. >> here at the 2015 budget address at the statehouse. i am joined by jim mcsweeney. k with a few of the assembly people. >> i'm not matching your attire. you are dressed for a glamorous occasion. this budget all you really arguing about is five pages. pages. the rest is mandated spending by law. this is what all the fury will be about for the next three or four months. >> well, well we we will see if we can get a little humor out of this. >> a very dark situation. the the state is broke. >> a lot of people here today said he would not be in the shape if we were as honest as the last governor >> is just common sense. you get what you pay for. for. you can keep running away from the process. >> we broke? >> were not in great shape. >> love it. >> are you wearing armani again? >> always in armani. >> your district is a blue-collar district. [laughter] >> how we broke? >> close enough to it. >> just saw your recent video. >> know, i'm not going to do. >> i have to say i think you are in the brightest color. >> i sit in the front row. >> of course. would you mind trying to

the statehouse in annapolis is putting the speech he used to resign from the continental army on display tonight. i would be afraid to touch it. >> they're concentrationists are going -- no. >> be careful. >>> news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> this is a storm team 4 weather alert. >> it is disrespectfully cold outside. temperatures -- >> word. >> windchills in the single digits. and we have snow on the way, too. tom will break it down for us. >>> the bitter cold is causing problems at dulles airport, too. we have an update on a pipe burst that affected travel overnight. >>> here is a look at the storm team 4 radar. snow is heading our way. and we don't mean conversational snow. let's check in with tom k. >> our windchills right now are sub zero. windchills 5 to 10 below. the winds have diminished. only dusting 20 to 25 now. we'll have absurdly low windchills. and all of the area in pink has been expanded to include all of virginia and eastern west virginia

. >>> and the pennsylvania senate will take up eileen's law after the statehouse passed the bill yesterday the measure is named for eileen in reading after she didn't pay the fine for her truant children. the judge will allow penalties for parents of kids who skip school. >>> and yesterday the pennsylvania house passed a bill to allow private businesses to sell wine and liquor. the measure calls for most state stores to close. the house passed a similar bill two years ago and died in the senate. it is not likely to pass the senate this time either. if it does tom wolf said he'll veto that. >>> happening in the pocanos, the camelback resort is hosting a job fair today. the two-day event starts this afternoon at the chÂteau resort at the base of camelback mountain. camelback's lodge and aquatopia plans to open in april. they have 600 full and part-time positions to fill. >>> and the army corps of engineers canceled the bidding process for the beach projections citing legal issues. they sued in federal court over the dune work. opponents say the beach replenishment won't protect homes and wil

whatever honeymoon there may have been under the statehouse dome today ended. the democrats have staked out their position. they want the governor to restore some education funding that he's cut. the governor wants some modest tax cuts and the negotiations will begin. >> thank you, brad. first on 7 the arrest of indianapolis colts linebacker d'qwell jackson here in the district. police arrested jackson last night for allegedly punching a pizza delivery driver in a dispute over a parking spot. jackson faces a misdemeanor assault charge. the driver told axe 7 news why he feared for his life. >> to my neck. and he cracked my neck like this. he said i'm going to kill you. >> jackson played for the university of maryland before being drafted by cleveland in 2006. he's best known for making that interception that started the deflategate investigation of the new england patriots. delays on several metro lines following a stabbing on a train. the suspect tried to rob a passenger on an orange line train at l'enfant plaza. a good samaritan tried to intervene and was stabb

that address happens on wednesday at the statehouse in annapolis. >>> colleges taking a strict stance on drinking on campus. it's all an effort to face another threat facing students. will it work? why students are skeptical. >>> we're counting down to kickoff in nbc4. less than ten hours to go. coverage of super bowl xlix begins at noon. kickoff about 6:30. stay tuned after the game for an >>> dinking and partying hard could be a thing of the past for college students. >> colleges nationwide are taking a hard line on drinking, aimed at preventing sexualf"cx assault on campuses. nbc's stephanie gosk says the reaction on campus. >> reporter: is the wild alcohol fueled party on campus, a rite of passage? >> this week dartmouth banned hard alcohol on campus hoping to bring an end to bing drinking and sexual assault. >> we are not alone in facing it but we will lead in saying no more. >> reporter: some students at the ivy league school seemed to embrace the goal if not the method. >> probably not the most popular decision. >> an estimated 40% of college kids bing drink. for women, that's

