rhode island is one such place.hile the housing bust was not as large here is in florida, nevada, and parts of california, it was larger than average in the largest in new england. this factor is likely contributed to the fact that the overall recovery here in rhode island has lagged. in some respects, this headwind has diminished. home prices have moved up appreciably in many areas of the country, alleviating the burden for many homeowners. both the improvement in some areas, including rhode island, has lagged. nationally, the share of mortgages that are underwater, filled by about half between 2011 and 2014. forcredit availability mortgages has improved as well. although mortgages are still very hard to obtain for would-be homeowners without pristine credit records. so i would score this headwind still a concern, and one that is likely to fade. the second headwind, also quite important here in rhode island, has come from changes in fiscal policy to reduce budget deficits. at the federal level, the fiscal stimulus

rhode island avenue, completely shut down. people outside of their homes, trying to figure out what is going on. a huge police presence. i've got eyes on the scene and we are sitting here speaking with people now. we are going to get some pictures into you as soon as possible. police officers are flashing lights everywhere. leon: you know we have been following pair -- reports that perhaps his family or girlfriend were urging him to turn himself in. does it appear that it was definitely a capture, not a surrender? jennifer: this appears to be a capture. i can tell you this. arrested. on going to try to get more information, but based on the police presence on looking at right now, this is a massive response. leon: jennifer donlon, thank you so much. make sure you get back to us as soon as you get pictures for us. the word, as you just heard reported by jennifer donelan daron wint now in custody after the end of a massive manhunt that spanned from here to new york city. daron wint, the suspect in the mansion shooting in which f

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. april 18 2012, was not the first time i spoke on the senate floor on the dangers of carbon pollution, but it was the first in the weekly series that brings me here today with my increasingly dogged-eared sign. opponents of responsible climate action do it best in the dark, so i knew if anything was going to change around here, we would need to shine some light -- on the facts on the science and on the sophisticated scheme of denial being conducted by the polluters. i decided to come to the floor every week the senate is in session to put at least my little light to work, and today i do so for the 100th time, and i thank very much my colleagues who have taken time from their extremely busy schedules to be here, particularly my colleague from the house jim langevin and david cicillini who have tr

rhode island is one such place. the housing bust was not as large as in florida, nevada and parts of california it was larger than average and the largest in new england. this factor likely has contributed to the fact that the overall recovery here in rhode island has lagged. in some respects this head wind diminished. home prices have moved up appreciably alleviating the burden for many homeowners. though the improvement is including rhode island lagged nationally the share of mortgages that are under water fell by about half between 2011 and 2014. in credit availability for mortgages has improved as well ago mortgages are still hard to obtain for would be homeowners without pristine credit records. i would score this head wind as still a concern, but one likely continue to fade. a second head wind also quite important here in rhode island has come from changes in fiscal policy to reduce budget deficits. at the federal level, the fiscal stimulus of 2008 and 2009 supported economic output. the effective stimulus fel

then they pulled that vehicle over on rhode island avenue in northeast washington. and they made the arrest without incident. now, we are learning that there are two vehicles actually that are part of this. there was a sedan and there's a small box truck. both of those vehicles were towed away by police and are impounded and are now part of this criminal investigation. wint has been charged in the deaths of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper, vera figueroa. the big break of course coming in this case when police analyzed a pizza crust that was found at the crime scene. sources say that wint's dna was founden that kr-- found on that crust. that of course sparked the manhunt. that search now over as daron wint is in police custody. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath for us live, thanks so much. >>> this morning we are learning that wint's cell phone led investigators to new york. they say some time after he torched the savopoulos family's porsche last week he got on a bus to new york city. police tracked him down in brooklyn by his phone. that's wher

he was followed into the district and pulled him over on rhode island avenue. he's now charged with first degree murder while armed. >> d.c. police say that daron wint killed the savopouloses and their 10-year-old son and housekeeper last week. >> but first, your weather and traffic as you get ready for this friday morning. we are headed into the memorial day weekend. we are looking forward to a warm-up. let's check in with tom. >> we need some warming. it is chilly this morning. the promise of spring in the air. live view tower camera flaming sunrise in a clear sky this morning. no travel problems up and down 95 between here and new england. or heading south between here and florida. west you might be running into a few showers and another few hours in western pennsylvania and northern ohio. no travel problems weatherwise locally off to the clear start with dry pavement. a chill in the air, only in the 40s, nearby suburbs, most of the region will be quickly jumping into the 60s later on this morning. quite a chill. it will be nice at the beach, but chilly in t

