aleem maqbool, bbc news, in georgetown, texas.a christmas carol was published. the story of scrooge, the miser who is forced to become compassionate was written to condemn the child poverty that dickens saw around him. the first edition immediately sold out, and the tale has captivated people ever since. one of his descendants has read from an original copy of the book to mark the anniversary. david sillito reports. # god rest you merry gentleman... "marley was dead. to begin with, there was no doubt whatever about that. the register of his burial had been signed by the clerk." a christmas carol. simon callow is at the moment performing it onstage twice a day in this, its anniversary year. i'm holding this very gently because this is an original a christmas carol, published exactly 175 years ago and they all sold out within five days. and while it would be going too far to say dickens invented a victorian christmas, he certainly, for millions of us, defined what christmas should be. he certainly gave christmas a meaning which it h

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in georgetown, texas.75 years old today. the story of scrooge, the miser who is forced to become compassionate by ghosts —— was written in condemnation of the child poverty that dickens saw around him. the first edition, published in december 1843, immediately sold out, and the tale has captivated people ever since. david sillito reports. # god rest you merry gentleman... "marley was dead. to begin with, there was no doubt whatever about that. the register of his burial had been signed by the clerk." a christmas carol. simon callow is at the moment performing it onstage twice a day in this, its anniversary year. i‘m holding this very gently because this is an original a christmas carol, published exactly 175 years ago and they all sold out within five days. and while it would be going too far to say dickens invented a victorian christmas, he certainly, for millions of us, defined what christmas should be. he certainly gave christmas a meaning which it hadn‘t had before. he says, "it‘s the only time in the

somehow getting this to go. 14 points for hi georgetown up four.er, thou, app state leads, .icking it o to james akino, knocking it down putting the hoyas back on top. a few plays later, georgetown with one-point lead, and he takes this one all by himself. lead the hoyas with 17. points georgetown beats appalachian state, 83-73 and they are now 8-3 on the season. >>> american universy also in action tonight. they're hosting mt. st. mary's. skipping ahead, final minutes of the game. eagles down three. sayeedck nelson, q mooufl ave a finish. au within one. and under two minutes to play, looking to close this one out. off the miss, malik jefferson ints the rebound and put-back. 12 , 20 rebounds for jefferson. mt. st. mary's wins 56-55. >>> redskins off today, but a few of them have some trips to book in january. ryan kerrigan named a starter for the nfc in this year's pro bowl. he leads the team with 11 sacks, died for eighth in the nfc. ryan's third straight selection, fourth of his career. and tackle trent williams knows a thing or two about bowl.o

the white house office of national drug control policy in the obama administration courtney with georgetown university o'neill city. regina, we're now decades into the all pure to crisis and we set another record when it came to opioid deaths in 2017. does this crisis continue to get worse for it gets better?

a very warm welcome to georgetown university. my name is jared m ar-- gerard mannion. i teach here religious studies. all of us can remember the words of martin luther king where he had been imprisoned for demonstrating civil rights in april 1963. and i quote, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. but that moving, energizing line is immediately followed by another which would have far-reaching consequences that would reverberate around the globe to this day. dr. king continued, we have an inescapabl er inescapable union that meets with detriment. today as we gather to explore civil rights in trans-atlantic perspective, dr. king's words hold extra poignancy. our day we'll explore what tied together what he called a single garment of destiny. those working in civil rights across the united states in communities they may not have known much about at all many thousands of miles away in the northern part of ireland. we will engage today in a series of reflections and conversations that explore why the struggle for civil rights is, indeed, as dr. king said, a

you can see some delays headed inbound there, outer loop after old georgetown. we still have that blocked by a crash. inbound new york after south dakota and northeast, left lane is blocked there. >> >> georgia avenue is back open after a montgomeryy cou police officer hit a pedestrian. >> we're a few feet away from where the crash took place las night. just behind us, georgia avenue, southbound lanes here, there's four orange markings in the roadway here where that montgomery county police cruiser came to a stop. that man now facing life threatening dafoons. between dawson avenue and blue ridge avenue is where this crash happened close to 9:30 last night. this is a very busy stretchf road here in the wheaton area. lots of businesses, stores, and homes nearby. so this did cause a lot of traffic headaches as well. >> one of our policeruisers traveling southbound on georgia avenue came in contact with a i pedestrithe roadway. the pedestrian wasstruck. the pedestrian was then transported to a local hospital with life threatening jues. >> that man facing very critic

