over 15,000 rhode islanders saved $14 million on drugs in 2015. that's an average of $912 per beneficiary, medicare beneficiaries because of what we did with respect to the donut hole. in the same year over 92,000 rhode islanders, again huge numbers in my state, took advantage of free preventive services representing over 76% of the beneficiaries, 76% of the medicare beneficiaries in might state took advantage of free services. otherwise they'd be paying out of their pocket and frankly many seniors don't have those resources to pay out of their pocket. and repealing the a.c.a. means these benefits go away, and it shortens the trust fund by about a decade. repeal would also mean cutting $270 million in funding to pay for seniors, disabilities through the medicaid program. the a.c.a. expanded eligibility and streamline enrollment made it easier for the most vulnerable to access quality health care coverage. as a result, prockly -- approximately 70,000 rhode islanders were able to access coverage for the first time through medicaid. their previous so

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: with the permission of the chairman, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. enzi: mr. president, do you mind if that comes off the resolution time? mr. whitehouse: i don't. xi stey no objection. -- mr. enzi: no objection. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, this is the 152nd diem time i have come to the floor for my time to wake up speeches warning about the peri perilous -- perio our state of climate change. i am going to continue this in the new congress, continuing to present the latest and most compelling scientific evidence of the changes that are coming our way driven by carbon pollution. nobody should take my word for it. i urge my colleagues to thereon their own home state climatologists, their own home state university researchers, their own home state's public health officials and their own constituents who are out there fighting

cicilliney of rhode island. the clerk: mr. mr. cicilline: lynney of rhode island. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment to 19 usc and order of the house january 3, 2017 of the following members on the part of the house to the united states group of the nato parliamentary assembly. r. connolly -- the clerk: mr. connolly of virginia and misfranl of georgia.

be allowed five minutes prior to the vote if the time of the vote is set and the senator from rhode island be given five minutes prior to that in and the senator from rhode islanrhodeisland to give him prt the case of the time of the vote being sent. >> is there objection?or. >> without objection. >> i yield the floor. >> i appreciate very much the senator from arizona allowing me five minutes but i would yield e about five minutes so at the end of the senator would have five minutes and then i would suggest we recognize senator merkley to conduct a vote until 4:45.o >> a unanimous consent request they be allowed to five minutes prior.ally >> i ask that kind of thing 2:4o equally divided between the managers of the designees in the following yielding back for the time the bill will be ready third time and passed on 834 following the position of the senate recess subject to the call of the chair for allld members briefings so i would ask how much time would he need. >> less than ten minutes. is there objection? without objection. the pr consent request that i be given five minutes. >> witho

mccain: i yield to my friend from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. chairman, i believe you do concur with me with the fact that this is a rare and generational exception. i think that's fair to say. mr. mccain: so is it accurate to say that 2:45 is a time that is being seriously considered? mr. reed: we hope so, and i think if we recognize senator merkley for his comments and then i think you have comments, we would be on that schedule. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed five minutes prior to the vote if the time of the vote is set and the senator from rhode island be given five minutes prior to that in case of the time of the vote being set. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. reed: mr. president, i believe i still retain the floor. i appreciate very much the senator from arizona allowing me five minutes, but i would -- i would yield that five minutes so that at the end, the senator from arizona would have five minutes and then i would -- i

. >> host: you grew up in rhode island. do you remember when you first got interested in politics? >> yes. my senior year in, phenomenal guy, really inspired not just me but a lot of student who do important things to get involved and understand the awesomeness of politics, the back and forth of ideas, campaigning. i toiled in college putting up signs in my sophomore year, i started taking classes and getting involved on the congressional time, my junior year i volunteered at the state legislature so that kind of four or five years i got into politics, by getting out in the field. >> host: back to the high school teacher what was it about him? >> it is not the material. it is the passion they have for it. the ability to share that and inspire people and motivate you. different people have different rings, some have a particular language. in this particular case i really enjoyed the way he presented politics, campaigning, back and forth, crafting and drafting and implementing a message was something that appealed to me. >> that is how you got involved, why republican party politics?

