will be behind it. >> rhode island, america's smallest date, one of the first to plunge into recession. the company's deputy director says they are in a good position for the housing market. she says that houses are not selling. >> the market is very flat. very few buyers out there. interest rates are great. prices are good. there is a lot of uncertainty about jobs. >> homes have been repossessed. around 60 in the small area. the problem behind this is unemployment. it is persistently sticking at 9.6% throughout the united states. she knows all about that. she has been out of a job for five months and has four children to bring up on her own. rhode island's figures are worse than the national average. >> your name just goes off on the computer and you very rarely get calls back. there are so many other people putting out the same resonates -- resumes for the same job. >> wendy starr it's a new job on monday. -- starts a new job on monday. >> they said that we were a match. >> this is where she will be working, like house it. the government's stimulus will pay -- government stimulus wil

rhode island is one of the first to plunge into recession. president obama's stimulus money has allowed some to buy up homes and rhythm out cheaply. this company's director is in a a good state to judge the state of the housing market. she says housing is not selling it acts -- she says housing is not selling. >> interest rates are good. prices are good. it is a good time to buy. there's a lot of uncertainty. >> most of these times of been repossessed. there is that one and that one. around 69 in a small area. the problem behind this is unemployment. it is persistently 9.6% in the united states. wendy knows all about that. she has been without a job for five months and has four children to bring up on a rug. the figures in rutland are worse than the national average. >> if you feel like you're putting your resume into space. you rarely get called back. there are so many other people putting their resume out for the same job. >> but the state's unemployment figures are coming down, even though they are worse than the country as a whole. when t

rhode island is one of the first to plunge into recession. up president obama's stimulus money will go to buying houses cheaply. she says there are fewer repossessions of houses. >> there are very few buyers out there. interest rates are great. it is a good time to buy. there's a lot of uncertainty about jobs. >> that one and that one, around 60 in a small area. the pot -- the problem behind this is unemployment. it is consistently sticking at 9.6% throughout the united states. wendy knows all about that. she has been out of a job for five months and has four children to bring up on her round. no doubt redeye linda's average's worst and the nav -- no doubt rhode island's average is worse than the national average. >> you feel like you're putting your resume into space. how many other people are putting their resume out for the same job? >> when he starts and new job on monday. >> the lady called back. and you know, we are going to have me start. [laughter] >> this is where wendy will be working, like house financial services. government stimu

the did not evacuate, this covers 35,000 square miles, this is more of states of delaware and rhode islandcombined. this is the san jose, and traffic is moving pretty well in both directions including the guadalupe parkway overpass. wheat will be improvac. ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included. >> this just in to the kron 4 news room police say that five teenagers were shot last night in east oakland are expected to survive. late this afternoon, that no suspects, no motive. the victims are two of the 16 year- old, 217 year-old and an 18 year-old or all taken to local hospitals. four of the victims are from oakland and one is from san leandro two of them are 17 years old. and in world news, heavy rainfall in china is causing big landslides with one to zero fatalities. 1300 are missing, with one to zero fatalities, and some people were pulled out alive. one to zero fatalities 14 million people have been affected somewhat by these

one in rhode island, the other in boston. both victims were on craigslist. >> if you to d what you're asked no harm will come you to. >> reporter: 48 hours mystery producer wrote a book about his crime spree called seven days of range. he says while some described him as brilliant the police investigation found he had a dark side in he what's the perfect medical student orbs the other hand had a deviant sexual life. >> it was not all about sex. drowning in a sea of death and struggling with a gambling problem, markoff needed the money. i talked to the two surviving women, and both of them said he didn't touch them in a sexual way. he was had to rob them. >> reporter: he pleaded not gill a but was due to stand trial next march. >> he tried to kill himself twice in the past. it's shocking when someone goes through it with. >> reporter: the case has led to calls for craigslist to drop the adult services. craigs lest refused and said he will monitor that site themselves. according to a monitoring service, adult ads are a third of

