i think one is by senator reed of rhode island. the sorry by senator sa -- the other is by senator sanders, of vermont, and then we'll have final passage, if that's the order of things. i'm told it is. i know that the two amendments that will be offered, one by senator sanders, one by senator reed ... look, they look really nice. and i know many on my side will be tempted to vote for them, but i will not be voting for them. they look nice, they sound nice, they would be nice in a perfect world. but we have to deal with c.b.o. estimates. and, quite frankly, the cost of those amendments, as judged by c.b.o., is just something that we can't do. again, they sound nice, they look nierk nice, they might feel nierks bunice,but we can't do i. so i will be opposing those amendments because we can't do that at this time. what we can do is do the compromise that we reached. that's what we can do. don't let anyone -- don't let anyone tell you that this is a bad deal for students. this is not a bad deal for students. if we don't pass this, stud

change has come to cellmate joey rhode.s received permission to transfer to an all straight, male, general population dorm. >> i requested to be moved out of the first police i was in. only because i had stalkers. and got a little hectic there. it wasn't what i was really expecting out of all of that. i was going there to, say, hey maybe i will have more in common with these people. may i will find better friends. every day i was getting two, three people coming to my window trying to get me to expose myself to them. and every time i would go take a shower. i would get people coming in sitting on the benches just watching me. i was like, hello? it's kind of scary. i am not going to lie. final low i talked to classification, they moved me out of there. i am in a great new pod. there is a lot of cool people here. a lot of cool new friend. it's interesting. >> while rhode must keep his homosexuality under wraps, for general population, meet at least a few inmates willing to share their opinions. >> i will be straight up. i do

to the gentleman from rhode island. mr. mcgovern: i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the statement from the club for growth in opposition to this bill and indicating they will score this vote. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the gentlelady from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank you very much. the only thing that this house will do when it votes today is defeat starving children. it will again put starving children in the abyss of the uncaring attitude of my friends who for the first time in decades are separating the heartline of the farm bill, the nutrition program, the supp

they believe this is just a way for the monk manager kevin rhodes and the governor rick snyder to cut those pensions. a state judge that ruled the bankruptcy unconstitutional has delayed a hearing in that case until next week so clearly now the pro-bankruptcy forces have the upper hand. elsewhere, city fire fighters staged informational pickets, their message, unlike private sector workers or even people who can pay into social security, these city workers have no other safety net. if they don't have their pensions, larry, they have nothing. >> all right. well, when is -- when is the first resolution, do you think, that could possibly happen, scotty? >> well, the experts are saying that this whole process is going to take years. it's enormously complicated. you know, unlike a chapter 11 bankruptcy in a corporation, a city can't liquidate itself, sell off its assets to pay its creditors. the city has to go on, so that alone makes it very, very complicated, but what could happen on wednesday, if judge rhodes decides that he sides with the city, that is, kevyn orr and the pro-bankruptcy

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island eek recognition? mr. langevin: i have -- i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, this appropriations measure fails at every level to meet our nation's transportation infrastructure needs, support our state's -- states' housing nichetives or further our community development goals. i'd like to take a moment to highlight a few of the most egregious cuts in the transportation housing and urban development appropriations bill before us today because it's important for my constituents in rhode island to hear exactly what is being proposed here today. now, we all recognize clearly that some cuts in federal spending are unavoidable. in certain cases, they're even desirable in the current budgetary environment. but this bill goes far beyond what's reasonable by reneging on the spirit of the agreed to spending levels in the budget control act. the cuts in this bill to the community development block grant program, the transportation invest

cicilline of rhode island. >> mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from arkansas. >> i reserve the right to object. the chair: let him make his amendment then we'll do that the gentleman, i understand, is asking unanimous consent for an amendment to the amendment. mr. cicilline: i'm asking unanimous consent to modify the amendment to reflect $2 hushes million because of the passage of the amendment -- the chair: objection is heard. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes on his amendment. mr. cicilline: i rise today to offer an amendment that would shift money from the afghanistan rebuilding fund to focus here. this bill devotes billions to the afghanistan reconstruction fund, this fund is notorious for being behind schedule, lacking proper eversight and are poorly administered. one example, the kandahar project to help provide electricity in a troubled reof afghanistan went 20% over budget costing $8 million more than planned. even -- even with cost overrunnings the anticipated gains are from the proje

