you make rhode island proud. [applause] finally, it is important to keep vigilant on the c of the abc's -- corruption. we must be a state where government is open, honest, and transparent. for too long, the shadow of corruption has darkened the nation's image of rhode island. this discourages businesses from locating or expanding here. working with attorney general kilmartin and colonel o'donnell of the rhode island state police, we are changing this perception and earning the trust of the people who sent us here. our constituents must know that we are making decisions on their behalf and not to advance the agendas of a select few. so let's shed our irrational negativity and go back to the basics with the abcs - make our assets work for us, pass an honest budget, and have zero tolerance for corruption. and let's make this the year of the cities and towns. let me close by returning to those lines of charles dickens. it was not just the "the best of times" and "the worst of times," "the age of wisdom" and "the age

for instance, although there are islands within its harbors, most of rhode island isn't an island. italian explorer giovanni da verrazano may be responsible for the mix-up. arriving in 1524, one of the harbor islands supposedly reminded him of the greek island of rhodes. others say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. the story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil. so he called the area "red island" or, as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of... himself. >> rhode island is known as "little rhody." it's approximately 1,200 square miles. and rhode island was started when roger williams left massachusetts in search of religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it "providence." today providence is the capital of rhode island. and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes hope, this golden anchor -- which is a refere

you're absolutely correct about the work that the rhode island has done to promote the development of offshore energy. that work will feed and has fed directly into the process in evaluating the wind energy area in the shared area between massachusetts and rhode island. what we call the area of mutual interest. one example is the sand that was a comprehensive environmental assessment relevant to our process under neba in evaluating area. that analysis and the good scientific work sponhode island directly into our environmental assessment. as will all of the work that the state task force has done. it helped us define what the potential conflicts might be, including the coccyx you're of ledge, an area of sensitivity both environmentally and for fishing interests. already done by my agency and work done by the state of rhode island, we anticipate issues a draft of the environmental assessment late this spring. >> one of the reasons critical of getting the ea out is that it looks like august of this year, 2012, we hope, the time for the final assessment will be issued. it should put us b

i hear from rhode islanders, and i listen. i heard from greg, a father in providence who told me about his 16-year-old son, will. will spends two hours every day undergoing treatment to keep his cystic fibrosis in check. in addition to this daily treatment and prescriptions, will sees a specialist four times a year to monitor the disease. greg said that he often thinks about his son will's future and whether his son will be able to maintain health insurance coverage and receive the treatment that he needs. thanks to the affordable care act, will does not have to worry about insurance companies denying him coverage because he has a preexisting condition or fear that he'll have to go without treatment because his medical bills will have pushed him over some ash -- arbitrary lifetime limit. as many as 374,000 rhode islanders including 84,000 children like will can receive the treatment they need free from lifetime limits on coverage. people who want to repeal obamacare should be ready to look greg in the eye and tell him why they

. >> to finish up on senator lawsuit ten berg's issue, as you know, rhode island was scheduled to take a very big hit and you've reduced the hit that rhode island takes under the 105 program, and when you pile in the elimination we take it hard relative to other states, it seems to me. so i just want to let you know that we're going to be working very hard to try to address that with you. once again that the rest of the country has to worry about. so the fact that our hit seems to be going way up when we're one of the less polluting states where downriver of most of the river pollution comes, we're down air of the pollution. we don't harm anybody else. so we'll be working with you on that. i just wanted to make sure you know how important it is for us to have that recognized. and responsible for fuel shortages in the northeast this summer and everything that has to do with you do, it's often surrounded with propaganda, rumor, and speculation and it's been largely fact proof but what are the facts? >> there are sci issues and closely monitoring the fuel supply information and refineries

jeff: pensions, republican employees are slashed in one new england town, tony guida tells us rhode island may have been first but it won't be last. >> and remembering-- remembrance in japan one area later. bill whitaker is there as the country reflects on the earthquake and tsunami. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, i'm jeff glor t was awful news from afghanistan coming at such a critical time. and tonight the fallout is just beginning. a stunning and so far inexplicable mass killing by an american soldier inside a small afghan village. that soldier acting alone, u.s. officials say, opened fire early today just outside his base in kandahar province. mandy clark begins our coverage in kabul. >> reporter: the shooting rampage took place here in the village of balandi after an american soldier, an army staff sarge ent walked off his remote base just 500 yards away and went house-to-house killing villagers. 11 people were murdered in the first home, and at least nine children and three women died in the slaughter. the soldiers then walked back