. >>> it was the catch of a lifetime in waters off of rhode island. >> a rare yellow lobster was found. the fisherman who trapped it had never seen anything before. it's one in 30 million. >> he'll be spared and put on display. >>> up next, stories we're following today, including the latest from the gulf. >> plus, on the lookout for sharks. they've got some popular beaches closed again today. pipipipipipio >>> and now a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this monday. engineers are preparing to launch a so-called static kill which could plug the leaking gulf oil well for good. work could get under way by this evening. >>> the death toll is expected to rise from the worst flooding in pakistan's history. at least 1,100 are confirmed dead and thousands of others waiting to get rescued. >>> officials in the middle east are investigating a surge in violence. a massive blast in the gaza strip destroyed the home of a hamas leader this morning. and the jordanian city. >>> president obama traveled to atlanta today where he'll address the annual convention of the disabled veterans. m

. >> reporter: markoff was also charged in two other assaults that same week, one in rhode island, the other in boston. both victims were also solicited on craigslist. >> he just said, you know, if you do everything you're asked, no harm is going to come to you. i had about $800 in cash. he grabbed that, put that in his pocket. >> reporter: cbs news "48 hours" mystery producer wrote a book called "seven days of rage." while some described markoff as brilliant, the police investigation found he had a dark side. >> on one hand, he was the perfect medical student, a guy engaged to a beautiful woman. on the other hand he had a deef yents sexual life where he joined alternative web sites. >> reporter: it wasn't all about sex problems. he was drowning in a sea of debt. markoff simply needed the money. >> i talked to the two surviving women. they didn't touch him in a sexual way. he was there to rob them. >> reporter: markoff plead guilty to all charges but was due to stand trial in march. >> i know he tried to kill himself twice in the past. it's still shocking when someone goes through it.

. >>> and in rhode island, one lucky fisherman pulled a rare find out of the water. a yellow lobster. experts say a golden colored crustacean only occurs in about one in 30 million lobsters. >>> and bathers at one new jersey beach had some excitement to start out their weekend. home video shows this 5-foot sand shark snap and thrash on the sand after swimming all the way onto the shore. take a look at this video. he gave onlookers quite a show, i would say. the beach was closed temporarily until the feisty fish made its way back into the ocean. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> i've never seen anything like that before. that was crazy. >> did you see that video? did you see how close he got to the shark? >> he beached himself. like he wanted something from the ice cream man in the parking lot. i'm crossing that beach off my list. let's talk about yesterday. it's been an interesting dynamic this summer. the west coast, the story has been on the coast, how co

the treasury today approved mortgage assistance proposals in north carolina, ohio, oregon, rhode island and south carolina. combined, they'll get $600 million from a federal fund aimed at heading off foreclosures. the money is being redirected from the obama administration's existing $75 billion mortgage assistance program. >> jeff: ford motor is on pace to bring back nearly 2,000 parts-making jobs at its factories. those union jobs had been outsourced to suppliers in the u.s. and abroad. that's about 25% more positions than ford agreed to in contract negotiations with the united autoworkers union. ford says the move will save it money and time. >> suzanne: in the "money file" tonight: how much do you know about your sweetie's spending habits? here's manisha thakor, co-author of "on my own two feet, the modern girl's guide to personal finance." >> time and again, money is cited as one of the top causes for fights in relationships-- and divorce. one way to prevent wallet wars is to engage in financial foreplay, the process of getting to know your sweetie's most intimate feelings about mo

. >> reporter: bill from rhode island. >> we come here because we are really concerned about the welfare of our nation, the future of our nation. >> reporter: analysts warned this rally could carry a risk for republicans. >> republican party needs conservatives, needs the tea party activists, but the republican party does not want to be defined by tea partiers or glenn beck. >> reporter: in the end, beck the performer had the crowd in his hand. they came from all over the country for this rally, as far away as california. some in the crowd had anti-obama t-shirts or signs. for the most part it was a peaceful day and both rallies were peaceful. lester, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. >>> there is news on both u.s. warfronts in afghanistan. dozens of insurgents launched a daring attack against two bases manned by american and afghan troops along the pakistani border this morning. one of the bases was the site of a suicide attack that killed four cia officers last december. today's attack was beaten back. 21 insurgents were killed, others were captured. many said to be wearing amer

