CIARA:

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE BILL WELD VISITED

SPRINGFIELD

TECHINCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TODAY.

WE NOW GO LIVE TO 22NEWS

REPORTER MIKE MASCIADRELLI. AND

MIKE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

SPEAK WITH WELD ABOUT HIS VISIT

AND

WHY HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.

MIKE:

BILL WELD SAID COLLEGES LIKE

S-T-C-C WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT

ROLE IN

AMERICA'S LABOR FORCE IN THE

FUTURE.

S-T-C-C PRESIDENT DR. JOHN COOK

TOOK WELD ON A TOUR OF THE

CAMPUS THIS

AFTERNOON.

THEY WALKED THROUGH THE NEW IRA

RUBENZAHL STUDENT LEARNING

COMMONS AND VISITED TECH PARK.

WELD WANTS STCC GRADS TO LEARN

THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR ARTIFICAL

INTELLIGENCE JOBS THAT'LL BE IN

THE WORKFORCE OVER THE NEXT TWO

DECADES.

HE ALSO TOLD 22NEWS WHY HE

THINKS HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE TO

BEAT PRESIDENT

TRUMP IN MASSACHUSETTS' PRIMARY.

WILLIAM WELD: REPUBLICAN

PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE

THIS IS A SO CALLED CROSS OVER

STATE" THAT PERMITS

PEOPLE TO PICK EITHER PRIMARY

BALLOT REPUBILCAN OR DEMOCRAT

AND THAT SERVED ME WELL

IN THE PAST. I WOULD GET MABYE

50 PERCENT OF REPUBLICAN VOTES

BUT INDEPENTS WOULD COME IN AND

VOTE 6 TO 1 SO WE ARE HOPING

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

MIKE:

WELD PLANS TO SPEND MOST OF HIS

TIME LEADING UP TO SUPER TUESDAY

IN

MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS

VERMONT.

HE ALSO BELIEVES HE HAS A GOOD

CHANCE TO WIN IN COLORADO AND

UTAH.

MIKE:

MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS WILL GET TO

DECIDE BETWEEN WELD AND

PRESIDENT

TRUMP AS EARLY AS NEXT MONDAY

MORNING WHEN THE STATE'S EARLY

VOTING