you could walk to american university. it would take you well over half an hour. instead of walking, what you can do is rent a bike at the bike share station, ride it down nebraska avenue until you reach american university and drop it off at this bike share station. so, instead of taking you half an hour or 40 minutes, it's taking you ten minutes. pretty cool. >> reporter: two visitors from boston used a bike share to pedal from the capital mall to friendship heights. they called it a great experience. >> more people out on bikes. more people familiar with bicycles on the roads which increases safety for bicyclists everywhere and encourages people to get exercise which is another good thing. >> helps visibility to biking as a means of commuting. >> reporter: a recreational cyclist said he favors the plan for montgomery county. >> it's outside, it's healthy, convenient and good for you. >> reporter: now we will get a new mode of transportation based on pedal power. it goes to show that everything old is new again. dick crantz, fox 5 news. >>> coming up next, anoth

you could walk from there to american university.uld take well over half an hour, but instead of walking what you can do is you rent a bike at the bike share station. just ride it down nebraska avenue until you reach american university and drop it off at this bike share station. so instead of taking you half an hour or 40 minutes it's only taking you 10 minutes. pretty cool. two visitors from boston used a bike share, pedaled from the capitol mall to friendship heights. they called it a great experience. >> it gets more people on bikes and gets more people familiar with bikes being on the road which increases safety for bicyclists everywhere which is good. it encourages people to get exercise which is another good thing. >> it helps just give visibility to biking as a means of commuting. reporter: a recreational cyclist on bethesda's crescent trail said he favors the plan for montgomery county. >> because it's outside. it's healthy. it's convenient and it's good for you of. reporter: now we'll get a whole new mode of transportation

. >>> still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," a student picks up a friend near the american university campus this morning and ends up getting carjacked. >>> american woman who served more than a decade in a peruvian prison returns to the states. >>> president obama marked p end of the war in iraq at a special ceremony in maryland. >> festival of lights kicks off tonight with the lighting of the national menorah. >>> dan, what's coming up in sports? >> capitals getting ready for another big game against nation i will have tonight at verizon center. it is a milestone night for one of their leaders. the redskins. finally back to having some fun. and a monday night football, lights out literally. for the >>> special ceremony today marked the end of the war in iraq. president obama invites president binden welcomed home the top commander of u.s. forces in iraq at joint base andrews today. chris clackum reports now on today's symbolic ends to a nine-year conflict. >> at about the same time president obama was at andrews air force base to greet troops and the official return of the u.s. colors that

. >> american university professor says with romney leading in new hampshire, iowa's first caucus could be some candidate's last chance. >> there are five or six candidates, all who have dreams that lightning could strike and they could be the nominee. but they realize it's not likely to strike in new hampshire. so it's got to strike out there on the great plains in iowa. >> and without a strong national front runner, the campaigns are betting the big dollars they are spending on ads pay off in big numbers at the iowa polls. for all the spending one candidate has decided to avoid iowa all together. john huntsman is focusing exclusively on new hampshire. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> up next on the news edge at 11:00, consumers continue to spend. is it a reason to worry? >>> and how does getting paid to lose weight sound? that's exactly what thousands of people are doing right now. find out how it works coming up. >>> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> it was a good holiday season for retailers. americans spent more than $35 billion online this year. but are

. >> reporter: american university professor allen lickman said with romney leading in new hampshire, iowa's first caucus could be some candidates last chance. >> and still, you know, five, six candidates, all of whom have dreams that lightning could strike and they could somehow be the nominee, but they realize that this is not like in new hampshire, so it's got to strike out there on the great plains in iowa. >> reporter: and without a strong national front-run every, the campaigns are betting the big dollars are spending on ads to pay off in big numbers at the iowa polls. and despite all of the money that they spent, one candidate decided to avoid iowa altogether. john huntsman has not been campaigning or airing any ads in the hawkeye state but is focusing on new hampshire. he won't have to wait long to catch up with his fellow candidates, shawn. the new hampshire primary is one week after iowa's voting on tuesday. >> tom fitzgerald, thank you very much. >>> >>> it's no secret parking enforcement in the district of columbia is aggressive. a new report shows the district is writing