massachusetts, rhode island, new york, maryland, washington, d.c., ohio, north carolina, georgia, florida and hawaii made the cut. tennessee and delaware won in the first round. the program requires states to agree to a teacher evaluation system. it is thought that california may have lost out because such a change would have to be negotiated with local teacher unions. >>> still ahead tonight at 5:00, more on the fire i on mount ir diablo. >>> plus we're tracking the heat across the bay area. current conditions at th fire right now, 105 degrees. with winds at 10 miles per hour and we'll have details on the record-setting heat and when we'll see some major cooling across the entire bay area. >>> also coming up tonight, not your typical story about kitty litter. the video involving a cat that's sparking a lot of outrage. >>> and the 411 on who's texting and talking. the new study on people who spend the most time on the phone. >>> and why you could soon be waiting at longer. we're backs ien n longer. we're back itwo min nutes. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30

for the entire east coast july brought much above form normal temperatures tuesday rhode island and delawareve their hottest july effort. a live look outside from the golden gate bridge in you can see that the fog rolling in about a blanket the entire bay area tour of familiar site this summer this is been one of the coldest in memory. as christine conley explains experts say this is all connected to the extreme weather were seeing all across the country. take a look at these two picturesthe experts say this is all connected to the extreme weeather were seeing all across the u.s. take a look at these two pictures on the left you see the fog, the record cold temperatures the bay area is experiencing. on the right a heat wave that's hitting the east coast. both are extremes the national weather service says of linked. the best we understand this weird weather is to think of it as a giant wave that covers the earth. at the top of the wave is high wñuvpressure creating hot weat. at the bottom of the wave there's low pressure, creating cold weather. this summer that wave is shifted with the bott

the winners, florida, georgia, hawaii, massachusetts, hard, new york, north carolina, ohio, and rhode island. the competition has sparked a wave of reforms accost cross the country including new teacher accountability policies. >>> coming up an suv plows into people waiting at a bus stop area in san francisco. what police say caused that driver to lose control. do. the bay area . >>> and i'm kit dough in san jose in what is most likely the smartest crosswalk in the bay area. we've got a live report coming up. >>> they are breeding like they are known to do. the bay area shelter saying it has a wony problem it a bunny problem on their hands. kip dough kit dough the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800. they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring p

. >> reporter: mark off was also charged in two other assaults that same week one in rhode island, thether in boston. both victims were also solicited occasion list. >> he said if you do everything you're asked no harm's going to come to you. i had about $800 in cash he grabbed that put that in his pocket. >> reporter: cbs news 48 hours mystery producer wrote a book about the crime spree called 7 days of rage. says while some teachers described mark off as brilliant the police investigation found he had a dark side. on one hand he was the perfect medical student a guy engaged to a beautiful woman. on the other hand he had a deviate sexual life where he joined a lot of alternative lifestyle web sites. >> reporter: but it wasn't all about sex for mark off. drowning in a sea of medical school debt and struggling with a gambling problem larosa says mark off simply needed the money. >> i talked to the two surviving women and both of them tell me he didn't even touch them in a sexual way. he was there to rob them. >> reporter: mark off had pleaded not guilty to all charges but was due to sta

curiosity about both of you and paula fredriksen, i note that you were born in that great state of rhode island. where i hail from. kingston. the uri, you didn't go to uri, though, you went to wellesley. and then you went on from there to where? >> oxford. university. >> how many years were you there? >> one. >> what did you study? >> theology. >> then where did you go? >> i went to new jersey. >> and what did you study there? >> at princeton i studied the origins and history of ancient christianity. >> you taught in a number of institutions. would you list those for us? >> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in th

and made landfall in rhode island, with 100-mile-an-hour winds. a category 2 hurricane. i'm sam champion in miami beach for "nightline." >>> earl is a dangerous storm for sure and for the latest on the hurricane go to abcnews.com. thanks to sam champion for that report. when we come back, well, he's the star who keeps tennis fans and other admirers enthralled. we're going to sit down for a one on one with rafael nadal. at purina one, we want your dog to be as healthy as possible. so, we set out to discover the science in some of nature's best ingredients. we created purina one with smartblend. new, delicious shredded morsels and crunchy bites, with real meat, wholesome grains and antioxidants, for strong muscles, vital energy, a healthy immune system, and a real difference in your dog. purina one improved with smartblend. discover what one can do. challenge that with olay. in an independent study of 50,000 consumers presented by better homes and gardens, olay was voted best across facial cleansing and anti-aging categories. woman to woman - we think you'll agree. olay. w