spicer: that is a great question, especially in a state like rhode island. we have had some great mayors. we have had some good governors. and we had some good at the federal level. but i think part of it was my father had a very strong business sense, talking about regulatory aspect of taxes and how they affected the ability to do business and create jobs. i remember the institute of the luxury tax in rhode island, we are the ocean state. sailing and boat building are crucial to rhode island's manufacturing base. it was aimed to raise money from rich people and it was a lot of -- the little people who sold boats that lost their jobs. we used to be sort of a destination for boat building and manufacturing and that all went away. people started buying used boats or moving different places. i think watching things like that happen on an economic front and how it affects job creation really got me going. and then from social perspective, i grew up really believing in a pro-life, profamily agenda. and i think the republican party conservative values much more fi

bipartisan committee inducers so because of the awesome responsibilities but the senator from rhode island has displayed time after time the willingness to work together and i feed this is the latest example. with the transition and i know he did not reach this conclusion n us history for the origination of this legislation that requires seven years before the individual is eligible to be secretary of defense after leaving the military.e isl i just want to thank the senator from rhode island to the overwhelming vote and could ask a parliamentary situation? >> equally divided. >> as time then set greg. >> there has not yet then an order. m >> i yield. >> one eyed believe that you do concur that with that generational exception. >> is it accurate to say that to 45:00 p.m. is seriously considered quick. >> we hope so and if we recognize the senator fore his comments to be on the schedule. >> ask unanimous consent i am allowed five minutes prior to the vote and the senator from rhode island the given five minutes prior to the case prior to theje time of the vote to being set. >> without object

north carolina and rhode island have not. when george washington is going to take office as the first president of the united states only 11 states in the new union, medicine isn't done. the constitution is ratified but we don't have north carolina and rhode island back in the union. we had a whole bunch of american patriots who voted against the constitution. it was a very closely contested ratification. in massachusetts, virginia, new york, new hampshire. very closely contested and again to states voted it down. north carolina and rhode island Ãmedicine isn't done. he has to make the system work. now how is he going to make it work? he has to get himself elected to congress so that he can actually begin to implement this. now he has to win the congressional election. and in that congressional election, he basically has two promises constituents that he will support a bill of rights. because if he doesn't have it and basically say you know, i was originally skeptical about this thing that i'm not persuaded it's a good idea.

. >>> later kidnapped from rhode island. discovered in texas. >>> and america's golden girl tonight. the interview with betty white. turning 95 and what she reveals about "the golden girls." >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night, and with three days left before he leaves office, president obama has commuted the prison sentence of chelsea manning. the former army private who gave hundreds of thousands of military documents to wikileaks. manning was an intelligence analyst serving 35 years. the longest sentence ever given for a leak conviction. now manning will soon go free. the speaker of the house, republican paul ryan saying, manning put american lives at risk, and that the president has set a very dangerous precedent. we begin with martha raddatz. >> reporter: she is one of the most controversial prisoners in america and tonight president obama has ordered that 29-year-old chelsea manning be released in may, cutting short her 35-year sentence. manning burst onto the world stage in 201

tonight they were missing in rhode island.hey have been found in texas. >>> and new reporting on the tip that led authorities right to them. also this sinkhole opening up beneath an 18-wheeler, and the truck almost swallowed whole. >>> and the golden girl. betty white turning 95 years young, and what she is revealing here about the american favorite, "the golden girls" ." ." and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise... jardiance lowers blood sugar and a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. jardiance is also the only type 2 diabetes treatment with heart- proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. jardiance can cause serious side effects, including dehydration. this may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, and trouble breathing. stop taking jardiance and

the constitution has been ratified, we don't have north carolina and rhode island in the union. we had a bunch of american patriots who voted against the constitution. very closely contested ratification in virginia, in new york, in new hampshire. very closely contested and two states voted it down, north carolina, madison has come to make the system work. it has been ratified on paper. how does he make it work? has to get himself elected to congress so he can begin to implement those things which he has to win the congressional election. in that congressional election he basically has to promise his constituents that he will support a bill of rights because if he doesn't pivot and say i was skeptical of this but i am persuaded it is a good idea he won't get elected to congress which he gets elected to congress on a platform that he will push a bill of rights. he defeated james monroe who is running against him so to be an honest person he has to carry out his promise and in order to get all these people in good faith who voted against the constitution, americans too, you got to

