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 hoped 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 reference

what went wrong in rhode island. how did rhode island not benefit from the same forces that helped massachusetts and new york? >> so, you know, i'll tell you what i think. my theory. massachusetts has done a great job of partnering and collaborating. government can't do everything. government cannot make an economy work. it has to be a collaboration of bottoms-up. great things happen at the intersection of universities working with government working with business. and massachusetts and pittsburgh and other places that have had a renaissance, they've nailed that. rhode island hasn't. we just haven't brought together -- yes, we have brown university. we have rhode island school of design. but we haven't married them with industry. so we haven't tapped the intellectual capital there to, you know turn those great ideas into commerce. the other thing, candidly, we as a state were just too reliant for too long on manufacturing. you know just so everyone knows, rhode island was hurt more than almost any state in the countr

rhode island came in number one. >> rhode island? >> number one.mber one, according to business insider in cocaine use illegal substance use and also the most happiest state in the union. >> it's happy, too. >> you know what that means. that means size matters rhode island is a tiny little state. >> you have been to rhode island, have you not. >> yes. contrary to what people think. >> providence is the capital. newport beautiful town on the coast. >> the point is wherever there is more free time there is more pot. rhode island is swarming with college students. their only responsibility. only concern is changing their sheets once every semester so they could be high the rest of the time. >> what about studying? what about lessons? >> that doesn't happen until they're panicking. look, i don't smoke pot. the only pot i indulge is love what i call masculine. your study is bogus. it's a joke. look at the top ten. you will see a percentage point or less between all of them. all roughly the same. it's about one in 11 people smoke pot what i like the call

state of rhode island is working to give those kids a head start.tom ackerman has the story. >> reporter: it's graduation day for these children aged between 1-3. they're the first to take part in a learning program that relies on their mothers and fathers to boost crucial elements in their future. it's the size and variety of children's spoken vocabulary. the more parents talk to their kids, the faster the children's vocabularyies grow, and the high higher their i.q. test scores. but on average the poorer the family, the sparser the child's word count. so the city of providence, rhode island, is trying to even the odds. >> we're trying to look for impoverished language environments. those environments we can nurture with better feedback of what is going on. >> that feedback provided by these miniature voice recorders warn by each toddler. each week or two they capture a whole conversation between parents and child and through innovative commuter algorithms measures the quality of their talks. the goal, to maximize their words. >> it's nourishing th

rhode island's up four points. rhode island looking to put this one away. matthews doing just that. they actually won this game 71-58, it just ended. >>> let's move over to hockey as the season winds down for the capitals each game becomes that much more important. the caps not in danger of missing the playoffs right now but they're certainly not playing their best hockey. after tonight's loss to dallas the players held a closed-door meet try and fix their issues. seven points separate the caps from the senators. the next team in line for the final playoff spot. caps on the attack. curtis lincross has been tremendous since being traded to the capitals. that goal tied the game at one. later in the period through plenty of traffic, traffic in front of braden holtby and that gave the stars a 2-1 lead. then in the second period more from dallas. seguin lines up and blasts a rocket right past holtby. his 32nd of the year. stars go on to double up the capitals final score 4-2. caps back on the ice this sunday. huge game at verizon center wrapping up their home stand. they take on the bost

gw and rhode island, second half. tries to get something going. gets it blocked. rhode island on the run. colonials could not get it done. they trail 67-58 in the final seconds. mike green back on the ice for the caps. defense was the name of the game at verizon tonight. the stars signed on the offense of and. -- offensive and. -- end. the final for this 1, 4-2. the skins answered the call for help in the secondary. a deal for $2 million. he reported interceptions with the 49ers. he has had issues off the field including anti-gay remarks in 2013. a final note, a linebacker has found a new home with the titans. he agreed to a four-year deal with the titans. it includes $13.5 million guaranteed. payday for him. >> that is a lot of millions. a little elbow, no pinkeye. >> dogs or cats? >> dogs. >>'s most had owners cannot go a day without their dogs. how about five years? the incredible story, next. >> there is rain ahead this weekend. the forecast is the number one trending story. also, the investigation into a police involved shooting in a metro tunnel. and the uni