hurricane in 1991 that ed within 35n 35 miles of the carolinas andarolinas and moved right on shore in rhode islandof of rtainty. nd there's a kinre's a kind of eail mary system that might move it.and stop it. hat would that be? >> it would be this cold front hat's coming out of new england ing o now. that's what everyone's hopes are righ on.ed on. hurricanes like this are only sheared by big weather systems weathere's a strong cold front marching towards the shoreline. by thursday, it's supposed to connect with the storm. and if you remember the old pin if y in ballchines, it would be like the bumper, that takes this machines, hurricane and bumps it out to the atlantic. that's what everyone's hoping, atlantic. you, sa >> hoping for the front to move mn. thank you, sam champion, from miami tonight. >>> and we want to turn now to the late report today on the arrest of two men who flew out ofchicago on a united airlines nitedt. .utch police stopped them, du charging them with preparing a errorist attack. our chief investigative ross has dent brian ross has been bout it. ing the story ane, there may t

joined now by florida, georgia, hawaii, massachusetts, maryland, new york, north carolina, ohio, rhode island, and the district of columbia. congressional correspondent nancy cordes tells us the latest winners will share nearly $3.5 billion in grants. >> congratulations! >> reporter: we were there today when the head of washington, d.c.'s e.l. hanes charter school got the good news. >> the good news is that d.c. has won the big grant called race to the top. >> ooh! >> reporter: the reform proposal she helped author had garnered her city $75 million. that's a tenth of d.c.'s entire annual public school budget. how long will it take before kids at this school can actually feel the effects of that money? >> i think will be nearly immediately. >> reporter: to compete in the race to the top, states were required to adopt rigorous reading and math standards. 35 of them plus the district of columbia took on the challenge and 19 of them with ambitious plans for reform made it to the finals. today the administration announced the winners-- nine states plus d.c. >> we're rewarding states willing to tak

caller: the public utilities commission in a rhode island just passed a bill yesterday. is a very controversial project and the cost of the contract is about three times what it would cost us to buy electricity normally in a row island, 24.4 cents per kilowatt. host: are you a supporter, or against it because of the cost? caller: i am against it because it is adversely affects the high energy issues in the state. but it passed, the governor supported, because it will create jobs. my question is, is there a wind project that would be viable in terms of cost effectiveness? guest: in europe, to deal with this issue -- let me come in first on the block island project. the deep water project is very costly for a number of reasons, not just because of the cost. it is an amount of scale. a lot of the work they do for an 800 what -- 800 megawatt project, you have to do for an project.rojecwatt the other thing is that in that review your case off block island, the deep water, they have to use -- in that particular case off block island, the deep water, they have to use technology

north carolina, ohio, oregon, rhode island and south carolina received approval.ir efforts could help up to 50,000 homeowners. in june financial aid went to five other states and that did include california. intel settled antitrust lawsuit with the federal trade commission. seven cisco is considering banning the sale of tobacco from roche restores with our slate pharmacies. sam francisco expanded no-smoking areas. it ban tobacco products in places like walgreen. we will take a break at 1012 will be right back recap of top stories and your latest with weather and traffic coming so my mercury moment happened during our family camping trip. i grabbed my son a juice box...and left the cooler lid open. twenty minutes later, all our hot dogs were gone. and so was most of the car. my mercury agent, steve, told me the car was covered. i switched to mercury because i saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance, but it was the service that really made me a happy camper... er...ex-camper. call 888-4-mercury or visit mercuryinsurance.com to get a fast, free quote and start

rhode island's first electric car charging station opened today. the u.s.conomy is coming back, even though it's painfully slow. steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> a san jose man and his teenage son credited with saving the life of a man caught in a burning car earlier this year were honored. alfonso rodriguez jr and his 14-year-old son honored today. they were driving to san francisco in march to celebrate st. patrick's day when they passed a smoldering car with an unconscious driver. the team grabbed a wrench and he and his dad broke the window and dragged that driver to safety. >> my kids are sitting on the freeway offramp in my vehicle. hope that i'm able to help this man out. hoping, you know, it was just a rush of thoughts. >> reporter: what a lesson for that family. he says the rescued man is still recovering from his burns, but they have spoken on the phone and they hope to meet in person soon. what an honorable son to have. >> indeed. the goodness of human nature. >>> next, a miracle mom whose baby came back to life in her arms. >>> and je