boat building are crucial to rhode island's manufacturing base. it was aimed to raise money from rich people and it was a lot of -- the little people who sold boats that lost their jobs. we used to be sort of a destination for boat building and manufacturing and that all went away. people started buying used boats or moving different places. i think watching things like that happen on an economic front and how it affects job creation really got me going. and then from social perspective, i grew up really believing in a pro-life, profamily agenda. and i think the republican party conservative values much more fit my personality. host: brothers and sisters, one of each? what do they think about what their brother is doing? mr. spicer: there are different parts of it. i think they are very proud of me. and what i have done and where i'm going to work. sometimes they disagree on a particular issue or something i said or something that is in the republican party platform or whatever. so they are much less politically driven, but i think they are both v

reed: madam clerk, for the people of rhode island, i vote no. a senator: madam clerk, how am i recorded? the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. mr. franken: i vote no on behalf of the more than 2.3 million minnesotans who can no longer be discriminated against. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the clerk will continue the roll. ms. warren: madam clerk, how am i recorded? the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. ms. warren: madam clerk, on behalf of the republicans and democrats -- the presiding officer: debate is not allowed. the senate will be in order. ms. warren: who worked for decades in massachusetts to bring health care to 97% of our people, i vote no. the presiding officer: the senate is out of order. no debate is allowed during a vote. a senator: madam clerk, how am i recorded? mr. king: my conscience compels me to vote no. ms. harris: how am i recorded? the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. ms. harris: on behalf of the five million californians who will be stripped of their right t

>> that's a good question which is from a state of rhode island. we've had some good mayors and governors and we've had some federal level but i think part of it was my father had a very strong business sense talking about regulatory aspects, taxes and how they affected the ability to do business and create jobs. i remember doing a luxury tax, and sailing and and boatbuilding are crucial and they pass a luxury text which aim to raise money from rich people and it was all the little people who sold boats and move boats that lost their jobs and they left rhode island a mood. we used to be a destination for boatbuilding the manufacturing and that went away. people started started buying used boats are moving to different places and i think watching things like that happen on an economic front and how it affected job creation got me going. obviously from a social perspective i grew up believing in the pro-life, profamily agenda and i think the republican parties and conservative value was a better fit. >> brother sisters? >> one of each both younger. >

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? mr. language rin: i am opposed. the clerk: mr. langevin of rhode island moves to recommit the bill 238 to the bill on agriculture with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. page 44, line 15, strike and. page 44, after line 15 insert the following -- b, the commission shall not consider the swaps regulatory requirements of a foreign jurisdiction described under subparagraph a as comparable to and as comprehensive as united states swaps requirements. if that foreign jurisdiction has been found by the commission in consultation with the director of national intelligence to have engaged in cyberattacks targeting any election held in the united states and, page 44, line 16, strike b and insert c. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. sp

rhode island recently opened the country's first commercial off shore wind farm. ♪ sixers trying to exactevenge on the timber wolves. >> tonight a nail biter how much of your nails do you have left? sixers may not be good yet but they are fun to watch and tonight they faced the t wolves and beat them 24 points back in november and beat named the eastern conference and scored 25 points and sixers lead by as many as 26 points but late in the fourth quarter they are up three and a triple of the night a big one and ties the game at 91 less than two seconds to go and bret brown what can you draw? allow covington and it dropped, the sixers win 93-91 their second straight win and perhaps most exciting of the season covington with the game winner. >> it's my first ever and just how it's executed and everything and makes you feel a lot better. >> it was great, i was happy for him. the whole game and he got booed and made that play and together i got us the win. that was great. >> i just felt like they were going to chase robert thinking that he was going to shoot it. and you know he was long enoug

