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rhode island avenue. is closed due to a vehicle fire. service roadway is the workaround north capital at rhode island. back to you guys. >>> more than two dozen people are without a home this morning after the thanksgiving dinner buzz interrupted we a fire. >> that fire broke out just as many folks were sitting down to their thanksgiving dinner last night. in an eight story apartment building in hillcrest heights, maryland. people were jumping out of windows and swinging down from floor to floor of the building on good hope road just to get to safety. one man pulled his truck around to help people get to the ground safely. no one thankfully had to go to the hospital. most of the fire damage is on the third and fourth floors, the cause though remains unknown. >>> and maryland state police say a woman was killed, three people injured when their car crashed into a tree in snow hill. two of the injured passengers are children. the front seat passengerred died at the scene -- passenger died at the scene. >>> and d.c. police are investigating

warmer waters aren't just in rhode island. they've brought the schnook, a game fish from the florida keys, up into georgia waters. the ocean is more acidic, and it's getting more acidic at the fastest rate measured looking back millions of years in the geologic record. if you doubt that the ocean is acidifying, ask the oyster growers in the pacific northwest and maine. ask the scientists who study alaska's salmon fishery about what's happening to the tera pod, a key food source for species of salmon. here is my challenge to my republican colleagues who say they're not scientists. ask the scientists. ask the scientists at your own home state universities, and ask the folks, by the way, employed by your outdoor industries, the people who seat changes happening around them. ask your park rangers, ask your forest rangers. if you're from north carolina, ask the scientists at the university of north carolina institute of marine sciences. if you're from colorado, ask the scientists at the national center for atmospheric research in b

north capitol street northeast at rhode island avenue, a vehicle fire. one of the northbound lanes has just opened. southbound lanes are open. we are down to one lane open, one lane closed. taking a live look here in at leesburg outlit. lots of open parking spaces. elsewhere on the roads, 395 north at duke street, seeing a little bit more volume. richard and angie. >> thanks so much. d.c. police investigating two overnight stabbings. police say a map was stabbed in the chest. he is expected to be okay. now, in a separate incident a woman was stabbed in southeast on savannah street. . >>> hoping to return home after a massive fire tore through a prince george's county apartment building. this happened along good hope avenue in temple hills. take a look at the cell phone video. the fire on the second floor sent thick smoke throughout the building. it was so bad they jumped from the fifth floor to the fourth floor and so on. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. >> take a look. two people crashed their suv into a frozen pond. the car slid off th

rhodes got a call directly. >> i answered the phone, your wheelchair is coming back tomorrow. and thanks for the free publicity. >> reporter: you're looking good. >> it's working again. >> reporter: you look great. >> reporter: he is even able to walk the dog again. >> you're the greatest, people don't realize how much help they are going to get help. we went through months i couldn't get any help at all. once i called you it was so fast it was amazing. >> reporter: if you would like help go to 6abc.com/trouble shooters e-mail at trouble shooters at abc.com. contact me at (866)978-4232. nydia han channel 6 "action news." >> we're not trying to make you sea sick this morning, it's that windy today. sky6 live hd being pushed around by the winds in center city. we're looking live at head house square. hold on to everything you're walking around with. >>> a local entrepreneur who pitched an inconventional on shark -- invention on shark tank is putting his product to use. >> reporter: real estate agents are the first locally to use the emergency app. the company was founded that of

rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on to the contrary: first, it is university of virginia constituency greek life after an alleged gang rape. we speak with a former frat boy speaking out against fraternity culture. then, debunking the "opting out" myth. and, why the president of turkey says men and women will never be equal. ♪ ♪ >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, sexual assault on campus. >>> the university of virginia held an emergency meeting this week to reassess campus culture. uva president teresa sullivan suspended all fraternities until early january. the school administration called for an independent investigation of the school's sexual assault policies. the administration is responding to a damning rolling stone magazine article that alleged a gang rape perpetrated by fraternity brothers inside a frat house. andrew lohse is a former frat leader who has written an expoÉe on frat li

