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and, of course, the case has gone to the supreme court and here in rhode island. but the pawtucket case, the crash that was on that can a reh on the town hall property. make sure the purity of theology is kept separate from the pollution of government. >> don't you think a holiday tree, i mean, a holiday tree, what holiday is t? it? what holiday is it, governor? >> the roger williams stuff is bologna. a christmas tree signifies no religion at all. just a reminder of the assassin. anyway, hundreds turned out for the holiday tree lighting in providence. and jesse was there. ♪ ♪ >> this is a holiday tree. >> looks like a christmas tree to me. >> absolutely it's a christmas tree. >> they are calling it the holiday tree. >> he is wrong. he has been wrong on so many issues he is wrong again. >> a holiday tree for governor gump. >> stupid is as stupid does. >> what do you think is behind all this nonsense. >> i think it's a lot of political correctness. >> he is kind of known to be a rogue, i think. >> that was part of that gordon -- going rogue stuff. >> don't impose yo

after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island, southern rhode island, and then after i graduated high school, i went to undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri and then came out here for grad school, which fell in love with san francisco bay area. all of my plans changed and this became my home. i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied that trade in law enforcement, where i went to the san francisco police academy many, many years ago, graduated as a academy class, president of the class. trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state and federally by the usepa in the training center in georgia and i worked for the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years before becoming elected supervisor. >> and you spent most of your adult life in san francisco. >> yes. >> why did you make the choice to live in the city? >> oh, my god, i had never been west of the mississippi until i came here. growing up, we read a lot in our household but many of the books that i was drawn to were

you had towns going in bankruptcy in rhode island.e it got so absolutely bad, it seemed like there was no other alternative. and i'm wondering if that's what other states are going to have to face in order to turn things around. >> you know, it's a great question, susan. although, i have to say, you know, we could have let this go. this is a problem that like in every other state has been in the making for decades. and we could have gone another year or two, but we decided not to. and i think that, you know, part of what was critical to our success is we said don't blame public employees. they've done nothing wrong. this is not us versus them, democrat versus republican, public sector versus private sector. we're fighting for the future of rhode island and it's time to step up and fix this problem for everybody. and, again, as i said to matt, once we kind of forced everybody to just look at the facts and focus on the math, it became pretty clear we needed a solution. >> tim's got a question. >> yes, thanks. and matt, thank you, i look

. >> rhode island governor lincoln chafee coming under fire after refusing to call the tree in the rhode island statehouse a christmas tree. >> jon: he insists people call it the devil's pine! (laughter) satan's spruce! a tree bortion. (laughter) it's fox's war on christmas! it's back, baby. and this year's designated krooj, rhode island governor and part time steve doocy impersonator... (laughter). lincoln chafee. a couple of weeks ago chafee had the audacity to invite americans to a "tree lighting." or, judging by the reaction, a jesus tipping. >> it's a christmas tree. keep christ in christmas. >> for folks who are watching right now and thinking that's cray shirks i should call the governor. we've got his phone number. >> it has lights and ornaments and a decoration on top, it's a christmas tree. >> for the past eight years before this governor, your former governor in fact did call it a christmas tree, right? >> he did, gretchen. >> jon: yes, and while that's not true... (laughter). who cares? it makes them angry. see, the previous republican governor's 2009 invitation to this very

rhode island is just, you know, the smallest state with the biggest event. what can i say? we are here today to advocate for recovery alcoholics and addicts, to educate people not only about the disease of addiction but about the process of recovery. we are here to eliminate stigma and, most of all, we are here to celebrate you. we are here to celebrate recovery. (applause) texas recovers is puttin' on this event called the big texas rally for recovery. big texas rally for recovery. wow. this is huge, because texas, of course now, is a part of promoting recovery at a statewide level. we've got people from across the state showing up to present a positive face and voice of recovery. we want you to know that recovery is possible. say it loud, say it proud, "i am in recovery!" (crowd: i am in recovery!) it's so important that this event takes place, especially in texas. for so long, people in recovery have been hidden in church basements, and they've kept their anonymity, and everybody needs to know that people do recover and live successful, productive, wonderful lives. and t

