this legislation before you will enable a new educational institution at 99 rhode island street in the showplace square neighborhood by allowing both personal service and school uses to exceed the existing use size limits. today you are opining on the use size limit policy change not the individual owner and user of the building. but i hope to explain my enthusiasm for this project and the practicality of making this change. the showplace square neighborhood once an area of primarily design buildings and pdr uses has grown into a mixed use neighborhood that retains its design focused identity but welcomes new restaurants, businesses, institutions including educational institutions like the california college of the arts and mixed use mixed income housing 99 rhode island has historically been an office building and with the changes in showplace square and neighboring mission bay, the need for schools and other community servicing uses is greater than ever. the building was recently purchased by an internationally renowned educational institution. it is heber academy which plans to open

cms should let rhode island try humane, end of life care through cmi. i bet it will serve money and serving families better in adel kate time and make a model for better healthcare everywhere. i have said a lot, my time is out. you are welcome to respond in writing. i ask unanimous consent that the order declaring cms's actions to constitute illegal harm be put into record. >> mr. kennedy: let me respond briefly, senator whitehouse. i will work with you to make cms responsive for rhode island and remedy those disparities that you talked about. i am familiar with the integra house plan, and it is a template for what we ought to be doing, a value based plan. i look forward to making sure that we create pilot programs like this. >> senator whitehouse: unfortunately, one of the things i learned in the senate when the nominee says they will work with me, amounts to 0. thank you. >> chairman: we'll move to senator dave. >> senator dave: glad to you see you this morning, mr. kennedy. you want to make hhs, the gold standard of science. i found my engagement wit

cms should let rhode island try humane end-of-life care through cmmi.let's see if it works in the state. i bet it will save money, serve families better at a very delicate time, and perhaps even make a model for better health care everywhere. i have said a lot. my time is out. you're are welcome to respond in writing. i ask unanimous consent that the order declaring cms's actions to constitute irreparable and illegal harm be put into the record. chair crapo: without objection. mr. kennedy: let me just respond briefly, senator whitehouse. i am an implacable enemy of tyrannical insensate bureaucracies and stupid rules. i will work with you to make cms responsive to the needs of rhode island and remedy those disparities you talk about. i am familiar with the integra health plan. it is the template for we ought to be doing, they value-based plan. i look forward to making sure we create pilot programs like this. sen. whitehouse: unfortunately, mr. chairman, one thing i learned in my tenure in the senate is that a nominee saying they are willing to work with

i'm sorry that i'm up in rhode island and not in washington. a lot of people's bad luck was my good luck. the last flight home was delayed for three hours. i could wait to vote against vote and make the last plane out of national airport. the backdrop to my work is my belief that the united states is engaged in a clash of civilizations. the famous sam huntington phrase. i would say that the boundaries are the boundary between rule of law. countries like the united states. and countries that are run by crypto kratz and oligarchs and criminal organizations. we obviously need to make sure that the united states does not become a safe haven for those klepto kratz, autocrats, and criminals. there's a motive for them to penetrate our rule of law side of the clash. if you are an allograft -- oligarch or international criminal, one of the things that's most important to you is to hide the stuff you stole. your loop. you don't want to jeopardize your loot by leaving it in a corrupt country. the next bigger fish will come along and steal it from you just

cms should let rhode island try humane end of life care through cmmi. let's see if it works in the state. i'll bet it will save money. serve families better at a very, very delicate time. and perhaps even make a model for better healthcare everywhere. i've said a lot. my time is out. you're welcome to respond in writing. ask for unanimous consent that the order declaring cms actions to constitute irreparable and illegal harm be put into the record. >> without objection >> let me respond briefly. i'm an enemy of tyrann cal in sense aid bureaucracies and stupid roles. and i will work with you make c ms responsive to the needs of rhode island and to remedy those disparities that you talk about. i am familiar with the integra health plan. and it is a template for what we ought to be doing. and i look forward to you to making sure that we -- we create pilot programs like this. around country. >> unfortunately, mr. chairman one of the things i've learned in my tenure in the senate is that a nominee saying they're willing to work with me amounts to exactly 0.

