d.c. georgetown. i love doing it, i love being here in the revolution. i'm one of the founding members.small group. very dedicated. the smaller the group is, the more dedicated they are. >> i consider what we are doing radical. lots of people call us militant. that's okay. i met erica. there was a call of action that went out. it was a group of young black people that wanted to do something more than tweet. >> the effectiveness of organising in secret allows us to accomplish a tax, something that the police can't prepare and stop reactions. they are in a space to put pressure on people. not let them get to their jobs or senate learning, whatever it is that we can disrupt. they see it as happening. you never know when it doesn't pop up. >> they don't know it. but what will happen is we'll shut it down. we'll have a group of folks on the outside of chinatown marching around while we go inside the movie theatre. inside the theatre we'll purchase tickets to chris rock's movie, walk over the exodus and shut it down. >> this is white supremist propaganda. >> no more lies. [ chanting ] we felt

. >> changes are coming to georgetown's restaurant scene. the d.c. coholic ra let a 27-year-old moratorium expire on new liquor licenses. the current limit is 68 licenses for rest residents in georgetown, beginning april 9th, the board will start accepting new applications. restaurant workers says it's about time. >> competition in restaurants, believe it or not, is a good thing. having more chases around for guests, will get more buzz about the area. and more people into georgetown. georgetown has been set with the attitude over recent times that retail is the way to go. but the retail restaurant ratio is not healthy. >> reporter: bars and tav taverns require a different license in the descrifnlgt the limit for those will re -- the limit for those will be in place. >>> shutting down entire rail lines for months at a time, for maintenance work. governor jack evans made the discussion on how to fix evans said metro's maintenance needs are so extensive, the lines on nights and weekends just won't be enough. >>> this whole baton toss, from march to april

d.c. circuit. today georgetown university constitutional law professor paul rothstein told me judge garland is an extraordinary choice for the supreme court. >> he's a terrific center of the road judge in the sense that he doesn't swing left or right politically. very sound judgment. >> reporter: all new at 5:00, why justice garland may be the ideal choice for the high court after republicans previously declared they would block anyone that president obama named. back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> "first at 4," what a difference 24 hours s. trail. why one big prime time event for some of the candidates was just canceled and how they're reacting to some big moves last night. >>> plus, everyone is talking about the metro mess. the emergency inspections and the unprecedented shutdown. now, capitol hill wantto do soms et it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. she'll be our voice. tightening regulations on the big ba

the washington, d.c., hans noel from georgetown, university co-author of, "the party , decides." his new piece for the "new york times" is called, "why can't the gop stop trump?" here in new york, donna murch is associate professor of history at rutgers university whose recent piece in the new republic "the clintons' war on drugs: , when black lives didn't matter." and in philadelphia, james peterson is the director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehigh university. a lead msnbc contributor and a host on npr affiliate whyy in philadelphia. we welcome you all to democracy now! hans noel, what is happening within the republican party right now? it is very clear that donald trump is the front runner and is well on his way to the convention -- who knows if it will be brokered or not. talk about with the leadership is doing right now. , can you hear us? >> i'm sorry, you are coming in and out of little bit. yes, asking about trump will stop he appears to be at a position of it is one to be difficult to stop him. it does likely look like you will be the nomine

we heard the vice president today at georgetown law school in washington, d.c., continuing to clarify his position in light of merrick garland nomination to the supreme court that's pending. let's go back to your calls now for a few more minutes to get your response to what the vice president had to say today and what you think about the supreme court nomination process. tom in lancaster, pennsylvania, democratic caller. hi, tom. caller: hi. the video shows a real convenience at the time and i think the position of the republican members of the judiciary committee are taking is a similar argument of convenience. we as the american people don't have a direct vote in selecting our supreme court justices. we delegate that responsibility to congress and the senate, in particular, and it just seems to me there's no good reason not to move forward with liberations and follow through as representatives to the senate. >> steve, salt lake city, on the line for independents. caller: thank you for taking my call. >> you bet. caller: i think mr. biden was spot on on his analysis of the dysfunctio