news 4 will be at the statehouse and will be tweeting and also streaming the address live on nbc washington's app. >>> i feel like we're having a cold warning, but some positive news coming our way. >> tom, do you have some positive news? >> i do. enjoy it while you can. by popular acclaim, we'll be warming things up by later this afternoon courtesy of a southwesterly breeze. we'll have dry pavement bright sunshine temperatures a little below freezing for the morning commute. then after that we'll quickly warm. for the afternoon commute, we should be soaring into the upper 40s. dry roads. just a few clouds. noontime temperatures in the mid to upper 30s much of the region. then by mid to late afternoon, should be hovering quickly in the mid to upper 40s metro area. maybe even mere 50 degrees from fredericksburg over to culpepper. mid to upper 40s prince george's county montgomery fairfax county. and then just near 40 farther to our north and west. low 40s for highs neighborhoods around the bay by later this afternoon. so enjoy this milder weather because it will be turning much colder overnigh

well as government workers could get a pay raise this ys are part of new budget proposals in the statehouse and senate. you probably won't have to work about a government shutdown this year. proposals also include money for economic development in the common willth but left out governor mcauliffe's push to expand medicaid. >>> there are questions surrounding annen inmate death. natasha mckenna was taken off life support yesterday. last week during a transfer mckenna became combative and she was tased. after that a, she experienced a medical emergency and was rushed to the hospital. an investigation into whether the taser actually caused the emergencyy is under way. in a statement, the sheriff's office says it is fully cooperating, quote, we anticipate a prompt and comprehensive investigation and will continue to update our website as you new information becomes available. >>> in d.c. authorities are investigating how a woman died in the district's central cell block. the corrections department says tawana johnson was found dead of an apparent suicide in her holding cell yesterday morning. j

. >>> a key piece of american history goes on display this evening at the statehouse in annapolis. >>onight wusa9 has a special tribute to one of the nation's most recognizable munitions. -- musicians. more on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ forget the stage ♪ ♪ doesn't matter how tall ♪ ♪ i do it all for the love of the game. ♪ geico, proud partner of the nhl. >>> i'm nikki burdine at dulles airport where everything is back to normal after a pipe burst in a tower late last night canceling all flights leaving and coming to dulles airport. again, everything is back to normal. there still could be some residual delays so check on the status of your flight before you head to the airport. but everything is back to normal in materials of the operations at the tower. delia? >> reporter: thanks, nikki. i'm delia goncalves inside the studio. egypt at war with isis. this morning new information that air strikes are bombing isis camps in libya. this comes after new and horrific video showing the beheading of 21 egyptian christians. congress now debating any u.s. military action. andrea? >>> "the new york times" call

they surrounded the statehouse. alexander hamilton, chairman of the congressional committee to deal with this mutiny that had been going on for five days, got the president of congress to call a special session. the congressmen went into the building because hamilton and the congress wanted it to appear this was a demonstration against the united states of america. this was the horror of republics, the military rising against civilian control. and that the american people seeing this would come to the defense of congress. even though congress did not get a quorum, congress was not surrounded by district, nonetheless a representative went to the supreme executive council and asked the president the governor of pennsylvania the great john dickinson to call up philadelphia militia to drive the continental soldiers away from the building. dickinson looked at the congressman who had come up and said "are you nuts? do you think the militia of philadelphia is going to take up arms against the men that won independence for t

i spoke at the pro-life rally on the steps of the statehouse and vetoed planned parenthood funding five times out of the new jersey budget. >> reporter: winning over this crowd is critical because they reflect the views most of g.o.p. primary voters inch a recent cbs news poll, 65% of prints -- republicans nationwide identified themselves as conservative including one-third who said they are very conservative. former texas governor rick perry and all the rest insist they're still testing the waters. where are you in your deliberations? >> we're just... that's a good descriptive term, just a good deliberating. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker, who has surged in recent polls got the biggest reception today. >> the biggest challenge to that is just up the way just down the river up the potomac to washington, or as i like the call it, 68 square miles surrounded by reality. right? >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush has the most to prove when he addresses this conference tomorrow. early polls show him struggling a bit among conservatives scott, in part because of his su

