i worked hard every day for years for the people of rhode island and i answer to the people of rhode island period and everything i have ever done has been to help rhode islanders create more jobs. i'm with the people every day, i report to them, answer to them and there is no relationship between any campaign contribution and decisions i have made. >> we have two people on the stage that raise millions of dollars. in the case of the governor i can't imagine anybody being a better fundraiser than she is, she outraised everybody. where does the money come from? all the special interests that control your tax dollars, the special interests are the lobbyists and the special people and corporations that went things. you think they give away large sums of money, here's how they do it in rhode island. i witnessed it for 60 years. what they do is fundraisers for people, $50,000, we can only give $1000 per person. they are bought and paid for by every special-interest group and that is why nothing gets done in this state. i am funding my own campaign and i owe no one anything. i don't owe the

>> good evening to rhode island. it is wonderful to have this opportunity to discuss the issues tonight. say, the you have rollout has had its share of struggle. we've turned the corner. that is important. fasterpaying our claim than we ever have. faster than massachusetts or most of our neighbors. the first ofre on the month, lobbies are flowing. you do not see lines that you used to see. great credit, by the way. it goes to the staff. state employees who have struggled with the system for two years. by and large, we have turned the corner. having said that, mistakes were made which i have owned. the system was a system started in the prior administration. it was required by the federal government because our system had been so integrated. >> you've said that you've inherited the problem before. while that is true, didn't inherit the timing. despite a letter recommending against starting at -- it. >> that was a mistake. i have apologized. we stayed at it. we haven't paid our vendor in a year and a half. we have gott

rhode island first televised gubernatorial debate in. --. >> we are coming to you in bristol, rhode island. inside the beautiful global heritage hall. good evening we are live on , wpri12 and wpri.com. less than six weeks to go until election day. we help you decide to vote for here in the state of rhode island for the race for governor. it's going to be a very exciting night. we are going to help you try and to identify the differences between our three major candidates for governor. we want to begin with introductions. from left to right on your screen, independent candidate joe trillo and gina raimondo and republican alan fung. right after the conclusion of the debate, we want to remind you that we hope you can join us for a special edition of facebook live. we have a exciting panel of roger university students who are watching the debate live. they will be caving -- taking notes and engaging in a spirited discussion on facebook live. we hope you can join us for that. we do have a busy night. we want to introduce our moderators. tim white and ted niececy. >> thank you danielle. a remind

senate from rhode island? >> again, am a supporter of the president when he does things are helpful to rhode island in the nation. i'm not a supporter of him when he doesn't. it is inaccurate to say i am a supporter of the president. when he tried to put judge moore on the court or in the senate, i stood up to him. i do not believe and there are other instances where i think, there is an example that putin, when he had the meeting in helsinki and cozied up to him i spoke out about that. i do not believe in across-the-board tariffs. i think they need to be more selective. i've spoken out and disagreed with the president on various occasions and continue to do so. i will support him when he does things that are helpful to the country. like the tax cuts and jobs act, regulations have been eliminated. that have been helpful and our economy is growing at a great rate. unemployment is lowest in over about 50 years. 3.7 percent. latinos and blacks are the lowest unemployment ever. things are going good and i think pr

a woman off the coast of rhode island. he later recanted that account. you forward of the complaint to the fbi but also provided the tipster with the contact information of a reporter. does that show you were interested in smearing kavanaugh as interested as you were in getting to the truth. >> this is a person who asked for the contact. in the same way i asked for -- i would ask for -- i found someone who was very responsible and the story was never published. the story was never published. the fbi never contacted the individual. part of the problem here is the fbi did very little investigation. to it a veryound fractional investigation in terms of witnesses. i recorded also privately -- i reported also privately to the committee. lindsey graham who is not exactly in a bipartisan mood at the time went out of his way to say that way i handled it was the right way to handle it. that i was an example of how this should have been done very the republican chairman said i'd been a gentleman in the way i handled it. >> you clear