officers followed that man about 7 miles to the 1,000 block of rhode island relieve in northeast d.c. of the we've got went's long criminal history and charging documents on our wusa9 app. >>> we've got brake on the chandra levy murder. it appears the man convicted of killing levy will get the new trial he's requested. a short time ago we learned after years of legal wrack ying prosecutors have dropped their opposition to a -- wrangling prosecutors have dropped their opposition to a new trial. levy disappeared 14 years ago. what helped put guandique in prison was that he admitted killing levy. >>> hannah graham's accused killer was in a fax irfa courtroom today for a pretrial hearing on a sexual assault and capital attempted murder case. as peggy fox reports, the defense did not have a good day. >> reporter: during a criminal trial the victim is usually asked to point out her attacker in the courtroom. jesse matthew's attorneys are trying to stop that from happening. matthew who is charged with capital murder in uva student hannah graham's killing will be first tried in fairfax on a 1

this is rhode island avenue. this area right here at the intersection is where the box truck was boxed in. if you look up rhode island avenue is where the white chevy was where they found wint. i have pictures to show you. pictures i was taking as i was walking up to the scene. so when you turn the corner rhode island was filled with flashing lights. both sides of rhode island avenue have been completely shut down. you saw the u.s. marshall in the street. dozens of them. there were more than 20 vehicles on the scene. that is when they in that white vehicle. you see that. as far as wint himself, we understand from sources he was a passenger in the white chevy. they were able to get him out. three other females in the vehicle. they got everybody out without incident. not a shot fired. we believe we saw wint in the passenger seat of an unmarked pickup truck. it was dark out and hard to see him. up ahead, yards ahead was the box truck. we understand from sources hi brother darrell was driving the moving truck. that i

the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. keating. mr. keating: thank the gentleman. most of us in this chamber have had the honor to meet and to get to know gold star families, those families that lost loved ones in the service and defense of our country and most of us on those occasions told those families if there is anything you can do, complete let us know. gold star families in my district came to me on an issue that really was something that was quite difficult for them at times and that's the issue that the access they had while their loved ones were alive was no longer there for military installations. the military installations would often have memorials to those that serve. they would have survival work shops and things that could help them and have military exercises and ceremonies. had greater meaning to them than perhaps any group of people. and they told me they had to relive the story by explaining who they were and why they wa

the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: we have no speaker at this time, i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, we don't have any speakers either. the chair: does the gentleman wish to reserve? mr. thornberry: we reserve. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: if there are no additional speakers on our side, i yield back the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i yield myself 30 seconds to note there are 15 amendments in this en bloc package, eight sponsored by republican and seven by democrats this truly is bipartisan participation in this -- in formulating this package. i hope that all the sponsors of these 15 amendments will support this bill on final passage. i urge adoption of the en bloc and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment. -- on the 5e789s en bloc offered

betty: give me the significance of speaking in rhode island?invitation, is the most important thing for a fed chair. she has history with providence, rhode island, then invited by the greater providence chamber of commerce, she went to brown university. she knows the community. i think we can expect she will talk about that experience and how rhode island has changed since she was there as a student. one of the states hard hit by the great recession. had a harder time recovering from the great recession than others. the unemployment rate still above the rest of the country. betty: turning to another issue -- the trade bill -- what is happening? final still waiting for a vote on the president fast-track voting authority. he has been battling fellow democrats, elizabeth warren, big test vote yesterday where he barely survived with the 60 votes he needed. arm-twisting on the floor. a final vote on this passage will happen today we are expecting. mitch mcconnell is planning on that, but it has not happened yet, they are waiting for agreement to get

white we need rhode island or delaware -- why do we need rhode island or delaware? there is no good reason as far as i can tell. the states of different sizes -- maybe we should think about the optimal size of the state? that would be radical. maybe get rid of states altogether. we will get to hamilton momentarily, too. in between, there is a strategy. it says we do need a government in the full sense of the term. so, we should think, we should rethink all of the central characteristics of a republican government. maybe based a little bit on the sources. we should know our montague, our locke, hobbs, machiavelli in some respects. that is the experience they can draw on in times of coming -- in terms of coming up with a strategy. so, with the analysis of the sources, i will not say it is skepticism, but he is airing doubts about the wisdom of majority rule per se. madison's idea is maybe the national government should have the authority to intervene in the states individually. actually give the national government and congress what he calls the negative -- we would c