david smith of the university of rhode island for being here. my wife is a graduate of oceanography. i can remember lugging bucket assault -- of saltwater run the labs. -- around the labs. >> the key part was the winter driving. -- diving. i was not as up for that as you might expect. i did it. when that would suit first fills, it is mighty chilly. >> it is remarkable what one will do for love. >> i looked forward to a discussion about the consequences of dispersant and how to use the approval regime. we owe this to the communities along the gulf coast. we also owe it to all americans to assure them that we are prepared the next time such a disaster strikes. i think my colleagues on the committee and subcommittee. senator carper. >> thank you. thank you to both for holding the hearing. we want to rethink our witnesses for coming today and for your testimony. -- thank our witnesses for coming today and for your testimony. we express our heart felt sorrow to those of lost loved ones and families that are suffering in this terrible accident. i say

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they are florida, georgia, hawaii, massachusetts, maryland, new york, north carolina, ohio and rhode islande competition though has sparked a wave of reforms across the country, including new teacher accountability policies. >>> in a moment, our very first poll on the oakland mayoral race. why it could be bad news for some 12 candidates. >>> state lawmakers don't have a budget, but they have plenty of ideas for new laws. how one would affect your trip to the grocery store checkout line. >>> millions of stimulus dollars to help californians buy homes. so why is some of it going to californians in prison? >>> and speaking of california prisons, inmates will have to try harder to hide their contraband. you are not going to believe what these dogs have been trained to smell. story... that ,,,,,,,,,, that wildfire buring on mount on the line - >>> we want to update you on our top story. the wildfire burning on mt. diablo. i have on the line with me ba stanion chief for cal fire jim crawford the battalion chief. jim, thanks for joining us. can you give us the latest update in terms of acreage and

for the entire east coast, july brought much above normal temperatures tuesday rhode island and delaware july ever. here's a live look from our mount tam cam boy looking at fog blared over the bay area as it begins to relent. this is why the cool this summer the bay area has experienced in recent memory. san francisco hit near record low temperatures in june and july trade as christine conley explains the experts say this is all connected to the extreme weather were singled across the u.s. trade take a look at these picturesthe experts say this is all connected to the extreme weeather were seeing all across the u.s. take a look at these two pictures on the left you see the fog, the record cold temperatures the bay area is east coast. both are extremes the national weather service says of linked. the best we understand this weird weather is to think of it as a giant wave that covers the earth. at the top of the wave is high pressure creating hot weather. at the bottom of the wave there's low pressure, creating cold weather. this summer that wave is shifted with the bottom of its stock ove

and we were going to block island, rhode island. >> rose: and so you said to your colleagues at nbc news if, in fact, we're going down there, i want to go all the way and let's get in the dome. >> yes, i was disturbed upon arrival that it was a homeland security event. that people were getting aggressively pated down. first time the classism light bulb went off over my head is with poor folks. white and black but poor folks. the folks we saw in new orleanss were about the last 100,000 people who will exit most american cities. lesson we didn't quite learn back then but we'll learn it some day. and it was a, it wasn't a gentle welcoming that they received there. they were greeted by a patdown for contraband. cigarette lighters were taken away from people. and then they were given an mre. what does every mre contain, a pack of matches. that kind of mentality. but they were-- they were decent people, they were in a good mood. they were willing to ride it out. >> rose: and that's what keeps you on the story the people of new orleans. >> absolutely. >> rose: so where are we today five years l

of rhode island fire trucks falling into another giant sinkhole.he crew is returning from a call that happened yesterday morning it took several hours to get the truck co. you see them working hard to do that there but no serious damage and no one was hurt. stop >> sir ending lower as worries about the economy away optimism and from a fresh round of corporate dealmaking. stocks generally left after each p% more than dollhouse put the gains faded quickly the delvalle with a loss of 39 points. new credit card rules took effect today to protect consumers against credit-card abuses. the new rules include maximum fines on late fee is no more than $25 on last you have had multiple late payments in the last six months. only one charge per statement that means no extra penalties for each day a payment is late. any increase in rates must have a clear explanation and no more fees for not using your credit card often off. however credit card companies are getting around some of these fees on the report says the annual fees and credit cards have jumped 18% in