last night the statehouse and liquor control committee approved a proposal to create 1200 licenses for private businesses to sell wine and liquor. grocery stores would only be able to sell wine not liquor. the majority of the state's owned and operated liquor stores would close and the state would help the workers find new jobs but this proposal is similar to a bill that passed the house last year that failed to clear the senate. and governor tom wolf promised to veto the bill to make it to his desk although the governor says he supports making changes like longer sunday hours and more liquor stores inside supermarkets. >>> 5:58 now. some rowan university students are worried a new program will make the on-campus housing shortage worse. that's because rowan university will roll out the rowan choice program to give students the option to attend options at either school while living on the glassboro campus. the school converted the two-person rooms to three-person rooms to help with the living shortage there. >>> and it could save millions of dollars on textbooks. a rutgers organization

photos in the newspapers of the day showing pictures of 3000, 4000 demonstrators marching on the statehousein boston, trying to get the governor to intervene in their protest against the movie's premiere in boston. those photographs are amazing. i think most people, i certainly did not realize there was such a militant and direct protest action and strategy in place in the early 1900s. my general understanding is that booker t. washington's strategy was the dominant strategy of the day. this clearly represents the turning of the page, the passing of the torch, so to speak. >> some of the pictures of that demonstration in boston, one could assume it also might have drawn more attention to the film and more people going to see the film. >> you are right. dubois and trotter spoke about that, they traded letters. they understood. letters were written gloating about that. let them fuss and carry on because it guarantees more ticket sales. i think trotter at the end of the day, dubois said, let's stand unanswered. this portrayal of black america would be far worse. >> we have this tweet. what was

the statehouse is putting the speech washington used to resign from the continental army on display.yland already has several casinos open. and more on the way. this morning, we're getting a new look at whether people across the state are happy about getting the gambling boom. >>> and all that snow in the northeast isn't just causing problems on the roads. it's also causing roof problems. >>> waiting for some snow of our own around here. we'll check in with chuck. >>> welcome back. a new poll says more of you are now against the new casinos in maryland. 53% of maryland voters feel positive about the casino expansion. 38% say casinos are a bad thing. that's an 11% increase from a similar poll three years ago. 5% of people said they had no opinion. the poll was put out by the university of maryland and "the washington post." >>> it's time to talk about the weather. it will be the focus of everyone's attention today and tomorrow because of the temperatures. 10 degrees outside right now. >> that's disrespectfully cold. >> disrespectfully cold. >> it is rudely cold. snow in the tennessee

leaders in the statehouse and senate have agreed to the plan that gives s raises for state employeeshe budget restores $30 million to local governments which had been cut. the full general assembly could vote as early as thursday. >>> we updated you on young josh hardy's story just last week. it took an intense social media campaign to get him a lifesaving drug. today virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on a right-to-try big that would give terminally ill patients more access to experimental drugs. the bill was inspired by josh's story. he's 8 years old. he lives in fredericksburg. last year a national campaign was waged to get him access to a drug that hasn't been approved by the fda, but the doctor said could save his life. he did eventually get that drug and he's now doing much better. >>> coming up tonight, we'll tell you why some drivers in virginia could be getting tickets from this morning's commute. tickets they don't deserve. >>> and the penalty csx will have to pay for last year's disastn lynchburg. doug? >>> the average high temperature is now close to 50 degrees. we

when they win in a squeak but they can't win the house they can't win the senate, they can't win the statehousesovernorships. long term, losing the white vote is a real problem for the democrats. >> think about this. arkansas, the home of the clintons. there is not a single elected democrat in office anymore on a statewide level. just not one. >> and look at the guy who just won the senate seat in arkansas who's a guy who represents the whole -- i mean, he's jim weshbb on the republican side. that's exactly the kind of constituency that republicans appeal to now. and that's why jim webb is such an odd man out on the democratic side. it's not only that the obama party is constructive of other constituencies, it's also a matter of policy. you've got the urban elites on the coast who determine the policy of the party. who dominated in congress and who dominated in the think tanks, who dominate in ideas. one example, when obama, kerry, and others talk about the biggest challenge to america as being climate change or on the matter of policy, the vetoing of the keystone pipeline in and of itself, a ve

