rhode island needs a strong e.p.a. to enforce clean air and clean water laws from harm starting outside our boundaries. my attorney general has not shut down his environmental unit, and my department of environmental management is doing our best to keep rhode island clean and livable. but they can't do much about out-of-state polluters. that's where the e.p.a. comes in. and for a man who so plainly disbelieves in and deprecates the e.p.a.'s mission, it's an alarming picture for rhode island. we're a coastal state and a small one. we don't have a lot to give back to rising seas. and i've got to say, i am sick of having to comfort people whose homes have been washed away into the sea. that's a picture i took not too longing a. colleagues who've been here a while might remember this individual. he was the governor at the time, but he was my predecessor in my seat in the senate, lincoln chafee. his father served here with enormous distinction for many being many years and was actually a republican chairman of the environme

one,000 rhode islanders -- one,000 rhode islanders gained coverage. in rhode island insurance rates have dropped. in fact, consumers around there saved $220 million since 2012 the we cannot go back to a system that allows private insurers to deny coverage for preexisting condition or charge more to those who need insurance the most. by contrast congressman price opposes the preexisting condition ban, one of the most popular provisions of the a.c.a. his plan pwo would allo a -- wod allow others to charge more for preexisting conditions. he has also proposed to get rid of the benefits package. these protections require insurance companies to cover pediatric services and mental healthcare. these are really things that any basic health coverage should include, yet congressman price advocated taking away these consumer protections. stop and think about that. congressman price doesn't think that health insurance should coverage pregnancy, for example. i mean, we're not talking about extravagant services. these are services that a reasonable person would exp

you got reelected in rhode island. what did you hear from the people of rhode island? guest: my constituents want us to focus on things that will better their lives. good paying jobs. rebuilding infrastructure. making college affordable. protecting the future of social security and medicare. adjusting the serious thought of climate change. they want us to work together to solve the problems that face the american people. they want a system of government that will work for them, not for the powerful special interests and the big corporations and all of the people who have a lot of money who can focus -- influenced this town. host: congressman cicilline, thanks. we speak with freshman representative john faso. we will talk about trump's latest executive orders and the future of the affordable care act. ♪ >> in case you missed it, here are a few program c-span viewer saw last week he kansas congressman mike pompeo's swearing in. >> the duties of the office about -- upon which i am about enter. so help me god. questioning congressman tom price. >> you bought over 400,000 s

attorney in rhode island. i've also listened closely to very strong and serious concerns from rhode islanders who have made it plain that they fit what senator sessions would do as head of the justice department -- they would fear. for every constituent who expressed support, 15f expressed opposition. senator sessions' record is clear. he fought against fixing our immigration system as of the leading opponent of bipartisan legislation which would have spent as a current debate over $16 billion wall. senator sessions fought against a bipartisan criminal justice and sensing reform. senator sessions opposed reauthorizing the violence against women act, a bill which is so important to the rhode island attorney generals office and anti-domestic violence groups in our state. i suspect senator sessions' up as he related to the bills inclusion of protections for gay and lesbian couples and his record on support of gay and lesbian americans is alarming to many rhode islanders. public statements and confirmation testimo

according to the university of rhode island and our state agencies. well, it seems to me the least that a downwind state like rhode island might expect is some mo d i come of due diligence by colleagues who are blocking action on this subject. at the university of rhode island, the due diligence is very clear. u.r.i. is working with rhode island fisher to help predict the harm from warming and acidifying seas. and to figure out twha means for our -- what that means for our fisheries and aquaculture. the senator is from a state that has a very distinguished fishing and aquaculture himself. and i'm sure his home state universities are doing similar research. u.r.i. and our state agencies are drilling down to generate fine local data on sea level rise and storm surge, and we are starting to be able to predict with specificity which homes are likely to be lost in storms, which roads will become inaccessible in coming decades, what plan "b" is necessary to get emergency services to communities when flooding bars the way, and what water and seward and other