who on this earth can explain rhode island governor lincoln chafee. every year the ocean state puts up a big tree in the public square. this year some folks wanted the governor to call it a christmas tree. but to quote john belushi, no! governor chafee insists it's a holiday tree. >> lawmakers voted to call this a christmas tree. but the governor calls it a holiday tree. >> i have my own religious views but as a government official i want to keep it separate. >> you call it a holiday tree. >> yes, i am. >> amazingly dumb. off the charts stupid. governor chafee must know that the christmas tree display began in germany in the 16th century for the specific purpose of providing celebratory decorations for december 25th. the day day of jesus' birthday honor. we asked him to appear on the factor to explain history. predictably is he hiding under his desk. here is the question. maybe the staff can relay it to the governor laying on the floor. what exactly is the rhode island tree representing, governor? arbor day? whether he knows it or not, chafee has offe

following that, naples, italy, then venice, and then newport, rhode island.t webpage in june 2012. that is where we will crown our first america's cup champion. that will be the culmination of the first season. the second season will kick off in august and september for two events. you will be able to see the america's cup in action with the ac-45's in 2012. still have a couple of the new deals that we still have to work on. we but then finished the pacific ocean, middle east part of the door by going back to italy again, finishing up in the naples? in may 2013. at that point, the world series is finished and all eyes are focused on san francisco. in the advance of the world series being finished, there will be activity here as the team's focus on the ac-72's. was the world series is over with, it is all about getting the levitalouis vuitton cup goi. >> you are only going to have won the world series event? that one visit? >> that is right. we will be your fourth two months. late july until august, in terms of when teams are arriving on site to prepare. >> it

rhode island's governor says the capitol spruce is a holiday tree.ed including even the christmas tree farmer who donated that tree. he joins us next. >> outrageous! [ sniffling ] [ male announcer ] all stuffed up? simple relief is here. introducing robitussin® nasal relief pills. the right relief for nasal congestion...in a pill. ♪ ne from robitussin®. relief made simple. the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with more fiber, less sugar, and a way better glycemic index. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. >> welcome b

it's a great rhode island company. it has 95 employees. they have just gone completely clean energy. and they're doing that to protect those 95 jobs. they're doing it to lower their energy costs. and they're doing it to do the right thing. so as -- i want to salute senator sanders for his eloquence on the real problem of climate change and the campaign of lies and propaganda that has interfered with our ability to deal with what is a real and emerging problem. but also to point out that the second step in this is that there are jobs and there is economic success behind the clean energy industry that will lead us out of the predicament that we are creating for ourselves because people here are in the thrall of the polluting industries. thank you very much, senator sanders. mr. sanders: thank you very much, senator whitehouse. and i just want to reiterate the very, very important point that senator whitehouse has just made. this struggle to transform our energy system to move away from fossil fuel, toned the absurdity -- to end the absurdity

joan johnson-freese, now teaching at the naval war college in that great state of rhode island. in that city filled with grandeur near there at least or on the edge of it, maybe in newport, rhode island. she is a noted author. many books on the subject under which we have discussion. and she's assumed the position of chairwoman of the department of national security studies at the war college where she has been since 2002. welcome, dr. johnson-freese. do you have any thoughts on what has transpired on this program so far? >> yes, i've been listening with great interest and i guess i'd like to make two points. you had a discussion about whether the chinese were against the militarization of space and i guess i'd like to weigh in and say they've never said they're against militarization. like the united states, using space for military purposes has been considered part of military modernization, what the chinese have been adamant about and have gone to the u.n. and proposed, with the russians, treaties about this weaponnization and confusing the two is, i think, well, it's certain

south of there in massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, it's raining.re may be travel delays there. if you're heading to the upper midwest, minneapolis/st. paul is going to get snow pretty soon. snowing in duluth, minnesota, and the dakotas, and farther south it's snowing in southern new mexico on the texas border. along the coast, little rain from seattle down to portland. elsewhere, dry. shouldn't have any travel problems through much of the nation. here's your day planner for us here around the washington met metro area and through virginia and maryland, sunshine breaking out this morning. sunrise at 7:24. a blustery northwest wind gust to go 30 miles an hour. warmest part of the day around noontime. by 5:00 down to 50 and colder tonight. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, here's a look at our traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >>> slick roadways causing you problems on the outer loop of the beltway. chopper 4 on the outer loop of kenilworth avenue. see it in the left shoulder lane. also on the right shoulder lane. a car was