clearly over the last couple of years, pensioners have been forced to make concessions, be it in rhodeand, california and now in detroit. that's a wave coming forward, there's just not enough money to go around. >> first let's deal with this issue of, is there going to be a wave? in other words the magnitude of the crisis, isn't meredith right when she says there's a whole bunch of balance sheets that look as bad as detroits. >> we had river falls in rhode island, there's been a couple in california, some smaller cities. >> we had river falls in rhode island, there's been a couple in california, some smaller cities. we're going to see more of those, there's no doubt about it, you do have some cities and municipalities that are in very, very bad shape, not a big optimist about the economy, but it is better today than it had been. the other side of the equation, these financial markets are coming back. >> the stock market is better, so these pension funds are going to have better returns so the balance sheet won't look as bad? >> they took a very bad hit like everyone else when the marke

. >>> then we get a bear sighting in rhode island. has the local media there kept the public informed on this? you don't want to miss how one reporter wants to keep you safe at home. that story and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> today i'm delighted to announce that i will ask the democratic convention to nominate geraldine ferrara to run with me for the white house. >>> all right. so it's now time for a quick check on sports. all-star voting is closed. braves first baseman, freddy freeman, beat out the rookie phenom for the spot. 19 rbi in just 35 games. it's possible the dodger outfielder could still be added to the rosters as an injury replacement. >>> speaking of injuries derek jeter returning to the yankees lineup for the first time this season after injuring his ankle. ♪ people got up. they're excited to see him. jeter getting that standing ovation. sparse crowd, but they were on their feet. in his first time at bat, he swings. the dribbler going up the left side. look at that. third baseman fel

rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation, and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >>> i am a muslim girl i wear the boushiya, i am talking about sex and what i am teaching them about it. >> when i was 14 i realized because some of my friends got married young, that girls get married young in my village. >> it was important for me to discuss and plan my families >> they will say to you this is a life and death crisis for me because if i can't space the births of my children, i can't feed my children. >> women in developing countries. when experts speak about the challenges these women face they speak of shocking statistics. approximately 290,000 die every year from pregnancy related complications. more than 100,000 of those pregnancies are unintended. there are 80 million unintended pregnancies a year, half of them due to an unmet need for modern contraception. but behind each statistic is a woman with her own story. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. in the united states contraception is widely available, although still a controversial political issue. so

rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, catholic organizations claim denial of first amendment rights, then women inmates sterilized. behind the headlines: home grown human trafficking. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, healthcare reform split. the obamacare free birth control mandate got an unlikely ally this week. the catholic health association or cha now says it's okay with the administration's latest compromise. obamacare mandates all insurance should cover contraceptives free of charge. but members of the catholic hierarchy objected and catholic owners of faith-based nonprofits filed lawsuits saying that mandate violates their free exercise religious rights. the cha represents hospitals that treat one in six american patients. the latest administration compromise puts insurance providers, not catholic hospitals or faith-based nonprofits, in direct touch with empl

rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, sexual assault in the egyptian uprising. then, women silenced in movies. behind the headlines: poverty moves to the suburbs. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, sexual assault and the egyptian protests. for days millions packed cairo's streets and tahrir square awaiting what they hoped was morsi's resignation. as during the arab spring, there were numerous reports of sexual assaults on women. protestors, who as voters helped bring morsi to power. the women's group operation antisexual harassment reported at least 44 cases of sexual assault on just the first day and more as protests continued during the week. a bbc journalist tweeted that women were taking refuge in his building to avoid sexual assault. operation anti-sexual harassment is asking for volunteers to protect women during the protests. egyptian activist dalia ziada is fi

rhode island's fire chief said the two officers are used to putting their lives on the line. >> these folks put themselves in harm's way on a regular basis. i sometimes think they don't even realize they're doing it. >> surviving bombing and search the campus for explosives. >>> more talk of the u.s. postal service possibly phasing out delivering mail directly to your house. congress is considering a proposal that would require letter carriers deliver mail to central boxes. there would be exemptions for people who could prove a hardship. the change could save 4.5 million a year. it's to keep the post office from being sold. the postal service is being sold with the building. the group to save the post office is not giving up saturday's rally. will celebrate the building's 100th birthday. >> you watch the south bay, sal? >> pardon me. i hate when i open my mouth when i have to cough. that's awful, boy, i tell you. >> can't hit the cough button when you're on camera. >> let's start that again. you said something, yes, absolutely looking good in the south bay. getting off the highway 17.

