so why rhode island? why 1542 and why thomas this is an image of doors mother lydia from the rhode island that christie so the origins of what became known as doors rebellion, they deepen the state's history. the political culture of rhode island was certainly unique. democracy flourished in rhode island in 1663, colonial charter granted by king charles. the second, however restrictive clauses based on stringent qualifications prevented ways of immigrants, mostly irish catholics, in the 1820s and thirties, from entering the body politic. the charter restricted suffrage to those men possessing real estate figure set in the year 1798 at $134, thereby most of the population, the commercial and manufacturing districts who were renting their dwellings. the election of 1840 was a watershed moment. huge rallies connected this election all across the country. without question, though, certainly in rhode island, the rise of a stable two party system in the jacksonian period led to increased efforts by political pa

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our first panelist is benjamin jay rhodes. ben rhodes is a writer, a political commentator writer and national security analyst. he's the author of the new york times bestseller after the fall being american and world we've made and the world as it is a memoir in the white obama house from 2009 to 2017. mr. rhodes served as speechwriter and deputy national security adviser in the obama administration, participating in all of president obama's key decisions. and i just want to know how rare that is that someone stays in that type of position for entirety of two terms, i don't recommend it. i wouldn't repeat it. yeah, i think it demonstrates your dedication and drive to to furthering american foreign policy in his time. in the white house, he oversaw the president's national security communication and public diplomacy. he led the secret negotiations with the cuban government that resulted in effort to normalize relations between the united states and and he also supported the negotiations to conclude the joint comprehensive plan

rhode island for 9 years in 2009 to 2018. honestly, i can't think of many more important programs than providing counseling to our veterans who may be dealing with things like moral injury, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, or other mental health issues. we owe it to them to provide the best possible services. and you decided that your 2nd act would be to help those veterans. when did you realize that there was a systemic problem? a while in 2016, a memorandum came out from subject from the da central office, basically increasing our clinical productivity expectations. and this policy was such that it's um, increased the visit, count with the standard visits of 50 to 60 minutes. seeing individuals um where by we used to have to have i was referred to as 50 percent direct service time. so i have a 40 hour work week. we were to have face to face time with veterans or family members out of those 20 hours out of those 40 hours. well, by this increasing the way it did, and when he was 30 visits per week, what this meant

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. >>> and everyone hail to the pumpkin king one fan of spooky season in rhode island has carved out a tradition with his next level halloween decorations. it is monday, october 9th, and "early today" starts right now >> good morning. thanks for starting the week with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm jessica layton. we're learning more about the horrific surprise attack on israel that has launch and all-out war. survivors describing militants from gaza slaughtering people at a music festival, and new reports of hamas taking hostages officials say at least 700 people have been killed in israel, and the death toll in gaza has surpassed 400 three sources tell nbc news the u.s. lawmakers were told at least fore four americans are among the dead, and that number sadly is expected to rise. for more on washington's response to all of this, nbc's alice barr joins us live from d.c. alice, good morning. the united states is of course a close ally of israel so what are we seeing now from our military >> well, that's right. just big picture the u.s. has always supported israel, calling it the lo

and joining our discussion now is ben rhodes, -- msnbc political analyst. and then let's listen to what the leading republican presidential candidate, joe biden's chief critic, had to say about this last night. >> i'll never forget that bibi netanyahu let us down. that was a very terrible thing, i will say that. so when i see sometimes the intelligence, you talk about the intelligence. you talk about some of the things that went wrong over the last week. they've got to straighten it out, because they're fighting potentially a very big force. they're fighting potentially iran. two nights ago i read all of biden's security people, can you imagine, national defense people. and they said gee, i hope hezbollah doesn't attack from the north. because that's the most vulnerable spot. >> i said, wait a minute, hezbollah is very smart. they're all very smart. >> ben rhodes, hezbollah is very smart, that's the republican candidates position. >> i mean, look, lawrence, [inaudible] worst circumstances imaginable is he has no response to what's actually happening. it's j

our first panelist is benjamin rhodes. he is a writer, political commentator and national security analyst. author of the new york times best seller, after the fall and a memoir in the obama white house. from 2009 to 2017 mr. rose served as speechwriter and security adviser for the obama administration, participating in all of president obama's key positions. i just want you to know how rare it is to stay in that position for the entirety of two terms. >> i don't recommend it. >> it demonstrates your dedication and drive in furthering american foreign policy. in his time in the white house he oversaw the national security communication and diplomacy and led the secret negotiations with the cuban government the results in an effort of normalize relations between the united states and cuba and supported the negotiations that include the joint conference of action or better known as the iran deal. he is currently a contributor for nbc news, caused of a save the world podcast, sr. adviser to former president barack obama, chai

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the presiding officer: the righteous senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business were senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes eachment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i have four requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 68, s. 1170. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 68, s. 110, a bill to reauthorize and update the project safe childhood program and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that at committee-reported amendment be considered and agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i a