and i see the senator from rhode island is here. i'd be happy to entertain any questions he may have in a moment. a couple more quotes from mr. pruitt. on the clean power plan, the president could announce the most state friendly plan possible but it would not change the fact that the administration does not have the legal authority under the clean air act to regulate carbon emissions, that the administration does not have the legal authority under the clean air act to regulate carbon emissions. wrong. factually wrong. legally wrong. this has been settled. massachusetts versus e.p.a. i left my law degree in my apartment but i know massachusetts versus e.p.a. and i know that this is just flat wrong. and so what he says is totally radical. he's a skillful guy. i assume he's a good guy. but he wants to undermine the basic authorities of the clean air and the clean water act. and i'll finish with this quote for now before i yield to a question from the senator from rhode island. on methane regulation. my concern is that the e.p.a. is em

, fishermen in rhode island, people are breathing differently. trying to breathe on a hot summer day in rhode island. they all have to pay the price. now, under market theory, real market theory, the harm of a product has to be in the price of the product for the market to work. that's market 101. well, they don't want to play by those rules. they want to have everybody else cover the harm of their product and they just get to shove it out into the marketplace with the biggest subsidy in creation. the international monetary fund is not a bunch of stupid people, and the international monetary fund, as far as i could tell, has no conflict of interest with respect to fossil fuel, unlike the fossil fuel companies which are one massive example of a conflict of interest. and the international monetary fund says that the subsidy to the fossil fuel industry every year, just in the united states of america, is 700 billion, billion with a billion, dollars. like i said, how much mischief would they get up to for $700 billion? oh, about $700 billion worth. i

attorney in rhode island.e also listened closely to very strong and serious concerns from rhode islanders who have made it clear they fear what senator sessions would do as head of the justice department. for every constituent of mine who has expressed support of his nomination, 15 have expressed opposition. senator sessions' record is clear. he fought against fixing our immigration system at the leading opponent of bipartisan legislation which had it passed would have spared us the current debate over an ineffectual $16 billion wall. senator sessions fought against our bipartisan criminal justice and sentencing reform. senator sessions opposed reauthorizing the violence against women act, a bill which is so important to the rhode island attorney general's office and the anti-domestic violence groups in our state. i suspect if senator sessions' opposition related to the bill's inclusion of protections of gay and lesbian couples and his support is alarming to many rhode islanders. public statements and confirma

but police say instead-- he sold the diapers in rhode island, and abandoned the truck. when the trucks owner found out, he called police. they found 800 boxes of diapers in an empty store in providence. but 12-hundred diaper boxes are still missing. police are looking for them, along with a third suspect. well-- sometimes it pays to recycle. and for an employee at a recycling plant in ontario.. it almost paid a lot. she found 100-thousand dollars inside an old t-v. the money was in a cash box, along with other documents. authorities used that to track down the owner. he later told them he'd forgotten about the cash when he gave the t-v to a friend. the man says he stashed away the money about 30 years ago and he'd planned to give it to relatives as an inheritance. the recycling pl employee who found the money for her honesty. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - unseasonably warm weekend (60s) - sprinkles sunday morning - warm, again, next week today: mostly sunny. nice february day. highs: 49-52 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. lows: 30-35 winds: light saturd

attorney in rhode island.e also listened closely to very strong and serious concerns from rhode islanders who have made it plain that they fear what senator sessions would do as head of the justice department. for every constituent of mine who has expressed support of his nomination, 15 have expressed opposition. senator sessions' record is clear. he fought against fixing our immigration system as the leading opponent of bipartisan legislation which, had it passed, would have spared us the current debate over an ineffectual $16 billion wall. senator sessions fought against our by the partisan sentencing reform. senator sessions opposed reauthorizing the violence against women act, a bill so important to the rhode island attorney general's office and antidomestic violence groups in our state. i suspect his opposition related to the bill's inclusion of gay and lesbian couples. public statements and confirmation testimony by senator sessions suggested he brings a religious preference to the department. that secul

