what many students don't know is that down in rhode island , more than a year earlier a group of rhode island patriots made an even harsher challenge to the british empire. one dark night in june of 1772. i am here to tell their story. the episode began when amid growing tensions with colonists, king george the third moved to the gaspee into rhode island's bay. the gaspee was known for destroying fishing vessels seizing cargo, and flagging down ships only to harass, humiliate, and interrogate the colonials. as nick bunker, author of the book "an empire on the edge," wrote, "this harassment did not sit well with rhode islanders, who had grown accustomed to personal freedom unique in that time." to quote bunker, "even by american standards rhode island was an extreme case of popular government." the chapter in his book in which he describes this is entitled "this dark affair by the gaspee incident." he went on to say "out of all the colleagues, rhode island was the one where the ocean entered most deeply into the lives of people. and we wanted it free." in july of 1663, 100 years before

into rhode island's bank. the gas be -- the gaspee was known for destroying fishing vessels, seizing cargo, and flagging down ships only to harass, humiliate, and interrogate the colonials. as nick bunker, author of the book empire on the edge, wrote. "this harassment did not sit well with rhode islanders, who had grown accustomed to personal freedom unique in that time. even by american standards rhode island was an extreme case of popular government. a chapter in his book in which he describes this is entitled this dark affair by the gaspee incident. out of all the colleagues, rhode island was the one that entered most deeply into the lives of people. and we want to did free. in july of 1663, 100 years before the incident, king charles the second granted a royal charter. the charter said this was to hold forth a lively experiment. a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained full liberty in religious concerns. the lively experiment in rhode island-based of the path for american freedom of

that is being put to the test for rhode island. their former governor has not gotten much coverage on the day of his presidential announcement. the local tv station found some room in their budget to squeeze him and. it was not always their top story. >> the highway looks good this morning. frank? >> some of the day's other top news stories. this is the day that former rhode island governor chafee is running for president. >> fortunately, there were no serious injuries. >> lincoln chafee is expected to announce his candidacy for president. >> lawmakers have been meeting behind closed doors for the stadium proposal which had been rejected. it is expected to get judicial approval sometime this month. >> lincoln chafee is expected to make the announcement at george mason university just outside of washington. mark: lincoln chafee is so obscure that half the people in our newsroom were spelling his name wrong. we have asked this question about a lot of people. can lincoln chafee as an extreme underdog impact the fight for the democrati

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according to the fbi, usaama rahim, wright and another person met on a beach in rhode island in late may and talked about plans to behead another victim in a separate state.

>> i don't know anything about nick in rhode island we know that rhode island state police and the federal agencies are down there investigating a situation in warwick, investigating individuals down there, but so far, we don't know of any arrests down there. we do know that we have two large officials telling the boston globe that there was a plot to behead a police officer. that that plot level had reached fever pitch, and that's why law enforcement authorities moved in on tuesday to interview this suspect when the knife occurred he pulled out the knife, and boston police and the fbi shot him. there was an investigation in terms of these guys were under surveillance for several weeks, and the fact is they felt that they had to move in and take action because something imminent was going to happen that this plot against the police officer was going to be carried out. >> what is happening right now that you've been able to find out? you have the suspect, we've been told about 24 minutes from now, he's expected to be in court. i'm curious about what you're learning in that and also kind of

what many students don't know is that down in rhode island, more than a year earlier a group of rhodehallenge to the british empire. one dark night in june of 1772. i'm here to tell their story. the episode began when amid growing tensions with colonists king george iii moved the h.h.s. gadsby into rhode island's narrangansett bay. the gatsby and its captain were known for destroying fishing vessels, seizing cargo and flagging down ships only to harass, humiliate and interrogate the colonials. as nick bunker, author of the book "an empire on the edge" wrote, "this harassment did not sit well with rhode islanders who had grown accustomed to a level of personal freedom unique in that time." to quote bunker, "even by american standards, rhode island was an extreme case of popular government." the chapter in his book in which he describes this is entitled "this dark affair: the gatsby incident." bunker went on to say out of all the colonies, rhode island was the one where the ocean entered most deeply into the lives of the people. and we wanted it free. in july of 1663, over 100 years bef