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now, this is an artist's rendition of the colossus of rhodes. the classes rhodes was supposed to stand in the according to, you know, histories of the time or after. but around time there that it was a monu mental figure celebrating the god apollo and sort of thank you for the gods intervention and particular battle and it supposedly in the harbor of rhodes and had this you know great stature it had been it had been a wonder of the world so bartoli wanted to make that but he wanted to it for egypt. so this is actually bartholdi's design for the suez canal in egypt and this was the original place that he wanted to put what i mean to me that looks an awful lot like the statue of liberty. this is supposed to be a slave woman because the head of who the ruler at the time had had officially abolished slavery. so it was supposed to commemorate the fact that he had done and and, you know, the headdress is a little lower, but it's still the same draped figure still the torch. so. bartholdi designs this. he goes back to egypt a few years later, he meets

gabe gutierrez, ambassador friedman, ben rhodes, thanks for starting us off. and coming up, president biden expected to address the war in israel soon from the white house. we'll bring you all the comments live as soon as they begin. >>> but next, covering the attacks in israel from inside the country, i'll speak to the editor in chief of the jerusalem post, new details we're learning about the gruesome attack. that's next. about the gruesome attack. that's next. (all) ♪ toooo youuuuu! ♪ (sean) i wish for the amazing new iphone 15 pro! (jason) sean! do you mean this one - the one with titanium? (sean) no way i can trade this busted up thing for one. (jason) maybe stealing wishes from the birthday boy is not your best plan -- switch to verizon and trade in any iphone and get the new iphone 15 pro on them. (sean) what!? (jason) yup, and on an amazing network (sean) and i don't have to ruin anymore birthday parties! (jason) yeah, that ship has sailed... let's go get you the iphone. here we go, come on hon. (vo) it's your last chance to trade in any iphone for a n

ben rhodes, prime minister netanyahu is rejecting pleas for cease-fire ink.rson john kirby had to say earlier on the subject. >> we do not believe a cease-fire is the right answer right now. we believe that a cease-fire right now benefits hamas. hamas is the only one who would gain from the. >> ben, i would love to know, is that the right position for the united states to be taking right now? >> what i'm concerned about is that there's kind of this binary in the discourse that's either israel's doing what it's doing right now, and i should say the israeli government led by netanyahu is doing what is doing right now. or, there's a cease-fire and there's no reaction. i just think that is the wrong way of looking at this. you know, i just want to call back to something prime minister netanyahu played in the clip you had earlier. he said, there will be no killing of palestinian civilians if they follow our instructions and move to the south of gaza. they bombed the south of gaza. they evacuate 1 million people down there and there have been people including child

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rhode island didn't even appoint delegates. the delegates to the constitutional convention were all men of prominence. many had actively participated in the struggle for independence. 22 had seen military service. 34 had studied law. 13 were businessmen and ten were planters. three were physicians. and two had been religious ministers. among them were eight, who had signed the declaration of independence. six who had signed the articles of confederation and seven who had attended the annapolis convention. most were well-educated. some of them in england. it was in this english based education, and the general moral and legal developed of those american leaders that the deep roots of the british values system lie. the war for independence came about primarily because americans rebelled against the infringement of their rights as british subjects. in fact, english traditions and english heritage actually had a very positive impact on the framers of the constitution. their belief in man's natural inalienable rights and representat

rhode island didn't even appoint delegates. the delegates to the constitutional convention were all men of prominence. many had actively participated in the struggle for independence. 22 had seen military service. 34 had studied law. 13 were businessmen and ten were planters. three were physicians. and two had been religious ministers. among them were eight, who had signed the declaration of independence. six who had signed the articles of confederation and seven who had attended the annapolis convention. most were well-educated. some of them in england. it was in this english based education, and the general moral and legal developed of those american leaders that the deep roots of the british values system lie. the war for independence came about primarily because americans rebelled against the infringement of their rights as british subjects. in fact, english traditions and english heritage actually had a very positive impact on the framers of the constitution. their belief in man's natural inalienable rights and representat

our first panelist is benjamin j rhodes. he is a writer, a political commentator, a national security analyst. a memoir in the obama white house from 2009 until 2017. he served as speechwriter and deputy national security adviser in the obama administration anticipating in all key decisions. i just want you to know that that is rare to stay in that position for the entirety of two terms. >> i don't recommend it. >> [ laughter ] >> i think it demonstrate your dedication and drive to furthering american foreign policy. it does -- he oversaw national security and diplomacy and led negotiations that resulted in normalized relations between the united states and cuba and also supported the negotiations to conclude the comprehensive plan of action that are known as the iran deal. he is currently a contributor for nbc news and his cohost of the pond save the world podcast, a senior advisor to former president barack obama, a chair of the national security . his work is been published in the atlantic, the washington post, the new yo

sam reed from our rhode island affiliate is giving us a look at the retail graveyard. >> reporter: joshuasses that have passed on. >> i remember going to every one of these places. >> reporter: outside of his dean avenue home, it's evident the life-long rhode islander not only as what love for halloween, but a love for land marks that are no longer with us. >> growing u, i always went to sears for my tools and stuff that one always kind of was a good one but benny's was my favorite. >> reporter: so like any good groundskeeper, he went to work perfecting each piece, using recycled roofing insulation and a hot knife to create gravestones for dead businesses gone but not forgotten. >> i thought it was a creative way to remember these stores that we group and places that we grew up with. >> reporter: equipped with their death date and logos. >> supposed to be coming back. >> reporter: this business burial display is put out on october 1. >> it's a good way to put them out every year and remind people. >> reporter: joshua says this is his way to pay halloween homage at home in the ocean state.

