640 overdraft and jump fees. I led the charge to create 340 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:30.960 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau GHOSTS, and now with a 341 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.519 cop on the beat, big banks have been forced to 342 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:40.559 return more than twenty billion dollars directly to consumers. They 343 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:47.519 cheated that CFPB has survived every attack, and I got 344 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:52.200 news for Wall Street. The CFPB is here to stay. 345 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:56.039 Yeah. 346 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:01.400 We got billions of dollars for roads, bridges, broadband, Cape, 347 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:08.799 Codbridge's East West Rail, and enough help so that even 348 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:14.079 when our economy was hit by COVID. Massachusetts towns didn't 349 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:19.480 have to lay off a single teacher, firefighter, police officer, librarian, 350 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:22.000 town clerk, or anyone. 351 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.839 Else who served our communities. 352 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:31.039 And Lord, we need to do more, but make no mistake, 353 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:36.759 every one of these accomplishments is living proof that we 354 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:40.200 can make government work for people. 355 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:47.480 Senator Elizabeth Warren. They were hearing Senator Elizabeth Warren. She 356 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:51.960 won reelection today in Massachusetts, her third term as Senator 357 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:56.039 in Massachusetts, beating John Deton pretty handily. A results have 358 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:58.599 not all been counted, but it's a bit about seventy 359 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:01.960 percent or so for or Elizabeth Warren in the early counting. 360 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.240 And again she wins reelection to the US Senate over 361 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:09.680 John Deaton in the election today campaign. 362 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:21.359 Twenty twenty four America votes. This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. 363 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.960 Sixty four degrees in Boston. It is nine to thirty 364 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.279 on election day. Good evening. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. 365 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.640 About half the country is done voting. Polls closed in 366 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.480 Massachusetts at eight o'clock this evening. There were long lines 367 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.400 in many of the polling places today. In fact, so 368 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:38.119 many people voted in Boston. That's some extra ballots had 369 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:42.200 to be dispatched to certain polling stations this afternoon as 370 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.839 they ran out of ballots. We'll crunch some of the 371 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.839 numbers for you coming up in just a couple of minutes. 372 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.240 Right now. 373 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:51.039 On update on what's happening across the country from ABC News. 374 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:55.319 This is a special report from ABC News. Your Voice, 375 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:58.680 Your Vote. I'm Dave Hacker. New projections this hour. Based 376 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:01.359 on our exit poll, ABC News projects that Donald Trump 377 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:04.839 will win in Louisiana and Kamala Harris will win in 378 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.599 New York, Rhode Island, and Delaware. And based on those 379 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:10.720 exit polls, we project that Democrat Blunt Rochester wins the 380 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:14.440 Senate race in that state, Heriston Jillibrand keeps her New 381 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.759 York set at seat. ABC News also projecting that Florida's 382 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.920 abortion band referendum will fail, meaning a six week abortion 383 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.119 band will stay in place. 384 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.680 Back to the race for the White House. 385 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.839 All eyes on the battleground state of Pennsylvania tonight, and 386 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:29.880 we may not know the winner there tonight. Governor Joshuapiro, 387 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.039 pleading with the public and pressed to be patients, saying 388 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.559 counting the votes takes time. 389 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:38.279 Counting millions of votes accurately. It takes some time. 390 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:41.039 Our goal is to get it right. 391 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.279 Pennsylvania's nineteen electoral votes could be the key to winning 392 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.599 this razor close election. 393 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:51.119 This is ABC News, this is WBZ News Radio. Don't 394 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.920 forget keep it tuned to us. We are keeping you 395 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.480 up to date on election Day twenty twenty four. We 396 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:57.319 will be here for you throughout the evening and of 397 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.599 course always streaming on the iHeartRadio. We heard just a 398 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:04.119 short time ago from Elizabeth Warren. She won re election 399 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:08.920 third term to the US Senate. She defeated Attorney John Deaton. 400 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:12.119 He gave his concession speech at Nash Bar on Tremont 401 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.279