tonight in his third story from rhode island, economics correspondent paul solman looks at the debate over how to calculate investment returns for that state's troubled pension fund. it's part of his ongoing reporting effort: "making sense of financial news." >> i'd like to call the meeting to order. >> reporter: rhode island treasurer gina raimondo, a democrat, presiding over the board that runs the state's $7 billion pension fund. >> we're still about a billion dollars off where we were before the market crashed when we were at $8.4 billion. >> reporter: the fund is now billions in the hole, in part because of past investment assumptions that proved too bullish. >> what we're trying to do is set the most probable scenario that we believe will come to play based on the data that we have today. >> reporter: the question here is one confronting states across the country. what's a realistic rate of return assumption? the answer could mean higher taxes, lower pensions, bitter politics. >> i'm going to ask you to please put the politics aside. i know there are pressures. i feel these pres

gaspi in rhode island. its task was to prevent smuggling and enforce the payment of taxes, but to rhode islanders, the vessel was a symbol of oppression. the oppressive presence of the gaspi was matched by the offensive manner of its captain, lieutenant william dudington. he was known for destroying fishing vessels and confiscating their contents, flagging down ships, only to harass, humiliate and interrogate sailors. but on june 9, 1772, an audacious rhode islander, captain benjamin lynnsey took a stand. aboard his ship, the hannah, he set sail from newport to providence. on his way, he was stopped for a search. the defiant captain ignored the command and continued on his source. recently, dr. kathy abbas, director of the marine archaeology project has suggested a motor naturing factor for dudington to have wanted to seize the hannah. she may have been carrying 230-pound sterling on board. as she told the journal, that was an enormous sum in those days. in any event, captain lynnsey and his hannah sought t

after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island, southern rhodesland, and then after i graduated high school, i went to undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri and then came out here for grad school, which fell in love with san francisco bay area. all of my plans changed and this became my home. i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied that trade in law enforcement, where i went to the san francisco police academy many, many years ago, graduated as a academy class, president of the class. trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state and federally by the usepa in the training center in georgia and i worked for the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years before becoming elected supervisor. >> and you spent most of your adult life in san francisco. >> yes. >> why did you make the choice to live in the city? >> oh, my god, i had never been west of the mississippi until i came here. growing up, we read a lot in our household but many of the books that i was drawn to were f

. >> ifill: from rhode island, paul solman reports on the risk to retirees and taxpayers alike when billions of dollars from state pension funds are tied up in the stock market. >> we'd be asking people, do you want to pay higher taxes in order to avoid taking the risk in the stock market? i think most people would say no to that. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, jeffrey brown talks to "my perestroika" director robin hessman about children growing up as the soviet union fell apart. >> for every individual, it was a complicated process and still is today. there are many conflicting feelings on the changes and the effects of those changes on their everyday lives. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spend

rhode island was the birth place of the industrial revolution. when you look at the role manufacturing played in the early days of our country's economy, of the industrial age, rhode island played an important role. from winsocket to providence to new port to pawtucket, we have great manufacturing facilities. we need to put in place the tools and policy to -- policies to rebuild that strength, not only in rhode island but across the country, that takes advantage of the great american ingenuity, the great american innovation and entrepreneurship to make the best products to solve the new challenges of the 21st century to build products and sell them all over the world to create jobs as we sell american made products all across the world and we can do it, we have the best workers, we make the best products, what we need are policies at the national level that recognize this is a key part to rebuilding our economy. a key part to the american -- the rebuilding of the american economy and understanding that we can make things again in this country and

rhode island and massachusetts fire companies were on the scene as the inferno gutted the factory once used to make world war ii attack boats. the massive fire on the seven acre site caused power outages and forced officials to evacuate the area before it was brought under control. >>> the warship connected to the burial of osama bin laden is back in american waters. the uss carl vincent docked in u.s. waters receiving a hero's welcome from about 100 greeters after its historic mission. the ship's senior officers refused to disclose details but did say the mission was conducted in a manner that brings pride to the nation. >>> the u.s. geological survey has received new video of a fresh lava spilling into a lake. this new activity doesn't pose any danger to hawaii's big island, but scientists say it is causing disruption with the volcano's crust. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> that is pretty cool. >> it is amazing video. luckily it is not harming areas near hawaii.