now a program in rhode island is working to give those kids a leg up. tom achermann reports. >> it's graduation day for these children, aged between 1 and 3. accompanied by their proud parents, they're the first to take part in a learning program that rise on their mothers and fathers to boost a crucial effort there their future. it's the size and the effort of the children's spoken vocabulary. the more parents talk to their kids the faster their children's vocabularies grow, and the higher their iq and test scores, but on average the poorer the family, the sparser the child's word count so the state of rhode island is trying to even the odds. >> poverty is not destind. but if we can have better feedback on what's going on because of the importance of the first three years of life. >> that feedback, by these miniature voice recorders, worn by each toddler. every day they capture the voices of the children and the parents, and they analyze them. the goal, to prod parents to maximize their exchange of words. >> it's like nourishing the baby's brain. it's

tom ackerman al jazeera, providence rhode island. >>> tiger skins are being traded despite a band tohe species and investigation saying they are being sold at a gambling resort popular with chinese tourists and nick clark has the story. >> reporter: welcome to the so called special economic zone with a casino, a hotel, it has shops, it also has restaurants with live animals on the menu this bear cub was apparently available to eat. under cover investigators filmed what was said to be rhino horn for sale rhinos are an endangered species and so are tigers but you can choose from a selection of skins, skinned watched over by yes, stuffed tigers also available for sale. outside captive tigers are kept in cramped cages. the tiger farm here has plans to breed between 500-1,000. now, captive bread tigers are legal if licensed. it is the export of their products that is illegal. either way the head keeper here says that licenses or permissions are often ignored. this investigators said was frozen tiger meet available to eat. and assembled in a vat, a pieced together skull and skeleton of a c

the clerk: the senator from rhode island, mr. whitehouse, for mr. wyden and others, proposes an amendment numbered 471. mr. whitehouse: mr. president may i ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much mr. president. mr. president, for my colleagues , this is an amendment that relates to protecting social security. social security is a program that has been an enormous success, that at the heart of the american middle class and that represents a solemn promise that our seniors have earned over a lifetime of work. it makes a real difference in real people's lives. it is the difference between comfort and poverty for over 20 million americans. and rhode island is a state where we count on social security. we value social security. we know how important it is. and what i've heard firsthand from rhode island seniors over and over again is that they want to make sure that this program is solid and remains strong, not just for them but for their

all those in favor -- the senator from rhode island. [inaudible] the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: avote: the presiding officer: anyone wishing to vote or change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 44, the nays are 54. the amendment is not agreed to. there are two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the cotton amendment number 659. the minority leader. the democratic leader. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: a quorum is present. there are two minutes of debate prior to the cotton amendment number 269. mrs. murray: mr. president? mr. president? mr. schumer: can we have order mr. president. the senator from arkansas is recognized. mr. cotton: this amendment establishes a reserve fund to ensure the fish and wildlife service considers the cumulative economic impact of a habitat designation not just the critical habitat a. critical habitat designation provides additiona

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a volleyball player out of rhode island donated her bone marrow. >> i had the idea of her i read about her seen pictures, but it makes the impact of what i was able to do was real coming real tonight. >> this is the 5th year tally has rufus nighted a bone don't know marrow -- bone marrow donor with a recipiant. >> it was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills. a contest to determine the true meaning. america. >> and that's a wrap, spring fling comes to an end today at the philadelphia flower show. >> reporter: coming up in weather it's chilly out there right now. we have pleasant of spring-like weather in the seven-day forecast. i'll have it for you next. ♪♪ flavor feeds the soul. it's the beat you move to, the track you don't want to end. that's why these all-new special k snack bars are full of the good stuff like golden oats, dark chocolaty chunks and salty pretzels. each for 100 feel-good calories. ♪♪ because you should give life all the flavor you've got. special k snacks. be flavorful. they call these sandwiches? this is a sandwich. introducing the new subway turkey italiano

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the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i rise today -- before i begin my remarks could someone notify me when i've used five minutes of time? the presiding officer: the senator will be so notified. mr. reed: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today in opposition to the budget resolution offered by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. this budget charts the wrong path for our nation. it doesn't spur economic growth or help the middle class because it doesn't p focus on creating high-quality jobs and boosting wages or reducing rising inequality and it fails to address the cuts the government investments that threaten our nation's economic and national security. instead this budget stacks the deck against middle class and stacks the deck in favor of special interests p by paving the way for huge tax give weas weas -- tax giveaways to powerful special interests and healthy americans. in order to balance the budget in ten years it relies on accounting

