these are live pictures from rhode island. look at that. the mayor of that town says they are facing what he calls dire circumstances. people are watching and praying. >> never seen it like this before. this is pretty amazing. it is scary. trace: that's a live look, by the way, at andrews naval facility which is on andrews air force base, the president will come out and talk about energy. when he gets into the part about drilling off the coast of this country, we'll bring that to you live. the whole thing, by the way, is streaming live on foxnews.com. it is news. the takeaway here is after saying no, no, no to drill baby drill, the president is changing at least a little bit. coming up, the president's speech. it's minutes away. jane: "happening now" in the top box, watching a hospital in texas right now, former first lady barbara bush is expected to be released there soon. we may also be hearing more about her condition. she was admitted to methodist hospital on saturday, and wasn't feeling well. >>> more carnage in russia, two suicide bom

rhode island is a resilient place. rhode islanders are tough, but they've had a lot of economic pressure and particularly after the last flooding just about ten days ago a lot of people cleaned up from that, put businesses back together, and now they're flooded out again. so we've taken a very hard punch and we're hoping the federal government will come in and be very helpful. >>> senator whitehouse, it's sometimes difficult to tell from the pictures but are we talking about hundreds of people or say up to tens of thousands of people who need help? >> as of this morning i was on the phone with national grid and they said that there are 5,000 households who have lost power as a result of the flooding. so that's at least one measure of the number of households flooded out. >> senator sheldon whitehouse from rhode island. good luck to you up there. we appreciate you coming on this afternoon. >> good luck. well, at least it stopped raining. that's a good sign. >> at least indeed. senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat, rhode

in cranston, rhode island. you're not back. you never left. >> good morning, everyone. yeah, by the way, this was an incredible storm affecting all of the eastern seaboard but pounding new england particularly hard with that heavy rain and flooding. look at the numbers, new york, 4 inches. boston, ainches of rain but from cranston to providence, 9 inches of rain and that's why rhode island became the headline. the ocean state is underwater. hundreds of people evacuate their homes as officials battle the most severe flooding to hit the area in more than a century. >> we're in unprecedented areas right now in terms of the impact of the amount of water that we're absorbing. >> reporter: some businesses are pumping water out of their stores 24/7. >> why not just walk away from it and leave it and come back to it in two or three days from now? >> we do that everything in here will be ruined. >> reporter: lewis jendza runs a child care cter. >> it's about 18 inches wide. >> reporter: check out his backyard. about 18

e esidg ofcer: the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask, if it's appropriate, unanimous consent to have my remarks immediately following senator whitehouse's. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to join my colleague and friend, senator whitehouse, in paying tribute to an extraordinary american, an extraordinary rhode islander, george peneeches. senator whitehouse with eloquence and obviously great feeling that i share with him recognized this extraordinary individual. he has been a friend and a mentor to both of us. he has been a force throughout his life for not only what we believe is central to america: opportunity to all, a sense of fairness and justice and decency. but he also has been intimately involved in his native land, greece and cypress. he is someone who represents the ideal of what an american should be. as a young man, he was a member of at that time the united states army air corps, and he flew 50 missions. he was a gunner on

rhode island's neighbors are taking a beating, too. a state of emergency in massachusetts, the national guard ready to help. well, it's a record river level also in connecticut. boats where boats shouldn't even be. theian ti iayantick, more than feet above flood stage. let's swim back to rhode island, shall we? reynolds wolf's got his boots on. you need them where he is. he's in cranston. when is all this rain going to end? what do you think, reynolds? >> reporter: well, it looks like today the rain is going to come to a screeching halt, and that couldn't happen soon enough. take a look at this. i happen to be on a street in cran stron, rhode island, as you mentioned, and about 12 hours ago this was a dry roadway. but now you have the waters, the river, the pawtuxet river that have come right on through. and this is what happens when you have, let's see, 15.47 inches of rain that fell during the month of march. you're talking the month of march being like a wet lion. well, tuesday came in roaring, also, where we had 7.9 inches of rainf

wcvb, warwick, rhode island. these people are just dealing with and they have been dealing with rain now for the three-week period. three five-inch rainfalls over three weeks now. so for the month of march, they've had between 16 and 18 inches of rain. i don't care where you are. i don't care if you are in the amazon. at some point, 16 to 18 inches of rain in 30 days will make flooding. and as they panned out, maybe we'll get back when the pictures get a little better. but we had entire shopping centers completely under water there in warwick, rhode island. we know that's the same story in cranston. there are many, many stories about where the flooding is happening right now. i certainly can't get to all of them. i'd love to go to cnn.com/ireport. maybe even do a video for us. something that's narrated. we can try to get it on tv. the rain has stopped. the rain is over. the rain is completely gone. at least the next five days. this is 48 hours worth of rainfall. it's all offshore. maybe if you are a gloucesterman