. >> joining former president clinton as a rhodes scholar and wesley clark, former general. >> and kris kristofferson. >> really? >> yes, he was a rhodes scholar. >> now, hazards today law wednesday, a high fire danger because of santa anas in the mountains around los angeles and around san diego through at least 12:00 on wednesday. as far as the temperatures pretty mile. eureka is 59. maybe a train shower today. we will be nearly 80 in los angeles and san diego. low-to-mid 60's through the central valley, 50 in lake tahoe and a look at the forecast for lake tahoe all week you can see we have zero percent chance of precipitation through friday and the warmth just like here will peak on wednesday and cooler weather on thursday and friday and snow is on the way on sunday. leyla gulen? >> not a peep on the san mateo bridge with the drive from hayward to foster city with travels smooth eastbound and westbound and to the south, top speeds away from newark and toward east palo alto from the dumbarton bridge. the rest of the peninsula is clear, 101, 280, all at top speeds and closer to sfo thr

that's probably the key. >> if judge rhodes approves the plan, detroit could exit from bankruptcy. the city would be free of an emergency manager. and for the first time since being elected, mayor mike duggan would have the power to lead detroit: >>> a major set back in the push to legal same-sex marriage, a federal appeals judge upheld the appeal in michigan, ohio, kentucky, tennessee, and it could bring the issue to the supreme court. gabriel braur is the director of a nonprofit focussing on l.g.b.t. families, and is in atlanta. welcome. this has been a successful year for gay marriage in many states, was this decision a surprise? >> it was a sprays. it ignores talks with thousands of people. the suggestion was it may not be the case. >> what does it mean practically. will it go to the supreme court. >> we hope so. we need the supreme court to settle it, that i, as a gay man and a father am equal to my straight brother. that is for all americans, equal rights at the center of democracy. >> 32 states legalized gay marriage. this is clearly slowing down progress on this issue. it s

just down in your sound bite, ben rhodes mentioned the picture right now is mixed. on the one hand, we've seen progress in terms of political prisoners being released. also public demonstration now being allowed. but on the other hand, you are seeing this quite dismal treatment of a certain minority, can you give our viewers an overview of what they're most concerned about. >> the white house official ben rhodes said that myanmar was, in fact, backsliding, in his words. and this is the treatment of a muslim minority here, the rohinya, it's an ethnic minority. about a million of them stateless. and within the last two years confined to what i could only describe as rural ghettos, enclaves from which the rohingya, hundreds of thousands of them are not allowed to leave. they are denied the freedom to move around freely. they can't even go back to towns and villages that they lived in more than two years ago before a round of deadly ethnic and sectarian violence that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and thousands of people being made homeless. tens of thousa

that is judge steven rhodes. one of the key parts of this plan is shedding $7 billion of debt.ing what had been a very generous pension and health benefits for former city workers. now addressing those cuts judge rhodes conceded there may, that these may cause severe hardship in some cases but said shared sacrifice is necessary for the in a deal with bond insurers, the city agrees to give up a combination of cash and city owned property on riverfront for helping city's revitalization efforts. that includes a 1.7 billion investment over the next 10 years to upgrade basic city services which have been neglected for years and remove a blight of abandoned properties throughout the city's neighborhoods. all the parties involved in the plan agree detroit's return is still far from a sure thing. >> you've got some checks and balances with some oversight to make sure that the city doesn't fall back into its old ways. you will never have absolutee3 certainty that this plan will be fully implemented. >> what is also not known whether people move back to the city to provide greater tax ba

i think we should be serious about it it to me it's very clear what ben rhodes meant there. that as the healthcare, the affordable care act was hugely important of obama's first term agenda, arguably the most important part of his domestic agenda, the diplomacy effort, the diplomatic effort, the nuclear with iran and the p a plus 1 is the most important part of obama's foreign policy agenda, it's been clear since he was a candidate back in 2008 that it was a very very important part of what he was going to bring to foreign policy. so i don't think -- you know, i find this sort of consternation over that statement a bit confusing. >> okay. my confusion is, stick with you on this. how you can thaw a relationship with a country who sees the west as hopelessly evil? we went through this with the cold war. we had to topple ussr to make this happen. if they already hate us so much, how you can negotiate? >> no. but i think that's a very good comparison. because let's look at the way the ussr eventually toppled. president reagan decided to engage with the soviets. he sat down with