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cicilline of rhode island. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. cicilline: the bill before us today promises to update the way they issue rules and regulations. but it's a solution in search of a problem. when they issue a rule or regulation they must consider the cost of the rule. within this framework, agencies have been granted the necessary latitude to react quickly to urgent crises in consumer safety. it's preserved the safety of our food and drinking water, protected families from defects in the products we rely on every day. however the passage of the bill in its current form would put the safety and protection at risk. with h.r. 5, we are getting six reform bill -- reform bills rolled into one. this will add 60 new procedural and analytical requirements to the agency rule making process. it will invite frivolous litigation against agency, empower special interests and emphasize cost savings over public protection. if enacted, h.r. 5 will needless willly create a burden ssh

i see nothing in your career that you would care at all about our rhode island shell fishermen. in rhode island we have a bad air days and became his of epa's work, there are fewer and fewer bad air days are days were people driving into work here on the radio thatwe

mccain: i yield to my friend from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. chairman, i believe you do concur with me with the fact that this is a rare and generational exception. i think that's fair to say. mr. mccain: so is it accurate to say that 2:45 is a time that is being seriously considered? mr. reed: we hope so, and i think if we recognize senator merkley for his comments and then i think you have comments, we would be on that schedule. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed five minutes prior to the vote if the time of the vote is set and the senator from rhode island be given five minutes prior to that in case of the time of the vote being set. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. reed: mr. president, i believe i still retain the floor. i appreciate very much the senator from arizona allowing me five minutes, but i would -- i would yield that five minutes so that at the end, the senator from arizona would have five minutes and then i would -- i

in honor of metropolitanors across rhode island and the nation. meantors enrich the lives of young people. they are powerful role models that provide support for at-risk youth. just some examples that meantors are vulnerable people likely to enroll in college, 46% to less likely use drugs or skip school and more likely to develop self-confidence, cultivate productive habits. the rhode island mentoring partnerships and big brothers and sisters lead the way in the ocean state. organizations like this and meantors across the country are improving our communities one child at a time and i honor them as we recognize national meant oring month and i encourage more people to step forward and serve as meantors and make a difference in the libes of young people. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. s

they've been found alive 2,000 miles away from their rhode island home.hat led investigators to a house in texas and landed their mother in jail. >>> and new this half hour, why live streaming in the locker room might not be the best idea. >> the steelers' star receiver that got an earful from his coach after sharing the colorful language during the victory situation. >> and chris brown sends a direct message ahead of their much hyped boxing match. find out who's been secretly training brown and why he might need to call in that favor to superman. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> so many older folks now checking their facebook to try to figure out to figure out who is this soldier boy and why would he get into a fight, a military person? >> no. why would he fight after honoring our country? >> we're just going to let that one breathe for a while and let everyone run to google while we continue the newscast and we'll get to it eventually. >>> we're talking about another fight that's about to take place on capitol hill in the meantime. republi

the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: i rise in strong support of h.r. 612, the united states-israel cybersecurity cooperation act of 2017. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, let me start by thanking chairman ratcliffe for his leadership on the subcommittee and in particular, on the issue of cybersecurity. i have greatly enjoyed our partnership on this and many issues and i appreciate his due diligence and his hard work on many national security issues. let me also start by expressing my deep gratitude to chairman mccaul and ranking member thompson in acting so quickly in bringing this bill to the floor. both the chairman and ranking member led a very productive committee last congress and their commitment to extend our national security has extended to swift action as well. that urgency is particularly relevant to this bill. as chairman ratcliffe mentions, last may, he and i traveled to israel to

an inmate that- escaped a maximum-security prison in rhode island over the weekend. the authorities believe that james morales may have hurt himself during the breakout. he was in custody for stealing guns from a military armory and is suspected in a child sex assault case. alison: thieves pulled off a $6 million jewelry heist in manhattan. here is surveillance video. as they broke into the building. thousands of police officers were right there protecting crowded times square. the men got away with a fortune, it and the police say tracking them down is a priority. remember these long lines yesterday? a customs outage that triggered a major delay at airports last night. now we know what caused it. officials say it was the failure of a software update. it was not a malicious attack and national security was not at risk. still, it's raising concerns about how fragile the system may be. jonathan: new details about the house that will be the home to the former first family. the president and michelle obama will be moving into the home in kalorama after the inauguration.