now, rhode island's first televised u.s. senate debate. >> from the wtr i-12 studios welcome to this hour-long commercial free debate in the race for u.s. senate. hello i am tipped white. we are just four weeks away from election day when voters will be deciding on a number of races including who you want to send to washington dc for the next six years to represent you in the senate. the i want to begin with the nomination hearings of brett kavanaugh. mr. flanders, when the allegations against judge kavanaugh service you issued a statement that called dr. christine blasey ford's claims uncorroborated allegations of uncharged and on complained of misconduct. today republican senator jeff flake halted the process calling for an fbi probe. you had already said you were a yes vote. do you regret not taking these allegations as seriously as some of the other republicans did? even though . >> i am a believer in people needing to provide evidence, particularly when their 36 years old. i took the allegations seriously and meant no a

that's where money to rhode islanders. he talks about the wealthy and all of this, the thought forget about the little class and the average rhode island or. let's not take it away, like you want to do. because he's upset about rich people getting more than they deserve. >> i don't believe that's a factual statement. line vendors doing better, they are doing worse under the spell. i often don't believe that the republican plan to go after social security. part of that is actually in the house republican that they passed. that's on a fantasy. the other part, he said is her strategy and the month of had. i think that they -- i'm not picking up a fantasy, i'm reporting with the applicant have done themselves, and what they have said about what their plan is. to recoup the $2 trillion they spent on tax cuts -- >> we are getting tight on time. thirty seconds for response. then we'll move on. >> i would never support that if that were the case. there are bills of on kinds that entered introduced, it's a far cry from being legisl

wagner is the commissioner of the rhode island department of education.y give a joining us some a c-span bus this morning. >> thank you, it was fun. >> and thanks to our cable partners at cox communications. stay tuned for the next stop, boston, massachusetts. kyle serves at the university of virginia's miller center for politics and he will be with us for the next hour when we talk about the state of play in election 2018 just 25 days away. a good time for viewers to call in if you have questions about specific races, specific campaigns you are seeing play out on your television screen. wake ofo start in the the brett kavanaugh confirmation to the supreme court. a lot of discussion in the last couple days for what that means in election 2018. do we have data to tell how that is playing out? >> where the center for politics, not the miller center, but i think there is a fog of war over the senate house battlefield right now in terms of the kavanaugh fact. i do not -- effect. i do not know if it is doing a lot, there are rumblings it is affecting the senat

the united states marshal from the state of rhode island, and one is from the chairperson of rhode island parole board. i asked those letters be added to consideration for judge mcelroy. mr. chairman: without objections, so ordered. senator durbin and that we will call roll. senator durbin: i will be brief, there are three illinois nominees. i will tell you i believe this is how the process is supposed to work. all three have blue slips from the senators and myself. we worked at the white house to find three acceptable nominees. we believe we found three that meet the standards we are looking for in terms of qualifications, and it was done in a bipartisan manner. mr. chairman: we will call the roll-on jonathan kobes. [indiscernible] mr. chairman: i i proxy. i by proxy. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no by proxy. >> no. >> no by proxy. >> no. mr. chairman: i. >> [indiscernible] kobesairman: mr. nomination will be reported. i. >> i. >> i. >> i. >> i. >> i. >> i. aye by proxy. >> no. no. no by proxy. excuse me. no by proxy. >> no by proxy. >> now. -- no. mr. chairman: aye. by that majority v

, rhode island. we will focus on some of the key house and senate races, and later kyle kondik. we will be right back. announcer: saturday, three retiring members of congress, democratic congressman joe crowley of new york, democratic congressman gene green of texas, and republican senator jeff flake of arizona all discuss their experiences in congress. >> i think our greatest achievements as a congress with the passage of the affordable care act. worked very closely with the obama administration, whipping that bill on the floor and getting the votes we needed to pass it. it is one of my career here in washington. i think we delivered for millions of people who had no insurance who today have it. >> i have a district that has huge numbers of immigrants, so some of the things the president has done is against what i think our country ought to be doing. people ought to -- the dreamer act, these are people who were brought here when they were children. you can't commit an offense when you are a baby or

on friday we're live in providence, rhode island for the 45th stop. at 8:30 a.m. eastern. david young is facing a liveenge from democratic 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and debates republican third party candidate a gary

