rhode island was at a critical juncture. british invasion force of america was lodged in newport, and they were looking for every able body. >> 88 slaves enlist in the regiment, meeting their first test at the battle of rhode island, a desperate clash in the aftermath of the failed attempt with france to force the british from newport. >> a large american land force would move south into newport, and then a french fleet would arrive in newport and then basically contain the british and hessian troops. but as the french fleet were arriving, there was a great gale, and it damaged significantly a number of the ships. the american army were outmatched and outnumbered, so they decided to retreat off of the island. >> don't fire! >> the rhode island regiment was asked to cover that retreat. >> don't fire yet! sisson, stay firm! >> here they come! >> fire! >> the 1st rhode island regiment had to prove themselves to the white society that they could be brave soldiers, and they were. >> starting with the battle of rhode island, there

critics say that could result in higher electricity bills for all one million rhode island residents.al lubrano, who owns a home on block island, used to run a manufacturing tech company on the mainland. >> this is going to be much more expensive. i would love to start a company where the state not only guaranteed me annual increases in what i could charge customers, but also guaranteed me profitability. and that's basically what happened here. >> i don't think anybody has a problem with making investments in r & d and renewables, whether it's solar, wind, or something else that's out there. >> reporter: i hear the "but." >> however, if you ask the public do they want to pay 100% more or do they want to pay 300% more, i think they would say "hell no!" >> reporter: while the rates almost certainly will rise across rhode island, most year- round block island residents don't believe their electricity bills will rise that much. that's in large part because the island already pays some of the highest electricity rates in the country because it depends for all its power on shiploads of fuel

jack sisson's new commander. >> major barton was a part of the rhode island command structure and a rhodebarton was a leader in his community. he was a well known, established family. men were at ease and comfortable with following him into combat and following his orders. >> barton's plan, cross the narrangansett bay and in the farm house he's occupied five miles north of town, far enough from the thousands of enemy troops in newport that the raid has a chance of success. t daring mission to capture british general richard prescott is made even more dangerous because it requires a nighttime crossing of the heavily patrolled narrangansett bay with jack sisson at the helm. sisson is likely chosen because he's a highly skilled boatman. >> they muffled the oars so they could slide right by the british men of war who were there in the bay. they came up on the shore and maneuvered around patrols. >> come on, men, fall in and close up. >> the raids were more of a commando mission, at night under the cover of darkness. there could have been signs posted identifying other sentries and everything

john allen/ rhode island state police:"but i've never seen anything like that. and for other people to watch it. i would hope it's eye- opening for anyone else... " state police tell nbc-10 news, rojas has a lengthy traffic record.state police reached out to facebook directly, putting a legal request for the social media network to save that live stream.the video... will be used as evidence against rojas in court.capt. john allen/ rhode island state police:"how do you beat the think you can, i think it pretty much puts the nail on the coffin for mr. rojas." police plan to bring misdemeanor charges against the suspect. another weekend... nearly upon us. here's a live look from port washington. meteorologist brian niznansky is back with we kept a pretty thick cloud cover most of the day, but we didn't have the flurries and managed to climb into the upper 30s, which is actually right on par for this time of year. tonight's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and temp 30 lakeside and 20s inland.the weekend starts decent on saturday but ends messy on sunday. we sh

the taxpayers of the state of rhode island said we'll guarantee your loan. if you can't pay it back, we'll be on the hook. $75 million to bring this one baseball pitcher's video game company over to their state. and it was a terrible idea. it was a disaster. the company did release one video game once and then they went bankrupt. and they fired everybody who worked for them. they got all that money in rhode island in 2010 by the spring of 2012 they were out of business, bankrupt, employing zero people. and the taxpayers were left holding the bag. ent wally there were lawsuits to try to get some of the money back, but those suits were able to recoup like a couple million here, a couple million dollars there. in the end, bottom line, rhode island got zero company, zero jobs, zero former red sox pitchers to claim as a business tycoon or whatever. they got no company, no jobs and the taxpayers of the state were on the hook for tens the of millions of dollars in this freebie money that they gave to this pitcher and his dumb failed company. incidentally that same