to mike meister, in 1902, his great-uncle, joseph williamson jr., is a law student at georgetown university in d.c. one day, he strolls down pennsylvania avenue, spots the piece of wood in a junk pile, and thinks, "it's pretty neat." >> joseph jr. picked it up. >> like a yard sale? did they buy it? >> no, it was scrap. i mean, it was things that were gonna be eventually hauled off to landfills, burned, whatever. >> he brings it home to illinois from law school and gives it to his father as a memento. his dad inscribes his name and writes the date on the back. the piece is handed down in the family to mike's dad, wayne meister, in the 1930s. where was it kept? >> it was in the basement of our house out in illinois -- a farm that my parents bought after world war ii. and it was hanging on a wall. i can remember being a little kid and asking my father what it was. and he would say, "that's a piece of the white house." >> did you believe him? you're a farm kid in illinois, and your parents have a piece of a white house? >> when he said something, it meant he wasn't making things up. >> pretty cool, th

d.c. alcoholic control board says times have changed and the limit has outlived its usefulness. people we talked to support this, saying there's too much shopping and we need more restaurants. >> we need to preserve what georgetown was, which was a family neighborhood. and to have that, you need to have restauras. to go around and they're all taken. and that's not changing. that limit was put in place by d.c. council. and while the neighborhoods in georgetown want it to stay that way, people we talked to said there's a bad idea. >> there's definitely not a lack of restaurants issue there's a lack of affordable bars. >> i think 6 is a little on the light side. i think they could definitely add to that. >> i think there should be the opportunity for bars to come back in to help provide a better balance within the neighborhood. >> reporter: now, advocates for the bar and restaurant industry say that they're going to continue to push to have that bar license limit removed. and also work to have similar restrictions in place in other parts of the city. reporting live from georgetown, cameron thompson, wusa 9. >> it was the city's oldest and largest and is the first to be allowed to expire. >>> a maryland man accused

. >> i had someone write to me from -- he said it was georgetown college in washington, d.c. then there was a lady from north or south carolina. and there was another lady from buffalo, new york. >> mm-hmm. >> that i enjoy the letters and everything. but i'm 43 years old. and these sounded like 20-year-old women with problems. and i didn't want to add to my problems. so i didn't really -- if i did write to them, i told them i appreciated it but i can't afford to write to you. >> there's a lot of folks out there that like to keep in touch with guys in prison. >> the reason they knew about me is because of the msnbc. >> right. they thought you were cute and wanted to write to you, right? >> but the conversation also took on more serious topics. street's medication sometimes caused involuntary tremors. and dr. matias didn't want that to be a problem in general population. >> you could see how dr. matias was concerned, and he was worried how the inmates might react to it. but he dealt with it in, again, in a humorous way. >> we don't want you to develop permanent movements. >> ye

which owns ten hospitals including washington hospital center and georgetown university hospital and dozens of medical clinics in the d.c. area to shut down its e-mail and vast record space. medical staff must communicate on paper and pull medical records by hand. columbia maryland-based medstar health confirms it is working with the fbi, but would not address whether the situation is suspected of being a ransom hack, where money is demand in order to free the system. a statement released to news4 reads in part currently all of our clinical facilities remain we have no evidence that information has been compromised. the organization has moved to backup system paper transactions where necessary. now functioning does not necessarily mean business as usual. i spoke to someone who spent a great amount of time at one of the hospitals in the area tonight, trying to get to a patient, a friend who had been admitted. and we understand that that staff is just struggling heroically with the slowdown of having to do pretty much everything by hand, no access to the internet. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. >>> well, tonight

d.c. all proceeds raised from the brekelmans endowment fund at georgetown university it's happening starting at 8:00 this morning. >>> march madne nesness continus weekend, the show down between kentucky and indian. the winner of that game will get either number 1 seed, north carolina or number 9, providence and the winner advances to the sweet 16 next week. so many upsets in the tournament yesterday. maryland able to push out a win against south dakota state and a an over to at the last minute with the other top seeds that lost the first round in the rocky ncaa tournament. the terps won 79-74, a collective sigh of relief across the area for sure. >> close one right there. you always look at the social media feed as soon as it comes through. folks reacted. >> there friday. i saw the tail end of the middle tennessee against michigan state. wow. a lot of brackets already messed up. >> it continues on, the march m madness. 6:37 your time now. eight of our sailors airlifted to a virginia hospital were learning what went wrong on an aircraft just off the coast of virginia beach. >> i remember loo