. >>> in honor of presidents day, you can see one of our first president's coaches at the statehouse e putting one of george washington's speeches in a display you can see at anytime. he delivered the speech six years before he came became the first president. >>> if you're not off for presidents day, there's track work on metro. you can't take blue line strains between van doren street and king street. but they're open right now. the stations are. metro is providing shuttle buss to get around. the system is running on a saturday schedule today. it closes at midnight tonight. >>> grab your warmest coat. all of the layers long underwear you're going to need with the below-zero windchills. the snow is the story later today. storm team meteorologist check bell is tracking its arrival. >>> and cold weather causing problems for travelers at dulles. a problem in the control tower causing delays. >>> and a new casino is more than a year away from opening in prince georges >>> right now, the weather in your neighborhood is the story. we are all talking about today. it is going to be a tale of

last night the statehouse liquor control committee approved a proposal that would create 1200 licenses for businesses to sell wine and liquor. grocery stores can only sell wine, not liquor with a 12-bottle limit. the majority of the state's owned and operated liquor stores have closed. >>> and a proposal is similar to a bill that passed the house last year but it failed to clear the state senate. governor tom wolf promised a veto of the bill before it makes it to his desk but the governor says she supports changes to longer sunday hours and more liquor can be sold in supermarkets. >>> and we first broke this story on nbc10.com. a date change will happen for one of the most popular races here in pennsylvania. the rock n roll half marathon will be rescheduled for halloween. the official announcement is expected later today. the race usually is run on the thursday sunday in september, but this year that's five days before pope francis arrives in philadelphia. >>> we have new information in the etan patz trial. three boxes of evidence turned out for killing patz back in 1979. the boxes of

that speech happens on wednesday at the statehouse in annapolis. >>> super bowl xlix, it is here. more than 100 million people will gather around their tvs today to watch the seattle seahawks take on the new england patriots. >> nbc4 is your super bowl station. kickoff at 6:30 tonight. before you start preparing your super bowl goodies for today's game, we want to show you how they're celebrating at super central in arizona. here is news 4's jim handly. >> reporter: we're in scottsdale at the ultimate taste of the nfl. this is the chef's gridiron. 32 chefs and players from every nfl city. representing washington here a crab bisque. >> chef, i'm tasting the beer. >> it's ale right from ashburn virginia. >> how fitting. redskins legend brig owens was on hand. >> what goes through your mind the night before the game? what are they thinking about tonight? >> they're going over, playing the game in their head right now. talk about the consistencies ifs and that, but they're focused on preparing themselves mentally and physically. >> the seahawks food station served up shrimp, the patrio

chris gordon will be at the statehouse live tweeting p. we'll also be streaming the address live on the nbc washington app. >>> your kids may not be able to attend kin dar ger ten for a full day in prince william county schools. today the school board will consider making $11 million in cuts to next year's budget. chair thanman says the system will need to make cuts if they hold real estate tax bills at the rate of inflation. the meeting is at 7:00 tonight at the kelly leadership center in manassas. >>> a developing story this morning, case of the measles has now reached d.c.. the d.c. department of health will confirms someone has it but says the person was in-effected outside of the country and is this not related to the outbreak in california.was in-effected outside of the country and is this not me seal the health department is urging to you vak you to vaccinate your children. the disease is in 14 different states in addition to the district. take a look at your screen. the states are all highlighted in yellow. >>> metro is open but som

and that same year, several alec bills to allow publicly run schools passed in the statehouse. >> it's a joy to be here with alec and it is the place of a town of ideas. >> jeb bush stepped down this year to focus on his political run, and steven bowen also declined comment. still analysts say that the expanding corporate front schools could prompt some voters to give him a failing grade. >> this is something that could hurt him in the general election but in the republican primary, the bigger issue would be the steeld fast support for common core standards. and most hate t this could be a big issue for the former governor in this campaign. >> and david late breaking political news one of the most influential voices in the country is making a change. >> jon stewart the host of the daily show, who provides more information to younger americans than any other so, he announced tony, he's stepping down as the host of the daley show this year. and they will look for somebody else. but again, jon stewart is one of these figures who perhaps has more information over the young people in terms

when we won, it was fabulous, i still remember looking at the statehouse and we were all watching the big scene 20 years ago, and all of a sudden reality set in. first of all, i thought i was going home, and sandy said, you are staying there, and he said you are staying there, and he said you are going to a new do this, and it was the next three month and they were the best. of my life. and then the sky said we are here, and it was the cia briefing team, and -- this guy said we are here, and it was the cia reaping team, and they had set up themselves into a hotel nearby, and they said the haitians have come to clinton's inauguration, so literally 400,000 haitians were ripping the roofs off their house and building boats to come to the inauguration, and most of them would have done, -- most of them would have died, and so that was her first campaign flip-flop but we ended up if limiting every single one of them, but in some cases took a few years. the other was thanksgiving day i was taking a day off, in theory, on thanksgiving day, and we got a phone call that we were sending 25,000 t