just outside of providence, rhode island, shelby's phone rings morning, noon and night.other end of the line is cody, a man convicted of first-degree murder. >> i have a prepaid call from an inmate. >> some folks say he is not like everybody else. he's in prison. >> hi, how are you? >> hi, honey. >> he's still a human being. the prison thing for me, it just isn't a deal breaker. >> as a teenager, cody got involved with drugs. in 2006 after a crack deal went awry, he made local news for setting fire to the dealer's home. unbeknownst to cody, an elderly man was sleeping inside and died from his injuries. cody was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. when he met shelby he was five years into his time and shelby was getting a ph.d. in education. >> i was really always drawn to working with vulnerable populations. i felt more connected to the underdog. >> why did that resonate with you? >> because of my personal experience. home life was challenging when i was young. my dad suffered from addiction to alcohol and drugs. when he was drunk, there was lots of yelling

the taxpayers of the state of rhode island said we'll guarantee your loan.f you can't pay it back, we'll be on the hook. $75 million to bring this one baseball pitcher's video game company over to their state. and it was a terrible idea. it was a disaster. the company did release one video game once and then they went bankrupt. and they fired everybody who worked for them. they got all that money in rhode island in 2010 by the spring of 2012 they were out of business, bankrupt, employing zero people. and the taxpayers were left holding the bag. ent wally there were lawsuits to try to get some of the money back, but those suits were able to recoup like a couple million here, a couple million dollars there. in the end, bottom line, rhode island got zero company, zero jobs, zero former red sox pitchers to claim as a business tycoon or whatever. they got no company, no jobs and the taxpayers of the state were on the hook for tens the of millions of dollars in this freebie money that they gave to this pitcher and his dumb failed company. incidentally that same pi

john varlick is an attorney who represented victims of the rhode island tragedy. he also wrote killer show the station night club fire america's deadliest rock concert. welcome, sir. >> good morning. >> could you hear that news conference from oakland? >> yes, i did. i did. >> so i -- i -- i think what struck me is you could hear the frustration in the fire chief's voice that they had to stop looking for the bodies of victims inside that warehouse because the building was so unstable. this -- this sort of tragedy has an effect on the psychry of everyone involved, right? >> it really does. particularly in a state as small as rhode island where there are two degrees of separation, it -- there was a ripple effect. and right now, the families in oakland are going through the same terrible waiting and anxious period for recovery and identification that the families did here in rhode island. >> we understand a criminal investigation has been opened. what specifically are they looking for? >> as with any fire and mass disaster of this type, one has to look at whether fir

in coorps with the leading experts at the university of rhode island and the rhode island geological survey, we are well aware of what climate change sea level rise and storm surge mean for our coastal communities. s -- storm tools a free public online tool developed through this collaboration, is providing our city planners and concerned citizens with a visualization of the effects of various levels of sea level rise and storm surge on their properties. the coastal risk environmental index shown here will add even more specificity to the models working in storm tools. users can actually navigate google earth to see what flood damage from sea level rise and storm surge will look like on a building-by-building basis. the city of warrick, rhode island, featured here, is already using these maps in its future planning and its emergency planning. the rising tide calls for increased investment in coastal resiliency around the country. senators merkley and menendez and i asked the government accountability office to review the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's support for c

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this is trudy willis, trudy and her husband are lifelong residents of middletown in my district in rhode island. they have three children and four wonderful grandchildren. like millions of americans, trudy relies on medicare to pay for her health care needs. for trudy, medicare isn't anonymity, it's a benefit that she and millions of americans have earned and a promise our government has made. that's why i'm disappointed that president-elect donald trump has announced he'll appoint a secretary of health and human services who wants to end medicare as we know t let me be very clear. president-elect trump does not have a mandate to end the guarantee of medicare. he lost the popular vote by about 2.5 million votes. we're not going to let him kill one of the most