caller: john said something about rhode island. the guy in rhode island, he sat republicansl the got their ballots before november 6. the other, the democrats, -- november 8. , the freedom card he was talking about would not apply. host: john fund? absentee ballots are entirely different. you give up your right to a and there's more chance of fraud and losing stuff in the mail. but in rhode island, it was a democratic secretary of state who passed the law, the legislature, including the leading african-american state senator and house speaker who intorted the law, signed law by a governor who wasn't a republican. and it isn't working. the incident he mentioned has nothing to do with the law. it was voted in and registered by the democrats. elections in providence are more honest now and you can ask anyone. host: we have four or five minutes left. in college park, maryland, democrats line. caller: thanks, i really enjoy c-span. i guess i've heard two things, one question and one comment. john, i appreciate the idea of if we have vot

for the air force but time and technology marches on and grave line into tomorrow dot com and rhode island state representative blake filippi i appreciate your time. and for. thank you. thank you for watching the big picture if you missed us over the weekend we now have a monday afternoon replay at one thirty eastern and you'll always find us live on fridays at one thirty seven and ten thirty eastern we're on direct t.v. channel three two one pluto one three two and dish two eight zero if we're not on your basic cable system or you can find us on demand at youtube dot com slash the big picture our t.v. until next week collin cook in washington at holland cook on twitter question more . the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. but that's the word of sympathy i want to. put as many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentry sites the drifter used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities. today and. this little boy go. ahead at best i'm not getting a lot of plastic what about that. to stay. in a country with donald tru

i was driving in a new pork, rhode island on duty. -- newport, rhode island.eard news of the bombing and i did not know that it would be for thealty officer lads who were lost in that bombing. i would say to the goldstar parents and families and , sons andnd sisters daughters, those who lived on after their loved ones were taken away from them are too soon, we want you to know that we will always hold in our hearts your families sacrifice. the unitedorget in states government. we do not forget in the u.s. military. i guarantee you, your commander in chief does not forget. it was 35 years ago a deadly day for us. two trucks went into our barracks and one into the french barracks and the cost was enormous. , andasers, soldiers sailors. we know that the ultimate test of a person's character is their willingness to sacrifice for future generations who thinks they will never here. today, it is our responsibility to acknowledge the irredeemable debt of gratitude that we owe to those who we lost in beirut and to their families are today. you captured the spirit of th

when we're competing with rhode island for emphasis, do you know what rhode island said?e will match any incentive to connecticut puts on the table. now let me tell you why you want to be in rhode island. at that we compete, have the best trained work force, have our us in order make sure we have transportation system that works. >> moderator: will have time for a painless to ask another quick question. what to get to something with oz griebel quickly. i'm sure you and the rest of connecticut read this report from the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change last week. it basically says climate change is becoming a bigger problem even faster than we thought. yale has studied this and when they look at how people feel about climate change, 60% of people people in connecticut think the governor of the state to do something about it. what you think the governor should do? griebel: there are issues around the shoreline. when working with property-casualty companies. don't quote me because i'm sure got this number some will run the web rising sea level white along the sh

judge kavanaugh was supposedly responsible for sexual assault in rhode island. until the accuser recanted completely but not before many began to eat it up. and then to open those floodgates were of the day louche - - of the day louche of the uncorroborated muck. but then to be cheered on and capitalized on and then to be so eager to stop the nomination? just politics? i don't think so. and some other lines of attack have been trivial and with a major story but get this judge kavanaugh may have been accused of throwing ice across a college bar in the mid- 19 eighties. talk about a bombshell. i can only imagine that here is what we know madame president one thing for sure ethe senate will vote on judge kavanaugh here on this floor this week. here on this floor this week. our democratic friends will try to move the goalpost again 24 people they wanted the fbi to interview so even that same supplemental fbi investigation that is no longer sufficient. after they share what has found the senators have the opportunity to vote no on the politics of destruction and the