tomorrow the stanford men play a second round against rhode island. today the women kicked off ncaa play. they had to sweat this one. first half thompson, little lazy on the pass. ashley back the other way. she 27 points. they were on an 18-2 run. second half stanford gets their act together. a nice hustle place there. the cardinals win. they will play oklahoma on monday. big upset happening as we speak. number 8 nc state about to knock off villanova. >>> thank you for watching. we will see you back here tonight at 10:00. yeah, honey, mitchell helped me pick out the shirt. [ ragtime music plays ] you're gonna love it. ooh, i wish i could pick you up some lip gloss but we're already at the car. okay, bye, honey. getting pretty good, huh? yeah, but you were always good. i'm just glad you stuck with it. seriously? what? it's playing itself. well, i didn't know. you honestly thought that i just became a piano virtuoso, dad? you've known me my whole life. have you ever seen me take a lesson? i thought maybe you were self-taught. oh, i'm sorry. you're right

this was happening in rhode island and limiting the printing of paper money. we need to have, we need to have a national market economy that can roll the economy rather than each fighting. so you have the central government with complete power over interstate commerce. and, of course, you have a government that can raise taxes and have a military force so they can secure and protect political independence and open the west. washington always wrote about we need to open the west because that is our frontier. that's who we are. if we don't have the frontier america would not be america because that's an open valve for people who don't have opportunity in the east to go west and make a name for themselves, make a place for themselves open land and also where easterners can invest. so it's those notions. and those were the things he cared about going to the constitutional convention. and so many of the things madison wanted that are in the virginia plan never came to be in the constitution. everything washington set out to have in the constitution, everything was

here we have a smoked bluefish coast, went to rhode island. what's the name?de. i grew up in a family where cooking was important and cooking around the table was very important and so you know, it just sort of evolved into a coo rear over time. >> it's interesting. you studied at the institute of culinary arts and what's fascinating is you're is seafood king of l.a. it seems like back to basics. the kbie who used to run la surk, he intre deuced people. >> connie & ted's was all about nostalgia nostalgia. to me i think this kind of food some might say it's nigh year or very simple in terms of its preparation, but it's honest food. we do it the hard way. we make everything in house that we serve. it think it is a great cuisine. it's one of my favorite things to eat. >> you've been such a vocal advocate. it seems like everything is who works with seafood. >> it started for me with a passion for fishing. it's life long. the state of our oceans are definitely, you know in peril at the moment. fishing being one of them of course. it's a precious resource we have in

. >>> new on "action news," an off duty rhode island police officer made a risky rescue pulling a man out of the burning suv. the flames were shooting out of the range rover when the officer was on his way to work. he called 911 and pulled the 70-year-old man out of the wreckage. the officer said it was natural instinct to jump in and save him. >>> in texas an oversized tractor-trailer slammed into a bridge sending beams on to the roads crushing several cars. one person was killed and three others injured. it happened north of austin. interstate 35 a major highway that runs to minnesota. traffic is being diverted around that scene. >>> two pink chickens roaming around portland oregon. nobody knows where they came from or how long they have been been there. an animal services officer came to get the chickens to keep them safe while they try to identify an owner. >> that's kind of strange. >>> march massness continues toarcht in yesterday's axe kentucky minnesota expect to move on to the elite 8. >>> forward wayne simmons and andrew mcdonald went down wednesday night while trying to blo

this is from rhode island.see an out-of-control hatchback sliding into a parked car that then hits this woman. she walked away from the crash but we're told she was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> in philadelphia, the weight of the snow and ice causing a roof to collapse in a five-story apartment building. one resident was taken to the hospital for evaluation. >> in connecticut, this barn collapsed under the weight of the heavy, wet snow. the whole thing caved in. none of the rescue horses inside there were hurt. but now they do need a home. >>> look at this a tractor-trailer carrying 93 head of cattle overturn in maryland. no humans no people hurt in the crash. at this point not known if any of the cows were. >>> drivers in kentucky stranded on interstate i-65 for hours. you can see the highway. it looks like a virtual parking lot. state officials did all they could to prepare. >>> potential flooding in west virginia. look at the roads there. some people who brave the conditions had a hard time getti

surveillance video from rhode island., looks like a crossover hit the parked car and then that car went into that woman there. she did walk away from the crash. but she was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> in philadelphia the weight of the snow the ice caused the roof of a fire story apartment building to collapse. one resident taken to the hospital for evaluation. >> in kentucky that barn collapsing under the heavyweight of the snow there. you can can see it just caved in. none of the horses they were rescue horses kept inside of the barn none of the horses were hurt but they need to find a new home. >>> this tractor trailer overturned on a maryland highway. no people hurt in this crash, but we don't know the condition of any of the cows. >>> then this in kentucky. drivers strand on i-65 for hours. the governor says state officials did all they could to prepare, but, still, a whole lot of people there for a long time. >>> in west virginia flooding severe flooding rivers swelling roads submerged, people who brave