here many maryland some folks at the statehouse want to change that. >> they at least ought to be ableo go into the legion or a restaurant and bar and have a glass of wine orbeer. >> reporter: that would mean places like cafe normandy in annapolis. >> i understand why. i don't really think it's a good idea. >> reporter: the owner says she remembers the day before 1984 when you could legally drink at 18. now that the 21-year-old requirement has been in place for a while? >> going back i don't know i just don't think it's a good idea. >> reporter: travel just a few doors up main street and the owner of castle play believes if you can spill your blood for your country you shall be able to legally pour a drink in it. the thing is the 21-year-old requirement in place has become a condition for getting federal highway money. losing that doesn't go down easy with everyone. >> passing this bill would mean lose dlrg 32 million in federal highway funding. >> i have an amendment asking for a waiver. i know we can't give up all that money. >> reporter: and he says if the waiver can't granted the c

chris gordon will be at the statehouse today and live tweeting. we'll also stream it live on nbcwashington.com. >>> a local team is groped. the item that may have made her a target. >>> controversial curriculum why maryland is bringing pot into the classroom for some local students about. >>> and you'll want to bundle up this morning. temperatures are below freezing. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 with your driv >>> welcome back. more maryland roads will be fixed if maryland governor larry hogan gets his way. his budget includes $25 million for local road repairs. a live look here for you from our camera at montrose road. the money would come from a pool of cash that has not been allocated. his original budget plan did not include that hone. >>> you may want to pick up a power ball ticket with that morning cup of coffee. the jackpot is expected to reach $317 million by tonight's drawing. this is the first time in nearly a year that the jackpot has climbed above the $300 million mark. tonight's prize is the 11th largest power ball jackpot eve

several versions of the bill are making their way through the statehouse and senate. >>> a uva football star is close to fulfilling his nfl dream. >> new tonight, news4's diana russini explains how he's overcome tragedy and why it drives him to succeed. >>> and we continue to follow a developing story in alexan yet another water ma. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> eli harrell is someone we hope to be watching sundays this fall. the university of virginia standout is at the nfl combine trying to impress the scouts for the upcoming draft. >> so close to fulfilling his dreams. and the dreams of his mother even without her by his side. diana russ. >> i watched her take her last breath so, that was tough. i can see it right now, but that's what drives me each and every day. >> reporter: 15 years old, too young to lose a mother to cancer. >> i had a lot of lonely nights. you know my mom was all i had

more on that coming up at 6:00 as well some more of harsh reaction here in annapolis annapoli at the statehouse, brad bell, abc 7 news. >> see you soon. thank you. meanwhile in prince william county, a bleak budget forecast has the board of education considering cutting programs and increasing class sizes. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in manassas where that board will start talking about bridging the gap in a few hours. jeff? >> that's right, alison. it's 7:00 tonight, this room will likely be filled with people talking about the budget. here's the situation. prince william county schools looking at the possibility of having to cut $11 million from its budget. that could mean lower teacher pay, want increasing teacher pay. not decreasing class sizes. also, cutting some bussing. a big topic getting a lot of discussion. the possibility of cutting all day kinkeddergartenkindergarten. parents aren't happy about that possibility. some in the board of supervisors saying this situation is not as bad as it sounds. we'll hear from some parents about what their thoughts are on the

i'm nora muchanic at the statehouse. i'll have that story coming up. >> all right.ph cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams rick williams i'm monica malpass. "action news" at 6:00 is next. >> good night >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night i'm monica malpass. the big story breaking news in montgomery county. the health department investigating a suspected case of the measles. let's go to dann cuellar live in norristown. dan what have you learned about itism monica, they're calling it a case of position suspected measles. they say the patient a 15-year-old boy, went to his doctor who suspected he has measles and reported it to montgomery county health authorities. a spokeswoman for the county says in a press release that the patient has been evaluated and testing has been conducted in order to determine if this is a true case of measles. they say specimens are being delivered to the state public health laboratory. now, they're not telling us where the bo