capitals on friday, we are live from providence, rhode island, with rhode island education commissioner ken wagner at 8:30 a.m. eastern. u.n.,. ambassador to the nikki haley, has resigned. she's expected to leave her post at the end of the year. ambassador haley was appointed in november 2016. last month, she chlorinated president trump's second trip to the united nations. before she was named by the -- she was the governor of south carolina, the first woman to hold the post and reelected in 2014. she was at the white house earlier today. president trump: thank you very much, everyone. we are very well-prepared for the incoming hurricane. we have another one coming. we've done very well. north carolina, south carolina, texas, florida, puerto rico, so many places, we have another one coming, a big one, much bigger than the anticipated seven days ago. iteard for the first time was a small drop of whether that looked like it was forming and now, it is close to a category 3. we are very well-prepared. fema is ready. we already spoke with governor scott, spoke to everybody you have to speak

the director of the brazil initiative at brown university and he's joining us from providence rhode island very good to have you with us on al-jazeera he was expected to win but what will his victory mean for brazil if you look at those history his support for the military dictatorship the sorts of things he said against women against brazil's black community community. i would say that most people who supported have done which is forty five percent of the population that voted or forty five million people are very afraid they're afraid because of that because we're also known to be very explicit last sunday his intentions to drive people out of the country to imprison opposition and he's also talked about criminalizing social movements and using the national security act to breast people who are violating what he considers to be the law suppose as you pointed out the l g b t community in brazil the women's movement people of african descent people who are from the northeast who are very supportive of her diet are all very concerned right now that this politician who has promised to tortur

when we were competing with rhode island for infosys, you know what rhode island said? we will match any incentive that connecticut puts on the table. now, let me tell you why you ought to be in rhode island. that's how we compete. have the best trade -- trained workforce in the world. have a transportation system that works. >> we will have time before our panelists to ask another quick question. i want to get to something with oz griebel. i'm sure you read this report from the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change last week. it basically says that climate change is becoming a bigger problem even faster than we thought. yale, when they look at how people feel about climate change, about 60% of people in connecticut think the governor of the state should do something about it. what do you think the governor of the state should do about climate change? >> there are issues around the shoreline. we are working with property-casualty companies. don't quote me, but we have rising sea levels along our shoreline. we've had the last two major storms. is the policy to r

this is video from the lincoln area in rhode island. power is out for most of the people living and worki there. so far there are no injuries reported. >>> 4:18 our time right now. we start with a look at the traffic report. >> let's check in with melissa mollet and your traffic alert. >> outer loop at telegraph roadl bottp shut down. this is a two vehicle collision involving injuries. we're not sures how long t will be closed. the backups are starting to build here this morning. you can see thepl p is showing you that closurear . also on the inner loop. bethesda, 270 north after the beltway, one lane gets by. this is the l standing project hoping that will be wrapped up here in the next week orso roslyn northbound gw parkway at key anbridge, one right is getting by the work zone there. otherwise, no major issues.k we'll check b in on the beltway comg up. it's cold out there this morning. >> it certainly is. seat heaters required for many this morning. it's in the cooler, milder garage. cold wind is going o be a bigger part of our forec

. >> friday morning, we are live in rhode island, with the rhode island education commissioner will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal," starting any: 30 a.m. eastern. >> this is fema's instagram post from yesterday as hurricane michael pushed through sure on the florida panhandle and since over 900,000 homes, businesses in florida, alabama, georgia, the carolinas have gone without power and at least two deaths have been saved on the storm which is now downgraded to a tropical storm but continues to bring heavy rain across the carolinas we got an update from fema and other agencies this morning from about 9:15 eastern. >> hurricane michael came , make sure are listening to all the local warns that are pushing forward. with fema right now, our focus is search and rescue, getting access to the areas of an artist it and search and rescue. we are working with only the national guard and the states of florida and the local responders but also responders at the coast guard do everything we can to help those who are in need and get role the damage and we do that methodically a

and they free towns like in rhode island it's like liberation from a war. and the democrats think that i.c.e. isn't nice. we have to get rid of i.c.e. we cherish i.c.e. and we cherish border patrol and we cherish our law enforcement. the casualties in the democrats open borders crusade are innocent american families and lives and we have some of these incredible people with us tonight. democrat immigration policies allow poisonous drugs, vicious gang members, and ms-13 killers to pour into our country and we've done a great job. we have removed thousands of ms-13. get them the hell out. thousands. thousands, thousands and thousands. and democrat sanctuary cities release dangerous predators out of a jail and straight into your