so here we are in georgetown, texas, in the beautiful town square, not only in taxes, but the unitedaven would look like at christmas. let me ask you, foran like at christmas. let me ask you, for an environmentalist, it doesn't like heaven, does it? it looks like it isa like heaven, does it? it looks like it is a huge waste of energy. what's going on here? it's not because we are 100% renewable energy, so all these wonderful lights, the whole downtown experience, is funded by wind and solar energy. as a from taxes, he is an unlikely climate change superhero. but under his watch, this town has become the largest town in the us to switch solely to rein renewable energy companies. a windfarm in west texas and a massive solar park other suppliers of the town's power, but in the most conservative part of the country the majority of people also voted for this man. all of this with the global warning and that, a lot of it is a hoax, it is a hoax, it is a moneymaking industry, ok? this little sandwich shop in georgetown has its own solar panels and it appears that having a president who says

there's a town, georgetown, texas with republican mayor, 100% renewables there are people that are doing things, places doing things and people believe. you look out your window and you see forest fires and maybe it's going hit your house, you become a believer pretty quickly. >> let's talk about how a presidential campaign and a sort of presidential focus, there's some people who say climate change is a policy paper you put out. and there's others that say, every proposal that you do now in washington has to be through the lens of dealing with climate change. whether you know, whether it's your economic plan. where are you on that? >> i think that any candidate for federal office, better darn well have a plan to deal with the problem that the trump science advisers say could basically end this world. even his -- >> is that fair -- if you run for president, and if you happen to do it, that all your policy proposals will be through the lens of, is it -- >> the presidency is not an

around ireland and georgetown's campus. all three will be informed not only by. the global and comparative commitment, but also by a deeper commitment in it georgetown across the university. as we have seen today to questions of racial equity and social justice. and these are the pillars of our global irish studies movement initiative. we have big dreams, big aspirations. it's ambitious, but we no with your help, we can do it. the secret to our success will be people like you. the least is to help spread the word. if you have ideas about programs and projects you'd like to share with us, tell us loudly. if your business or your organization can partner with us, let us know 3 if you can establish connections to individuals and organizations who can help us with our dreams for global irish studies, let us know. if you're one of those individuals or represent one of those organizations, please come and talk to us. we'd love to invite you to campus to tell you more about what we plan to do over the coming years. what makes our

he doesn't frequent the georgetown area and wouldn't run ay from his friends and loved ones. >> you knowiends from philly that like went to his high school, elementary school, they have all reached out and they all agree that this is just not dave. he would just never leave to leave. >> and this is a flyer police released of stern.e d.c. police h labeled him as a critical missing person which means moreou res will be devoted to searching for him. if sou haven this man in the surveillance video, call police. >> there's two finalists in the search of the next top leader of d.c.'s public school system. those are including amanda alexander. it's been vact sinceebruary when it was revealed that he bypassed the cy school lottery system for his own child. the other finalist is sd to be ndianapolis public school superintendent. >> the very first wegmans is coming to d.c. city leaders held the ground breaking here. it's in city ridge. that's the new designated area. the site o of the fannie mae headquaters. this is what it's s look like. they're planning office space, hotels, a health club, apart

very healthy even though defectors had left and told those stories to the embassy officials in georgetown guyana they still have this message that there was no reason for us to go down there at all. i still point a finger at the lack of duty to protect by the state department for those american citizens. >> thank you for coming. [applause] . >> thank you for coming. [applause] . >> then to have a complete dust one - - disconnect they have abnormal dna but they produce protein and energy. but if you have a virus and can mass-produce. >> jeffrey ingold director of southern methodist university will discuss his book when the world came new with george h.w. bush and the end of the cold war.

georgetown loses -73. cu hosting college of charleston in richmond today.s down two in the second half. jenkins hits the three that gives vcu the lead. that was the last one the rams would have. they couldn't slo down brantley. 26 points. vc ku falls 83-79. josh johnson is getting ready for his first sngrt at bei ready is what johnson's all about. before last week when he came nto the field in relief for sanchez, he played the madden video game. in ten years, jnnson has bee with a total ofms2 nfl tea and yet he looks forward because of his past growing up in oakland. >> everything i went through in oakland is real life. that's what all of a lot of people go through. when i had the opportunity to go out and play a game that only maybe 2,000 people get the opportunity to do,ing there ain't nothing t complain about. this is like going to disneyland every day for me for real. just a week ago i wasom at h in the hood, chilling with the kids, othe uch, possibly thinking i might not ever play again in the nfl again. look at me now. a great opportunity to get us a