in rhode island needs to stand up and say new gnaw.state get two senators? they can't come up with one good one. >> there is a comedy troop called studio c and they did a skit about rhode island which is hilarious. they walk in -- >> i believe we have the troop here right now. come on out guys. >> the guy walks around with a flask of rainwater and it is rusty rainwater from rhode island. >> wow. >> these are the ideas. >> andy, that's your name. what do you think was hillary's first thought when she heard he was running. >> after she finished laughing? >> right after that. >> the thing is he will go the extra kilometer for you. i respect that about him. i like him on civil liberties and social stuff but he is goofy on just about everything else. i don't have anything about the met trek system. we used it to a large extent, but the idea of putting it in your -- like when you are introducing yourself to the american people and announcing you will be a candidate for president that's what you talk about? >> remember when ben carson says pe

senator appeared then the governor for rhode island. won the governorship in a multi-candidate race where he only had about 35% of the vote to his performance as governor was poor enough and he cannot really run for reelection. his approval rating was so low. he has had the kind occur that would make some people wonder why on earth he would be running for president. it seems he is running to make a point, which is hillary clinton cannot be trusted and america needs to be not so adventurous in terms of world affairs. those are the two big points he wants to make. we will see how that goes for him. the idea that he will be the democratic nominee, not taken people inusly by many the democratic party. alix: a lot of work to just make a point. there was a new iowa poll to the question of decimal george w.'s influence be a good or bad thing if his brother gets elected and has to run for presidency? a majority of people said it would actually be a good thing. i was surprised at that. what was your reaction? this is kind of the gold standard po

i've invited former governor of rhode island, former senator from rhode island to be our inaugural speaker. we have invited him to speak on foreign policy issues. by the number of people here, he might say something else. not quite sure. might be some kind of announcement other than foreign policy, so i'm going to get out of the way. of all the times i've covered american politics, this is a first person who's a ferier running for president, possibily running for president of the united states and if you don't know what a ferier is is, governor chafee will tell you. welcome, governor. [applause] >> thank you, bob. puts shoes on horses. after college, i worked on the horse racetrack for seven years. great experience of my life. very valuable experience and it is a great pleasure to be here and thank you for inviting me. mixing foreign foreign policy and politics is an invitation i could not pass up. it's a pleasure to be here for the george mason university, which is named for one of the many great contributors to the best form of government on earth. as prescribed by our constitution, whic

he doesn't have high support in rhode island.he's most known for is trying to change christmas tree to holiday tree in the state capitol. but this opens up something interesting for hillary clinton, because if he's not popular and he's polling at 1% it means that he can go after her in a way that the other candidates cannot. so he is the wild card in the democratic side on the primary. >> matt he's already gone after hillary clinton. he said that anybody who voted for the war should not be president of the united states. he's going to be possibly a republican favorite the way he's going to go after clinton. what do you make of it? >> i don't know ed. republicans are still kind of mad at him for leaving us. he's run in every conceivable form you can run. it seems like he does a political calculation on the right party to be a member of when he runs. right now he's going to run as the anti-war guy. i do think for democrats as a republican looking at that primary process, hillary's clearly the leading candidate, but someone's going

alexis: lincoln chafee from rhode island announced this week and martin o'malley announced last saturday and i covered both gentlemen and none of us in the room were expecting lincoln chafee from rhode island, former governor, former senator. he used to be a republican, turned independent turned democrat to take a a stand on metrics but there he was and it was an eye-opening moment. the way they're coming at secretary clinton is very interesting. in the sense that in lincoln chafee's case, he is unabashadly, assertively muscular about it and he's normally soft spoken and geeky but he's taking it to her on the questions of the state department, her reputation, emails, money and o'malley is taking her on in terms of experience youth and he is trying to argue also on domestic policy that he can outdo her with voters. gwen: domestic policy might include his record as mayor of baltimore which has its issues lately. they all have baggage. that's what we live for. thank you, everybody. we have to go tonight. leaving you a little bit early so you can support stations that support us. we want to

