for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island eek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life d memory of general amadeo amadoa, a community leader in rhode island and someone who was proud to call a dear friend. his distinguished military career spanned 36 years during which he served in the united states marine corps and the rhode island national guard. he served as assistant general for the state and retired as the first brigadier general of italian history in the history of the rhode island national guard. as an accomplished attorney for more than 60 years, he provided legal counsel and advice to several public officials, myself included, and maintained a very successful private practice. as a tireless community leader, he served as chairman of the school committee and held leadership positions in local branches of charities

fish and wildlife officials from florida, arizona, and rhode island testify at a senate hearing on the endangered species act, and efforts to enforce the 1973 law. this is just under one hour. >> i call this hearing of the senate environment public works committee to order and like to defer to the ranking member. >> i thank the chairman.

two touring circuses -- and ringling had two touring circuses earlier this month in providence, rhode island>> well, it was cool along the coast once again today. very warm inland. here is a look at the golden gate bridge. held in for much of the day. take another perspective at the bay bridge and the blue sky and this is what most folks across the bay saw today. that's moving right along the coast where you were. most folks enjoying sunshine. satellite perspectives are showing the clouds hugging the coast. we will continue to do so as we make our way through the evening and once again a carbon copy. we will see a little bit of sunshine for you and the clouds will roll back in for the evening hours. high pressure, the ridge will remain for one more day and that means temperatures are flirting with 90s once again for the warmest spot inland tomorrow. but by tuesday this ridge begins to shift inland. as it does the temperatures will shift down. we start to cool things down just a little bit beginning on tuesday especially along the coast and even more so as we make our way into the workweek. t

[applause] >> on newsmakers, rhode island congressman and cochair of the cyber security caucus talks about how the u.s. should defend against cyber attacks and what happened with the recent rant mwearn somewhere -- ranso attack that affected 150 countries. newsmakers, on c-span. a, author and and journalist tr reid takes a look at tax systems. >> i went to the world bank and the imf and i said, what is the good tax code. they said go to new zealand. new zealand followed the fundamental principle of good taxation, which the economist reduced to bblr.>> our look at that means broaden the base so you can lower the rates. new zealand used to have a tax code like ours, hundreds of exemptions and deductions, very high rates. they got rid of all of them. they said, your salary, that his income. if your employer pays health insurance, that his income. -- is income. they taxi on your parking -- they tax on parking. they are not giving deductions. if you tax everything and give no write-offs, you can set the rates low. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q and a. >> our look at 2017 commencemen

a rhode island democrat talks about how the u.s. is rep -- protecting military government and private sector networks. : three things we need to look at, how to we protect the networks. and cyberde, nsa command are in charge of protecting. they do a good job. i think we are organized. the challenge is the training and personnel. there rapidly getting up to speed. i think they would acknowledge that not -- they are not where they want to be. they are getting their. i have confidence in their ability to defend the.mil network. personal training will be the key aspect of this. to continue, the trajectory they -- the department of homeland security is responsible for the.gov network. it is a work in progress. we have to continually work at ceaiy,heartrngo t he. e hehaen ihotoe ottheomrk iinhean opratecr,ncdi ucre ere wredagean g e.mortk ll ecic fanalecr, d lvi--el incaon - tecounatns thpratseoro ra d me. ts n meow tth ess pcendla, t y d'ha t el cu t pnsth whe wlug srt ptan alysoongoecitew ha auay heth oltoakth eie has ayb -- we have bee

it was an issue at the rhode island avenue station on the red line yesterday.now metro says an operator is to blame. we're also learning that operator did not follow proper procedure after the doors opened on the wrong side. transportation reporter adam tuss talked to the woman who shot this video. >> reporter: scary moments for sure as the doors on a metro railcar opened on the wrong side of the train. two stories below, this is what it looked like from the ground. and we know the metro rail operator was to blame. kelsey hamilton is the rider who took this video of the incident. she said she couldn't believe what she was seeing. >> i thought, if this was a busy train, this could have been really dangerous. someone could have fallen or stepped off on the wrong side if they didn't know any er on the wrong side of a railcar, the train operator is supposed to notify central command, walk all the way around the train to make sure no one or nothing fell out, and then he can continue. none of that happened. in fact, kelsey says she rode the train all the way to silve

