they let landry will. he dragged his body down to the levee and crosses the river where no revolution has taken place and meets charles perez who is a prominent planter and charles c. wood and dying landry says he knows what to do. they cross over the river so you see the flame army marching towards new orleans and drying the military and -- american military out. they don't realize they have been flanked by this new militia which is coming down from behind. at 9:00 a.m. charles and his men see the slave army moving a forced march toward the high ground. we saw the enemy in a short distance. many mounted on foot, wrote charles. he sees the slave the opening drum-avoiding open that door and falling into this moment where only recently they have to face their former masters, this pack of armed planters right there on the field of battle and they are unprepared to do it. what do the slaves do? i will review a passage from a spanish spy. he rode the blacks are not intimidated and they formed themselves in a li

>> reporter: there's anger but long time residents like paul landry say it is hard to point blame.ndry has worked at his family's hardware store for 50 years and said everyone paid for promises the city couldn't keep. >> one mayor after another mayor, another mayor, another mayor. they just pushed aside and no one is accountable for what they have. >> state officials say central falls population 18,000, should serve as a cautionary tale. other cities in rhode island may be vulnerable. the small state has one of the most expensive retirement systems in the country. something the state treasurer is tasked to fix. >> nobody wants to make the tough choices. central falls proves that. these choices will be made for you. if you don't act quickly enough, the consequences will be devastating. so as hard as this is now for me, for the governor, for union leaders to come to the table to fix it, it is much easier to

. >> reporter: paul landry's family business is 108 years old. he's hoping hitting rock bottom finally helps central falls bounce back. >> we'll get to a point where they'll end up forcing, really, everybody out of business. >> reporter: back at the firehouse they're facing longer hours for less pay. >> it's very sickening. it does not leave a good feeling in your stomach at the end of the day. >> reporter: with no one sure exactly what living in a bankrupt town will bring. ron allen, nbc news, central falls, rhode island. >>> a development to report tonight about a story we've been following for days about those tens of thousands of furloughed construction and transportation workers left without work, without a paycheck, because of a dispute in congress over funding the faa. the stalemate was the latest example of what's been wrong with congress to a lot of people. well, tonight congress has reached a deal that means many of those workers will be back on the job by monday. >>> more hot weather to contend with in parts of the country today.cc1: t

>> reporter: there's anger but long-time residents like paul landry say it's hard to point blame. landry has worked at his family's hardware store for 50 years and says everyone paid for promises the city couldn't keep. >> one mayor after another mayor and another mayor and then they just pushed aside and no one's accountable for what they have. >> reporter: state officials say central falls, population 18,000, should serve as a cautionary tale. other cities in rhode island may also be vulnerable and this small state has one of the most expensive retirement systems in the country. something the state treasurer is tasked to fix. >> nobody wants to make the tough choices. central falls proves that. these choices will be made for you. if you don't act quickly enough, consequences will be devastating and, so, as hard as this is now for me, for the governor, for union leaders to come to the table to fix it, it is much easier to fix it now than when you're at the brink of bankruptcy. >> and, wolf, central falls official motto is the city with a bright future. but now lawyers for various

i hereby appoint the honorable jeff landry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, monsignor steven rosetti, associate professor at the catholic university, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, we are living in uncertain days. sometimes they fill us with fear. we cannot see the future. it is clouded. we are uncertain of the way. in the midst of these days, we turn to you, you are the only certainty. you are the rock that anchors us. your steadfast and presence is with us. we view as your rock inside us, our fears are quieted, our hearts become calm. thank you for being our sure anchor. thank you for your eternal love. thank you for guiding our steps. and we say amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 5 of house resolution 375, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will leading the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of am