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. >> well, a couple from rhode island has doubled the size of their family with spontaneous, identicaluadruplets. spontaneous means these babies were conceived naturally without any reproductive assistance. medical experts say the odds of spontaneous quadruplets are around 1 in 11,000,000. it was a shock to the baby's mother, who says she found out at her appointment after a routine ultrasound. >> she put her hand on my shoulder and she said, i have to tell you something. and then she said, right now there are four of them. and i just about i didn't know what to say. i was just shocked. so then she held my hand and walked me over to the doctor. >> the couple traveled from rhode island to banner university medical center in phoenix to receive care from an expert on. quadruplet births. mom gave birth to sophia, philomena, veronica and isabel last friday. each girl weighs about 3 pounds. they are expected to spend the next few months in the neonatal intensive care unit. can you imagine that? >> no. you've got a toddler. can you imagine having four at the same time? >> absolutely not. oh m

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senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island is a member of the judiciary committee, which oversees theepartment of justice. and he joins me now. first, senator, do you think these individuals have have a case here? >> yeah. >> they obviously do. >> i think. >> if you. >> start with. >> the. proposition that the. >> new big lie is that. donald trump is not a criminal. >> has not. >> been convicted of fraud. >> counts. >> did not. escape criminal liability for his efforts. to interfere with. the federal election. by virtue of. a supreme court that delivered him a brand new immunity. >> once you've. >> started that. >> lie, you then have to. >> have an explanation. >> for why those cases. >> took place, and that is. >> this whole fabrication. >> of the weaponization. >> of the fbi. and once you've rolled. >> out of that lie. >> now you. >> have to go. >> and find victims to prove out your lie. >> but in a court of law. >> it's a whole different thing. >> than out on. >> x or. >> social media. >> or just in the. political bullying that the trump administration specializes in. so not only i

protests today in rhode island at the rhode island state capitol building. there were protests today at hartford, connecticut. protests today in baton rouge, louisiana. protests today in montpelier, vermont. protests today at tallahassee. the state capitol in florida. protests also in tampa. large protests in tampa. protests today in salem, oregon. and protests today in atlanta, georgia. and i could go on. but you know what? i know i missed a bunch, but i think you're getting the flavor here. there were protests absolutely all over the country today. two and a half weeks into this new administration, protests against the destruction, the destruction of the federal government. protests against what appears to be the illegal mass firing of government officials and shutdown of government agencies that they are not, by law, allowed to shut down. red hot anger at these protests today about the president allowing his top campaign donor to access the sensitive personal and financial and apparently now health related information about all american citizens that is h

let me thank new york and tish james and peter neronha, rhode island.ow, there's this sense that the president is flooding the zone. well, democratic aides are flooding it. back yesterday, friday, i was in federal court in boston on birthright citizenship. and then later in that day, we filed our motion to enforce on this funding freeze case. and then, of course, later we sued to stop elon musk and his tech bros. but in many ways, this funding freeze issue is the most dangerous. and you know who's feeling it the most? red states. red states are by far the greater takers of federal funding, particularly on education, for example, and law enforcement support. and you saw how quickly they rolled back that omb memo and claim to rescind that memo. it's because the phone started ringing off the hook. right. and my colleagues in red states said, wait a second. what are you doing? why is the red state? why is the head start payment portal closed? why is the medicaid payment portal closed? and the reason why this is this is so dangerous is because we've got a we

and here i point the viewers to washington's letter to the hebrew congregation of newport, rhode island. this is august 1790. i mean, to my mind, one of the most beautiful and important letters in american and this is washington and knew what he was doing. he was writing a letter to this congress just to the --, but writing a letter. he knew that it was really to all americans, for all americans, see. and it says, look, for all those of any religion who all abide by the principles of human equality, the government by consent, we can all be fellow citizens. so america is the can be a home for the jewish people. and this is the spirit of the founding and that goes for non as well. we can agree on the principles of human on natural rights and then i said before that makes us fellow citizens and we can agree on the principles of religious freedom and. i think that's the very best of america and it really is inclusive. i'm not sure. jeff? jeff, are you still there? i've lost you. perhaps i'm not me. i'm just here. forgive me for a glitching, jane, last word to you in this great discussion. w

