while the segregated first rhode island regiment was being formed in rhode island in 1778, the main regiment never was formed but a single segregated company belonging to the regiment filled with veteran soldiers, veteran black and indian soldiers served with washington's army and took part in the campaign at monmouth. when washington's forces confronted the british in june 1778 battle of monmouth he was marched on the courthouse. early in the action having attacked the british guard these men return and drawing towards general washington's troops. lieutenant toll, i can -- after retiring something more than a mile things were ordered to -- within ten rounds and without being able to fire without considerable loss that they charged to the fence with bayonets. our brigade suffered more than any that was engaged. we observed our army forming on the heights in the rear. this is one of the really hard fought actions during the battle of monmouth. captain arnold's leg was amputated as a result of wound in the action and one of arnold's men richard rhodes related in the 19th century, very much cri

single, rhode island regimen now by some tip we have a return as the as the rhode island regimen was on his way to yorktown in september 1781. and those two large segregated companies numbering 108 privates were incorporated into the rhode island regiments and kept as segregated companies. adding black musicians and soldiers on other duty at that time social comprised 29.29% of the regimen. so it's it's much larger than a 17.5% that you saw in october 1777 and it must have impressed the viewers anyone who had seen it recommend at the time. now before we move on from the rhode island regimen a bit more about the unit. the segregated robot first rhode island regiment was an outlier an experiment board of a necessity in an army of integrated regimen or units. the experiment was largely on unsuccessful but through no fault of its own the fact that the regiment remains seriously under strengths the entire term of its existence was largely due to legislature cutting off slave enlistment only four months after it was begun. still in 19th century the black regimen became a symbol an example

the segregated 1st rhode island was being formed in rhode island in 1778. the main never really joined. a single segregated company belonging filled with veteran soldiers, black and indian, served with washington's army and took part in the campaign at monmouth. they marched by the courthouse. early in the action, having attacked the british rear guard, they retreated withdrawing toward general washington's marching troops. general lee encountered washington who placed lee in charge of a holding action. after retiring something more than a mile, they were ordered to halt to cover two pieces of artillery which were in danger of being lost. they exchanged ten rounds. the brigade suffered more than any that was engaged. they observe our army formed on the heights and our rear. this was one of the hard fought actions. captain arnold's leg was amputated because of a wound. he is crippled in one arm in consequence of a battle he received. he was sold as a slave and enlisted to obtain his freedom. they went on to see combat at the battle of rhode island and remain

rhode island private print screen. this is several timber september 1781 was on nighttime guard duty in providence when he spotted and challenged someone your post going for a post that person to hall and not being complied with green fire and killed 23 year old. edward alan green in african-american was arrested by civil authorities in charge with murder. the death of a citizen at the hands of a soldier would have produced a tummel in providence, but that the soldier was black and his victim white most likely added to the uproar. the trial was held on county court four days after the shooting and prince green was convicted of manslaughter. his sentence was receive an embrace and m-shaped brand on his hand and to pay all court costs green soon returned to his regimen and served to the end of the war so you can see the similarities between green's case and stoddard's case. forces daughter never reappeared on those regimen's muster rolls and was likely confined to the war's end. he did eventually returned return to rhode

why did you want to be treasurer of rhode island?eople wouldn't say harvard, oxford, yale law school, people wouldn't think you'd be a treasurer of rhode island. sec. raimondo: it's funny. when i ran, that was the reaction i received. i called my parents to say i was doing this, and they said, but gina, you have such a good job. my mother started to cry. "politics is such a dirty business." i just -- i believe in service. i believe in public service. and i was qualified for the job. i actually had a finance investing background, which is what the treasurer does. i was chair of the investment committee, and i just believe in service. david: but when you got the job, you started cutting pensions, and that was very controversial. why did you do that, and how did you take that opposition to that and enable you to become governor? sec. raimondo: so, i didn't cut pensions, i would say. everyone kept what they earned. the system was broken. you know, for better or for worse, i was able to do the math and understand, very quickly, that the s