>> quickly, please. >> but by all accounts, rhodes or orr has a plan going into all of this.the things that's going to be complicated, and there's another hearing in this case next week, is that orr wants to put in a committee of retirees to represent their interestses. he realized he's buying himself another adversary this this case but that's something the judge will decide on and maybe that will give the unions a little bit of a silver lining here. >> scott cohn, appreciate you joining us. >> sure. >> up next. three restaurant stocks that need to be on your radar today. plus, last chance to name our mystery chart. best performer this week in the s&p 500. think. hmm, john madden. is that a good hint? guess @sullycnbc. i'll tell what you it is coming up. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ n

langevin of rhode island. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 312, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, madam chair. before i begin, i want to first congratulate the chairman, the gentleman from florida, and the ranking member for their important work on this legislation. before us today. madam chair, it's no surprise to any of us that the united states navy, with its critical role in our national defense, faces ever-increasing global threats and a significant resource-constrained environment. technologies can be rapidly developed, demonstrated, evaluated and fielded to counter other nations' expanding capabilities and to extend the navy's research and persistence. reach in persistence. the advanced submarine systems development program supports innovative and promising underseas technologies, including unmanned undersea u.u.v.'s. uu -- however, under the current

like and it's backyard is the police and the high falutin new england states of massachusetts and rhode island want to make any information collected incidentally by law enforcement drones outside of what is specified in a warrant inadmissible in court rhode island wants to go even further than that with a bill that would require incidentally collected data to be deleted by the police within twenty four hours. across the u.s. states everywhere are making it very clear that they do not want drones to be in their backyards like strip malls wind farms chemical plants prisons and poor people drones are fine as long as they are kept someplace far away you know like pakistan tonight let's talk about that by following me and twitter at the resident. that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at aaron aid and please don't forget to tune in at nine pm tonight for larry king now with special guest chris kluwe we ponder for the oakland raiders chris we'll talk abou

had to be -- >> rhode island mafia. [ laughter ] >> let's see.de island, look up the results here. >> bill: carol is going to kill me. >> good luck with that. as soon as i saw the least honest, i thought immediately it would be washington, d.c. >> rhode island is 92% and unfortunately, you're right about d.c. >> we did the worst? i knew it. >> bill: d.c., 80%. shame on us. >> we've done the experiment and it definitely fluctuates. varies by location. there is a dynamic and so we did it at dupont circle in d.c. i was standing around watching and there's sort of -- it is self-reinforcing behavior. some people see some people taking without paying, others will follow. >> bill: oh, really. that seems to be what happened in d.c. >> bill: so, in terms of the beverage business now what is happening with getting away from the high sugar drinks? >> it's happening pretty quickly. if you look at the trend the share of carbonated soft drinks has continued to decline year after year and the companies have to diversify. they all recognize that. so they've cert

country with a large number of different interests, interests of wyoming are not the same interests of rhode island. the interests of north and south are different. the interests of the banks are different from the interests of the homeowners. everybody has different interests, and government is only dysfunctional when you disagree with it. this has been going on since the beginning of our democracy, and as i say in the book "mr. president," george washington held this together and set the precedence that still, that created what some critics call the imperial presidency together today, but nonetheless it is the presidential structure and remains firm. >> did other presidents build on what george washington did? >> oh, absolutely, absolutely. you know, the obama administration has just been criticized for investigating the press, press leaks. well, john adams asked congress for a law called the alien sedition act putting 12 newspaper publishers in jail and one member of the representative were criticizing the president, just criticizing the government, they were put in jail. none of the thin

the ntsb have apologized a cat in southeast baltimore has eight lives left thanks to emergency surge rhode island the cat got tangled in a set of blinds in an abandoned home. when he jumped from the window, the cord severed his leg. thecat was rescued and is doing well. . >> i'll be fostering him. that's one of the biggest problems that we have with res kug cats off the street -- rescuing cats off the street is that we don't have fosters for them. . >> she decided to name him gary garfield cooper. he could be a good candidate for adoption >>> we want you too look at this picture. this is abbey. she's a therapy dog that works with wounded and sick soldiers and tonight herb owner says she's missing. a thsanddollar reward is being offered for her safe reward. if youhave any information please call >>> a lot of folks are going around the airlines to book flights and they're not happy about it. how some airlines are penalizing passengers. >>> and dave would have been late for work if it wasn't for emily and her boyfriend, dave as in dave matthews. . >>> this heat bubble is holding tough. the qu