they were diplomats, condoleezza rice, not real estate billionaire developers from rhode island. come on. host: next, sacramento, high. caller: i'm a longtime listener. i would like to say that people are acting like the palestinian people are not human. and we are comparing it through the natural fires that happened. that is not what happened and destroyed them to the point of almost annihilation. we could have stopped it with just having not sent anymore. we could have demanded. israel existed because we supplement them by billions of dollars. that is how they exist. it is not that i'm anti-israel, i'm anti-war. how can anybody think in this society, when we have seen it over and over again, especially in the middle east, that we will have peace. he is over there trying to start a war, trump and his cronies. there are a lot of people behind trump. it is not one man doing this, it is us. we are giving our independence away from this man, throwing away what is left of the constitution. host: some democratic senators giving their thoughts as well on crazy but catastrophic.riting,

senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island, is a member of the judiciary committee, which oversees with the proposition. that the new big lie is that donald trump is not. >> a criminal. has not been convicted. >> of fraud. >> counts, did not escape criminal. >> liability for his. >> efforts to. >> interfere with the. federal election by. >> virtue of. >> a supreme court that delivered him. >> a brand new immunity. once you've started. >> that lie, you. >> then have to have an. >> explanation for. >> why those cases. >> took place. and that is this whole fabrication of. >> the weaponization. of the fbi. and once you've rolled onto that lie, now you. >> have to go and find victims. >> to. >> prove out your lie. but in a court of law, it's a whole. >> different thing. >> than out on x. >> or social. >> media. or just. >> in. >> the political. bullying that the trump. administration specializes in. so not only is. this a case, i think that has got legs. >> it's a very. >> well pleaded complaint, and it drags them into the one forum where they have. >> to. >> tell the. >> truth and wher

vargas and her husband are from rhode island, but they traveled to banner university medical center inenix to seek care from a doctor who specializes in multiple births. and you can hear more about all of the west coast top stories every weeknight right here on ktvu. west coast rap airs at 7:00 monday through friday, and you can, of course, find round the clock coverage at our website, which is west coast rap.com. president trump plans to impose tariffs on imports from mexico, canada and china as soon as tomorrow. those countries account for more than a third of the goods and services that are imported here to the united states. canadian and mexican goods would be hit with a 25% tariff, and products from china would see a 10% tariff. trump says the tariffs are designed to compel those countries to take additional steps to curb the flow of undocumented immigrants and fentanyl coming into the u.s, both canadian prime minister justin trudeau and mexican president claudia sheinbaum said they are prepared to respond to those tariffs. in oakland, waterfront hotel in the jack london square ar

the babies tumble and turn and twist themselves, something rachel and marco's medical team in rhode island was not prepared for. so they found doctor elliot thugh their online research. it's perfectly okay to get a second opinion about something, especially if it's something very rare, very complicated. some fantastic folks really pushing the limits of like what? what's what's possible. thanks to doctor elliot and his team, the four newborns could go home in about a month. in a lot of ways, we feel more blessed than we ever expected to be. they faced unique odds, and marco tested his own odds by playing the lottery. after all, babies can be expensive. yeah, obviously i didn't. we didn't win, but i did win the lottery. i really did. that was the right answer. after she gavave birth o four babies, that was the right answer. all i keep thinking is the real miracle is never getting them confused with four identical children. we certainly wish them well. good luck with that. got a got a tag, everything. the clothes and whatnot. ooh. the rain. yeah. let's talk about the rain. it's here. we're go

fighting and government, the capital of democratic republic of congo is no key to providence, rhode island. and back in 23 fighters took control of most of the city early this week. just there was malcolm way before it's 10th. because rwandan back in 23 sciences have been a fun thing to vote the cc. nobody knows if the democratic republic of congo is ami a did by the indian troops and allied arms groups will be able to stop. the people have come to this riley to find out what they can do. the idea of what we don't have time to cry because they killed a loved ones, how mothers will take revenge. they shall beloved with weapons and machetes. if this is how they want more than god forgive us, so we will fight with the same means to defend outline. on the other side of late key, the pro government forces failed to stop and 23 fighters from taking the city of coma. earlier this week, you an investigation say thousands of rwandan troops helping them. there's still no electricity or water in the city. people are struggling so they can be i'd be the not done on what we flood and left everything be

