area and i like to see both my kids go to george mason university for what it's worth. okay, so how do we know as civilians was really launching these attacks? and why can we not have oversight over the people that tell us who are launching these attacks? do we know for sure who attacked in the subway, who attacked -- i can remember the country name, next to russia you were referring to. >> guest: well, you know, i look at the media coverage of these 12 russian gru people were accused of being directly involved in the attacks on the u.s. electrical system and you read the judicial proceedings underway. we are able to go to not only specific locations physically, but buildings, , compute a

host: we are joined by richard forlarich, codirector energy and science policy at george mason university and a former u.s. ambassador. ambassador, when we are talking about the grid, what do we mean? guest: that is the very basic question. my connection is when i go home and through the electrical switch. most people think that is the most important part. but you have the production of energy, which may come from coal , gas, nuclear power, you have its transmission, but ultimately it goes to the consumers. the grid is that network and that is what makes it so complicated and vulnerable because there are many points of entry. is not just the physical bread, it is a cyber grid as well. host: who is responsible for protecting the grid and how do you do that on something so vast? guest: that is something we are .oing at george mason your regulators in government at the federal level and the state level. your private companies that on the production and transmission lines and then you have third parties who produce the technologies the companies and the governments used to regulate the system

. >> a george mason student took lsd. he then jumped to his death ande now as c is starting his message. david culv-- dana culver with >>> we have some breaking developments in the case of the missing iowa student mollie tibbetts. details from a news conference still going on. >> reporter: we're just getting this latest twist in this case. police have just announced that they have made an, arre and the man they have now is 24-year-old christian rivera. police say that he was one of thepl last p to see mollie tibbetts, and new he's charged with her murde tibbets was last seen on july 18th jogging i her hometown of brook lyn brooklyn, iowa. ever sin then investigators and family and friends haven b searching the ground from the air. they haven't confirmed if the body is mollie but they do believe it was her. police say rivera interacted with tibbetts while she was in ru >> and while he was interfacing with her he actually tells us that he ran alongside of her or behind her, and then at one int he tells us that mollie grabbe

guest: that is one of the things we are working on at george mason. you have regulators in government at the federal level and the state level. you have private companies that own the production and transmission lines and then you have third parties who produce the technologies the companies and the governments used to regulate the systems. it is a very complex public/private relationship that has to be managed if you're going to protect the grid. it used to be people only thought about the physical side. someone said it was guns, guards, and gates. now that is not enough. , you can protect the production of electricity and the production of natural gas, but if this technology that moves gas and electricity is more honorable to hackers, you have opened up a backdoor. host: what is the scenario who -- that keeps you up at night? guest: i have to go back to my service at the department of state. i spent a number of years in eastern europe and the former soviet union. you have to be concerned about threats from abroad. you have to look at who is capable

the george mason university sophomore had takendr lsd. he bought from a fellow fraternity brother. >> i think parents need to be are of what's going on. the there's dodgers out there. >> they fear the college culture, specifically greek life, pushed drug and alcohol use and the outcome can be deadly, as they have wperienced. are just used to these kinds of situations in this country. all you got to do is look at the news. a student dead here, a student dead there, you know. we've just become immune to this kind of news. i don't think it's right. i don't accept that. just don't accept tha something has to be done. >> the medinas want colleges like george mason university to do more >> has george mason done anything to prevent anything like this from happening?n' i know. they haven't said anything about it? >> reporter: in an e-mail response george mason university say they take enforce president lc drug andol policy very seriously, adding that violators face sever consequences, criminal charges. but the medinas say the university has stopp

george mason law school. i and the parent of one of the panelists.am the parent of one of the panels. i got to know the judge to my daughter's clerkship. he delivered a convocation speech at the graduation of our law school. in 32 years at george mason, having listened to 32 graduation all of which except one were canned, i was impressed by the care taken by judge kavanaugh in particular rising and researching, talking about george mason. my question to the panel is, although i myself also -- i myself also attended law school, what are the chances that judge kavanaugh will emulate the only justice on the supreme court who hires clerks who are not from the ivy league, chicago, for stanford? interested in knowing your thoughts about that since you know the man. >> i will take this one as the non-yale grad. i think judge kavanaugh, you will see him look at all caps and higher atkins from a wide variety of schools. the judge takes clerk hiring very seriously. when we were all clerks, we can talk about the process where he go tot just rely on us to the re