when you talk to mcconnell in the world they say we want to do what you did in terms of flipping the statehouse. i don't think primaries are bad. i ran in a competitive primary against the lieutenant governor and a sitting u.s. congressman who was very popular and the democrats had the son of a very popular former governor. we went through a hard year and a half primary literally our ad started earlier and lasted longer than kentucky. but the result was a good one because in the process, you become better, you know the states more if people see you in the middle of a contest but i don't think that's bad. >> in the three races bobby jindal is going out getting the competitive bid and they have a incumbent rick is a democrat and we feel like it is a red state and we should have a chance. we will put some focus in kentucky. >> right now they have the 31 memberships that help. most republican governors. next year 2016 is pretty good for republicans. there are not as many governors races. a big part of your job is recruiting became sure that the right candidates get in the races but if they currentl

people in the nearby statehouse were warned to stay inside. was a shooting on this campus was 1979. it occurred during a frat party. >>> a virginia-based insurance company is the latest to fall victim to a security breach. anthem says tonight anyone who's been covered in the past or present is at risk. >> and that could be up to 80 million people. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us with a look at this. i mean here we go again. is it just the hackers are that good or our fire walls are that bad? >> well, a little of both, probably. anthem the is a company based in the midwest but it does have customers in virginia and 13 other states. the company has a tabs of 80 million current and former customer and employees and it's trying to go through it a and figure out in how many cases was information breached. it says it's going to start e-mailing customers and sending letters, but this is going to take a couple weeks to work out. information that wasn't obtained the company says is credit card numbers or medical information, but it

people in the nearby statehouse were also warned to stay inside. that school is not saying whether that shooting involves students but police say the threat there has ended. the last time there was a shooting on that campus was back in 1979 during a school fraternity party. >>> jordan's king appears to be following through on hi threat to make isis pay for the savage murder of that captured fighter pilot. jordanian fighter pilots struck dozens of isis hideouts and training centers in syria today according to jordanian military officials. king abdullah met with his military staff afterward and vowed to continue this retaliation. meanwhile, at the national prayer breakfast in washington this morning, president obama condemned those who, in his words, hijacked religion for their own murderous ends. >> we see isil, the brutal vicious death cult that in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts of marion barrybarbarism. >> other guests in today's breakfast included the dalai lama and dr. kent brantley, the doctor who survived ebola. >>> the pope

it from the opposite direction of these other photos, and they ended up standing in front of the statehouse, which did not have a portico or dome at this point but it " shown white before us." this was the new state capital under construction. it did indeed look like a ruin, but what it was, is what cultural historians call a ruin in reverse. a building in the midst of going up, rather than coming down. laconte and her friends wanted to climb up to the roof to take in a view of the city to replicate the images of main street but, as she wrote yankees had burned out the temporary floors and their steps, leaving only the walls like a shell. wern's view of main street positions the capital at the end of a diagonal boulevard of ruins, which laconte and her friends would have ambled down. this is one of several images that wern took of the central thoroughfare in columbia. it was the neighborhood most thoroughly destroyed by the fire. in wenr's photograph, the street itself dominates the foreground. the angle reveals the extent of the destruction of columbia's businesses. street views like this

you know at a time in our country when unfortunately there are some public officials from the statehousesroup of americans simply because they're muslim i really commend the president for taking the time to sit down and hear directly from american muslims about our hopes and dreams for our country. and something i shared with the president was the most common concern i hear from muslim mothers and fathers across this country is their concern that their children will grow up being ashamed to be muslim. and it was probably encapsulated in a valentine's day card i actually shared with the president. it was written by two young sisters, sanya and sabrina, 8 and 10 years old in california and they basically shared their hopes and dreams and, frankly, their fears. sabrina in particular, the oldest sister talked about how she dreams of one day becoming an engineer or a basketball player and yet she's also concerned that people are going to be mean to her simply because she's muslim. she's asking the president to do something. >> dean it is not an unusual immigrant experience in this country to b

the statehouse nearly approving the measure which now heads to the senate.st. >>> and colorado and mexico slamming the brakes on giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens. the colorado state senate just voted to cut off funding to all but one dmv office for issuing licenses. >>> thank you, tucker. with over 50 years' experience in professional sports basketball hall of famer pat williams knows a thing or two about leadership. >> in his new book "it's not who you know, it's who you are" williams shares the best lessons he's learned along the way from the nation's greatest leaders of our time. >> senior vice president of the nba's orlando magic our friend pat williams, coach, great to see you. >> great to see you. >> it's not who you know, it's who you are. what a cool title. where did this advice, where did these seeds of wisdom come from? >> it occurred to me in my five-plus decades of sports that i've run in to wonderfully amazing, interesting people and they've planted a story or two in my life even if it was just a very brief short meeting and so i sat d

