and a member of rhode island jugs oversight committee. we are thrilled to welcome her to this committee. >> senator white house and distinguished committee members. ash land police departments you have options programs and southern oregon's campus choice-. this is a vastly under reported crime. the barriers that keep survivors from coming forward are many but are often surmountable. when we increase at least initial reporting, the resulting benefits to individual victims and to our community are profound. by utilizing specially trained individuals in the response to reports of sexual assault, survivors are given access to accurate, complete information and options and communities become safer as we learn to identify the offenders within, most of whom will continue to commit sexual offenses if left unidentified. the need for programs like this is undeniable. e or to accept help by engaging in the campused a minute straif process. the victim is never provided a clear explanation of the law enforcement response possibilities, or if police re

>> thank you, senator, for that question. >> a local question in rhode island. >> in rhode island, we have looked at the relationship between warm temperatures and the number ofnd emergency department visits and deaths in the state of her diamond. we found a strong association. more people are hospitalized and die for heat related illnesses on hot days. what we are trying to explore now in rhode island is whether it is made worse on high ozone days. we think from other studies in other parts of the world that days that are hot and high ozone are generally worse for people. we are looking at that currently in rhode island. i don't have the results to share today. but i would be happy to provide those in the near future. shaw did not choose to attend the hearing, but he did prefiled testimony with us in which he told us asthmatics are not at greater risk of adverse health effects from ozone. do you have any reaction to that statement? >> i think it is just not true, to be frank. there is substantial evidence as thatcs are at least great of risk -- a risk. with any body of science and ev

and a member of rhode island jugs oversight committee. we are thrilled to welcome her to this committee. >> senator white house and distinguished committee members. ash land police departments you have options programs and southern oregon's campus choice-. this is a vastly under reported crime. the barriers that keep survivors from coming forward are many but are often surmountable. when we increase at least initial reporting, the resulting benefits to individual victims and to our community are profound. by utilizing specially trained individuals in the response to reports of sexual assault, survivors are given access to accurate, complete information and options and communities become safer as we learn to identify the offenders within, most of whom will continue to commit sexual offenses if left unidentified. the need for programs like this is undeniable. or to accept help by engaging in the campused a minute straif process. the victim is never provided a clear explanation of the law enforcement response possibilities, or if police resp

day one has served as rhode island sexual assault coalition for 40 years. we provide treatment intervention education advocacy and prevention services to rhode islanders of all ages and we operate in the states advocacy center accredited by the national children's lines. our trained staff of 40 employees in 60-plus volunteers work closely with law enforcement prosecution area hospitals schools in the community to address and prevent sexual assault and abuse of highly-regarded trauma informed treatment and programs. rhode island's high concentration of colleges and universities make the issue of campus sexual assault in major focus from day one. we have worked with victims of college sexual assault throughout her history so we have been aware of the issues that are prevalent. we know these cases are rarely reported to law enforcement and the ones that are hardly ever move on to successful prosecution. it's clear the current system is not working. there is never done a comprehensive system that works in the best interest of victims either in our state or arou

we need to upskill and upskill rhode island and upskill america. enabling more people to punch their picket to the middle class. >> you and i usually talk every month. your last job you were a of an assistant attorney general for civil rights. last month i started looking at income and poverty from a slightly macro perspective. i want to go back to 2013, the last year that we have full numbers, 51,9 therein, for blacks it was 34,598. and let's go back because you're a civil rights expert, when blacks made 66 cents for every dollar, that number was 59 cents, not just about police, they're about economic disenfrash enfranchisement. >> let me give you one more number on that. you look at the labor participation of young african american men, in 1950, i it was like 65 or 66% you look at the most recent data on labor force participation of young african american men and it's something like 37%. i'm talking about 16 to 24-year-old young african american men. there are serious opportunity gaps and the reason why the president is so committed to the my bro