he takes off shortly cut -- to go to little compton, rhode island. all well-kept secret in rhode island, the home of the best ice cream parlor in the count, i am convinced. also, watching from a distance from colorado. we're very pleased -- yes. we're very pleased have ambassador hl and hoping he will be able to look forward, with where we're going beten this relationship between the united states and iraq. we will have a good opportunity for questions. if there are people in pakistan and their root watching us online. we may get some -- in baghdad and their root -- beirut loten is online. please silencer phones and please welcome ambassador hill. [applause] >> thank you, bill, and thank you for being to the old u.s. building. showing its age, i guess. i guess you are looking forward to the new building which is about the size of the houston astrodome, one of the eighth new wonders of the world. i am leaving the state department, not only bause our view of the atomic has been obstructed by the new building. [laughter] if always liked the view and i d

rhode island, new york, ohio, maryland and florida. those five applications were top rate.nd in fact, some of the things that were politically criticized beforehand, people ignored and did the right thing. so, for example, in florida, jeb bush and others attempted to really politicize the process. and instead of coming up with something that was focused on how we help teachers be the greatest teachers they can be, using new evaluation systems, they tried to just basically get rid of collective bargaining and tried to base everything on test scores. the governor vetoed that bill, pushed back at it as did parents and teachers all across the state. and instead what happened is that soon as the bill got there, they or the stakeholders, parents, teachers, unions, the commissioner of education got together and they put in a great proposal that now has gotten them $700 million. that's what we have to do to change education. it is both about trying to figure out how you get really big capacity so that every child has a great teacher supported by good leaders, how you have robust cu

he takes off shortly cut -- to go to little compton, rhode island.t in rhode island, the home of the best ice cream parlor in the country, i am convinced. also, watching from a distance from colorado. we're very pleased -- yes. we're very pleased have ambassador hill and hoping he will be able to look forward, with where we're going between this relationship between the united states and iraq. we will have a good opportunity for questions. if there are people in pakistan and their root watching us online. we may get some -- in baghdad and their root -- beirut loten is online. please silencer phones and please welcome ambassador hill. [applause] >> thank you, bill, and thank you for being to the old u.s. building. showing its age, i guess. i guess you are looking forward to the new building which is about the size of the houston astrodome, one of the eighth new wonders of the world. i am leaving the state department, not only because our view of the atomic has been obstructed by the new building. [laughter] if always liked the view and i did not know

guest: i smiled when he said that because you had republicans win a seat that is something as a rhode islander i did not think i would see in my lifetime. when you have a party without much power, they can actually push back a little bit. 60 seats might solve the problem -- solve some problems, but create a bunch of others. host: we have run out of time. thank you all for being here this morning and kicking off our summer series. all this week we are looking at politics. thank you for coming on. we need to go now to the national press club. there is an event happening this morning, looking at threats to judges. thanks for watching the "washington journal". [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . first of all, you have to remember -- or you have to get a physical picture in your mind of what our courtrooms are like. our hearings -- hearing rooms are approximately three square feet or less. that is slightly the average than the average bedroom in an average house in america. at the conclusion of a hearing, the judge mak

he may be connected to two other robbery attempts one in massachusetts, another in rhode island no oneilled in either of those cases. >>> a manager at apple will appear in federal court on charges of allegedly taking kick backs. divine is a global supply manager for apple, authorities arrested him on conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges. suppliers used that information to negotiate more favorable contracts with apple. one of those is andrew ang also named in the federal inditement. officials are not saying where he is. >>> 7:35 a.m. a federal appeals court ordered all arguments be filed today as they consider a request to block same-sex marriages from resuming. prop 8 supporters asked the court to put same-sex marriages on hold saying they should not be allowed during the appeal process. the move comes after the judge ruled a california same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional and same sex couples can begin marrying wednesday after 5:00 p.m. unless the appeals court steps in to stop them. >>> channel 2 website has a special section on the legal fight over prop 8 go to k

it would be like you went to china, and all the americans you met were from providence, rhode island. but the numbers started tailing off, because the economy in china picked up, southeast china in particular picked up to a point where there were factory jobs, plentyful jobs in the manufacturing sector. and then since the advent of the economic crisis, that's changed. and suddenly a lot of those factory jobs have disappeared. and within china, we've seen a big migration away from the east coast, with many people leaving and going back to the villages they left behind. and interpretly, i had been predicting, well, people are willing to go back in to wherever it was they left, and they may be willing to ventura board. sure enough, a few months ago, we started seeing these stories coming out that border officials were perplexed because there was suddenly a spike in the number of chinese they were apprehending coming across through mexico. so i think that this remains a significant issue, and i'll leave with you one last trend where i think it's especially troubling, and this gets somethi