jonathan: rhode island a demolition has revealed a decade old secret. this is cool. check it out. a big safe. this is a vault hidden in a wall. this is century old. hidden for 40 years. nobody knew it was there. the vault was once used to store election ballots. what is inside now? that is a mystery. they are going through the combination to bring in a safe-cracker. they need the combination. michelle: crack it open. jonathan: don't bring the crew that took down the row house. doug: rain coming tonight. but if you have the outdoor plans it's cool and damp but the rain will hold off until 11:00 tonight in the metro so it's good. get started here. what is happening. the cloudy skies. looking live at the national harbor. the east northeasterly winds from the atlantic ocean over delmarva. there is from the chesapeake bay to our area. there is more on the way. there is an active afternoon. carolina, georgia and florida. naumous thunderstorms. the region was under a tornado watch. we are not expecting the violent weather here. we expect the rain to later and be heavy at times. the best

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moderate senator susan collins of main mane and angus king of rhode island says there's hurdles preventing middle ground, jim. >> president trump baulk with if he would lake a stark warping to attend the nuclear program. >> today, trump abegin refused to rule out military action as response to north korea continued defense with deputy record. it is part of the efforts to develop a long range nuclear war head capable of hitting the united states. like the previous three tests it failed and came only hours afte tillerson warned united na nation's security council waiting to curb and thread catastrophic consequences. h. r. mc master called it acts of on defiance and position. >> and military option and help make what you're doing diplomatically and economically and sanctions viable to be able to resolve this problem short of what would be as president said a major, major war and human tear yai ian catastrophe. >> and officials long believed china as regime closest ally and biggest training partner is in best position to pressure kim j jung-un. chew 23450ez can put brakes on this do i not beli

in rhode island the historic westminster arcade found new life after adding apartments to a second floor strip mall in tennessee was converted to a church. in hundred oaks mall -- >> we see a lot of malls turned into medical clinics, turned into community colleges, all range of educational facilities. >> reporter: mark mann says the first phase of the new property is set to open in may 2018. meg oliver, cbs news, media, pennsylvania. >>> jerry garcia's famous wolf guitar is set to sell for more than a million dollars at tonight's action. he played it for nearly two decades. this is the "cbs morning news." and spoils the experience. introducing air wick pure... ...with 9x more fragrance and less water. experience great fragrance with less wet spray. air wick pure: more fragrance, less wet spray. also available in freshmatic. keep your home fresh all day with automatic bursts of fragrance with no added water. air wick freshmatic. now available in pure. "for great skin, you don't have ...just go to bed." new aveeno®... ...positively radiant® overnight facial. get the benefits of a spa facia

as a quick follow-up to comments from the senator from rhode island, i would like to underscore as you do this review of the ola and olf, i hope you keep in mind this convoluted construct, which contemplates a is ayer bailout, it creature of the five we do not have an adequate resolution mechanism in bankruptcy. some of us have worked on legislation that would give us a the confidence we could resolve, even a large, complex firm in bankruptcy, so he would not need for taxpayer funds to be put at risk indirectly to the olf, nor all these punishment mechanisms the fdic would subjectively decide to impose, of which the senator from rhode island mentioned. in this general topic, i wanted to address one of the egregious problems with the uthe ep soc, and it has to do with these too big to fail firms. there are several obvious problems with the way that had been run and i'm hoping to get your assurance it will be run differently. where a prospective designee would have no idea the criteria by which they would be designated, a second is a complete lack of a defined, so-called stringent regula

