mr. rhodes a question. could one of you give a background kind of on how integrity tests are conducted at the airports. >> i can give you some insight. integrity testing in tsa went into high gear shortly after a media story about ipads had taken place. our tsa office of inspection will come out and run test items through, cash cards, money, dvds, clones and things like that. so the testing items come out, conduct the integrity tests. they're come through with these items and the federal security director will get a call and we will be notified of the outcome. they'll say we came through with x, y, z items. can you recover them for us. i will give you an example which i think that you certainly will appreciate. one of the items that they're notorious for planting in an airport are pens. they'll though a pen on the floor, let's say in cue, and tsa picks it up and doesn't turn it in. they'll fly back out a couple of investigators and they'll literally interrogate them and push for a resignation or and i know

mr. rhodes, that somebody just quit. >> yes. >> if that was the intention, it certainly worked. mr. livingston, let me just start with you because you reported that you indeed did suffer discrimination at tsa. is that right? >> yes, ma'am. >> what was the basis for the discrimination? >> it started with the disability harassment. then it was based on my veteran status, they were making fun of me for my service connected to disabilities. then it started as the management directed official in a case for eeo. i found against the senior ses for preselection. then it started with the sexual harassment, another ses asked me to lie and i refused. then there was another case where i reported serious security violations and it started -- that same official security violations and it started -- that same official testified against me in my erc or my probationary period. >> this seems like one thing leads to another. >> if you tell the truth in tsa, you will be targeted. i call it the lord of the flies. you either attack or be attacked. >> ma'am, if i may? >> yes. >> i was accused of going nat

mr. rhodes, mr. brainard, have you seen examples of waste in your positions? >> yes, sir. in minneapolis we built a regional headquarters for a regional director that had no intentions of coming to minneapolis. he stated -- he stayed in michigan. throughout that whole process as i worked with the office of real estate, i would identify why are we spending $300,000 on an office space that this regional director has no intention of coming to? mr. rhodes: we are in the process right now of minneapolis changing that, but we are going to spend more money to revamp that office for coordination center where we should have done that at the beginning. mr. rhoades: we identified that years ago. i identified that years ago, but what happens is when you make suggestions like that, they move around you or you get cut out of the meeting and you're not consulted anymore. we have already spent $300,000 on this office space, and we are going to spend, i don't know, $150,000, potentially more, when we should have done that up front. it's gross mismanagement. mr. duncan: the easiest thing in

sanders won rhode island. mrs. clinton is closing in on her party's nomination. she earned 90% of the delegates she is needed to clinch the nomination and that puts her 240 delegate away from that goal. we'll see what happens. it was a huge day for donald trump. the republican front runner swept all five of the day's primaries as the race heads to the midwest and then to the west. we go now to the washington bureau. 1kwr50eu good morning to y'all. it is hard to do better than trump did on tuesday. he won all contests in a landslide. let's start with connecticut which was the closest race of the night meaning trump only won by 29 points, more than double john kasich and he won every county in the state and picked up all 28 delegates up for grabs. trump hit 60% and scored all sick teen delegates. many believed kasich could pick up a few delegates in the states close to dc, but trump dominated and picked up 35 delegates. rhode island awards its delegates proportionally and kasich and ted cruz picked up their only of the night. one for cruz who their -- who narrowly

mr. rhodes, you told committee staff that after march 1st, 2015 no one has told you that they believe wait times are being falsified. is that what you said to the committee staff? >> ma'am, i described to the committee staff that on march 1st, 2015 i was aware of an incident at minneapolis where a manager was in our coordination center. he was counting the wait times of the people in the check point que and he was pulled away to respond to a real incident at the airport. he had counted approximately 18 minutes and then a new manager came in and i believe she counted either somewhere around five. but we reported 18. >> so is that a yes or no? >> that's, as best as i can tell, is march 1, 2015. but as i stated earlier, ma'am, when the airport police start having police officers count your wait time, it's an indication of trust. and so i would maybe look at that as the measurement, that when police organizations at airports are starting to count the wait times of your check point security que, then something is wrong. >> but to that question, you don't have a yes or no? >> i don't have any in