rhode island may not be renowned for its beef production, but >> rhode island may not be renowned forts bee production but there's something altering that reputation. this family has developed a program helping keep the family farm in the family. the american angus association sent us their story. >> when i was growing up, it was as far as you could see, and little by little, it grew up, people started selling off and couldn't keep the small farms and would sell a lot here and there. >> i felt as though we needed a different angle because we weren't making a profit here, and we needed to. we needed to support the farm. one day was on the local paper looking through the farm bureau magazine and came across an article, 250 chefs looking for different farmers in the state to provide different types of food, and one e-mail sent got me three e-mails back. >> all of a sudden we can't keep up with the demand. we get calls from people want ing us to supply them and it's probably going to have a great er impact on rhode island because we're nothing but small farms here. there are no large farm

the governor of rhode island calling this understand precedented. molly line is live:the situation. >> reporter: authorities are concerned about the water rising. they say the pawtuxet is still rising and it's not expected to crest until at least tomorrow. this water could still keep coming up. because of the unprecedented amount of it they don't know where it will go. they want to make sure people are ready for flooding. the state government has been shut down. schools are shut down. businesses have been forced to close. the i-95 shut down. that's causing major problems because everybody has to be rerouted. so rhode island is facing a tough situation today. megyn: look at that shot of the car. what about the infrastructure, the water, the sewage. >> reporter: a lot of people are without power because the national grid has been cutting power to homes. one of their substations is flood so that's been shut down. they are asking people to conserve electricity. not to use more than you need. they are also a couple sewage facilities that are under water.

manner of his charming temperament and his booming voice to start to assemble the resources in rhode island and then nationally to build what i feel and i'm sure i'm speaking for my colleague, the finest state veterans cemetery in the country. it is a place of reverence. it is a place of inspiration. it is a place where the families of rhode island veterans feel is appropriate as a resting place of those who served this nation. and in october of 2008, in recognition of his great dedication and service, the administrative building at the cemetery was named after george, a fitting tribute. he was, in addition to an active patriot of his country, our country, the united states of america, he never lost sight of the need to be a powerful force in greek american relations. his constant effort to assist both in terms of business enterprises in greece, in terms of charitable organizations in greece, his continued work to pull together the bonds between greece and the united states was remarkable. he was someone who was keenly interested and very effective in advocate a wise american policy towards

one of the things i'd like to point out is that rhode island is, in fact, not an island most period of time but it's certainly looking like parts of it could be. >> i used to visit a space down by -- two different communities from newport because there's the money and here's the fun people that don't have any money. but then -- that was an island. so providence and krcranston an now warrick. that's not the only state, massachusetts and vermont and maine. we just have pictures now from rhode island. in fact, some of them are, in fact, sad. places have flooded. some people had no flood insurance because they're in the floodplain. when you get 16 inches of rainfall in just 30 days, you are going to get flooding. and warrick, 8.89 i think they're up to now, something like that, in just 48 hours. that was a classic car. that's going to take some work to put that back. >> the governor of rhode island was saying nobody has seen this before. talking about their software for projecting what could happen, this exceeds even that. >> right. >> now, the good news is this ends at some point. >> it's

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. >> reporter: kathy luther is a teacher at rhode island's central falls high school, near providence. until yesterday, she and 92 other teachers and staff were about to lose their jobs at the end of the school year. last week, the central falls school board voted to axe the entire faculty at the school, where less than half the students graduate, after the teachers' union wouldn't agree to state-mandated reforms. >> i'm heartbroken, i'm heartbroken. >> reporter: but on monday, that spat between a school board and a teacher's union got a lot more public. >> if a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show any sign of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability. and that's what happened in rhode island last week at a chronically troubled school, when just 7% of 11th graders passed state math tests-- 7%. >> reporter: during that speech, the president proposed $900 million new dollars for systems that take similarly drastic steps to save failing schools. those steps include: firing the principal and at least half the school's sta