in rhode island the historic westminster arcade found new life after adding apartments to the second floor. an old strip mall in tennessee was converted into a church. in the 100 oaks mall in nashville survived after a health facility was constructed next to the store. >> we see a lot of malls turned into medical clinics, community colleges or any -- all range of educational facilities. >> this is the future. >> reporter: markman says the first phase of the new property is set to open in may 2018. meg oliver, cbs news, media pennsylvania. >>> roberta, we need to know how our tuesday afternoon is shaping up. >> i was too busy crying about the malls being demolished. [ laughter ] >> it may be a good day to plan indoor activities like retail shopping, right? we have a gray sky out there. a little bit of clearing looking out towards the bay. another view, mount vaca had clear skies, now we see some mid- and high level cloudiness. in the distance we can see a little layer of some low clouds that did seep inland 60 miles earlier today. temperatures are in the 60s for the most part except s

just on wednesday, the attorneys general of new york, california, rhode island, washington, oregon, and the district of columbia released an excellent new report. it's called "setting the record straight on local involvement in federal and civil immigration enforcement." i recommend it to all of you, it makes many of the same points i made today. and from a law enforcement perspective, it tells many examples of immigrants who have come forward and been very helpful in the arrest of criminals. and it also really explains in detail why these sanctuary policies are good for the states that they represent. and then another study i want to point to is a recent study, 2017 report by professor tom long of the university of california, san diego. they found in sanctuary counties, they have lower crime rates and higher economic indicators than non-sanctuary counties. they looked at counties that have sanctuary policies and those that do not. they found that on average there are 35 1/2 fewer crimes committed per 10,000 people in sanctuary counties compared to non-sanctuary counties. they found th

forces would serve later in the war as part of the continental army, including some units from rhode island, who had one of the battles in their native colonial area would fight the hessians, kind of the shock troops of the british army, the missionaries -- mercenaries that they brought over. indeed, they were part of the line that held and pushed back this incredible onslaught of the hessians. normally at this time however, when blacks were brought in an institutionalized, segregation was set up. black troops would ultimately serve not in the main, as segregated units usually under the command of white officers. at the end of the war, many a black who had fought for freedom, for the promise all men were created equal, would find that this was purely a promise on paper, that the parchment wasn't worth what was written on it. many of them would return to slavery after the war after the concluded thes fighting between the crown and the colonies. again in 1812, in many respects, the second american revolution against the british. the unjust, hypocritical treatment would be criticized, and agai

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this happened a it rhode island after station. in this case, both sides of the doors opened up. one led to the platform. the other one, the third rail down there. that is a long fall if you were to come out of the car. nobody was hurt. metro called it operator error and is adding several procedures saying the procedures they have in place weren't followed. michelle: speaking of metro. anger in prince george's county over the latest phase of the metro sa on tuesday, they will close five stations on the eastern part of the orange line. that is all the orange line stops in maryland. they will stay closed for a month until two weeks ago, the stations were supposed to stay open and single track. officials are upset over what they call short notice of the change. jonathan: well, "7 on your side" tonight. possibly connecting you with money that maybe you dop know you had coming your way. call the number on the screen. 703-236-9220. connect with the experts we have at the unclaimed funds phone bank. we have found dozens of people who had money waiting for them and they had no clue. agai

a massive cleanup effort costing $2 billion a year is aimed at decontaminating a site at rhode island. >> the crisis isn't over yet. >> reporter: tom carpenter is with hanford challenge, a watchdog group monitoring the cleanup sight. >> it's actually getting more dangerous. >> more dangerous with time. wiar failures in the future. this is a wakeup call. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, seattle. >>> eight more fraternity members tied to a pledge made a court appearance. members of the beta theta pi. >> the only reason this came to the surface was because timothy died. >> ten other fraternity members facing more serious charges were arraigned last friday. >>> former president barack obama addressed a food conference in italy just as the trump administration considers pulling out of major climate agreement. mr. trump talks about how it affects food production. his comments were nonpartisan, but it's a it's a responsibility to vote. >> you get the politician you deserve. if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get politicians that don't reflect your interest. >> that