he has been a frequent lecturer for us here and he teaches history at george mason university. he is the author of "realistic visionary: a portrait of george washington" and soon will be publishing a book on essays about washington's leadership, so watch this space. a side note, if you want more hamilton, we will be offering a specialty tour every saturday at 10:30 entitled "hamilton's bffs and frenemies." i bet you know who we'll be talking about. so don't miss this opportunity to buy tickets. i know, it's terrible. so here's the moment you've been waiting for, dr. henriques with "right hand man, dr. the musical versus the reality. >> thank you, i'm really so pleased many of you made it out now. i thought we would be two or three gathered together with this kind of weather. if the power holds up for the next hour, we'll be in business, otherwise we'll talk the old-fashioned way by candlelight and see how it goes. as you know, i always like to start my talks with a little joke of one kind or another, and this one involves a retirement speech for a priest that's leaving his paris

this weekend on american history tv, george mason university professor rose marie cigar he looks at therights, and role of women in founding of america. >> women's rights in the founding era, about the question of what rights did women have and how did they exercise them, and who exercise them -- exercised them? for a long time, historians did not even think about this question" the whole focus of the revolutionary narrative, the about thearrative lily white males that wrote the direction -- the declaration of independence, who wrote that she went to the constitutional convention and wrote the constitution. the emphasis was on formal as the electoral process. there wasn't much room for women is narrative. but over the past couple of decades, there has been an expansion of the idea of the political realm. in this expansion has allowed us to incorporate women into the narrative and then to ask this question -- what were women's rights and how did the revolution change the political status of women? the entire program sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. you are watching american history tv only o

>> george mason law school. so i'm the parent of one of the panelists. [laughter] >> and in part because i got to know the judge through my daughter's clerkship, he came and delivered a convocation speech at graduation at our law school. i should say that in 32 years at george mason, having listened to 32 graduation speeches, all of which except one were speeches that could have been delivered at any law school, i was forever impressed by the care taken by judge kavanaugh in particularizing and researching, talking about george macon. -- george mason. my question to the panel as although myself also attended yale law school as three of the people here, what are the chances that judge kavanaugh will emulate the only justice on the supreme court who hires clerks who are not from the ivy league chicago or stanford, interested in knowing your thoughts about that since you know the man. >> happy to take this one as the non-yale grad. [laughter] >> i think that judge kavanaugh, you will see him look at applicants and hire applicants from a wide variety of scho

do for george mason. this is twenty twenty or year old media and a sixteen ninety nine on that day. this is. denying those those allegations. if you feel including going on today the results a little fifi jail time had the merrimack doc ali that's almost more. and and the windows are certain. listen i gotta go [inaudible] last. is much much using public funds in a decision. still still susan residency condemned donating say it wasn't in the mood of the division. since. what matters of the us military? given if i power. that plus the way you a little [inaudible] just just. he's speaking from. according to people he he is also is an eternity with executive or thehe right had it is magicians you'll be mark are running one expects very recollection. salsoul isn't as member of the socialist party party and has been an active a little succeeding. eleven eleven a like a like mayor mayor happen a little house now nine nine is accused. of twenty seven million. fine lines between twenty one jim jones junior a user and wrote such as justin resurrection since a little of it told congress and jo

i would like to see both my kids go to george mason university, for what it is worth.o we know who is launching these attacks and why can we not have oversight over the people that tell us who are launching these attacks. who attackedr sure the country next to russia -- i cannot remember the name. the mediaook at coverage of these 12 russian people accused of being directly involved in the attacks on the and youctoral system read the judicial proceedings to goay now, we are able not only to specific locations physically, but buildings, computers, and individuals using them. if we can do that it is possible to trace this actor whom is responsible for it. our national security has reasons why you do not want to make that a matter of public knowledge. my judgment is we have that capability so we can identify who is doing it. the question is what you do about it? one group that has come up -- who are they? one group ofs russian intelligence officers who are allegedly responsible for the attacks on the democratic system. these groups constitute and reconstitute themselves a