now a mosque in rhode island has a hate-filled letter delivered to the islamic center of rhode island. >> you see the wave of hate is really at your doorstep. >> nancy: the imam opened it saturday. it's addressed to the children of satan and calls muslims vile and filthy. it's called "americans for a better way." >> the new president-elect will do things that hitler did to the jews. this is really alarming. angeles is similar to those sent to mosques in ohio, michigan, indiana, colorado and georgia. >> if you look at the stamp, it's coming from california, but this is something for the f.b.i. to investigate. >> nancy: the imam gave the letter to the f.b.i. >> be concerned about your community members, your kids, your family. >> nancy: the council on american-islamic relations has steps to make sure muslims are safe while worshipping in their mosques. >> christa: nancy, thank you. happening today, the west roxbury pipeline is set to start transmitting gas despite two years of protesting. on monday mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline,

. >>> off the coast of rhode island, wind energy is being harvested to light homes.ericka duncan takes a closer look. >> it's awesome, isn't it? it's spectacular. the first of its kind in the u.s. >> reporter: 15 miles off on the coast of rhode island, the 600 foot turbine stand anchored in 90 feet of atlantic water and expected to generate power to 17,000 homes. jeff rebowski is the president of deep water wind. >> we see offshore wind producing a lot of energy for the united states and particularly here on the east coast and the coast. >> reporter: it will block rhode island. because of its location, 45 minutes by boat from the mainland, it currently gets its oil and gas shipped in. residents pay a premium at peak times nearly 60 cents per ki kilowatt. the wind farm is expected to cut that cost by about 24 cents. that is great news for 68-year-old steve draper. his family runs one of the oldest business on the island, the 1661 inn. >> you try everything to cust your cost but a major factor in doing business here. >> reporter: countries like denmark have been using

fear the rhode island avenue crossing. two hours later they believe he was just a few blocks away at fourth and rhode island northeast. that's around #:15. and finally, at the intersection near 2800 block and seventhvent street in northeast. the chief mentioned all of thete different locations we believe suspect was after. he took possession of miss macki cull i's car and everything that you can provide us in fleshing out the story will be helpful. as you can see he was pretty township all over the districtis yesterday.ye we're back live here in the foggy bottom area of d.c., 2,000 block of m street. that cvs there that is where the suspect was apprehended nearby.e the one question tonight that everybody has is who this man. authorities told us earlier this morning, right around keving, r mccarthy 8:00 when they hadig td press conference with the interim chief and the mayor thae they would be relesion some newe information fours sometime thist afternoon but we have not gotten that new information.that we'll n update when w

a fast lane on a rhode island highway. this dangerous drive topped out at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour and eventually came to a crashing end. >> now police are taking a closer look at this video. that driver was seriously injuried. the wild wreck wednesday morning went through providence, rhode island. you can see him in this video streaming live, weaving in and out of traffic, nearly hitting several cars. he then spun out of control, hitting a dump truck. into a barrier. rescue crews had to pull the man out of his car after the crash. traffic was backed up for at least two hours. right now the driver is listed in critical condition. the truck driver wasn't injured. police are using the video to determine whether to bring charges against the injured driver. >>> first day of december, temps well into the 50s. second day of december, a little cooler. numbers up next. at pats practice. it was an excused absence for him. we'll learn why he headed to the ? ? (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my d

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. >> brennan: a mighty wind blows off the coast of rhode island, off the coast of rhode island, and nowrst time, that energy is being harvested to light homes. jericka duncan went out there to snke a closer look. >> it's awesome, isn't it? >> reporter: yeah, it is awesome. >> it's just spectacular. it's the first of its kind in the u.s. >> reporter: 15 miles off the coast of rhode island, these 600-foot turbines stand, anchored in 90 feet of atlantic waters. they're expected to generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes. wiff grybrowski is the c.e.o. of fepwater wind, which built the wind farm. >> we see offshore wind producing a lot of energy for hee united states, particularly here on the east coast and the northeast where the wind is rally strong. >> reporter: these turbines will most benefit block island. because of its location, 45 minutes by boat from the mainland, it currently gets its oil and gas shipped in. residents pay a premium at peak times, nearly 60 cents per kilowatt. the wind farm is expected to cut that cost to about 24 cents. that's great news for 68-year-old steve