waste has been covered for decades and workers took cover in the vast complex half the size of rhode island and once prepared plutonium for america's nuclear arsenal. >> we've been all cooped up inside these buildings until they gave us the go ahead to go home. >> reporter: officials sending in a robot to inspect the collapse. >> our employees are safe, no evidence of a radiological release. >> reporter: but the emergency highlighting deteriorating conditions at the nation's biggest environmental cleanup near the columbia river. an nbc news investigation found decades of radioactive problem, workers who said they had been exposed to toxic materials suffered from severe health problems. >> i've been diagnosed with pretty bad nerve damage. >> reporter: in 2013, washington's governor announcing several tanks holding radioactive waste from the site were leaking. it's estimated it could take over 40 years and $100 billion for a cleanup, one of the 17 radioactive cleanup sites around the country. today, the governor saying it's a serious situation and they're taking every precaution to protect th

this fiscal year agreement delivers on important priorities important to rhode island. restores the year-round pell grant or summer pell eligibility allowing summer students to receive pell grants funds to help them finish their degrees on time. d rather than slash funding, this compromise led $2 billion in funding for the national institutes of health to cure catastrophic diseases and drives innovative economic development. and on the defense side, this agreement funds vital national security programs including the continued procurement of virginia class submarines and ongoing development of the new columbia class, work that i'm quonset say happens at point. and this is a good faith compromise that will keep the government open and working for the american people. i hope we can continue on a similar bipartisan agreement as we plan for the next fiscal year and i thank my friend for yielding and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole

in rhode island we have the 102nd quadrant, which is basically a unit of cyber warriors who actually work with the regular military in performing cyber security functions. there are new ideas as to how to create a broader pool of talent that the pentagon can use, with people going into government. move it fromd something like agency level to the white house level, i know it is still early, but what do you think of what donald trump has done so far with cyber security, what he has done well, what you would like and to see -- like to see him do that he has not. >> one of the few bright spots in the trump administration, and there are not money -- many, is what he's doing regarding cyber security and the executive order that he just issued. his new home and security heads of a great talent expertise in cyber fields. coming from nsa, he has a great skill set as the cyber security advisor. what we don't have, unfortunately, is people across the government right now at the top levels who have been appointed. the vacancies still exist in pretty vast numbers across the government at the top

point, you got the washington post subsequently reported this afternoon that the investigation of rhode islandl mueller leads has now torthing a current official in the west wing of the white house. >> that is worrisome. a second report by mcclatchey says that investigation is not probing the issue of first impression was russian interference in the election and potential collusion and attempts to cover up that possibility and if that's the case, then things like statements by the president like firing james comey took the pressure off could put him in trouble as well as others. >> these were notes by senior administration officials who were present at the meeting? >> yes, every time you have a president meeting with foreign leaders, there are people whose job it is to document what happened at the meeting. those notes get passed around the u.s. government so people know what happened in the meeting. those notes, which the white house does not dispute, they're not disputing the accuracy of the notes. the president in the oval office called the head of the fbi, called him a nut job and said the

police believe that rhode island could be other victims out there and they're asking if you feel your child has been impacted call that number it is 240-773-5400. live in montgomeryville age. lauren >> the international president of alpha kappa alpha and a dozens other sorority members attended a town hall meeting at american university to denounce a hate crime targeting the university. this week someone hung what in ans present noonses. the same day a member the sorority was elected to be president of the student government association. fox5's anjali hemphill has more on their >>reporter: tony, there have now been three racially-based incidents all involving bananas on american university's campus in less than one year. this most recent case specifically mentions the alpha kappa alpha sorority and that has its top brass deeply concerned. >> this is a campus that is a source of lot of pride for us, that has produced significant leaders for the organization. so when an incident of this nature caught us occurred it caught us by surprise. international president dorothy buchanan wilson a

david cicilline of rhode island delivers the democratic response and gives his reaction to the specialounsel for the russian investigation. he talks about the democratic agenda. >> my fellow americans. i begin my first trip overseas as president. a trip with historic significance for the american people. i will be visiting with leaders in many countries to strengthen old friendships, and unite the civilized world in a fight against terrorism.