it's going to cause nothing but good in rhode island. it is outrageous that on a bright, clear summer day you can be driving in to work in rhode island and hear over the car radio the announcer letting you know that today is going to be a bad air day in rhode island. you look out the window and it looks absolutely beautiful. but it's going to be a bad air day, they tell you. and faints should be kept -- infants should be kept indoors in air conditioning, seniors should not go outside, people with breathing difficulties should stay indoors, and everyone should avoid vigorous physical activity because the air quality is too poor. that's just not a price that a cor bonn polluter -- a carbon polluter in one state should get to require the seniors, the children, the families in another state to have to pay. so i am delighted that e.p.a. has begun to apply this rule. unfortunately, it only applies to new power plants, so the existing coal-burning power plants that create so much of this pollution in our state, we're going to need to continue t

i hear from rhode islanders, and i listen. i heard from greg, a father in providence who told me about his 16-year-old son, will. will spends two hours every day undergoing treatment to keep his cystic fibrosis in check. in addition to this daily treatment and prescriptions, will sees a specialist four times a year to monitor the disease. greg said that he often thinks about his son will's future and whether his son will be able to maintain health insurance coverage and receive the treatment that he needs. thanks to the affordable care act, will does not have to worry about insurance companies denying him coverage because he has a preexisting condition or fear that he'll have to go without treatment because his medical bills will have pushed him over some ash -- arbitrary lifetime limit. as many as 374,000 rhode islanders including 84,000 children like will can receive the treatment they need free from lifetime limits on coverage. people who want to repeal obamacare should be ready to look greg in the eye and tell him why they

that analysis and the good scientific work sponsored by the state of rhode island will feed directly into our environmental assessment. as will all of the work that the state task force has done. it helped us define what the potential conflicts might be, including the coccyx you're of ledge, an area of sensitivity both environmentally and for fishing interests. in light of the work already done by my agency and work done by the state of rhode island, we anticipate issues a draft of the environmental assessment late this spring. >> one of the reasons critical of getting the ea out is that it looks like august of this year, 2012, we hope, the time for the final assessment will be issued. it should put us back on track with some of the other states along the atlantic coast. and if that's the case, would allow us to really begin a leasing process at the end of the calendar year 2012 or early in 2013. and again, the theory is that if we don't we just fall behind and that's not just a question of the where the towers go in the water it's also a question of sort of the land-side operations,

>> rhode island. well, we aim to be number one, because tragically, according to pam's study, rhode island is number one in the incident rate of mental illness and addiction. but perhaps that's also because there is a lot less stigma in rhode island and we've got a lot of great providers in rhode island, so people don't have a tough time admitting and seeking help, which is one of the reasons why we might be number one, and you could look at it one way or you could look at it another way. but either way, we intend to be part of the solution in coming up with a model that hopefully other states like minnesota can follow. >> well, the honest answer to that question is that it's very difficult to quantify it, seriously. and we have some very powerful special interests, as paul wellstone said early on, he was quick to recognize our fighting parity, and that's unfortunate. we're trying to do a better job with education. i think it's important to point out that right before we passed the bill, we had eight

rhode island avenue.e here through the 10:00 hour. no rain here to report. mild conditions. it feels more like summer. temperatures in the mid-60s with afternoon highs in the 70s. we'll kick spring off in style this year. that is a quick look from here. more coming up in just a couple of minutes. let's do some traffic and julie wright. good morning. >> i'm not going to do traffic unless you bring me an italian ice. >> you need to come down here and visit me this morning. >> where are you again? >> i'm on rhode island avenue. come down whether you get off your shift. >> okay. rhode island avenue. i'm sending everybody your way. >>> no problems to report coming inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. lanes are open. heading out towards rhode island avenue, now is the time to go. light traffic volume to accompany your commute. your lanes are open if you are continuing eastbound 66 leaving centreville headed in towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank

. >> we will follow up with some questions for the record on the funding and its effects on rhode island and i would ask if you could respond to those fairly quickly because in the budget cycle, if we get stalled on that, we're stuck waiting. i would ask for your cooperation in providing us pretty quick answers and i'd like to ask that a providence journal article from the summer of 2011 which is admitted into the record, madam chair, may i ask unanimous consent? >> without objection. >> thank you. >> it describes a success story, which is that our salt water beach days lost to contaminated swimming waters decreased by 35% in 2011 from 2009 levels and credited some of the big projects that rhode island has done. the commission has built enormous tunnels and receiving chambers underground to store stormwater from our combined sewer overflow storm systems so that they don't have to bypass sewage treatment and they can be held and when capacity is restored at the treatment plant, it can be pumped and treated properly. newport has built a $6 million storm water treatment plan that discharges

. >>> and the winner of that huge lottery jackpot in rhode island has come forward. there it's going to mean easy money for the 81-year-old woman. but other lottery winners have not done so well. with the cautionary tales, here's linsey davis from rhode island. >> reporter: if money can't buy happiness, louise white doesn't know it yet. >> i'm very happy and very proud. >> reporter: the 81-year-old came forward to collect the $336 million jackpot. she's chosen a luch sum payout, a cool $210 million. the largest cash award in power pal history. her check was made out to the rainbow sherbet trust. it's what her son was craving. he brought his mom to the store. he bought the sherbet. his mom brought three power ball tickets. >> this will make my family very happy. we're truly blessed. thank you. >> reporter: that's all she would say. probably a smart move. as we have seen with past winners, more money can amount to more problems. jack whitaker won and it went downhit from there. a lawsuit, a divorce, alcohol problems. this is the moment he hit rock bottom, stiting on a

linsey davis, abc news, newport, rhode island. >> pick up sherbet on

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

so rhode island rallied around this.aid go get that done. >> you think you're looked at as hero or a villain from the national party? >> depends who you talk to. >> fair enough. >> that's the second time you dropped the ball. >> how many strikes to you get on the show? >> you get plenty because i've taken enough of them. >> it's your read. >> there's more u.s. oil exploration result in lower prices at the pump? and then a programming note, retiring mcdonald's ceo jim skinner will join our colleagues at 10:00 eastern. so stay tuned for that. >> next week we're getting the gang back together. ♪ hold on for one more day. joe, andrew and becky are back with a huge lineup of guests, florida governor rick scott, donald trump, jack welch and a lot more. don't miss "squawk box" next week starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ [ camera shutters clicking ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] announcing southwest airlines nationwide sale, with flights all over the country starting at only 69 dollars one-way. hurry and book now, only at southwest.co

and i notice you were born in newport, rhode island, my congressional district. and to john mulligan reporting from the providence journal, we're going to beat minnesota to the bunch. we have craig stening, mike fein and we're going to make rhode island the first hearing that pam hyde attends when she comes up and visits our state. so the rivalry doesn't change. i, too, want to say what an honor it is to have a true inspiration for our country and for my personally, max cleeland here, and i also want to thank jim moran, a great friend and former colleague for also being here. on october 3, 2008, the act was named in honor of two senators, both of whom knew the personal toll of mental illness, one of whom didn't live to see it signed. the task now falls on all of us, regulators here today, advocates, citizens to complete the unfinished work that this set out to do. to cement in our statutes the rights of the mentally ill and to banish discrimination in health care wherever we find it. i know there's some concern in this room about our role here, jim's and mine, th

> reporter: the excitement to pick a new leader in ward 5 easy to see saturday afternoon along rhode island avenue in northeast. lots of waving, shaking hands and even some good food offered to those who came to vote. >> fantastic about the turn out in ward 5, ward 5 is community active and a bell weather for the city as goes ward 5 so does sister columbia. >> reporter: ward 5 democrats held saturday's straw poll look for yourself at the long list of candidates running for the job vacated by harry thomas many here says the time to move on from the scandal thomas is likely to go to jail for. >>> ward 5 is all repaired, the ability to respond. >> reporter: there are a number of issues ward 5 residents are