in rhode island, this woman tried to move out of the way but was hit by an out-of-control car. luckily, she was ok. in dobbs forerry, new york a bus swerved to miss a car but ended up hitting a house. at laguardia a crane removed that airplane from atlanta that almost skidded into the icy water. fortunately, all the injuries were minor. investigators are back out there today trying to determine what caused the accident. with frigid temperatures keeping some places 20 degrees colder than normal today, many are daydreaming about what lies ahead. here in the nation's capital, despite prohibition on sledding, many were having fun with the snow. who knew that sledding could be an act of civil disobedience? lona zack abc 7 news. >> cute kid there. don't forget to spring forward this weekend. daylight savings time begins at 2:00 sunday morning. so before you go to bed on saturday, you should set your clock ahead one hour. also good time to change the batteries in those smoke detectors or carbon monoxide detector. luckily these days, you know our phones just kind of do the work for us.

. >>> look at this dramatic video from rhode island a 18-year-old girl runs for her life as an out of control vehicle barrels toward her and the vehicle slid into a parked car and the girl suffers minor injuries and she was involved in an accident minutes before and that is why she was on the road in the first place. >>> sometimes big rigs need help getting out of a slippery situation, they came together and towed a vehicle off an ice covered highway, it was a slow process but they towed the big rig to the side of the road. >>> in california, actor harrison ford, is recovering after his plane went down ford an experienced pilot was forced to crash land his plane on a golf course shortly after takeoff yesterday. john is live outside of the hospital with more on the story. >> reporter: hey there rick, this is a story that is continuing to develop, a spokesperson for harrison ford says he is banged up but expected to make a full recovery and saying that when it comes to the crash landing there was really only one option. >> right after takeoff, harrison ford knew something was wrong and

in providence, rhode island, there's tony lapour with his white gloves and whistle directing traffic.t going to argue with that truck. he was too big. >> he may look like an ordinary cop, but the residents of this new england town have found that tony is anything but ordinary. >> everybody out of the pool. >> through a flurry of whistle tweets and flashy dance moves, tony performs the routine that he's been perfecting for more than 25 years. >> always wanted to be a performer growing up. so i could look at dance steps and know what to do just watching them on television. i would go out and do a couple of hand movements and a couple of spins. and once i saw our boss come down the street, i would go back and do it the traditional way so they wouldn't catch me. i did it consistently after that for a half hour to 45 minutes a day. >> tony was already a local legend by the time he made an appearance on "nightly news" with tom brokaw. >> well, i can tell it's monday. i haven't gotten one smile today yet. >> "countdown with keith olbermann." >> finally to providence, rhode island, where no h

they will play rhode island in the a-10 quarterfinals. >>> nfl news the redskins remaking their defensive deal potroast played in the last two years in denver. will play alongside newly acquired defensive tackle stephen pae'a. >>> we've got paea potroast, we need hot sauce in th >> steve: from stage one at universal studios hollywood in los angeles, california, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- vin diesel carl reiner kobe bryant

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roads in rhode island this morning. the suv sliding out of control into a parked car which then hit the woman who was just trying to cross the street. she wasn't seriously hurt fortunately. the man in front of her was watching the aftermath of another crash down the street. police didn't tt anyone because of well, you see there. the weather. miserable. >> scary. well how is this for a wild ride. strap yourselves in folk. this is point of have you video of the first test run of fury 325 in north carolina. world tallest and fastest roller coaster. top speed is 95 miles an hour and the whole ride lasts about 3 and a half minutes and as the name implies it takes you 325 feet in the air. ride debut at the end of the month. >> doing okay? >> no thanks. dinner stays down. larry holding on for dear life. he's always doing that. >> that's right. >> giants are doing right now. how do the giants replace hunter pence for perhaps two months. that's the dilemma for bruce the giants lose the right television announcer: mattress discou

the officer was hurt while making an arrest yesterday near fourth and rhode island northeast.truck came in minutes but according to dispatch records, there was no medic on the fire truck. fellow officers on the scene reported the officer had a traumatic leg injury and requested a d.c. fire and ambulance five times. after waiting, they drove the officer to the hospital in a police car. a d.c. spokesman says they are trying to figure out what happened. >>> in the course of duty police officers in maryland have killed more than 100 people over the past five years. a majority of them were black. 69%. the american civil liberties union put out a report based on research from 2010 to 2014. police were criminally charged in 2% of those cases. the aclu says there's no formal system to track deaths involved in the state but maryland's general assembly is considering bills that address police accountability. >>> also new tonight, a search in montgomery county for this man. police say he's been fraudulently using somebody's credit card but he didn't steal the card. rather he cloned it li