>> whit johnson in cranston, rhode island, thanks, whit. joining us now is the mayor of cranston, allan fung. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> what is the situation there this morning? are you in unprecedented territory? >> we're definitely in unprecedented territory. right now, the city is still under water in many areas. the pawtuxet river behind us still has not fully crested. we had shut down this major artery between our neighboring city warwick and ourselves early yesterday in preparation, and now the waters continue to rise. it's taken over several city blocks right now. completely inundated the elmwood avenue bridge behind us. probably just about an hour ago i received the bad news that one of our sewer pumping stations has just failed. we're in very difficult times. a lot of our schools are closed and many of our major roadways have some closures on them. >> i can't imagine what it must be like for residents of your town. what has this done to morale? >> it's really frustrating. there's a lot of anger out there. people are

tech had a 12 point lead but rhode island would rally. they would take the lead on a clear route for la month ole mer. got hurt on the play. tech is out. rhode island goes to the mst. two of the best, alexander ovechkin play to an overtime tie. decided in the shoot out. will ballet goalie and that's the game winner. caps have won all three meetings with the penguins this season. continue tomorrow night right here. >>> and we'll be right here watching. watching. thank you, ,, qqr >>> it was a very big show for some very small cars, general motors reviewed their personal ability concept vehicles. they can be recharged in a standard wall outlet. they can also be driven awe ton musely. looking to go the usv, which stands for ultra small vehicles. just don't get in a fender bender because e ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

if the $2 billion reduction will translate in rhode island into a $13.6 million cut. which is a sizable number for us. also, it undercuts the certainty of planning in terms of what money they might have. i know you are creating a mandatory stream with a trigger. all that will be discounted because it will be so difficult to calculate. essentially, they will be planning for and allocating and getting a waiting list for the figure which is much less. the other issue is this trigger is going, i think, to be difficult to estimate when it precisely kicks in. and it's unclear to me what the form of distribution is, if the trigger kicks in and. by way of that, this january there is contingency money being released to the states in rhode island -- and in rhode island they got $4 million less when our unemployment is second or third in the nation, sadly. the sensitivity of this funding will contribute, i think. my question, i think, is can we do better? in terms of the? baseline the se -- in terms of the base line number? and second, how about the trigger? >> i appreciate the

the most rain ever for any month in rhode island. we didn't have that much.we had lit stuff and spriles. even new england and the nor east it will dry out with this fantastic run of weather. that parade of nor'easter started in the fall and has been relentless. a lot of people saying what went by is the caboose on a long train. let's hope they are right. high temperature up to 73 dlings. see the storm before it leaves. rain is heavy for boston, new york city. wettest month they have had in march in all time and for the rhode island area and providence in particular, that's the wettest month ever in recorded history for them. the breeze around d.c. was related to that storm system. we have an area of high pressure building in. president gradient was tight. otherwise a lot of sunshine. we will wait until late in the week to see the system approach us, maybe producing a few clouds around here in time for easter. not a big deal. not a wash out. whave a run of weather. see the cherry blossoms. they are popping. staffers at the tidal basin, we have a camera down th

i come from rhode island, rhode island is a state with a lot of seniors. and a lot of low-income seniors. so solving their greatest dread, which is falling into the doughnut hole for part "d" prescription drug coverage is a really important and fulfilling thing. i heard from a woman just the other day, christine in providence, about her 23-year-old son, who she is scared to death about, because he's out on the job market and can't get health insurance and he's off her policy. christine's son will be protected. you come from a state like mine and this is all personal. it's all real. and that's what's been so frustrating about the demagoguery and the nonsense and frankly, the flat-out lies about things like death panels. now that it gets real and we have a real bill, i think we have a wonderful story to tell. and more important, we can really deliver for the people at home who are living in this health care system and experiencing failures day in, day out in heartbreaking ways. really the stories are just unbelievable. and this will begin to address them. >>

rhode island was hardest hit with sewage plants and power stations underwater. and a chechen rebel leader claimed his group carried out monday's subway bombings in moscow. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on the debate over offshore oil drilling. we've rounded up reactions from environmental groups, lawmakers and others-- find that on "the rundown." our peru series continues online where you'll find two web only stories-- a video report on how microcredit loan programs are helping those with long term, drug resistant tuberlucosis find jobs, and a story about the toll cervical cancer has taken on women in peru and efforts to help combat the disease. plus on "art beat," photographer all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with an interview with national security advisor jim jones, among things. thank you an