and that's great and family's very important, but you have really highly skilled people in american universities. you have people who are srb -- who have advanced degrees in engineers, graduate, and then are thrown out of the country. which is what my your bloomberg, the mayor of new york, described as suicide. it's crazy policy. canada, australia, and new zealand say, okay, we'll have these people. there was a report the other week saying that the majority about 60% of the extremely wealthy people in china are actively looking for a foreign passport or are thinking about it. >> host: why are they? why is that? >> guest: you don't have the rule of law in china. say you are reasonably prominent, made a lot of money in china, you have no idea when there's going to be a change over of government next year, whether the people in power are going to take against you. you know, the guy who is protecting you, and you can be arrested and lose all your property. they think, they don't want to leave china, but they want the option of living in two countries or maybe they would like to leave or have their c

reporter: american university professor leonard steinhorn says if mitt romney wins iowa, he'd gain momentum going forward. >> if mitt romney wins iowa, he will probably win new hampshire and go on to win this nomination. mitt romney way be trying to win iowa secretly without setting high expectations. reporter: on tuesday, romney, bachmann, perry and gingrich all began iowa bus tours while rick santorum toured iowa conservatives. the winner of the 2008 caucuses said weather could hold the details. one week after iowa the action shifts to new hampshire on january 10th. the boston globe poll has romney up by double digits followed by gingrich, paul and jon huntsman who may be fighting for his survival. >> there's john huntman, too. unless he shows well in new hampshire, he's finished, too. reporter: now for his part newt gingrich remained in front in many national polls, but recent missteps like missing his filing deadline in virginia have taken some of the steam out of the former speaker's frontrunner status. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> we are counting down for everything you need to kno

a survey from duke university where highly-skilled science majors in american universities from china and india and the number of them who thought that they basically wanted to get a visa was a large majority. and you know that is the surge -- absurd because these are valuable people. >> host: i think that the whole debate over h-1b visas back more than a decade when i was reporting about technology haven't change. >> guest: politically, the argument that you have to do it all in one go. you have to have comprehensive reform and you have to fix the legality for people coming in from mexico at the same time as fixing the highly-skilled and comprehensive immigration reform would be great. is a fantastic thing. i don't see that it has done anything, and i also don't see you why it all has to happen at the same time. i see no reason why you shouldn't improve things as much again as quickly as you can. noel k., there are the people in the other signed who are talking about they would rather electrify the border prints them educate the children of immigrants. >> host: as an observer of 70 c

. >>> and a couple of american university students have quite a story to tell about their trip home for winter break. they said that a man tried to carjack them just as they were getting out of town. police say that chum seoul kahn jumped head first through the window of their car as it was parked but still running outside massachusetts avenue yesterday. they said kahn then sped off but crashed into a tree in ward circle. >> i was standing by him. i had him by his collar with my own hands and said, is this a joke? who are you? who are you? he looks me square in the face and doesn't say anything and manages to get it out of park. >> this is our last year. so this is one of the best stories i have from au, i'll be honest with you. >> kahn then tried to carjack another vehicle. witnesses say that a dump truck driver who was stuck in traffic actually caught him and held him until police arrived. >>> this morning south korean officials are reporting that north korea is tightening security in cities as the country now focuses on transitioning power to late leader kim jong-il's son, kim jong-u

but you have really highly-skilled people in american universities. you have, um, people who have advance degrees in engineering or biomechanics or stuff like that. who graduate and then are thrown out of the country. now, this is what michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, has described as national suicide. i mean, it's an unbelievably crazy policy. and everywhere else in the world -- not everywhere else, but canada, australia and new zealand particularly are saying, well, okay, we'll have these people. there was a report the other week said that, um, the majority, about 60% of the extremely wealthy people in china, um, are either actively looking for a foreign passport or thinking about it. >> host: and why are that i? why is that? >> guest: because you don't have the rule of law in china. say you've got a, you know, you're reasonably prominent, you've made a lot of money in china. you have no idea particularly when there's going to be a changeover of government next year, you don't know whether the people in power are suddenly going to take agai