senator, then independent governor of rhode island has just announced he is running for

lincoln chafee was then a republican senator from rhode island. only republican actually in the senate who voted against that resolution clearly a big issue for him, why he voted, he believes the right way she voted the wrong way. we'll be hearing a lot more from the newly declared democratic presidential candidate, lincoln chafee. in a little bit, he's going to be taking our questions live here during our next hour of "the situation room." we'll hear him make his case. >>> there's other breaking news we're following. at the pentagon right now where the defense department finally is talking about the mistaken shipments that may have contained live anthrax, the number of affected labs in states keep on growing. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr who has more. what are you learning? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. it's been more than a week since this problem came to light. for the first time today, the pentagon coming out public talking about it. where are we? there are now 400 lots of anthrax. this is the large-scale invent

>> rhode island. >> where? >> newark, rhode island. i thought you said you lived in canada? >> i lived in canada in the '70s. >> are you okay to wait? >> thanks, bob. >>> live coverage from george mason university school of policy government and international affairs in arlington, virginia. lincoln chaffey, the former u.s. senator and governor of rhode island looking for his candidacy to be president. chaffey served as governor, most recently from 2011 to 2015, first being elected as an independent before joining the democratic party in 2012. we'll have more road to the white house coverage tomorrow former texas governor rick perry is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination, this will be his second run for the white house, following his 2012 candidacy. we'll have him for you live from dallas at 12:30 eastern on c-span 3. >>> this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first ladies influence and image, we'll look into the personal lives of two first ladies from the 1850s, jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accide

you chose not to run for re-election in rhode island. your approval ratings are fairly low.me state today, with a home state crowd. >> first of all, i'm proud of my record as governor. when i came in, we had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country it's down to 6.1% now, it's the biggest drop in the unemployment rate of all but three states. that's a great record to run on. i came here and got the invitation to speak about foreign relations and obviously that's a passion of mine and especially important as i conduct this presidential run, what we're going to do in the world, how america goes forward internationally, the combination of doing something a little different. the timing of being here in early june and talking about foreign international issues. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, a plot uncovered in boston to attack police officers with knives and news the suspects also discuss targeting anti-islam agitator pamela geller next. >>> breaking news out of boston tonight, a man named david wright appeared on court today on charges of conspiring to destroy

he was elected governor of rhode island in 2010 as an independent and became a democrat in 2013. kathleen matthews has announced she is running for maryland's eighth congressional district. the democrat held a press conference this morning at the silver spring metro plaza. matthews is running for a seat that will be open because democratic incumbent representative chris van hollen is seeking the senate seat of retiring senator barbara mikulski. matthew served as public affairs officer for bethesda-based mary and she was also an anchor here at abc7 for more than 20 years. happening today, chance to win more than $1 million. " who wants to be a millionaire" is holding auditions & sweeney has what you need to know. sam: the only have to answer the questions to get to the hot seat and once you are there, you are 14 questions away from the $1 million. hundreds tested their knowledge and brought their energy early this morning. >> i can't believe it. it is like a dream come true. >> 30 questions, 10 minutes. >> it was a little nerve-racking but it was kind of exciting. i've never s set

the former rhode island and former republican will launch on wednesday. he has a unique proposal for global relations. have the u.s. adopt the metric system. did not work out well last time. >> good luck with that. >>> republican contender ted cruz has apologized for a joke about vice president biden. the vice president grieving over the loss of his son beau. speaking at a dinner in michigan, cruz poked fun at died for his gaffes. he said biden, you know the nice thing, you don't need a punch line. honestly it works. the next party you are at walk you were and say joe biden and close your mouth. they will crack up laughing. a lot of outrage over the timing. cruz did post an apology. saying it was a mistake to use an old joke about biden during his time of grief. the loss of his son is heart breaking and tragic. our prayers are with the vice president and his family. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures lower. global bond prices are sinking. yields are moving up. that is hurting the stocks. yesterday, the dow climbed 64. the big bu