gregory co, rhode island and north carolina. now another department of energy nasa project is this giant machine because it will produce two and a half megawatts of power, even in areas having more moderate winds, it will be more widely usable than experimental models. private industry is also designing and building large scale machines and cutting. hunk island, massachusetts. since the municipal utility lowered its fossil fuel use by replacing some diesel generated electricity with power. this 200 kilowatt machine was developed entirely with private funds public utilities too. are interested in wind. this turbine served as a prototype for development of a megawatt scale machine. part of southern california edison companies. $2 billion wind energy development program. how much is being done to develop cost effective, reliable equipment? but what about the need storing excess power for wind periods? batteries work in some cases, but today another option exists. martin greenwald of thompson new york, gets some of his from a two ki

naval war college in newport, rhode island, rhode island being where i born and raised. he is the author of 17 books, the most recent of which is nimitz at war. he has been awarded the lincoln prize the roosevelt prize, the morrison prize, and brandeis prize, as well as the dudley knox medal for lifetime achievement and the pritzker military museum and library for lifetime achievement in military writing. and last but not least, the youngster andy lang is associate professor of history at, mississippi state university, which, of course, as you all know, is the home of the ulysses grant presidential library and museum. he is the author of a contest of civilizations expose in the crisis of american exceptional wisdom in the civil war era, which was named finalist for the gilder lehrman lincoln prize. his book, in the wake of war military occupation. emancipate nation and civil war america received the society of civil war historians tom watson brown book award. he is now writing an intellectual cultural biography of nationalism and a study of ulysses grant as lincoln's pro

and then, another window today, six hour window until 4pm local time when they said to rhodes would beheir homes. —— they said that to rhodes would be left in safety. they said that they understood the issues with that and said that there were some expand ability around the time frame. the signals are not entirely clear, but i think that it is becoming increasingly obvious that it is a matter of either hours or days until the ground offensive begins. yes. the ground offensive begins. yes, and uuite the ground offensive begins. yes, and quite clearly, _ the ground offensive begins. yes, and quite clearly, as _ the ground offensive begins. yes, and quite clearly, as well, - the ground offensive begins. yes, and quite clearly, as well, we have had that video issued by the israeli prime minister on twitter or on x, talking about the meeting with soldiers on the front line with gaza, saying: are you ready for the next stage? the next stage is coming. in that statement, we know that the reservists pulled up, it feels like the pieces are moving into place. feels like the pieces are moving int

someone who will be out of aging for him tomorrow is the same as scar, vice chairman of the belt and rhode institute. he's also southwest asia coordinator at the schiller institute need, joins even stockholm and sweden as a and thank so much for coming on the show. i've got the, the book that you wrote a few years ago, extending the new silk road to west asia and africa. but of course, while tomorrow it may be this, the, the, the forum i'm showing kind of escaped you, that the nature nation propaganda media says it's basically a failure easily is leaving china as partner's role in death. china is a proper, the market is collapsing with you probably say actually that to improve again. there may be some dramatic of its success and will that be discussed tomorrow, you're going to be there? yes, so thank you. i'll shoot for it. i mean, it's my pleasure. yeah, sure. i mean all these predictions that says when i think you have 2000, china has collapsed many times. according to these a, it was say there's uh, you know, producing china as well and collaborative has been going on for 20 years, is n

benn rhodes, amen mohuh teen, thank you. >>> up next, here we go again. right now, house republicans are once again attempting to choose a new speaker. one of these guys, most of whom attempted to overturn the 2020 election, finally fill the seat that has been empty for a record-breaking 20 days? "the reidout" continues after this. ♪ if you struggle. ♪ and struggle. ♪ and struggle with cpap. you should check out inspire. ♪ no mask. no hose. just sleep. inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com is it possible my network could take my business learn more and view important safety information to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more speed for your business? it's not just possible. it's happening. get started for $59.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how to get an $800 prepaid card with a qualifying intern

so keep continuing target targeting residential houses and many places rhodes, rhodes and gaza. many of them are around the hospitals and like to next to a donation from us within the next 2 out of chicago hospital in the center of the city name of south everywhere. um uh with the the, the ministry of health of health. and it just allows that the numbers of missing people on the drop of increases to 1150, missing report on to know and a number of casualties and increasing 7000 casualties. this that the witness and i see on my own eyes is really air craft throw in 50 rockets, one time on one neighborhood. the i'm going to schools deliver ship a hospitals more than $100.00 casualties. eye witness. there's a lot of casualties distant under the rubber all over the area. it was huge, a massive explosion. we never witnessed the posting. seas says this explosion is huge and they've never seen some food or something like that. there's hundreds of thousands of on why is it because of the is in the air strikes. right. finally, she is located right at the bullet. it was, he did was before