identical letters have showed up in ohio, michigan and rhode island. >>> somewhat team members rescued 11 people from a hostage situation from a bank in florida. authorities say the 23-year-old gunman threatened the hogsages. after two -- hostages. after two hour stand off s.w.a.t team swarmed the building and took nicholas humphrey into custody. >>> a so-called magic pipe on a cruise ship leads to a multimill dollar fine. "action news" continues. >> reporter: all lit up and ready for the holidays, i hope your first day of december went well. time to tackle the second day, but hey, it's a friday, that will be nice, right? looking at city hall dilworth park this center city. along 15th street. traffic is moving well. coming out here we're moving better along the vine street expressway. westbound lanes are open. they have the ramp from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to the vine blocked. on the big picture no issues on the schuylkill expressway itself or the boulevard. disabled vehicle on i-95 southbound in the work zone at cottman is gone. our extra overnight work on the southbound

the best, rhode island. >> is that it? >> comparison? >>>i know, i would not think rhode island. >> if you're driving today, no real treacherous conditions. we have a few flurries so you want to make sure the windshield wipers are working. colder. mid 30s by this afternoon. a chance for a few flakes around the metro. 4:00, clearing by 8:00. by this weekend, highs in the 40s and 50s for sunday. >>> you can see a lovely start to the day along highway 36. accident reported as you can see on the map on i-70 the westbound side not too far from washington before i-225. no delays there. around town, we're in great sha. >>> a lot more news coming up at 6:00 a.m. including on the funeral services for fallen trooper donahue. >> eric lupher joins us live >>> information on three -- police now focusing on 1 man who could be in denver. it's green >>> 6:00 .m. and a colorado landmark is hit with a lawsuit. a half dozen people says the red rock discriminates against those with disabilities. we're looking at their lawsuit this morning. >>> we're finally

and to one of the electors democrat clay pell of rhode island who is demanding they get an intelligence briefing first. >>> plus hillary clinton blames her defeat in part on russian president putin's grudge against her. >> and that is the direct line between what he said back then and what he did in this election. >> we'll ask our sunday panel, including long-time clinton adviser neera tanden about the allegations. and the power player of the week, betting on the potomac. going behind the scenes of the d.c. newest landmark, a las vegas style casino. >> i've never seen a site like this, honestly. >> all right now on "fox sunday news." >> and hello again from fox news in washington. we are 33 days from donald trump's inauguration. but the bitterness of the presidential campaign has returned. with the intelligence community stating that the russians interfered in the election to help mr. trump win. and some presidential electors say they want an intelligence briefing before they do their constitutional duties. joining us here in washington is the president-elect's white house chief of staf

that's making its way through southern connecticut and rhode island. we also have another bch to our west. this is one that's producing that will be starting later this morning, bringing light rainfall, especially as we move to our north. here's a look at that. you can see right now, especially as we move north into new hampshire and vermont right now, that's where we are seeing some of the steadier rainfall with that ne batch of rain. fog is also starting to develop at this point. it's not quite as dense as yesterday. but it's something we'll be watching over the next couple of significantly below the mile mark, especially in downtown boston where visibility is only half a mile right now. we're tracking that rainfall. right now it's moving off the coastline. so we're watching some of the sun breaking in from the west as we head into the afternoon. that sunsne sticks around, we stay dry through tonight. the only thing you need to prepare for are those winds that will be picking up. check out the temperatures. we're topping out in the mid-to-upper 40s f