. >> next on american history tv, george mason university professor rosemarie zagarri looks at the role of women during america's founding era. she talks about how prior to the revolution women had either no or little limited political or legal rights. she argued because patriot leaders needed a wide base of support, they recruited limit to participate in getting on experience participating in politics and providing a basis for demanding rights the future. james madison memorial fellowship foundation posted this hour and 45 minute event. lewis: good morning, everyone. i want to introduce a special guest speaker to this course. dr. rosemarie zagarri procedure phd from yale. she specializes in early american history. she has published four books. her articles have appeared in scholarly journals such as the journal of american history, american quarterly, journal of the early republic, and william and mary quarterly. she has received numerous competitive research fellowships from organizations including the national endowment for the humanities, the american antiquarian society and america

sunday afternoon at 2:00, george mason university professor talks about women in america's founding area and the patriot leaders seeking support to fight the -- that is coming up next on american history tv. next on american history tv, michelle easton talks about the life and career of congressman , a master, and author clare booth luce. from heritage foundation. this is about 40 minutes. >>> clare booth luce. i'm so happy to be here today and washington, d.c. with you all to talk about the

she is a professor of law at george mason. she teaches the ministered of law. -- administrative law. jennifer served for judge kavanaugh in her first year on the bench. and for justice clarence thomas. she is a graduate of the university of maryland and george washington university law school. jameel jaffer,om who is an adjunct professor of law at george mason. he worked in the justice department's legal policy. he served as the chief counsel and senior advisor for the senate foreign relations committee and senior counsel the house intelligence committee. he was one of neil gorsuch's -- on the 10th circuit. he is a graduate of ucla and the united states never war college. i am going to turn it over to justin. >> great to see all of you. i am going to talk about judge kavanaugh's opinions about individual rights. there is not enough time to go through all of them. he has been on the bench for 12 years. he has 3 -- written opinions. hopefully you have watched enough kavanaugh coverage to know 13 of his opinions have been endorse

have theatest l >>> his family escaped the ravages of war and despite that violent bringing a george mason university scholar is being recognized for his dedicati to others. he's been named a pat tillman scholar named for the former nfl player who was killed in combat in 2004. bureau reporter david culver brings us an inspiring story of determination that you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: each in the midst of war. photos can capture a young boy's curiosity. picture after picture of this iraqi child next to u.s. and coalition forces. m from theitary checkpoint to inside the u.s. embassy, some must havere won who is he? g ai just remember hav great amount of respect and admiration for what they did. >> the young military nan is ali nayev now 23 and working to get his masters at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, a place that seems so far from the war torn baghdad that he once called home. >> we're seeing all sorts of stuff on a kid -- a kid of that shouldn't see or experience at all. >> reporter: his father served as an interpreter to serve with the u.s. coalition forces. wh

and then george mason professor looks at women in founding europe and political value to patriot leaders seeking to support to fight the revolution, a role that gave women the basis for demanding for rights in the future. that's this weekend on american history tv. >> next on american history tv, the president of the clare booth luce center for women talk about the life and career of cl

last but not least, we will hear from jameel jaffer, who is an adjunt professor of law at george mason, where he runs the national security law program. he worked in the justice department's office of legal policy, the white house counsel's office during the bush administration, and served as the chief counsel and senior advisor to the senate foreign relations committee, and senior counsel to the house intelligence committee. he was on of the first law clerks to justice in neil gorsuc -- justice neil gorsuch on the 10th circuit and, at the supreme court. he is a graduate of the ucla, university of chicago law school and the naval war college. for now, i will turn it over to justin. justin: thank you very much. i am happy to see all of you. i will talk about a few of judge kavanaugh's opinions about individual rights. there is not enough time to go through all of them, he has been on the bench for 12 years, written 300 different opinions, and hopefully, you have watched enough cable news or read enough coverage about him to know that 13 of his opinions have been endorsed by the united s

coming up this morning, george mason university's richard [indiscernible] discusses phone or ability to america's electric grid. and talking about the group's paideport, all expenses which looks at loopholes federal lawmakers are using to pay for personal expenditures. s