the sanford men's team will host rhode island sunday night. the only rare team left in after st. mary's lost in the first round, beaten by vanderbilt 75-64. they trail for the final 28 minutes. >>> the time is 4:38. coming up, making voting mandatory. the idea being floated around by president obama and what would have to happen to make it a reality. the next bottle of wine could be a lot sweeter the morning after. the hangover-free wine scientists say they have developed, next. >>> we are looking at a commute where traffic will be busy in many areas. we look at the san mateyo bridge and that traffic looks good. >> and the weather was a little warm yesterday and guess what, it will be even warmer inland today. there is a system coming through and we will see if that has any impact, coming up. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me. it's not a dream. ow! it's the volkswagen stop

. >>> finally this noon an off-duty police officer in rhode island made a risky rescue pulling a mang suv, the officer was on his way to work and then the officer called 911 and when over the fence and pulled the man from the fieriagey fiery wreckage. >> a look now at what is coming up on "action news" at 4:00, a body found at a bus stop in delaware, and a record out of this world the man that starts a mission into space today that no american has ever attempted. >> that will do it for "action news" at noon, we'll see you later at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for melissa magee david murphy sara bloomquist have a nice afternoon i'll see you later. >>> all right, everybody, it's "extra value friday"! >> we're taking it to the streets. i am going to start out with high-low dishes -- seared, fatty, rich and delicious with -- >> and i'm looking out for your bikini body with some lightened-up crispy chicken and spicy yogurt sauce. let's go get this started! [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: today on "the chew," get ready for an "extra value friday: takin' it to the street," as we show you how

/v >> surveillance video captures the terrifying moment when a cargoing down a snowy street in rhode islandcar struck a parked vehicle, and hit a pedestrian. it hit a slick spot and careened toward those people. the woman was not hurt. >> scary stuff. we've had a lot of scary situations around here with the snow. conditions are stretcher us out there in spots. as we go out to bucks county, you can see it's icy and slick along upper state road at bristol road. you can see the ice hanging from the overhead light there. you have to allow extra time again this morning i'm sorry to say it. we have an accident along valley forge road route 363. that's coming into us. an update on the septa buses that are not running. 19 a 35, 94 and 139h otherwise running a normal weekday schedule. patco construction schedule, amtrak modified because of the snow. >> reporter: it's cold, 17 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 22 by noon, 26 is the high a3:00 p.m. it's a day we'll feature sunshine, we'll get melting thanks to the sun but we'll get the refreeze as the sun goes down. we have clear conditions across country. cloud c

joe's at rhode island. deandre to james demerit for three. hawks cut the ram's lead to 3. uri led by brutta. steals and takes it all the way for the dukes. he had 18. st. joe's loses 78-68 to finish the season 13-17. >>> hats off to the princeton women, who remain undefeated beating columbia 63-44. the 29-0 tigers clinch the ivy league crown and wrap up the season against penn tuesday. phils hosting the blue jays. david buchanan pitching john hamilton leaving the hard knocks life. gone to left field. buchanan, one run in two innings. first time we've seen jonathan this season. easy breezy for him. toronto wins 4-2. the philadelphia union season opener at chester at ppl park hosting the colorado rapids. wasn't cold or anything. the 44th minute a good bounce leads for a good chance for the union to bash but no he is turned away. the save is made. this one ends in a nil-nil draw. that's your look at sports. i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy ca

uc davis 77-64 not the running back, the career high 22 points, stanford now moves on to play rhode island in the second round, the date and location will be announced sometime later today. in the meantime, st. mary's in its post eighth season, vanderbilt tonight the first round of the nat the winner will play top seeded colorado state or south dakota state. march madness. >> i know, i love it pretty exciting. 4:45 the time, how's traffic sal? getting ready. >> i just had my, you know, it's actually very good. very good. productivity in the office, that won't suffer at all. >> no ladders pools going around, nothing at all. >> no, no good morning, everybody, let's go out and take a look, we're off to a decent start if you are driving now on the commute now on highway 4 it looks good, no major problems coming up, also highway 24, westbound that looks good, now we also took a look at 680 for you, concord to walnut creek traffic looks good, to oakland it's off to a nice start go to san jose, northbound 280 right through downtown, that traffic is looking good, northbound 101 also looks good, if