we got word that the fbi had carried out a raid at a home in rhode island, in connection with the sameion. then we got word of another person being arrested in the boston suburb of everett. today in federal court in boston, that man who was arrested in everett today was charged with conspiring to destroy evidence. specifically he was charged with conspiring with the man who was shot by police yesterday to destroy that man's cell phone. to cover up evidence of a plot of some kind to attack police officers. the court released this complaint against the man who was arrested yesterday, the complaint says the two of them met with a third unnamed person on a beach in rhode island to discuss plans to behead someone. the complaint does not say who they were talking about beheading. the complaint claims by tuesday morning, by yesterday morning this week, plans had changed, the new plan was to attack somebody else closer to home, with the man who was shot by police yesterday telling the man who was arrested, i can't wait that long, man. the two men allegedly used a code phrase for talking about

let's talk about the democratic side former rhode island senator is joining the race and he suggested the u.s. economy would benefit from switching to the english sentence to the metric system. >> let's join the rest of the world and go metric. i live in canada and they completed the process. believe me it is easy. it doesn't take long before 34 degrees is hot. only liberia miranmar, and the united states are not metric. it will help the economy. >> threatening the good old english measurement systems as a campaign plank. >> every once in a while i remember if i should be republican and i remember when i listen to him. earth to him. this is not going to connect to voters. seems strange to me >> what is his role in the race joe? >> well clearly look that is the most publicity the metric system received in decades. that is part of it. i believe hilary clinton could get a scare in the primaries. i don't think it will be him who does that but i guess anything is possible. look i have no idea why he entered the race particularly as a former republican and independent it is going to be diff

the fbi says in the days before that incident, rovinski and rahim met on a secluded rhode island beach and first hatched a plan to they first planned to kill, behead, the new york woman who had organized a display of cartoons of the prophet mohammed. but the target later shifted to police. in court today, his mother left without comment. unable to account for how her son apparently decided he would go to war with america, amy. >> brian, thank you. >>> now to new information about a close call involving american and russian planes. we're learning there were two russian jets involved. martha raddatz in washington tonight. unsafely close, what exactly does that mean? >> it means that russian jet could have been as little as ten feet away from the u.s. reconnaissance plane. it's hard for the crew to say, because it happened so fast. we learned it approached right behind the american aircraft passed it and came to the right side of the plane. all of the maneuvers, way too close. and the american plane is a big, lumbering aircraft that doesn't have the maneuverability of the russian jet. >>

authorities took that suspect into custody in rhode island last night. they said that this arrest is connected to rahim of boston. they shot and killed him last week. they tried to question him about a plot to kill police officers and fbi document shows rahim, his nephew and suspect arrested last night met in rhode island to discuss plans. that nephew was arrested last week. >>> in new york the search for those two escaped prison inmates is forcing a school district to shutdown for a second straight day. the school is in an area where dogs may have picked up the inmates' scent yesterday. they believe a prison employee was in on the plot according to sources close to the case. they say joyce mitchell agreed to be the getaway driver but got cold feet and backed out. >>> new information now, seven months after a burlington county woman's death her son is charged with killing her. authorities indicted gacutan on charges of aggravated manslaughter saying he threw his mother to the ground. she died in november. >>> happening today, a judge will arraign a teach

and former rhode island recounts her time serving in the senate and hillary clinton looks back on serving in the obama administration in hard choices. andane time for truth, ted cruz talks about his family coming from cuba. and in rising to the challenge, difficulties and triumphs are discussed. and mike huckabee gives this take on his life. and kentucky senator rand paul calling for a smaller government in his latest book "taking a stand". another entrance to the 2016 race is former governor of texas rick perry talks about how the government is too intrusive. and in florida dreams, marco rubio talks about his plan to restore opportunities. bernie sander's book the speech is a printing on the eight hour filibuster on tax cuts. and rick santorum argues the republican party must focus on the working class in order to retake the whitehouse. in promises to keep he looks back on his we're and explains his guiding principles. former governor jeb bush argues his politics. and we have the louisiana governor who has a book book "leadership and crisis" and explains high conservative principles are