a rhode island soldier gave his life to save a young girl. he was on patrol when his convoy came across several children in the road. he helped move them. one girl ran back into the path of a 16-on the army truck. weikel pushed her out of the way just in time. he was struck and killed. dennis weikel was 29 years old. his fiance and three children will we receive the bronze star in his memory. >>> and a photograph taken by

create new manufacturing and assembly jobs and to generate renewable energy in my home state of rhode island and other states. however, as i know that many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will agree, there's much more to discuss about energy policy which is whooi we've convened this additional hearing today. making sure the right resources and policies are in place is what safe and responsible energy

so rhode island rallied around this. i put it out there and people said go get that done. >> you think you're looked at as hero or a villain from the national party? >> depends who you talk to. >> fair enough. >> that's the second time you dropped the ball. >> how many strikes to you get on the show? >> you get plenty because i've taken enough of them. >> it's your read. >> there's more u.s. oil exploration result in lower prices at the pump? and then a programming note, retiring mcdonald's ceo jim skinner will join our colleagues at 10:00 eastern. so stay tuned for that. >> next week we're getting the gang back together. ♪ hold on for one more day. joe, andrew and becky are back with a huge lineup of guests,

as you know, rhode island is a huge manufacturing state. we're engaged in this whole make it in america agenda to rebuild and reintegrate american manufacturing. one of the challenges we face that i hear from rhode island manufacturers is about the chinese and their behavior as trading partners and their manipulation of currency and their refusal to protect intellectual property and the challenges of their policies of indigenous innovation and technology transfers. and so i'm just -- i'd like to hear you speak to some of the state department's efforts diplomatically to really help even the playing field so that we can really rebuild american manufacturing in our country. again, thank you and i finally will associate myself with congressman cardoza's remarks on the azores and the importance of both of those issues. i'll submit for a written question relating to the turkish -- our efforts to ensure that the turks respect the christians and are respecting the churches and religious freedom in that country which i'll follow up with. thank you,

for rhode island, $27 million. are you hoping for a rhode islander? i imagine so. >> that would be wonderful. $27 million could go from putting wifi in all of our schools in the state of rhode island to a, not having to do a $25 million bond issue for affordable housing. >> reporter: while the olds of picking the winning numbers are 1 in 176 million, there is a way you guarantee you pick the winner. by collecting every available combination of six digits. the only problem? it would cost you $176 million. not to mention that if it just took five seconds to spit out each ticket, it could take 28 years to buy all of them. for many, this hope springs eternal. >> 100% certain that i am going to win. >> reporter: and the drawing is at 10:45 eastern time tonight. and lottery officials say there is about 95% to 97% chance that someone or someones will pick the winning numbers tonight, diane. >> but if no one does pick it, how much does it go up? >> reporter: well, they are talking about close to, listen to this, a billion dollars when there's a drawing next t

a woman from rhode island, claiming a staggering powerball jackpot. $36.4 million.iggest lottery prize in american history. but will she be the lottery winner who hangs on to her fortune? or will she lose it like so many others? abc's linsey davis is in rhode island tonight. >> reporter: if money can't buy happiness, louise white doesn't know it yet. >> i'm very happy. and i'm very proud. >> reporter: the 81-year-old came forward, today, to collect the $336 million jackpot. she's chosen a lump sum payout, a cool $210 million, the largest crash award in powerball history. her oversize check is written out to the rainbow sherbet trust. it's what her son was craving. he brought his mom along to the grocery store, where he bought some rainbow sherbet. and his mom bought three powerball tickets. >> this will make my family very happy. we are truly blessed. thank you. >> reporter: that's all she would say. probably a smart move. as we've seen with past winners, more money can amount to more problems. jack whitaker won $350 million. it went downhill from there. a lawsuit.