, two-term governor of rhode island.resident biden asked her to serve as secretary of commerce, and she is one of the point people helping to get through his infrastructure legislation. many presidents have proposed infrastructure proposals and bills, but very few have gotten them through. so why do you think president biden's bills will likely get through, if you do? sec. raimondo: i think we will. i think we will. i have had numerous conversations with people on capitol hill, and there is bipartisan support for the bill. maybe not all of the bill and all aspects of it, but i think there is a growing recognition that we have kicked the can long enough, and there is a backlog of infrastructure in every state in america. and i think this will be the moment. and the president is determined. so, you know, that helps. david: the president has two types of infrastructure. traditionally, infrastructure is bridges, airports, toll roads, and so forth, and he has that in the first part of his infrastructure bill. he has a second

center read from rhode island said he was your babysitter -- senator reid from rhode island said he was your babysitter for a while. gina: that is a fact. we went to the same high school. we all went to the same high school. we all knew each other. the donlon's and my family all made a living as kids working at the same summer club on the same beach. david: all talented people but only one of them became a rhodes scholar. gina: that was made. david: then you went to yell law school. with -- gina: that was me. david: then you went to yale law school. why did you go back to rhode island? what propelled you back there? gina: i love the place. i felt i owed something to the community. there are some thing about building businesses in the community where you are from and seeing them flourish in the community that you care about. david: you ran initially for the secretary of treasury position. why wouldn't you want to be the treasury -- treasurer of rhode island? gina: when i ran, that was the reaction i received. i called my parents to say that i was doing this. she said gina, you have such

and keeping people alert is really important right now in rhode island. i think around the country, we need to create, you know, that type of urgency right now. let's not step away, we've come so far. >> and you had talked about the the vaccine incentive program you instituted in rhode island. do you think in some places the vaccine should be mandatory, places like schools or in hospitals? >> well, we haven't made it mandatory. i don't think that's the way to go. we have supported, like i said, our universities, our brown university, university of rhode island, our other universities in the state, they've made that a condition for their students to get into the classrooms and onto campus. we support that. but we're not going to mandate anything. we've been very successful in rhode island to appeal to people that live in all our communities, all 39 cities and towns, to get vaccinated. and it is working. and as a result, i mean, just this week, you know, i attended the opening of the newport music festival. i'll be at the newport folk festival later this mo

some rhode island delicacies. rhde island clam cakes, you saw them.njoy the treats, i want to tell you about another gem. the newport jazz festival is happening this week. coming up, you'll meet some of the spectacular talents. headlining. i had a great chance to meet with them. you'll learn so much more about this iconic music festival that's bouncing back. for now, back to you in the studio. enjoy. >> thank you so much. the crew, their mouth is watering. >> yes, it is. it's great to see rhode island on the road back. >>> now let's go back to ginger. >> i have to tell you what happened in my home state, five reported tornados over the weekend. one an ef-1. you can see the damage from the aerials. on the ground right near flint, michigan, you can see the trees down. also took out power lines and roofs. today and tomorrow we have a series of severe storms. it's really the same area. much of eastern minnesota. and almost the whole sta >>> good morning. welcome to monday. i am abc7 meteorologist mike nicco. you can see the multi-layers of cloud cover and

i live in rhode island and i want to order wine form of rhode island wind is jupiter, i'm entitled tochusetts, new york, michigan, they can't do that. and the basis upon which the government is doing it, which is the same as the federal government, is the commerce law. the commerce clause allows the states, any state in particular, to restrict the flow of congress. in 2005, more than a decade ago, so that same lot in new york and michigan was unconstitutional. a case called graham hall versus hill. the bottom line is this will eventually go up the ladder appeared but once it goes to a higher court, i agree, let the vino flow pair this is going to be struck down and there's no reason why a nonrhode island company should be able to deliver. >> mike: from the rhode island responsible beverage alcohol coalition, the state has numerous reasons for safeguarding the integrity of the current distribution system. for example, encouraging temperance and discouraging underage drinking. brian, what about that argument? >> well, i'm glad rich is on my side here tonight too. that is the third thing

host: this is representative jim langevin, democrat from rhode island. he is a member of the homeland security committee and served the second district. good morning. caller: good morning. -- guest: good morning. host: what do you think it achieves? guest: i think it is important to get the facts out about what led up to the insurrection. exactly what happened that day. and how we prevent it from ever happening again. january 6 wasn't absolutely appalling, shocking, disappointing day. i am so angry and saddened by that day. being at capitol hill, locked in our offices because of an angry mob that stormed. we cannot condone that. we need to find out what led up to that, how were so many things missed. the capitol police were so underprepared. the resources we need to give them to make sure they are properly staffed. a whole range of things we need to examine and have on the record for history's sake and to understand how to prevent it from ever happening again. host: with 13 members, eight being appointed by the speaker herself, will that be an issue goin