attorney in rhode island. i also listened closely to strong in serious concern for what islanders who made it lane that they fear what senator sessions would do as head of the justice department. for every constituent of mine who expressed support, 15 expressed opposition. his record is clear. he fought against fixing our immigration system has the leading opponent of bipartisan legislation which would have spared us the debate over a $16 billion wall. he fought against our bipartisan sentencing and criminal justice reform. a bill which is so important to the road on's office and the anti-domestic violence roots in our state. i suspect his opposition related to the bill dickey inclusion of protections for gay and lesbian couples and his record on support of gay and lesbian americans is alarming to rhode islanders. testimony suggested he brings a religious reference to the department, that secular attorneys -- attorneys to him would be a suspect class compared to christian attorneys. this is an alarming consider

we have great charter schools in rhode island and we have some great public schools in rhode island. we have both, but the charter school leaders are opposed to her nomination. why is that? it's in part because the transition from charter to public schools can be done fairly or it can be done unfairly, and in all of her work, ms. devos has shown that she will do it unfairly. there is an obvious what demog demografh -- demock fersing -- denothing ferss would say is -- the selection bias is based on different reasons of it could be as simple as they have more engaged paerpbts. the parents are interested enough in their education will sign them up for the charter school and that creates a different demografic and it helps the charter school population and makes it easier for the charter schools. charter schools have authority that public schools don't have with respect to discipline. indeed, the ability to remove children and return them to the public schools. they are able to force students to sign contracts and agreements regarding their behavior. public schools can't do that. again,

rhode island ahead by 18 early in the second half. mason comes for the patriots.nd they're down by just three. sounds like a good time to dial up jahri brayer and he ties the game at 54. so this game came down to a final shot. mason down by three with time running out. and the ball goes in the corner to otis livingston. he cannot connect. rhode island holds on for the win, 77-74, the final. >>> buzz williams and virginia tech visiting louisville, looking for their third straight win. hokies down by six late in the second half. outlaw swipes one from deep. we have a three-point game. one up to jaylon johnson, and louisville is up by again seven begin. under three minutes of play. donovan mitchel scores more. louisville wins 94-90. >>> .08 conference clash between armed forces rivals, army and navy. midshipmen dominating in the second half. the offensive rebound and navy is ahead by 25. but army brings the funk. thomas funk. this three ties the game at 62. so under a minute to play, it's time for the fox to strike. jordan fox. so fox and funk combine to hit eight th

it is alarming to many rhode islanders. public statements and confirmation testimony suggested he brings a religious preference to the department that secular attorneys would be to him, a suspect class compared to christian attorneys. from the state of roger williams founded on freedom of conscience, this is an alarming consideration. he has on numerous occasions used racially charged or offensive rhetoric to be little broad groups of americans, including rhode island's wonderful dominican community, saying they come to this country to be useless. tell that to big papi and the red sox fans. he walked those statements back during the nominations process. what one must wonder if this represents a true conversion, rather than a not to nomination etiquette, akin to justice robert's howler. we have been burned by nomination etiquette before. senator sessions has a long totory of failing repeatedly vigorously distance himself from extremist hate groups that hold him up as a champion of their perverse ideologies. senator sessions

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask that the roll call be dispensed with, quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you very much. mr. president, the nomination of betsy devos has triggered an outcry of deep public opposition. it's also inspired an outpouring of unpopulous support for. public education is what made america great, even at the heart of the american dream. our schools are much more than just a collection of classrooms. they are expressions of our communities and of our values. this is a lesson i learned from my parents. my father was a school custodian in a public school. he took tremendous pride in ensuring that the school was clean, in good repair, safe. he was part of the public school team and entrusted with our community's children, and he along with the teachers, principals and every staff of the school were deeply committed to public education. he saw that commitment each and every day. he spoke of that commitment when he came home in the evening.