they pulled him over guns drawn on rhode island avenue in northeast d.c. late thursday. wint reportedly in a white chevy cruise following a box truck. nbc news reports at least $10,000 cash was found in the truck. wint was arrested without incident one week after the brutal murders of savvas and amy savopoulos their son phillip and housekeeper have a figueroa. their bodies found in the savopoulos' burning northwest d.c. mansion. the fire intentionally set to cover up the killings. evidence not destroyed, wint's dna on a pizza crust, sources say. there is a connection between the 34-year-old suspect and a vas savopoulos. wint was a welder for savopoulos's business from 2003 to 2005 and one of wint's relatives was fired from the company. details are also emerging about the quadruple murder suspect's past run ins with the law. wint's record also includes assault charges, carrying a machete near the savopoulos' business back in 2010 and also three protective orders issued against him. now we've also learned this morning that four other people were arrested with wint last nig

he was arrested here last night around 11:00 at the intersection of 10th and rhode island avenue northeast. let's take a look at the scene of the arrest that happened last night. the 34-year-old was traveling with relatives, cornered on rhode island avenue after members of the fugitive task force followed a box truck and a white sedan into the city from a howard johnson motel in college park. wint charged with first-degree murder while armed for the quadruple murder of the savopoulos family and their house keep near their northwest d.c. mansion before extorting $40,000 from his former employer. that's right, wint worked as a welder for savvas savopoulos and his iron works company back in 2005. again daron wint in custody behind bars this morning charged now with the quadruple murder of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper in northwest d.c. this arrest happening exactly one week to the day for the murders happening in northwest d.c. we'll have much more on the hunt for the suspect coming up in the next half-hour. we're live in northeast, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> breaking overnight

why do we need rhode island or delaware? those were mistakes to begin with, accidental communities that became states for no good reason as far as i can tell. the states of different sizes -- maybe we should think about the optimal size of the state? maybe we should equalize the states. that would be radical. maybe get rid of states altogether. hamilton might not have minded doing that. we will get to hamilton momentarily, too. in between, there is a strategy. that madison worked out. it does say we do need a government in the full sense of the term. so, we should think, we should rethink all of the central -- essential characteristics of a republican government. maybe based a little bit on the sources. we should know our montesquieu our locke, hobbs, machiavelli in some respects. that is the experience they can draw on in terms of coming up with a strategy. so, with the analysis of the sources, i will not say it is skepticism, but he is airing doubts about the wisdom of majority rule per se. madison's idea is maybe the nati

biking from massachusetts to rhode island. after four hours on the bike the finish line for the day, the state capitol. >> go matt go! >> reporter: this is the nicest surprise i've had along the route. can you say red nose day? >> red nose day! >> thank you so much. it was so nice to see those kids at the state house in rhode island yesterday. we've had such nice people throughout the route stopping or sitting on lawn chairs waving to us as we go by honking the horns for all the right reasons. thomaso is here right now, we are 14 miles into the trip today. we started early. it's a total of 65 miles on day two. what should we look forward to? >> today is hills, winds. try to find your pace and have fun. >> i love how he says and have fun. 65 miles of hills and wind. yeah. anyway so we're going to take off here in a second and check in with you later. this is the day i've been training for for two months. this particular day. if we can get through this one, i'll have a big smile on my face. >> i think you can. >> you're going to

another politician expressed president is former rhode island governor, lincoln chafee. the tide," he recounts his time as a republican in the senate. former ceo of hewlett-packard shares lessons from her difficulties and triumphs in "rising to the challenge." louisiana governor bobby criticizes the obama administration and describing why conservative solutions are needed in washington and crisis. in "a time for truth," ted cruz recounts his journey from a cuban immigrant's son to now. >>> tonight on the communicators, members on congress of nsa collection of phone records, privacy. >> section 215 authorizes the metadata collection the bulk collection. last week, we found out that the second district federal court agrees with justin and i that this patriot act never really authorized these programs. that the programs are illegal. but the nsa would tell you that these programs were authorized by section 215. then the fisa court proceeded to write a warrant that covered every american citizen. i think our founding fathers would be appalled. >> i think our policy is far fro