he is a chair of the department of history at rhodes college in grandson has my year, riculated this namesake actually. some of you may remember that rhodes college is known within these halls as the alma mater of the late justice ford is. professor huebner is the author and the taney court, justices rulingings and legacy. he is co-editor with the late kermit hall of the second edition of major problems in american constitutional history. currently, he is completing a narrative history of the civil war and american constitutionalism to be published by university of kansas in early 2016. additionally, he serves and i'm happy to say as the associate editor of the supreme court historical society's journal of supreme court history. could continue as professor huebner's accomplishments and publications are many, but that would leave us less time of his words. i hope you will all join me in welcoming professor timothy s. huber. [applause] -- huebner. . thank you, justice scalia thank you jim goldman and david pride and the society for the invitation. a special thanks to jennifer lobe for

>> again, rhode island law, which is we're in state court in rhode island specifically states peoplenied employment for being medical marijuana patients. >> the michigan statute has a system lar, has similar language and the court still found in favor of the employer. still found federal law calls it an illegal substance. >> again, you know, this is about discrimination. do we feel like we should live in a society where sick people are punished for the type of medicine they use? she stated she would not use it at work, would not bring it to work. and rhode island law explicitly protects that. >> i've got a statement from the aclu in rhode island. it reads like this. if employers are permitted to discriminate against those utilizing medical marijuana, then the good work done by those to enact the law will be completely undone. we cannot let this law become an empty promise. brian, let me ask you about this question. it's a hypothetical. i'm not referring to this particular client. but we all know there are people who are gaming the system to get a doctor to give them pot. that's just

deputy national security adviser ben rhodes is traveling with president obama and woke up early thisorning to speak with me from the burmese capital. >> thanks for joining me, ben. let me first get to the issue of the day which is the plight of the muslim minority in burma. has the white house taken up the issue with thain singh and the bum ease leadership? >> yes. when president obama called president thain sirng before coming out here he expressed deep concern over the treatment of the rohinga and what we need to see are three things. first, there needs to be more humanitarian access to the rohingya. we would like to see them operating again and to bring that assistance. second, we want to see an action plan that does not rely on putting these people in camps, but rather allows them to settle in their communities where they can have access to development and third, we would like to see the rohingya to be citizens without identifying as bengali. that's the type of action plan that the president will be discussing here with the burmese leaders. >> what's been the reaction to those su

>> senator mccain revealed a few minutes ago we were honored to have with us today sergeant mary rhodes. an army reservist in the fourteenth quartermaster the attachment from western pennsylvania. i know it might be hard, where did she choose her to be the subject of the one soldier profiled in the persian gulf war. >> part of the concept is a large standing army, the large standing army is all volunteers, got smaller and smaller. and the guy in reserve, years ago i will be honest with you, the guard with the kind of people, a fire or flood or something, they were called out and direct traffic and that kind of thing. today our guard reservists do everything that our regular military army, marine, air force and navy do, and better in some respects. i think you would agree, flying see 130s around as the guy does, trained and ready to go. reservists heard the call, she answered the call and of course saw a very tragic event which frankly she thinks about every day. every single day. yet here was an ordinary citizen, pa. ordinary life. she went to a far off land and cradled her dear friends

chair of sternberg caret the department of history at rhodes college in memphis where my grandson has just matriculated this year, namesake actually. some of you may remember that rhodes college is known within these halls as the alma mater of the late justice abe fortas. professor huebner is the author of two books, "the southern judicial tradition state judges and sectional distinctiveness, 1790-1890," and the taney court, justices, rulings, and legacy. he is co-editor with the late kermit hall of the second edition of "major problems in american constitutional history." currently, he is completing a narrative history of the civil war and american constitutionalism to be published by university press of kansas in early 2016. additionally, he serves, and i'm happy to say, as the associate editor of the supreme court historical society's journal of supreme court history. i could continue as professor huebner's accomplishments and publications are many, but that would leave us less time for his words. so, i hope you will all join me in welcoming professor timothy s. huebner. [applause]