steve hartman, cbs news, providence, rhode island. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news."t pelley. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night and happy father's day. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a massive snowpack on top of unsurpassed natural beauty for anybody ready to hit yosemite, the effort it took to clear the road for you and the epic season that's waiting when you get there. >> they were served to dogs, only the meatballs were poisoned. the neighborhood dispute that has killed two pets. >>> amid more bad unemployment news for california, a bright spot. and it is right here in the bay area. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. it may be mid-june, but only now is it finally cleared of snow. tioga road in yosemite national park will open to traffic tomorrow. the road is

an 8 alarm fire at a vacant mill in northern rhode island. what is it about flame video that makes you stop and watch. hundreds are without power in the area. and around a mill that had to be evacuated. eight alarm fire. smoke from the fire could be seen 10 miles away and picked up a local tv station's doppler radar and all of this from the 125 firefighters at the scene along with the city's police department. nearby departments in rhode island and massachusetts sent in firefighters. one had to be rushed to the hospital. that mill has been vacant for about a year. >>> the sheriff's official says no bodies have been found at a texas farmhouse war person claimed to be a psychic told officials multiple bodies were buried. the sheriff says this's no indication of bodies being anywhere on the property. officials say the sheriff office received two calls from person who said dismembered bodies would be found. they say that the authorities there took the tip very seriously in part because the caller had details about the interior of the house that o

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr.dam president. we are discussing the federal budget here in washington on a nonstop basis. and one thing that seems very noteworthy is that instead of working to create jobs to help grow the economy out of the recession, republicans are still trying to end medicare as we know it, as it has been relied on for generations of americans, to pay for tax cuts for millionaires. this is the "wall street journal" describing the republicans' plan to essentially end medicare. the republican plan to end medicare would put insurance company officials between seniors and their doctors. you no longer have a claim to the individual benefit under their plan. you get a voucher that goes to the insurance company, and you're at the mercy of the insurance company. that would raise -- first of all, they raise drug costs for seniors from day one by repealing the repair that we did to the doughnut hole. and then of course ten years out you're left at the mercy of private insurance companies. and the effect of

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bay area rhodes are a mess with potholes. you've probably hit one. newest bay area pothole report says things are getting worse. this year's survey shows the worst rhodes are in rio vista sonoma county, and oranda. you can see the rest of the top ten there. more from abc7s transportation reporter heather. >> this is the view from inside a pothole that might be called a sinkhole. up the street a swath of lose rock prompted this resident to post a note letting neighbors no public works has been asked to fix it. across the bay area poor pavement area is a hazard to cars bicyclists and transportation riders. >> some days in the buses it's really shaky. it's something obviously we've fallen behind on. >> the metropolitan transportation commission annual pothole report rates local rhodes on a scale of 1 to 100. the bay area average is stalled at a lackluster 66. they said the regional target is 75 and the rate of deterioration accelerates dramatically at 60. >> a dollar spent at 75, for instance is going to cost five dollars for more extensive repair once

legislation previously passed rhode island's lower house. the bill would allow gay couples to enter into civil unions that offer most of the same rights and benefits given to married couples. rhode island's governor said he will sign it. >>> time now 5:56. the clock is ticking towards tonight's midnight deadline in the labor dispute that may threaten the nba season. negotiators for nba owners and players meet all day today in the final hours before their collective bargaining agreement runs out. right now they're far apart on profit sharing and other very critical issues. the owners could lock out the players for the first time since the nba season was cut to 50 games that was 13 years ago. >>> today the city of sacramento is expected to unveil a plan to build a new downtown arena for its nba franchise. you recall the sacramento kings were real close to moving to anaheim before deciding last month they're going to stay at least one more season. the nba told sacramento they've got to build a new arena or at least have a plan in place by next

cicilline of rhode island. page 2, after the dollar amount -- mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to su spend the reading of the amendment. the chair: is there objection? without objection, the amendment will be consider canned as read. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. cicilline: this amendment is offered by myself and others. it will authorize funding for state and local grants for the urban initiatives. this bill makes dangerous cuts to the urban areas security initiatives, the uasi program a program critical to security of i cities deemed at high risk of attack. one of those cities is providence, rhode island, in my congressional district, along with 50 other cities. just last year, providence was one of 54 cities identified as being most at-risk of being targeted by terrorists. as a result the city of providence and other communities have received critical federal funding under uasi to support efforts to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks and other emergencies. as a result of this, providence