in rhode island, the attorneys general got a tro on that. what you are seeing here with respect to usaid is a continuing effort around those illegal actions. over the weekend, i had multiple conversations with lawyers, and i want to commend all the lawyers who are working on upholding the rule of law here, including democracy forward, an organization that helped file the lawsuit pending right now in the d.c. district court. i am confident that when they look into this, and they are, that they will also file suits to hold the trump administration and elon musk accountable. this is a clear violation of our law. finally, a word to all the men and women and employees who work with usaid. thank you for your service to the united states of america. [applause] and we have all asked the authorities at usaid, we've made multiple calls, to allow us to enter the building and usaid when this press conference is over, simply to talk to the civil servants at usaid, those who may be in the building. they were told not to come in. we would like to see first

. >> they would be the size of rhode island because that is what lst does. >> greg: that is a nice heartwarming i even just one day. one day where the thermostat is set for people who are cold. one day we could be warm. >> greg: you are going to be the rosa parks of cold people. [laughter] turned down that thermostat! no. >> i hate when people say, and by people i mean men, they say it is not that big of a deal stop complaining about it. then turn it up 3 degrees and see how not big of a deal it is, or put your cold hand on their. >> greg: on the third floor we call that the kudlow. we will be right back. is a bitcoin etf the same as owning bitcoin directly? while bitcoin etfs might offer a familiar face, they lack the true ownership and flexibility of directly investing in bitcoin. with itrustcapital you can buy and sell real bitcoin 24/ 7 with the tax advantages of an ira. real bitcoin means no middleman, no restricted stock market hours. choose the path of direct bitcoin investment with itrustcapital because access equals opportunity. invest in bitcoin at itrustcapital.com today. i had the w

as far as i know, rhode island did not want to sign into the constitution, didn't want to ratify thatntil we decided that if rhode island was not going to be part of the united states even after the revolution, that there would have to be duties for everything that came out of rhode island, and so that i think was probably the first tariff that was suggested. as far as tariffs, president mckinley, he made america rich on tariffs. and we can have any income tax in those days. and with the excess money, president teddy roosevelt built the panama canal. host: and how does all that related today? caller: that relates to today because tariffs well-used are wonderful. and the money that we got in on the tariffs was part of what got our country in a position where we could supply the rest of the world in world war i with steel and all the rest of it. host: caller, do you think that the president's use of tariffs as he wants to do that is a well used policy? caller: well, because we have been the victims -- listen, i love the environment, but we, everything is clean. everything that comes fro

as far as i know, rhode island did not want to sign into the constitution, didn't want to ratify thatntil we decided that if rhode island was not going to be part of the united states even after the revolution, that there would have to be duties for everything that came out of rhode island, and so that i think was probably the first tariff that was suggested. as far as tariffs, president mckinley, he made america rich on tariffs. and we can have any income tax in those days. and with the excess money, president teddy roosevelt built the panama canal. host: and how does all that related today? caller: that relates to today because tariffs well-used are wonderful. and the money that we got in on the tariffs was part of what got our country in a position where we could supply the rest of the world in world war i with steel and all the rest of it. host: caller, do you think that the president's use of tariffs as he wants to do that is a well used policy? caller: well, because we have been the victims -- listen, i love the environment, but we, everything is clean. everything that comes fro

we continued to expect democrats to form shop in places like the first circuit up in boston or rhode island where there are no republicans on the appellate court there when this thing goes up to be appealed, all these cases? will this continue for they hope nationwide injunctions against doge? >> i think it will continue. the fact is the president has had a rough going with a lot of judges who were not particularly sympathetic when he was a candidate. but ultimately these cases have to go before the supreme court. we have a system of appeal. what different about this term as opposed to the one you and i covered the first time trump was elected is trump is wasting no time. this is -- i have to tell you the entire city is on edge. just the peace of these changes and the glory of executive orders. it has everyone reeling. there is a reason for that. he knows the final two years of the second term president c code slows down and you lose a lot of momentum. he wants -- if there is going to be challenges, he is going to invite them to go into court and knock them down and get on with this. >> lau