i appreciate your scientific and rhode island perspective. ms. patton. thank you. >> chairman whitehouse, thank you for your leadership on behalf of clean, safe air for communities and families. we sure appreciate it. the united states commitment to clean air is a broadly shared american value whether you live in a red state, blue state, or purple state or in the case of my own home state in the heart of the rockies of the colorado which is all of the above, americans want clean, healthy air for communities and families. the establishment of the health based air quality standards for ozone is the bedrock foundation of the nation's clean air laws. it is why congress has instructed the administrator to establish the standards based on human health. the question for the administrator is whether the air in our communities is safe to breathe and this determination on the bases of human health waw that the current health beigeed standards are not adequate to protect our children's health, our nation's health and that we do in fact need to strengthen the standa

mary snow explains. >> reporter: it's a state of beauty but behind the picture setting rhode island'sther chief distinction is having one of the highest jobless rates in the country. and lower rain burns sees the effect firsthand. she says the number of people relying on this providence food pantry doubled since 2007 and she is confounded by talk of the nation's economic recovery. >> i think we are seriously, you know i think we are, i don't know anybody that has recently gotten this wonderful, wonderful position. that is making life easier for them. it's still a struggle. >> reporter: a state food bank finds that 1-7 households cannot afford adequate food and rhode island reels from the recession when at times it has the highest unemployment rate in the country. it peaked at 11.9% in 2010. it's improved significantly. but it remains above the national rate and ranks third morning states with the highest jobless rate at 7.4% as of october. >> what if we want to get the unemployment rate lower. >> reporter: economics professor leonard says one big factor behind the high number is the l

>> thank you senator for that question. >> at a local question in rhode island. >> in rhode island but we have looked at is the relationship between warm temperatures and extreme heat and the number of emergency department visits and deaths in the state of rhode rhode island and we have found a strong association that means more people are hospitalized and died for heat related illnesses on those hot days. what we are trying to explore right now is whether that is made worse on high ozone days. we think from that other studies in other parts of the country and across the world days that are both hot and high ozone are generally worse for people than days that are hot or ozone but not put together so we are looking at that currently in rhode island. i don't have the results to show you today but we'd be happy to provide this in the future. >> dr. shaw did not choose to attend the hearing but he did file pre-filed testimony with us in which he told us asthmatics are not in fact at greater risk of adverse health effects from ozone. do you have any reaction to that statement? >> i think it

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. the senate, i assume, is in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. whitehouse: in this case, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i am here this evening for time to wake up speech number 82. scientists tell us that the evidence for climate change is now -- and i'll quote -- unequivocal. unequivocal. not a word often used in scientific writing. and the american people know that climate change is real. in a new poll released by the insurance firm munich rei, eight out of ten americans believe the climate is changing. they see it happening right around them. the american people also know we need to cut our carbon pollution if we're to avoid the worst effects of climate change. we can't keep burning carbon-polluting fossil fuels indiscriminately. seven out of ten americans put using more carbon-free energy like solar and wind among the best ways to battle climate change. chan

we get those in rhode island in the summer. a perfectly nice day, driving day, driving into work, listening to the radio , and the voice on the radio suddenly says today is a bad hair day and advises the elderly and infants and people with breathing issues to stay indoors, basically a day of those people has just been taken from them by out-of-state polluters should have been reckless about complying with walls. and as climate change once they no it actually makes the conditions for ozone formation more common and therefore more bad air days more likely. the science advisory committee is recommending that epa set a standard within the 60 to 70 ppb range noting that 60 ppb would offer more public health protection and a standard between 65 and 70 parts per billion. i hope they we will set the standard that prioritizes public health protection and thank ms. mckay for being here and invite her to proceed. >> thank you, chairman, for the opportunity to testify today on the recently proposed updates to the ozone national ambient air

next, rhodes college professor tim huebner discusses public opinion of chief justice taney and how it was shaped. the supreme court historical society hosted this event. it's a little under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. goldman. i -- historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. which is what historians can tell us. so i use his toirns more than more people. and they like me more than most people, i think. well, i'm happy to welcome all of you to this -- i guess it's the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the supreme court historical society. and this lecture is as you have heard on -- it's the third in a four-part series on the supreme court and the civil war revisited. the historical society has an educational outreach mission that includes these lectures. it includes training programs for teachers. an