. >> this weekend, on american history tv, george mason looks aty professor the political influence, legal rights, and role of women during america's founding europe. here is a preview. women's rights in the founding europe, about the question of what rights did women have? ,nd how did they exercise them and to exercise them, i want to start with the point that for a long time, historians did not even think about this question. thewhole focus of revolutionary narrative, the founding narrative, was that like males, wrote the declaration of independence, they serve the state legislature. constitutiond the convention. emphasis was on formal politics. on political process. and the electoral process. there wasn't much room for women in this narrative. over the past couple of decades, there have been an expansion of the idea that the political realm. lot topansion has a incorporate women into the narrative. and asked this question, what we're going to --. how will the revolution change the status of women. program the entire sunday 2 p.m.. your watch in american history tv only on c-span3.

coming up in about one hour, george mason university's richard kauzlarich

mohammed chicago a professor of conflict resolution of george mason university and in singapore and joining us on skype james dorsey he is a senior fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies at nanyang technological in a verse city a welcome to all of you thank you for joining me i'm actually going to start with the first question with all of you and i'll go to you first issue are you surprised by this delay. to be honest i'm not surprised of the city has been now reported about the change of the plan about their own court and i would like actually to put all of this into. real context. we have to remember that the whole issue of iran who is coming in a wide perspective with the political context which started with the emerging or after the death of think of the law and the merging of king solomon from the day one of that. era it was clear that disarmament is will be the next king after his father and since that time there was focus on two main issues one is you know that that is the need the debate about political reform need to be stopped and need to be redirected and to

host: richard kauzlarich works on these issues at the center for energy science and policy at george mason university. thanks so much for your time. guest: thank you. >> senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice are expected in september. senators are likely to question the judgment over roe v. wade, the 1923 decision that struck down many restrictions on abortion. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-span's landlocked cases presents an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we would hear from a supreme court reporter, david savage, discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. week, book tv is in prime time. tonight at 8:00 eastern, sean spicer with his memoir "the briefing: politics, the press, and the president," and alan dershowitz with his book "the case against impeaching trump." wednesday, lillian discusses her book about harvey milk. and then richard munson on his book "tesla: inventor of the modern" thursday at 8 p.m.. 10tist self-help book, arguments for deleting your social media account right now. friday, "the capitalist come back: the tr

and then george mason professor looks at women in founding europe and political value to patriot leaders seeking to support to fight the revolution, a role that gave women the basis for demanding for rights in the future. that's this weekend on american history tv. >> next on american history tv, the president of the clare booth luce center for women talk about the life and career of clare booth luce. >>> clare booth luce, i'm so happy to be here today in washington, d.c., with you all to talk about the extraordinary clare boothe luce. this is the conservative women's network and we do this luncheon monthly. bridgette wagner here at the heritage foundation and the clare boothe luce policy institute. we've been doing it for almost 20 years now. i want to say a special thank you to the c-span audience all over the world. so good to have you with us and we love c-span. it's fitting that this talk today about the extraordinary clare boothe luce should be given at an event jointly sponsored by the heritage foundation, where mrs. luce was a member of the heritage board of directors for many ye

sunday afternoon at 2:00, george mason university professor talks about women in america's founding area and the patriot leaders seeking support to fight the -- that is coming up next on american history tv. next on american history tv, michelle easton talks about the life and career of congressman , a master, and author clare booth luce. from heritage foundation. this is about 40 minutes. >>> clare booth luce. i'm so happy to be here today and washington, d.c. with you all to talk about the extraordinary clare booth luce. this is the conservative woman's network and we do this luncheon monthly. bridget wagner is here with the heritage foundation and the clare booth luce policy institute. would been doing this for 20 years now. want to say a special thank you to the c-span audience from all over the world. we love c-span. it is fitting that this talk today about the extraordinary clare booth luce could be given at an event jointly sponsored by the heritage foundation where she was a member of the heritage board of directors for many years. and the center for conservative women, which is

sunday afternoon at 2:00 eastern george mason university professor rosemary zagari looks at women in america's founding era and their political value to patriot leaders seeking support to fight the revolution, a role that gave women a basis for demanding more rights in the future. that's this weekend on american history tv. >>> next on reel america, a look back at the 1968 presidential campaign. this half hour richard nixon for president campaign film shows the republican and former vice president meeting voters in new hampshire and wisconsin. nixon would go on to win primaries in both of these states on his way to securing the gop nomination. he then defeated democrat hubert humphrey and independent candidate george wallace in the general election winning 32 states. this half hour film is courtesy of the richard nixon presidential library and museum. >>> in an age of impersonal political campaigns new hampshire is one of the few places where people have a chance to meet the candidates as well as read about them. the new hamps

