at one of the most famous corners in washington vulnerable stron sit on in historic georgetown georgetown university is two blocks down president john kennedy live three blocks up the road this is a famous shopping going to a lot of restaurants lot of bars and on hollow we. move on the street scioli young people in washington dressed in the weirdest costumes congregating here. now i believe the stars you have now memorial and main brilliance is that all of them aims of those who died are on this wall and when you walk by you see yourself in the wall as if to say who are we to blame you can read anything you want into this i always read it is kind of a blend many people read it as kind of a tribute and i have a special memory of those because when they broke ground for this they did a special on p.b.s. and i host their best special and i remember when they put the put the action to the ground and shovels one of the ground to build this memorial i had no idea it would come out looking like this on the side of the road this is. a very hard so. very warm very human very sad very important mind vietnam m

georgetown university today. that didn't happen. >> we made it to georgetown this morning only to find the doors locked. >> we made it to georgetown, but georgetown didn't make it to georgetown. >> reporter: their midwestern take an how we handle snow. >> you're a little whimpy. >> reporter: for a time it was coming down, treating runways with a special solution. it will be more of the same tonight. as we get into the colder temperatures tonight, what we're focusing on is treating the runways to make sure they don't freeze up just like you would a road but this is special fluid used on airfields. >> reporter: back here live at reagan national airport. you can see this propeller just came in, a new crew of people landing tonight. the runway officials will be keeping a close eye on the runway to make sure there's not any slick spots on the runway. they treat wit a special solution. you heard from some out-of-towners, they call us weather wimps. live at reagan national airport, adam tuss, news 4. >> news 4's pat lawson muse is at the live desk with a possible budget breaking deal on the hill. >>> both sides are talki

they were supposed to visit georgetown university today, but that didn't happen. >> we made it to georgetown this morning only to find the doors locked. >> we made it to georgetown, but georgetown didn't make it to georgetown. >> reporter: their midwestern take on how we handle snow -- >> you're a little whimpy. >> reporter: but for a time it was coming down, enough to send trucks racing down runways treating them with a special solution. it will be more of the same tonight. >> as we get into the colder temperatures tonight, what we're focusing on is treating the one ways to make sure they don't freeze up like you would a road. this is specialized fluid used on airfields. >> reporter: those from florida happy to see the snow that did fall. >> this is a treat. we took several pictures. definitely a treat for us. we don't ever get snow where we are. >> reporter: back here now live at reagan national, a quick check of flight status shows things are pretty much getting back to normal tonight. coming up at 6:00, did you know for a lot of people this was the first snow they had ever really seen. r

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i'm not suggesting that georgetown university needs to serve -- let's call me a loser -- you don't have to serve me. but what can georgetownuse and a lot of other great private universities do to serve more people who are underserved? >> sure. sure. >> two points and i want to come back to your experience, but in answer to your direct question. what we've done is built pipelines with schools that are providing opportunity in the fourth quartile. in the lowest socioeconomic status. the new exciting set of schools, 25 across the nation, first one established in chicago in 1996. we have 51 students at georgetown right now. we do a summer institute for rising seniors. we're doing the same with kipp schools, we have theater programs within the state itself. it's very institution by institution building those relationships for feeding the institution. but your story's an american story. >> yeah. >> and one of the things i'd say about innovation and disruption and the like, understand that the elements of higher education, if you begin with the community college, the liberal arts college, the university, then the public land gran

georgetown -- >> thank you, becky. >> it was news value. i saw him at sun valley. >> the only news value is to get joe's kids in -- >> my son's 11. >> i invited the georgetown university>> are you -- >> it has nothing to do with that. it has to do with the higher education process. >> i chair the board of hamilton college. i'll help you guys into hamilton. >> let's get back to what's happening at the holiday season. it has been a really different season. i've been surprised this year. we've seen spending from consumers that could be down. what are we getting? >> i think you have a lot of cross currents going on. clearly you have growth in the internet. the internet is continuing to explode. you've got amazon. >> that's what i think it is. >> and people, the weather, by the way, isn't helping any because for the stores because people moving more quickly toward the intoer net. but i think there's a concern and melee with the consumer. even though unemployment is coming down, the job creation is a lot in the service sector where they're not as high wages, people don't feel flush with cash and they're very promotional. people are looking for the deals. so even when you se