next, rhodes college professor tim huebner discusses public opinion of chief justice taney and how it was shaped. the supreme court historical society hosted this event. it's a little under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. goldman. i -- historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. which is what historians can tell us. so i use historians more than more people. and they like me more than most people, i think. well, i'm happy to welcome all of you to this -- i guess it's the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the supreme court historical society. and this lecture is as you have heard on -- it's the third in a four-part series on the supreme court and the civil war revisited. the historical society has an educational outreach mission that includes these lectures. it includes training programs for teachers. an

these rivers are again so important to rhode island. one of the things you discover as you go around rhode island, particularly after a storm, that our whole development was centered around rivers because water power in the 1760's a understand 1780's was the source -- and 1780's was the source of energy. as a result, a lost our communities are clustered around the rivers and they have great historic cultural, recreational, and environmental value to our state, not just to ours but throughout the nation. so let me thank not only my colleagues here but in the house, congressman david ciccelini and jim lambert. the black stone runs into massachusetts and i particularly want to thank senator sheldon whitehouse, a stalwart when it comes to anything having to do with the environment and his leadership and his support was absolutely critical in et going this measure -- in et going this measure today included in the bill. madam president, we have a good national defense authorization bill before the senate. i urge all of my colleagues to suppor

rhode island at times had the highest unemployment rate in the country. it peaked at 11.9% in 2010. it's improved significantly but it remains above the national rate and ranks third among states with the highest jobless rate at 7.4% as of october. >> what if we want to get the unemployment rate lower? >> economics professor leonard larderro says it's the lack of a skilled labor force. >> as manufacturing jobs are lost for various reasons, you have people with skills but we don't necessarily have the jobs to use those skills, and they may have to be absorbed in the service sector at jobs that are not as good as they had. >> this lightbulb factory is one of the jobs that have left rhode island. >> it's been quite painful especially for a community like central falls. >> 29-year-old james deosa is the mayor of that city which declared bankruptcy before he took office. the lied bulb factory, his father worked there for 30 years after emigrating from colombia. >> get his children including myself a great education. >> political corruption high taxes and regulation say economists have ex

rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> welcome to "too the carry" i'm reporting from covenant baptist united church of christ in washington, d.c. this is one of a growing number of churches that are welcoming people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender preferences. they call it open and affirming. or ona. on this special edition of "to the contrary" we take to you three churches in very different parts of the country that are opening their doors along with their communal lives and ministries. >> open and affirming is our churches are -- our way of grappling intentionally and faithfully with one of the most difficult things that the church faces right now. how to welcome and embrace and sanctify gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people. >> here in st. paul park, minnesota, a new consciousness is taking hold. although this town was a manufacturing hub back in its heyday, today it's a quiet town with one oil refinery. the church mirrors the town. once a thriving church t

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the recovering feels far off in some states, especially rhode island. it's a state that boasts of its beauty, but behind the picturesque setting the other distinction was the highest job. lorraine sees the effects. the number of people relying on the food pantry was doubled and she is confounded by talk of the nation's economic recovering. >> i don't know anybody that had gotten into this wonderful position. that's making life easier for them. it's still a struggle. a state food bank find one in seven households can afford to find adequate food. rhode island reeled from recessions when at times it had the highest unemployment rate in the country, peeking at 9% in 2010. it remains above the national rank, ranking third at 7.4% as of october. what if i want to get the unemployment rate lower. economics professor says one big factor behind the high numbers is the lack of a skilled labour force. >> we are a microcosm of the country. you have people with skills, but we don't necessarily have the jobs to use the skills. they may be absorbed in the service sec

i do question the idea of having jim masena and matt rhodes running thisoyt committee.mind people of our ugly politics is a bad idea. >> their message is unity. >> see how long that lasts. >> speaking of matt rhodes. that made me think oh, mitt romney. mitt romney turned around the olympics in 2002 and actually supporting boston earlier this year. so, but i did have to do some math. mitt would be 77 years old and he always looks young and good. i think he could run it. >> there you go. all right. finally, winners and losers. >> my loser would be sony pictures which has been the object of hacking by possibly north korean forces. some of it was just, you know, caddie, comments about, you know, angelina jolie. some of it was this nasty racially charged comments which i love coming out of rich liberals. but some of it is very serious4iff about people's health records and so forth. it's really turned that company upside down. it's also really a harbinger of what is going to happen to other companies as well. the winner, inel sta instagram. 300 million have signed up to that