rhode islanders will particularly welcome this relief. just last week rhode islanders learned that health premiums in the state will go up 10% this year. in the same week they also received news that as many as 21% of the individuals in the state will be without insurance sometime during this year. this is double the rate of the uninsured just 10 years ago. in rhode island these two headlines coupled with an unemployment rate of nearly 13% have caused a perfect storm. as the economy took jobs away from rhode island, it also took away health insurance for the employees. the healthy hope not to get sick, the sick started showing up at hospital emergency rooms, and those who still had access to insurance stopped being able to afford it. hospitals in rhode island can no longer shoulder the burden of the uninsured. community health centers in rhode island can no longer shoulder the burden of the uninsured. indeed, the economy can no longer shoulder the burden of the uninsured. today we are considering a bill that makes further improvements to

they will try to dry out today in rhode island.minutes what uncle sam is doing about severe flooding there. new orleans wednesday morning here's what is in the news now. dc police are looking for a motive in a mass shooting. four people died and six were hurt last night in southeast washington. police arrested three suspects. >>> sky 9 is live over dunnston road in lorton, virginia. a major house fire there has been burning four hours. you can see firefighters are still trying to put it out. no one was hurt but the damage is pretty bad. >>> president obama has declared part of rhode island a disaster area. the governor there said floods like this haven't been seen in more than a half century. >>> all right. looks like a beautiful day outside. the day at a glance, increasing clouds and breezy. 9:00, mostly sunny skies and that will continue in to lunchtime today and by 5:00 the temperature is 58. currently at 50. the seven-day forecast is around the corner. totino's is proud to announce... that, on the list of things kids love, our

. >> the president, referring to a school in rhode island that has opted to fire all of its teachersthout some controversy. meantime, the president announced $900 million in grants to help improve dropout rates but schools will have to take drastic measures to get the money like firing principals and teachers. that is exactly what happens happened at central falls in rhode island. 93 teachers, administrators and other staff were fired. the president is saying he backs that decision. you heard him say it right there. i'm joined by david park, america's promise for alliance, founded by general colin powell. working with the house, kicking off grad nation acres new campaign to improve u.s. graduation rates. good afternoon, david. >> good afternoon. >> get to what the president was just talking about, the firing of 93 teachers and staff for under-performing? what do you think about that? >> there's a lot of tough choices that will have to be made in this very serious issue. the statistics are starting, 1.3 million students don't graduate from high school every year. they're dropping out

president obama has issued an emergency declaration for rhode island following record setting rain and the worst flooding there in more than 100 years, the weather channel's mike seidel is in cranston, rhode island. mike, good morning. the rain is easing there but problems i understand are certainly not over. >> reporter: not by a long shot. rain has finally shut down. even some sunshine this morning but behind me, this is the pawtuxet river, here in cranston is across the river, the other side in -- in parts of rhode island where the river has come up now to 20.76 feet, an all-time crest now, 12 feet above flood stage. it is still coming up, coming up another inch in the past couple of hours. yesterday and monday, heavy rainfall, that's why we've had unprecedented flooding. historic totals in providence, nine inches of rain in two days. over 16 inches so far in march, now the wettest month on record, forcing residents out of their homes, some for the second time in two weeks. the bad news is even though the sun is back out, the rain has stopped. it will take until at least early next

that was a very drastic step in rhode island that rhode island officials were willing to take on the teacher's union and basically fire the whole lot. >> well, andrea, as i said, there are different kinds of tools that schools can use all over the country. what we've said is, states, look at your lowest performing, 5% of your lowest performing schools in your state and choose from among these tools, do what you think is best. work with your parents. talk to your teachers. talk to the teachers' unions. but you have to do something about it. we can no longer afford to fail our children. they have to be first and foremost. they have to be our first, second and third priority. >> let me also turn you to health care. we know that the president this week is going to basically announce the new strategy. we've all seen the setup, the health care summit and the reaction to the republicans really sets the stage for proceeding, at least in part, through this 51-vote strategy reconciliation. this is what mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, had to say over the weekend. >> there are a number o

in rhode island, only 5% agreed to participate. and in washington, d.c., where they have just one union, the response was "no thanks." union officials say a big problem with race to the top is that it seems to favor paying teachers based on their students' success, not simply on years in the classroom and degrees held, as is currently the case. >> right now, in 50 states, in over the last 50 years, with over 15,000 school districts, they've moved to the same compensation system. there must be a reason. i believe, it's because it works. >> reporter: dennis van roekel is president of the largest teacher's union. so, you defend the current system? >> i believe it works, yes. >> i get paid based on how many years i've been teaching and how many graduate credits i have. it has nothing to do with how my students perform? >> i think, depending on how you do the... the advancement on the salary schedule, there are a lot of ways to do that. >> but some teachers are better than others. they are. i mean, there's plenty of evidence showing tha