and so we said what about rhode island, oh, mr. trump you are doing so well in rhode island you don't have to both. i said i am bothering, set it up and that was yesterday morning and my team in rhode island has been so amazing and i just want to thank everybody, the team has been, the team has been so great and i want to thank them. [chanting] >> folks, folks, don't even think about it. it will be built. don't think about p. it don't waste your breath. it will be built, believe me, believe me, it will be built and go up fast and big and high and strong. and it's going to help stop drugs from pouring in rhode island where you have a big problem and everywhere else including new hampshire which is my first big victory. one woman came up to me and said mr. trump, we have a terrible heroin problem in new hampshire and i look and see the beautiful trees and beautiful roadways lakes, what dew mean heroin? >> it is their single biggest problem. if i win, we'll stop this problem from poisoning our are youth fast. and it is all coming from

mr. rhodes worked closely with lee hamilton in his career who was the author of the report.ben worked closely are congressman hamilton to write that report. hoe has his own knowledge of this. the report concluded they were not able to find evidence of the saudi arabian government as an institution or that officials were knowingly supportive of the 9/11 plotters. our concerns stem flaum from our view that protecting sovereignty is important and walking back from that core principle could have a significant impact on our ability to do business around the world even worse it could put our service members in harm's way. that would make it harder to engage and cooperate with countries like saudi arabia who have been helpful going after isis and al-qaeda elements in yemen and counter activities throughout the middle east. [inaudible question] >> the administration has worked to support the 9/11 families and we work hard to offer support to the rescue workers who risked their lives to rescue and rebuild at ground zero. that is the president's record in supporting 9/11 and those who

mr. trump: you want to see. rhode island today. they said, your poll numbers are so high there, mr. ump. over 60%. i said, oh i get it. because i am doing so well, i am not going to take of the people of rhode island? i had a little slot, we flew up to rhode island. we gave them 10-hour notice. the place was packed. thelew down to delaware other day, unbelievable people. we went to maryland a couple times. packed, packed, packed. i have been all over. unbelievable. i tell you. unbelievable. it has been so great. i hear we are doing great all of the place. but a little bit about rhode island. rhode island. you want to take care of people who are with you. i don't want to hear, you are doing great that's why you don't have together. no, no. if i am doing great and those people like me, that is where we want to go, am i right? so we are going to do great. so tomorrow is a really big, big day. so here's the story at the end. because of me, everyone now sees that the republican primary system is totally rigged and broken. non two candidates who have path to victory. they have no path. the

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, may i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. this is the 133rd climate speech that i have delivered and it has been an amazing week. on saturday, "the new york times" posted its cover story about dying coral reefs in our oceans. on sunday, the cover story in "the providence journal" was about drowning salt marshes in rhode island. both are the handiwork of climate change. but even more amazing, listen to what a koch brothers operative said last week -- and i quote -- "charles has said the climate is changing so the climate is changing." that was cheryl corrigan speaking of koch industries, the massive fossil fuel conglomerate led by charles and david koch. and the "charles" was charles koch. she went on, "i think he's also said, and we believe that humans have a part in that." climate change is real, it see seems, and manmade, if even they will say so.

the gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk raise. >> at this staff would please distribute the amendment. [inaudible conversations] without objection the amendment is considered red in the gentleman from rhode island is recognizer five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i will be brief. i offer this amendment today to ensure the m. d.a. is equipped with fly before you buy capability so that it may make the most cost-effective mission driven decision possible and cheering the redesign kill vehicle prevented the privilege of chairing the strategic forces subcommittee of few congresses ago and i believe this language is both helpful and necessary. not only does the missile defense agency of her with this type and this quality of testing but i believe many members of the subcommittee concur as well and i'm hoping this will be a bipartisan amendment and vote tonight on this amendment creates this amendment does not require any specific number of tests. let me repeat that, this amendment was this not

rhode island? oh, that's okay, mr. trump. you're doing so well in rhode island. you don't have to bother. i said, i'm bothering. set it up. set it up. and that was yesterday morning. and i'll tell you what. my team in rhode island has been so amazing. and i just want to thank everybody. the team. the team has been so great, and i want to thank them. [ crowd chanting "trump" ] [ crowd chanting "build that wall" ] folks, folks. don't even think about it. it will be built. don't even think about it. don't waste your breath. it will be built. believe me. believe me. it will be built. and it will go up fast and it will be big and it will be high and strong. and it's going to help stop the drugs from pouring in to rhode island where you have a big problem. and everywhere else. including new hampshire, which is my first big victory. and one woman came up to me and said, mr. trump, we have a terrible, terrible heroin problem in new hampshire. and i look and i see the beautiful trees. the beautiful roadways. the beautiful everything. the lakes. i say, what do you mean heroin? she said, it's our si