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president may i ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you madam president. i'm here for my 81st time time-to-wake-up speech to ask that this body wake up to the effects of climate change and to say this that acting on this issue will accelerate economic growth will spur innovation and will create jobs. we have settled any real argument about the leading cause of climate change. it's carbon pollution. measurements in the atmosphere and oceans reveal dramatic, even unprecedented changes in the climate. our scientists know that carbon pollution heats up the climate and acidifies the ocean. that's beyond debate. they know that this is already a problem for americans and the world. we had wonderful testimony from a nasa scientist today in the environment and public works committee who talked about what they actually see when they look down from the satellites. they take measurement

in "what women want," rhodes into topics that effect the lives of women. please welcome the direct director of the stanford center on legal profession, deborah rhode. [applause] >> i'm enormously pleased to be here and even more pleased that you're here. woodley allen said -- woody allen said that 90% of life was showing up, and, of course, it matters what you show up for. so glad -- >> [inaudible] >> no. i'm. i'm sorry. do you need me to start over? no? good enough? so let me begin, as does the book, with a new york err car toon in which a woman frostily informs her obviously-skeptical husband, yes, harold, i do speak for all women. this is not a claim that any contemporary feminists will readily make. women don't speak with one voice on women's issues. but to build a powerful political movement, we have to be prepared to generalize about the interests of women as a group. what would most women want if they were fully informed and free to choose and the goal was equality between sexes? "what women want" seeks to jump-start a conversation about that agenda

we get those in rhode island a lot vme lot.t about following the law. and as the climate warms up, the conditions are more common, more bad air days are likely therefore. the science advisory is recommending 60-70 parts per billion range noting that 60 billion offers here. and i hope the epa will set the standard of 60 parts per billion for the public protection. >>> thank you for opportunity to testify today on epa's recently proposed updates to the air quality standards. because the air we breathe so important to our overall health and wellbeing the clean air act requires epa the review this every five years to make sure they continue to protect the safety of americans. for at risk groups this is critical. establishing and implementing is a two-step process. first, setting standards and deciding what is clean air, and implementing the standards is two and requires states and tribes if they want to reevaluate. based on a thorough review of the science, and the recommendations of the agencies independent advisors, the administr

i want to express my appreciation to our very robust higher education community and rhode island into our attorney general. finally, i would like to thank all are witnesses today for joining us. i know you work a in and day out to help survivors who are seeking closure and justice. i look forward to hearing more about your efforts. campus sexual assault is not a new phenomenon. in the last two years -- it has shed light on just how pervasive it has become with some estimates suggesting as many as one and five women may experience sexual violence in college. reports of sex offenses on college campuses rose 50% from 2009 to federal data. offenses,ajority of up to 90%, are believed to go unreported. this issue has risen from whispered hallway conversations to an impassioned national debate. it has rightly become a priority for university boardrooms, police departments, even the white house with its dedicated task force and it is -- it's it's on us campaign. innovations in the private sector include products to prevent surreptitious drugging and video games and smartphone apps to encourag

born in rhode island in son of a quaker family nathaniel love to read books in thought only one book was worth reading which was the bible. it was really under his father's thumb until his late 20s the end is father died and he began to view the affairs of the day. and it was sullen highboy let that point they become very close friends but the friendship lasted the rest of their lives. with the theory of war this was new because he was brought up as a quaker but he really made himself an expert such as the revolutionary war approached he decided to start a company in rhode island that when it came time to elect officers this man would not vote for him because he had lamp -- live. greed was very hurt by this than the typical reaction he said i quit and i am going home. his friends tried to talk him out of it and he was indecisive and finally with a typical reaction in he said okay. i will soldier on as a private. by some miracle only a few months later appointed as one of the youngest generals of the continental army as to have an eye for talent with the first big crisis soon though f