we got to find out what's going on. >> reporter: elaine yates is on her way back to rhode island.'ll be in court on wednesday facing charges of child snatching. >> amazing story. >>> when we come back, betty white shares some of her favorite tv moments on her 95 th birthday. >> and hear why lady gaga's plans for the super bowl halftime show are literally over the time. "the skinny" is coming up next. >>> "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. time for the skinny. we are keeping the party going for betty white. she just turned 95. >> happy birthday, betty white. the world is talking about how the tv icon is cool as ever. sitting down for an exclusive interview with katie couric, white confessed she doesn't feel 95. >> as she's been on tv almost since tv was invented. one of her funniest bits in 1979 appearing on the tonight show with johnny carson as adam and eve divorcing. >> i want what's coming to me. and another thing, you don't trust me. >> something i want to ask you about, eve. was i the first? >> how can you ask such a ridiculous que

we in rhode island wouldn't want that system moved into rhode island or moved to a national level. second signal is when the charter school advocates fail -- you recognized that there are on going costs anresponsibity that a traditional public school must continue to shoulder, even as student leave with their funding for charter schools. and that is so clear a proposition now that the investment service moody's has written about it and talked about the danger of a down -- oa downward spiral because it adds cost when you have to maintain the public school and the charter school until the system can adjust. can you assure us your desire for charter schools is sincere, and as the secretary of education you will steer away from efforts to deny traditional public schools the money they need to manage the transition and assure that chatter schools have to live up to their promise. >> let me just begin by stating that my advocacy and my orientation is really around parent and student and their choosing the right education for their children. so when parent choose charter schools they are

she was arrested earlier this month after a tip led rhode island state police to houston. yates was living there under an alias. her adult daughters live there under different names. her attorneys say she took her daughters out of an abusive home and she's once again afraid for their safety. >> an amtrak engineer involved in a deadly crash is now suing amtrak. he says they failed to address reports that people were throwing things at the trains. he was left disoriented and uncons his train prior to the crash back in 2015. federal investigators say the train was not hit. they concluded he was distracted over reports that a nearby train was struck. he sped up to 106 miles an hour along a 50 miles an hour curve. eight people were killed, more than 200 were hurt. >> high winds are bringing some cold temperatures with them tonight. chief meteorologist is out on the terrace. >> temps are falling right now. and winds are gusting to 25 miles per hour downtown. and 40 miles per hour wind gusts last hour at martinsburg. we'll come back and tell you when the winds die down. we have a

it is the first of its kind in the u.s >> 15 miles off the coast of rhodes island the tur biens stand anchored in 90 feet of at look water. they're expected to generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes. jeff grybowski is the c.e.o. of deepwater wind which built the wind farm. >> the offshore wind is producing a lot of energy for the united states. particularly here on the east coast and northeast because wind is really strong. >> reporter: these tur biens will most benefit block island. because of its location, 45 minutes by boat from the mainland, it currently gets its oil & gas shipped in. residents pay a premium at peak times, nearly 60 cents per kill o watt. 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. the 1661 inn. >> our bill last year was somewhere around $200,000. you try every night to cut your cost but it's a major factor in doing business here. >> reporter: while countries like denmark have been using off-shore wind farm since the early '90s, u.s.-

in fact it was done recently where daniel lives in providence, rhode island at the trinity rep paer to theater which was exciting to see after all these years. it is wonderful play to read. it was an important play. too many people said it was poe lemmic and didn't want have to face what the play was about which was based on amityville lynches and other lynches. it was interesting to note this was 1964, he had a hard time with actors studio and lee strausburg and the whole clan to get it done. the burgess meredith was involved in the whole process as well as a lot of great actors, including diana fence and few others. i went with david in 1967 and we lived in the house. jimmy was exiting that summer. that is where i met david lemming who written a biography of jimmy. i've known david that long. we closed the house. we went to london. we got an apartment for jimmy and his sister paula and david and i. we lived in london together in 1967, the fall of 67 through the spring of '68. then i came back to new york and in 1971 i went back over to amsterdam to live. so when i saw that jules did