. >> we have sam and mattie from rhode island. [ applause ] >> tell me the best way to kill a zombie. >> with my bare hands and feet. >> are you going to be in it or behind the camera? >> i'm going to do both. >> do you have friends helping you out? family are they all going to be in the movie as well? >> yeah. i have a friend at school, she's a girl. she's my girlfriend in the movie. >> awesome. the hot girlfriend. >> what is different in your movie? are you adding a twist? >> a twist. they are part demon and part zombie. >> they are going to have superpowers then? >> punching. a lot of that going on. >> tell us about some of the story boards you have drawn. >> let's see, it has a boyfriend. i come out with the song and -- >> what would you like to say to people watching the show today to get them to back your movie. >> all i'll say is you guys are awesome. [ inaudible ] >> that's all. can't wait to see your movie. >> i know. >> i know, it's going to be huge. >> to a child welfare agency. >> a prankster stages a robbery. really -- >> he's here to do something extraordinarily great. >

the crimes for which you were convicted are people of rhode island just used to that kind of thing? bit of jadedness about it. there's a whole congo line of rhode island politicians who have been indicted. >> ex-cons have been elected in other cities, is there another situation that is comparable to this one? >> i think buddy has long center tradition of political rogues in america. james michael curry who was re-elect from jail cell. huey long, marion barry,. >> thank you very much. >> a little bit of funny business behind the scenes is inevitable in city government? >> i think in this day and age, especially with me, where i've been, what i've been through with the experience i've had, no, i don't think that's allowable. i don't think that's necessary to run a government. >> you think zero toll glans absolutely. zero tolerance. >> impossible. >> i'm not doing this to go back to jail. i know i'm going to be one of the closest watched administrationobs prably in american history. if they find anything wrong they will send seal team six in. his opponent jorge elorza hopes. >> this is

in maine, rhode island yesterday. cnn's aaron mcpike is joining us with more from washington.on? >> reporter: president obama making a last ditch effort to push women to the poles, hoping to keep republicans from controlling the senate. >> we've got to raise our voices to basically do away with policies and politicians that belong to a madmen episode. madmen is a good show but that is not who we want making our decisions about our workplaces these days. >> but he made those remarks in rhode island where there is no senate election tuesday. he hasn't campaigned in the eight state ts with the most competitive senate races. republicans are using him to drag down democrats. >> i'm not on the ballot this fall. michelle is happy about that but make no mistake these policies are on the ballot. >> republicans say it is president obama's incompetence driving women away. >> in january, president obama refers to the islamic state as a jv team. days later the armed services committee holds a meeting on new global threats. senator kay hagen, absent. >> these four democratic women who've sp

. >> read from rhode island. >> mr. reed of rhode island, no. mr.ervings, no. >> misstep and now, no. >> wellstone, he gave his life surely thereafter. and widen. he is still here. >> mr. wellstone, no. >> mr. wyden, no. >> 23. immortal 23. our founders who were so proud, thank you for your service. a great sacrifice. you served your country well. >> as have you, sir. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> the late senator robert byrd meeting with and talking to the late iraq war veteran and peace activist tomas young. it is from the film "body of war" that was codirected by our guest phil donahue. what a film. >> yeah. it was a chapter of our lives. none of us who worked on this film have been that close to injury andlitating it was a spiritual experience you will never forget. difficulte a very section of "body of war does grow showing tomas young's mother kathy smith helping him insert a catheter. >> i'm going to lift up and you're going to set that under me. quick it is hard to do from this angle. can you help me, mom? now in this bag, you're go

we have sam and maddie via skype from rhode island. >> so what happens next? do the farrelly brothers help you put this together? >> well, most of my friends are going to help. >> you will start production when? >> february. >> that's soon. you've got a lot to do the next coming months. >> talk about what it was like watching all that money come in and how exciting that was. >> that was awesome. >> have you had people begging to be in the movie? >> can we all be in your movie? >> can we be zombies? >> yeah. >> awesome. >> when it's all done, then what are you going to do? >> and a sequel. >> congratulations. we are so thrilled. you deserve it. can't wait to see the film. >> i would be tempted to do it like this. >> next "right this minute." >> and still to come, a live tv interview gets interrupted. >> she is having a heart attack. >> the drama doesn't end there. >>> plus friday's buzz word for your chance to win an ipad mini. >>> everybody's got their own little projects and hobbies in life. jenna's dad has been working on this replica steam engine for three