molly line, thank you for that, from rhode island. martha: the conditions, when the weather is like this, they can change in an instant, and we know a lot of you are online, you're looking at the situation where you are, while you're watching the show with us this morning. so you can stay on top of the latest weather developments if you go to fox news.com and click on that bar you're seeing on your screen. we'd also love to see your pictures and video of the weather that you're experiencing out there. you can e-mail those to us at the address that's on your screen at you report at foxnews.com. we'll get as many of those on the air as we can. bill: in the meantime there are new developments in the midwest my laisha, a ninth member of preparing to wage war against the government is under arrest, joshua stone, surrendering to police in michigan last night, already in custody is his father, david stone, sr., considered the ring leader of that group. seven other members also under arrest, when the fbi, saying that members plotted to murder

rhode island takes the one-point lead.s it. virginia tech falls to rhode island 79-72. >>> and our continuing coverage gilbert arenas will be sentenced friday on his gun charge. the prosecutor is recommending jail time asking for at least three months behind bars. larry hughes who was in the town with the bob cats last night is still very good friends with gilbert and has been giving him support and advice throughout. boykins i being he's learned -- i think he's learned. reality has set in. he's focused on letting everybody know that he knows that he -- that he made a mistake, you know and moving forward. he's a guy that i'm sure we won't judge him after the fact, after he's served his debt or paid his dues or whatever the case may be, but i'm sure the people that know him won't judge him after the fact because they know who se. boykins sentencing set 2:00 friday. we'll be on the air as soon as the sentence asking revealed. ivan carter your host, ron thompson and joe dejenner, followed by an hour-long sportsnet. >>> up nex

. >>> president obama has declared a state of emergency in rhode island and has ordered federal aid for state ravaged by its rainiest month ever with more than 15 inches of rain thus far. the latest major rain storm to rock new england has led to flooding, road closures, power outages and evacuations. with as many as 9 inches of new rain since monday, the month of march has been brutal for most of the fornortheast and i thinke most in some areas. let's get the latest from meteorologist todd santos. >> you're right to say the most. in some cases it really historic as far as these floods are concerned across the area. to put it in perspective for elsewhere in the country, some rivers, patuxet river in cranston, we've turned a lot of streets into rivers. it's not until later this week, if not even the weekend before we see some of these even roads start start to clear out. never mind this portion of the country, you have basement in houses. a lot of clean-up to be done. this morning on the radar, this is a 12-hour loop, the last frame, just a few pockets of light drizzle so we're not addin

. >>> blacksburg, rhode island beat virginia tech. the hokies are done im thn the n.i.t.t is a look at sports. >> are we done? >> that was cold! >> i thought there was something more. >> >>> a lot repeats? >> mostly cloudy and cool tomorrow, 41-48. showers in the evening. evening showers, nighttime showers, the cold front continues. more sunshine over the weekend. full day of sunshine saturday, clouds late sunday. things warm-up and settle down the middle of next week. >> i am keeping my mouth shut. >> i have your back. "nightline" is next. saving money on cereal. - bread. - laundry detergent. even paper towels and toothpaste. at safeway, we've made a promise to lower the prices... on thousands of everyday items throughout the store. and, with our club card specials like lucerne yogurt, only 40¢, and 12-pack pepsi or 7 up, buy 2 get 3 free, safeway is keeping that commitment. so you'll always get what you want, when you want it, - at the price you need. - today and tomorrow. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. i'm a grass seed failure. well, i forget

rhode island happy to see the storm go. had heavy flooding toward new england from it. here a few thin clouds pushing out of the west. no big-time stormy weather in the future. mild tonight and tomorrow. into the day on friday and saturday warmer weather as a huge ridge of high pressure slides in. warm, core high pressure sort of a subtropical high will mean temperatures like this for us over to the next several days pushing into the 80s. st. louis today got to 86. that's the air mass headed in our direction. 42. clear. cool. breezy tonight. tomorrow two-degree temperature 77. sunny skies. beautiful blue skies. tomorrow night we are talking at 47 or so. clear skies. not quite as chilly tomorrow night. look at the seven-day forecast. a lot of people with big travel plans for easter weekend. i think you look great for that. 80 friday. dry roads. then into saturday more good stuff. maybe a few more clouds saturday. so we drop the temperatures to 78. 80 on easter sunday. that is going to be good weather for all those easter egg hunts. >> thank you, wyatt. >>> the o's took o