we heard judge kavanaugh was supposedly responsible for sexual assault on a boat in newport, rhode island. until the accuser recounted the story completely -- recanted -- but not performing in media had begun eating it up. in short, democrats mishandling of dr. ford's letter opened the floodgates for this deluge of uncorroborated unbelievable mud. and the mudslide was cheered on and capitalize on at every turn by thet far left that has been o eager to stop this nomination. just politics? i don't think so. and on the other extreme somebody other lines of attacks have been completely trivial. last night the "new york times" unleashed this major story. get this, judge kavanaugh may have been accused of throwing some ice across a college bar in the mid-1980s. talk about a bombshell. one can only imagine what new bombshell might be published today or tomorrow. but here's what we know, madam president. one thing for s sure, the senate will vote on judge kavanaugh here on this floor this week. here on this floor this week. our democratic friends will try to move the goalposts yet again. just yes

capitals on friday, we are live from providence, rhode island, with rhode island education commissioner ken wagner at 8:30 a.m. eastern. u.n.,. ambassador to the nikki haley, has resigned.

fistfights on boats in rhode island harbor and the possibility, get this of an argument? in a college bar? an argument in a college bar? several weeks ago a confidential allegation of misconduct was leaked to the press. since then other allegations many were ridiculous. a feeding frenzy of ridiculous accusations. but while son cheered on for political purposes the judiciary chairman chuck grassley and his staff rolled up their sleeves and went to work. they promptly investigated the allegations that materialized at the last minute. chairman grassley reopened the public hearings of judge kavanaugh and doctor ford to speak directly to those clients under oath. that was after he offered her to tell her story from any point of her choosing here or in california, public or private, private, with staff or with members, and according to the testimony was it was seemingly never communicated to her lawyers long - - from her lawyers despite the professional requirement to do so. but now of course the fbi has completed a supplemental background investigation and deliver the results

with rhode island education commissioner ken wegner.ditor ofthe managing the crystal ball discusses key house, senate, and governor races. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. line friday on the c-span remarks by10 a.m., the deputy u.s. trade representative and u.s. ambassador to the wto on the global trading system and their role. live coverage from indiana at 6 p.m., where former vice president joe biden is campaigning percent. joe donnelly -- for senator joe donnelly. and next, senator heinrich and his challenger. a.m., the at 10:30 brookings institution looks at data privacy and digital commerce. on c-span3, members of congress join tech leaders for the launch of the meridian center for diplomatic engagement and their global leadership summit. fox news host tucker carlson discusses his book "check -- "ship of fools. " >> it is about why we elected trump. i could not get past it. i could not get past the idea that the country voted for donald trump. it is not an attack on trump, i

professional respect to wild tales of violent gangs, sexual assault rings, fistfights on boats in rhode island harbors and the possibility, get this, of an argument in a college bar. argument in a college bar. several weeks ago a confidential allegation of misconduct from nearly 40 years ago was leaked to the press. since then, other allegations have poured forth that were patently ridiculous. feeding frenzy of ridiculous accusations. some cheered on the feeding frenzy for political purposes, judiciary chairman chuck grassley and his staff rolled up their sleeves and went to work. they promptly investigated the allegations that materialized at the last minute. chairman grassley reopens public hearings so doctor ford and brett cavanagh could speak directly to those under oath. that was after he offered doctor ford the option to tell her story at any place of her choosing either here or in california, in public or in private, either with staff or with members and according to doctor ford's testimony was seemingly never actually communicated to her by her lawyers despite professional requirement.

storm anymore but it is raining on connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. in fact, rhode island and massachusetts, 2.5 million people under a flash flood watch until 2:00. afternoon sunshine in l.a. low to mid-80s in the central valley. 70, monterey. let's take a look at my forecast for tahoe. low to mid-60s today. a cold front tomorrow. back in the 20s and 60s starting monday. >> thank you, mike. happening today, another day in court for lawyers of the "ghost ship" fire defendant derrick almena. >> they were charged in the oakland fire that killed 36 people two years ago. amy hollyfield is live in the newsroom with a look ahead. >>> derrick almena told abc 7 news he has always been remorseful about this fire. today he and lawyers will try to convince a judge. he was ready to plead no contest to 36 counts of manslaughter. but the judge shocked him and rejected the plea deal after listening to victims' family members tuesday. the judge didn't think he showed enough remorse. he rented and hosted the party two years ago. it was so full of art and furniture, vi