rhode island state police say drivers. his name is onasi olio-rojas just moments before he crashed. this is the view they had. he ianging lanes and accelerating and driving in the exit lanes. he finally hits the back of a garbage truck and then a concrete barrier. olio-rojas has serus injuries. police expect to bring a list of charges against him. >> richard reid, the convicted terrorist known as the shoe bomber, wants a federal judge to declare him bankrupt. reid was arrested at logan airport in december 2001, that's whenli miami was diverted to boston, after reid tried to ignite an explosive device in his shoes. reid claims that a quarter million dollar fine he's been ordered to pay is beyond his means. reid is serving a life-sentence. he currently has $6.43 in his prison commissary account. >> gusty air moving in for the forecast for the weekend plus a mountain lion in m >> friday on the eye, how does this sound, lose weight without stepping foot in a gym. >> three ways to burn fat. th way friday starting at 4:30. >> a decapitated body has been found on the banks of the merrimack

rain through rhode island, making its way through the south shore and the cape. that's where the rainfall w hours. it is going to dry out for this morning and afternoon. that's going to allow temperatures to warm. right now they are looking relatively mild. 45 degrees in worcester. boston 51 degrees. check out plymouth. 61 degrees at ts ur. so that's the kind of warmth that is leading to some of this fog that we are seeing in our area. but check out this afternoon. we're still looking relatively warm out there. keep in mind our normal high temperatures for this time of year are in the mid-to-upper boston, marshfield at 57. the cape, upper 50s expected for this afternoon. windy conditions fo today. that continues intoomorrow as well. noti how we start to see things drying out. that is key as we move into the days ahead. although we have fog out there, olessa, it's not looking as bad on the roadways as it was yesterday. >> a lite bit of dampness right now. here's what's going o. zakim bridge, lever connector, we have got the southbound budget in extra travel ti. wo

rhode island state police say lanes and using the breakdown line to pass. the drive ended in a crash. he's in critical condition in the hospital and facing charges. >> the videotape just shows a blatant disrega that the operator has for anybody else that's on the roadway. i mean, we're very fortunate that he didn't hit anybody se. randy: the police used traffic cameras to verify what had been antoinette: legislation requiring safety standards for duck boats in boston has reached governor charlie baker's desk. 28-year-old allison warmuth died in an accident. blind spot cameras and proximity sensors are required. the governor has 10 days to take action on this legislation. boston duck boats has already been making changes to comply. your economy t overnight as investors awaited u.s. jobs data, stock futures. investors are watching for the release of the november employment report today. johnson & johnson is paying up over defective hip implants. a federal jury ordered the company and its orthopedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs. those pl

the street that connects them, rhode island avenue. court testimony suggests dane johnson beat her.was too much for her friends in the courtroom to bear. when the defense attorney asked the judge to release dwayne johnson a friend cried out. >> i was overcome. if there is any possibility that this guy gets released again, i can't live with it. i tell you that. >> reporter: there is a gap in the time line. between 5:30, 6:00 sunday evening when tricia mccauley left her home on north capitol street to head to the christmas party and monday at 9:40 a.m. when johnson was seen on security cameras accused of 1407 lifting at a cvs. police did confirm today that despite being ordered to wear a gps monitoring bracelet on his ankle after a shoplifting arrest 11 days ago, johnson did not do so, was not wearing one at the time of the murder. live in northwest, jackie >>> police in our area searching for the same suspected armed robber. this man allegedly robbed two 7-eleven stores overnight. one in alexandria, another in clinton. and four seven levin stores in duncan county. the suspect is youn

. >> rhode island state police verified the video by looking at dot meras. the trip did not end well for olio-rojas, who hit theack of a garbage a then the concrete brier in the center >> he was pinned in the vehicle. we had several inpendent witnesses come up and verify this was theehicle receiving calls on. onasi olio-rojas is still in critical condition in t hospital tonight. rhode island state police say he has a lengthy traffic record and will face charges for this. nichole: three people are dead after a pickup truck crashed to an wa wal-mart. the driver slammed through the doors of the store in pella, which is about an hour from des moines just after 10 this morning. investo thvictims' identities haven't been released. the driver of the truck is hurt. two hidden hostages gave a swat team in florida the distraction they needed to sto into a credit union this morning. lice say a 23-year-old man held 11 people hostage for two hours during a robbery in jacksonville. at one point, he put a gun to someone's head. when two people hiding tried to make a run fo