are you going to call susan rice, ambassador rice, and ben rhodes to testify? >> well, susan rice has to be called. she's never been called before a committee of congress to explain what role she played in the drafting or the giving of the white house talking points. ben rhodes, as i read that memo again today, and i have not discussed it with mr. cummings. he and i have to consult with each other before any decisions are made. but that memo was pretty important to our understanding of how a false narrative was perpetrated to our fellow citizens. >> you want him. >> i want to talk to everybody who has access to relevant information. >> do you expect to call former secretary of state hillary clinton? >> i don't see how you can have any definitive accounting of benghazi without talking to the secretary of state at the time. >> so we expect hearings from january we'll see those three, at least they'll be requested their presence? >> we won't do those three in january. i need the remainder of the document production from the state department before i can interview

they live in providence, rhode island.ears ago they had an idea-- let's make a teen zombie movie. and it stuck. >> will be the greatest movie ever. >> reporter: with the help of their families, sam and mattie turned to a relatively new source of funding for ideas to plac their dream a reality. in just five years, online crowdfunding sites like kickstarter, go fund me, or indy gogo, have helped raised billions of dollars for tens of thousands of projects. a campaign on indy gogo raised more than $700,000 in a month to give bus driver karen klein a vacation after video of her being bullied by students went viral. >> i had a lot of reservations about putting it online. >> reporter: jessie man is sam's older brother. he put together their kickstarter campaign. >> i don't remember the first time they told me about it. it was something sam talked about a lot, but when we went on to year too two and he started talking about scenes and i started asking more questions about it. and i kept hearing the same scenes come up. and i said

some of you may remember that rhodes college is known within these halls as theal ma mater as the late justice abe fortis. professor huebner is the author of two books "the sum and traditional justice." and "the taney court, justices rulings and legacy." he is co-editor with the late kermit hall of the 2nd edition of major problems in american constitutional history, currently he is completing a narrative history of the civil war and american constitutionalism to be published by university press of kansas in early 2016. additionally, he serves -- i'm happy to say, as the associate editor of the supreme court historical society's journal of supreme court history. i could continue as professor huebner's accomplishment and publications are many, but that would leave us less time for his words. and so, i hope you will all join me in welcoming professor timothy s. huebner. [ applause ] >> thank you, justice scalia. thank you, jim goldman. and david pride and the society for the invitation. special thanks to jennifer lowe for making all this possible. it's an honor to be here. on october 12t

and some know that rhodes is known as the alma mater of the late justice forres.e is the author of two books, state judges and sectional distinctiveness, 1790 to 1890. and the taney court, justices rulings and legacy. he's co-editor with the late kermit hall of the second edition of major problems in american constitutional history, currently he is completing a narrative history of the civil war and american constitutionalism to be published by university president of kansas in early 2016. additionally he serves, i'm happy to say, as at sosh at editor of the editor of the supreme court history preservation. i could continue as his accomplishments are many but that would leave us less time for his words and so i will hope you will all join me in welcoming professor timothy s. huebner. [ applause ] >> thank you, justice scalia. thank you jim goldman and david pride and the society for the invitation. especially thanks to jennifer lowe for making all of this possible. it is an honor to be here. on october 12th, 1864, 150 years ago this week, chief justice roger brook

