. >> george mason university department of criminalology is here to break it down good evening. >> goodng take aways from the number so far? anything that surprised you? >> not yet. isis released this email a few days ago over telegram labeled lone wolf handbook basically asking its young supporters to carry as described in this e money ulike burning cars and arson et cetera. >> let me ask you as we hear this information and we start to look at all these numbers we're talking about numbers overseas. are you surprised that we have not seen these sorts of attacks here in the united states? >> actually not. united states has unique position geography far away from conflict areas and it's very difficult to reach united states because of oceans. so this unique situation gives advantage to united states and european cities are under constant threat at this point. >> and that's one thing that a lot of hey has been made about that we see so many attacks in united kingdom and we saw what happened you know in france and brussels and why is that why are we seeing more? is it geographic because we

the fourth of july celebration was held on the football field at george mason high school.ple old-fashioned fun. right done to hand spun cotton candy. real deal, created a climate where strangers exchanged smiles and kids, put down their cell phones. >> no phones. no ipads. >> fun. refreshing. and i love coming together as a community. and, they just get to run around and do what kids do. >> it wasn't the big show on the national mall. as families grow increasingly pressed and stressed by work and other commitments, a day off together to celebrate independence day. priceless. >> it's great. it is, this is wonderful to have, the family together. yes. be able to -- to, you know, have -- that moment. without the electronics. >> local fireworks displays grow in popularity every year. this stopped in the travel lanes of kennelworth in greenbelt. cars lined the roads for miles to watch the display. greenbelt, jackie benson, news 4. >> no cell phones. refreshing. hey, sharing your pictures from your fourth of july celebrations with us all day. if you have more from the fireworks t

. >> it is part of a summer camp by george mason university and a virginia business.s amy cho shows us, the girl is goal is to get more interested in technology. >> reporter: the girls in this computer class started from scratch. now they just about cracked the code to building a finished game. >> as long as it's there it's perfected. >> it's super fun watching other and learning how to make video games so other people can enjoy it other than yourself. >> it feels good. most girls think, oh, i can't do this because, you know, i'm a girl. people think girls are stereotypical. >> reporter: designing games teaches coding, photo shop and math. but they also learn lessons you won't find in textbooks. >> we learned about teamwork, like working together to make the games, edit them, and for feedback. >> the girls are doing fantastic. i love seeing them work together and the games they're creating. >> reporter: that excitement is something many of them say will last a lifetime. >> i very much would love to do this as a job. wake up every day and actually be excited to go to w

guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations to go back to the states and three quarters of the states would have to approve that. what it does is it is the root relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance and what has happened is that there is no longer a balanced our between the three branches and our federal government, but there is no longer a balance of power between the federal government in the states, because 60% on average of the states when they aise money in state have federal bureaucrat tell them how they have to spin that. they lost they -- they lost a

guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations to go back to the states and three quarters of the states would have to approve that. what it does is it is the root relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance and what has happened is that there is no longer a balanced our between the three branches and our federal government, but there is no longer a balance of power between the federal government in the states, because 60% on average of the states when they aise money in state have federal bureaucrat tell them how they have to spin that. they lost they -- they lost a

documents and brilliance behind the words, not only jefferson but james madison, james monroe, george mason, and others. guest: right. these documents are so powerful and they have held up all these years. in this philosophy, this product we export -- and this democracy, this product we export around the world, everybody looks at america as a model of working democracy. working not think it is , but let's channel our better angels this morning and say this democracy which is a model, i think some that have seen the film already say it gives them goosebumps because it is a reminder of everything good about this country that we all love and celebrate on the fourth of july. instead of going into the for 24 hours least i'm hoping everyone can try to get along and celebrate the thising fathers, remarkable gift they gave us, the constitution we can celebrate. that is the goal here. host: in addition to public figures, one of the participants, actress kerry washington. here is an excerpt. [video clip] ted to render the military independent of the civil power. he has combined with others to subject

george mason university history professor martin sherwin. he's the author of "a world destroyed, hiroshima and its legacies." and co-author of a pulitzer surprise winning biography of j. oppenheimer. details the development of the atomic bomb. through the use of atomic bombs on the japanese cities of nag s nagasaki and hiroshima. it's just under two hours. >> our speaker tonight is martin sherwin. he's a professor of history at george mason university. his biography of j. robert oppenheimer won the 2006 pulitzer surprise the national book critic circle award in the english speaking union book award. he's also the awe are though of "a world destroyed, the atomic bomb and the prize alliance." american foreign relations as well as the american history book prize. it was a 1976 finalist for both the nationalist book award and the pulitzer prize and the current paper back edition of "a world destroyed" is subtitled "hiroshima and its legacies." visiting as the fund visiting professor of american history. and is a visiting professor at wellesley c