dangerous drive in rhode island. a driver allegedly speeding and streaming the whole thing his car. >>> now officers are asking some questions. nancy chen is live in the newsroom with all the details. he was driving faster than 100 miles per hour. he streamed wild ride wednesday morning through rhode island on facebook live. you can see him here weaving in and out of traffic. nearly hitting several cars. police say he then spun out of control hitting a dump truck before crashing into a jersey barrier. rescue crews had to pull t traffic there backed up for at least two hours. as of this morning the driver still listed in critical condition. no word yet if he will face any charges. >>> in the newsroom, nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." >>> a frightening scene on the roads in maine. snowplow catching on fire. flamed poured from the vehicle. employee tried to use a fire extinguisher but the flames were too intense. fire crews came in and that volunteer fire department put firefighters in kansas city rescue a man

. >>> massachusetts and rhode island are among 18 states sharing a federal grant for preschool. massachusetts will get $15 million and rhode island will get $6 million to expand access to high-quality preschool for children from low or moderate income families. that money comes from the department of education and health and human lessons pay off for a stotten family. 11-year-old lisa from abragus has known for months she was getting a baby sister, so she paid extra attention in her cpr and heimlich maneuver classes she took at school. and when 2-day-old miranda started choking on formula, she knew exactly what to do. >> she was, like, mom, calm down, this is what you have to do. turn her this way. you got to pat her this way. >> i told my mom to turn her come out. >> baby miranda is going to be just fine. mom, though, might just explode with pride. >> no kiddin'. >>> a new push to change the day we celebrate halloween in massachusetts. josh cutler who represents pembroke just filed a bill to celebrate halloween on the last saturday in october, rather than october 31st. supporte

. >>> a mosque in rhode island hit with hate, receiving a very disturbing letter. it is very similar to a threatening letter that a mosque in california received earlier this week. the handwriting is the same and the stamp is even from california. a member of the mosque says the letter is addressed to the what their future could look like. >> suggest that the new president-elect will do -- do what hitler did to the jews and this is really alarming. you are really concerned about your community members. you are concerned about your -- i mean, your kids, your family. >> the mosque has given the letter to the fbi to investigate. the ntsb plans to release the transcript of the noises picked up from the the sunkcargo ship that sunk in the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. >>> also on 7, a case of vandalism caught on camera in philadelphia. two suspects spray painted anti-trump graffiti on the side of a grocery store. suspects and is now under investigation for his actions. >> stupid. >>reporter: in a word, he reacted to the vandalism. >> stupid, it is juvenile. it is du

it's the first of its kind in the u.s. >> reporter: 15 miles off the coast of rhode island, these 600rbines stand, anchored in 90 feet of atlantic waters. they're expected to generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes. jeff grybrowski is the c.e.o. of deepwater wind, which built the wind farm. >> you see offshore wind producing a lot of energy for the united states are, particularly here on the east coast and the northeast where the wind is really strong. >> reporter: these turbines will most benefit block island because of its location, 45 minutes by boat to the mainland, it currently gets its oil and gas shipped in. residents pay a premium at peak times, nearly 60 pents perkilowatt. the wind farm is expected to cut that cost to about 24 cents. that's great news for 68-year-old steve draper. his family runs one of the oldest businesses on the island it's 1661 inn. >> my bill last year was somewhere around $to00,000. you try everything to cut your cost but it's a major factor doing business here. >> reporter: while countries like denmark have been using offshore wind farms since ear