roads in rhode island this morning.uv sliding out of control into a parked car which then hit the woman who was just trying to cross the street. she wasn't seriously hurt fortunately. the man in front of her was watching the aftermath of another crash down the street. police didn't ticket anyone because of well, you see there. the weather. miserable. >> scary. well how is this for a wild ride. strap yourselves in folk. this is point of have you video of the first test run of fury 325 in north carolina. world tallest and fastest roller coaster. top speed is 95 miles an hour and the whole ride lasts about 3 and a half minutes and as the name implies it takes you 325 feet in the air. ride debut at the end of the month. >> doing okay? >> no thanks. dinner stays down. larry holding on for dear life. he's always doing that. >> that's right. >> giants are doing right now. how do the giants replace hunter pence for perhaps two months. that's the dilemma for bruce the giants lose the [container door opening] ♪ what makes it an s

slick roads in rhode island sent an s.u.v. slide out-of-control into a parked car that hit a woman trying to cross the street she was not seriously hurt. the man in front of her watched the after mat of another crash and police did not ticket anyone because the weather was so bad. >> a huge fight involving hundreds of people in our nation's capitol, the massive traditional snowball fight at dupont circle park. d.c. actually had a snowball fight association that plans the event each year. organizers plan a fight at a different park but the park was plowed. >> workers are racing to build a let for the chinese new year's parade in san francisco. >> this year is the year of the ram, and the parade starts at 5:15 tomorrow and goes through union square and china town. bart will run extra trains after the parade to accommodate the crowd. >> there will be crowds. >> thinking of the snowball fight, that reminded me of something. congress. congress. if they could have a snow ball fight when they got done. >> can we join? >> i would hurt

and now the cardinals play rhode island >> that is a tough story to lead with clenched teeth "stanford wins." >> we win to root for anyone who plays stanford. >> exactly. >> we have the red and the warriors color so we will root if the home team. >> we will look at what is going on, it will be a wonderful evening if you are walking up to or iraqi in -- oracle arena, temperatures at about 70 or 72. now, a look at the winds which are ten miles per hour half moon bay is 12 at fairfield. calmer this morning. theying pick up during the afternoon hours especially along the bay shoreline and more so over the coast. 280 and 17 over a hazy san jose this morning. we will have a few morning clouds and it will become sunny and although we are starting ten degrees cooler we will end up the same or a degree or two warmer. tonight is going to be mostly clear and cool. if it was too cold to keep the windows open tonight keep them shut tonight. cooler on friday with spring starting because of a cold prompt and chance of a shower. look at the water now you know how much calmer it is today. in fact the w

teenager very fortunate to walk away from this crash in rhode island. can see the teen was on the side of the road when another car slides on the ice and slams into a parked car. the impact throws the teenager on to the hood of a parked car. local reports say the teen didn't have any major injuries. luckily. >>> musicians hall and oats are taking offense to a certain cereal maker. duo is suing brooklyn based early bird foods over granola product that calls itself hall lynn oats. the rock legends say the play on their names is a violation of projected trademark. they want profits off the brand. when asked for a comment the owner of the cereal company said only "say it ain't so". on to your fox 29 weather authority an bit of a warmup. let's go to fox 29 meteorologist dave warren. >> you have to wait pore that warmup though. it's in the seven day forecast. before that, we have to deal with another night we could see record low temperatures. already down below freezing out there now with numbers coming into the 20s. now that sun is down. so the temperatures

colonials win 73-55 and face rhode island tomorrow night. >>> nba john wall and the wiz hosting the griz who rested most of their starters, good opportunity for the wizards and about wide open, why not? 21-7-6 for the wall star. marcin gortat played 40 minutes and was very good, 22 points, 10 of 16 shooting, nine rebounds. wizards win 107-87. >> it's bad when two in a row is a winning streak. things have not been going well. >> hopefully this is the start of something good. o to onspsored in part by your local toyota dealers. >>> taking a live look at the potomac avenue metro stop in d.c. where a man was shot and killed a couple hours ago. an officer shot the man on the tracks in a restricted area. the station does remain closed and our morning crew will have an update starting at 4:30. you can get info all night on the wusa9 app. it's free to download. >> that's our broadcast for tonight. so thanks for staying up with us. >> letterman is next. make it a great night, everybody! >> bye bye. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our

the action continues over on cbs sports network with a huge atlantic 10 showdown, date and host rhode islandjoin us saturday for tripleheader here on cbs and acc matchup, spare keys and antistate albaytu kencky hosted florida and five at 12, stanford's squares off against southern arizona. we'll have a rap about that for you shortly. from all of us here at cbs sports, i'm greg gumbel. have yourself a good saturday. make us stronger. when a girl connects with a science mentor... her confidence grows. when schools connect with technology... a 5th grader's world opens up. and when a worker connects to online degrees... his opportunities multiply. the at&t aspire initiative. helping students and communities across america. >> jeff: tonight march madness a new month begins old records shattered. to extreme cold in the east to record warmth in the west putting the pattern in perfective. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has just arrived in the u.s. ahead of a controversial address to congress this week. tens of thousands matched today in moscow after the killing of a prominent vladimir