to lead the discussion today we're happy to have a professor of history at george mason university and the author of revolutionary backlash, women in politics in the early american republic. the author of brothers at arms, men and france of spain that saved it. and the author of when the united states spoke french, the professor of history at johns hopkins. most importantly, his parents -- are they here? if you've ever shopped at bread first on connecticut, first on burg. there it is. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our panel. [ applause ] >> well, good evening, i'm rosemary from george mason university. and we're thrilled to see you all here tonight for this wonderful program. the first item of business is to let you know it will not be in french. so maybe you're disappointed but maybe you're relieved. in any case what we'd like to do first is have each of our authors speak to you for a few minutes about their books and give you a general sense about what they talk about in their books and we'll be talking among ourselves and try and give you a good understanding of some of the i

this is near george mason university. have an officer out there directing traffic to try to help some of those t folks get around the intersection. big delays out there. from there we'll switch over show you what else you're up against this morning. more problems on the road. this is as you make your way out on 66 westbound after nutley street. they were able to move a disabled vehicle over to the shoulder but traffic really slow right now from the beltway to past nutley street as well. let's go ahead and switch it over and show you what else you're dealing with. northbound 123 as we mentioned and also university boulevard eastbound crash near piney branch road. taking a wide view. we just had in lighter volume around the beltway right now of the relatively quiet friday but it's the summer i'm not surprised. outer loop college park about a five minute delay from 95 to georgia avenue. metro is on steve. >> look at this beautiful view of ocracoke island. so many people from d.c. make that drive down to north carolina. you t

. >> it's part of a summer camp by george mason university and a virginia business. as amy cho shows us, the goal is to get more girls interested in technology. >> let your imagination free. >> the girls in the class started from scratch, and now they just about cracked the code to finishing a game. it's just super fun watching other people be productive about it and actually learning how to make video games so other people can enjoy it. >> it feels good because most girls think, oh, i can't do this, because i am a girl, and people think girls are very typical. coding, math, and it's something you will never learn in any textbo textbook. >> we work together to make the game and edit them and feedback. >> i love the games they are creating. there's so much excitement. >> that excitement is something many of them say will last a lifetime. and i very much would love to do this as a job. to wake up every day and be excited to go to work. >> do what you love and don't be afraid to make mistakes and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself and just be happy and follow your

let me bring in a senior fellow from george mason university.e ought to regulate something that doesn't exist yet. that makes so much sense. >> i don't think it does make a lot of sense. i think the reality is elon musk has been watching too many terminator movies. it's always good to think about the dangers new technologies might pose. but even ganging in chicken little speech is quite unwarranted in this case. artificial intel joins all around us and benefiting us in many ways in the united states. and that's only going to continue to improve our lives in a wide variety of ways. dagen: i always think of that question, somebody who has benefited from a lack of regulation and government intervention into benefits from essentially helping take over our space program. what is he up to that he's calling for regulation? >> i don't want to guess the motives. it could be mr. musk has concerns about artificial intelligence. a lot of them are driven by perceptions put into our mind by science fiction and worst case case thinking that surround new he mor

george mason, westbound near 123, sounds like we had an overturned vehicle in the intersection.es are on scene. westbound had been blocking the lane. that could very well change the configuration once fire and rescue arrive. you'll probably be under police direction. back to you. >>> jack, thank you. >>> turning to our forecast now. >> very rainy. >> cloudy skies now. slivers of sunlight. just enough to cause a little bit of a shadow here early this morning. that won't last long. the entire month of july. we're morning above average for the month of july alone. over 5 at national airport. inches of rain an the end of the day on saturday. a lot of rain coming. 76 now under cloudy skies here in washington. 730 degrees in gaithersburg. 70 dulles. mid to upper 630s in the shenandoah valley. cloudy and mild this morning. rain intensity increasing. couple of rumbles much thunder. got a severe thunderstorm threat that i'm worried about. late tonight into tomorrow. again, it doesn't look like much on the radar. the storm has not yet developed. much like our classic winter storms. this i