a massive manhunt is under way for an escaped rhode island inmate accused of child sexual assault. >>anet jackson be a growing trend of the 50-year-old mother. we'll explain. >> paul ryan admits he does not know what the dab is. during lawmakers swearing in ceremonies yesterday ryan became confused when congressman roger marshall's son attempted the popular pose during a photograph. it's a dance move popularized by football star cam newton. the house speaker asked the teen if he needed to sneeze and then asked him to put his arm down. marshall wrote on twitter that he grounded his son for the stunt. [laughter] >> i don't know if he should have gotten grounded. >> you guys know what it is, right? >> even my little kids know what it is. >> my son doesn't. >> it's sweeping the nation. >> one congressman at a time. >> let's take a look outside right now shown you what it looks like in southwest philadelphia. you know, we're looking fine right here. roads are in pretty good shape. not seeing any issues with fog at this camera's vantage point but here and there we are getting patchy fog so

he left bo morales broke out of a prison in rhode island earlier this week. he was in prison for stealing guns from the army- and was facing child rape charges. more bad news for one of america's most iconic retailers. sears says it is shutting down 150 stores. most of those brick-and-mortar stores will be k-marts. it's yet another sign of how tough it is for former retail giants to compete in a world now dominated by online shopping. the company did not say how many workers would be affected by the store closures. sears has already closed almost 280 stores over the last 2 years. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen winter weather advisory ends at 5am for counties nw tonight through saturday morning for st. mary's county - accumulations are nw (frederick, md, hillsboro & purcellville in loudoun county, carroll county) - snow is ending - another wave possible tomorrow morning (southern md) - cold weekend (chills in the single digits and teens) today: partly to mostly cloudy. cold. highs: 32-37 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy and cold. lows: 15-24 w

. >> on behalf of 14-year-old in rhode island and the policy and cannot be denied healthcare. >> senate will be in order. debate is not allowed. >> mr. reid. >> i vote no. >> mr. reid, no. >> mr. franken. >> how my recorded. >> the senator is not recorded. >> i vote no on behalf of the more than 3.3 million minnesotans who can no longer be discriminated against because of the aca. >> the senate will be in order. >> mr. franken, no. >> mdm. clerk. >> ms. warren. >> how my recorded.. >> the senator is not recorded. >> madam clerk, on behalf of of republicans and democrats who have worked for a decade to bring healthcare to 97% of our a our -- i vote no. >> the senator is out of order. >> my conscience impels me to vote no. >> debate is not allowed. >> mr. king, no. >> madam clerk how my recorded. >> the senator is not recorded. >> on behalf of the 5 million californians who will be stripped of their rights, my vote is no.irginia, >> mr. mansion. >> on behalf of the great people of west virginia. >> debate is not allowed during the vote. >> mr. manson, no.se >> mr. president, how my record

at the time child snatching was not considered a crime in rhode island.rles yates went to court to force the grandmother to disclose their whereabouts. when she wouldn't comply, a judge put her in jail for eight days. >> it's family doing it toward their own volition and i don't feel bad about it. >> in all of these cases there are two sides to the circumstances on why the abduction happened. >> robert lowery says parental abduction is behind many of the cases he deals with. >> the fact that these children have been found after 31 years, it does restore hope to those other parents who are looking for their long-term missing children. >> reporter: and police say elaine yates was arrested without incident and has confirmed her identity. russell yates says he feels badly for his ex-wife and doesn't think that prosecuting her will do any good at this point. norah? >> interesting story. thank you, tony. >>> climate change is contributing to a slow-moving disaster in one southern state. >> reporter: the coast of louisiana is losing on average a football field w

cicilline of rhode island. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. cicilline: my amendment to h.r. 26 would exempt rules concerning public health or safety from the burdensome requirements of that legislation. simply put when a rule is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public, it's critical that the rule be put into effect without unnecessary delay. if this legislation is enacted without this amendment, it will create an environment that it will be possible for agencies to safeguard the public welfare. this legislation would bring to a grinding halt critical rulemaking such as rules relating to the transportation of hazardous materials by the department of transportation, clean air regulations by the e.p.a. and worker protection standards by osha. the national highway traffic administration implemented a significant rule that by may 2018, all new vehicles must have rearview cameras. it will reduce the likelihood of backover crashes. und