elsa leaving her mark all over the northeast, rob is in rhode island for us this morning. good morning to you, rob. >> reporter: hey, good morning, eva. it's been a while, since 2008 the last time rhode island got a tropical storm, but elsa rode its way from the gulf coast all the way into canada and it definitely left a mark. this morning, the northeast dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm elsa. >> should have brought out the boats. >> reporter: this after the storm dumped more than three inches of rain in some hammering the coast with flash flooding. in connecticut, rainwater filling the streets of downtown new haven as well as coastal towns like derry ann, and on new york's long island -- >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: -- the garage of this auto shop flooded. the water damaging vehicles inside. >> look at how much water is in the shop. oh, no. >> reporter: on the north shore, in glen cove roads there inundated. drivers getting stuck in deep water. many needing to be pulled out. >> there was a neighbor that's been here for years and years said, i been here 25 y

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we do appreciate the marshall that's talking to us from rhode island. thank you. us vice president, come, harris met a group of democrats from the state of texas. today they're hoping to stop a republican bank to build that would make it harder for people to vote. more than 50 democrats who to washington to deny the state legislature the numbers it needs to vote on the bill. it's called a quorum. commer harris praise to move, comparing them to civil rights activists. well, texas, republicans, a calling for their arrest republican state politicians around the country have imposed or they are trying to impose a variety of restrictions on voting rights. in the 1st 6 months of this year, 17 states, most of them republican lead inactive new laws, restricting access to the votes. now those include changes to the rules from mainland boating and 12 states making it harder for people to cost the balance that way. and at least 8 states seventy's laws making it harder to vote in person of those 3 brought in a new or harsher boat to id requirements. and they could

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>> they're from rhode island. they were heading from rhode island to maine, as you played in the clip, for a training exercise is what state police said. two of the people who were standing on the highway were waving a moroccan flag, they said their country has a treaty with the united states and they are allowed to pass through states if they don't stop an undue amount. they said they are not anti-government, they said they aren't anti-police. i was looking at the adl that identified sort of an african-american offshoot of the sovereign citizen moment is how they characterize what they said is the growing movement. >> real quickly, any idea what charges they could be facing? >> i think that will pretty much be determined -- the state police said earlier on that people aren't allowed to load or unload weapons on a public way. it remains to be seen the specifics of what they would be looking at. >> sean phillip cotter with the "boston herald." thank you so much for your reporting. we appreciate it. >>> we're going

they are on, democratic congressman jim langevin of rhode island. we will talk about the select committee to investigate the january 6 in suresh and. we mention the passing of donald rumsfeld. he sat down in 2011 talk about his book. here is what the former defense secretary said when asked about what he hoped to get out of writing the book. [video clip] >> i hope to have produced a book, which i think i have, that will interest people in public service, it will inform serious people about how decisions are made in the fact those are tough jobs and the people in them are honorable people and they have to make decisions within perfect information, inevitably. i hope they will have a glimpse of what the times i have lived has been. i was serving in congress during the vietnam war and the civil rights marches. the city of washington, d.c. was in flames after martin luther king was assassinated. president lyndon johnson could barely leave the white house for periods because of the demonstrators against the war in vietnam. we all have a tendency to think

the of economics at boston university joins me by zoom from providence, rhode island. good to have you with us on the program. it does seem that the u. s. is push at the recent g. 7 meeting in the u. k. has shown sort of american leadership is back when it comes to standardizing tax reform with a $130.00 countries signing up. it's not just mr. biden, that will be happy about this, but the i m f chief is also quite pleased to or yeah, i mean it's a great achievement for international cooperation and, you know, just to put a different interaction with the world community. then under troll, i think the real question with this research propos reform is the details. you know, the, are you from what i gather, they're going to be trying to tax tape worldwide. profits from a company from a big company and allocated to the different countries based on their share of the revenues to companies making the share of the sales. so that's different from the current system where it's based on kind of where the current, the company's situated. so if you take a country company like growi