georgetown neighborhood history. for sound being the oldest neighborhood in washington, d.c. years beforel 49 the nation's capital was founded in 1800. m.day's speaker is jamie stieh we welcome her back. this is her second top this year. the second saturday of each month she is giving a talk about personagesamerican who really impacted american history. columnist syndicated and contributor to u.s. news.com. today, she is going to give a talk about frederick douglass and harriet tubman. anddouglas worked by day how. tubman worked by night under the stars. her talk next month will be about rachel carson. saturday, march 12. pick up a flyer on your way out. i also have nice jumbo postcards that lists her entire speaking schedule. everyone must have these two pieces of paper before they leave today. thank you so much for coming. and i turn the podium over to jamie. thank you. [applause] you forhm: thank hosting us in this amazing space. if we could put ourselves to the eastern shore of maryland, their harriet tubman and frederick knownss, two most african-americans of the civil w

d.c. alcoholic beverage control board says it will end the restaurant liquor license moratorium in georgetowng restaurants can begin applying for liquor licenses on april 9th. apri tavern and nightclub liquor licenses will still be limited l to a total of six for the neighborhood.hborhood. >> after facing criticism forint an exhibit of works from bill cosby's personal artl collection the smithsoniantion plans to include two items ite related to cosby at its new african-american historycan- museum.se the museum says it is not asot bill cosby exhibition. the two items are the a comicem book from his tv show i spy i and the cover of one of hisis comedy album. aum. the museum has not acknowledged the sexual allegations against cosby. >> popular d.c. rapper facing serious charges accused of aus using counterfeit money to monet gamble.mble 25-year-old martel reefs goesma by the name of fat trell. tre he was arrested at maryland marl live casino.o. casino security detailet contacted police after they the said that reeves presented p $450 in fake money to a tableabe pit boss. now reeves told police h

d.c. made the top ten. >> being somewhat from there and >> georgetown grad. >> georgetown grad, yeah. it's kind of a hip place these days. it really has changed. people city think of it as a government town but it's a lot like a denver if you go out on a saturday night downtown. a lot of young people there. the education, of course, being a big factor with d.c. too. >> how about fayetteville, arkansas? that has like a low desirability but does well. >> it's a beautiful place. they have one large employer there called walmart, which has really helped the place expand. but i think as charlie said, the university of arkansas is a good institution. it has a very powerful influence. it's kind of up in the hills there. it's pretty nice. a lot of people remember there tire there. fayetteville very high value. >> is climate a factor? >> we didn't look at weather. weather is too complicated. weather is everybody's own personal, you know, favorite. depends. some like it cold and some like it hot. >>> up next, a music superstar dominated hit music around the world, then he apparently disappeared

georgetown public library sponsors this hour-long event. >> good afternoon everyone. my name is jerry mcclory. thank you for coming out on this illustrate washington, d.c. day. on behalf of the public library, you forlike to thank coming out today. the peabody room was named after george peabody. merchant, finance year and philanthropist who got his start in business in georgetown in 1812. he was 17 years old. massachusetts with his uncle and they opened a dry goods store on m street. this fight his third grade education, he was a financial genius. he moved on to baltimore where the action was in the early 19th century. he was there for 20 years. you have probably heard of the peabody conservatory of music. that was his namesake.