apparently a guy in rhode island came face-to-face with a bear between you and me, they're, they're strangeatures. they are. they don't think like you and i. you know it. they just, they ignore us. totally. it's like we're only here to serve them. yeah, that's what i been saying. but then they turn around and fill you up with chevron with techron. i guess we're doing something right. yeah but, come on, humans? humans are weird. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. and what's up with the cat? [ laughter ] [ laughter ] got my eye on him. but they. >>> i'm bringing in my "bear aware" ,,,,,,,,,,

apparently a guy in rhode island came face-to-face with a bear and was apart enough to come into theuse and call 911. [ laughter ] >> we'll be right back! >>> making bacon fans kapb but they. >>> i'm bringing in my "bear aware" pin in tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow! ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs and now, conniving s sous chef, david letterman! (cheers and applause)

joining me now is mayor of rhode island and mayor fontane, thank you for joining me.your financial crisis is. >> brought on a number of cuts from state funding over the last few years compounded with pension costs and health insurance costs similar to many communities that are facing problems throughout our state and throughout our country. >> i understand you said last year that bankruptcy is on the table for you. are you any closer now? >> i would say, no, we actually have done a pretty decent job on putting together a reasonable five-year plan that addresses all the concerns we have and hopefully after the end of the five years will put us on a solid footing and avoid cobank kaeps all costs. i think all the communities that are falling into communities are a wake-up call call for states like rhode island and the country as a whole. we have to start looking at this because pushing the problem down to the cities and towns where it most affects the people and their day-to-day lives isn't the answer. i think there needs to be a more overall look at the bankruptcy and h

women's rights activists contend, quote, rhode island public schools should not be in the position ofelling girls and boys which programs or activities they should be interested in based solely on their sex. >>> and finally the boy scouts are now using a fitness test for participation in their jamboree. a test that would eliminate some of the world's best athletes. this year, all scouts had to pass a body mass index test before the festival which began yesterday. the jamboree features activities like hiking, biking, rock climbing. any scout or scout leader with bmi of 40 or higher cannot attend. experts say bmi is sometimes not a good indicator of physical fitness. average nose tackle in the nfl has bmi 40.5. meaning he would have to sit out the jamboree. council on size and weight discrimination says the boy scouts decision is deplorable and an unfair, discriminatory policy. the boy scouts defend that policy. the spokesman said they published guidelines well in advance and are promoting healthy living which is important to their organization. >>> there is no official confirmation as

even though tension rhode island, protest tension rose -- >>> look at the bright moonlight reflectingw clouds at the surface, we are going to see a lot of those low clouds for the evening as they're surging into the bay. you can see that right now at the golden gate bridge. well, you cannot really see so much at the golden gate bridge because there is so much fog. we are going to start out tomorrow morning with a lot of gray skies just like today fog all the way to the coast and inland valleys and slowly clear to the course of the morning clearing san francisco around noon. all the way through the afternoon at the beaches. here is the future cast, in addition to the low clouds we'll see high clouds through the afternoon, high clouds coming from this monsoon moisture that i have been talking about. you don't hear about the monsoon too much because it affects the southwest. occasionally it comes this way and brings in a lot of high clouds and sometimes even showers and thunderstorms. here we are, 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, here we are on the bay area, look at the high clouds over southern

you may even run into damp rhode roadways due to the mist and drizzle.s going to be a cool start. temperatures in the 50s under cloudy skies. fog out there, as well. at we head into the afternoon hours, we will start to notice some changes. this is what brought the cooling trend yesterday and today. it's an area of low pressure. this will finally started to push on out of here. we have one more day of cool conditions at the coast. a little bit on the breezy side much like today. mild inland for your friday and then we'll warm it up for high pressure builds up for the weekend. it will end would be a major heat wave. highs in the south bay, 77 in san jose. 76 in santa clara. 72, santa cruz. morgan hill, 81 degrees. palo alto, menlo park, 71. 68, san mateo. 74 in los altos. it's going breezy and cool side. you'll need to bundle up. daly city, 58. north bay communities, 50s and 60s coastside most other areas will be in the 70s except around ukiah and clearlake. 76 in santa rosa. heading out to the east bay, berkeley, oakland, mid-60s. low 70s for union city.