so, this group in rhode island is a variant of that.viously armed themselves. >> okay, so you gave us the wikipedia version of exactly who they are. what i want to know, and the cliff notes version, should i be scared of this group? >> sovereign citizens are very dangerous entities. the southern poverty law center is has a very good analysis of this. when i train line forsman, i train although enforcement in homeland security intelligence organizations here in new york city and i see this consistently, you will always go to guns with a sovereign citizen if they decide that they're going to fight it out. 100 times more likely than having a gun battle with edgy hottest or a foreign extremist terrorist. they view themselves as independent. therefore, if you impede them, they also feel they have the right to defend themselves and kill if necessary. >> there was a video that was posted on social media that was later taken down, by a man who identified himself as being part of the group. saying that we are not anti government. we are not anti

heavily armed men, clad in military tactical gear who told the officer they are on their way from rhode island to maine for training. the officers were call for backup, two men were taken into custody and some fled. the rest took refuge in their truck, eventually and negotiators were able to get them all to turn themselves in. during the standoff thousands of residents were forced to shelter in place. in place. >> i'm not far from there, and if there are gunshots, it could go right through my windows and i have my from the air. nothing like this has ever happened in this area. >> shocking but understandable with the atmosphere that is in the country right now. it wouldn't surprise me. >> it doesn't take a genius to understand what he is talking about when he says the atmosphere in the country right now. it was interesting that they were going to maine for training. they claim to be called a foreign national. according to the groups website they are claimed they are not under the united states government or citizens. it remains unclear as to the exact motives and threat level. it counts in time

rhode island did not ratify after the new government was formed.t last, they stood together. 13 states bound into a firm union. a union founded on the rule of written law. the constitution of the united states. use of amendment and interpretation have proved a firm foundation for the growth of governments by the people.

the thinkers in rhode island, and this is vincent's) johnson my life roger williams so freaking in rhode island baptists. congregationalists in new england. virginia, new york is very falling off with many different. quakers in pennsylvania and delaware. all virginia and the carolinas. then there is the new thinking 1840. the shakers and methodist more baptists time on more. more baptists mass in the baptists and. so i thought of religious diversey. that's going to initially be a stumbling block. i haven't mentioned. catholics in itamerica that he is the key reasons things we together.ang in three words, join or die . so much so that the first consideration a letter to the cross saying what you join us even though we've recently lost a war against you in the war boston french-speaking deal strategically is useful for us to have you on board so you don't thousand and while verifying on the coast. and so the sense of the nice letter is saying eu membership. it's like a credit card. you were a gold card with american express or mastercard or whatever. they even say thanks but no thanks and

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i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. cicilline: i rise in opposition. decades of this have failed the american people. this fourteenth amendment attempts to gut bills that will deliver services to the ale can people. coming from rhode island, our roads and bridges cannot withstand violent storms. and thousands of americans do not have internet access at homes. these will be addressed by working families included dm this minibus. this legislation will provide students receiving a maximum pell grant. and accomplish a climate core and create well paying jobs. note apply it will adjust the providing $9 billion. i want to thank the chair woman and members of the proposings committee for the work they have done. this is a set of bills we can be very proud of it because it is investing in working families. this is the same group of people who voted for $1.2 trillion tax cuts for richest unpaid for and they were happy. we are investing in working people

case rate are through the roof again, i would be way more careful and cautious than i am here in rhode island, in massachusetts, or in connecticut where infection rate is still pretty low. but that p-town outbreak, that happened in a place where folks are fully vaccinated. massachusetts is not a place that was having substantial transmission prior to that outbreak. so, my advice to folks across the country right now is, if you are going indoors, into a public space, put a mask on. regardless of whether you're vaccinated or not. >> here's what really got my attention from the provincetown cluster. four of the people who were hospitalized were vaccinated. meaning, they had bad enough symptoms to seek hospitalization. so, did that surprise you, or are those the numbers to be expected when you have an outbreak of 469 people? >> it's exactly it. so there was an outbreak of 469, 4 were hospitalized, that's horrible. i wish it weren't happening. i'm so frustrated and exhausted by this pandemic just like everyone else across the country, but the really good news is that was 4 out of almost 500 people

least 10800 people. corresponding reports from the disastrous fear in all fila, in the state of rhode island to latin that this one of the worst affected areas by the foot. you can see over to my left on the building where the water actually reached. well above my.

