i have asked peter van dorn to deliver his presentation today. he is a senior fellow at the cato institute and the editor of the quarterly journal, "regulation." come to me after if you are not getting that. i will make sure you are on the list. he is an expert on the regulation of housing, land, energy, the environment, transportation and labor and much else. he has taught at the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs at princeton, the school of organization and management and the university of north carolina at chapel hill, his writing has been published in the washington post, the "new york post" and he has appeared on cnbc, fox news and earned his masters from yale university. we will leave time for questions at the end. let's please welcome peter van dorn. >> i am not a podium kind of speeder. i like to wonder but the microphone confines me to be here. i will move around and c-span will be ear tatirritated. i thought i would start with some humor. notice the first word in the outline. it is an adjective, modifying facts. w

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. >> blue line single tracking between franconia and van dorn street. that is why those delays will be kicking off here. powder mill road, a brush fire there. going to check that out quickly with chopper 4 in the next couple of minutes. southbound 5 near bryantown road there. southbound 210 at wilson bridge drive, still have that crash and 66 and 95, you can see no major issues there. we'll take a look at travel times for you in ten minutes. >>> is a massive police presence in paris right now. >> there is a shooting outside the louvre museum there. erika is live with the latest. >> so the details started emerging probably within the last 30, 40 minutes or so. we can now tell you that a soldier opened fire on a man after being attacked outside the louvre. as a result of that, that whole you are now seeing a heavy police presence in that area after this serious security incident. remember, france has been under a state of emergency since the 2015 terrorist attacks in paris that killed 130 people. so exactly who this person is, what they may have said to t

. >> so chopper 4 headed to the outer loop of van dorn ood right now. u street northwest at 10th street that is that fatal pedestrian crash from overnight. lanes are blocked because of that accident and investigators are on the scene. we just spoke with police and it should be out of the way within the hour or so. >> single tracking on the orange line and blue and silver between armory and addison road. >>> all right. thank you. right now an overnight debate continues inside the u.s. capitol, this over the future of our education system. democrats are trying to derail the confirmation of betsy devos as education secretary. >> angie has been watching this all nighter. she's at the live desk with what we are hearing on capitol hill right now. >> good morning. yeah, that talkathon continuing as we take a live look. democrats taking turns morning objecting to president um vee familiar to our area. >> she doesn't cherish education. she doesn't value it. >> from my hometown of alexandria, quote, while many of our cabinet picks worry me, none worry me more tha

the live desk this happened on south whiting street, right next to the van dorn plaza shopping centerice tell us a suspect went to a woman getting in her car, and implied he had a weapon. he drove off with her 2016 silver rav-4. no one was hurt, but if you know anything -- call police. also breaking overnight - hazmat crews are on the scene of a serious accident this morning in maryland. it happened just after midnight on antelope lane and addison road. it's unclear what sparked the crash but officials it started a fuel leak. one truck lost between 200 to 300 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel. an update this morning. the police officer involved in a dramatic crash- has been taken off patrol duty. a fairfax police cruiser slammed into a van in falls officer was speeding at the time- and the flashing lights were not on. the police department is doing an internal investigation. police say a 5-year-old playing with a lighter sparked a fire that killed him- and injured several of his family members. the fire happened in lorton tuesday night. a neighbor saw the boy's mother standing outside

springfield interchange headed over towards the wilson bridge, this is where we have the crash after van dorn street. multivehicle crash tying up the left side of the road. going to putitely a stall to your commute as you travel from springfield out of alexandria. your lanes are open. metro having some problems this morning on the orange, blue, and stadium armory, chevrolet, and addison northwest. larry? montgomery county, cruising to get ready to go back out to great falls to search for a missing person. our cameras were there as the teams searched late into the night. last night the search was suspended because of the impending weather. we will keep you posted once we hear more from police. right now on capitol hill, and all night protest still going strong. autria: democrats spending the night on the senate floor, speaking out against the pig for the secretary of education. sam sweeney has more on the growing push to shut down the nomination of betsy devos. sam: they need just one republican to vote no to derail her nomination. for the last8 have been out on what's happening right now. the