rhode island. >> i want to thank mr. wilson. his work on this mark has been incredibly bipartisan, has been the important issues that we have dealt with over the year in our committee's jurisdiction. we oversee some very important aspects of the department of defense, including u.s. cyber command and the nsa. special operations command. defensive research products agency and the office of naval research among just a few to be identified. this work has been incredibly important and meaningful and i thank the chairman and the members of the subcommittee for their hard work and due diligence. i would especially like to recognize etc staff, lindsay, pete, kevin, katie, like us they work together in a bipartisan manner. and focus on producing legislation that is in the best interest of our national security and i thank them all for their hard work and expert counsel. i'm very proud of the mark before us today. from tooth to nail we touch on critical policies and programs. the strategic operational and tactical levels. this begins wit

serve and a member of the foreign affairs committee, david cicilline from the great state of rhode island. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank the gentleman for his leadership on this very important issue on forced arbitration which is dennying many americans to have their grievances heard. and i thank the gentleman and mr. conyers as many of my colleagues have said, forced arbitration denies individuals the most basic right to have their grievances heard. no court, no lawyer, no judicial proceedings, all the things that we have over many centuries that we have recognized to be essential. but there is an area that i want to speak about tonight where forced arbitration i think is particularly damaging and particularly unfair. in the coming weeks, i will introduce legislation that will protect the rights of our troops to pursue justice in our courts. my legislation will clarify the original intent of the uniform services employment services rights act and allow veterans and service members to have their claims heard in court. this legislation was intended to protect th

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, may i ask unanimous consent that the president quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i am here today to highlight law enforcement legislation that would help crack down on human trafficking, terrorism financing, money laundering, the narcotics trade, tax evailsvation, public corruption and a litany of other crimes in the united states and around the world. these crimes all involve money, and the united states has become a favorite destination for criminals looking to hide it. earlier this month, the international consortium of investigative journalists published the first of the so-called ""panama papers,"" a leak of11.5 million confidential documents from a panama-based law firm that sets up shell corporations and tax shelters for wealthy clients. the documents we've seen so far show that, along with the caribbean islands you might expect, several american states are popular places to form shell corpora

mr. thompson: i'm proud to serve along with my colleague from rhode island, mr. langevin, as co-chair of the career and education caucus. in that role i'm excited to learn of students in the pennsylvania fifth congressional district who are exceling in preparation for careers in growing technical education fields. today i want to congratulate justin deeths, a student at oil city high school who studies welding at the technology center. last december, he won first place in the annual pittsburgh section of the american welding society competition. on march 29, justin was awarded $100 for this accomplishment. a new welding helmet, jacket, and gloves along with a week at the lincoln electric welding school and qualification in x-ray welding. this is quite an achievement which will undoubtedly open new doors for justin. i wish him the best of success in his future endeavors. mr. speaker, career and technical education transforms lives. america needs a robust re-authorization of the perkins act. thank you, and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

rhode island. oh, that's okay, mr. trump. you are doing so well in rhode island, you don't have to bother. i am bothering, set it up. [ cheers ] that was yesterday morning, i will tell you what, my team in rhode island has been so amazing and i want to thank everybody that the team has been -- the team has been so great and i want to thank them. [ cheers [ cheers ] [ build that wall ] [ audience cheering ] >> folks, don't even think about it. it will be built. [ cheers ] don't waste your breath. it will be built. believe me. it will be built and it will go up fast and it will be big and high and strong. new hampshire, my first victory. one woman came up to me and said we have a terrible heroin problem in new hampshire. i look and i see the beautiful trees and road ways and everything, the lakes and i say, what do you mean heroin and they said it was a single problem. if i win, we are going to stop this problem from poisoning our youth. fast. it is all coming from the same place, folks. we'll get it stop. i want to talk to you about a couple of things and i do this. it is almost like i just

locked in the tight battle right now with bernie sanders in connecticut and rhode island, mrs. clinton well ahead in pennsylvania. but she doesn't have to worry about the establishment, they're on her side firmly of the understa -- the gop is in chaos. he may be unstoppable. but at this point anything could happen in cleveland. and that is a memo. >>> now, to the top story tonight reaction joining us from florida, brit hume. so indiana, i think is the play here. while it's true that if john kasich doesn't really show up and do any ads and campaign he will still get single digits. but you figure about 10% of his support will go somewhere else. cruz or trump, i guess some could go to trump. >> well, i think some would go to trump, bill, and that is the fly in the ointment in this strategy. you can certainly count on trump getting some of these potential john kasich voters if he doesn't show up and campaign. in order for the strategy to work cruz would have to get the lion's share of the potential john kasich vote enough to overtake trump. i mean, that could happen. that may happe