. >> next c-span heads to rhode island for the governor's debate. naratic governor raimondo faces republican alan fung and independent challenger joe trillo. in hour-long debate was held island. rhode >> tonight a special presentation. rhode island first televised debate in.al >> we are coming to

in particular, here is a very good letter from rhode island from a citizen who is saying, i want to thankou for taking a courageous and correct position to bring our troops home from iraq. you have put your country first, ahead of your own interests,, but in a cord with the wisdom and conscience of your inner being. god bless you. in 2006, congressman murtha was awarded the "profiles in courage" award from the jfk presidential library. they stated at the time of the award as a combat veteran and retired marine corps colonel with 37 years of service in the u.s. military, murtha's decision to withdraw his support from the iraq war carried particular weight. his decision speaking out against a protracted conflict shifted public sentiment about the war and generated a substantive national debate on the progress, policies and objectives of the u.s. presence in iraq. so you can see here in this picture congressman murtha after he's awarded the profile in courage award, embracing caroline kennedy in a very emotional ceremony. congressman murtha was also very good at bringing back dollars to west

former vice president joe biden rallied the faithful in providence, rhode island last night. >> just last week, we witnessed from the republicans on the senate judiciary committee a degree of invective blind rage and brut partisanship that threatens the senate, but the basic faith the american people have on the institutions. ♪ vote them out ♪ when we're done we'll sing and dance and shout ♪ >> vote them out. willie nelson debuting a new election theme for beto o'rourke. 55,000 people in austin. >> willie's still got it. >>> in florida, michelle obama joining in the midterm battle at the voter registration. >> i'm tired of the daily chaos and pettiness and meanness that dominates the political discourse. we are all are. -- we all are. it is exhausting and depressing. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren said she will take a hard look at the 2020 run after the midterms. >>> big win for the president. u.s. and canada reaching a last-minute deal to revive nafta. keeping the 24-year-old trade pact a three-country deal. the deal came hours before the midnight deadline. it is the u.s.

. >>> we have post tropical, it h characteristics, it's up near rhode island and it's over long island, it's taking the turn at cape cod, it will fly out into the atlantic, close up shows good range south of boston. it looks like they're on the northern edge of it. still flash nod advisories are still out. it should be warmer and 60s and 70s on the temperatures here. we're looking for temperatures to bump up. if you're in the livermore area, # 6, 82 and 84. a little bit of an offshore breeze, 5:04, sal is here to tell us. >> the approach, lets talk about that, westbound 580 and eastbound 580, near the alternate route and 205, part of it is because of the road work in the eastbound direction, there's a call that stalled out. there's nothing major, there will be slowing, it hasn't been as bad as other days, it's been out there. >> it looks good, 680 doing well from walnut creek down to freemont, and 880, it looks good from oakland all of wait to freemont as well. we have good drives around the bay area, the bay bridge is light, it's not clear if it's going to be a friday light. at 5:05,

[applause] >> now come a special presentation, rhode island's first televised u.s. senate debate.from the wpri-tv studios and province welcomes this hour-long commercial free debate in the race for u.s. senate. hello everyone i am tim white. we are just four weeks away from election day when voters will be decided on a number of races including who you want to send to washington d.c. for the next six years to represent you in the senate. and the candidates are from left to right on the screen, republican nominee, robert flanders and democratic cu

biden headlined a rally at the rhode island convention center in providence. <"an fbi investigation would be ordered. it's just a basic thing that's been done in judiciary committee, but it's become partisan, it's become a political football."> three women have claimed kavanaugh behaved inappropriately with them years ago. kavanaugh has denied the allegations. later saturday the wall street journal reported that allegations by one of the women would not be investigated. (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. temperatures on temperatures on monday will remain in the 60's along the san francisco peninsula with widespread 70's and 80's inland. dry overnight through monday with a gradual increase in clouds by monday afternoon. light rain develops in the north bay monday night then slowly spreads over the rest of the bay area by the tuesday morning commute. rain will turn into scattered showers by the afternoon. expect another shot of rain wednesday morni

friday we are live in providence, rhode island for the 40. of the 50 capitals tour with rhode island education commissioner at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> we are live this afternoon at the heritage foundation were former independent counsel can starr will be part of a discussion on the role of special counsel, the panel look at both the legal power and limits of special counsel. live coverage here from the heritage foundation on c-span2. it should get underway in just a moment here.