many of rhode islanders, through no fault of their own, struggled to find work. for many of them, unemployment insurance and cobra are the lifeline for their ability to support their families. to keep food on the table and to keep the family covered by healthcare. this is no abstract issue. it has had a serious impact in rhode island. we are in a state of just over 1 million. in that state, of just over 1 million people, there are 75,000 people at least unemployed and looking for work. these are hard-working people. many of whom have worked all their lives, but because of the recession, their struggles to find work so far are unavailing. margaret from north providence is 61 years old. and she is six months away from being eligible for social security. she is years from medicare eligibility. she has now been unemployed for 18 months. and her unemployment benefits are expiring. cobra, for her, has run out as well. so her healthcare is at risk. she's never been in this situation before in her life. and she is quite understandably scared of where our a responsibrespo

. >>> let's talk about rhode island. caught off guard. >> love this case. >> when so many teachers were given pink slips because of low performance at the schools there, particularly high school. so now, allegedly one of the teachers at central falls high school hangs in effigy, a one-foot effigy the president of the united states and now she is under disciplinary review. how far could this potentially go, richard? >> well, this is going to go -- i don't know how far it could go, fred. she was strongly reprimanded by the school district here. this is a woman who parents entrust to educate their children who has no sensitivity to events that occurred in our country with the hanging of black individuals in the south over the years. it's outrageous conduct by this teacher who apologized, but that's not going to be enough. it's not going to hold water here. >> is this something that the school district needs to handle or it could be a legal case, avery? >> i think it's a legal case. >> in what way? >> this is protected speec

they will host rhode island on wednesday in the quarter times.es' cheerleader trying to will on virginia tech. malcolm delaney to victor davila for the dunk. davila with eight points. 16 seconds left in the game. the hokies down by one. nice execution. hudson makes it a one-point lead. 27 points in the game. seth greenberg saying, come on guys. uconn has a chance. great hokies' defense. walker recovers. hokies can't take a shot. bell gets a rebound. seth greenberg, look at that relief. a 65-63 win over uconn. >>> the maryland terps are trying to get over yesterday's loss to michigan state. gary williams, by the way, held a meeting at 4:00 this afternoon to talk to the team. last night he told them after the game how proud he was. this group rallied so ferociously to come within a second of making the sweet 16. to spokane, washington. the terps gave themselves life. they did not want to come back east. michigan state, they inbound quickly. this isn't going to happen. right? oh, man. to corey lucious. no one could believe that thing went in. as tim

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i would like to echo the remarks of my very distinguished colleague from maryland who i know feels so passionately about this and whose own state will suffer really dire individual consequences as the failure of unemployment insurance and cobra and other things begin to hit home in the personal lives of people in maryland, people in my home state of rhode island, people across this country. with so many americans struggling to pay their bills, why, why did thousands of the worst off, including hundreds of rhode islanders, have to wake up on monday morning to find that their unemployment benefits and cobra subsidies had expired? why are people being kicked out of these essential humane lifeline programs before the economic storm that put them in that predicament has passed? the answer is that we have failed to do what is right for the american public in part because one republican has chosen this time of great despair for millions of americans to make a pol

on the college basketball front, virginia tech loses 79-72 to rhode island in the nit semifinals. >> coming up, we'll tell you >>> robert culp who teamed up with bill cosby in the tv series "i spy" died. he was 79. he hit his head while walking outside his home in hollywood hills. his death has been ruled accidental. "i spy" was considered ground-breaking television because it was the first time an african-american actor, cosby, starred in a dramatic series. >>> the postal service is one step closer to eliminating saturday deliveries. today the governing board agree to ask the regulatory commission for an opinion on this matter. that change could reportedly save more than $3 billion each year. the commission will review that request next week. it's definitely expensive having a growing family and it's something that you think about. we try to be conscious of that and plan out our meals so that we caneed everyone on a budget. at giantwe know saving money is important. every time you shop with your card, you can enjoy thousands of real deal savings and weekly specials, like top round

. >>> rhode island is completely water-logged. look at this video here. flooding knocked out sewer, power and roads in the small state. at the mall the entire parking lot is covered in water thanks to a river that overflowed. all but one security guard got out. he had to be rescued. those that did get out left their cars behind. i-995 was closed a quarter of a mile because of flooding. it will close again over the next several days so inspectors can check the roadways for damages >>> that's something you don't see every day. a mall being flooded and 95. >> you are talking an elevated interstate. you cannot imagine the traffic jams if you had to drive north on 95. in all seriousliness, as beautiful as it has been today we are thankful it came in time. in maryland one more day of heavy rain we probably would have seen flooding here. high tides have been above average. we are drying out today. that's going to keep going. that's what we need. let's look outside. man, people out enjoying themselves in the inner harbor tonight. out on the boats even some of the