george mason does not get the credit he deserves for this language?ou wrote that mason wrote that all men are born equally free and possess certain inherent natural rights and the government ought to produce the greatest degree of happiness and safety for the people. he was ahead of thomas jefferson. mr. ferling: he was working on the virginia constitution, which was being jotted down in williamsburg. down in williamsburg. he wrote that in a newspaper just as jefferson sat down to draft the declaration. i do not think there is a question that jefferson used that as a template. said life, liberty, and property. jefferson says life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. but they are on the same wavelength. i think those were the ideas that people in the english reform movement had talked about. enlightened thinkers in europe had been talking about those ideas. they were out there. there is no doubt that mason influenced the way that ,efferson wrote the declaration that second paragraph. i think one of the things i find disturbing is there has been a trend

: joining us now, jamil jaffer is, director of the national security law and policy program at george masonl as a former clerk to justice gorsuch. good to see you gmail. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: were talking about documents from when judge kavanaugh was in his white house staff secretary under president bush 43. what can we glean from those documents should they get them in their hand in why should they sue to have to get him? why are they handed over to them? >> it seems sort of crazy. documents are decade-old. these are documents led to the role played and it's notable judge kavanaugh has 184,000 pages of documents already. more than any other nominee ever had to rebuild 900,000 pages of documents. not enough material in the record. the idea of suing the national archives. arthel: wife verdi submitted so many documents, and why is senator schumer, you know, hell-bent on seeing those particular documents. apparently in his estimation there something in this documents that he needs to have revealed. >> there's nothing to hide here. arthel: segments of the day. you see what i'm saying?

rebecca has a phd in american history from george mason university. she and her work have been profiled in the "washington post," "the new york times" in the new history channel, npr and other media outlets. this afternoon, rebecca will be discussing her new book, "rescue board: the untold story of america's efforts to save the jews of europe." this book tells the little-known story of a lawyer who helped persuade roosevelt to organize in 1944. the agency mobilized diplomats, smugglers, relief workers and bureaucrats in a dozen countries across four continents. the work involved forging identity papers and recruiting spies from a leaking is in food and money to underground organizations. the board saved tens of thousands of lives. when olson, author of the book last hope island says that with her magisterial research, and rebecca erbelding brilliantly brings to let the gripping little-known story of this trans-limited moments in american history and the young government lawyers who made it happen. calling the book of fine work of scholar detection, tu

. >> i'm from george mason university. it interesting presentation. and you mentioned to be in the position to talk to everyone whether they can't or won't? but we know from previous american money -- experience that talking is insufficient it has to be a combination to offer people things like the carrots and sticks. does roche -- russia have a combination to bring about this conflict resolution? or are they interested to tampa down the conflict? as part of what we have seen and we cannot remove the also to get in the way of israeli strikes with iran. at what point did that affect the relationship? how long can we keep on cooperating? so it seems that a certain point but it would be challenged if there is the conflict and if it continues. >> the ability to make deals with everybody and this is vital to access so you ask what types of carrots and sticks? israel understands and then it isn't as strong as it once was. now moscow is a player. now they have lots of ^-caret going through the jcp oa and united nations. and it is important and they stuck it

she has taught clout practice as an adjunct professor at george mason university, at the california western school of law in san diego. in 2006 she came to the department of justice, appointed by president george w. bush as a founding director of the office of justice programs office of sex offenders sentencing, monitoring, and branding, registering, and attracting, where she served until 2009, and lead the office this year. we are happy to have her leading the office of justice programs. she would be happy for me to tell you that she is a mother of four children and one lovable dog. please welcome our rogers this afternoon. rogersse welcome laura this afternoon. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is an honor to be here. to say christopher is a hard act to follow -- if i lose my place or words you are encouraging to me also. he is an oppressive demand that -- he is an impressive young man that has done a lot in his life, and i was really excited to sit here and listen to him this afternoon. for allowing me to be here. i'm thrilled to be here to join so many partners and nonprofit groups an