record business yellowstone covers nearly 3500 square miles more than the states of delaware and rhode island combined. jet " bullfight to tell you about a debt load flight attendants is under arrest after getting into a fight with the passenger is today. stevens later was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and wetter as endangerment. he is the blind and which of them he was working on a jet blew a flight from pittsburgh many guns your argument with the heated or baggage as the plane was landing he is the public address system to rate the passenger and then activated the slide slid down and went to his car. he was later arrested at his home in queens. bizarre story. theory has we don't ever acquiring change coming for you tonight as the other fact nbc will air the giants did so we'll have nbc programming in all of course mean that the a pocket watch back-to-back episodes of america's got talent and attend a special edition of the kron4 in mayor back, stay news to say about the state legislature has passed a resolution asking that same set for spouses and domestic partners be tax

he will soon go back to rhode island. it is the home of the best ice cream parlor in the country. you should visit it. so, another red sox fan here. we're very pleased to have embassador hill. some lessons learned, but visions of where we are going with this relationship between the u.s. and iraq. there are people in baghdad and beirut who are watching us online. we may get some questions from them as well, and from this group, and from the overflow audience in a nearby room. please welcome ambassador hill. [applause] elcome ambassador hill. [applause] >> thank you very much, bill, and for inviting me to this old building. i know that you are all looking forward to this building which is larger than the largerastrodome. it is under budget, write the? >> absolutely. >> so, i am leaving the state department, not only because our view of the potomac has been obstructed -- [laughter] i have always liked the views of the u.s.i.p. it is a great pleasure to be back here. i have wound up 16 months in iraq. as they say in the world cup, i went into extra time there. i was planning to make

host: rhode island on the republican line. your thoughts caller: i think any war we engage in is winnable we need to take the politics out of were. the rules of n gaugement for troops of two weeks if we win it more heavy handed, we could have achieved. the war would be this for years and years and years. china reports to be reloted >> the soft power approach to world affairs. looking for more of that to come out. host: writing out of jerusalem that israel plans to buy 20, u.s. built, radar evading fighter jets built by lockheed martin. attacking after the u.s. military pulls out at the end of 2011. jim in west virginia standing by. good morning. caller: if iraq or afghanistan attacked the united states, would you fight with everything you have to get rid of the outsiders. for all the people who are anti-war now, where were you the last eight years, you hypocrites. host: thank you. caller: i do not think the afghan war is winnable. it's time to bring troops hope and protect our own borders. host: today, the preds will head to m

i was in providence, rhode island doing a presentation on my book on how to raise a drug- free kid before a group of several hundred public school parents, and the decaying question was repeatedly asked. this year, we decide to ask questions about it for the first time. here is what we found. about half of high school students, one-third of middle school students say that there are gangs in their schools. as you can see, schools that have gangs are twice as likely to be drug-infected, schools where drugs are used, kept, sold, compared to schools with no drugs. this is the difference between public and private schools. 46% of public-school kids say there are gangs in their schools. 2% of private and religious school, combined we do not have enough to break them out separately. 47% of public-school kids say there are drugs in their schools compared to only 6% of private and religious school. this is one of the headlines in the survey. more than a quarter of public school students, 5.7 million, attend schools that are drug and gang infected. here is the impact of that. the blue bar, drug-fre

gangs raised were in nashville, tennessee and when i was doing the presentation to parents, in rhode island. these are not huge cities like new york, los angeles and chicago. i think that's important. when you don't have time to be home with your kids at night, you all to find time to spend with them on the weekend. it's the quality and time and them knowing you care that is so important. caller: thank you. i have a concern that the alcohol and drug problem is not being addressed about the white population. in the suburbs now, kids are drinking more alcohol. young people and also taking more marijuana and dangerous drugs among the white population. i'm concerned that when we talk about drugs, we focus on minorities. but we don't focus on the crisis among the white population. host: let me get your reaction to this chart. they asked teens if you wanted to get marijuana right now, who would you get it from. 76% said from friends, classmates, 25% said a dealer, 3% from a family member. caller: that is an interesting note you put down. 76% that they get it from, who are these people? most of th