d.c. n northeast she had just finished her masters degree and had a full ride scholarship to study the experience of runners. this weekend, a memorial in her honor, the 5k winding through the georgetown university campus. her family participated in the race. all proceeds were donated to her manorial -- her memorial ho georgetown. president obama will open a new era in the united states' thorny relationship with cuba. "don't trump." a protest in phoenix. and the american eagle foundation confirming progress today. at weis to provide choices besthat offer youyou the best prices, quality and selection choose wegmans family pack ♪ 1,2,3 you can save 30% or more. from the freshest fruits & veggies to the juiciest chicken & meats. let us help you find that perfet balance of size & savings. how can you save 30% or more? sfx: finger snap wegmans family pack. we do it because we're family too. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] tomorrow, president obama will head to cuba for a three-day trip,

d.c. is doing its best to try and eliminate that.at. a baked the very popular store in georgetownbaked and wired is trying to discourage people by not offering by phi. they've gonna step further withh a sign that says our stadium is for dining. the plan is only to put the sign out on weekends when the placeke is real he crowded andnd whenhen people want to sit down and shouldn't be working and on your computer. i think that is a great idea.ida i think it might really attract a lot of people because they be know they'll have a place to sit. then they'll know that it's not going to be used by computercomp users and people are just kind of hanging out. shut the computer off for the weekend.we > exactly. meanwhile the battle over a backyard ice hockey ring in montgomery county is over finally. county officials have agreed toe build a synthetic hockey ring in poolsville, similar to the one that markoen built last year to honor his late stepdaughter. you may remember after could he advertised the ring on county officials jumped in claiming that his home is in the agricultural reserve an

itself as the largest health care provider in the maryland and the washington, d.c., area and it's affected the georgetownt's ransom ware. that's used to extort money. hospitals have become the largest target until a ransom is paid. >> medical records are worth $50 to $70 because they have everything, your name, your address, social security number, date of birth and dependents. the security at hospital is so lax. they're playing with technology from 10 to 15 years and they're at a distinct disadvantage. >> the scale of the ransom ware threat was highlighted last month when a hospital paid $17,000 in bit coins to hackers who disabled the computer network. what's so scary is in the subjects they have so much 06 your information as you just heard. they have your social security, where you live. the year you were born and the technology is behind like 10 or 15 years. >> and then they can hold them up for ransom. >> thanks, abby. >> thanks. >>> all right, coming up, the president scolds the press because they're not doing enough to stop donald trump? wow. >>> then our studio is turning into a jungle. we have

d.c..com. what we're thankful to report tonight is that there were no injuries despite the several rounds of gunfire. i can tell you having groan up near this area that georgetown south historically has made significant strides to curb the gang violence and the violence in the area. so we don't know just yet if this is a resurgence of gang violence or if this incident is just an isolated incident. teisha lewis, fox5 local news. > a local police officer was seriously hurt after someone ran him over with an tv. the incident happened sunday in prince george's county as the officer tried to speak with the atv driver. fox5's marina maracco has an update tonight. this is without a doubt a scary encounter for that on duty uniformed officer. the group of atvs traveling here down allentown road and at least two of them made a turn here onto old old brand avenue and tn they parked behind that strip mall that you're looking at an electric supply store. the officer pulled up next to them, got out of the car and when he approached them, that's when he was run over. miles up the road in largo, a similar scene to what this officer confronted, dozens of atvs driving illegally

so d.c. 295 southbound there at east capitol, we still have the right rain getting lane getting. 295 does not need a problem like that on any morning. georgetownat river bend road thin great falls, traffic alternates past the accident. a vehicle off into the woods. macarthur boulevard, sangamore section blocked for fire activity. sending chopper there to see if we can see anything from above. big look at the beltway, overall all of the main routes in and out of town looking okay. the only exception here, 95 northbound near 123. apparently a sign there is actually causing a little bit of distraction and some slowdowns. >>> breaking news out of the far east. south korea reporting north korea has fired a short range projectile from an area near the eastern coast. earlier this month north korea said that it has made progress in its missiles program and that it's put its military on standby for strikes anytime. this comes as president obama prepares to meet with japanese and south korean leaders outside of the nuclear security summit happening here in washington. >>> it is 5:54. new this morning, some doctors are raising concerns about a new law in

georgetown public library sponsors this hour-long event. >> good afternoon everyone. my name is jerry mcclory. thank you for coming out on this bluthsery washington, d.c. day. on behalf of the public library, i would like to thank you for coming out today. the peabody room was named after eorge peabody. he was a merchant, finance year and philanthropist who got his start in business in georgetown in 1812. he was 17 years old. he came from massachusetts with his uncle and they opened a dry goods store on m street. despite his third grade education, he was a financial genius. he moved on to baltimore where the action was in the early 19th century. he was there for 20 years. you have probably heard of the peabody conservatory of music. that was his namesake. became a multimillionaire. he eventually moved to london and lived there for the remainder of his life. in his will of 1867, he gave his millions away to establish educational organizations. this was a generation before andrew carnegie did the same thing with his money. to the community of georgetown he left $15,000 to establish a library. this room was named in honor of him and serves as a repositor