michael is about around, well, you can see nantucket back to providence, rhode island. this is where it is raining the heaviest right now. there is a flooding potential through the morning hours. 2.5 million people watching for flooding there. 50 in sun have side. financial district the warm into at 57. ocean beach, 53 degrees, along with belmont and san leandro. 49 in pleasanton, fairfield. 45 in american canyon right now. a look from mt. tam. it is breezy in the hills as we talked about it would be. but there is no fire danger. that could change saturday night into sunday. first, let's focus on the beaches where it's safer now. just being out and about, sunny and warmer. peninsula, 55 now, 70s at noon. a comfortable 56 -- 66 at east bay valley, some of our warmer temperatures. starting off at 51. 75 at noon. low to mid-80s through 4:00. and down to a very nice 68 at 8:00. take a look at the rest of the week coming up. over to alexis. hoping for friday light. >> yeah, we are. unfortunately we don't have that in the richland area. we have our first crash. just before yo

on friday, we're live in providence, rhode island for the 45th stop of the 50 capitals tour with rhode island education commissioner ken wagner at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> senate judiciary subcommittee on federal courts looked at the structure, size, and operations of federal appeals courts and their respective circuits. one issue was whether to split up the large ninth circuit of the u.s. court of appeals on the west coast, which was dealing with the backlog of cases. a senior judge and two law professors testified before the subcommittee. >> this hearing is called to order. the federal courts occupy a unique role in our constitutional system of republican self-government. one of the bedrock principles of our identity is as a credo nation that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. that idea translates in a pretty

on friday we're live in providence, rhode island for the 45th stop. at 8:30 a.m. eastern. david young is facing a liveenge from democratic 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and debates republican third party candidate a gary johnson live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span is live from wisconsin at 8:00 p.m. eastern saturday and second debate between democratic senator tammy baldwin then on sunday, it the senate debate in ohio senatordemocrat kick sherrod brown and republican representative and that is live 6:00 p.m.starting at eastern. with election day less than mnt away on the control of congress in question. see the come tegs for yourself c-span watch the debate from key house and senate races. c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. traveling bus is across the country on the 50 capitals tour and stopped in dakota ands, north looking for war to the midterm election and asking folk which is party should control congress and why. party i want to take over congress is the democratic party and not just because i values of the democratic party but because i republican pa

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, may i first ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i also ask unanimous consent that ryan edwards and kim bentsen, triple a fellows in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: may i finally ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the senator from new hampshire, senator shah sheen, be recognized -- senator shaheen be recognized. she will be picking up at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. it is a real pleasure to be joined on the senate floor today by senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. senator shaheen has been a tireless advocate for clean energy and is the senate's bipartisan champion on energy efficiency alongside senator portman. the u.n.'s intergovernmental panel on climate

in rhode island, the allegations since recanted, he has never been to rhode island. not one person can confirm his attendance, nobody, and now a completely ridiculous story for "the new york times" about get this, an ice-throwing incident.b am democrats want the f.b.i. to investigate this. kavanaugh may have once thrown some ice cubes at a bar.at this is what it is reduced to. when we come up with the course of this program tonight, we're going to expose the left's two-faced attempt to take out judge kavanaugh. five-weeks from tonight, 35-days, the most important midterm in our lifetime, do you want senate majority leader chuck schumer, you want speaker of the house nancy pelosi, you want maxine waters, michael avennati controlling your future. it is time for the opening monolog. with the midterm elections around the corner, five-weeks from tonight, 35-days, the results you will watch them come in.io the stakes are not any more obvious. do you like human rights? do you like the constitution? do you value fair trials, due to says, the presumption of innocence? do you