you may even run into damp rhode roadways due to the mist and drizzle.s going to be a cool start. temperatures in the 50s under cloudy skies. fog out there, as well. at we head into the afternoon hours, we will start to notice some changes. this is what brought the cooling trend yesterday and today. it's an area of low pressure. this will finally started to push on out of here. we have one more day of cool conditions at the coast. a little bit on the breezy side much like today. mild inland for your friday and then we'll warm it up for high pressure builds up for the weekend. it will end would be a major heat wave. highs in the south bay, 77 in san jose. 76 in santa clara. 72, santa cruz. morgan hill, 81 degrees. palo alto, menlo park, 71. 68, san mateo. 74 in los altos. it's going breezy and cool side. you'll need to bundle up. daly city, 58. north bay communities, 50s and 60s coastside most other areas will be in the 70s except around ukiah and clearlake. 76 in santa rosa. heading out to the east bay, berkeley, oakland, mid-60s. low 70s for union city.

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island, the senior senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. reed: thank you very much, mr. president. and i recognize it's a much larger state. the nice thing about the senate is we all have two senators. but thank you. mr. president, there's been a great deal of work put together by so many people here, senator carper, senator manchin, senator alexander, senator harkin, senator kaine. i could go on. senator burr. and they've been trying in a principled way to help students and they've provided short-run help. but the major criticism i have of the legislation is it locks us into long-run predictable rate increases and will add further to the burned students and families are veering to send their children and themselves to college and beyond and despite these great efforts, i just do not believe this approach, if unamended, is going to be the way we wanted to move forward. -- way we want to move forward. mark kantrowitz is a well-known expert on student aid and his comments i think are particularly telling. quote -- "it's still going to be

. >> reporter: the owner is kevin rhodes, and the founder of dig.com, a viral video site! >> i wanted to get them separated. i didn't want to kick. the only thing i could think of was to grab the back and throw the raccoon. i could either throw him up the stairs back at my wife . [ laughter ] >> and i threw him down the stairs. and the raccoon was fine. it ran down and jumped through the gate. >> reporter: now the world can relive toaster's experience because it was caught on two surveillance cameras. >> if i had time to think about it, i probably would have figured out some way to separate them without using my hands. i hear all these stories about rabies and how they can bite you, and it was just one of those things where you care so much about an animal. >> reporter: two years after being voted dog of the year in san francisco, he is a bit traumatized by the experience. but seems to be enjoying the spotlight >> peta said in a statement tonight, "you can't fault a man for reacting to save his dog. the raccoon took a hard hit, so we are rooting for him as well." >>> a wel

emily in rhode island? >> caller: boo-yah from providence, rhode island.uestion about linked in. >> a lot of people feel like that that last quarter was not that good. i think they're doing some spending in order to be able to dominate the category. buy buy buy. i think it's an opportunity to buy. i think it's well-run company. let's go to david in maryland. david? >> caller: hello? >> you're up. >> caller: all right. >> go ahead. how about a stock, dave? >> caller: hello. >> go ahead, dave. >> caller: i'm calling about amd. >> i saw it was down for the first time today. you know what? buy buy buy buy? this stock is inexpensive. got a bunch of gaming consoles in the next quarter. i think that amd can go to five, and therefore own it. jim in illinois? >> caller: jim, enjoy the show very much. >> thank you. >> caller: sir, i was wondering about navistar. >> navistar is one of those situations, sure, maybe they get it together, but then cummings goes to 120. the reason you buy cummins is because of problems at navistar and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the c

some that have already been completed include new lights on 26th street between kansas and rhode island, and on the west side of wisconsin street in front of the star king elementary school. the puc has also designed new street lights for the intersection of 22nd and 23rd and iowa street and has plans for additional street lights on 15th street. for the lights on caltrans property, which is often underneath the dark freeway overpasses that you have identified, i commit to you, supervisor, that i will partner with you to communicate with caltrans about this issue. in fact, to answer directly to your question, the answer is yes, we will make that investment and i've done that before as your previous public works director that when it comes to public safety, we can't wait for bureaucracy to catch up. i'll commit to you that we've give them adequate notice. we'll let them know where things have to be done. and then if we need to, you and i and public works and the puc will move forward to put lights where they're needed to keep people safe. and then we'll argue afterwards about who maintain