another 3.3 million electric customers in new york state, rhode island, new hampshire and massachusettswe were talking about the heat wave coming through this week. are you concerned at all about blackouts in that region guest: well, i'm not concerned about blackouts because we've really invested significantly in our networks. but we're always very careful when we have these extended periods of hot weather because all of our equipment is stressed, it's running at peak capacity and we can't have any slipups. host: and we're talking about natural gas as part of this utility equation today. but are you supplementing other renewable type energy in order to make sure that the grid stays alive during this heat wave? guest: when weather is this warm we're looking for electricity from all sources. so whether it be from hydro solar, wind, nuclear, we'll take it wherever we can get it. host: let's go and focus specifically on natural gas. how do you distribute natural gas? guest: well, in the country we have two million miles of underground pipeline serving 70 million homes and businesses with na

in rhode island, as they develop statewide plans and have the state resources. this is extremely important in the times now under very constrained budgets. people should not lose focus on helping military families, because there is no reason to reinvent a program for restores -- or resources it is already existing -- or resources for military families if it is already existing for families in general. >> it has been very gratifying up.ee states stepu perdue is not alone among universities to have engaged in this effort. a lot of states have enacted legislation to support military families. i see that there is a huge consequence of all of the guard and reserve call-up during this war, and that has been the community engagement. it used to be that it happened in terms of capitol hill, but it is happening at a state and local level. when you are a banker, or the sheriff's deputy, or a postmen, or a second grade teacher called up to deploy, then someone you know is heading off that is part of that community. that community embraces that person and that person's fami

david smith of the graduate school of oceanography from my home state university, rhode island. it is e of the jewels and crowns of our university system. we're delighted that david could be he. welcom dr. smith. >> good morng. i appreciate the opportunity to testify on this very important subject. the unburned a doctorate off asciated with using dispersants are difficult to assess. and their use remains controversial. dispersants' reduce the chance oil will wash ashore and damage coastal habitats by moving the oil from surface into the interior of the ocean. dispersant's did not remove the oil from the ocean, so it is important that we do not adopt an out of sight, out of mind at a two. moving oil below the sea surface present significant challenges on orgisms residing in his habitat. impacts will be less noticeable. but it could be as devastating as oil washing ashore. microorganisms degrade most of the oil. dispersants' speed up the process. the rate of degradation as a function of many factors including temperature and concentration. in the abundance of micro organisms capab

rhode island prosecutors also accused him of attacking a stripper that week.back in a couple of minutes a live look actually we just lost that job but we will be right back. back to school today some going back within the next couple of weeks game slate looks at back- to-school technology in tech report. >> gray new gadgets just released this backpack what it does is so loud i had to be a outside to show you. back-to- school gear it's the i safe backpack. it has a safety pete feature. i can see women walking around at night may be one in the spirit there is the vocal friends if you pull the pin the backpack will sound an all-out alarm and flashlights. wow that is really loud and very annoying just the thing is the are awful with the attacker. fee is $50. this jacket is in ipad access rate for people say they love the ipad never leaves the home is hard to travel with it in the world. it's not convenient to take this jacket is a scottie a vest jacket it has a giant inside pocket where you can zip up and store your ipad. is designed to distribute the weight of th

she's 26 years old, birthday is in two weeks turning 27 from providence, rhode island.chool, work. this is perfect for her. >> are you ready for a hot, new look? >> yes, definitely. >> megan is joined by her friend emily with her blindfold on. keep it on until i take it off, okay? >> okay. >> let's see the new you, megan. >> oh, my god. >> wow. >> you look so cute. are you ready, emily? >> yes. >> take off the blindfold. >> oh, god! >> that's a friend. >> that is a good friend. >> do you want to take a look at yourself? >> yeah. oh, my god! >> wow. >> see what's been waiting there? >> turn around so we can see you. >> tell us about the hair. >> first of all, she gave it a good haircut and loosened it up. she gave her the banks and layers around the face. you look gorgeous. she was made to be a redhead. i do a lot of redheads. this is nature went awry, so we made it right. >> what do you think of it? >> iove it. >> you look so good. >> the makeup you were going to say. >> she was -- of course, she's very pale so we gave her this peachy tone to warm up her skin color. it