department of attorney general and to the anti-domestic violence groups around rhode island. senator sessions' record on support of gay and lesbian americans has alarmed many rhode islanders. public statements and confirmation testimony by senator sessions suggests that he brings a religious preference to the department and that what he calls secular attorneys would be, to him, suspect compared to christian attorneys. that distinction between a secular attorney and a religious attorney is one that runs counter to very solid principles upon which my state was founded. roger williams brought to us freedom of conscience. senator sessions has called brightbart news a bright spot. i must disagree. brightbart news is not, to me, a bright spot. brightbart has publis pubbed -- published with titles like "birth control makes women unattractive and crazy." in fairness, i should stkeu dise that senator sessions' nomination carries an additional burden with me as this president in this whitehouse -- the need for an independent attorney general has rarely, if ever, been greater. on the ca

in rhode island, my wife, the fwr great governor of rhode island really emphasized food in all respects. i married into a big italian family so food is the way i was accepted by the family. my father-in-law said boy, that guy really eats. he must be worth keeping. but perhaps because of wade's example, perhaps because we have two young kids because i was formerly an elementary school teacher, i know how important food is, how breakfast is in particular to getting kids off on the right start every day. so one example i wanted to highlight in rhode island, we have been particularly successful that we have been involved in, is summer meals. it's often overlooked that summer's actually the period of time of greatest food insecurity, of greatest hunger. kids who are in school during the school year and receive free or reduced lunch, of course, have that benefit during the school year and lack it in many cases during the summer. it is also a period of time when food banks have their lowest amount of contributions. companies are not thinking about it, it's not holidays and so forth. but federa

i have also listened closely to serious concerns from rhode island who have made it clear that they fear what senator sessions what do. for every constituent of mine who have is express support, 15 opposition.d he was a leading opponent of bipartisan legislation. senator session fought against sentencing reform. he opposed the violence against i suspect the opposition related to the bill inclusion related to the relation of gay and lesbian rhode island. this suggests that he brings a religious preference. from the state of roger williams, this is an alarming consideration. he has used racially charged or offensive rhetoric to belittle broad groups of americans including the dominican community, saying they come to the country to sponge and be useless. tell that to red sox fans. one must wonder whether this references a two conversion or a nod to etiquette. burned by etiquette before. sen. sessions: is has a long history of demonstrated open history of vigorously distancing himself from the hate groups that hold him up. the champion of his perverse ideology. -- inflammatory articles with

you have a lot better topography in rhode island than we do in delaware. we're very flat, very much a remnant of a higher sea millions of years ago. that said, one foot of rising sea level can be exponentially hundreds of feet of intrusion in a landward projection. much better maps inform us where the risks are going to be, where the risks are today and where they're going to be, we can begin to utilize those and the local communities to begin to plan how we can remove critical infrastructure to better places. i think the best indication of sea level in the future, we have a tide two, three, four feet above the predicted, we see where the water goes and certainly map where those intrusion areas are. we have to do a better job. that's part of the discussion i think we're doing here today which is looking at how we manage the coastline so they provide the protection they have provided for a long time. optimize what we learned in san day. there's a comprehensive plan developed by the corps of engineers for the northeastern states. if we expand that to the sou

we lost 239 rhode islanders to opioid-related overdoses. the affordable care act, travis believes, is the reason that many that the people he treats is able to get care and stay away from the risk of overdose. he wrote of his patients, many never accessed treatment prior to the access of the affordable care act let alone sought treatment for the psychological treatment. if you get the affordable care act you pull about $ -- you pull $5.5 billion out from coverage. is that what this congress wants to be responsible for doing? i certainly hope not, not after all of the fine statements we heard from the comprehensive addiction and recovery act and the funding for it. let me make one last point because i see the senator from michigan here and i know she wants to add her thoughts. you can talk about the personal -- these personal stories and it shows how poignant and important having the affordable care act around is in the lives of real, actual people. but we also have to deal with budget issues in washington, and i just want to show this. this