two of those he also have tiest georgetown university. now, across the river in marynd, we know five jesuits who have been associated with georgetown prep including the priests at the center of the most recent allegations made in this report, which were back in 2002. now, they sa releasing this information was all about transparen. and the organization's commitment to preventing abuse. the organization said we are deeply sorry for the harm we ha caused to victims and their families west also apologize for the abuse. especially the most vulnerable among us. now, following the release of this list, the survors network, of those abused by in.ests, also weighed they had this to say. quote, we are glad jesuit officials are taking this first step toward transparency and healing. releasing this is crucial, not only for the healing of survivors but alsoo victims who may be suffering in silence to come forward and to deter future crimes. coming up later, we'll have reaction as we continue to lea about 13 jesuits in this area who are named in this

. >>> georgetown and syracuse bringing back some memories of the old big east.icking up, a minute and a half left. syracuse by two. hoyas respond. govan, three out of 22. and 12 seconds to go, mosley called for the charge. hoyas one point lead. can't extend it.ra syse one last shot. pulls up inside the arc. buries the jumper. orange take the one-point lead. blair from midcourt.t look this. so close back of the rim. they would have won it. orange held on for the victory. georgetown 2. >>> over to howard university, bison hosting american at burr gymnasium. off the turnover, bragg, back up cothe urt. to nelson. two of his 14 first half pohots. ward closed the gap. gettinghe hop and the two.n howard wit two, 17-15. au keeps their distance, but not the distance c.j. wil hamsits from. ts it to go at the half. howard comes back big second half, 85-83. >>> mark sanchez set to make his first start as a redskin tomorrow against the giants. third start the year for the redskins. no more room for error at all. with -- the redskins though did get some good news todawe ver.

georgetown back in front by one.alled for a charge.no hoyas cant extend the one-point lead with ten seconds left. syracuse ges it to battle. pulls up from just inside the arc, buries t jumper, orang a ta wynn-point lead. blair from midcourt, so close. back of the iron. orange hold on to a 72-71 victory. >>> terps and ramblers playing in royal farmersrena in baltimore. first half, terps by two. come away with a nice turnover. the baltimore kid with the finish at the rim. maryland by four at the break. second half, terps by eight. nice backdoor feed to anthony cow wan. maryland wins it, 55-41. american kids busting out all the dance moves. second half rj cole nice pass to torre for the jam. 65 oil58 team rallies. closes it to 73ho6. rerd though holds tough down the sth. coales missed a pass. that's all it was. puts ay for two of his 24.85 3 win over american. congratulations to oklahoma quarterback kyler murray winning the heisman trophy tonight. >> congratulations to him. bundle u tomorrow. we'll be frigid. >> we will

she actually has associations with georgetown. she was the founder of the center for retirement initiatives at georgetown university, our mccourt school of public policy. she is the director of retirement security at the epi, economic policy institute. she was, of course, our wonderful lieutenant governor of maryland from 1995 to 2003. and i think really importantly to engage nongovernmental organizations in civil rights, she was one of the founders of civic works in baltimore. i'm hoping you can spend at least a couple of minutes talking about that because it's a real community-based development organization and it's had extraordinary success. kathleen. >> thank you very much. i want to thank you for your leadership making this happen. this is a really broad topic, what happened in ireland, the good friday accords. i listened to the panel a little bit before me and i want to congratulate you for talking so much eloquently about what happened in ireland. as you know, a number of my relatives were involved in that good friday accor

when he was at georgetown law, he said we needed border security and needed a wall. all of a sudden he abandoned that for politics. put it together with the republicans. i'm not saying a wall fixes everything. >> there was a deal. >> i'm in favor of more personnel as well, but chuck schumer is a guy who said it at georgetown law, look at the tape, and now he abandoned that. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi made it clear. in a deal they thought they had last year with the president where they were going to deal with the dreamers, fund a significant portion of a wall along parts of the border that can handle a wall and increase technology which is probably the most important thing they need to do on the border and they thought they had a deal. two days later the president backed away and hasn't gone back to it since. don't say for a second this is about the democrats. this is about donald trump saying what he wants to do is make guys like you and ann coulter happy. it's not going to happen that way. that's not realistic and good policy. >> it's not about -- i'm sittin