rhodes. any questions on this? >> thank you. anyone from the public wish to comment on this item, please come forward. >> thank you, members of the board. my name is adam keats. i'm a resident. i'm here in my capacity an is the director of biological diversity. it's unusual for us to be speaking here on behalf of a gravel mining project. it's is not something that we are used to doing. when we were first approached by this company by oliver desilva, we were prepared to fight this project and we were prepared with our allies to the sun ol community to fight this project. oliver silva came to us and said what would it take for to you support this project and we laughed and we gave a dream list to have this happen to benefit the environment and they said yes to everything. it took a year to get to this but it's been incredible. we think it's a great thing for the species out there and for the people of the sun ol community and good for the community of san francisco in terms of the revenue as well. this is the way gravel mining sho

the thattist of the legislation overall is going forward in my state of rhode island it has great momentum establishing the exchanges and making sure that people have coverage. we already have seen many benefits in affordable health care and parents can keep their children on the plan until they are 26. there are many things and in the contempt of jobs we have eastbound another job growth this reporting period and we have to continue that. really, if we want to talk about job growth, we should talk infrastructure and stimulus. the affordable system is on a pat to take off on time this fall. >> at least part of it will but not the employer mandate. thank you, senators for joining us. we apologize for the delay between washington and afghanistan. texas governor perry, the longest serving governor in state history, is poised to make an announcement about his political future during a national debate over abortion laws. over abortion. the governor joins us next. out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the o

host cities invest in upgrading rhodes and other infrastructure and they drive an increase in travelers from abroad. >>> leaders in the republic of sudan are betting an a new venture. their economy has struggled since they lost oil wells. they are hoping to tap into something else that is below their feet. as nhk world reports, some are questioning who will benefit in the end. >> a large part of the republic of sudan's 1.8 million square ki kilometers is sand. that includes an area just north of the capital cartoon. a large project is under way to turn it into lush, greenland. this is a research and development farm made in the huge desert. as you see, they have already started to grow. there is plenty of water underground so crops can grow. authorities plan to have 13,000 hectors cultivated & they want to set up 180 wells to water the farmland. foreigners will be the major partners. a private company from the united arab emirates is funding most of it. foreign businesses will manage the farmland loaned from sudan's government. in may, sudanese businessmen invited foreign corporations t

you may even run into damp rhode roadways due to the mist and drizzle.ing to be a cool start. temperatures in the 50s under cloudy skies. fog out there, as well. at we head into the afternoon hours, we will start to notice some changes. this is what brought the cooling trend ytoday. today. it's an area of low pressure. this will finally started to push on out of here. we have one more day of cool conditions at the coast. a little bit on the breezy side much like today. mild inland for your friday and then we'll warm it up for high pressure builds up for the weekend. it will end would be a major heat wave. highs in the south bay, 77 in san jose. 76 in santa clara. 72, santa cruz. morgan hill, 81 degrees. palo alto, menlo park, 71. 68, san mateo. 74 in los altos. it's going breezy and cool side. you'll need to bundle up. daly city, 58. north bay communities, 50s and 60s coastside most other areas will be in the 70s except around ukiah and clearlake. 76 in santa rosa. heading out to the east bay, berkeley, oakland, mid-60s. low 70s for union city. runningas

brown university, and co-director of the men's health center at the miriam hospital in providence, rhodesland. >> all hormones originate from cholesterol, which is interesting because we think of cholesterol as something that's negative, but cholesterol really serves as the basis of all hormones. >> mcfarland: the sex hormone testosterone is in the family of steroid hormones. it travels by way of the bloodstream to the cells of organs, where they carry out their functions. the group of hormones that influence the growth and development of the male reproductive system are called androgens, and the most active androgen is testosterone, produced in the testes. >> and a boy who goes through puberty, he begins to masculinize. therefore, his genitals grow, he now has a beard, he changes his musculature, he'll have more muscle, and he becomes more manlike, or more masculine. when the levels are inappropriately low, that means that the individual is considered hypogonadal. "hypo" means low, so it's low gonad-- hypgonadism. >> i discovered it nine years ago. i felt the aging process. i was 65 at