other top candidates include former deputy secretary ashton carter, along with rhode island senator jack reid. whoever gets nominated will likely face tough scrutiny in senate confirmation hearings. >> still ahead, pablo sandoval's farewell message to his loyal bay area fans. >> who feel betrayed. >>> pablo sandoval has agreed to a five-year deal with the red sox. nice to remember some of the good memories, though. the giants fan favorite made his debut in 2008. since then he's helped lead the team to three world series championships. last night he posted a message to his fans on instagram. "leaving the san francisco giants and this city i love is the most hardest decision i've had to make. >> what about all the panda hats we're used to seeing? i heard the company that manufactures them already has a contract in boston. >> can you do that, transplant a nickname? >> my son has an orange and black panda hat. maybe we'll sneak some of those in the red sox. >> $5 million was the difference. >> over the golden gate bridge, not that expense of to cross. a smooth drive across. let's look. that'

you have got ben rhodes. have got the white house saying this from apec where vladimir putin is a full participant on the heals of heels of a iran major nuclear deal. as vladimir putin arrives at the g 20. the white house's claim is that russia is isolated: remight be isolated but they don't care because they believe this hard power the old passion fashioned kind, military power and acting unilaterally. that's what they are doing all over othe world. these flights in the caribbean are in a flights they have been doing in the nato area, the submarine that the swedes have now acknowledged was sneaking around in their waters and of course the gob bling up of the territory of ukraine. apparently there is nothing going to be done to stop him. >> certainly not the united states. certainly not president obama. putin understands that is he not going to let go of eastern ukraine until he controls it. whether de facto. he will control it in fact the president of ukraine said yesterday that the most important task for t

former congressman, patrick kennedy of rhode island. virginia state senator and singer demi lovato spoke about their experiences with mental health. the national alliance on mental health hosted this event in september. [ applause ]. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to our national convention. i am so excited to see all of you here today. and welcome to our national day of action. i hope you're ready to take some action. we want congress to act. and so today, our supporters here and around the country are going to be calling, e-mailing, tweeting and visiting capitol hill. and when you visit capitol hill, i want you to remember that you are part of the nami movement. we are a movement of people dedicated to providing help and hope to all of those effected by mental illness. a movement that demands a more caring and better mental health care system that provides help to us when we need it and where we need it. a movement -- [ applause ]. >> that's right. a movement that rages against homelessness, emergency rooms, jails and prisons. we've had

. >> federal judge rhodes brought months of negotiations and court hearings to an end. >> this is a day we should celebrate and enjoy but it also marks a day that we have more work to be done. >> a stark $18 billion in the red, the plan will eliminate $7 billion of the city's debt but it all comes at a cost to pensioners and other major creditors. endure a 4.5% cut to their monthly pension and 90% reduction in health care benefits. bond holders like bermuda based sencora still stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. an historic bankruptcy that 15 months ago ignited age are and protests. concludes soonerrer than many people expected. >> i think what you saw today was the best of us. the best of detroiters. the best of michiganers, coming together through a difficult and managed judicial process to get a result that's for the benefit of the citizens of detroit the region and the state. >> once the target of a potential selloff a deal was also reached to save city owned art. in a town where a calm to 911 didn't always guarantee a response, detroit will invest 1.4 billion to improve

two college students from palo alto are now rhodes scholars. rachel sko-kow-ski -- a french major at princeton. and elliot ah-ka-ma gare-en a biology major at m-i-t received the honor. the rhodes trust announced thirty two new recipients this weekend. the money students receive is used to study at oxford university in england. almost nine hundred students applied for the scholarship. the scholarship gives each student about fifty thousand dollars per year. coming up at eight. three months after the devastating six point "oh" napa quake. relief money is finally on the way. plus.overnight protests flare up in the streets of ferguson , missouri ahead of a grand jury's decision in the shooting death of michael brown. and next. one person is dead.dozens are injured after a tour bus overturns in northern california. what may have caused the crash. sunny and warmer weather is on the way as we go into next week but there's also some rain in the four test all details coming up the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-the