i know she has spoken to rhode island business groups that have come to washington at the invitationf jack reed, so she was doing him a favor, but toarly, a place she is eager come back to, since she spent so much time there is a student. fed has we know the been watching very carefully how the bond market reacts. they are very mindful of that, but is the fed keying off the equity markets in any way in determining when to lift off? >> at think the fed wants to focus on this actual mandate. they have to issue a report was you year to congress, and is now a proposal in the senate with them to do this four times a year. they may or may not be thinking about than a talking about that behind closed doors, but i don't think it's an important part of their functions because they don't want to be seen to be looking at it, even if they are. matt: thanks so much for joining us, pleasure to have you here. scarlet: still ahead, the economy may be in better shape. new grads, however, might argue otherwise. we'll have some data and some charts for you right after the break. matt: welcome back. sca

been able to bring your usage down rhode islanders paid only $91.48 per month for electricity. compared to $110.47 in oklahoma in $106.44 in west virginia. while both of the attorneys general from west virginia and oklahoma can see that the real impact to a consumer is the dollar amount they have to write on the check that pays the bills. >> well, senator, where you are going bright now some of the details in terms of power that tri-city varies across the state is a policy question. in west virginia, we have heard deep concern from power plant operators, coal operators about what the impact will be on electricity price. i've seen that in the context of other proposed regulations that have gone through. but i think it is important to reiterate right now, to choose a policy objective and try to advance to unlawful means is something everyone in this body should reject. >> cannot go back to the question that i actually asked? isn't the economic effective policy made real and a consumer's life by the amount of the check that they actually write rather than a per kilowatt hour cost?

in rhode island where the oceans are up ten inches against the shore, where our fishermen are seeing fisheries disappear where houses that have been there for generations are falling into the ocean we have a very different set of problems. and i think it is important if we're going to address this that we on one hand recognize that there may very well be economic effects within coal economies from trying to unburden ourselves of the environmental consequences of coal burning and we are i think very willing to work with you to mitigate those consequences. but we can't allow those consequences to take us to a point where we deny the problem exists. that's just irresponsible and factually wrong and ultimately i think potentially quite disgraceful to the institutions that we all serve. so let me ask you first attorney general pruitt, you said one of the problems with epa regulation was that this issue should be left to the local level. please tell me what oklahoma is doing at the local level to address carbon pollution and climate change. >> senator if i could in response to your questio

another politician has expressed interest running for president is the rhode island governor and in against the tide he recounts his time serving as a republican in the senate. ask members of congress what they are reading this summer is. >> i taught economics for the past 18 years and i went to seminary before that so i like reading a combination of economics and ethics into some people thought that was kind of a humorous joke but i actually take it pretty seriously so i am starting with hidden in plain sight. it's kind of the causes of the financial crisis and if you don't have an account it's kind of hard to solve. we have that issue coming forward. there are some signs we are headed in the wrong direction and that to gdp growth track a little and the federal reserve had heavy lifting to do. >> between the greeks and the nytimes and reason i'm reading a few books whose justice, which rationality saying one of the top philosophers in the country and then i got on my stack the new testament. he is considered. on the moral position than i that i got a book economics as religion from samuels

racism in rhode island. there, in new england, people say, "please screw," you know? [laughter] but my family was very strong, deeply rooted in faith and values of hard work and education, and in fact, a belief in this country, despite the racism, that we could in fact find equality, that we could in fact achieve progress and make a difference. unlike my parents, my brothers and sisters and i grew up in integrated neighborhoods. we went to integrated schools our whole life. it wasn't a ghetto. some of my best friends were irish and italian, armenian, chinese and jewish. it was a very different world for us as opposed to our parents. but when i was 10 years old in 1961, father died. we had a house fire. and in his attempts to put it out, he was burned. and that totally changed our lives. i was the eldest son of 11 children. and as a man child, i felt certain responsibilities that remain with me to this day. in our living room, we had photos of three people who were non-members of our family. it was jesus, dr.

here again on rhode island avenue in northeast washington and, again, he was taken into custody by police and will be facing the four murder charges and people can rest easy tonight that this murder suspect has been taken into custody here in northeast washington. back to you. >> thanks darcy. >> there have been some questions and some speculation earlier about whether daron wint would come back in and turn himself in but we do not know for certain is whether he's learned he's in custody but we don't know if he's turned himself in or if police arrested him because we've also heard that there was a lookout for that particular vehicle that darcy described in northeast d.c. that police were looking for. >> and you're seeing pictures of the victims of this horrible crime that happened one week ago today. savvas and amy savopoulos their 10-year-old son and also their -- his name was philip and their housekeeper vera figueroa. that again, happened in d.c.'s -- northwest c.d.'s woodley park neighborhood. they were apparently what we hear from police or our sources that the family was held hostag