newport, rhode island, and wheatland, wyoming, and wyoming, delaware. a and the diversity of the towns, and clear and the solutions to pay for closing the roads and the dams and it is not one size fits u all. what works for baltimore, maryland, may not work for bags, wyoming. the scale of the big dig in boston that cost billions of dollars or projects that cost hundreds of billions of dollars are rare in rural states. and the funding solutions that involve public-private are relationsh relationships. and there may be solutions for the crumbling inter city, but not for the rural areas as the testimony will show. as stated in the written testimony submitted on behalf of idaho, montana, wyoming, north dakota and south dakota, and public/private partnerships that depend upon a revenue stream are not a form of infrastructure membership. this committee has delaware, alabama, alaska, rhode island, vermont senor or thes here, and just to name a few, but i did not forget west virginia. i want to make sure that these states are not forgotten. i want to work with

they worked in philadelphia and we need to bring north carolina and rhode island back in the union and maybe the reasons for voting the constitution down our stupid but we need to give them political cover so they can reverse themselves. we need to be magnanimous in victory so when we give them the bill of rights they can say now i can change my mind. you see they are feeling bitter. how do you bring them back on board? madison for several reasons is pushing the bill of rights because he made a campaign promise to do it and because he wants to get all the people in the state that are in the union on to team constitution and he wants to get arth carolina and rhode island back into a reunion with the other states. why didn't they do it in philadelphia? because they were tired. happen to small groups of elites ben franklin and george washington, a small group of people is not as wise as the american people generally. that's what you believe if you are small t democrat. i'm a small t democrat. i believe there is wisdom and people in the ratification process were wiser than the 39 people wh

in rhode island we have bad air days and because of epa's work, they are fewer and fewer. a bad air day is a day when people driving into work hear on the radio that ozone from out of state smokestacks has made the air in rhode island dangerous and that infants and the elderly and people with breathing difficulties should stay home on an otherwise beautiful day. because those smokestacks are out of state, we need epa to protect us and i see nothing in your record that would give a mom taking her child to the hospital for an asthma attack any comfort that you would take the slightest interest in her and your passion for devolving power down to states doesn't help us, because our state regulators can't do anything about any of those problems. they all come from out of state sources. in this respect we are very like delaware. one of the things i would like to ask you about here is the connection between you and some of these fossil fuel companies. this is -- these are some of the companies that have supported you. these are some of the political organizations that you have ra

in rhode island, my wife has emphasized food in all respects. i married into a big italian family, so food is the way i was accepted by the family. my father-in-law said boy, that guy really eats. he must be worth keeping. but perhaps because we have two young kids and i was formally an elementary school teacher, i know how important food is and how important breakfast is to get kids off on the right start every day. one example i wanted to highlight in rhode island that has been particularly successful is summer meals. it is often overlooked. summer is the time of greatest food insecurity and hunger. kids who are in school during the school year and received a free or reduced lunch, they have the benefit in the school year and lack it during the summer. it is also a time when food banks have their lowest amount of contributions. companies are not thinking about it, holidays and so forth. but federal law, experts know, it provides eligibility for the kids who get reduced lunch during the school year, to get summer meals during the summer. so it

the members of this committee represent new york city, and new port, rhode island, nebraska city, nebraska, and mississippi. wheatland, wyoming, and even the town of wyoming, delaware. the diversity of these cities and towns makes it clear that solutions to address and pay for fixing our nations crumbling roads, bridges and dams cannot be one size fits all. what works for baltimore, maryland, may not work for bags, wyoming. big ticket products or projects on the scale of the big dig in above the than cost billions of dollars or even projects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars are rare in rural and small states. funding solutions that involve public, private partnerships as had been discussed by administration officials may be innovative solutions for crum e crumbling inner cities but do not work for rural areas as today's testimony will show. as was stated in the written testimony, submitted today on behalf of wyoming, idaho, montana, north dakota and south dakota, quote, public private partnerships and other approaches to infrastructure development that depend on a positive revenue