when toolan was picked up in rhode island, he has been drinking.t fit in? >> the next level of confusion and the stupor phase. >> add how much did drugs play tom toolan's life? >> he would take whatever drugs he would get his hands on? >> such as. >> paxil, zoe loft. >> final the defense was ready for its knockout punch. a neuropsychologist. >> my opinion is that he has profound frontal executive dysfunction. >> he testified years of substance abuse brought about that mental defect. because of it, toolan could not control his impulses, so the defense said he could not be held responsible for the murder. >> it's like the perfect storm. you have all of these swirling together inside this man's head. >> the prosecutors job was to blow that argument away, to argue that tom toolan knew exactly what he was doing when he murdered beth lochtefeld, that he was so enraged by the breakup that planned and carried out a cold calculated killing. >> i will present to you a timeline. >> as evidence of premeditation, security guards stopped toolan from boarding a p

island did with central falls, rhode island and then uphold that.there is no money to pay those bonds, then you will see some sort of restructuring. bear in mind you have a lot of these bonds that are insured. those bonds will keep paying interest when it's due and principal when that comes due. >> yeah, it's going to be a precedent setting case. either way. >> detroit is a huge story and another big story and it's broken here on our show. it's steven cohen and the s.a.c. and andrew ross sorkin is now on the cnbc "newsline" what. are you new hearing on this centorbi? >> reporter: good afternoon, mandy. what everybody is now talking about, it's clear that the s.e.c. has instant messages back and forth between steve cohen and many of his associates at s.a.c. and conversations about frank frankly whether or not there was inside information and whether he should have looked into it or not. conversations about how close he is, not just to the action and specific people. there's a debate going on between analysts at s.a.c. and martoma and steve colen. it

. >> reporter: where a few once were found off the bahamas, they are now as far north as rhode islandwell south to the caribbean and just recently started showing up in a wide area of the gulf of mexico. scientists worry they will devastate native fish populations. >> we have some evidence that groupers occasionally will eat them, but once a grouper who has experienced that spine, they may never eat another one, because those spines are very venomous. >> reporter: as for natural predators, a team of biologists off the florida keys dives for lion fish almost every day. >> oh, my gosh, he's tiny. >> reporter: they capture and kill what they can, but it's a monumental task. a female lion fish lays up to 30,000 eggs every four days. it's estimated more than 300,000 lion fish nowin habit reefs in the keys. that's three times the population from just two years ago. >> a bag of lion fish. >> reporter: scientists concluded they will never get rid of the fish in the area. but they have decided the best way to win, eat them to beat them. cooked at more than 400 degrees, these white flaky fish a

entrepreneur kevin rhodes heard his dog yelping in pain. he went outside to find his dog in a fight with a raccoon. the whole thing caught on video. he says he does not condone violence against animals. when he saw the fight, he had to intervene. he wasn't thinking when he picked up the raccoon and tossed it. he wanted to protect his dog. did suffer scratch and bite marks. >>> no royal baby announcement yet but stay with us for continuing coverage. [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. today we are kicking off millionaire's cruise in and win week. [cheers and applause] if you are looking for the ultimate escap ultimate escape, you have come to the right place, because we're giving away disney cruise line vacations. every contestant has the chance to win a trip for four on the disney fantasy, but they are not the only ones. at the end of the show, i'll reveal how you at home will have a shot to win your own cruise vacation. now take a look at what our contestants could be winning. disney cr

recent report of a close call in rhode island.to give viewers a few expert tips on how to react to a bear encounter. >> according to experts, you should avoid direct eye contact with the bear, don't run away. back off slowly. wave your arms. don't yell and stay quiet unless the bear attacks. if the bear attacks can you recall up to a ball or lay flat on your stomach. >> jon: as you probably guessed, that video went viral. i have some sympathy for her. [ laughter ] >> jon: that is wrap this week. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. we'll see you again next week. >> gregg: vigils going on right now as demonstrators make their voices heard nearly one week after the verdict in the george zimmerman trial. hello, i'm kelly wright in for gregg jarrett. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. those demonstrations have been going on all day in a hundred cities. and in miami, showing you new york, atlanta and philadelphia. look at the screen. numbers have multiplied a florida jury