in newport rhode island what is it like to live through that experience? what is it like to be a farmer in the countryside when all of the sudden you have british-american forces coming to your farm taking your supplies to feed your family? what was the american revolutionary like wax that is separate how would transform america or history then you have to go back to the declaration of independence and the constitution tuesday the transformer did the fact of the revolution berger their two-story is the war in the coming of the revolution the legacy that the declaration independence and all manner created equal and the constitution of a federal government and a constitution that we are all governed by. i think we move pass those experiences. >> so to what degree do we think about it from the american revolution to the bill of rights as a continuous narrative? >> i don't. i consider myself a historian in my specialty is the coming american revolution and they do see that as a very different period but i cannot create a coherent narrative because it changes t

that federal inmate trapped from rhode island into massachusetts now. authorities investigating how he broke free, and why it took so long for authorities to even notice. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: a federal manhunt is intensifying tonight for 35-year-old james morales, who escaped from a maximum security ward at a federal detention center in rhode island on new year's eve. >> mr. morales has the potential to be dangerous and could be armed. >> reporter: morales who has a large tattoo of an eagle on his neck, faces charges for sexual assault of a child, and for stealing 16 guns from an army reserve center. police say he climbed up a basketball net to get to a rooftop. and climbed through a fence, through razor wire injuring himself. a k-9 unit tracked him to where they went to the state line, and they found bloody prison clothing. on mound, the massachusetts state police say they found a stolen car, and they knocked on a door looking for an ex-girlfriend. >> i have children of my own, and i heard of the charges that he had so i was very sca

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the presiding officer: is noter from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i distinguished senator from west virginia has come here on a very short time clock and asked me to yield two minutes to him before i begin my remarks. i ask that take place and that i be recognized at the conclusion of his remarks to speak as if morning business for the duration of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: mr. president, first of all, i want to thank my fishermen finish -- my friend from rhode island. i am back again to introduce the minors protection act, bipartisan. we've worked on it bipartisan. if it comes to the floorks, we'll pass it. this is a promise that was made since 1946 fl these are men who have worked handers paid for this. through the hard work that they have accomplished with their own sweat and we're trying to make sure they have the permanent fix to the health care and to their pensions. this is something that has a pay-for. it's back again. we had an extension until april. april is going to come and go again and

i wrote -- rhode island, trump did the best of any republican candidate since reagan in rhode island. when you saw the brent and depth of that -- breadth and department of that, it's like if your sports team and you're playing the undefeated team, and you beat them, that win is so much greater than the win where it's like you beat the team that was either a fair fight or you were supposed to win. so winning is always good. but there's no question that i think the clinton team thought they were going to win. the pundits thought they were going to win. a good chunk of republicans thought they would win. >> you sound like you thought they would win. >> no. no, a difference between did i think we would governor to win or win to magnitude we did? i thought we could pick off -- we had us winning michigan by two-tenths a point but that's nothing that your putting in the bank. so i thought that the momentum was there. but also we had dish had been through '12 and i remember on elect day, the romney people just convinced that we were going to pull this out and there's -- >> you should have cal

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want to try to get one more here, bruce from warwick, rhode island, independent. bruce, sorry we're going to have to have you turn down your tv there. we're going to get started though. looks like things are getting under way for the next round of

host: next caller is from rhode island. caller: good morning. i wanted to say to the american people, only the rich get health care. profits are not giving you medications. when you leave a job, what happens to them? people who employ other people, if you're a company and don't have to worry about the health care of people, then you can make more profit. you can pay them more, they can have vacation, like progressive countries do. it's ironic to me that a guy who has voted for trump and then he said after, i am going to lose my health care, life, liberty a the pursuit of happiness, if you don't have health care, you're lost. host: that's burt from kingston, rhode island. let's hear from one more caller. gloria from roberts, illinois. on the republican line. go ahead. caller: i wanted to ask her about the house resolution that has been presented to prevent presidio from including in their reports the cost to the government from canceling the obamacare act. host: that's gloria from roberts, illinois. paige winfield cunningham? guest: i believe the