and heavily financed groups of abolitionists that by newington concerns, boston, connecticut, rhode island, maine, ohio, they poured in, antislavery men and women poured into kansas to stop kansas from becoming a slave state. missourians saw these yankees pouring into the kansas territory and they knew they would have a fight on their hand. the mixture of abolitionists and proslavery mingling, the territory exploded in violence warfare, terrorism, and it attracted men like john brown and his sons. starting in 1854, a low grade war began in kansas and nickname bleeding kansas. from 1854 until kansas became a free state in 1861, or was going on in kansas territory over who would control this territory. it was ground zero for the slave issue in the country. once you are designated as a territory by the united states government, the next step is to create a legislature, create laws for the territory. then write a constitution approved by the voters of the territory, and then it will be sent to washington for ratification by congress. finally, signed by the president of the united states. in th

those passengers we ran into a short while ago was staying with family and trying to get out to rhode island. had not heard about the crash. her name was mary. she had to go quickly from plan a to plan b. >> original plan was to take the amtrak from philly to rhode island, and now i'm going to go back and stay with relatives another day and figure out the best way. probably by bus. >> reporter: a lot of passengers from the original train, 188 coming from hospitals over here to 30th street station. these are people who did not have private transport, did not need some emotional or psychological care. we did speak with a mother and daughter from france. when i mentioned were they going to be put on another form of rail or train they said absolutely no train. they went by private transportation. they are gradually starting to make their way to their destinations. >> thank you for that information. we continue follow breaking news. the deadly train derailment in philadelphia's port richmond section. this is a live look from sky force 10 as crews are still sifting through the wreckage. this is a

another politician who has expressed interest in running for president is former rhode island governor lincoln chafy. in "infancy the tide," he recounts his time serving as a republican in the senate. carly fiorina, former ceo of hewlett-packard, has recently declared her candidacy. in "rising to the challenge" she shares lessons she's learned from her difficulties and triumphs. former new york governor george pataki is considering running for president. in 1998 he released "pataki" where he looks back on his path to the governorship. louisiana governor bobby jindal criticizes the obama administration and explains why conservative solutions are needed in washington in "leadership and crisis." and finally, in "a time for truth," another declared presidential candidate, texas senator ted cruz, recounts his journey from a cuban immigrant son to the u.s. senate. >>> on the next "washington journal," we'll talk to politico robber jennifer haberkorn about republican efforts to replace the affordable care act and legal challenges to the law. john bradshaw of the national security network and

deck watch officer cutter willow, new port rhode island.olas rosarta, student engineer, seattle, washington. nicholas walsh, rogers graduating with honors, deck watch officer cutter vigorous, virginia beach, virginia. devin francis rodi. deck watch officer, cutter dependable, virginia beach, virginia. her commission will be presented by her sister, lieutenant krista zangel, u.s. coast guard. nicholas javier ramaro. charles ton charleston, south carolina. michael rossi graduating with honors, deck watch officer, cutter sherman, honolulu hawaii. e elizabeth austin runsty. daniel glen sabarin, deck watch officer, cutter spencer boston massachusetts. elise christine sacko graduating with high honors, student resolute, st. petersburg florida. nolan keith saley graduating with high honors. deck watch officer. honolulu hawaii. darlene, deck watch officer, cutter sherman honolulu, hawaii. christopher meade saylor cutter alex haley, kodiak, alaska. ann elizabeth schneider graduating with honors, deck watch officer, alameda, california. justin paris

and heavily financed groups of abolitionists backed by new england concerns boston, connecticut, rhode island, maine, ohio, new york, they poured in anti-slavery men and women to stop kansas from becoming a slave state. missourians saw these yankees pouring into kansas territory. they knew they were going to have a fight on their hands. the mixture of abolitionists and proslavery mingling together in kansas territory, the territory exploded in violence warfare terrorism. it attracted men like john brown and his sons. it started in 1854, a low-grade war again in kansas. it was nicknamed "bleeding kansas." from 1854 until kansas became a free state in 1861, a war was going on in the territory over who would control this new territory. ground zero with slave issues in this country. once designated as a territory by the united states government, the next step is to create a legislature, create laws for the territory, and write a constitution. which is approved by the voters of the territory. then it will be sent to washington for ratification by congress. finally, signed by the president of the u