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at the beehive calf fee in bristol, rhode island, a cup of coffee costs $1.75. the swipe fee is 15 cents. because card fees are hidden and there is no availability to negotiate them, the owner said visa and master card inserted themselves into every single transaction that takes place ekwa*euting to a tax -- equating to a tax on commerce. this is not free enterprise. the small businessperson is trapped. when consumers pay for drinks with debit cards, 7-11 owners told me they lose money on every transaction. why don't supermarkets, drugstore and other merchants negotiate to pay less? they really can't. the fees are set by visa and master card and the card networks. they have no bargaining power. and most merchants are left with no choice but to accept the cards. you can't play if you don't pay. in july 2010, we passed this interchange provision so that the federal reserve could study the fees and decide whether they are reasonable. in fact, the federal reserve found that they were not reasonable nor proportional. the federal reserve found that the average swipe f

the governor of rhode island said he is inclined to sign it >> >> tonight, president obama hosted an event at the white house in honor of gay pride month. the president said that gays and lesbians should be treated like every other americans. he repeated it should be left to individual states to make the decision that new york recently made, though he praised them for making that bill >> >> prosecutors say 30-year-old matt harris was getting hundreds ofdollars out without putting in a dime >> i immediately saw the dollar amount and i didn't think it was right. >> reporter: at this preliminary hearing, employees from two safe ways described how they said harold redeemed several bogus receipts for $350 each. even detectives said they never saw a forgery case like this one >> it's pretty unusual. a lot of times, these machines are broken in. but it's pretty savvy to create a receipt to get by the cashier. >> reporter: police won't say how they think he did it, but they said he successfully made out with $1,400. he could have kept going if there was something about the receipts that didn

yeah, you know, i grew up in rhode island. so, yeah. >> jimmy: that's cool. and are like, "hey, dude. i'm from philly, too." or like, we're filming season seven of "it's always sunny in philly" right now and, you know, people do, "love the show. hey, i'm not from here. can you give me directions?" "can't help you there." can't help you there. >> jimmy: nope. can't help you at all. no. yeah yeah. no. >> tv show. >> jimmy: you got some huge fans for "it's always sunny." i mean, great fans. >> they're -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean, people -- >> you may or may not know i am the inventor of kitten mittens. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and so -- but we'll skip past that. >> jimmy: yeah. everyone already knows that. why get into that story? >> let's get into the goods. >> jimmy: speaking of the goods, people come up to you and show you their tattoos. >> yeah. let's get into a couple. >> jimmy: here's one. >> all right. that's the implication. >> jimmy: and what is this one? >> last season, we bought a houseboat and one of our characters -- dennis --

after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island. after i graduated high school, i went to the undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri, and came out here for grad school. fell in love with the san francisco bay area appeared all my plans changed, and this became my home. >> [inaudible] do we end up with a wells fargo here? another bank of america over there? what projects as going forward? supervisor mirkarimi: you read my mind. that is a perfect segue. i wanted to talk about rezoning, areas that fortified neighborhood interests so there is not another chase situation or wells fargo, or what have you, that should put us in this position again. >> i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied to that trade in law enforcement where i went to the san francisco police academy many years ago, graduated from the sfpd class, trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state, and finally by the u.s. epa in a training center, and i worked with the district attorney's office in san francisco

>> chris from providence, rhode island. >> jimmy: are you upset? is everything all right?, where are you from? >> bart. i'm also from providence, rhode island. >> jimmy: very good, now how do you know each other? >> we're best friends from the third grade. [ laughter ] >> it's been a while. it's been a while. >> jimmy: been a while -- so, you've reunited? is there a reunion here? >> we're just loving getting out. >> jimmy: you can tell by the emotion you obviously do love new york city. [ laughter ] ♪ i'm so lost on what just happened. i have to rewind on my tivo to find out what just happened. [ laughter ] either way -- welcome to the show. now, you just saw the game. you guys think you can hack it? >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, very, very good. let's find out who will be doing the spitting and who will be doing the taking. can we bring the die in, please? thank you so much. all right now, team two, i need one of you to roll the die. it will be you, go for it, buddy. ♪ thank you so much. all right now, team two, i need one of you to roll the die. it will be you, go for it

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speaking of gay marriage, rhode island hasn't gone as far as new york in legalizing same-sex marriage. they voted to allow civil unions rather than expand the definition of marriage. the state's governor is expected to sign the bill into law that would make rhode island the fifth state to allow civil unions which gives same-sex couples added rights and benefits. >>> she's an oscar winner, "a" list actress but there's one thing missing. >> i need to find a man. >> charlize theron dishes on men, her flaws and whether she said yes or no to ever getting married. >>> and today we celebrate one of the most common ways we greet each other. it is national handshake day. be sure to extend a hand to shows you come across today. remember, though, don't grip too tight, don't shake too many times ♪ get up off that thing ♪ try and relieve that pressure ♪ ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. >>> 20 minu