in rhode island beat george washington night. and rhode island beat george alison: at some point it will be 60 degrees. steve: it is, next week. we have a cooldown first over the weekend. tomorrow, lower 40's groundhog day, colder over the weekend. monday about 50. lower 60's tuesday and wednesday. alison: that breaking groundhog is so cute. jonathan: it looks like a whack-a-mole. steve: everyone in the weather center likes it. jonathan: you guys spend a lot of time in front of your screen. erin: i think it's cute. jonathan: thank you for being with us. jimmy kimmel's next. alison: have a great night. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- jamie dornan, from "big little lies" adam scott, and music from tucker beathard. and now, from here on out,

chairman, we just got the pdated report from noaa on the anticipated sea level rise for rhode island boy the end of this century. and they have raised it from six feet to nine feet. and while it makes a shorter drive to the beach for somebody in wyoming, it's a very deadly serious matter for rhode island. and i hope that we can look forward to ady when we can have a sober and sensible discussion about that here in congress. thank you, sir. senator enzi: we have a little bit of room yet in wyoming for a few additional people if they want to move to higher ground. interestingly -- senator whitehouse: interestingly, the majority leader's home state that showed that kentucky might expect an influx of population from people fleeing batter coasts as a result of climate change. even kentucky sees it coming. they see it in a different light. senator enzi: in the light of climate change, ky wyeo ming has been completely under water three times. -- wyoming has been completely under water three times. senator whitehouse: you sympathize with what i see coming. senator enzi: it would be easier to

. >>> new on "action news," rhode island state police are cleaning up the big mess left behind by thewo men charged with stealing $90,000 worth of diapers. police say one of the men was supposed to drive a truck load of diapers from pennsylvania to fall rivers massachusetts, instead he executed plan number two which was to sell the diapers in rhode island and abandoned truck. they recovered 800 boxes, 1200 boxes are missing. a third suspect took a rash, i mean a dash. >> you love this story. >> i don't rip and read. >> reporter: up next, a few details about an elaborate burglary in king of prussia, it's like a scene out of mission impossible. >> a possible luring has police in bucks county issuing a community alert. we'll be right back. > 55:67 a.o follow several breaking stories, including a traffic mess along the new jersey new jersey turnpike, exit 4 southbound side, chopper 6 hd is live where a tractor-trailer smashed into the overpass. they are trying to see if there's any problem with the overpass, maybe they have to shut it down. we'll see about that. we know one person was inj

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, thank you.i would ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the roll. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. i rise in strong opposition to the nomination of scott pruitt to be the administrator of the environmental protection agency. president trump has made it clear that he wants to savage environmental protections and his administration has already started down this path of reversing some of our hard-fought progress to be sure we have a clean environment, clean water, fresh air. by nominating mr. pruitt, president trump has chosen someone equally hostile to the very notion of defending our environment and our nation's health. respected voices on bodge sides of the aisle -- on both sides of the aisle have expressed similar alarm over his nomination. president george w. bush's former e.p.a. administrator christine todd whitman, who led the agency from 2001 to 2003, stated in reference to mr. pruitt, i don't recall ever having seen an appointmen

a couple states voted against the ratification in north carolina, rhode island, new hampshire. they were going to vote against but they managed to butcher it and an in a bunch of states it s close, so that was 30 to 27 and in virginia it was 89 to 79 invo favor of massachusetts it was 187. those are three of the five largest states and if one or two of them rejected the constitution, there is a good chance the union wouldn't have been successful. they had some advantages you could even say that it was braved a little bit. one advantage was the media there were about 90 newspapers in the country at the time only 12 of them were willing to publicize any significant amount of the opponents literature from anti-federalist literature. they were published entirely, surresorry newspapers were publd entirely for obvious economic reasons even though 90% of americans lived outside of the cities and often for subscribers and advertisers who were overwhelmingly supportive, they would threaten to withhold their subscriptions and advertising if the newspaper publisher dared to publish any so