and former rhode island recounts her time serving in the senate and hillary clinton looks back on serving in the obama administration in hard choices. andane time for truth, ted cruz talks about his family coming from cuba. and in rising to the challenge, difficulties and triumphs are discussed. and mike huckabee gives this take on his life. and kentucky senator rand paul calling for a smaller government in his latest book "taking a stand". another entrance to the 2016 race is former governor of texas rick perry talks about how the government is too intrusive. and in florida dreams, marco rubio talks about his plan to restore opportunities. bernie sander's book the speech is a printing on the eight hour filibuster on tax cuts. and rick santorum argues the republican party must focus on the working class in order to retake the whitehouse. in promises to keep he looks back on his we're and explains his guiding principles. former governor jeb bush argues his politics. and we have the louisiana governor who has a book book "leadership and crisis" and explains high conservative principles are

. >> police also searched a property in rhode island connected to the boston terror plot but they did not make any arrest. >> patricia stark live for us. >>> in the meantime disturbing new report shows the online reach of isis is growing and we may not be able to stop it. counter terrorism officials telling lawmakers there's no way to monitor their encrypted messages online. experts say that that network is key to launching simple but deadly lone wolf attacks inside america. >> they belief they're able to operationalize people solely through social media. they believe they can introinto the dialogue and provide the tools and they're not getting into very complex tools. >> the terrifying report coming days after president obama signed legislation to overhaul the nsa spying program and how we track terrorists. a brand new poll shows that two thirds of nsa programs have prevented terror attacks. >>> the pentagon now admitting 51 shipments of the deadly spores were sent all around our country and that number is expected to grow. chris ten fisher is live in washington tracking the latest d

authorities took the suspect into custody in rhode island last night. they say the arrest is connected to usaama rahim of boston. terrorism investigators shot and killed him last week. according to investigators, rahim lunged at them with a knife after being questioned about a possible plot to kill police officers. fbi documentation shows that rahim, the suspect and a third man met on a rhode island beach to discuss the plan. >>> it's 5:04. 74 degrees. happening today, a judge will arraign a bucks county teacher accused of kissing a student with the intention of doing more. a teacher is on leave now. he and a 17-year-old girl kissed and talked about sex. they say he also booked a hotel room but detectives stepped in before anything happened. he's being held on sexual assault charges. >>> a camden county fire chief is suspended indefinitely after being charged with possession of child pornography. according to investigators, he stored and distributed child pornography from a computer inside the firestation. a homeland security agent monitoring a file sha

the former rhode island senator may be the longest long shot. before switching parties he was the only republican senator to vote against authorizing use of force to oust saddam hussein. >>> louisiana governor bobby jindal confirmed today he is set to announce his future plans. it is widely expected the republican leader will reveal that he, too will join the crowded gop presidential field on june 24th. jindal has established a committee and website to evaluate his presidential chances. >>> d.c. police still trying to figure out who killed a local reporter. charnice milton was killed a week ago in southeast and it's not believed she was the intended target. milton worked for capital community news. the community will remember her tonight with a candlelight vigil at 7:30 at senior wellness center on alabama avenue. >>> a northern virginia private school is moving, paul vi catholic high is relocating to a 68-acre property in south riding in loudoun county. the diocese of arlington says it's building a $60 million facility on that new location. tha