graphic to show on television, but it does show the pilot locked in a cage where he's subsequently burned alive. >> we're joined now by a former statehouse adviser. if the jordanians wrap up their military here and go after isis, isn't that what isis wants? >> i think isis was probably trying to probe them and see if they had resolve. isis, in its terror, even though it seems insane to us, that's not always the case. if you look at their march into iraq and the terror tactics they used, it did work in intimidating a lot of sunnis and actually leading to isis successes. however, if the jordanians react, it's important to keep in mind their ability to do so is limited. they have a lot of problems on their hands. they have more than a million refugees already inside their borders from the syrian civil war and they cannot single handedly defeat isis. that requires not only the participation of other arab states but frankly the involvement of the united states beyond what we've seen of what's been a fairly ineffective military operation. >> jordan has problems and divisions within its own country. those support the u.s.-led coalition and thos

the same position we are. >> reporter: historic st. mary's city here is home to maryland's first statehouse dating back to the mid-1600's. maryland's first capital is the state's snow capital. the county's amish as usual taking the weather in stride. snow equal to marketing opportunity at the hills store this couple promoting bud plight at the bar. roads cleared -- light at the bar. roads cleared easily here, but schools were closed. business owners near cheltenham in southern prince george's county also dug out today. so a lot of weather impact today here in southern maryland and this college racing team really needs a warm-up. in just two weeks they will be hosting a national meet here in southern maryland. some of though teams from florida and california might be pretty shocked if things don't warm up soon. scott broom, wusa9. >>> we're still waiting on southern maryland schools closed today to make decisions about tomorrow. you check the weather any time on our wusa9 app. it is free to download for the your android and apple devices. >>> the president of rams head says he is embarrassed and humiliated by the peeping

the first governor to speak at a pro-life rally on the steps of the statehouse in new jersey, and the five times out of the new jersey budget. [applause] and i have always thought, lore, but what the people of the right to note is what you really believe in feeling are. people make certain assumptions because you're from new jersey. if you're a republican from new jersey. what they should do is look at my record. when you look at my record on those issues it has been strong. and by the way, don't believe what the media won't tell you about the fact that if you're a pro-life candidate you can't get elected. not only did i get elected the first time in 2009 but i got elected with 51 -- cq 1% in 2013 as a straight out unabashed pro-life candidate. what they care about is what is in your heart and are you willing to fight for them. >> you assume the words used to describe you. >> here we go. [laughter] >> ready? >> is beautiful the first one? tell me the truth. >> supermodel. explosive, short tempered hothead, inpatient. and that's just what your friends are saying. that temperament, the

setbacks nationally in 2012, kentucky republicans smelled blood in the water and they probably proclaimed they would take over our statehousen 2014 and many gop groups, including the famous or should i a infamous koch brothers joined in the effort. they were in kentucky in our legislative graces and in that 2014 midterm election cycle that ended in november, kentucky democrats retained control of the house of representatives. [applause] folks, mitch mcconnell carried 110 of 120 counties. think of how many thousands of kentuckians had to go into the voting booth on election day and after pulling his lever and pulling republican congressman's lever went and searched for the democratic state representative? not only did we not lose control, we didn't lose a single seat. [applause] and we came within 200 votes of adding a seat. so, successfully defending our house in a kind of political climate is a great achievement. how did we do it? we did it because we spent our time talking to families about rings they care about -- jobs health care, educating their kids and we did it in a way that a aged them and excited them and demonstr

the death of 27-year-old jack jackques. >>> sounds like a drastic fix but a south carolina statehouse committee has advanced a measure which would temporarily close south carolina's state university. lawmakers say closing the university would give it time to improve its finances. if approved, the school would close july 1 and would remain closed for a year. it would reopen in the fall of 2017. the bill goes to another committee for >>> one lucky baltimore ravens fan just got a dream come true. free tickets for ravens games for 20 years. tuesday johnson was selected from more than 300 entries and she is the winner. the prize to club level seats every season, parking for 20 years. >> for a fan that's almost as good as winning the power ball. >> that's fantastic. >>> u.s. troops are leaving liberia soon but the united nations says the ebola fight is not over yet. >> looks like there's no end in sight for greece's economic crisis. wusa9 is back [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business