mrs. clinton's campaigns in rhode island and connecticut on the weekend and in wilmington on monday for a rally at the world live cafÈ at the queen theater at 11:15. that it open to the public. senator bernie sanders is coming to wilmington as well for a 4:00 p.m. rally. but that's today. the free public event will be at the chase center on riverfront. doors open at 1:00. later this morning in philadelphia, sanders' supporters will rally outside city hall. they're holding a march to build local support ahead of tuesday's primary in pennsylvania. after the march supporters say they will fan out across the city to knock on doors encouraging people to vote for sanders. volunteers will also be getting out the vote for the republican candidate, john kasich. a rally is planned for this morning at kasich's headquarters on paoli pike in chester county. kasich is far behind in the delegate count but is promising he is staying in the race for the long haul. the delaware and pennsylvania primaries are just three days away. voters in both states head to the polls tuesday the 26th. new jersey voters g

he scored a decisive victory tonight in connecticut, maryland, pennsylvania and rhode island. mr. trump now says he has delivered knockout blows to senator cruz and governor kasich. >> i use the analogy of the boxer. when the boxer knocks out the other boxer you don't have to wait for a decision. that's what it is. and that's what happened tonight, last week in new york and that's what's been happening throughout. we have millions more votes, millions more than cruz. we have millions more than kasich. i mean kasich, now i guess he was one in 417 seen now he is one in 46. >> the boxers remain in the ring and don't seem to be going anywhere. to connecticut today there was a huge turnout. one newspaper reporting 52% of the people in greenwich, connecticut, turned out to vote. that compares to 14% when mitt romney was the nominee in 2012. joining us is j.r. romano. thank you for joining us this early morning hour. mr. trump says, as you heard, he's the presumptive nominee and it is time for cruz and kasich to drop out. do you think he is and should they leave the race. >> it is part o

we're awaiting rally from republican front-runner donald trump scheduled for a few minutes in rhode island. mrump looking for clean sweep of suddenly very important primaries in the east. as john kasich and ted cruz appear to be coordinating campaign appearances in an effort to prevent trump from winning battle for delegate. we'll see if trump addresses that shortly. >> hillary clinton meanwhile, excuse me, is holding a rally in wilmington, delaware, this morning. she is hoping for a sweep in tomorrow's primaries and trying to pivot to a campaign against donald trump however bernie sanders is not making task easy for her. more on that. >>> big news from the world of sports. tom brady's four-game suspension from the ntl has been reinstated by an appeals court. sportscaster jim gray joins us for analysis. all ahead, "happening now." see ya. harris: thank you, jon. >> school required to stop their rendition of the national anthem at the 9/11 memorial last week because they didn't have permit. one guard gave them okay at first. we have a video of security halting the kids performance halfway throu

mr. trump. we're coming into his neighborhood. i'm going to give him new york and connecticut and rhode island. i'll say mr.s new jersey and pennsylvania. i'll give him maryland and delaware and west virginia as well. i'll leave indiana. out in the west ted cruz has done very well. let's just say as we go forward this could change, but it's to give you a sense of the difficulty of the math. let's say cruz is winning out in these states out here. we'll come down here and go up here. i'll leave california. i've left california and indi a indiana. trump has 993, assuming he does very well here. he could do better or worse, but for the sake of the hypothetical. who wins indiana. ted cruz thinks he'll win it. let's say he gets it. even if you gave it to donald trump and go back here, he gets a little bit closer. the big prize obviously california on june 7th. if this goes to donald trump and i gave him all the delegates and i gave him indiana he's just shy. >> 1,222. >> this would be difficult for republicans to say sorry mr. trump if he go the that close, but i did this in an incredibly generous way. under a ve

mr. mayor, fifth state, is that rhode island hillary clinton might not win?mary katharine. >> my question is, it's a very good night for trump, whether the margins of victory translate into momentum for him. this is not a momentum race for him. he's not going to get 1,237 tonight. he has to deal with indiana and california. are voters influenced by margins tonight? >> how many of the 54 delegates donald trump wins in pennsylvania and, secondly, how many of the individual congressional districts does he win because you have uncommitted delegates saying i'll go with the district, and if that happens they are trump delegates as well. >> as a pennsylvanian were you concerned at any point about john kasich being from a neighboring state of ohio and from -- >> what concerned me, i got three phone calls in a day. here's the kick, recommending delegates, they said they were unaffiliated with the candidate. i collected, they were for kasich. >> jake, i'm looking forward three more hours, voters have an opportunity to cast ballots and watch cnn and we'll give you highl