he was picked up on 1000 rhode island avenue. jennifer donelan has more on the arrest. quite a scene. jennifer: what a night it was. we were the first ones here. you could see it was shut down. you could see the relief and satisfaction on face of the u.s. marshals. when the task force got the word for daron wint on wednesday -- >> we went full speed to develop associate patterns. >> it led them to brooklyn new york where they learned wint was staying with his girlfriend. u.s. marshals in new york moved in position but they just missed him. >> wint had seen his image on the news as a suspect and he panicked and fled. jennifer: frustrating, yes. but the nonstop hunt led the officers and marshals to the d.c. area. they found him at the howard johnson motel in college park room 412. >> we had a location where we were preparing for a tactical entry. >> but an advance team signal wint was in a car. the car and the moving truck were driving out of the parking lot. they followed the chevy and the box truck for five miles. once on rhode island avenue in northeast. >> we conducte

another politician who has expressed interest in running for president is former rhode island governor lincoln chafee. in "against the tide," he recounts his time serving as a republican in the senate. carly fiorina, former ceo of hewlett-packard, has recently declared her candidacy. in "rising to the challenge," she shares lessons she's learned from her difficulties and triumphs. former new york george pataki is considering running for president. ..

. >> reporter: the arrest happened just behind me on rhode island avenue, but this isn't really where it began. police followed wint to new york and maryland. >> we investigated and tracked him up to new york city. >> reporter: a task force led by the u.s. marshall started tracking wint on tuesday. they missed in him new york by a day. last night they finally caught up to him at this motel in college park. >> we were planning on going into the hotel and figuring out where he was and taking him down. >> reporter: but the task force commander robert fernandez told reporters it didn't go down like that. >> when we approached, we realized he was in a vehicle. >> reporter: the task force spotted wint riding as a passenger in this white chevy cruze. they followed it, but it wasn't alone. the car and box truck made a u- turn and kept going down rhode island avenue. >> pg county police put up a helicopter. once we got to a good location we were able to pin the vehicle in. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the u.s. marshal tells wusa9 officers pulled two men out of the box truck. wint was in the

the rhode island study found social media is partly to blame.t says a growing number of people are using apps to arrange high-risk sexual encounters. some experts dispute that claim. >> certainly we believe that it does contribute to an increase in sexual infections and potentially things like that, but it certainly is not -- we don't have enough evidence there is no clear evidence to say what that impact is. >> some of those experts say you can attribute the rise in stds to simply better testing by health providers. >>> we continue to follow our top story this afternoon. multiple reports saying former republican house speaker dennis hastert was paying a man to conceal sexual misconduct. he has been indicted for a payment scheme. we're working for new information. >>> find out why doctors are seeing more patients complaining about their smartphones. puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but recei

former rhode island governor lincoln chafee is set to announce wednesday he will seek the democratic presidential nomination. he will make the announcement at the george mason center for politics in arlington. wisconsin governor scott walker has not officially entered the race, but he is campaigning in new hampshire. walker will make an official announcement at the end of june. the former texas governor rick perry is expected to become the eighth gop candidate when he enters the race next week. abc 7 is your station for complete vote 2016 coverage. stay up to date on the campaign trail at wjla.com and on twitter and facebook. abc news is reporting a second man has come forward accusing former house speaker dennis hastert of sexual abuse, taking place decades ago when he was a teacher and coach and an illinois high school. the indictment accuses hastert of paying $1.7 million to cover a prior misconduct. law enforcement officials say it was the sexual abuse of a former student. the story today is the humidity when it comes to the weather. tomorrow we are looking at changes to the fore

jummy: in the meantime, a cleanup at the chemical spill in rhode island. a man intentionally poured acid on himself. it was in the metro garage. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. it had no impact on service. right now, amtrak trains are running again along the northeast corridor for the first time since tuesday's derailment in philadelphia. sam sweeney take a look at un's asian -- union station. sam: good afternoon. train 600 was the first to arrive into washington's union station. they will automatically flow the engines down if it is not matter -- not automatically done by the trained engineer. the fbi has now joined the ntsb in the investigation. it remains unclear why train 888 reached speeds of 106 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone. the fbi must determine whether the train was hit by a projectile, or perhaps even a bullet. at least two other trains reported he hit by projectiles just minutes before on tuesday night. passenger say the service was a bit slower than normal. >> i use it a lot. sample of this morning, trains did a