providence, rhode island, 7:20. boston, 7:43 and plymouth at 8:05. by 8:00 this morning, everybody will be likely dry again. to portsmouth, new hampshire. 49 degrees right now. a milder rain. visibility is low because we have also got some fog out there this morning. showers will last us until 7 o'clock this morning. between 7 and 8, winding down. by 9 a.m., will have a ton of sun out there but start that low process of brightening up a little more sunshine in your afternoon forecast. now to plymouth end up being a warmer day. 10 degrees warmer in fact in plymouth than it is in portsmouth, new hampshire. 59 degrees and almost 60 with rain hours. those showers lasting between 7 and 8:00 this morning and temperatures hovering in the upper 50s most of the day. it does as i mention get brighter into the afternoon. so futurecast just to take you hour by hour, you can see we by 8 a.m. we are dry again. the clouds will probably be a little more plentiful than future cast showing us here. we will go with a mix of sun and scattered clouds here into the aftern

massachusetts will get $15 million and rhode island will get $6 million to expand access to high-quality preschool from children -- for children from low or moderate income families. the grant comes from the department of education and health and human services. >>> if you have trouble completing tasks on time, you may be able to blame your parents. a new study finds people who had consistent daily routines growing up were less likely to have problems with attention and time management later on in life. researchers think regular routines help children help expectations and boundaries. >> always blaming the parents. we're just doing the best we can. it's hard. >>> bringing in the holiday season, some generous donors giving rings to the salvation army. a woman dropped off three rings, in fact, outside wal- mart in whitensville. another donor dropped off a diamond ring at a kettle in walesham. one ring is appraised at about $700. >> the next day when we opened up the kettle and we're counting it to bring it to the bank, we heard a different noise, and it was coins. and when i looked inside,

you notice this batch over rhode island and now entering bristol county. it's going to move over the southeast part of the state in the next hour or so. light showers. this one batch exiting the outer cape. still light rain, though, along route 6 and down through orleans. taunton, somerset, you're getting back into some light rain. this will lift through plymouth county, again, in the next 45 mostly inside of 495 and eastern mass as well, but another batch from leomaster from holden. you'll need the wipers on intermittently. this is all going to cross 93 in central new hampshire in the next 45 minutes or so. it is 61 in taunton right now. talk about a mild start for december. 49 in boston, 45 in wocester. so mild across the board. we will get increasing sunshine. notice we're warm enough, obviously to have rain here in southern new england, but it's actually a wet, pasty snow, five to eight inches falling right now in parts of northern maine. for the rest of us, we start to see the rain depart between now and 7:00 a.m. it is out of here. sunshine breaks ou

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. >> carnivale is required to go through a compliance program over the next five yeempblths a rhode island man crashed his car while streaming video of himself speeding on facebook hive t. out of traffic and reaching speeds up to 160 miles per hour. witnesses say he lost control of the car, which spun i'dways. then it hit a garbage truck. in the end, rescuers had to cut him from his vehicle. he had been charged with reckless driving along with a hft of other offenses t. driver of the truck was uninjured. snapchat is avoiding people doing that. >> we will fileha act of the day. luckily no one severely injured in that. >>> personal attacks between the clinton and trump campaigns at a harvard debate. that's already becoming legend. that's next. . >>> a political brawl at harvard in every presidential election since 1972. the harvard kennedy school has campaign teams of each party to capture what they call a first draft of history in real time. >>> the year's discussion largely mirrored what we saw on the campaign trail. just to listen to the fireworks exchange when it waim came to t

in rhode island, i'll be introducing this motion to demand an independent commission.his should not be partisan. this needs to get out of partisan politics. this is about protecting democracy. >> congressman beyer, you are asking congress to pass a law to delay the vote tomorrow in which under the laws that currently stand electors are going to vote, and you want to delay it until electors get the kind of intel briefing that mr. pell is talking about. but general clapper issued a statement on friday that there will be no briefing of congress or the electors until, quote, the review is complete, the one that the president asked for in the coming weeks. in terms of delaying the vote tomorrow, do you give up? >> no, i don't give up, but it's last minute right now. i first came out with this last week with the hope that there still was time to bring congress back. that day, tomorrow, is not set in the constitution. it's an act of the congress to do that. the whole point was that we basically ask the intelligence community and the president to declassify as much as possible