the water. they probably proclaim that they would take over our statehouse in 2014. many gop groups, including the famous, or infamous koch brothers joined in that effort. they were in kentucky in our legislative races. yet, in 2014, in the mid-term election cycle kentucky democrats retain control of the kentucky house of representatives. [applause] folks, mitch mcconnell carried 110 of our 120 counties. think of how many thousands of kentuckians had to go into that voting booth on election day and after pulling his lever and the republican congressman's lever, went and search for that democratic state representative candidate. for, not only did we not lose control, we did not lose a single seed. [applause] we came within 200 votes of adding one seat. successfully defending our house in that kind of a political climate, it was a germanic achievement. how did we do it? we did it because we spent our time talking to families about things they care about. jobs. health care. educating the kids. we did it in a way that engage them and excited them and demonstrated in clear

the washington hilton in northwest. >>> a measure aimed at stopping sex assaults on college campuses will be up for debate today in richmond. a statehouse committee hears testimony about a bill that would strengthen school reporting requirements for campus assaults. the bill was drafted after a rolling stone article about an alleged assault at a uva frat house in 2012. that november report was later discredited. >>> special ceremonies and exhibits are planned on april 16 to mark the eighth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. the shootings left 33 dead on the blacksburg campus. a student gunman took his own life after the massacre. the april commemoration will start at 12:01 a.m. with a ceremonial candlelighting at a campus memorial. >>> leaders of prince george's county's hispanic community are calling it a hard pill to swallow. they're sounding the alarm about the impact of close to $40 million in state budget cuts on hispanic students they say. many of those students didn't know how to read or write english when they first came to the country. now they have some big aspirations for the future. >> i want to go to umbc and major

the religious liberty of every american, or you aren't. [applause] i say tonight after winning both houses of congress more statehouses than ever before and ecting 31 republican governors in states like, maryland, and massachusetts, and illinois, the american people have made their choice and we are on the verge of a great american comeback for our ideals. [applause] . >> i believe that because i believe in this movement. my grandfather immigrated to this country from ireland. my dad built a gas station business in a small town in southern indiana. while i actually started in politics as democrat, when i heard the voice of the 40th president of the united states it all changed for me. i lived the dream of becoming a congressman from that small town and now i serve as governor of the great state of indiana. [applause] >> i served 12 years in the congress and i love to say if i only had 12 years left to live i would want to live it as member of congress. because that was the longest 12 years of my life. [laughter] >> the truth is we haven't had a government as good as our people in washington, d.c. for some time. but it is worse today than e

the religious liberty of every american or you aren't [applause.] i say tonight after winning both houses in congress more statehouses than ever before and electing 31 republican governors in states like maryland and massachusetts and i will now, the american people have made their choice, and we are on the verge of a great american comeback for our ideals [applause.] i believe that because i believe in this movement. my grabbed father i am granted from this country from ireland. my 2k5d built a gas station business in a small town in southern indian. when i started in politics as a democrat when i heard the voicein southern indian. when i started in politics as a democrat, when i heard the voice voice. it all change for me. i lived the dream of becoming a congressman from that small town. and now i serve as governor of the great state of indiana. [applause.] >> you know i served 12 years in the congress and i love to say, if i only had 12 years left to live i would want to live it as a member of congress because that was the longest 12 years of my life [applause.] the truth is, we haven't had a government as good as our people in washington, d.c. f

i'm a big believer that the real change we want to see his conservative -- it doesn't begin in d.c. we train people to run for school boards, cutting emissions, statehousend state senate. we train activists to be better at what they do. -- county commissions, statehouse in state senate. encouraging people to run for office and supporting them and not relying upon rallies or other things that might take up a lot of time. we've been doing this for about seven years now. done trainings and 45 different states. and trained well over 30,000 people. a good start. we are headed in the right direction. we've been doing training at cpac, equipping people. we've been excited about what we've been able to do here in 2015. host: we can see that you are in the middle of the action. can you talk about what the big issues are that are being talked about at cpac this year? guest: it has been interesting to watch. we've had virtually anybody that is considering running for the 2016 nomination in the gop primary here. it's been interesting to see what they talked about. immigration has been a big issue. isis, global jihadist some is another big issue. it's been interesti