you were at georgetown yesterday.ut i feel like the pressure is off, so people are not as uptight. i think they're even more pleasant aft christmas. >> maybe. millions of americans are expected to return gifts over the ns.t few d for stores, the window to do that is closing fast. >> news 4'sth cory s talked to some people who wanted to act quickly before time runs out. >> reporter: receipt, check. return item -- >> a pair of shoes from my daughter. >> reporcur: check. for your return -- >> it's one size too small. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: check. yes, it's that time of year when a grin and bear it attitude can't hide the disappointment of receiving a gift that just county right, so you have to return it. >> you can see the expression on their face. they really didn't want it. >> reporter: why are you returning some beets headphones? >> because i want to get something else. >> rolorter: at least he td the truth. some folks can't bring themselves to tell a loved one they swung and missed wit their gift. >> i don'

this is down along the nt storef georgetown. a great way to celebrate.et out there with some of the w festivedow displays down there around the georgetown area. you can walk right down there along m-street, wisconsin, as well. looking good this evening.we her-wise, it was chilly. not all that bad. right now, definitely on the tool side. we're sitting 41 degrees. mostly clear skies. winds out of the south right now at 6 miles per hour. i was expecting a few more clouds don't. we've seenostly clear skies. that's allowed temperatures to fall down into the 20s. 32 in leesburg, 35 in gaithersburg. it's going to be cold night tonight. and it's going to stay cold during the day tomorrow. you'll need the coats and the umbrellas. the amazing hething, where temperatures will be tomorrow night. by this time tomorrow night, we could be close to 60 degrees. but most of the day will be liks and temperatures are going to go quickly once the storm moves through. so,lood watchomorrow into the day friday. that is for everybody, an inch to annch and aalf of rain is expecte

after investigators turned their attention to rodney reed, fennell moved to nearby georgetown, texas,e officer. one night, in 2007, fennell and his partner responded to a call involving a young woman named connie lear. >> my boyfriend and i had got into a pretty bad argument with each other. the police officers showed up and fennell walked over. they arrested my boyfriend. it left me and officer fennell alone, and he put me in the front seat of his patrol vehicle. he drove down a dirt road into a park, and he stopped his car, and he asked me to step out of the vehicle. and he grabbed me and slammed me at the back of his patrol vehicle. he removed his gun and placed it on the trunk, pointing at my head. he held me against the back of his car, where i couldn't fight back and he raped me. i was telling him to stop, and he just kept telling me to shut up. after he was done, fennell told me that i was going to keep my mouth shut, because if i told anybody, when he got out of prison, he would hunt me down and kill me. >> this young woman has the courage to call 911, and report what had happ

the white house office of national drug control policy in the obama administration courtney with georgetown university o'neill city. regina, we're now decades into the all pure to crisis and we set another record when it came to opioid deaths in 2017. does this crisis continue to get worse for it gets better? >> guest: thank you very much rapping on to talk about this important issue and appreciate the opportunity to continue to work on the issue. we obviously the issue, the epidemic is getting worse. we do anticipate though, we've seen some signs that we are leveling off leveling off in terms of prescription overdose, overdose death last year leveled off. heroin overdose deaths level of the lower contingencies increases in fentanyl. that no, anthony ellis at fentanyl, so synthetic opioid that is getting into the opioid supply in the united states, illicit opioid supply in the united states and people, it's a very strong opioid. people who have been longtime heroin users may be getting it and they are dying pretty quickly. this issue took a long time to come took a long time to get to where

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and he's going to go to, try to go to georgetown in washington. do you know anybody at georgetown? and i said, well, i know the head of the law department because he went to the same high school i did. and then president bush asked if i would write a letter to georgetown on behalf of his grandson, pierce. i said of course, and then i said, rnaren't you going to cal him. and he said, well, i don't know anybody there. and i said well you're president bush. he said, yeah, well it would be improper. >> that is the kind of individual he was, as so many have said, and as we look forward here very quickly, larry, what would be the line you would say to the next generation of public servants that he represented to them? what is the instructive lesson he gave to future public servants? >> that your country comes first. everything else in your political life is second. yes, you're a republican or a democrat, but your country comes first. there was no one like him, richard. we'll not see his likes again. >> broadcast legend larry king, thank you, sir, for calling in over the years as you have