we will each cast our vote here in rhode island. we're expected, we're all planning to vote for hillary clinton. >> so you were one of the electors who signed a letter and sent the letter to the director of the national intelligence agency asking for a briefing on russia's role in the election. did you ever hear back? >> we did hear back. and unfortunately the information about this unprecedented hack was not released. that's unfortunate, because in the absence of fact, people make up their own fact. and that's why today, in our electoral college meeting, we will be calling upon the congress to go ahead and proceed with the bipartisan, independent commission to make sure that we full -- the american people have the full information about this unprecedented foreign intervention into our election. >> we have found no evidence that that you're going to get 37 republican electors to switch sides, and donald trump knows that. in fact, he kind of twisted the knife in alabama for those electors hoping that things will change. he taunted cl

three people ultimately pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges in the rhode island fire.> grant:another big story we are following tonight. police in tennessee say two juveniles may be behind the deadly fires that spread to gatlinburg. officers say the two were arrested this morning and charged with aggravated arson. >> grant:more charges are being considered. the wildfires started in late november. killing fourteen people and burning down more than 16-hundred structures. >> grant:the area is a popular tourist destination in eastern tennessee, home to the dollywood amusement park and the resort town of pigeon forge. >> catherine:two police officers in south georgia were shot early today.while responding to a domestic dispute at an apartment building. >> catherine: one officer has died.the condition. authorities are looking for a 32-year-old man they've identified. >> catherine: it's believed he's been posting to his facebook page - with messages including one that says "not going to jail." >> catherine: the shooting happened near georgia southwestern state university in a

rhode island democrat clayton powell is among the group of a lack is to say the election was tarnished by russian interfering. >> they should not be partisan. this is about protecting democracy. nicole: drum played in treating that as many supporters act did and threaten people like those who lost the election are doing, they would be scorned and called terrible names. lauren: the president-elect will select that the e-mail accounts during the election if the intelligence community becomes more transparent. speaking with chris wallace on fox news sunday. >> keyword put out a report, show the american people they are on the same page as opposed to third parties to the "washington post." lauren: campaign chairman john podesta's personal e-mail account was released a wikileaks. podesta suggesting for the first time publicly since the election of vladimir putin was personally involved in the hack attack. >> type in dave intervene in the election up on our adversary directly a democratic institution and try to tilt the election to donald trump. lauren: podesta would not say whether he think

these rhode islanders will fire among the confederates as they tried to rally. another recipient of the medal of honor. 35 sixth corps soldiers received the medal of honor for their actions. last time than this does. only 60 minutes of combat, april 2, 1865. perhaps the biggest impact resides captain gould, that is corporal john watson moch of 138th pennsylvania that shoots into the chest of the commander riding into the scene, killing hill instantly. immediately after the breakthrough, it all falls apart for the confederacy. sixth corps pivots, only one confederate brigade makes it out. they will join up and push to the north, trying to catch the south side. it does not matter. the south has no importance when the sixth corps and three divisions of the army have already made the final push. a brave stand by 300 mississippians at fort gregg prevents the army of the james from cake walking into the city. it buys time for robert e. lee to work nice an evacuation of petersburg. immediately receiving news of the breakthrough, particularly learning after, the magnitu

this is a much better bill thanks to the senator from rhode island. i appreciate his friendship and more than that, i appreciate the commitment that he and i share to the defense of this nation and the men who serve it -- and women i also want to thank the majority leader of the senate, the senator from kentucky, for bringing the ndaa to the floor and for his support throughout the year in making sure this legislation received full consideration and debate. our nation faces the most diverse and complex array of crises sings the end of -- since the end of world war ii. rowing states like iran and north korea and the enduring threat of radical islamic terrorism, rising to the challenges of a more dangerous world requires both reform to our national defense. that is exactly what the ndaa delivers. the last major reorganization of the department of defense was the goldwater-nichols act, which marks its 30th anniversary this year. last fall, the senate armed services committee held a series of 13 hearings on defense reform with 52 of our nation's foremost