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the north sky over northern rhode island turned orange after an eight-alarm fire. fire companies were on the scene as the fire gutted the factory. the massive fire on the seven-acre sight caused power outages. >>> the warship connected to the burial of osama bin laden is back in american waters. it docked in pearl harbor, receiving a hero's welcome from 100 greeters. the ship's senior officers refused to does close any information about the burial of the ma9/11 mather mind. >>> also in hawaii, new video of a fresh stream of lava spilling into a lake, this new activity does not pose any danger to hawaii's big island. but scientists say that it's causing some disruption with the volcano's crust. >>> for a look at your national weather, here's nba meteorologi meteorologist, bill karins. >> chicago, the warmest temperature in five years. minneapolis, 103. that's just doesn't happen that often. incredible heat. everybody to the right here was above 100 degrees. the exceptions, northern new england. and much of the west is much cooler. this cool air will slowly begin to

. >>> rhode island governor lincoln chaffey says he will sign into law a bill that allows same-sex coupleso enter into civil unions. the state's senate approved the measure yesterday. >>> in canada a massive mud slide has buried a highway in british columbia, while the wall of mud did snag a train. fortunately, there were no serious injuries. >>> an official portrait of prince william and his new bride, catherine, duchess of cambridge, has been released to mark their north american tour. the trip that begins today in canada will eventually take them to california. it is their first official foreign trip as a married couple. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,261 after inching up 72 points yesterday. the s&p added ten points. the nasdaq was up 11. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei rose 18 points, while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 336. >>> as we mentioned earlier in the show, greece approved a controversial five-year austerity plan yesterday, and that sent markets higher for a third straight day.

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. with the unemployment rate --,. the presiding officer: excuse me, senator. there is a quorum. mr. whitehouse: may i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. with the unemployment rate hovering above 9% nationwide and at almost 11% in my home state of rhode island, job creation must continue to be our number-one priority as lawmakers. it disappoints me that republicans chose politics over job creation yesterday when they filibustered legislation that would have reauthorized the economic development administration, an agency dedicated to restoring economically distressed regions to prosperity. in the past, this bill has been reauthorized and supported broadly, indeed by unanimous consent. it is the fourth jobs bill that the minority has chosen to obstruct, and i hope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will reconsider their tactics. if not, we may have to reconsider ours and

a scuffle erupted inside a rhode island courtroom after a murder suspect made an insensitive comment towards the victim's family. the son and ex-husband of the victim lunged at the suspect after he told the judge the victim's family would help pay his attorney's fees. the family members were not charged for the disruption. >>> tornado victims in joplin, missouri, suffered a devastating setback when a fire destroyed a building used to store their belongings. dozens of firefighters battled the blaze for several hours before gaining control. the industrial building also housed several businesses which were also destroyed in the fire. >>> a florida motorist is lucky to be alive after pulling over to ride out a storm. two trees fell on the 85-year-old's car moments after heavy rain forced him off the road. live power lines also collapsed on the car, forcing the man to sit in his vehicle until an emergency official told him it was safe to exit. he did not suffer any serious injuries. >>> and, finally, a new jersey kosher food company may have baked their way into the record books with a mo

. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused this mill fire in rhode island. it collapsed in the eight-alarm fire. the fire forced families in the area to evacuate and left 1,000 people without power overnight. at least one firefighter was taken to the hospital. the mill was vacant at the time and hasn't been used since 2009. >> this morning there is mounting pressure for anthony weiner to resign. this comes two days after he admitted he lied about sending a lewd picture to a woman on twitter. he confessed to having a number of inappropriate relationships on line. house leader nancy pelosi asked for an ethics investigation to see whether weiner broke any rules. >> we have to follow. >> they are calling for a dozen house democrats to return campaign contributions from weiner. new yorkers are weighing in app a poll by new york one said 51% said he should keep his seat. 30% said he should step down. 18% are not sure. but should not run for mayor of narc city while 25% said he should. >>> here's a live look at capitol hill this morning. the faceoff over so-called