if you live in northern virginia and you normally get on the train at franconia, springfield, or van dorn, you'll have to trade -- take the train into l'enfant plaza. if you're coming back to rosslyn or foggy bottom, you will have to switch. if you go from rosslyn to the pentagon that is no service between those stations. you will have to go into d.c. and get back to the pentagon. today it's going to take 25 minutes out to springfield and franconia. minutes, pack a lot of patience, your ride is going to be a lot longer is your blue line is shut down. back to you guys inside. larry: president donald trump is back at the white house after his day at mar-a-lago. cnn reports that he was making decisions over a cell phone set on speaker alongside the japanese prime mis the president will meet with the canadian prime minister head of his white house visit. trudeau has been critical of the travel ban. was the executive order first put into place, trudeau took to social media to restate canada's open-door policy. united airlines, investigating after a pilot had to be removed from a plane. headed

a deer struck near van dorn. ays lingering franconia to van dorn.o van dor we'll let you know when thingsen get back to inner loop. southbound 295 crash before that east capitol. keep it to fox5.nd 2th we also have aep b it itog f cr5 northbound causing delays by y franconia-springfield in virginia. virginia. >> you will definitely want tole slow down if you're travelingn y through rockville maryland.ou'ra the city's police departmenndttt installed more speed cameras.am. maryland avenue is where they are. the grace period has now endedpe and that means they'll start issuing tickets to violatorsolas today. the cameras monitoringonirin eastbound pan westbound traffic at the intersection of southboun the washington streets the maryland avenue.av >>> girl scout cookie fansscouts rejoice. rejoice. your stash could be arrivingsh c at rfk stadium this morning tomg be picked up by girl scoutby giu parents all across its dmv. dv. get your mone it's just one of 32 deliveries3i scheduled for the washingtonve region.gion. inc

outer loop after van dorn street. a crash in the main lanes causing delays there. crash reported there as well. another problem heading to the west. braddock road before loudoun county parkway. >> a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us. valentine's morning. temperatures are coming in still in the 30s but slowly rising. in the district, now 37. 34 dulles. we still have some areas below freezing right now. and if you have the valentine's day plans, by lunchtime, 45 degrees. happy hour, low 50s. by dinnertime, upper 40s. mostly cloudy, staying dry. tomorrow, mainly dry. late clearing. chance of the shower for the south and colder on thursday. for the weekend. 60s returning. >>> you can get the latest news and weather anytime. just open the nbc washington app. >>> thi >>> this morning on today's take. harry connick jr., our celebrity co-host. >>> find out why this actor luke wilson is about to rock your world. a valentine's day proposal you do not want to miss. all coming up right now. >>> from nbc news, today's take, live from studio 1-a. rockefeller

detectives matthew hanlon and andrew be a dill along with troopers tyler dorn what is and briar blair ran outside opened the door of the van went to work. >> so we pretty much all jumped in there. definitely a team effort. and, you know, we all picked the role and just went with it. >> reporter: the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck. she us what discolored. >> basically it didn't look go good. and i just wanted to make sure the mom and baby were okay. >> reporter: they were thanks to the state police. an ambulance arrived moments after the birth racing mom and baby to the hospital. she says both her first two deliveries were complicated. make it three for three. but all is now well. and mom wanted her heroes to meet the child they helped deliver. >> i thought they needed to see her and she wanted -- she needed to see them, like, you know, see what they helped. i mean they know -- they seen her already, but, you know tox see what they helped bring into this world and i'm just thankful for them. >> as for the law men who looked a little overwhelmed as they passed the baby around for quick hug and cuddle, it w

detectives matthew hanlon and andrew be a dill and troopers brian blair and tyler dorn what is ran outside, hopped in the van in case you're wondering none of the four law mensa dad. none has ever been present for the birth of a baby. talk about coming through in the clutch, right? ♪ >>> 16-year-old from west philadelphia saw her mother struggling every day to cake take care of her and her severely disabled sister. it was hard to find light filled with doctors visits and trying to make ends meet. >> our bill anderson was there as the teen's request for something to make her mother's life a little easier was answer the big time for goodness sake. >> reporter: most nights we speak to people doing their best to overcome really challenging situations. and today isn't any different. but there is a surprise. young woman who said she really needed help has no idea that she's about to get the help that she says her family desperately needs. we'll be there to surprise her. 16-year-old maya james watched her mother struggle daily along with being a special needs patient advocate her mother also take care of maya and h