holiday season access in georgetown is at least powered by renewable energy and the town is trying tond still care about the environment. it is just that politics really does not make it easy. i love that. they go all—out on holiday decorations. they have started doing it here as well. they have started doing it here. sparkly lights everywhere. i love it! labour leaderjeremy corbyn is facing calls to apologise for apparently calling theresa may a "stupid woman" during prime minister's questions. except labour says that's not what happened. they claim he was merely saying "stupid people. " so, are the two words "people" and "woman" easily mixed up when lipreading? in an entirely unscientific fashion, we've tested out the claim. here are three clips of the beyond 100 days team, saying a mix of the two phrases. the question is — can you tell the difference? here's faith. katty, what's she saying? stupid woman. ok, let's hear it with the sound up. we just heard it with the sound up. 0k, your turn, clive. here's stefan. what's he saying? stupid people. what do you think? most people as wel

>> georgetown university hosted a discussion on friday. in this portion, ireland's ambassador to the last and several civil rights activists talked about how brexit could affect civil rights in northern ireland. >> thank you very much. up with ato open couple questions now and we will move to the floor. it would be remiss of me if i did not address the elephant in the room. absentthe things that is from politics today is an absence of foresight or willingness to engage in foresight. former prime minister david cameron, largely because of an internal debate, it did not occur to him that there is a van border with european union and united kingdom. the island of ireland has been living with that cents. the issue of brexit. what do you think of the implications of whether it is a soft, hard or no deal brexit for northern ireland in particular in terms of civil rights? they are asserting their rights over the rest of the community, but in northern peace --the hard-won it was a 4% majority vote over the rest of the united kingdom. scotland did

right here. >> if he's from georgetown i want to know where the jw guys are. >> yes. i'm from georgetown. [ laughter ] >> general, sir, you had mentioned your time at northcom and the hypersonic threat. with the changing arctic that northern frontier where the hypersonic threat is coming in the immediate future, who is picking it up? is there anyone spearheading that from a policy perspective and from a solution perspective? >> please know that i don't speak for the department in any way, but i know that with regard to the hypersonic threat that you mentioned, i think there is a large acknowledgement that it's got to start and indications are warning and fire control has to be space based, and i think dr. griffin was on the stage a couple of weeks ago that acknowledged and a lot of people that are a lot smarter than me have said got to be from the space layer and where it resides and dr. griffin said if to paraphrase him and he doesn't want to be in a diversity offer gets and because of the point that you make that now this dlet come from any region and a lot less pre

for our society or islam in germany to beat a few and so we can say it chef will fit in islam in georgetown towards the t.v. . the muslim council of germany is open to the idea based on the islamic teaching of giving for the needy. for example you could indicate on your tax return which institution you want to pay this mosque tax to and if you sign up for it you can make the appropriate contribution. one of the sun quotes come on and . talk gemini already has a church tax which could be applied to mosques as well. if people are really serious about securing more influence in muslim communities in germany and they're going to have to recognize them as legal entities under law that's what's required and should be the first step. that the ministry is now planning to discuss the idea with geminis muslim communities. now as we come towards the end of twenty eighteen we're looking back at some of the highlights from our broadcast in year one story took us aboard a bus with a difference in afghanistan library bring the joy of books to children in kabul take a look. this is no ordinary bus it offer

good for our society or islam in germany to beat a few and sleekness a chef will fit in islam in georgetown towards the t.v. . the muslim council of germany is open to the idea based on the islamic teaching of giving for the needy to enjoy. for example you could indicate on your tax return which institution you want to pay this mosque tax to and if you sign up for it you can make the appropriate contribution. or going to some courts come in and. talk gemini already has a church tax which could be applied to mosques as well. if people are really serious about securing more influence in muslim communities in germany then they're going to have to recognise them as legal entities under law that's what's required and should be the first step. that the ministry is now planning to discuss the idea with geminis muslim communities. twenty eighteen was a year of sporting success for many german athletes who won the us open in the men's i.c. hall ice hockey team took home silver in the winter olympics but there were also some bitter defeats and tragic moments olympic track cyclist christina fogle was

we gave a presentation and i get back to georgetown. where there's green and green energy on it economically billman feldman said. i get a focal from the billionaire who saw our presentation and he says i need to meet with you because he believes in rewarding cities that have really good environmental policies. he's authorized me to stand up to $50 million in your city. some not good and interesting because we're currently figuring out a way to spend his $50 million. if a a given up on will ask my wife nikki have spent $50 million and we will have that figured out in what, two weeks. [laughing] not only is it the right thing to do, it's economically the right thing to do and it's the future because you get into the moral and ethical discussion now. don't we have an obligation to leave the planet better for kids and grandkids and great grandkids? we have the ability. he just have a bold vision it leaves you like to make that happen gels help. [applause] -- you also help. >> one of the themes of this night has been this generational trans