is alon rhodes.he's a national family and safety expert known as the safety mom. >> exactly. >> trust truly the virtual baby sirte. i travel a lot. i'm on the road. this is the adt pulse home monitoring system. wireless cameras, motion detectors, texts that come into my iphone if my daughter doesn't walk in the door from school. >> but rhodes is paid to peddle the product, this home monitor. she defends herself by saying she really believes in the product and there's no evidence that nbc or other news outlets new she was paid. but it's not only misleading for her and other experts to pose as independent critics. it's against federal laws and networks and stations have to do a better job of vetting folks they're putting on the air. >>> attention sports writers. nouk lo gonger go into a major league locker room if you are wearing see through clothing, ripped jeans, strapless shirts, excessively short skirts or exposing your bare midriff. the league is imposing a dress code on the scribes. what's going

whitehouse: i can account as to what is going on in rhode island as well. we plan to meet 16% of our energy needs through renewable energy sources by 2020, and that is on top of a goal to cut energy use by 10%. so we'll cut energy use by 10% and of the remain 90%, get 16% that have out of renewable energy sources. everybody is getting involved. utilities, towns, the state, the private sector. one of our stirks east providence, is right now converting a brownfield which has been vacant for 30 years nearly into new england's largest solar installation and as you say, there will be a payback and they will earn money or that for their taxpayers. our s -- our state of rhode island has been a national leader at how you map and prepare for offshore wind development. and so in the state and federal waters off the coast of rhode island, we are positioned to lead the country in offshore wind siting with all of the jobs of building those giant wind turbines and assembling them and erecting them offshore create. we have exie exciting companiese biosportmyth, rhode isla

island lincoln chafee refuses to acknowledge that the huge tree the state of rhode island puts up at christmastime is indeed a christmas tree the governor believes it is a holiday tree christmas is not a word anyone should be ashamed of it is the law of the land your member of congress not allowed to wish you a merry christmas on the taxpayer dime well how about a bit of tolerance towards folks who respect christmas traditions about ninety percent of us. that's right apparently fox the war on christmas is so important that it's even more important than our real wars you know the ones where americans fight and lose their lives according to media matters over the course of december bill o'reilly spent roughly forty two minutes covering the war on christmas and approximately thirteen and a half minutes covering the wars in both iraq and afghanistan so it's almost a third less so not only was the war on christmas more important it was much more important and it's not like there hasn't been news worth covering from our two wars right and in fact this past weekend the last u.s. troops left

john, you mentioned using soar in rhode island. i mean, it's been a successful program i would think there would be a really wider conversation about using it nationwide because it's- that is one of the things that we are looking at. in addition, not only just those individuals that are below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, but for those individuals between 133 and 400, you have got a lot of youth in there that are not insured. and for the most part, the way that youth communicate these days is through pdas and other devices. so again, thinking about strategies by which, for those youth that have pdas that might have a mental health or substance use condition, to try to reach out to them around the importance of insurance. because i can certainly remember when i was 21 or 22 and somebody wanted to take money out of my paycheck for insurance, i thought twice about it. but the fact remains is that i think we're going to have to do a little bit of a business case for those individuals. and as richard said, meet them where th

we start in providence, rhode island, with the familiar chant. >>> we are the 99%!the occupy movement takes its message to the state house. the occupy demonstrators were joined by people advocating for affordable housing. rhode island is one of only nine states that does not have ongoing funding for low-income housing. [ chanting ] >>> check out this holiday pub crawl in san francisco. several hundred people dressed as santas, elves, even reindeer on the streets and in the bars for what's known as santa con. one popular bar had 400 santas in house at one point. they were advised to pay with cash and tip the bar staff well. you can imagine, they did. >>> in howell, michigan, a shoplifter with a change of heart 30 years later. the owner of country squire fireplace and lighting opened a letter and two crisp bills fell out. >> the money fell out first. two crisp $100. >> sorry to say that i took that and left. >> the letter writer signed it "remorseful." the storeowner says the money will go to charity. >>> okay. the shoplifter got the payback idea after hearing a story

presently she says promoting your appearance attacked rhode island governor lincoln chafee for calling the state's christmas tree a holiday tree given that there are people in rhode island whose taxes paid for that tree who are not christians and that the tree was originally a pagan symbol that predates jesus it was originally lit to bring back the sun on the shortest day of the year is the right in our era tax bizarre. well i mean first of all i have no problem with someone saying i'm a i'm a conservative christian i have no problem with saying happy holidays to me because they don't know i could be jewish i could be muslim you know that they don't know what my beliefs are and i think that's actually respectful i think it's actually christian to put someone else first having said that the christmas tree decorating a evergreen in the month of december in america has never been anything other than a christmas tree you know you have to go back to about the seventh century to see when an evergreen decorated meant anything but a connection with with jesus wept at the time of st st boniface