. >> we have sam and maddie via skype from rhode island. welcome to the show. >> tell me the best way to kill a zombie. >> me with my bare hands and feet. >> are you going to be in it or behind the camera? >> probably do both. >> you have friends helping you out, your family, are they all going to be in the movie? >> yeah. i have a friend in school, a girl. my girlfriend in the movie. >> what's different about the zombies in your movie? are you adding a twist? >> a little twist. they are part zombies. >> they are going to have superspecial powers. >> a lot of contact going on. >> tell us about some of these story boards you've drawn. >> the old boyfriend has a new girl and they break up and i come in and i cheer her. >> what would you like to say to people to help them back your movie? >> it's awesome. >> god bless america. >> can't wait to see your movie. >> i know. it's going to be huge. >>> when tv hosts fly. >> you are such a daredevil. >> that's "right this minute." >> still to come, two dancers show off their cool moves. >> on a glaci

it set records in connecticut and new jersey and rhode island and out to central park. it is the cold air behind it that is the story. one of the main reasons is the cold air is colder than the great lakes. as the winds go over the great lakes, you produce the heavy lake-effect snowfall. that is the concern as we still go throughout the day. temperatures will get colder as the arctic air makes its way in. another foot of snow is possible or a foot of snow is possible around the lake areas. that's one side of the equation. then what else do we have? it is the cold air. the difference from yesterday and today. temperatures expected to be 20 to 30 degrees cooler than just yesterday in through the northeast. it is not just the northeast. places like atlanta below average for this time of year. day after day as we take you through the next several days, we are talking about the temperatures below average for this time of year. if you are in the south, things rebound slowly. we are talking about the pattern and as long as it is here, wave after wave of cold air is here. fall

places like newark, maine, rhode island.t of the northern part of the country, flights are cancelled there today. take a look behind me, you can see that the desk is pretty busy right now. much busier earlier this morning. we got video when we arrived about 3:30 this morning. there were dozens waiting to board flights to california, mexico. they also said that the flights were not affected at all by the nor'easter. they just decided to travel today, thanksgiving day. >> i've traveled a bit on thanksgiving. it's always a little hectic. but luckily, early in the morning, it's not too crazy, it doesn't look right now here. >> we had thanksgiving yesterday. now, we'll go and fly out today. we figured it would be a lot less busy. and it is, actually here at the airport. >> reporter: and most people are spending about 15 minutes here at the counter then they're moving ton their gates. so not any delays here. with checking in either. good news from the airports. we're going to stay here and monitor the situation for you and have mo

federal judge stephen rhodes approved a settlement that would bring the issues to an end. >> this is a day that should be firld with joy but we have more work to be done. >> reporter: the plan will eliminate $7 billion of the city's debt but it comes to a cost at pensioners and others. city retirees will endure a 4.5% cut to their monthly pension and a 90% reduction in health care benefits. bond holders such as ber bermuda based sincora. an historic bankruptcy that 15 months ago ignited age are and protests concludes sooner than many people expected. >> i think what you saw today was the best of us. the best of detroiters, the best of michiganders, the best of americans coming together through a difficult but managed judicial process to get a result that's for the benefit of the citizens of detroit, the region and the state. >> reporter: once the target of a potential selloff a deal was also reached to save city-owned art in a town when a call to 911 didn't always guarantee a response, detroit will invest $1.4 billion to improve essential city services and eliminate blight. judge rho

this one near rhode island avenue and here half hour north of the river dale mark station and near the woods in route one in bellsville where a train hit lords this year, her bones broken and teeth knocked out. we showed the company that owns the track what we found and soon there after they dispatched csx police at those hot spots and our cameras were rolling as the cop stopped multiple people. we also showed our video to operation lifesaver which helps warn the public about trespassing on train tracks and after seeing it they canvassed several neighborhoods asking businesses to hand out safety flyers and post warning signs in the window. >> we want to make sure people think safety. it's trouble because you can't legislate good common sense. >> these patrols an indication of an uphill battle they face for people who see the tracks as a shortcut for getting around town. we revealed more than 100 people have been hurt or kills crossing local tracks in the last three years. >> the tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b, on foot, by far. it's much shorter. >> a train hi