in that same hall we find the statue of the great roger williams who founded the state of rhode islandapital city providence and built the first baptist church in america. it is williams that we have to thank for taking religious liberty part of the bedrock of american life. and today we must protect the fundamental freedom with absolute devotion. we must stand strong, just like generations of americans have done on battlefields all around the world. feet away from the magnificent rotunda, another statute watches over visitors to the capitol, george washington, the founder of our country, often called for americans to join together in prayer very often. more than two centuries later this morning, we heed president washington's wisdom and follow in his mighty footsteps. he was a strong man and of great religious strength. the stories of legends like washington, winthrop and williams remind us that without faith in god there would be no american story. every citizen should be proud of this exceptional heritage. we have an unbelievable heritage, and we have to use that and make life bette

a judge in rhode island have requested a temporary restraining order to pause the measure.s after a judge in washington halted the plan but only until month. earlier this week, a government memo called on agencies to freeze funding to make sure it's in line with president trump's agenda. that memo was then rescind after it caused widespread confusion. though the white house press secretary has insisted that a funding freeze is still in the works. breaking tonight, a senior trump administration official has secured the release of six americans held in venezuela. president trump announced on social media that they are en route to the u.s. with envoy for special missions richard again tell in. venezuela state tv shogren tell in meeting with venezuelan president maduro in caracas earlier i in the day. he urged them to take back migrant who is committed crimes and pushed for the release of americans. and some lending legitimacy to maduro's rule after the disputed election last year. a medical plane crashed in philadelphia. and no survivors have been confirmed. the private leer j

. >> 37 total one in rhode island, pennsylvania you could expand westward. >> we're going to go westd d.c. there will be hundreds of locations in the very close proximity. >> there's nothing frozen here, you don't do frozen were looking at a lot of vegetables coming across the canadian border do i need to start looking for other sources encase these tariffs go through against candida. >> we know our competition is already increase prices on the meal kits and were doing the same one wonder we feel like really good position right now how long can you hold it when he represent tariffs on canadian imports come through. >> is a small percentage it's not good to affect customer pricing. >> trying to deal with the new landscape, president trump is very business friendly and tougher business leaders to navigate are you watching the news feeds all day long or do you say forging ahead you have to look at billions get. liz: obviously we need to stay abreast of what's going on and execution if we play our game and execute the we have an incredible value proposition for customers so we continue t

the judge based in rhode island sited with nearly two dozen states.sed a temporary order meaning grants and loans may continue. this new order blocks suspension of federal dollars to the 22 states that had sued along with the district of cohropl -- columbia. that order will stay in place until a judge seeks. >>> siegel was handed over to the red cross in gaza city. he was among the people who were abducted during the hamas attack in october of 2023. the cease-fire has temporarily halted the 15 month conflict. negotiations are set to continue potentially to make a permanent deal. >>> friends and community members in gazier where siegel is from gather. hamas also released two israeli hostages, yarden bizas and calderon to officials. in exchange israel is set to transfer 182 palestinian prisoners. bizas has young children that were also taken during the hamas attack. he has yet to get any word on >>> the program that's improving lives and making communities safer. >> what i would have imagined to be an impossible task, i feel like, alyssa has conquered.

we also find the statue of the great roger o williams who found the state of rhode island.ms we have the case for making religious liberty part of the bedrock of american life. and today we must protect the fundamental freedom with absolute devotion. we must stand strong, just like generations of americans have done on the battlefield all around the world. away from the magnificent rotunda another statue watches over visitors to the capitol. george washington the founder of our country often called for americans to join together in prayer. in more than two centuries later, this morning, heed president washington's wisdom and follow in his mighty footsteps. it was a strong man of great religious strength. the stories of legends like washington winthrop and williams remind us know but no american story of this exceptional character to be heaven unbelievable heritage. we have to use that and make life better for everyone. that's why as we approach the 25th time 10 anniversary think of that 250 years we will be celebrating next year our country's founding, with signed executive