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. >> watters on deck goes to rhode island and asks them to vote president obama. >> he's like a 15. > that's where you go. >> do you like watters' world? >> i love watters' world. ♪ >> this is a little awkward. >> watters, moments away. >>> polls are polls but they are not nearly as interesting as one-on-one chats with the folks. so we sent watters up to newport, rhode island, a great vacation spot, to ask americans to grade president obama, speaker of the house john boehner and mua. >> what's this place all about? >> history, architecture and i would say good food. >> you just chased me down off the street. >> yes. >> are you a fanatic? >> no. >> president obama, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate him? >> i'm putting him about 6 or 7. >> maybe 5. >> 3. >> he doesn't seem honest. i don't like his face or the way he tualks. >> seven. >> how would you score the president? >> two. >> why hasn't he measured up? >> he's not mitt romney. >> i'm so proud to be here today. >> hmm. a five. >> this is not about looks. this is about performance. >> i'm here to perform. >> obamacare is a j

it's in rhode island. you weren't there to stop it. massachusetts, maine. i found it extraordinary that these outbursts never occurred in the midst of major election campaigns. either in the off-year elections of 1862 with a run-up to the state elections and the congressional elections that montgomery blair famously warned lincoln at the cabinet meeting of july 1862 the republican party would lose as most presidents lose some seats in off-year elections, the party in power, if the emancipation proclamation was issued that was issued in september. certainly lost house seats govern seats, legislatures. but there wasn't major suppression of the press. it resumed in the name of protecting troop movements, protecting aid and comfort to the enemy, other excuses and code words, code phrases. but, again beginning in congregation season, which, for the republicans, is june 1864. for the democrats quite stupidly, by the way -- talk about a tactical mistake -- they waited until august. he said lincoln is ahead of me and republicans are ahead of me in organizing. so th

most of the discussions took place in canada led by security adviser ben rhodes. that was when castro and obama shook hands at mandela's memorial service last year. the pope stepped in sending letters to obama and castro to resolve the two sides. mr. obama and raul castro hammered out the deal yesterday in the phone call. the first contact since the cuban revolution more than 50 years ago. at the white house hanukkah celebration, the president talked about the phone call with alan gross. >> i spoke to him on his flight. he said he was willing to interrupt his corn beef sandwich to talk to me. i told me he has mustard in his mustache. i couldn't actually see it. needless to say, he was thrilled. he landed at andrews in a plane marked the united states of america. he will get the medical attention he needs. he is back where he belongs, in america, with his family. home for hanukkah. >> reporter: a senior official said former leader fidel castro was not involved with the deal. as for a presidential trip, the president is not ruling one out. he was in china last month

. >> there is a new front runner for secretary of defense, the rhodes scholar and physicist is the pentagon chief operating officer. he was assistant secretary of defense under president clinton. >> he is somebody with detailed understanding of the way that the department of defense works. i personally am a pretty strong advocate of people who performed well in deputy roles being promoted to the top job. >> carter's appointment will require senate approval, likely won't happen until after republicans take control in january. >> coming up at 7:20, we'll talk about it with retired army major mike lyons and the likelihood of confirmation by the senate. >> israel is taking steps toward holding new elections after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired two top cabinet members. >> he accused them of plotting a takeover and israel is on track for a vote in marsh. >> it was a five party coalition that never got on and all came to a head with angry exchanges. netanyahu has the last word, though. he fired his critics. >> almost from the first moment and maybe for a year reasons, in this government,

don rhodes. the guy who worked in his campaign would be, you know, after a stint at seven 7/11. dad saw a different side of don rhodes and don ended up becoming one of his closest advisors to the point where don died dad said, you know, i have never had a friend like this. they scattered his ashes on mother and dad's grave site to be at texas a&m. >> >> you also write in the book about the rise of isis. >> yes, i did. >> how did we get there? >> well, you know, i have made it clear i'm not going to criticize the president. but in the book i said isis needs to be defeated. the president has said i want to -- a goal is to degrade and defeat isis. and hopefully the strategy that he is employing works because isis is a real threat. they are evil as he said. murdering the innocent to object stiviano a and always has >> you go back further in your book isolated in syria before it had spread. >> you mean iraq? >> into iraq. >> we deet defeated him in iraq during the surge. and they have been rejuvenated and they can only exist where they find safe haven. in other words, you know, and m