mr. furstenberg at the 2016 meeting of american historians in providence rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. your book focuses on five french aristocrats, who were they? these were upper-level aristocrats. they descended from the highest level of the french nobility. all of them are liberals who had participated in the early stages of the french revolution. until it became too radical and a sense for them and they were forced to flee the country. ,or the five that i focused on all who came to the united istes, the most famous today one who later became the french foreign minister under napoleon. he spent a couple years in the united states. he had been an archbishop in the french church and he was the person actually who proposed the nationalization of church land during the french revolution. duke whoigure was the was lafayette's brother-in-law. he had actually participated in the american revolution. he had fought alongside lafayette and washington. he had gone back to france to lead some of the noble reforms here it he in fact, provided -- presided over the const

mr. furstenberg the 20 16th annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. fursternberg, your book focuses on five french aristocrats. who are they? prof. furstenberg: these were upper-level aristocrats. they descended from a highest level of the french nobility. all of them were liberals who had participated in the early stages of the french revolution. until it became too radical for them and were forced to flee the country. for the 5 that are focused, all who came to the united states, the most famous is one who later became the french foreign minister under napoleon. he spent a couple years in the united states. he had been an archbishop in the french church. he was the person that imposed the nationalization of church land. another figur

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. this weekend the rhode island school for the deaf will celebrate 125 years as an educational institution that serves deaf and hard of hearing students in rhode island. each year approximately 12,000 children are born with some level of hearing loss in this country. the school of the deaf provides education for deaf and hearing impaired children when they are born and throughout their school. the program helps develop english and american sign language school. and the middle and senior high school programs provides quality education as well as vocational programs to participate fully in social activities and athletic events alongside hearing children. i applaud the extraordinary educators and staff of the rhode island school of the deaf for their ongoing work to serve deaf and hearing impaire

mr. sicily of rhode island? >> thank you. thank you for your service and for being here today. i want to turn again do the issue of china and and after president obama and president zymet met in washington on the 31st of march. the two leaders affirmed cyber commitments and agreed to insure their full implementation. five days after that, admiral rogers testified to congress that and i quote cyber operations from china are still targeting and exploiting the u.s. government defense industry academic and private computer networks. so my first question is are you aware of cases in which the chinese government may have supported cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property from the u.s. targets since september of 2015 and how is the state department in conjunction with the rest of the u.s. government addressing these challenges? >> i think there are two things going on here. it's no surprise that countries try to get information about other countries. and that goes on every day and it continues to go on of course from china in the direction of the united states. where we've drawn a

mr. sanders -- >> four. >> rhode island, yeah, okay.ers has not won a single state with a closed primary. sanders has to win six out of ten delegates to deny her the nomination. >> right. 3 >> so what does bernie sanders want? >> so some of the things that we're not paying attention to here is not that just bernie sanders won't have enough pledged delegate, but hillary clinton won't. even if she wins the next five state, she will not reach based on the california primary, 475 delegates, tied in california right now and he keeps moving up. she will not reach -- >> is he shooting for an open convention? it is a narrow path. >> it is a narrow path for both of them to clirchl the nomination. >> narrow path for bernie sanders. >> rules are the rules. simple as that. half of the party is divided right now and don't forget, we have the majority of new -- new voter registrations, registrants are independents. 43% of them are independents. people who would probably be democrats 20 years ago. >> is he shooting for an open convention? is that what

mrs. clinton holds a recall -- rally in rhode island today. >>> donald trump turned his focus to connecticut. he comes to west chester university monday. ted cruz campaigns in pittsburgh today. he had rallies in other parts of pennsylvania yesterday. john kasich is spending the day in rhode island. pennsylvania, rhode island, connecticut and maryland voters go to the polls on tuesday. when voters head to the polls on tuesday, they will be casting a ballot for the race for the u.s. senate. all four candidates took part in the debate before tuesday's primary held in our 6abc studios. the candidates are vying to challenge pat toomey in the fall. you can watch the debate in its entirety tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. right here on 6abc stay with "action news" for complete primary election coverage on tuesday, we'll have representatives from the league of women voters to answer any confess that you -- questions you might have. you can call the number that you see on the screen from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. when the polls close. >>> much more to come on "action news" saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. pr