you tell him to drive and the boast in coming to the meeting of rhode island we went to the governorsace there? >> but listen. i was angry. i think the point of the there the polling had to sit in the summertime, the campaign was too short, inflation was too high. from my vantage point as you said focusing not entirely but a voters.ounger this is a winnable race. as an example james said earlier from the stage of one out of 100 people change their mind we don't have the president limning di for tragedy in the potomac for example. one out of 100. there's a diverse group of young people when democrats win 60% of the youth vote, they win elections. john kerry 155%. you start with 55% your job is to go from 55 to 60% of the map takes care of itself. how the campaign started bent rather than expanding it from final numbers are there. somewhere in the low 50s. that connects with what we said earlier in my view, a lot of listening and understanding with the real anxieties and fears were about this particular cohort of voters. there's a lot of l lessons froma 22 campaign midterms that were ve

in that same hall, we find the statue of the great roger williams who founded the state of rhode islande capital city providence, and built the first baptist church in america. wit is williams we have to thank for making religious liberty the bedrock of american life, and today we must protect the fundamental freedom with absolute devotion. we must stand strong, just like generations of americans have done on the battlefields and all around the world. feet away from the magnificent rotunda, another statute watches over visitors to the capital, george washington, the founder of fire country often called for americans to join together in prayer, very often. more than two centuries later, this morning, we gave president washington's wisdom and follow in his mighty footsteps. he was a strong man and of great religious strength. the stories and legends of washington and john winthrop remind us without faith in god, there would be no american story. to every citizen should be prouf this exceptional heritage we have. we have an unbelievable heritage, and we have to use that and make life bette

>> they would be the size of rhode island, because that's what lsd does. >> well, that's a nice, heartwarming suggestion. cat. >> people who are cold. >> oh. >> and even just one day, yes, one day where the thermostat is set for people who are cold. one day we could be warm and it would be. >> you're going to be the rosa parks of cold. >> turn down that thermostat. no, no. >> i hate when people say. and by people i mean men. they say like, it's not that big of a deal, stop complaining about it. but oh, yeah. really? then you turn it up three degrees. you see how not big of a deal it is. >> or you put your cold hand on the crotch. >> yeah, >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah. on the third floor we call that the kudlow. all right. we'll be right back. >> work. >> play. blink. >> relief work. >> play. blink relief. >> the only. >> 3 in 1. >> extended relief formula for dry eyes. >> blink. >> the next. >> mega millions. drawing is now available on jackpocket. >> jackpocket lets. >> you order official state. >> lottery. >> tickets right on your phone. just pick your numbers and place your. >> ticket order. >>

kill every person in providence, rhode island. if you are a dealer and you are caught with this, you get 10 years minimum. this represents 40 grams of fentanyl. would kill every single man, woman, child in culpeper, virginia. if you get caught with this amount as a dealer you get a five year minimum sentence. this is where it gets special. this represents 10 grams of pcp. if you get caught with it as a dealer you get five years minimum. is fentanyl more dangerous than pcp? dr. westlake: absolutely. fentanyl can be classified as a lethal weapon. i did a chart on it. sen. kennedy: this is five grams of meth. that is what this represents. if you're a dealer and you get caught with it, the minimum sentence is five years. is fentanyl -- you get caught with this much fentanyl, five years -- or 10 years. you get caught with this much fentanyl, five years. you get caught with this much meth, you can hardly see it, you get five years. does that make any sense to you? dr. westlake: no, sir. sen. kennedy: it is like deep stupid, isn't it? yo

in that same hall we also find the statue of the great roger williams, who founded the state of rhode island, named its capital city providence, and built the first baptist church in america. it's williams that we have to thank for making religious liberty part of the bedrock of american life. and today we must protect the fundamental freedom with absolute devotion. we must stand strong, just like generations of americans have done on the battlefields all around the world, feet away from the magnificent rotunda, another statue watches over visitors to the capitol. george washington, the founder of our country, often called for americans to join together in prayer. very often and more than two centuries later, this morning, we heed president washington's wisdom and follow in his mighty footsteps. he was a strong man and of great. religious strength. the stories of legends like washington, winthrop, and williams remind us that without faith in god, there would be no american story. every citizen should be proud of this exceptional heritage. we have an unbelievable heritage and we have to use t