of the number of households flooded out. senator sheldon whitehouse from rhode island. good luck to you up there. we appreciate you coming on this afternoon. good luck. well, at least it stopped raining. that s a good sign. at least indeed. senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat, rhode island. seven of nine members of a christian militia group entered pleas of not guilty today on charges they plotted to kill police officers. all nine are members of the hutaree militia who were arrested in a series of weekend raids in michigan, indiana, and ohio. authorities say the goal of the alleged plot was to spark a war against the government. we re joined by newsweek senior investigative reporter and msnbc contributor michael is kopp. i understand the way they re being charged jumps out to you. activity to wage war against the united states, an extremely rare charge, it has been used