. >>> george mason down by 18 in the second half against rhode island. jal trail. 2 of his 22 points. patriots are back within three. sounds like a good time. jerry grayer, he ties the game at 54. this game came down to the final shot. mason down by three with less than 20 seconds to play. otis livingston ii, he's off. and rhode island wins 77-74. >> a great tribute to our guys, the way we fought back, made big shots, got stops. and i wanted to hear that, and i'm proud of them for that. but they've also got to know that, you know, if we want to be a championship team we have to have a championship approach to every single thing we do. >>> caps were back in action after a week off. zack sanford scored the game-winning goal against the ducks last time out. it was his first career nhl goal. he lit the lamp again today for the caps' first goal in the second period. washington trailed 2-1 at that point. and sanford seems happy to be contributing. >> you know, it actually kind of happened the same way as my first goal last weekend. a nice pass by lars. i was j

. >> the first rhode island regiment was a section of the continental army in the revolutionary war, but it was not a typical band of soldiers. known as the black regiment by the first rhode island regiment recruited african-americans serving in separate companies. general james barnett and commanded the force and suggested that george washington used the troops to growth then ranks -- the ranks. they fought during the battle of yorktown, the engagement that led to this render of the british and the end of the revolutionary war. doris miller was born in waco, texas in 1819. he enlisted in 1839. he was eventually assigned to the uss west virginia in hawaii where he was serving on december 7, 1941, the day of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. miller carried wounded shipmates to safety and assisted the mortally wounded captain. it was his courageous manning of a 50-caliber antiaircraft machine gun that brought him the most distinction. completely untrained on the weapon, doris took down enemy aircraft at a startling rate before abandoning the sinking ship. awarded the navy cross by c

a couple of states vote against ratification at first, north carolina, rhode island.ew hampshire convention is going to vote against but the federalist vantage to adjourn it, and in a bunch the states it was incredibly close. in new york the vote was 30-27 in favor of the infringing it was nine-79 in favor. in massachusetts it was 187-168. those are three of the five largest states and of one or two of them had rejected the constitution there's a good chance the union could not have been successful. the federalists had some advantages. you could even say the sith was rigged up a bit. the federalist direction you're so inclined to use that term. one advantage was the media, the press. there were about 90 newspapers in the country at the time. only 12 were willing to publicize any significant amount of the opponent literature, the anti-federalist literature. cities were published entirely, newspapers republished entirely in cities for obvious economic reasons even though 90% of americans lived outside of cities. often the subscribers and the advertisers who were overwhe

coming up this morning, democratic rhode island congressman will discuss trump's foreign policy actions including the recent travel began as well as the democratic legislative agenda and republican congressman will discuss the travel ban future of the , affordable care act and budget issues. be sure to watch c-span washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern friday -- eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> at a house hearing on aviation security and the tsa, airports,siting airlines and government workers testified about ways to improve passenger screening procedure. they discussed new technology, the tsa's pre-check program and president trump's executive order on immigration. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> the committee on homeland security and protective security will come to order. before i commence with my statement, i do want to note for the record how happy i am to have ms. watson coleman as my new ranking chair on this. coleman as my new ranking chair on this. a very good working relationship as well we should and it's something more people try and do andld we'l

. >>> democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island is joining me now. he sits on the judiciary committee. you heard what president trump said there. what happens if mitch mcconnell does in fact go nuclear on judge gorsuch? >> well, we'll have to see how many of his colleagues will stay with him on that. you will remember the expressions of outrage when we opened up the nuclear option for the executive appointees and there was an understanding at the time that the supreme court would be different and it's going to take a lot of republicans having to eat a lot of crow and reversing a lot of statements to go along with mitch mcconnell jamming a supreme court appointee through on the nuclear option. >> you'll be involved in the confirmation hearings on the supreme court. do you believe that the judge deserves an up or down vote or do you support the idea of a filibuster being used? >> i think the 60-vote rule, i'm sure that the majority leader will go to and the key question is, does he go along with the other four appointees and rebuild the gang of five th