considering that it was going on for 18 months -- don't forget one of the secret negotiators was ben rhodes, a speechwriter who reports to dan pfeiffer. i would think he knew. there have been times when i have -- this was a clever way that he danced around the question. he was trying to provide an answer that would give no quote for any story. i'm not justifying it, but i understand his -- >> i am not sure, but isn't ben rhodes deputy to the national security council? >> he is a speechwriter, deputy to the national security advisor. dan pfeiffer is head of the communications, maybe there is a dotted line connection there. obviously, speechwriters would be vetted by the communications director. i do not know specifically whether dan pfeiffer knew or not. my suspicion is that he would have known. he gave an answer that was designed to make absolutely no news. >> you gave a gepetto award, which is, what? >> a true and correct fact. >> you gave it to senator john barrasso, republican from wyoming. >> you will have to remind me. >> how many do you do a year? >> four or five. i gave one to obama.

a m newport, rhode island, classic american wasp from a very good wasp family. he went to -- he went -- to a phd. at harvard. at the age of 27, all of the sacramento and the west in the east and 100 miles north. the 40th parallel survey. took in seven years. he books, the maps, the reports, it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars today if you can get them there. beautifully accomplished. and he had all sorts of amazing doing the while survey. survey. them a reward for doing so well, they did the geological survey, it exists today, it maps its entirety. he moved to new york to the headquarters of the usgs, he was director. the second was john wesley powell as it happened. but his personal life is what i to mention briefly because i was astonished when i stumbled across it. energetic young man and he did not like white women one bit. he loved native american women and he loved black women. well on in was years, something like 60 but till clearly, you know, had any a cialis moment, i think, he saw coming toward him a black was sort of -- for this is the creature

senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island was on the committee. he joins us now live. >> good to see you. >> what senator udall alleged there, what he claimed today on the senate floor is hard to hear, particularly if one of the silver linings, it feels like, is that we're finally owning up to this and making sure it's in the past. is he right that there are people who are implicated in this program that are still working in high level positions? >> yes. >> high enough that the white house should fire them? >> the purpose of the report was never to cause personnel action. it was to correct the misperceptions being put out it wasn't as bad as all that and that it produced results. coincidentally it happened to produce information we were not aware of, that it was the executive branch as well as congress that was lied to or deceived about the program. but i think to focus on individuals takes you into a place where you've really got to bring in so much other circumstance about what they knew, what they believed, what their role was. if somebody was

he goes to newport, rhode island and ask the folks to grade president obama, speaker boehner and me.ant a straight interview? honest talk? that's where you go. >> you like watters world? >> i love watters world. ♪ loving you >> this is a little awkward. >> watters, moments away. hey what are you doing? i was thinking about taking this speed test from comcast business. oh yeah? if they can't give us faster internet or save us money, they'll give us 150 bucks. sounds like a win win. guys! faster internet? i have never been on the internet and i am doing pretty well. does he even work here? don't listen to the naysayer. take the comcast business speed test. get faster speeds or more savings, or we'll give you $150. comcast business. built for business. >>> polls are polls but they are not nearly as interesting as one-on-one chats with the folks. we sent watters up to newport, rhode island a great vacation spot to ask americans to grade the following individuals, president obama, speaker of the house john boehner and me. ♪ ♪ >> what's this place all about? >> history, architecture, and i

i joined up with the new touring ice show on a recent stop in providence, rhode island. was filled to capacity. >> many ilsas and annas eager to be transported to the fantastical land. how many times have you watched this? >> ten times. >> i think you've watched it more than that. >> i think more. >> a hundred. >> is everyone excited? >> the challenge for frozen on ice, re-creating the intangible magic of the film including that snowy landscape. >> we have all these special effects like the -- >> like this right here. veteran director patty vinson took on the challenge. >> we need snow. >> you need snow. >> so we had a lot of snow. this is one of our blizzards. you can really feel it. >> it's kind of like a soapy -- it is soap. >> it is. we had to get used to it because it gets a little slippery on the ice which becomes a challenge. >> the skater leads the cast as a spunky princess anna and becky plays ilsa. when you went to look for the skaters to play these parts, what were you looking for? >> it's tricky because not only do they have to look like the character, we loo