mr. trump and coming now into what should be his neighborhood. i'm going to start giving him states. i'll give him new york, connecticut, stretch this out and give him rhode and i'll go through and say mr. trump wins new jersey. i'll say mr. trump wins pennsylvania. we'll give him maryland, delaware and west virginia as well. as we do this, i'll leave indiana for a minute. debate about that. let's come out to the west. ted cruz has done well out west. you can see as he's filled in. let's say as we go forward, this could change. to give you a sense of the difficulty of the math. let's say cruz is winning in these states. we'll go up here. i'm going to leave california. at this point i've left california and indiana. let me tap this to get that off. thank you very much. look where trump is there. 993, assuming he does very well here. we gave him generous delegate allocations. for the sake of the hypothetical, i have him at 993. who wins indiana? ted cruz thinks he'll win it. for the hypothetical we'll give it to ted cruz. even if you gave it to donald trump, back here if he gets it, he gets a little closer. the big prize, obviously, california on june 7th.

mr. trump so far. we move over to rhode island and now we have one more.ton, rhode island is a beautiful community. john kasich one point in the state of rohode island, but loo at what's happening in the rest of the state, but when it comes to delegates and you're donald trump and you're at 66% and you're at 59% in connecticut and we know he's going to win in pennsylvania, but john kasich was born out here, where is john kasich? where is ted cruz? let's look at the house districts. this is a conservative state. pennsylvania is reliably blue, but there are a lot of republicans in the state of pennsylvania so the other republican candidates need to compete and where are they? it's all donald trump. we don't have anything for maryland, but there's delaware. that's donald trump. if you are the other republican candidates going through these five states tonight it's a tough argument to make you are competitive in this race especially to put tonight into context this was supposed to be ted cruz's wheelhouse. these are republican voters. there aren't that many re

the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, for five minutes. i langevin: madam speaker, would like to spend a few minutes this morning discussing the recent report of the commission to end child abuse and neglect fatalities. chartered by congress under the protect our kids act of 2013, the commission's goal is to provide a framework for ending child maltreatment, fatalities in the united states. for two years they have studied and examined this problem and now we have the results. the death of any child is a tragedy. while the data on child deaths related to abuse and neglect is incomplete, the commission estimates that there were over 1,500 such cases in 2014. the majority of the children in these heartbreaking cases were younger than a year old. and many of them only days or weeks into their young lives. 3/4 of the deaths occurred in children under age 3. madam speaker, these are shocking figures, but we are talking about much more than just numbers. these stories of lives cut short, of senseless deaths are a rallying cry for action and no co

mr. larsson's amendment and allow us to spend what is a vast amount of resources on things that are here and now. i yield back. >> there is no further -- gentleman from rhode island. >> mr. chairman, i yield my time to the gentleman from washington, mr. larsson. >> mr. chairman, thank you. and thank you very much. and i would just note that in this conversation we're having here, there was, in fact, a recognition that this amendment has an additional cost beyond what we have otherwise -- what we are otherwise debating today for the overall budget. and yet, not accounted for and how to pay for that. i am not -- not certain under committee rules whether that is a violation of committee rules, but i would -- i would address that general question to the full committee and the staff and the chairman and ranking member as we move along. the second point, i just want to re-emphasize is that there is a study that exists that we approved last year to do a -- for the mda to report back to us within a year about space-based interceptors. not a tuddy i supported but it is, in fact, the law. and that year is not up. and so we are jumping ahead of ourselves. we are pres

mrs. clinton one for the five states. bernie sanders only won in rhode island but says he is not getting up. mrs. clinton's victories all that seal the nomination. she is roughly 90% of the delegates she needs. we have racing news. ted cruz saying he is making a major announcement later this afternoon. there is growing speculation he will name a running mate. wmur television in new hampshire is saying that cruz will name carly fiorina as his vice presidential pick against -- that's a get that that's according to wmur in new hampshire. ted cruz to name carly fiorina as his vice presidential pick. we will review more news on this as we get it. the former speaker of the house of representatives dennis hastert is in a chicago courtroom to be sentenced in a harsh money case centered on sex abuse allegations. prosecutors intend to focus on accusations that he molested at least four students when he coached wrestling at an illinois high school. he pleaded guilty to breaking banking laws as he tried to pay some of $3.5 million to conceal secrets of his past. the