. >>> we have an accident right now blocking two lanes on rhode island avenue.s is in the northbound side at florida avenue northwest. so we're asking drivers to add anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes to your drive time to account for this accident there. another accident also going on in prince george's county. a live look from sky 9 shows us how things are shaping up on the bw parkway where we had a lane blocked on the southbound side of the bw parkway between 32 and 198. looks like it's cleared up for the most part but we still have residual delays going on in that area. so drivers beware. at least the accident on the shoulder is blocked but you'll have to suffer through this for a while so you want to add additional time to your drive time. no issues right now around the beltway here at river road. pretty light for the most part and along 95 just the usual volume as you make your way up toward the beltway going through areas like newington. mike, over to you. >>> 6:17. this is mike hydeck in the newsroom. some of the stories we're working on now, we start out we

today we learned former rhode island governor lincoln chaffee is announcing his democratic bid in arlington next week. on the democratic side right now eight people officially in the race. come monday we could be adding south carolina senator lindsey graham's name to that list. >>> we've got breaking news from the library of congress where u.s. capital police are investigating a suspicious package that was found near the neptune statue right outside the library. people are directed away from the area. >>> the former montgomery county teacher accused of groping female students will spend five years behind bars. 50-year-old jose pineda was sentenced today as part of a plea drool after he admitted to touching -- deal after he admitted to touching tween girls in schools he worked in across the county. 1 student came forward in 2014 and that made the news which led a former student to come forward saying pineda did the same thing to her in 2004 and the school system did nothing. >> mr. pineda betrayed the trust in all of us as parents when we place children in the care of someone as a teacher. h

the car and box truck made a u- turn and kept going down rhode island avenue. >> pg county police put up a helicopter for us and once we got to the location we pinned the vehicle in. >> reporter: a u.s. marshal spokesperson tells wusa9 officers pulled two men out of the box truck. will not was in the chevy cruze with two women and another man. by thursday at 11:30 p.m. the man hunt was over for daron wint and six people were safely taken into custody. the only person arrested last night was daron wint. the other five people were let go. >> the savopoulos family released a statement, "while it does not abate our pain we hope it does begin to restore a sense of calm and security to our neighborhood and city. our family and vera's family have suffered unimaginable loss and ask for the time and space to grieve privacy." more on wint and the charging documents on our wusa9 news app. >>> now a developing story on the chandra levy murder, the man convicted of killing levy is expected to get the new trial he's sought. levy disappeared in 2001, her remains found a year later in rock creek park

he was in charm of oil and gas and the raid was author rhode island boot president barak obama and car -- carried out. >>> now, inlets go first to kimberly, because the white house released a statement and give ausidea about more detail they gave us about what happened. >>> yeah, i can give you a sense of the background, about how this came b- in terms of ordering this operation. it was ordered by president barak obama and a team, that was unanimous, that this should take place and, united states was watching him for sometime and in fact, we are. even switched locations causing the u.s. to regroup, in terms of the operation. >>> when it was ordered, it was ordered by ash carter and it was the elite delta force that swooped in and may have been some hand-to-hand combat to come took place and there may have been women and children, that were present and used as human shields and it was in that back and forth that he was killed. however there were two women that were captured, and detained and, his wife, and, we believe, very prominent and by her own right and also a young woman that may

as george washington wrote to the jews of newport, rhode island, "the united states gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." it's important for us to of knowledge that too often in our history we fell short of those lofty ideals. the legal subjugation of african-americans through slavery and jim crow. the treatment of native americans. far too often, american jews faced the scourge of anti-semitism here at home. but our founding documents gave us a north star. our bill of rights, system of government, gave us the capacity for change. and where other nations actively and legally might persecute and discriminate against those of different faiths, this nation was called upon to see all of us as equals before the eyes of the law. when other countries treated their own citizens as wretched refuse, we lifted up our lamp, sought the golden door, and welcomed them in. our country is immeasurably stronger because we did. [applause] from einstein to brandeis, jonas salk to betty friedan, american jews have made concretions to -- contributions to this country that have shape