>>>georgetown, how about the start for howard, r.j. cole fouled on the jumper.rt. 15-0 run, jump hook. 23 and 10 for him. more of the same, easy jam off nice feed. yentered conference pla cruising to 102-67 victory over city rivals. >>> local college hoops, george washington topped american in overtime. at 11:00, highlights from caps, zards and taerrapin hoops. >> we'll >>> tonight, the stand-off over the government shutdown intensifies, with a provocative new attack from the president opening him up to accusations he crossed the line. as a number of democrats get ready to take him on in 2020. the growing pain with the trade war with china. s >>chools on lockdown, millions of kids go through it each year, now a investigation reveals the long term danger you might not expect. actor kevin spacey accused of sexual assault is preparing his defense. how his team may be planning to take on the charges. >>> a new law comes to the rescue of rescue animals, with new restrictions on pet stores. >>> and living her dream of becoming a doctor.

this was at georgetown university. it is 20 minutes. amb. mulhall: thank you very much. i'm going to open up with a couple questions now, and we will move to the floor. but it would be remiss of me if i did not address the elephant in the room. one of the things that is absent from politics today is an absence of foresight or willingness to engage in foresight. when the former prime minister david cameron promised a referendum, largely because of an internal debate in his own party for 40 years, it did not occur to him that there is a land border with european union and the united kingdom. the island of ireland has been living with that since. so the issue of brexit -- what do you think of the implications of whether it is a soft brexit, a hard brexit, or no deal brexit for northern ireland in particular in terms of civil rights? you could say the present democratic unionist party are asserting their rights over the rest of the community, but in northern ireland, the hard-won peace -- it was a 4% majority vote over the rest of the united kingdom. scotland did not vote fo

host: shon hopwood, georgetown hisersity professor, in 2017 book is "laurewman."hanks for joining us on "washington journal" this morning. guest: thanks for having me, bill. host: a key vote is on tuesday, the brexit vote. we will speak with amanda sloat from the brookings institution. more of your calls and comments here on the "washington journal ." ♪ >> tonight on "q&a" -- >> i worked with for people who went to be future presidents -- clinton,ter, bill barack obama, and to my surprise, donald j. trump." , publisher and author. heart of trump and his hearts believes he always wins. here is a guy who has been in new york real estate, gambling, real estate, boxing, wrestling, beauty contests, television, construction, never been the target of a criminal investigation. that is astonishing. >> a conversation with longtime journalist and publisher peter osnos tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." is weak on "the communicators," christina chaplin, whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon's weapons security is vulnerable. the kind of t

will leave the european union jeffrey anderson is a professor in the school of foreign service at georgetown university he joins us on skype from bethesda and maryland and geoffrey as we've heard tourism is due in brussels tomorrow if the meetings with the european council does this vote affect those discussions and then negotiation power. well that's an excellent question and i want to start by complimenting you on your reporting ah you've covered all the issues all the the key issues in this very complex situation. there's a school of thought that says that series of may even though she may be weakened at home might actually be carrying a stronger hand to brussels you know on the argument that you twenty seven have to help me out because otherwise this is all going to blow up back home i don't buy that i mean i think the european union has probably gone as far as it can in terms of the content of the withdrawal agreement and although it may be willing to. provide assurances provide clarifications perhaps give more specific timelines the substance of the agreement is very unlikely to change

. >> college hoops this afternoon, patrick ewing georgetown up against southern methodis blair, this is going to count for three. it countries the smu lead to 2. second half, mcclung, govan gets thefoul. the mustangs answer back. this is goodall movement here. jamal mcmurray hits a corner three. part of higame high 19 points. georgewn lose 81-73. >>> to the redskins, make that the reeling redskins. in jacksonville tomorrow they try to stop a four-game losing streak. the skins keep giving up over 400ards of offen like they did against the giants. moving forward, jay grun knows his team needs to have forward thinking. >> i think you have to learn from losses like that. and you haveo to everything you cannot to let that happen again. but you also have to forget about it as fast as you can and forward. we're in december. we're a half a game out of the ayoffs. at's t >>> tonight, the fight over health care is back on, after a federal judge declares obamacare unconstitutional. president trump claims victory. democrats promise actional l of this as the enrollment deadline is just hours away