mr. conyers: i thank the gentlelady, and i am now pleased to recognize a distinguished member of the judiciary cicilline of rhode island, for three minutes. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman from michigan for yielding and for his leadership on this special order hour. madam speaker, five weeks ago president obama fulfilled his constitutional responsibility and nominated judge merrick garland to the supreme court. judge garland is qualified for this position, and in 1997 he was confirmed to the united states court of appeals in the district of columbia with a majority of both parties supporting his nomination. he oversaw the prgs of timothy mcveigh -- prosecution of timothy mcveigh for the oklahoma city bombing. orrin hatch said he would be a consensus nominee and there would be no question he would be confirmed in the senate. now one month after president obama nominated judge garland to the supreme court, the senate are unwilling to give him an up or down vote. president ronald reagan said the federal judiciary is too important to be made a political football but that's exactly what senate republicans are do

the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you. i'm here for my 132nd time to wake up speech. we are now back from recess, and while we were away, one little thing and three really big things happened. the little thing has to do with the so-called war on coal, which we have heard so much nonsense about in this chamber. there was this article saying "natural gas has been waging a war on coal for more than a decade, and this is the year it plants the flag." natural gas has been waging a war on coal, not obama, not liberals; natural gas. the article predicts a resulting -- quote -- "wave" -- close quote -- of coal plant retirements. who wrote this? some green lefty publication? actually, it was the "wall street journal's" news department. so, as coal companies go bankrupt left and right, there's the coal story. natural gas has been wage be the war on coal for more than a decade. spinning

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey -- rhode island seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, today we mark equal payday. the day when women's wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. mr. speaker, it's uncon schenn able that in the united states today -- it's uncon schennableable. for women of color this gap is even wider. 61 cents for african-american women and 55 cents for latinas. this pay gap is harming working families in every state. particularly harmful to the 2/3 of families where women are the primary bread winners. lower paychecks mean less money for groceries, less money for rent, less money for child care or other necessities. mr. speaker, this has to change. i'm proud to be an original co-sponsor of the paycheck fairness act, which will make it easier for women to win pay discrimination cases and harder for companies to justify unequal salaries. i urge republican leaders to bring there this bill to the floor for a vote and i yield back the

rhode island. let's bring our watching 10 bureau chief. anything stopping mr. trout now? margins were really surprising how big they were we always expect that but we don't expect to see margins that are plus 30 points that we saw tonight, sort of across the board. this comes down to the math, what donald trump as shown tonight at that he's can take nearly all the delegates on the ground tonight that are alleged to him going forward, and at takes him closer to securing the nomination outright before convention. he is basically chipping away at or stop-trunk movement alliance between his two biggest competitors, ted cruz and john kasich. shery: which donald trump are we his big later? will it be a more presidential figure or just the usual angry populace we have seen so far? lasten he won new york week, he was careful to reframe his message and take a more presidential town. he has been advised by the people he has brought on in recent weeks that he needs to change his tune and come across as someone who is more knowledgeable, experience, world leader type. we get have to

mr. furstenberg at the 2016 meeting of american historians in providence rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. your book focuses on five french aristocrats, who were they? these were upper-level aristocrats. they descended from the highest level of the french nobility. all of them are liberals who had participated in the early stages of the french revolution. until it

nobody can predict that last night celebrating her victories in pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island and connecticut mrssaid this. >> mr. trump accused me of playing the, quote, woman card. [crowd booing] well, if fighting for women's healthcare and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in. [cheers and applause] >> okay. joining us now from washington ed henry is covering the clinton campaign. are they happy they are going to be running against trump? >> i think they have mixed emotions. publicly they are ecstatic and saying we can beat trump. he's going to step all over himself. this is going to be a slam dunk. but i was there in philadelphia with hillary clinton last night at that victory celebration. i spoke to somebody who raises a lot of money for her. he was saying, look, we think the demographics a on our side. we think she is going to get great turnout with women and minorities and she can beat trump but we are not certain of that, this person told me, because he said that inside the clinton camp they have been watching trump closely how unconventional he is. ho

rhode island and vowed to keep campaigning. he was in west virginia tonight. sanders says he will continue to challenge mrs. clinton all the way to the national convention in july. clinton and trump are already talking like they're the nominees. >> and we will unify our party to win this election and build an america where we can all rise together. >> as far as i'm concerned it's over, these two guys cannot win. why would i change? >> the next big election day is june 7th, that's when we hit the polls. trump, kasich and cruz will be in the bay area this friday for the state republican convention hosting in burlingame. >>> trump supporters and protesters demonstrated, five people including two little girls were pepper sprayed by a protester during the heated confrontation. right now at nbc bay area.com. we have the full results from tonight's primaries, scrolling across the top of the page. >>> cryptic new details in a double murder case. they don't believe it was a random act of violence. the person who committed the crime knew the family. this couple were found dead inside their home sunday. along with the