. >> reporter: greene and edwards are working together at george mason.is the aletic director while greene is the associatea. live from richmond, sherree burruss, news 4 sports. >> you're right, darryl could play. i agree wityoun that one, sherree. see you in arit. >>> sum comes to an early end for a dozal locschools. >> up next on news 4, a look at the first day back for thursdays of students and the strategy behind the early start. could other districts follow suit? >>> doug is also trackingeevs.er sttroracmsking these two storms here. is one is about to move in towards arlington and into parts of washington, d.c. heads up in this aa. we mayet a new warning for this one up towards the bethesda area and t sn thisrm right here still very strong just to the west of the gaithersburg area. this ones starting to show signs of increased intensity as well over the last fivto ten inutes. know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels

i am mark katz, professor at cover politics at george mason university in please to be the moderator for this second session. we have two speakers. the first of them is my very old friend, dr. theodore kharrazi, who i recall i first met in 1991 in what was then the american association of slavic studies annual meeting and will never forget that one of the leading soviet of the day told us all in a general session that gorbachev was still in control. he was just about to pull the plug on yeltsin and all of his opponent. haven't heard much from him since then. [laughter] .. . >> worked with the state oil company. currently as a -- he is a senior fellow for energy policy at the very prestigious middle east institute. so today's panel and the crisis, russia, saudi, arabia and united arab emirates. we talked last time about how stephen blank talked about how russia likes to exploit conflicts. and it certainly does. and i think, though, that like everyone else, this conflict between saudia arabia, the ua bufrg and egypt on the one hand on the other, it's a strange one that russia genuinely

can look at madison's notes two, days before the end of convention, september 15, 1787, colonel george mason from virginia stands, addresses the assembly and says something like this. we have a problem with the document we created. we've given power to congress but not to people, and asked a question, are we so naive that a government that becomes a tyranny will propose the rice amendments to restrain their own tyranny. they debated everything, right? not that. his notes say nin com, and unanimously they vote to put the second clause of article 5 that gives us the power. what they intended is the power to restrain a federal government run amok. that is the purpose of our efforts around article 5. call a convention, get the states together have, them propose amendments that will retrain federal tyranny. mark: isn't it true, dr. coburn, that this is what the states used to do? they used to meet, they used to have conventions, not constitutional conventions, conventions of the states, to resolve problems, to address issues, this is to practice, so to insert it in the constitution as mark meckle

. >> next on american history tv, george mason university professor rosemarie zagarri looks at the role's founding era. she talks about how prior to the revolution women had either no or little limited political or legal rights. she argued because patriot leaders needed a wide base of support, they recruited limit to participate in getting on experience participating in politics and providing a basis for demanding rights the future. james madison memorial fellowship foundation posted this hour and 45 minute event. lewis: good morning, everyone. i want to introduce a special guest speaker to this course. dr. rosemarie zagarri procedure phd from yale. she specializes in early american history. she has published four books. her articles have appeared in scholarly journals such as the journal of american history, american quarterly, journal of the early republic, and william and mary quarterly. she has received numerous competitive research

have been on the american was fun to the holocaust paperback has a phd in american history from george mason university. she and her work has been profiled in the washington post. "the new york times" new yorker featured on the history channel and other media outlets. they discussed their new book, "rescue board: the untold story of america's efforts to save the jews of europe." this book tells the little-known story about a treasury lawyer who helped persuade roosevelt to organize in 1844 with diplomats, smugglers, relief workers across four continents. the work involved forging identity papers, recruiting spies, leaking is a genuine food and money to underground organization. the board saved tens of thousands of lives. lynne olson, author of the book last hope island says that with the research really only brings to light the gripping little-known story of this transformative moment in american history in a proceeding of government players who made it happen. kirkus reviews calls the work of fine work of scholarly detection, a story that deserves to be much better known. ladies and gentlem

from the university of virginia and an ma in economics and a jm in law and economics from the george mason university. --will now join to their turn to their remarks which will be followed with time for questions and discussion. michael. thank you, jeff. i want to thank chris pope for coming in to speak with me about this important issue. i want to thank all of you for coming. we are here to talk about a change that the federal government has made in how it a moment's health insurance policies and regulations. this is a change that has not received the attention it deserves. it really is a big -- a bit revolutionary. it is a victory for those fighting for more affordable and more secure health care. it is a victory for those trying to provide relief to consumers from obamacare. it is really a more significant step than anything congress or the president have done so far. it is a more significant step in congress has repealed the individual mandate penalty, for example, at the end of 2019. it is a change that could alter the political dynamics of the issue of health care reform in a leads t