you can see some delays headed inbound there, outer loop after old georgetown. that blocked by a crash. inbound new york after south dakota and northeast, left lane is blocked there. >> >> georgia avenue is back open after

safety paltrow dirge on al-jazeera summer and hamdani is a yemen analyst and visiting fellow at georgetown university she says it will take time to evaluate if the handover has been successful. in terms of numbers there are many conflicting reports that are going to take a while for us to find out how many of these actually left we've talked about who the sleeving were only talking about the work of days that they're not going to leave the city of the data so that's really important to kind of clarify right off the bat what's happening now the hand over of the part that they then what's happening is that there are conflicting reports from the government plan from the who of the site but we're going to have to sit tight and kind of wait for the general of that that's general that was mentioned before patrick cameron who's going to come out and kind of an ounce how this process is happening now what's really important is the handover is supervised by the am and the people that are being hand that the port the people that are going to take control of the park right now the government needs to

also a look at criminal justice reform with a georgetown university law professor. then, the implications of the brexit vote in the united kingdom. be sure to watch "washington onrnal" live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. monday, the casket bearing the remains of former president george h.w. bush was brought to the u.s. capitol to lie in state. vice president mike pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker paul ryan spoke during a ceremony at the capitol rotunda before the public was allowed to pay respects. we willat ceremony, show you some of the dignitaries who came to pay their respect. >> ceremonial, at ease. >> attention. guard, attention. >> present arms. present arms. present arms. [gun salute] ♪ [canon fire] ♪ ♪ >> ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready,

he had coached at georgetown during the time president bush was in office, it was a whole he didn't have because he didn't have that one photograph of president bush so i walked them over at half time and president bush was so, instead of the honor being for john thompson it was the honor for president bush to spend 5 or 6 minutes before going back on the air. sports meant a lot to him. in 2005 i got to interview president clinton and president bush on the field in jacksonville before they flipped a coin for the super bowl game in jacksonville, they flipped it together, worked on hurricane relief efforts together and the earthquake efforts so they teamed up and flip the coin. you could tell president bush really cared about sports. he called me one time after the mike tyson year biting and wanted to know what kind of a guy mike tyson was. i said he is wonderful to be around. he made a despicable horrible mistake that night, but it brightens him so much that tyson was wonderful. i don't want to judge him. he's a great boxer but he was interested in so many different sports and had ge

also a look at criminal justice reform efforts with georgetown university law professor and author of "memoir of a jailhouse lawyer." and the implications of the brexit about in the united kingdom with the brooks's institution. watch washington journal live. join the discussion. casket bearinghe the remains of president george h.w. bush was brought to the capital to lie in state. vice president mike pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan spoke during a ceremony in the capitol rotunda before the public was allowed to pay their respects. after the ceremony, we will show you the dignitaries who came to pay their respects. >> attention. [sirens] [chatter] >> ceremonial. >> ceremonial. >> attention. >> attention. honor guard. attention. > [beeping] [beeping] [indiscernible] >> present arms. present arms. present arms. ♪ [gun salute] ♪ [gun salute] [gun salute] [gun salute] [canon fire] ♪ colors, halt. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ♪ ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step

brenda, alexandria ocasio cortez, mayor ross of georgetown, texas, and dr. kamala. these expert panelists will be questioned by our ongoing panel, who you are seeing right here in front of you. and they will be here throughout the evening, and that panel consists of three individuals who have spent much of their lives in the fight against climate change and in the fight for environmental justice. and they are bill mckibben who is not only an outstanding author, who has written some of the most important books ever written on climate change, but he is an extraordinary international organizer and one of the cofounders of 350.org. we also have up here an award-winning actress who has devoted much of her adult life to environmental activism and is also on the board of our revolution, and lastly, we have with us somebody who i think many of you know, van jones is a political commentator on cnn and has long been an environmental activist who served as president obama's special advisor for green jobs and is the author of several best-selling books on climate action. so let

. >> i apologize, you said tha georgetown. >> some people at georgetown would think it's better to say it there. >> that is so true. senator schumer, do you still believe in that principle? >> of course. no democrat believes there is no difference between legal and illegal immigration. we democrats were for a path to citizen ship, however, not amnesty, a very difficult path to citizen ship. in 2013, every single democrat voted for it. a bunch of republicans led by john mccain voted for it and it was thwarted in the house. we want to create a path to citizen ship for those illegally but we don't think they are the same. >> is there any way you budget all on your number on boarder security on the 1.6? we know you don't want to give them the five. is there anyiddle ground that you would be willing to inch over to that you think could get 60 votes in the senate? >> president trump should rstand there are not the votes for the wall in the house or the senate, he is not going to get the wall in any form. even the house, which is mat rity republican, they do have the votes for his $5 billion

