None, Public Comment is closed. Executive session. Motion . So moved. Second. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . We are now i move not to disclose anything in closed session. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Madam secretary . Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pledge which is such an accomplishment because the cruise terminal delivers public trust and Public Benefits to us and to our community. Im also very excited to announce that we have earned cruise Critics Award for the best destination in the u. S. And in canada. This is a vote of cruisers sailing between august 1, 2015, and july 31, 2016. Cruise critics is a leadi
Morning. Alabama, good caller the biggest problem we have in this country is a drug problem. It used up the drugs, you stop all the killing and the violence. You have mexicans coming across the border. You either pay 3500 dollars to come across or you have to bring some drugs across. In alabama, if you get address did arrested for drugs, it is two years before you go to trial. If we can stop the drugs, we can stop the violence. Host anthony is also in alabama. Go ahead. I am a 23yearold student at the university of alabama. I wanted to speak on the experience i have had. Me and some friends a year ago tried to play a joke. We were in the neighborhood and we decided to take some fights on each other and see who would stop to help the black guy and who would stop to help the white guy and unfortunately, i did not when they picked a fight with myself and the guys that were with me. They got stopped by a couple of neighbors and chased down. 30 minutes later, we went to a different street a
Cannot be a more timely conversation and could be not more timely because the labor market is the worst part is a benefits have expired, both of which we have done in recent years. I wanted to provide some broad economic context that motivates the reforms. Talk about some of the economic benefits of ui, and talk about some of the ways the Current System could be strengthened and present proposals the president put forward, but notably, these proposals have a lot in common with a lot of the proposals in the new report. The most important thing is not even any of the specifics, but making sure we are all having a conversation, both about the ideas i will be talking about, but other thoughtprovoking ideas be jobseekers allowance, which merits further discussion and consideration. To start, with three economic problems that i worry about every day, and the ui reform, currently plays a role in helping with and can play an even better role, i wanted to begin with number one, the decline in t
Lane is blocked by that crash. Starting to see backups as well. Brandy wine road between branch avenue and 301. Lane still blocked because of the gas line that was struck earlier this morning. As we zoom out and take a look at the beltway and other routes in and out of town, Everything Else looking pretty good. Keep you updated on travel times coming up. Melissa, thank. 6 01 now. The Agriculture Department is reopening some of the offices closed after an unspecified email threat. Six branches of the usda were shut down on tuesday after the agency received anonymous threats. The office rs in five states and they include the Research Center in beltsville. Thats where we find molette green in morning. Molette, what can you tell us . Reporter i can tell you that four office, including this maryland location set to reopen today with additional security. Now, here in beltsville, this is a sprawling Research Center. Anybody can tell you, it is huge and large. There is security right here at t
Im angie goff in for eun yang. We want to talk about the hometown high where you live. Chuck bell in the Weather Center with that. Good morning to both of you and everybody. Off to a quiet start. Very mild, 76 in washington. 69 in riverdale. 66 in centerville. 73 towards manassas. Planning out our day, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Another hot day coming your way today. There will be more and more clouds as the afternoon wears along. Theres a slight chance for a few showers today. You cant find the umbrella, probably get away without it today. A better chance for isolated shower towards the shenandoah valley. Highs today, 87 inga gaithersbu. 96 in annapolis. How about the rest of the weekend . Well give you the jout look coming up later. 5 02 now. The organizers of the marine Co Announcement about the timing and the route of the race. Its scheduled for october 30th. Well alert you on the nbc washington app as soon as that announcement is made today. Yesterday, transportation reporte