. >> from rhode island. don't think she is here. anymore? we will move into an. >> probably covered by snow. >> en in phoenix is not covered by snow. go ahead. >> thanks for taking my call. i am happy to talk to you. it was a really great panel. i just noticed i have two points now the air the last caller talked about the emphasis on dark money being referred to as republican which of course you are calling for much university or speaking at a university and i guess there's a bias that most universities. my question has to do with i thought that at some point there was a rule having to do with congress people, senators were legislators or staff having restrictions placed upon them as to how long they must wait before the bikini lobbyist. >> that is still the case. i don't remember whether it is a year or two years that you are not allowed to go immediately from congress into a lobbying job. some people get around it. they go to work for a firm where what they're doing is kind of giving internal advice about how to do something and later they

scary moment in rhode island, caught on camera.atch right here, this car loses control as it comes on icy street. keep an eye on the person at the bottom of the screen. incrediblement told the car was driving down a hill, then hit the park car, that clipped that 18 year old woman. >> another man just gets out of the way in the nick of time. luckily, no one was seriously injured, but still what a great reminder, katie, of the dining their can be out there, with the icy roads if not treated. >> absolutely so true. we will talk more about that as we look ahead. even though quiet weather pattern unfolding cold outside a lot to clean up. meanwhile that said, trivia time. we are talking snow in march before yesterday what was the last year that philadelphia saw over 6 inches of snow for a day in march? was it 2014, 2009, parting like it was 1999? was it 1993? i know vittoria thinks 1993. >> my guess too. >> that was my guess we got hit pretty hard. >> let's take a look. you're all winners. that will has never happened in the history of w

not so in rhode island.chigan and hawaii are poised for growth on this jobs day. alan krueger is with us. you talk a lot about a two-tiered economy. how much of that has to do with regional differences? >> there are certainly regional differences. even more important are gradients we are seeing based on education and worker skills and the type of industry and occupation they are in. there is no question that the energy states like north dakota have done quite well. i suspect that will reverse given the change in oil prices because of their tremendous success. other states like rhode island and new jersey have been poorly. olivia: which are the sectors that are hiring? >> we are seeing broad-based hiring. the recovery is more resilient. we are seeing continuing growth and health care manufacturing, construction bouncing back. tom: one of the questions about this is the quality of those 200-7000 jobs per month. do you buy the idea that part-time jobs go into full-time jobs? or do part-time jobs state part-time

joes and a-10 finally a at rhode island, deandre had 21 points. rams took advantage. st.g 78-68. they have the tenth seed in the a-10 tournament. they will open with saint bonaventure on thursday. >>> castle is next here on channel six, "action news" continues, at 6:00ment to morning with nydia han, eva pilgrim and chris sowers. to are melissa magee jeff skversky, jamie a apody and entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have have a great night, we will see you back here again tomorrow. >> ♪♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those. we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life state farm is there. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little hal

carolyn casey, a stan out volleyball player at the university of rhode island had donated bone marrow through the the get in the game save a life program. the two were a perfect match and met this opening for the first time at villanova university. >> it is kind of makes it real because i kind of had the idea of her read about her seen pictures, but it makes the the impact of what i was able to do, it is really like coming real tonight. >> that is awesome. this meeting comes courtesy of head football coach and y tally a's foundation. thinks the the fifth year that tally united a bone marrow donor with their recipient. >>> variety, brought las vegas to montgomery county for a great cause. it was the group's annual vegas at variety event at saint helen's church in blue bell. guests enjoyed dinner, drinks, music, along with the few round of blackjack while supporting children with disabilities. raffles and silence auction raised money for the club cam have and developmental center. >>> much more to come tonight president obama a marks a milestone in civil rights history, his message for