. >>> experts at the university of rhode island say the tick population has exploded in new england and the mid atlantic. they are getting up to 150 requests a day to identify various types of ticks. the biggest growth is in dog tips which can carry rocky mountain spotted feature. the extreme cold kept snow on the ground longer and that insulated the ticks. >> the clock is ticking on the holiday weekend. unfortunately it's going to get hotter as it comes to an end. >> reporter: it's kind of nice that tomorrow's forecast is tomorrow and not so much today. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, no precipitation out there, as we wrap up that memorial day holiday weekend. we're in wilmington with the action cam looking at the riverboat queen. you can see the breeze blowing along the waterfront. we could have winds at times at 20 miles per hour. but it's very warm and still not all that humid. sunny and warm that's the call for today as we take a look at the highlights for the forecast moving into tuesday and wednesday look for changes in the pattern giving us a hot and humid feel t

groups of abolitionists backed by new england concerns and eight societies, boston connecticut, rhode island, maine, ohio, new york they reported anti-slave -- -- anti-slavery abolitionist to stop kansas from becoming a slave state. missouri saw these yankees pointing to kansas territory they knew they were going to have a fight on their hands, and the mixture of abolitionists and proslavery mingling together in kansas territory -- the territory exploded in violence warfare, terrorism. it attracted men like john brown and his sons and starting in 1854, a low-grade, pre-civil war began in kansas. it was nicknamed bleeding kansas. 1854 until kansas became a free state, 1861, warfare was going on in kansas territory over who would control this new territory. this was ground zero for the slave issue in this country. once you are designated as a territory by the united states government, the next step is to create a legislature, lost for the territory, then write the constitution that is approved by the voters of the territory, and then it will be sent to washington for ratification by congress,

former rhode island governor and senator lincoln chafee is said to announce wednesday he will seek the democratic presidential nomination. a former republican, he will make the announcement at the george mason center for politics in arlington. and donald trump is also making his plans clearer tonight. he said he will make a major announcement in new york june 16. trump will head to the early primary state of new hampshire the next day. abc 7 is your station for complete vote 2016 coverage. stay up-to-date on the latest developments on the campaign train trail -- on the campaign trail at wjla.com, facebook, and twitter. a second man has come forward accusing former house speaker dennis hastert of sexual abuse the alleged abuse taking place several decades ago when he was a teacher and coach at an illinois high school. the federal indictment accuses his am paying that's accuses him of paying $1.7 million for prior misconduct, the sexual abuse of a former student. stepping outside, it is hot and humid. going forward, we are tracking storm chances. devon lucie is in the weather center with

rhode island man requested the investigation after he said that his wife experienced unwanted accelerationta corolla on several occasions. nhtsa said they put over 2000 miles on the man's car and cannot find problems with the vehicle or the transmission. the faa has issued a new warning and maintenance order for all boeing 787 dreamliner jets. a software bug can cause a complete electrical shutdown and loss of control, only after the computer system has been running 248 days straight. the faa says the plane's computer system needs to be rebooted more often to work more efficiently. it's being called the fight of the century, but before tonight's boxing match up between floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao, heated demonstrations. people took to the streets to protest mayweather, saying that he needed to account for his history of domestic violence. he has been found guilty on several occasions where he beat women, the latest four years ago when he took a plea deal for the attack on the mother of three of his children. normally, the basketball nets are cut down for winners, but there are exce

it will take $80 million year to reverse this trend for rhode island. amtrak which is another key component of our transportation system has a $7 billion state of goods repair back log for northeast alone. that's a big number and effects maine and massachusetts and all the way up and down the coast. the faa has $5 million back log in maintenance needs which puts air traffic control system at risk. we are talking about things we need to fix and not things we want to build. that is what is distressing about this hearing. you have proposed a plan that i think will begin to grapple with these issues. i commend you for that. if we could reauthorize appropriately and re-organize the authorizing committee responsibilities to come up with revenues to pass a meaningful bill we could begin this process. i applaud you for laying it on the table for us and asking for those funds. i'm afraid that we going to be stuck here and not going to make tough choices about raising revenues and in order to invest in our future. there is no better investment than infrastructure

a rhode island man and requested an investigation after his wife experienced unwanted acceleration in his toyota corolla on several occasions. the national highway traffic safety administration said they put over 2000 mile on the -- miles on the carpet testers could not find problems with the throttle or transmission. coming up, the three worlds the world has been waiting to hear. a look at how people are reacting tonight as the royals announce it is a girl. a big day with bold fashion inside the festivities of one of the country's most famous horse races. the somber chapter of the crash that has just wrapped up when abc 7 news kellye: an emotional milestone today into the investigation of the crash over eastern ukraine. a final flight carrying seven caskets arrive saturday meeting all the human remains found are back home. the passenger plane was shot down in july of 2014 with the loss of all 298 people on board. a group of women and girls freed from boko haram are at a refugee camp in nigeria. the army released these photos of survivors. they are receiving medical care and food afte