rhode island education commissioner ken wagner will be our guest on the bus, during washington journal starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> for now it is stop number 44 of the c-span 50 capitals tour. it takes us to hartford, connecticut, nicknamed the insurance capital of the world, one of the oldest cities in the u.s. joining us aboard the c-span bus is secretary of state denise merrill. secretary merrill, we have learned since the 2016 election that connecticut was one of those states that had its voting systems targeted by russian hackers. what specifically were the russians trying to do and how far did they get in connecticut? >> yes, good morning. they didn't get anywhere, frankly. we turned them back at the perimeter of our system, as we do most of these kinds of attempted incursions into our systems. i have to tell you, you know, it is a very common occurrence. the difference here was that it was identified as a russian agency ip address, and that got everyone's attention. they did not get into our system at all. and by the way, the system is the voter registry. it has nothing to

alex, nellie, secretary of state of rhode island, who was a first latina elected to stay wide. bush land economicer. hector, attorney general in new mexico. all of them with very excellent prospects of being re-elected come november. there are other latinos in stayed offices very competitive. from arizona to california, to indiana, nevada, new mexico. latinos really all over the country seeking to serve all of their constituents state-wide in their states as you can see by this chart here. and in particular, another mention of california, that california has five latinos running for state-wide offices in this election, which is quite extraordinary again. one thing we do see that is a little troubling is that we expect there to be a slight deadline in the number of latinos serving in state houses. this phenomenon really being a function of sitting state senators and state house representatives and assembly members moving up and running for higher office and not being played by other latinos or latinas. our projections is there may and net loss of three state senators and four lo

on friday we are live in rhode island for the 45th stop with rhode island education commissioner ken wagner at 8:30 a.m. eastern. next house speaker , paul ryan shared what he views as past accomplishments in congress and what he has planned for the future. in april, speaker ryan said he would not be seeking reelection in the midterms. from the national press club, this is 45 minutes. >> on january 3, the man standing right next to me, paul ryan, will be unemployed. as far as we know. >> as far as i know, too. >> more on our speaker, the speaker of the house, in just a moment. first, i would like to welcome you all to the national press club. i am an editor at bloomberg news. i am the 111th president of the national press club. before we get into our programs today, let's recognize the members of the headliners team who made today's event possible. if you are in the room, please stand up and be recognized. betsy fischer martin, lisa matthews, laurie russo, tamra henson, danny selleck, bill ward, lindsay underwood, laura coker, who manages the office of the president, and bill mccarra

we were informed that judge kavanaugh beat someone up on a boat in a rhode island harbor. until that accuser totally recanted. we heard another tall tale of physical assault until that account was thoroughly debunked by a sitting federal judge. oh, and yes, we were informed that juvenile jokes in his high school yearbook were actually sinister secret references. oh, there keystone cops were on the case. keystone cops were on the case, madam president. and senate democrats cheered them on. they read parts of this uncorroborated, unbelievable mudslide, mudslide, into the senate record. they cited them in an official letter demanding judge kavanaugh's nomination be withdrawn. were they true? well, of course, that was quite beside the point. quite beside the point. so long as they were convenient. every effort was made to insure that the fact-free verdict of the mob and the media would win out over the actual evidence. make sure the mob prevails. but the uncorroborated mud and the partisan noise and the physical intimidation of members here in the senate will not have the fina

the winds are still an issue as you can see up in massachusetts and rhode island. there is a possibility of minor damage through about 3:00 their time. or actually -- yeah. their time during the afternoon hours. we also have flight delays. heading into philadelphia and washington all okay. you can see it is moving out to sea. ever wondered what happens to these? let's watch. still 70 miles per hour winds as it skirts the southeastern part of canada there. it will hit spain and france with nearly 40 miles per hour winds heading towards monday morning. back here we have an issue with breezes too. it will warm us up. it also could create a fire threat this weekend. i'll have that coming up. here is more news. >> thanks, mike. >>> we have details on the investigation into a near miss at sfo. a plane that almost landed on top of another plane has no voice recorder evidence. that air canada flight nearly landed on a taxi way occupied by four other passenger jets. it missed another by only 60 feet. they found the air canada pilots did not report what happened to their bos