rhode island avenue, right near, as a matter of fact, you can't see the pavement. further north toward long beach island, you see, of course, all the water. you see the lights reflecting in the background. it's reminding a lot of residents that superstorm sandy. as a matter of fact, the worst flooding they've seen since then. some waded through the water, others knew better. >> praying that that water stayed away from my house. >> did you sleep well? >> didn't sleep at all. >> cindy mccay relived nightm e nightmares. this will be her third christmas out of home on christmas. the house had to be gutted. her back deck ripped into twisted wooden fibers. out front, her street was ripped upside down. >> my street was flooded all the way to the boulevard about knee deep. >> back on l.b.i. today, angela green treaded through flooded streets to get to work. >> most people stayed in. if they couldn't, the rest of them trekked through the flood just like normal. >> reporter: down further, massive ocean waves crash on to the pavement in long port. >> you just brace yourself f

i got a lot of education on the his rhode island and all the issues down there so to say i know there's issues regarding preservation which are planning, but from building department point of view, and i heard the access obviously disabled access and getting disabled into the building is important. when that does happen we make sure if you're going to change the entrance, for example if the entrance is 5 feet and a lot of these old buildings, you've got two 30 inch doors, well, that's not wide enough for wheelchair accessibility so you have uneven doors. you put in a 3 foot and 2 foot door which is what happened here as the architect explained. that's standard procedure. once you get into preservation issues and what the materials are we leave that to the planning department and it looks like the entrance is being modified to meet accessibility requirement ls. that's ability all i have to say if anybody has any questions. >> to chime off our president's question, so was ada required prior or did additional square footage trigger this requirement? >> no. i believe that was voluntary on t

not only a degree in theoretical physics, not only a rhodes scholar. oddly enough, he has a degree in medieval history. ash is really considered -- yeah, very interesting guy. really considered by everyone who knows him to be brilliant intellectually. but also a good -- a good sort of practical hands-on knows how things run. never served in the military. not that unusual. perhaps more unusual was, in fact, chuck hagel's experience as a soldier on the ground walking the patrol during the worst times of the vietnam war. that is something that was very much revered by so many enlisted people currently serving in the military. they felt that hagel really understood what they had been through. but a lot of secretaries of defense have never served. >>> barbara starr, peter brooks, thank you so much, we'll watch to see what happens when the official announcement comes out about the nomination and wait to see if he is confirmed. we'll have more to discuss with you both. thank you. >>> ahead for us right now at this hour. the rams apology or non-apology for the

massachusetts, connecticut, new york, and rhode island are under flood watches. some areas got up to four inches of rain. wind gusts hit 55 miles per hour. >> it's very, very windy. we've got one that's dead that's about to hit the house. i go, please, not this storm. >> inland there was light snow and freezing rain. more is expected today before the storm blows out to sea. >>> and there are also high winds and flood warnings posted on the west coast from california to washington. soaking rain has pushed rivers over their banks and kcbs's kathy johnson says severe weather isn't done yet. >> more storms on their way to the west. the bulk of the moisture will move in today through tomorrow. much needed soaking rain and mountain snows also on the way for drought-stricken california and this could be the strongest in intensity in terms of strong wind and heavy rain for the state since 2009. 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected in the bay area and up to 8 inches possible in the sierra foothills. as the system heads to the south by thursday night it could bring a couple m

and chicago had plenty of derek rhodes. his first time since christmas, 2011.he bull's victory, 113-93. wiz ands at the knickk. right into by quincy acey in the fourth quarter. he then throws a forearm at wall. acey is ejected, wahl draws a technical foul, the wizards win 102-91. >>> russel wesbrook with a drive and put okc up 11. spurs, though, fight back. matt bonn nor was the team-high 17. finishes with a slam to put san antonio up five. but ÷Ñúrwesbrook was too tough. father or mother lowing 40 in his last game. also, 11 assists for the thunder point man and a 114-106 oklahoma city victory. that's sports. we'll be right back. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. save $300 on the final close-out of the c3 queen mattress set. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season, with