rhode island would prove to be too much in the 2nd half and pull away 71-58 win ending gw's tournament hopes. >> that's okay. terps are still >>> you ready? >> yes. give it to me. >> rain and showers tomorrow. they taper off to shower by early, mid-afternoon. you have a little drying tomorrow but warm, low 60s and sunday is nice, good kite day weather, good wash the car weather, too, low 60s monday. how sweet is that? >> i like the way you think, kite day and washing the car. >> you are the man, top. that's our broadcast. thanks we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter the sleep number bed. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing sleep only at a sleep number store. right now, you can save $600 on the number one-rated i8 bed. know better sleep with sleep number. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to

post-season hosting vanderbilt and the winner plays next week at madison square garden knocking off rhode island on sunday and set up the matchup against the commodores. in 2012 the cardinals captured the title and the game is televised on espn with fin off at 6:00 p.m. >> there is always next year. >> that is what they say. now we hope there is the next round of rain. what do you think mike? >>> wait until april for rain. unfortunately. we will look and show you what is going on it is human. most of the wet weather is well up to the north on live doppler hd. in fact it i don't be humid but we do not have nothing to contend with so far this morning. we will talk about what is going to happen. our flags on the ferry building are not moving but they will start to move as we head through the afternoon and the wind shifts from the northwest signifying the end of the sippy air mass and a chance of rain and sprinkles. we will clear out overnight and cool-headed to tomorrow morning as we get air back to a more dryness we are used to. record highs are possible on thursday and friday and when we cool thi

. >> reporter: snow piled up in rhode island, too, where firefighters tried to put out a fire overnight had trouble finding hydrants in the snow. in raleigh, north carolina, more black ice causing yet another multi-car pile-up. in the west, you don't see this very often, an inch of ice pellets that looked like snow along the shore in huntington beach, california. back in south boston, residents who have been shoveling out their cars have been using furniture, laundry baskets and crates to keep other people from parking there. on this street you can really get a sense why people would want to protect their spot with a space saver. this is not a cave. it's the spot where a car used to be. the city said as of today trash collectors would begin taking those space savers away, an unpopular idea here. >> the city should take away the snow, not the space savers because the snow is the issue. >> reporter: this mountain of snow shows you just how much snow the city has taken off the streets so far. they've had more than eight feet of snow in boston, but, charlie, there's more snow in the forecas

>> reporter: growing up in rhode island, katherine russell was the daughter of a well-to-do doctor's family, who fell in love converted to islam and changed her name to karima to marry tamerlan tsarnaev, the man who would later be identified as the mastermind of a horrific act of terrorism. tonight, law enforcement authorities say russell herself is under investigation and could face criminal charges in connection with the marathon bombing, over whether she knew but kept quiet about what her late husband tamerlan and his brother dzhokhar were up to, men who prosecutors say were caught on camera, placing the marathon bombs. after her husband was killed in a police shootout the then 24-year-old russell denied to the fbi knowing anything about the attack. >> as a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, katie deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims. >> reporter: but now, law enforcement authorities say they believe russell accompanied her husband to this macy's store in boston two months before the attacks and helped to buy five pressure cookers, two of which were used to make

this rhode island garage buckling under the weight, now being demolished.n massachusetts, this home facing the same fate. and at this ice rink this morning, a youth hockey team preparing to practice. >> the coach was on the ice, and heard the collapse and acted quickly to get his players out of the building. >> reporter: no one injured, but it's the latest of more than 150 roof collapses in massachusetts this winter so far. and in florida, slow moving thunderstorms deluging palm city with 11 inches of rain in 6 hours. in nearby stuart, this car stuck in a manhole after the cover floated away. the mail in this truck, not being delivered anytime soon. here in atlanta, a welcome break from the rain and snow they saw earlier this week. but the clouds will roll in. this next storm will bring freezing rain across north georgia, tom. >> rob, where exactly is that storm headed? >> reporter: stretching out tonight, st. louis will get a fair amount of snow. it will pour across ohio, pennsylvania and into the northeast. and by tomorrow the rain/snow line is near the n

groups, worked with political figures, trained law enforcement, got two laws passed in the state of rhode island and in the capacity of that got interested in providing services to the people i was trying to help. i worked at a consulting firm that worked to address those very topics. so i worked on fixing it systems at the police department. i worked on child protection systems in new york city. i worked on performance management systems in memphis and chicago, and from that work i got recruited by cory booker to come be his head of innovation, head of technology in the city of newark and i engaged with communities throughout newark on a wide range of topics and there i got really interested in finance empowerment, financial access, financial literacy, much of the work that the treasurer does here. and i actually came out to san francisco and i found a company that's dedicated to working on financial access and changing the cost structures of the financial system and the reason i'm applying for this committee is it has two pretty big responsibilities, one is about bond oversight, it's also the