that kind of stuff. >> steven rhodes is from the detroit area. he has a reputation from lawyers here as being very tough. but one thing that is important here, they didn't want some judge that was outside of the area. at least this guy they feel, his supporters feel that he will really know exactly what some of the issues are here in detroit and won't have any anti-detroit bias. so he's one that's involved in the community, has been in the federal system for quite some time, and is well respected with his colleagues. larry? >> thank you very much. nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting from detroit. now,let get right to our next guest, who is a true detroit business expert. here now we welcome cnbc contributor bob lutz. former general motors vice chairman. he's the author of the new book "icons and idiots: straight talk on leadership." i love that. bob lutz, welcome back. who killed detroit? >> who killed detroit? >> yeah. >> 50 years of mismanagement by largely democratic administrations who had an unusually close and collusive relationship with the pub

rhode island is another state that's had disastrous state finances. their economy is not there yet. you have these states in the northeast that should do well and just because of where they are, because of the great, you know, critical mass of economic activity in the northeast and they're just not doing it. not yet. >> all right, scott cohn framed by mount rushmore. that looks like washington and jefferson and i think i see lincoln also. thank you, buddy. appreciate your work on the whole rating system. >>> now, what was it to cause a surge in fedex shares today? bertha coombs has that story and the latest on what the workers will be baking when they make the twinkies. that's right, the twinkie is coming back and you should too. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." tonight in the gulf of mexico, an oilwell is leaking. bertha coombs has that story and much m

recent report of a close call in rhode island.porter was assigned to give a few expert tips to how to react. >> you should direct eye contact with the bear. don't runway away. back off slowly. wave your arms to let the animal know you are human. stay quiet and scream and throw things at bear. curl up on your side and above all, stay calm. '7 >> jon: as you probably guessed. that video went viral. >> i have some sympathy for her. i had a lot of bad assignments when i was a reporter. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. we'll see you again next week. ♪ ♪ >> kelly: i'm kelly wright in for gregg jarrett. welcome inside a new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. nice to have you on this sunday. topping the news, as mercurys major destruction on the ground. we will the tell you where. >> kelly: brand-new medical news, americans are living longer than ever but according to a new study there is also a troubling spike in some chronic diseases that may bring misery during those extra years. >> heather: and when will s

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the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, may i ask unanimous consent that i and senator blumenthal from connecticut and senator baldwin from wisconsin, and if he's able to join us, also senator murphy from connecticut be allowed to engage in a colloquy on the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you. mr. president, my colleagues and i have come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is at the heart of the discussion of our national debt and deficit, and that is health care spending. these days, around washington, there is a regular refrain echoing through the hallways -- in order to fix our deficit, we must cut medicare and medicaid benefits. well, that is wrong. that idea is according to the former c.e.o. of kaiser permanente, somebody who knows a little something about health care, and i'll quote him, so wrong it's almost criminal, it's an inept way of thinking about health care. i could not agree more. it was put this way by from herrick, who is a columnist for my homet

rhodes set a hearing in the case for wednesday morning. the beginning of a process that could take years. far more complex for a city that for even the biggest corporate bankruptcy. >> they need to continue to exist before the population for its constituents. in this case, that's going to make it difficult, because you have stakeholders. >> including those picketing firefighters, who insist there's a basic principle at stake, not to mention their financial well being. >> absolutely i'm nervous. >> my family is nervous, we will survive, we will do what we have to do to survive, i think that we have been promised something, and this country is based on good faith and promise. if you get rid of unions and pensions, what do we have? we have corporate privatization and control. that's not america. >> michigan's governor says the retirees should have a voice in the bankruptcy process, and formalizing that will be one of the first orders of business in court. the unions say the time for negotiation was before the bankruptcy. maybe to head it off

i'll be heading back up to rhode island and to the beach in rhode island.e we have better weather this weekend. i would like to see the sun at least once. >> at the beach yeah. >> bill: at least once. >> that makes sense. >> bill: in the next four days. the team is here. peter ogborn and dan henning. hello, guys. >> hey hey. >> good morning. >> bill: good to see you. >> happy july 3rd. >> bill: alichia cruz has the phones covered. cyprian bowlding, i'm sorry ladies. [ laughter ] sorry, ladies, he's not here today. he was here a little earlier. he's off now for a long break. >> you heard him. he showed up when he wasn't even working. early. >> bill: make sure everything is under control. monty does a good job filling in for cyprian. he will be taking us into the world of current tv. >> i don't know how the ladies feel about monty though. >> we'll find out. >> bill: they don't hold back. uh-huh. we're coming to you live on current tv of course on your local progressive talk radio station. and on sirius x.m. this hour only. so big night of baseball last night,