rebecca has a phd in american history from george mason university. she and her work have been profiled in "the washington post", "the new york times" and the new yorker and the teacher on the history or channel and other media outlets. she will discuss her new book rescue board, the untold story of america's efforts to save the jews of europe. this book tells the little-known story of john, a lawyer who persuade president roosevelt to organize the refugee board in 1944. their work involved forging identity papers, recruiting spies, leaking it news and channeling food and money to underground organizations. in 20 months the board saved tens of thousands of lives. lynn olson, author of the book last island, says that with her magisterial research rebecca brilliantly brings to life the gripping little-known story of this transformative moment in american history and persuading government lawyers who made this happen. the fine work of scholarly detection turning up a story that deserves to meet much better known. ladies and gentlemen, rebecca erbelding.

the precedent here comes from the constitutional convention debates from george mason who said that a be impeached for trying to corruptlylu ice the electoral college to get president -- to become president. this argument goes, ll, if it's an impeachable offense to try to corruptly electoral college, it may also be an impeachable offense to try toorruptly influence the election, at least that's the theory. >> and pete, what if there was any possible obstruction that occurred after he was president? >> well, phat'ssumably what robert mueller is looking at. >> would that be impeachable? >> very definitely could be peachable if the house concludes that there was obstruction, but, of course, that's sort of one of the questions that has led to this issue of whether you can charge or indict a sitting president. gain, the answer seems to be no. but obstruction, you know, high crimes and misdemeanors doesn't mean simply offending the law, it's intended to be a political punishment, but if the house were to conclude there was obstruction, that would likely be grounds for impeachment. >> if the

. >> let me just add the founders, george mason among them, specifically addressed what should happen if a president conducts himself in a criminal fashion in attaining the office of president. specifically talked about how that should be a subject of an impeachment. >> we'll see if it ever gets that far. >> the president is not taking the advice that jack is giving though. the president is going on the offensive against the justice department. and he is going on the offensive against the attorney general, who sits atop the justice department, which still governs the southern district of new york and the mueller investigation. so he's exactly not acknowledging the significance of federal crimes. he is attacking prosecutors, and he's attacking the justice department. >> says it's all a witch hunt. thanks, guys. we're going to have a lot more on this. the president getting a taste of the trail in one week involving some of his closest allies. we're going to talk about the threats each of them pose. also, after promising holy hell if president trump ever fired the attorney general jeff s

on this we want to talk about attorney, director of national security law of policy program at george masonuniversity and former chief counsel and senior adviser for the senate foreign relations, great to have you here on this very important topic. >> thanks, laura. laura: a lot of legal observers have noticed how quickly and prosecutors calling more than a dozen witnesses to the stand since it began tuesday and i was reading over the weekend that the courthouse pushes out rocket dockets because of how quickly they move through cases, is that what's happening here s this case unique? >> well, look, judge elliot is putting pressure on the prosecution to move the case along, they made it clear they shouldn't focus on the trappings of mr. manafort's lavish lifestyle but the charges at stake which are the bank fraud charges. we haven't seen the defense case. they will focus on rick gates and his role that's cooperating with the prosecution. we will see what they have to say about rick gates when they get a chance to make up their case. laura: some of the allegations predate the presidential ele

. >> reporter: after pain and deep loss, this young scholar now pursuing his masters at george mason university eager to pay it forward. in fairfax, david culver, ews >> and if you want to learn more about the other scholars that were chosen, searchtillman scholarship in our nbc washington app. >> i want to know more about wher ali wind up after he graduates. >> i don't think we appreciate how many children have experienced and suffered from war throughout the world. >> no. >> and the trauma of it, and for this youo man take this path when there's so many other more toxi paths one could take after witnessing war is -- is remarkable. it's just remarkable. re >> and a gat legacy for the tillman family. >> absolutely. >> that's wonderful. >>> okay. amelia, is there some sunshine out there? >> com on. >> silver lining. >> give us hope to hang on. >> if youe back in hagerstown there's sunshine and looking to the weekend there's sunshine. >> just not today. >> just not today. we're looking at plenty of clouds out there. to give you an idea of just how much rain we're dealing with here's tw