et cetera, the other thing the president is also doing, you mentioned that event focussing today in rhode island on the economy and how it impacts women. he's trying to exploit a gender advantage he had against mitt romney in 2012, but today, republicans released an ad charging that the real war against women is some of the president's policies. listen. >> while many women are working hard to support themselves and their families, they're still facing unfair choices, outdated workplace policies. that holds them back, but it also holds all of us back. we have to do better because women deserve better and by the way, when women do well, everybody does well. >> these comments are deplorable, and that is the reason why according to to the associated press, women voters are turning to republicans. >> this is the democratic candidate for governor, challenging nicky haley, he said this -- >> and we are going to escort whore, out the door. >> now while he was in rhode island, the president took time off from campaigning to buy a pretty decadent dessert known as a death by chocolate. probably too

>> a pickup opportunity for republicans in the governorship of rhode island.ahead until two weeks ago when she sought the endorsement of planned parenthood in one of the most heavily catholic states in the country and now it's dead even. >> kim? >> watch minnesota seven. this is colin peterson's seat. one of the more powerful figures, a ranking community chairman running for his 13th term and yet he has got a race on his hands. if he loses this it could be a big night for republicans. >> and i'd say watch the main governors race, where paul page, he made it a three-person race. one with a plurality and he's done it again and he may yet pull it out this year despite all the controversies of his term in office. watch that one. if you have your open upset prediction, be sure to tweet it to us. that's it for for watching. huckabee starts right now. >> we are three days with the election and senate at stake. two can go to a run off. who has the wind to their backs and millennial voters was leaning republican and mayor of houston dropped the subpoena and one of the

had a cook from rhode island. and he was there and i called him, i said get those police out of that tent. and he went over and got the people out of the tent. was the cook. and as the police came through, pardon my english, he said to asshole. e your you they thought that was a term of endearment and everybody was asshole. erybody hi hiass hole. and all the people, hundreds of people, hundreds saying good by. asshole. asshole. i wonder that's what happened to the future generations. that was slum delightful. the tour with the air force was at the air war college. i'm going to brag. the air-war college has won the prize and it's an award by the national geographic association for the best thes inch is. i won it that year. you can fool the people all of the time. fine. is extremely i was wondering, one of the things i wanted to talk about is i have been working with the eisenhower memorial commission and helping them getting through all of the hurdles. as you heard, i was the chairman of the american battle monumen

what you have is an intellectual moat run by susan rice and ben rhodes, these are the ones who were always stopping information from getting in there and it's not just chuck haling whole has been complaining. i talked to other senior officials who have briefed the president directly on the current quote unquotes debacles and it becomes inorder natalie hard to get the facts through to the decisionmaker and even when you do, people like ben rhodess are always raising the bar a little more so basically you almost have a 21st century version of lbj from vietnam calling the shots. that's why people like chuck haigle and others are very frustrated. >> you mentioned others. the third defense secretary to leave the administration. and you have to wonder what this is doing within and outside the defense department. what are you hearing? >> the word today was, this was meant as a shot across the bow. the real reason he is leaving right now is because of the august briefing me and general dempsey gave when they talked about the real threat of isis. and so what we have seen here is basically you need

providence, rhode island. washington, d.c. baltimore. philadelphia. boston.f course, here, in ferguson, missouri. let's discuss what is going on now. joined now by cnn's o'mara. van jones is here with me. sunny hostin, and michael, come of cnn analysts and commentators join us now. let's talk about this. you said this is a defining moment for young activists across america. >> yeah, this is very, very, big deal. the young generation of african-american, allies, and older people some times white folks say, maybe you are everreacting. maybe you are did something wrong. you have a generational response now. this is a major deal. i hope america will listen to the young people. i hope america will say that something here is going wrong. >> as the president spoke today. the president in chicago, supposed to talk about immigration. instead, started off talking about the unrest that happened here last night. the, the -- nonindictment of the police officer saying any one who sparks violence. he is not with the people. if you want to protest peaceful loo. he is with yo

