>> july 25th beginning the lease at 350 rhode island north. that's the da's property. the 777 branon lease begins in august 2018 before the board comes back from recess. then the bryant lease for adult probation and hopefully one other office begins in november of 2018. so we have three leases coming up quickly and we want to get folks in as quickly as possible. >> maybe you could speak to the point that the bla just made, mr. rose in particular. >> can i just ask one follow up question? >> sure. i'm sorry. >> so the timing oh of -- of the hall of justice, if the funds were reserved would there be a delay in there? if we were paying rent on something that we are not in is my concern. >> understood. i don't believe that there would be a delay in moving. we do have -- if i can just clarify some of the numbers because some of the numbers that the bla mentioned at least to my ear didn't sound quite straight. so in fiscal '18 there was an $8 million appropriation to the justice facilities improvement program that -- through the capital budget that was approved. a little bit

rhode island island stations on the red line for more than two repairs. crews make as a result, the city is designating busnly lanes on rhode island avenue between north capital andtr 12thts in northeast. that means no parking during the day. this is expected to last through early september.d we poste all the details in our nbcashington app. >> family members became classmat today as two generations graduated together in washington. grandmother sandra brooks burr wanted to finish high school. then her grandson delonte who has a learning disability decided to jn her on stage today. theyoth graduated from the good will excelharter school and said having each other helped them get through the lono s of homework and studying. >> it was a little hard time but i got used toit if a young man like him can come in and society says that he's not teach but he's proving them to be wrong, it's amazing. >> both are headed to udc in the fall. sandra plans to study hospitality. delonte will study technology. >>> coming up a waitress refuses to be a victim. going after a customer who grabbed her behind. th video has gone viral and tonight, you'll hear the customer's excuse. >

rhode island ilenue stations will close u september. the city is designating bus only lanes on rhode island avenue between north capital and 12th streets in northeast. that meanso parking there during the day. get around the work by taking the green line from fort totten to gallery place. the closed stations are scheduled to reopen on september 3rd rd. a lot of informaton we threw you. it's in our digital app. you can find all that there. >>> 6:03. the names of the 17 people people who died on the duck accident were released. they range in age from 2 to 76.f nine them were in the same family. the boat sank while on thwa r. this is in a storm. a vigil was held last night as investigators try to find out what happened and why they were on the they've been interviewing the 14 survivors and the people who watched helplessly from the shore as the boat went down. >> it's very erie just to see the life jackets a floatin life rings floating and nobody them. >>> that is one of the big why didn't they put their life jackets on? the area was under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time accident. the weather is just one of thef ors investigator

north providence, rhode islan island, painting of city mayor charlesom lrdi wearing ae crown sittingan this builng the mural sake painted. artist is a guy name paul morris he has nothing personal against lombardie was justified paint t i took that ideand skech it out f art is a crime oh, well guess i'm guilty. >> the blding is an eye sore and north pros dense building inspectors deed it unsafe. neighbordon't want to look at an eyeore. the owner has not rched out for comment. >> taiwan one local government with a campaign.it transtlits ld photo of kids participating showsat them holding signs that point say, yes, i do. sort of opposite of nancy reagan nust sayo campaign. in taiwang sla forgetting high would bto flyto, h the tee likely means let's have fun together khing does not seem more appropriate for anti-drug campaign. >> all right. for months now every night in kack astan internet slows dow down. when the presint goes lone line, did might be backfiring most people annoyed are not supporters of opposition and attempts to simp him could hurt his relevance and status. kack stan has

dave monte is a friend who is a charter boat captain in north kingstowne, rhode island. dave says, and i quote him here, there is no doubt the waters have warmed and black sea bass have moved in. the quotas haven't done a good enough job at figuring in climate change yet, end quote. mr. president, i'd like to submit for the record an article from the providence journal describing the changes that captain monte sees and reports and are local efforts to deal with these changes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, we have got to fix this. to use the black sea bass example, the species is comanaged by the mid-atlantic fishery management council and the atlantic states marine fisheries commission. rhode island only has a seat on the atlantic states commission. it does not have a vote on the mid-atlantic council. that means that my state is not fully represented in the decision-making process and perfectly good black sea bass keeps being thrown into the sea by fishermen who ought to be able to bring that catch home. in 2016, noaa scientists

rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: i would like to point out to my friend and there is precedent for such a change. 1996 we amended fisheries law to ensure that north carolina could enter into the regional fishery council. it is not unprecedented. with that, i yield two minutes to my colleague from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for how long? two minutes. mr. cicilline: i rise in strong support of the amendment offered by congressman langevin. i'm proud to be an original co-sponsor of the rhode island fisherman's fairness act. it will provide representation on the council. this move would allow them to have a voice on the council which manages stocks for species which are the most valuable. rhode island fishermen account scup landing, both stocks being managed. squid is landing more squid than the other east coast states combined. in 2015, rhode island landed roughly 16 million pound of squid, 12 million pounds. and 23 million pounds of squid landings valued at $29 million. rhode island accounts for more fish lappedings rn any other state in the region with the exception of new jersey. yet desp

north carolina is the only state that held a convention. rhode island of processes, but it didn't have a convention that voted to not ratify. north carolina said the statement said no, we're not going to ratify until you pass a bill of rights. the rest of the states said, okay, well, maybe we'll go along with this, but here's all of our suggestions for amendments by the nature of a bill of rights. he's my boyfriend. isn't he so cute? [ laughter ] i love james madison, for lots of different reasons. the most important reason is he was a philosopher of the greatest order, and he was a practical politician. that means he knew how to take grand ideas and help put them into reality. and he was willing -- today he would be called a flip-flopper, because as a federalist supporting the constitution, and in the virginia ratifying convention, he took on patrick henry. here's james madison, and here's patrick henry. and james madison takes him on about approving the constitution. patrick henry is having none of it. he said, we, the people, who gave them the author

rhode island. >> thank you for holding today's hearing. before coming to congress, i was providence. city of i witnessed how our local businesses suffered because of the sales tax loophole created quill versus north dakota. for too long, this unjust system discriminated against local commerce, the economic lifeblood of communities. according to a survey i the institute for local self-reliance, the majority of independent retailers report the online sales tax loophole undermines their sales. this result is confirmed by other findings that consumers make purchases from large online companies over local businesses just to avoid paying sales tax. for two decades, this anticompetitive tax shelter has devastated small businesses and has been an economic test has to first -- forophe families. the number of job losses in the retail sector have been staggering. since 2001, 18 times more jobs were lost in the retail industry than in the coal mining industry according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics. this included 36,000 jobs in the and we are upe, 30% from the prior year. retail defaults this year soared to record levels accounting for one third of all corporate defaults. the supreme court gave stat

they do ratify north carolina is the only state that held a convention. rhode island kind of had, it had different processes. but they didn't have a convention in that they voted to not ratify, north carolina said the state, no we aren't going to ratify until you pass a bill of rights. the rest of the state said, okay well, maybe we will go along with this but here is a suggestion for an amendment by the nature of the bill of rights. >> he's so cute. i love james madison. lots of different reasons. most importantly, he was a philosopher of the greatest order and he was a practical politician, it meant he knew how to take grand ideas and put them to reality. he was willing today, he would support the constitution and the convention, he took on patrick henry. hears james madison, james madison takes them on about approving the constitution. patrick henne was having -- patrick henry was having none of it. we the states. does that sound familiar? does that sound familiar? so madison, people said he was a hypochondriac but i don't think he was a hypochondriac but there was

rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. today i introduced a motion to instruct the conferees to the national defense authorization act regarding the critical importance of the north atlantic treaty organization for united states national security, for our protection. i join my colleagues this afternoon in support of the motion which sends an important message to our allies, our partners, and our adversaries that the united states is unwavering in its support of europe free from the threat of external aggression and in support of the rules based international order that has promoted international security for decades. the motion to instruct provides important guidance at this critical juncture before the nato summit in brussels and the u.s.-russia summit in helsinki. the motion instructs the senate conferees on the national defense authorization for fiscal year 2019 to ensure the final conference report on the ndaa reaffirms the ironclad u.s. commitment under article 5 to the collective defense of the alliance. it reaffirms the united states commitment to nato as a community of shared value, including liberty, human rights, democracy and the rule of law. the motio