. >>> trying to get the hokies to the final four but they would have to beat rhode island and they didn'te rams end the hokies' season 79-72. >>> steven strasburg pitched for the first time since leaving big league camp striking out nine batters in an intrasquad minor league game. the 21-year-old right hander walked three and allowed one hit. the nats leon hernandez -- [ inaudible ] >>> look who's lumbering around the bases? remember nick johnson, the former nat? [ indiscernible ] went five strong innings allowing only that one run. they got some nice defense here. christian guzman gets the liner. yankees win 3-1. >>> the washington redskins will hold their 2010 training camp at redskins park, the nine t time the team will -- ninth year round statistic which has been its -- facility which has been its home since 2003. >>> tiger woods is scheduled to hold his first press conference in nearly five months on monday, april 5, the monday of masters week. >>> i'm dave feldman. brian is back to wrap up the edge right after this.  >>> did you see this one? president george w. bush wiping

. >> it's a tough scene there for those folks in rhode island. >> a lot of damage and a lot of money>> yes, absolutely. and here though, we're just talking about fantastic weather. just doesn't get any better. is >> no, not like this. we're going to continue it and make it even better than the 70- degree day that we had. you'll see we're back up to 80 degrees tomorrow. 83 degrees on friday. then we get to saturday, back in the lower to mid-80s, just a few thin clouds moving back on saturday afternoon. if anything to complain about today, the northwest, 10 to 20. gusts might be at times higher. and around 10 to 15 for the next couple of hours. down to five to ten. clear and cool. upper 30s into the more outer suburbs. a part of the district. looking at upper 40s. pressed into the lower 40s. the winds will be very light. switching around to the south. by the time we get into the afternoon with tons more sunshine, upper 70s to nearly lower 80 degrees in many cases. temperatures where you are, way up in pennsylvania. 69 even out there. dropping down to 66 gaithersburg. dropping down a de

. >>> it will soon become a lot easier for people to walk or ride to the rhode island metro station. the board approved plans to build a bicycle and pedestrian bring that leads to the station in northeast d.c. the bridge is meant to provide a safe and direct route to the station and neighborhoods to the west. it will also give access from the metropolitan branch trail. the bridge is expected to open in the fall of 2011. >>> "forbes" magazine has come out with the top fuel-efficient nonhybrid cars. the magazine looked at gas mileage per gallon and total fuel costs. it was a tie for first place. volkswaggen and jetta topped the list. toyota's sub compact yaris was second. the popular honda crv which runs on napt gas and fit made the top ten. >>> what seemed like a sudden turn of good fortune for a central virginia family ended up being a big financial burden. the family discovered $88 billion had been deposited in their checking account on friday. they knew it was a mistake. they contacted their bank. bank manager said they had to freeze the account over the weekend while they fixed th

t a river in rhode island is recede bug not expected to drop below flood stage until tonight or maybe tomorrow. what remains are a lot of flooded basements and broken hearts. >> we've had it. we've been here for 22 years. this is the fourth flood, and this is the ultimate. in 2005 it was bad, but i can't handle this anymore. i just can't. and i'm sorry. >> governors from new jersey to new hampshire are asking for federal assistance to help with the cleanup costs. >>> very nasty weather all weekend long, and it just is never-ending. rob marciano in the weather center. your heart really goes out to that lady because there really is nothing you can do. you don't know who to be angry at. >> right. >> especially when this happens over and over and over again to your home or your community. >> this is not the only spot this has happened. folks who live in north dakota, they've increased their flood insurance. last year when these floods happened there was about 4,000 people that had flood insurance, now it's over 13,000. i guess that's one thing you can do, but if you live in a floodplain s

kennedy, is recognized for -- i'm sorry, from rhode island, is recognized for three minutes. mr. kennedy: i thank the gentleman, mr. kucinich. i want to say at the outset, while i'm speaking on behalf of the same resolution the gentleman before me spoke on behalf of, i couldn't disagree more, that our interests do lie in protecting our national security by being in afghanistan . my opposition is our strategy. my opposition is that somehow we're going to control the ground by maneuvering ourselves militarily to control the ground as if it's a nation state. i hear my colleagues talk about the flag of afghanistan. as if afghanistan is a country. in case anybody has bothered to look at it, it's a loose collection of 121 different sovereign tribes, none of them get along with each other, and it's a mountainous terrain of rock and gravel and the notion that our soldiers are over there laying down their lives to secure ground, we ought to be asking the taliban and the terrorists, anybody who is organizing to strike in our country, i am for that. but i am not for organizing an organized