rhode island will never attend these meetings. these are guys were definitely trying to engineer something because they know something needs to be done to hope he stays together. they know as separate entities, you go back to benjamin franklin's design, the snake cut in pieces. he put it together during the french indian war when he was calling for the union to join or die. the snake cut into pieces will die but a snake together is dangerous. that is the idea that a lot of men are embracing in the summer of 1787. the question they will face in the room is what exactly is it that we want? we have benjamin franklin common the very best in meetings. franklin is 81 that summer. there are days for he is carried in and of these meetings. he can hardly walk. one of the great stories the comes afterwards is he supposedly asked what kind of a government they created here in philadelphia in human say a republic if you can keep it. and warning. think about the united states. one of the things i like to finish with is this idea that we are st

said a third person was involved in a plot on searched a house in rhode island and so far made no arrests>> thank you. former texas governor rick perry has announced he is running for president. ♪ you see a lot of candidates will say the right things, whether it's about the border or about taxes or spending but we need a president who has done the right thing. we need a president who bridges the partisan divide rather than widen it and brings people together. we must do right and risk the consequences. ♪ perry is expected to kickoff his campaign in dallas in a few hours and he is the 10th republican to enter the race but has been a candidate before and david schuster reports. >> reporter: texas rick perry is an optimist. >> i think americans want a leader who has the experience of getting results so that they can better take care of their family. >> reporter: and yet perry starts the 2016 campaign as an answer to a trivia question to president george w. bush. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> reporter: when mr. bush a former texas went it was perry who took over back in texas and

according to court documents, on may 31, rahim and wright met on a rhode island beach with a third man and talked about the beheading of a victim in another state. police know who the third man is but they have not charged him with a crime. investigators say the plot was inspired by isis propaganda online. according to a recent brookings study of isis activity on twitter, there are up two 2,000 core users pumping out isis propaganda. the f.b.i. estimates approximately 50,000 people or accounts are retweeting those message which are then seen by roughly 200,000 followers. from there isis propagandists lead would-be jihadists to encrypted online sites that are nearly impossible to monitor. federal officials tell us hundreds of cases similar to usaama rahim's are being prioritized. charlie, as this case shows, the f.b.i. and police are now moving much more quickly to get ahead of pending threat. >> rose: thanks, jeff. great balls of oil are washing up on the beaches of southern california. two weeks ago a pipeline broke near santa barbara. tar, possibly from the spill has washed ashore in

he's nicholas rovinski of warwick rhode, island. police say a plot to carry out an isis-inspired beheadingheading and an attack on police officers fell apart last week when one of the alleged conspirators was killed by cops in a boston parking lot. we have more now from chip reid. >> reporter: nicholas rovinski told investigators he was at war with those who oppose isis. the 24-year-old is accused of plotting attacks with at least two others usaamah rahim and his nephew, david wright. court papers describe wright as the leader who allegedly admitted introducing usaamah rahim to isis and meeting rovinski a year ago on social media. the three men met on this rhode island beach on may 31 to plan an attack. the target it was pamela geller, the organizeerce of the garland texas draw muhammed contest. the men wanted to behead her. but two days later raheem changed his mind. doorgd a recorded phone calls he told wright he was going to go after the boys in below believed to be a reps to police. he said he wished to meet allah sooner and lea

nicholas, 24 years old from rhode island.hree huge military-style knives online. rahim rode to rhode island picked up. rasinsky. where they discussed their plot secretly believing the plan would support the plans ever isis. but they never acted. rahim called wright and shifted course. scrapping initial plan to go after boys in blue a reference to attacking police. wright advised rahim to destroy his phone clear computer urged him to make a will. rahim's phone call was intercepted by federal investigators who approached him hours later. he lashed out with a knife coming within feet of law enforcement team, forcing one boston police officer and one fbi agent opened fire. both right and rabinsky were detained after their arrest. their first appearance is 2:00 this afternoon. jenna? jenna: molly, thank you. >> i am fully aware of the second chance i have been given. i don't intend to squander it. i have strong feelings for the folks who tuned in all these years, the folks, i asked to put their trust in me.e >> to that percentage