>> the georgetown voice reports d.c. fire and wemse dispatched to a fire at the new student center just before 1:00 atm. we have a loo pictures from the scene. this is on the voice's twitter account, showing an evacuation as firerews went in. turns out there was a fire in the laundry room. thankfully, sprinklers were activated and were able to douse the flames. this comes as georgetown is closing out its final exam week before winter break.lu ily, no reports of any injuries to firefighters or students on the scene. back to you. >> thank you,k road is backanto after a car hit atr pedn. this happened at the intersection with ridge crest drive just off i-270. ight when chopper 4 flew over the scene. a 50-year-old woman was rushed to the hospitawith life-threatening injuries. the 20-year-old driver was also taken to the hospital but is expect to be okay. >>> in the district, where two pedestrians were hit near the natial archives. d.c. police roped off an area around the tour bus here on pennsylvania avenue northwest. hpolic

though there had been defectors that had left and told their stories to the embassy officials in georgetown, guyana . they still had this message that would suggest that even though there was no reason for us to go down there at all so i still point the finger at the lack of duty to warn, duty to investigate, duty to protectby the state department as it related to those american citizens abroad . >> thank you so much for coming and thank you so much to jackie. we have copies of her book in the back and she also would be more than happy to stay and talk to you guys a little bit and decide them for you. thank you guys. >> c-span: where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country . c-span is brought to your your cable or satellite provider. >> the book is called "the

. >>> we're also learning more about the woman killed while trying to cross old georgetown bethesda. she loved so much children so much that she came out of retirement to be a nanny. on thursday she was hit after leaving her job watching a wba. she waking to a bus stop for the ride home to rockville. neighbors say a the no street lights where she was killed. her sisters cannot believeit. loss.are crushed by the >> somebody killed my sister. they are responsible. my sister, my young sister. >> her sister hopes tha by sharing her story this could lead to some accountabi ty. by theway, this is the 14thde perian who has been hit and killed in montgomery county this year alone. >>> the walk and 5 k to end hiv is happening today. you may recall some bad weather at the end of october forced it to be postpone it starts and ends at freedom plaz it's not too late to register. chuck bell will be there at 8:15 to help kick off the festivities. the run begins at w9:15h the walk starting just a few minutes later. a and they've got a post race celebration that starts at 10 0 10:00. >>> he's a viz o

we saw people this afternoon enjoying theay in georgetown, all bundled up against the cold in the washingnarborce skating rink. amelia draper joins us now in the sto center. hi, amelia. >> good evening, chris, and merry christmas to you at home. we're all dry across the area t now. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar. maybe a f sprinkles, maybe flurries in southern maryland throughout the day today. but for most of us it was a completely dry christmas. raour high temre, 44 degrees, which is exactly normal for this time of year. here's a look at the bigger picture. and you can see nothing on the radar. all quiet tonight, and as skies become cle across theregion, it is going to be cold. right now our temperatures for the most part are in the 30s. 37 degrees in washington. 36 in fredrik as well as leesburg. and most of us tonight are going to be falling into 20s for overnight lows. low 30s here in washington. tomorrow morng on your wednesday, it's a cold start. 33 degrees at 7:00 a.m. that's sunrise time. now at 7:25. bu with plenty of sunshine, we warm up nicely. high temperature tomorr

that's according to a new report from georgetown university. the states that saw the biggest increase including south dakota, utah, and texas have not expanded medicaid. only washington, d.c. made progress in reducing the number of uninsured children. researchers say they can't know for sure what caused the increase. but they say that the delay in congressional funding for "chi"" the children's health insurance program- and moves by the trump administration to, quote, sabotage the affordable care act kept many parents from signing up for government sponsored health insurance. the report also comes with a warning, they expect that number of uninsured children . >> when we return -- how the 41st president became an unlikely regular at this restaurant. restaurant. not to the finish. but to the beginning. a fight that can only be won, if we stand together for one cause. him. expert care for every new beginning. soleda d:ftnoring former president geoe h.w. bush, his remains are now at the george bush presidential library and museum at texas a&m univ