rhode island did not -- a new government was formed. stood together. 13 states bound into a firm union. a union founded on the rule of written law, the constitution of the united states. down through the years of amendment and interpretation has proved a firm foundation for the growth of government by the people. ♪ ♪ >> this week, we are looking back to this date in history. >> my fellow americans, i'm about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. i want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. it was proposed more than one year ago. by our late and beloved president, john f. kennedy. it received the bipartisan support of more than two thirds of the members of the house and senate. an overwhelming majority of republicans, as well as democrats, voted for it. it has received the thoughtful support of tens of thousands of civic and religious leaders and all parts of this nation. and it is supported by the great majority of the american people. the purpose of this law is simple. it does not re

an independence sovereign nation and said they have territorial rights over property throughout rhode islandssified them last year as an extremist anti-government organization. >> this group is primarily people of african descent. and their beliefs are really, really focus on their refusal to accept any authority from the u.s. government. they don't take driver's licenses, they don't seek gun licenses. they don't pay taxes to the u.s. government. >> reporter: southern poverty law center also adding that they tend to recruit people that are as they put it are down on their luck and counting on that. now in terms of numbers, it is difficult to say at this point according to officials in terms of how many members that they have. but i went on their social media pages and i can tell you that they do maintain a heavy presence there and do have a big following there. they are certainly gaining the attention of not just massachusetts state authorities but also federal officials as well. >> a whole host of anti-government groups highly armed. it is a real problem according to the fbi. polo sandoval,

so this group is actually based in rhode island.ry that they rule, not accepting any u.s. authority. and we're not sure how long they've been around. but we designated them last year in 2020 as -- on our anti-government extremist list. >> and give me a sense of what their beliefs are, the basic idealogies that seem to drive them. >> so, they claim that they are an independent sovereign nation. they claim territory that they do not actually have any legal right to here in the united states. and they base that claim on a treaty that goads back to the 1780s between the early united states and the country of morocco they claim gives them that territorial >> i appreciate a good thomas jefferson reference. this sovereign citizen's movement. i've done reporting over the years and traditionally very much wrapped up in the some of the white supremacist ideology. this group seems decidedly outside that tradition. >> that's right. this group is primarily people of african dissent and their beliefs really focus on their refusal to accept any au

rhode island did not ratify until after the new government was formed., they stood together, 13 states, bound into a firm union, a union founded on the rule of written law, the constitution of the united states that down through the years of amendments and interpretation has proved a firm foundation for the growth of government by the people. ♪♪ >>> this week we are looking back to this date in history. >> the army displays its missile arsenal and gives the first demonstration of the nike herkcallies, successor to the nike ajax. with a more reliable fuel system it can carry an atomic war head. in two minutes it smash as target 55 miles off. the washington press corps turns from government and politics to a lighter matter. it's ike and may me's 42nd wedding anniversary, celebrated aboard the presidential yat, barbara ann. mr. and mrs. eisenhower and their four grandchildren accompany them. one of the things that made this anniversary celebration noteworthy, it is the first time ike has used his yacht since his trip to newport last september. a happy outin

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award, best american food writing award and best power writing award and lives in providence, rhode island so super excited to hear from you tonight and i will turn the floor over to you, thanks, everybody, for joining us. >> thank you so much, lila. >> i've afforded square books and i'm pretending i'm there right now because there are places to do a reading. >> i'm having wonderful flashbacks together using because i lived with and 3 miles of border square books from before it was even open years later. i wrote an article about one of the baristas who was selling all her things and running away to join the circus. >> oh my gosh, where did that run? >> in the boston globe when i used to write for the globe, she did indeed sell all of her things and she was going off to some artistic circus program, she was selling aerial socks. >> we already know how much i love your book, it is so wonderful. when our fabulous publicist aaron lovett sent it to me to read i had a little bit of ptsd because home economics was not my strength in school. i developed a lot of the talented embraces when i was ol

host: representative jim langevin, democrat from rhode island. thank you for your time today. guest: thank you. host: that is it for our program today. the house of representatives is coming in. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 1, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable earl blumenauer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. gracious god, such privilege you have shown us. what favor you have bestowed on this nation from its inception 245 years ago. this republic is nothing short of your gracious gift. in your mercy, you have called us into liberty. on this independence day w