one may be in rhode island of some great interest and we have no idea whether to expand beyond that. >> no, we don't right now. it seems like those are the three locations. roselyndale where usama rahim lived everett where his nephew lived and some sort of search of a property in warwick, rhode island. it does not seem that anyone has been taken into custody or charged with a crime. >> laura, thank you. >> thank you. >> and a former jihadist speaking out. he is not surprised by the alleged boston plot. if isis calls for attack on police then it will happen. that sheikh joins us. you are not surprised by this why? >> no, i'm not surprised. isis has put out this call some time ago. we have already seen a number of incidents where they have answered that call in that message. it says basically attack police. it says specifically attack police. military personnel. canada has had an attack where you two military personnels were attacked with their car, which is exactly what the message suggested. do whatever you can. use a knife use your car. so we had two attacked. one soldier killed. in

>> rhode island. >> where? >> newark, rhode island. i thought you said you lived in canada? >> i lived in canada in the '70s. >> are you ok to wait? >> thanks, bob. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> the hearing will come to order. we are not here today to focus on the specific parameters, just for edif iication last night we met in a classified setting with three of our leaders of our labs from around the country and the secretary of energy. it was a very technically focused briefing. as a matter of fact, we had tremendous attendance and people were most interested in many of the technical details. the rest of the month will have similar hearings so people are prepared as of june 30 if an agreement is reached to really be able to assess that and not be starting from a cold start. we appreciate you being here to help us understand some of the implications of a d

if you look at the state of rhode island, the democratic party in rhode island two u.s.g hillary clinton, two democratic members of congress endorsing hillary clinton. the governor endorsing hillary clinton. your hometown newspaper, the providence journal had this blistering editorial when you announced canned da da see -- >> all right, all right. the same thing is true steve -- the same thing is true with senator sanders. the establishment is all lining up with secretary clinton. i'd like to say about my record as governor over my four years, we had one of the best drops in unemployment of any of the states in the country over my budgets, my budget is still in effect. one of the best drops in unemployment of any of the states in the country and we implemented obama care the affordable care act one of the best in the country here in rhode island. i'm very proud of my record as governor. i have krit tilkscritics that take their shots, but the criticism is not accurate. >> governor sit tight. we want to squeeze a quick break and get one more question in with former governo

that man lives here in rhode island with his parents.ce searched the home wednesday and a law enforcement source tells cnn agents have spoken with him, but he has not been arrested. the three allegedly plotted to behead pamela gellar in new york before rahim changed his plan and decided to attack police officers in massachusetts on tuesday, according to the fbi. >> the trick of this is frankly let the person get close enough so that they're taking a substantial step forward, that their efforts, their actions are prosecutable. >> cnn communicated with the third individual through twitter back in march as part of reporting on americans who follow jihadists. he indicated he was in touch with terrorists online, including with isis. he claimed an alleged isis fighter was telling him to come to syria to fight with the terrorist group. this as cnn is learning known isis members overseas were communicating through peer-to-peer communication with at least one of the three men, encouraging a terrorist attack in the u.s. court records show rahim bo

ha servido como alcalde, senador y gobernador del estado de rhode island. obama? orador, talentoso, inteligente, y por supuesto, puede hablar de su experiencia personal. este es un momento importante para el paÍs, tener al presidente obama encarando estos temas de la manera mÁs honesta posible. yo no lo culparÍa por utilizar la palabra que usÓ en estas circunstancias. >> ¿cree usted que la bandera confederada estÁ vinculada al racismo? >> por supuesto, por supuesto. el simbolismo de la guerra civil, la lucha en torno a la esclavitud, los estados confederados tratando de mantener la esclavitud es un sÍmbolo. >> dÉjeme preguntarle sobre hillary clinton. hillary clinton votÓ a favor de la guerra contra irak en el 2012. ¿cree usted que eso la descalifica para ser presidenta? >> sÍ, sí lo creo. es un momento decisivo en la historia de estados unidos cuando la premisa de la guerra era que sadam hussein constituÍa una amenaza y tenÍa armas de destrucciÓn masiva. esa era la premisa de esta guerra para que estados unidos fuera e invadiera un paÍs sin autorizaciÓn de