. >>> a huge eight alarm fire at a former rhode island rubber plant is out this morning, but the century old building is destroyed. the fire started last night at what was once the largest rubber goods manufacturing plant in the world. one firefighter was injured battling the blaze. the enormous building, built in 1889 eventually collapsed in on itself. >>> if you live anywhere from the southern plains to the northeast it is going to feel hot today, we are talking record-breaking heat, an unusual pre-summer heat wave is kicking in and moving north. record temperatures some in the triple digits are expected from texas to the northeast. heat advisories are in effect from minnesota to the east coast. schools in baltimore have already announced they are closing early today and power companies say to expect some outages. >> the equipment by nature is already hot. it heats up even more when it's hot outside because there's more power flowing through the lines. it heats up even more because the exterior temperature is hot. >> along with the heat comes poor air quality. the heat wave is expected

rhodes turned. to show into what amounted to a protest rally. and they pulled month two thousand and nine leaders of all opposition parties as their followers to take to the streets in tbilisi. just felt get out second street get out saakashvili get down gets out move you know it all position has never said saakashvili is our president we call him a de facto rather than a president. today the former participants in the rallies for georgia's independence. into a party. that our aim is to create a party that is without parallel and georgian history it should be a party based on genuine national values shared by most people in our country. the lead of the new party is live and get. a former magnets in the wine industry he has the support of. really the architect of the country's leading television company and george's last ambassador to russia the party's third leader is a historian who has won the nation's affection as an honest man. georges rulers in recent years have been so different the one. would be hard put to say which of them is fully to b

towns on accessible and old fashioned towns suitable for budget travelers including maine, florida, rhodeina and michigan along with the u.s. virgin island, texas, georgia and oregon. so some bragging rights tonight. it is a great day to be in santa cruz. >> some people may be wanting to escape to the beach in time for the weekend though. we will cool back down just a little bit. temperatures sored today from 10 to 10 above what we -- 10 to 15 above what we saw yesterday. the red and orange is indicative of heat. if it is hot the wind is feeling pretty good. that's reporting 24 miles per hour. the rest of us 10 to 20 miles per hour. 14 in oakland. 16 livermore. and again our temperature still quite warm. livermore at 90. concord the doing the same. 830 in san jose. widespread 70s. 84 red dew win city. cooling down as we move through the next hour or so. santa rosa 82, the north bay saw upper 70s low to mid- 80s outside the doors this afternoon. the satellite is showing you it is going to break down just a little bit by tomorrow. we have a system to the north of us. it will deepen by thurs

. >>> the rhode island state senate approved a bill allowing couples to enter civil unions. the governor's office says he will sign it into law. the bill grants same sex couples the same rights and benefits given to married couples. >>> the 61,000 acre fire that has been threatening los alamos, new mexico is moving away from the nuclear laboratory there. firefighters say even if winds shift, a buffer created around the lab should protect it. the local fire chief says he is confident the buffer will keep the fire out of the town of los alamos. the preliminary results of the air quality tests show no radioactive tee in the smoke hovering over that area. >>> we have a lot more to get to tonight. coming up, a stowaway using an old boarding pass manages to get past the psa and fly across country. >> and an i-team follow-up. animal abuse by a major pork producer. what activists are demanding from the grocery store chain. and later,. >> check this thing out, taking water sports to a higher level. a look at the latest way to catch a wave. >> i'm bill wier. hope for amanda knox. the

another fire in rhode island. here is video. been rushedter has the hospital for injuries.e been evacuated from the scene. the building reportedly vacant. fire is still raging out of control. natureo tonight, mother a crank up the heat. people did what ever they could cool today. he advisories have been posted for tomorrow. two people have killed from the -- two people have died from the heat. >> hello. athit 90 today officially airport. we will seek temperatures 8 to degrees higher. he index 100 degrees or higher tomorrow and thursday. chance of rain and scattered showers and thunderstorms around the area. look at the highs. 103 in minneapolis. the core of the hot air heading tomorrow. have to heate from noon until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. theill look ahead to detail coming up in a few minutes. much.nk you very it isn check out how hot your area any time at wjla.com. we have the current temperatures on our web page. >> disturbing new information a 12ht on the murder of year-old girl. jessica nguyen was stabbed. we are hearing from the family how they are still dealing with thei

. >> reporter: in arizona, the largest fire in state's history has blackened the size of rhode island. >> from fires to flooding, in the plains, the problem is just too much water. quite the opposite, over the weekend, water broke through earthened levees this along the missouri river. in nebraska, a flooding alert was issued for a nuclear power plant. >>> and airports across the country, there was some roughing going. >> some scary moments on a flight from dayton, ohio, after someone made a bomb threat. the plane landed safely at reagan airport. the woman had been held in a mental facility overnight. >> at united, a computer outage disrupted hundreds of flight. united's computers were down for five hours on friday, virtually shut down the airplane. us airways began sunday morning flights there were canceled. the two airlines' computer glitches were not related. >>> now to the war in afghanistan and to president obama's promise that the troop withdrawal will start next week. david kerley explains. >> reporter: the president has a tough call to make this week, how many troops to bring