freethinkers and rhode island and congregationalist in new england.al britain, virginia, new york.d quakers in pennsylvania and delaware, angleton's especially in virginia and the carolinas. the going to be sets by the time of 1840 the shakers and the methodist and more baptists coming aboard. the baptists are important in virginia and madison befriends the baptists in particular. so that is a lot of religious diversity. in this what he initially be a stumbling block. catholics in maryland, but america for strategic reasons, we have to hang together. three words join or die. so much so that the first confederation congress actually writes another cross saying that why don't you join us even though we recently got a war against the jews. french and indian war. even though your catholic we are protestant, your french speaking and were english speaking, geo strategically, is going be useful for us to have you on board so that you don't stab us in the back while we are fighting the rats on the coast. so i sent a nice letter saying that this is our view. we membership in like a credit c

in the state of rhode island, to latin this one of the worst effected areas by the flooding. you can see over to my left on the building where the water actually reached. well above my own head. out of this go for this what it looks like down here if you carry on further down the road.

of correspondent reports from the disaster zone theory and all fila in the state of rhode island to latin. this is one of the worst affected areas by the flooding. you can see over to my left on the building where the water actually reached well above my own head.

they're driving, they allege from maine to -- rhode island to maine or maine to rhode island so you'll obviously a busy highway. they allege or there's some reporting that they're from a group called the moorish american army. not a well-known group so that is relevant because they're televising the arrest and so what we have to be cognizant of, many of these groups want attention for a variety of reasons and this is a group. no one knew who they were five minutes ago and now we're talking about them. we have some of the strictest firearm rules in massachusetts and we are not an open carry state so just having the guns in the car would be grounds for arrest, having a bunch of armed men in a car would be sufficient to at least begin the investigation and then when they ran that was clearly probable cause so they'll be arrested on charges related to i think gun possession at the stage and figure out what their motive is later. >> you helped explain why it is we did not hear great detail about who the group is. how they're identifying them. what their belief system is but then i wonder if

rank all 50 states, there are 50 scores and these are our bottom five for 2021 at number 46 is rhode islandent for the ocean state which has spent many years at the bottom. the state does relatively well on life health and inclusion with high covid vaccination rates but it is still expensive and the infrastructure is -- well, it's rhode island. the infrastructure is poor at number 47, west virginia poor for technology and innovation, business friendliness, access to capital and a few other things there. 48 is maine with america's worst infrastructure including the worst reliable power grid. number 49 is hawaii, still great for life health and p inclusion, but you will pay for it with the nation's highest cost. and that brings us to the bottom >> it's not all bad in our worst scoring state. the work force is america's most productive in term of output for jobs and no state spends more per capita for public health that's partly because everything here is so expensive the state was already struggling before the pandemic with each budget shortfall and a slowdown in its most important industries

least 180 dead. corresponding reports from the resources are here in our file in the state of rhode island to latin. this is one of the worst effected areas by the foot, and you can see over to my left on this building where the water actually reached well above my own head.

noah celebrating his 1st birthday in lincoln, rhode island by taking a nice big bite out of our mug.ou have given the country, sir. send us a photo of you and your mug. you might see yourself next week. remember, you can get that big old sunday today mug. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. weeks. we will see you back here on august 8th with a brand-new interview in nashville with luke bryant. enjoy the olympics. >>> good morning. it is sunday, july 11th. 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside at civic center park in santa clara. a beautiful morning before another hot day. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us this morning with a look at your microclimate forecast. the only good news for some folks inland, slightly cooler. >> it's going to get a little bit cooler into the workweek but we still have to get through today. our heat warnings remain in effect. still have to be mindful if you're going to be heading

it's about the size of rhode island. even the other side of the country is feeling the effects. new york city saw hazy skies and that air quality due to smoke from the fires. mary lee joins us. the air is getting bad, even thousands of miles away. >> from the mid-atlantic to the northeast, air quality our alerts are in effect from new york city, dc, philly, boston, due to unhealthy air quality. all of that smoke from wildfires burning in the west here, so you can see that westerly progression of those wins pushing that smoke all the way to the east coast. now here in the bay area we have onshore flow. we have that pacific ocean breeze, and with it good to moderate air quality. so the wins pushing the smoke away from us, our east. that i will say this, as we look to our smoke concentration forecast, by the end of the weekend into next week we could see a shifting wind direction, out of the east, and pushing into our area. so as we look to monday, there is the possibility of smoke pushing into the bay area. of course we'll monitor that very closely for you. back to you. >>> new at