look at all of the rain and showers and storms been through portions of connecticut and rhode island.e have our batch of showers today. they have moved well on out and now we're seeing clearing skies and we're in pretty good shape for the next 48 hours before the next system comes and gets us. zone forecast all six zones are still available on the website at wusa9.com. 61 in winchester. in the 50s for martinsburg but 66 in culpeper. 63 in warrenton and 63 in manassas. downtown 64, 65. 63 in gaithersburg and 63 in frederick. it's going to be cool in the bay. temps in the 60s. with the winds we're looking at a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac. 65 on thursday. the day part is dry but showers possible thursday night and then there is the cold rain on friday. temperatures in the mid 50s. we come back on saturday with sunshine, upper 50s. and another weak system comes in here on sunday and monday. maybe some showers, maybe some light rain. temps hovering around 60. >> okay, topper. thank you. >>> all right. two things, brett, first of all you don't hear the word steroid an

the ncaa tournament tips off today, but dave feldman with the hoyas in new england in rhode island. >> reporter: here in province, the hoyaas are making their 6h appearance and their four in six years under john thomas. the team held a practice in anticipation with the game against ohio. they enter the turn with a 23-3 report. george town was not invited to the dance last year, that makes this year extra porn. >> you to wait and now, you're here. >> it is excited right now. just to know that you i will be back in the tournament. and we did what we had to do to get here. so, now, we have to take care of business now. >> it is extremely exciting, each and every time you get a chance for the national championship. that's why we do this. so it is exciting. we have a group of guys doing it for the first time. they are excited. we need to get past the excitement and focus on ohio. >> reporter: georgetown d ohio meet. in provenance, dave feldman, fox 5. >> that should be a good game, too. >>> now, out west the terms will face houston and they are hitting the practice court. they are in spoka

and thoughtful debate and i applaud, especially, the passionate statement of patrick kennedy of rhode island. madam speaker, the war in afghanistan has continued for nine years and the obama administration continues to rely on the legal authority of the almost decade-old authorization to use military force which congress passed as we have heard by an overwhelming vote a few days after 9/11/2001. most who voted for it, including me, thought it was limited in time and place. but it became the basis for many actions taken by the bush administration. in my view, the aumf has been overused and abused as the basis for policy. it is time for to us consider whether it should sunset and i believe that it should. but the resolution before us is not in my view the right place to address that issue. after years of giving afghanistan short solicit, tolerating rampant government corruption and standing by as the taliban re-established itself, we now have a better strategy. that strategy, developed by president obama late last year, includes a promised drawdown of our troops there beginning in july, 2011,

. >> georgetown is already in rhode island and. fans will be cheering, hoping the hoyas move on. >> it is fun for fans to start lookg and practice and this region or that region. a lot of times you forget about the guy in front of you. >> everyone here in georgetown will not forget about the hoyas. they will be cheering for them. brackets are filled out. i am with the president. i have kan. going all the way. i will not pick duke. maryland is playing on friday. alison and doug. >> par un jayhawks fan? >> i am a tar hill. pretty striking i would pick duke. >> thank you. >>> 5:17. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. lisa, it is a wonderful traffic was? >> yes, in virginia, on 66 and 95. it is good between richmond and baltimore. we will give your normal travel times this morning on 95. we had two accidents on the beltway this morning. the one in prince george's county is near the ikea, route 1 in college park. everything is on the shoulder. the other is at river road. you can just see the flashing lights. that is on t

. >> i'm a student at american university and i'm originally from rhode island, so, carol, i rememberr days on nbc and expert commentary you used to provide for all of us. we have a candidate for governor in rhode island right now who used to be a moderate republican senator and i understand there are other candidates across the country who are sort ofç0centç independent candidates who don't seem to be in the tea party style, who seem to be moreç moderate both in politics and rhetoric and temperment. i w] wondering what theç pane thinks of the influence of independent candidates in this election even though you said the coffee party is not looking to start a new party. but whether or not you think the independents running across the country and who are viable share the values of the coffee party and whether or not there is a connection there. >> what we are seeing across the country is an outpouring of candidates from a variety of perspectives. you point out a former senator who used to be a republican and now is running for governor of rhode island as an independent. i got a cal