host: bert in rhode island. we will continue talking to all of you, sharing your stories, telling us what it is like in your communities with this opioid epidemic across the country. but in case you missed it, in other news, want to share review that -- shared with you that senator sessions was approved as attorney general in the senate yesterday, narrowly. 52-47. one democrat voted for sessions, joe manchin of west virginia, and senator sessions himself voted present for that. ,he vice president, mike pence is expected to swear in senator sessions as attorney general in the oval office this morning. go to c-span.org for more details about that. after the senate approved sessions they went on to the nomination debate over hhs secretary congressman tom price. who will fill the seat for senator sessions? politico has this story this morning. "with sessions confirmed as the nation's top law enforcement officer, luther strange will be named thursday morning to replace him in the senate. alabama governor robert bentl

we met at the marina in rhode island, got all of our gear on board, pushed off from the dock. >> reporter: nathan wanted that night to be different. he says that instead of the usual trip of about 20 miles to block island for striped bass, he decided to go deep sea tuna fishing, to that area called "block canyon." that's much farther offshore. >> that's offshore fishing. >> reporter: it takes all night to get there. the sea bed here drops from a few hundred feet below the surface to 1,000 feet or deeper. a perfect spot for those giant tuna they were after. >> i have experience boating. i have experience fishing. i did not have experience offshore fishing. >> reporter: but nathan was comfortable making the trip because, he says, the seas were calm after a smooth cruise through the night. >> we arrived just as the sun was rising. >> reporter: nathan says the new day was perfect. they set their lines and fish for tuna, all by themselves. they have life vests onboard, but weren't wearing them. hours passed. it was midday when he says the trouble started. so what happened? what went wrong? >>

that's connecticut to rhode island. 41 in d.c., you didn't get the snow but it windy and cold. boston is gusting to 39. some of the runways at j.f.k. are closed. if you're having a bad day today, a lot of people are having a worse day. this is our delta flight that took off from atlanta this morning, flight 2350. notice the green line, that loop? for whatever reason they thought it was okay to leave atlanta this morning at 8:30, trying to get into j.f.k. at the heart of our nor'easter. they made it to the delaware/maryland border, turned around and they're about to land back in atlanta. you want to talk about some angry people on a flight that want some explanation, they're landing now on hart field. >> i'm not sure why they thought they would want to get on that flight. >> delta has some explaining to do. >> you remember valentine's day a few years ago, jetblue kept people waiting on the plane -- >> i don't know why that flight took off but those people are avoid. >> bill, good to talk to you. i'll talk to you later. >> still to come, protests erupt as an undocumented mother c

the governor of rhode island? >> nice to see you again and think you for joining us. nice to have another woman around the table. first a comment and then a question. i agree with you that much of the concern or trepidation as a relates to autonomous vehicles comes from consumer -- either misunderstanding or lack of information. although i will also say i think we have some work to do with our public safety departments. i know in conversations with my state police force who patrol our roads, there is a lot of questions coming from them as well. how will this work? worke extent you could with us as we go through this process to really integrate public safety and the discussion of autonomous vehicles, i think it's a lot of work to do. i would welcome any guidance and advice on that. wondered if you could offer us any guidance around the administration's view in your view of the role of user fees as a source of revenue for transportation projects. in rhode island last year i worked with the legislature to pass a multibillion-dollar transportation package and i was totall

[applause] >> we look forward to seeing everybody in road island. -- rhode island. tomorrow we will be on capitol hill all day with leadership. tomorrow morning we will be at the white house with the president for an early morning meeting and all day in the afternoon with congressional leadership to go over issues in health care, cyber security, and others. i appreciate all the great work . 3:00 to 3:30 today, governors only with the director of the national security agency upstairs. we will move that immediately. before i adjourned, i do have special presentation. onecome on up governor branstad. , [applause] so, on behalf of the national governors association, we would like to commend the governor of iowa, 1985 through 1999, 2001 through 2017, the longest-serving governor in the history of the united states of america for his outstanding leadership and dedication to the vision that has guided the association since its founding in 1908. so, let's give a great round of applause to governor terry branstad. [applause] and now, i formally adjourn the meeting of the 201