. >>> you can tune into a livecan web town of georgetown cupcaketp part of the network tlc that t runs the show d.c watching the cupcake p cam and take a screen shot of it andshod then post it to social media using #cupcake cam and #contest.. the tlc will pick a winner and that person will that then get a free dozen cup cakes. cupakes the contest ends tonight at 9 o'clock. 9 o' >>> d.c. is in full emergencyemy room. we officially reached peakeach bloom yesterday. according to the u.s. nationaltt park service this means the mea blossoms will be at their peak r color this weekend.lor this weed it is gorgeous.it over a million people are expected to descend ono ded o washington's tidal basin to visit over the next week and tourists and locals have and l already started swarming theing area to get a firsthand lookha o and today is the big familyig fm day. so, it's great for the entire family. >>> and a lot of people arelot l posting about the beautifulul blossoms. i was down there. i did thewn t same. here's a look at some of yourour pictures. and we want to keep themto kp t coming. i can't really see

d.c., is brad blakeman. and a senior staff professor of policy and politics of international affairs at georgetown universityfund. he's a columnist with "national review magazine." thank you both for staying up with us. >> thanks. >> john, i'll go to you first about rubio dropping out. any thoughts of his speech tonight? >> if he had given that kind of speech much earlier in the campaign, he might have overcome a lot of the objections to his candidacy. he basically said that the establishment has ignored the legitimate grievances and he said the republican leadership let the people down and i think it would have been a lot harder to tag marco rubio as an establishment candidate if he had run like that, and he didn't. >> brad, where do you think he went wrong in the campaign leading up to this point? >> well, again, i think john is right. not acknowledging the fact that republicans and democrats, our country, is fed up with a congress and a president who doesn't do what the people want and need to be done and republicans are -- certainly have some culpability as do democrats and we did not understand the fear

d.c. he graduated with a b.s. in finance from george mason university in northern virginia where and he was founding member of gmu's students against israeli apartheid. he's the public affairs coordinator at georgetownniversity contemporary for arab studies. he's leading an initiative to mine historical documents relate odd to the palestinian solidarity movement in the united states. the work will culminate in a series of databases aimed at studies the u.s. based movement and offering researchers a critical resource. he intends to pursue graduate school. please join me in welcoming tareq radi. [ applause ] >> so before i begin my talk i would just like to thank the washington report and the institute for hosting today's event. thank you for the invitation and all that you have been doing. and to the staff that made today possible. i would like to thank the workers of the national press club that have been working so tirelessly to make this venue such a nice venue that we're sitting in today. [ applause ] so, as you walk through the main atrium of george mason university -- [ lost sound ] sce censorship on the panel. let me start over. as we walk through the main atrium of george mason university stu

d.c. where he was a founding member of students against israeli apartheid or ass ambings. he's the public affairs coordinator at georgetown iversity contemporary arab studies. under the arab institute, he's leading an initiative to mine historical and influential documents regarding the palestinian movement in the united states. it is aimed at studying the u.s.-based unit and offering researchers a resource. he hopes developing conducting research or resistance economies. please join me in welcoming tark. [applause] >> so before i begin my talk i want to thank the research for hosting and thank you for the invitation and all you have been doing. to the staff that made today possible. and i'd especially like to thank the workers of the national press club that have been working so tirelessly to make this venue such a nice venue that we're sitting in today. [applause] tareq: as you walk through the main atery up of george mason university [no audio] censorship on the panel. ok. sloat me start over. hopefully that doesn't dig into my time. as we walk through the main atrium of george mason university student center you will