rhode island a blue state. democratic governor. democratic state legislature. democratic secretary of state loves voter i.d.s. they have had no problems. 585,000 people voted in rhode island. 186 did not have i.d.s because voted by provisional ballot because there are ways to potentially vote. that will be controversial issue. we'll hear after the election, lawsuits will start from people who say they could not get an i.d. lead plaintiff of aclu case in philadelphia couldn't get one they filed a lawsuit. she walked in got one. gerri: unbelievable reporting a rick shaun. terrific reporting. >> thank you. gerri: with us the hans with the heritage foundation. one of country's foremost experts on voter fraud. we are joined by emily tish sussman who thinks voter fraud is not a problem. emmillly, you say it is not a problem. her pervasive is it it and why in your issue is not issue. >> with all due respect to reporting we talked about, "washington post" looked into every al alleged case of voter fraud since 2000 and 2014 and found 31 cases. 31 cases out of over a bil

. >>> joining us to discuss august of this, john thune south dakota, and from rhode island democrat sheldon whitehouse, a member of the senate environment committee. senator whitehouse, you are one of the leading environmental ises in the senate. you make speeches almost every week on the senate floor. have you been assured by the white house if the senate goes ahead and passes the keystone approval that the president will veto it. >> our information is they are leaning that way, but i don't have a hard assurance. how confidence are you that he will veto it? >> i hope and think he will. i think it's important to send that signal. i think the majority has long despised and denigrated this president. if they can roll him, i think they would like to. i think it's important for him to set the stage early on this, especially when the stakes are so hide for the damage that the pipeline will do. senator thune, the democratic leader in the senate, harry reid has blocked any vote on the keystone pipeline for years. is it your belief that he's finally agreeing to this vote to help mary landrieu who's

if you're traveling to boston, rhode island or hartford we had snow up there. check with your airlines to make sure things are a-okay at the airports. 37 degrees in philadelphia. 36 in wilmington. 32 in allentown and 34 in trenton. the winds which are not that strong yet are a factor, 10 miles per hour in philadelphia. 12 in wilmington that's giving you windchills in spots making it feel like the 20s, including wilmington and trenton and philadelphia feels like 30 which is not too great. so coats on, okay. as we head outside, heading to the school bus, between 6:00 and 8:00. mid 30s with a bit of a breeze blowing and partly cloudy skies overall. if you're heading to school. 35 degrees, by 8:00. noon, 41, 3:00, 44 going for a high of 45 degrees today. we'll hit that about 2:00. by 6:00 back down into the upper 30s, of course, karen with the winds kicking around 12 to 25 miles per hour. it's going to feel like the 30s, so winter coats today. blowing around the leaves that are wet you need to be careful as you head out. camden county we have an accident, it's in a

from oakland, california to providence, rhode island, protesters walked on to major highways and shut them down. blockedork, protesters traffic across the city including at the lincoln tunnel, the manhattan bridge, williamsburg bridge, and the queens midtown tunnel. more than 1000 protesters marched on the fdr drive, one point shutting down traffic in both directions. protester henoc montes was among those who rallied in times square. voicing our opinions little harder today and making sure we are a little louder. which is why we decided to push us and get out their shields and throw pepper spray and all this nonsense and arrest people. i'm happy to see everybody at least attempting to be part of this. it is good. something new is happening in the city. i just hope we can all keep it up. i hope this is a lifetime thing and not just this week. next i protested new york came on the heels of monday's protest when demonstrator shut down three bridges and through fake blood onto the new york city police commissioner. president obama responded to the unrest in ferguson tuesday by calling fo

. >> i'm so glad that you brought up rhode island where there is no senate race crucially and so that'sas comfortable going there and in fact he went there to stomp for the governor there. a democrat obviously. on the very day he showed up in rhode island to stomp for her, the political report changed their rating on that race from lean democrat to tossup. he's not even helpful in states where he is as you say popular. another extraordinary example in georgia. michelle nunn running for senate there is talking up her experience working for george h.w. bush. bush. >> in georgia. >> project ten years down the line. can you imagine a republican invoking the name of barack obama to win that state? this is extraordinary. i mean, the toxicity of obama's brand is not fiction. it's reality for these democrats. >> we throw out numbers of approval ratings. van talked about the presidential approval rating. we know congress is way lower than that. let's play the if game. if you have the republicans who take control not just of the house but the senate and then you have communication not happening,