ED: LET’S GO INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU ARE A DORCHESTER NATIVE. THIS ACTOR FROM HOLLYWOOD’S CLASSIC PERIOD BECAME FAMOUS OVER THE RAINBOW. CAN YOU NAME THE GUY? YOU NEED A HINT? MAYOR WALSH: I NEED AHEAD. ED: THE SCARECROW. MAYOR WALSH: DO I NEED HIS NAME? ED: YEAH. RAY BOLGER. JANET: I COULDN’T REMEMBER IT, EITHER. ED: ONE CHANCE TO GET ONE RIGHT. AUTHOR DENNIS LEHANE HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF BEST SELLING NOVELS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A LEHANE BOOK? MAYOR WALSH: C. ED: THERE YOU GO, DING DING DING. JANET: TED REINSTEIN I TALKED TO FOLKS IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND AND ONE ISSUE TRUMPED ALL THE USHERS. PLUS, REPORT CARD FOR THE MAYOR. REPORTER: THE CITY OF BOSTON GETS RELATIVELY HIGH MARKS FOR ITS OVERALL VITALITY AND DEVELOPMENT. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, EH, SOMEWHAT LESS SO. THE MAN IN CHARGE, BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH FROM IS HALFWAY THROUGH HIS SECOND TERM, A GOOD TIME TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MARKS FOLKS GIVE HIM AND THE CITY. >> THE ROADS ARE ROUGH, MAYBE. >> INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION. >> PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. THE T IS SUBOPTIMAL REGULARLY. >> THE TRAFFIC. I THINK LYFT AND UBER IS TAKING OVER. I COMMIT AN HOUR AND HALF TO WORK. >> BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TRAFFIC. REPORTER: WHAT KIND OF GRADE WOULD YOU GIVE MAYOR WALSH? >> A MINUS. >> I WOULD GIVE HIM AN A. >> I THINK HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB FOR THE CITY. HE IS DOING A LOT FOR THIS IS -- THIS IS REPETITION. >> B. DOING A GREAT JOB OF THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. >> WE WERE PROMISED HAPPY HOUR. >> I WOULDN’T WAIT ON THAT, EITHER. ED: GRADE IS NOT THAT HE MEANT-- IS NOT BAD. MAYOR WALSH: MAKE A HONOR ROLL. ED: COUPLE OF THINGS -- T, HAPPY HOUR. MAYOR WALSH: TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG ISSUE. I’M GOING DOWN TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK WITH THE GOVERNOR. TRANSPORTATION IS KEY, ALTHOUGH I DON’T CONTROL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IT IS A BIG ISSUE. STREETS, THE TRAFFIC. I AGREE WITH UBER AND LYFT ON THE STREETS. JANET: UBER AND LYFT, DO THEY NEED TO BE CONTAINED OR CONTROL MORE? MAYOR WALSH: THEY DO. JANET: CHARGING RESIDENTS $25 FOR PARKING STICKERS, PROPOSED BY MICHELLE ROUTE -- THEY DON’T PAY FOR ANYTHING. MAYOR WALSH: THAT DOESN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. JANET: CONGESTION PRICING IN SEARCH AND HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS OF THE CITY MONEY TO FRIDAY. MAYOR WALSH: LONDON DID IT AND IT WAS GREAT FOR LONDON AND NOW THEY HAVE CONGESTION PRICING AND TRAFFIC. THEY DIDN’T ADJUST TO THE CHANGE. ED: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. I WANT TO TAKE A BROADER STEP AWAY. WE HAVE VIDEO FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN TOWN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IT HAPPENED DURING THE STOP & SHOP STRIKE RALLY WHERE YOUR GOOD FRIEND JOE BIDEN JOIN YOU AT THE RALLY. YOU HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THE NOW-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. YOU HAVE A CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO ENDORSING? SETH MOULTON IS IN THE RACE, SENATOR WARRANTIES IN THE RACE, JOE BIDEN IS IN THE RACE. MAYOR WALSH: I DO HAVE A CHOICE, OBVIOUSLY. I WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SENATOR WARREN, GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH JOE BIDEN, GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MAYOR PETE. HE IS A MAYOR AND WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I’M GLAD WE HAVE GOOD CANDIDATES TO ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY RUSH FOR ME RIGHT NOW. IT IS STILL EARLY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WIN THE PRESIDENCY. JANET: LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL FUTURE. ARE YOU IN FOR A THIRD TERM? MAYOR WALSH: HONESTLY, I’M NOT FOCUSED ON THAT I KNOW. I’M FOCUSED ON DOING THE JOB. THERE ARE PEOPLE TALKING ON THE TV ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING SO I’M FOCUSED ON THAT. JANET: THERE ARE RUMORS THAT MICHELLE WU AND ANDREA CAMPBELL ARE INTERESTED. MAYOR WALSH: EVERYBODY SHOULD JUST PEOPLE WANT TO BE MAYOR, THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT. IT IS A GREAT JOB. I WON’T THE DRIVE ANYONE. I WILL MAKE MY DECISION WHEN I MAKE MY POSITION. WHEN I ANNOUNCED I WAS RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM, IT MAY NEWS. WE WILL SEE AS TIME MOVES FORWARD. JANET: RAMPANT WHISPERS ARE THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF RUNNING AGAINST U.S. SENATOR ED MARKEY FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT. MAYOR WALSH: I AM NOT RUNNING AGAINST SENATOR MARKEY. JANET: ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOT? MAYOR WALSH: HE DOES A GOOD JOB IN WASHINGTON FOR US AND HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. JANET: NO WITH A ROOM FOR CHANGE? MAYOR WALSH: POLITICS IS A FUNNY BUSINESS AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WILL NOT RULE ANYTHING OUT IN THE FUTURE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL. MAYBE IN THE FUTURE I’M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING AND MAYBE IT IF YOU TRY MONEY FOR SOMETHING. THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN BOSTON. ED: WILL ROB GRONKOWSKI BE PLAYING FOR THE PATRIOTS AFTER THANKSGIVING? MAYOR WALSH: I THINK HE COMES BACK. I DO. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TEAM IS -- IF THE TEAM IS 8-0 AND TOM BRADY CALLS HIM UP, I THINK HE IS YOUNG, I THINK HE IS GOING TO MISS THE SPORT. I KNOW HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS HEALTH AND I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS A TOUGH SPORT, BUT IT IS DESPERATE HE IS A YOUNG MAN AND WHEN PEOPLE REQUIRE AFTER 20 YEARS THEY MISS IT. JANET: THIS IS WHERE HE MAKES NEWS. ED: GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO EVERYONE IN YOUR LIFE AND HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY OUT THERE, TOO. THE ROUNDTABLE IS NEXT. ELIZABETH WARREN READING CHAPTER AND VERSE FOR THE MUELLER REPORT IN THE SENATE. BUT WITH