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: i rise in recognition of april as national autism awareness month. as co-chair of the bipartisan disabilities caucus and the proud uncle of a young man with autism, i understand many of the unique challenge this is condition represents. i'm also aware of the opportunities we can create with a strong commitment to research, education and the right treatment and interveengs. -- intervention. this past sunday, in rhode island, the autism project held its 14th an wrule imagine walk and family fun day. each year it gets bigger and bigger, both because awareness continues to grow but because autism continues to grow as a challenge. thanks to the executive director, joanne quin and the entire team of the autism project, thousands of rhode islanders joined together for a fun-filled day to increase awarenes

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, this friday, april 22, is earth day, a time to remember our responsibility to be good stewards of this planet. and our urgent responsibility to respond to global climate change. 97% of climate scientists agree that human activity is causing global warming. the evidence is all around us. the last 11 months have been the hottest such months on record. sea levels have risen more than half a foot in the last century and comblaciers around the world are in re-- glaciers around the world are in restreet. we cannot afford to ignore this any longer. we must address climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. we must end the subsidies of big oil companies, take up the anti-drilling act which my colleague, mr. pallone, has introduced, take up h.r. 1814 to permanently re-authorize the land and wer cons

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman is right, the house is not in order. please take conversations out of the chamber. the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. on monday, the department of defense kicked off the first vote bounty program in the history of the federal government. like similar programs used in industry, hack the pentagon is based on a coordinated vulnerability ex-pe shower process. if a security researcher finds a security problem in public websites operated by d.o.d., he or she can sub it fit -- submit it for review. should it represent a security risk, the department will pay the researcher a bounty for his or her work. these vulnerability programs allow taos crowd source security, encouraging curious minds to share discoveries responsibly while providing accountable for institutions operating or developing s

mrs. clinton's caution any day. >> reporter: clinton held two events today one in rhode island another in connecticut where she focused on her signature economic issues things like raising the minimum wage, paid family leave and equal pay for women. it's a new campaign ad out just this afternoon that's getting the most attention called donald trump extreme makeover. here's a clip. >> i could stan in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. >> what am i? when someone shows you who they are, believe them. >> reporter: so that's just the latest example of the clinton campaign pivoting from the primaries to a possible general election match up against donald trump. another example, the "new york times" reporting today that clinton's campaign has already started seriously discussing possible running mates. >>> live in baltimore, thank you. and fox news is holding a town hall in philadelphia just days ahead of the crucial primary in pennsylvania. it will be hosted by bill hemmer and martha maccallum tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. join the conversation using twitter and go the fox news faceb

mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, today is the 135th time i've come to the give voice to the issue that i feel will most significantly define this generation of leadership in the united states and, frankly, around the globe. i know that there are many people in washington who would prefer to ignore what our carbon emissions are doing to our oceans and to our climate, but we disregard nature's warnings at our peril. the changes to our environment fueled by our carbon pollution are far-reaching, from the coastlines to the prairies, from mountaintops to deep oceans, from pole to pole. as a tear restial species, we naturally pay more attention to what is happening on land, like increasing average global temperatures and upheavals in extreme weather. we don't so much see what is happening in our oceans. every year we emit into the earth's thin atmosphere tens

about bylked presidential candidate donald trump yesterday at a campaign stop in rhode island. [video clip] mrtrump: you know what they just did in the state of virginia? 200,000 people that were in prison for horrible crimes for horrible crimes are being given the right to vote. for the first time. oked politics because virginia is a very close stat e. win virginia. i have a tremendous amount of property in virginia. they are giving 200,000 people that have been convicted of heinous crimes the worst crimes, the right to vote because you know what? they know they are going to vote democrat and that could be the swing. that is how disgusting and dishonest our political system is, all right? host: the republican party of virginia also reacting to terry mcauliffe's action on friday. here is a tweet on friday after his order.' lanket restoration without regard to the nature of crimes committed does not speak of mercy. it speaks of political opportunism." we are talking about those actions on the state level, federal actions that the obama administration has laid out. one to hear your thoughts on w