very, very important to rhode island. another thing that's very, very important to rhode island is that there be proper enforcement of the clean air act. we are a downwind state. on a bright summer day, you drive into work, and the drive time radio is often saying that today's a bad air day, and infants should stay indoors, and seniors, and people should not engage in vigorous outdoor activity all because of toxic emissions that are being dropped onto us by midwestern coal plants and power plants. so that sentiment has been echoed. not just in rhode island, the american lung association has just done a poll that says 73% of americans understand that you can have solid clean air standards and a strong economy. 68% of republicans agreed with that. the poll showed that 72% of americans supported your new protections on carbon emissions for power plants. so i know you get a lot of static here in d.c. about what you're doing. this is a unique place where special interests, particularly polluting special interests, i think, hav

on that night, hillary clinton not only won ohio, she won texas and rhode island, too, the only state barack obama one was vermont. listen what he said that night after losing in these crucial states. >> we do know that senator clinton has won rhode island and while there are a lot of votes to be counted in ohio, it looks like she won there, too. i want to congratulate senator clinton for running a hard-fought race in both ohio and rhode island. we also know that we have won the state of vermont and so we want to say thank you. to the people of vermont. and we know this. no matter what happens tonight, we have nearly the same delegate lead as we did this morning, and we are on our way to winning this nomination. >> slightly differently, senator clinton you did a great job but we took a bunch of the delegates out from under you. even though barack obama had lost three big states or two big states in rhode island, he was focused on one thing, delegates. while he lost the votes, he was behind the scenes made sure he hadn't lost in delegates. even though mitt romney lost alabama and missi

very, very important to rhode island. and i wanted to mention what's very important to rhode island is there would be proper enforcement of the clean air act. we are a down wind state on a bright summer day, you drive into work and the drive time radio is often saying that today is a bad air day. and infants should stay indoors and seniors should stay indoors and people should not have engaged in vigorous outdoor activity. all because of toxic emissions that are being dropped on to us by midwestern coal plants and power plants. so that sentiment has been echoed. the american lung association has just done a poll that shows 73% of americans understand that you can have solid clean air standards and a strong economy. that they go together. 78% of independent voters agreed. 68% of republicans agreed with that. the polls show that 72% of americans supported your prot s protections on carbon emissions for power plants. i know you get a lot of static here in d.c. about what you are doing. this is a unique place where special in

i'm going back now a couple of years to when we started working on this in rhode island. but the thing that struck me was the extent to which in various health care settings, the pain that a patient was experiencing was either deprecated or overlooked entirely, and that there was a systematic bias against recording it and reporting it so that even if you were able to convince the doctor on duty at a particular time that you were in great agony, when they went off shift and somebody else came on, and they looked at your paper record, there was nothing to clue them. because at that point pain was not treated as a vital sign, it was not part of the equation, and there was even some doubt about whether it was possible to do that, given there is some subjectivity involved. but clearly that's something that we were able to get around. so my concern is, how do we make sure that the hard records that exist in nursing homes and hospitals, in various settings of patient care, particularly as we move into electronic health record environment have appropriate fields so that the patie

this happened around 9:00 near trinity university on rhode island avenue northeast. the paramedics found the victims on nearby franklin street. the names of the

create new manufacturing and assembly jobs and to generate renewable energy in my home state of rhode island and other states. however, as i know that many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will agree, there's much more to discuss about energy policy which is whooi we've convened this additional hearing today. making sure the right resources and policies are in place is what safe and responsible energy development on public land is a significant mart of this suk committee's jurisdiction. and the three agencies before the s committee today all play a huge role in ensuring the uk suck's of the energy strategy by yoifr seeing constrengsal and renewable energy development on federal land and our federal waters. we must ensure that the three agencies have the right resources and staffing in place to perform their duties. that's why it's important to start with an overview of where the agencies are in terms of their fiscal year 2013 budget kwi request. the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement for a total of $232 million, a 13% increase. the president's request also continues to

not enough to meet the seller's minimum. >> maybe that rhode island woman could buy it.uy several of them. >> tomorrow we will get better. into the 60's. let's get started. we look up this evening at sky conditions looking out live across the river into the city from one of our hd rooftop cameras in arlington. temperatures will start to fall a little more quickly. look at the averages -- 52 and 35 degrees. it has done really cold this time of year. we are not heading there this winter. 81 -- we will have their the spring, but not in the next few days. 50 degrees in fredericksburg. with nightfall, we see temperatures drop a little more quickly. by morning we will be in the range of 27-35 degrees. forecasting weather conditions the next few days, the wind direction is key. with these southerly and southwesterly wind it will transport warm air into our area. think about this. around 50 today. lower 60's tomorrow. 70 degrees on thursday. this is causing a big spike in temperatures. right now charleston west virginia is 30 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. we will see a p