went to west field high school in fairfax county and george mason university and only beat him by onetes spare. >> i had no pressure go into. it i'm a rocky this is first time doing. it for me no expectations i go in there and have few and see what we can do tonight. and it was blast i enjoyed every minute. watching another guy swing coming early and talking to me everything about today was fantastic. >> erin judge is built like defensive lineman. the dude is huge. and tonight's all star game he'll face the national zone matt sherzers. and and cubs decided to go over max with clayton kershaw. the second all star start with doe troyt he pitched one perfect anyoneing in new york. >> i love all star games. it's fun to come here and whe with the best town in the world and best pitchers in the world and manager gives you the ball that's something special something you never forget. >> you have to realize he has one of the best player and pitchers in the world. daniel murphy and ryan zimmerman starring for the national league. coverage start at:30. they call floyd may warm mo money. in trou

. >> it's part of a summer camp by george mason university and a business in virginia.amy cho shows us, the goal is to get more girls interested in technology. >> let your imagination run free. >> reporter: the girls in this computer class started from scratch. now they just about cracked the code to building a finished game. >> as long as it's there it's perfect. >> it's super fun watching other people being productive about it and learning how to make video games so other people can enjoy it other than yourself. >> it feels good. most girls think, oh, i can't do this because, you know, i'm a girl. people think girls are stereotypical. >> reporter: designing games teaches coding, photo shop and math. but they also learn lessons you >> we learned about teamwork, like working together to make the games, edit them, and for feedback. >> the girls are doing fantastic. i love seeing them work together and the games they're creating. >> reporter: that excitement is something many of them say will last a lifetime. >> i very much would love to do this as a job. wake up every da

she has a ba in history in american that is and a ma and phd in american history from george mason university. her focus is government-sponsored rescue attempts related to the holocaust and she is working as a historian for the museum's upcoming transition -- upcoming exhibition. our second speaker, chief of the branch of holocaust survivors and research center at the united states holocaust memorial museum. previously a professor of contemporary history at the university of paris, she works for the two french commissions for compensation to jewish victims. she is the author of books and publications and more than 20 articles related to the holocaust. >> thank you so much for having us this morning. i'm going to provide the context for the refugee crisis in the 1930's, how the factors that influence u.s. policy and the way that u.s. policy changed as events in your changed. a refugee crisis never comes out of the blue and american reaction to it does not either. it is always complicated and in the exhibit we are working on that will of the next spring, we are trying to bring visitors back to

host: a discussion on the economic condition of your state with eileen norcross of george mason university mercatus serving as project director, thanks for coming on. guest: thanks for having

it's just a few blocks away from george mason university in oldtown fairfax. neighbors say the bear casually walking through the yards, was in no hurry. a police car was following it along. finally the bear made its way back in the woods near the green acres senior living facility nearby. now also today people spotted this bear near robinson high school in fairfax. that is about two miles from where we are now. it's unknown if we are talking about the same bear. if that is the same bear that was in the neighborhood here a couple of days ago. they like to see the bear from a distance. >> it was exciting. and only because we were inside it was exciting. we would haven't come out. >> i thought i was glad i wasn't outside on the sidewalk. that's the overwhelming feeling. glad it's outside. the animal control center received quite a few calls about bear sightings in this area. that is not uncommon for the summertime. at 5:00, we will show you tips to make sure the bears stay out of your backyard. live in fairfax city, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: all right, je

coming up monday morning, the economic policy institutes darren cooper from george mason university mercades center discuss the pros an continues of raising the minimum wage. and a reporter for u.s.as today reports on be sure to watch "washington journal," live on monday morning. join the discussion. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. british prime minister theresa may answered questions from members of the house of commons with the first time last month general election. many questions focused on the investigation surrounding the building fire in west london that claimed the lives of more than 79 people. this is just under an hour. of the uk too. >> questions for the prime minister? >> thank you, mister speaker. the house will be aware that the prosecution service announced charging petitions and relations to hillsboro. i know from working with the families when i was home secretary this will be a day of miem

we have a new crash that could impact your commute near george mason.the left lane at 123. caution there. some delays in both directions. university boulevard up in silver spring crash near piney branch road causing big delays as well. aside from that 166 westbound right lane is blocked after nutley street. 20 minute delay from the beltway to past nutley. metro is on time. keep it to fox5. 7 o'clock hour this friday will be right up. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your