american university professor alan lichtman says with rome me leading in new hampshire, iowa's first caucus could be some candidate's last chance. >> there are five or six candidates all of whom have dreams that lightning could strike and they could be the nominee. it has got to strike out there on the great plains in iowa. >> reporter: without a strong national grant runner, they are betting the big dollars they spend on ads pay off in big numbers at the iowa polls. for all the spending, one candidate has decided to avoid iowa altogether. john huntsman is focusing exclusively on new hampshire which will hold its primary one week after iowa's caucus. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> also, a big blow to michelle bachmann's campaign in iowa, her state chairman has ducked out to join ron paul's campaign. she says ken sore enson was offered a large sump money and told her, quote, everyone sells out in iowa, why shouldn't i. the chairman says bachmann should stop slandering and honorable iowa state senator. >>> a jong il. >>> and moms across the nation take on a major retailer. more on the

foreign policy at the american university and a former white house and state department official all right folks this is cross talk to me that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first marcia is this a major milestone in american foreign policy you know i think as far as getting the troops out it is a milestone with only a few thousand troops waiting to depart from iraq by december thirty first president barack obama's address last week officially spell the end to a nearly nine year military mission the pullout fulfills one of obama's key electoral promise says and winds down the war that has cost the lives of nearly four thousand five hundred go soldiers and more than six hundred thousand iraqis despite iraq's still fragile security and this could be the first real lol in violence after four decades of political and social turbulence this is an extraordinary achievement one made possible by the hard work and sacrifice of the men and women who have the courage to serve and there's a lesson to learn from that a lesson about our character as a nation

c-span: in your book, no universities in ireland, you take on the aaup, american association of universityprofessions and you take on the university of illinois. where you make your living. you take on corporatists. you take on academic, the administrators. why? where does it come from in you that you have this approach to take on folks like this? >> guest: well, i mean taking on the aaup comes out of a tremendous love for the organization. i've been in its leadership are 16 years actually and its national council firsts -- years and i stress without the book -- throughout the book that i think the aaup is central to the future of higher education but i wanted to be everything that can be it can be and sometimes it fails. it failed most dramatically actually during world war i just after its historic statement when it supported the notion that criticizing the draft during world war i was unacceptable and faculty member should have that kind of freedom. i mean, and i think some of us, i wasn't around then but some of us are still haunted by that failure. we failed again during the mccarthy

our guest is geoffrey grout, assistant professor at american university -- jeffrey crouch, assistant professor at american university and the author of "the presidential pardon power. -- author of "the presidential pardon power." the numbers are on the screen. you can send us a message by e- mail, twitter, or on our facebook page. what is the difference between a pardon and a commutation? guest: pardon is the most complete form of relief that the president can offer. it does not allow you to expunge records of your conviction, but it is a recognition that your crime has been forgiven. that is the type of release you want if you are someone who is applying for a pardon. a commutation just reduces the amount that sentence. the most famous recent commutation was george w. bush's decision to commute the sentence of scoter libby, who, of course, was vice president cheney promised -- of scooter libby, who, of course, was vice president jaime paz chief of president cheney's cheif oief of staff. guest: some people are trying to regain their right to vote, to serve on a jury, and, in some cas

she is now at the american university as the executive director of the j-lab, the institute of interactive journalism. welcome to you both. let's start out with a very quick question: is there really anything wrong with 24-hour news cycle? jan? >> well, it doesn't serve all the citizens. in a democracy, people need different things than what you get on that 24-hour cycle, and i think that's become problematic, and i think we see citizens stepping up to the plate to try to fix it. >> chris? >> well, it is what it is. i think what i do is i get in my car in the morning, and i have satellite, which is great, actually, and then you can flip it around. i don't have msnbc on my satellite. they don't have it. but i usually start off with 60s music, which makes me happy, then i turn on, depending on the mood i'm in that morning, fox or cnn. i turn on fox sometimes to find the edge, where there's an argument going. i want to sense where the right is coming from and what they find appetizing in the news, so i can figure out where the biting story is from their perspective. cnn's obviously more objec

american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 7 p.m. eastern visit the congressional cemetery. and at 8, universityhe 70th anniversary of the attack on 3er8 harbor. and the history of native american military service. experience american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. [applause] >> next, a discussion on the future of media and journalism. we'll hear from a panel of reporters and media executives. this event was held at the newseum of broadcast communications, and it's about an hour and ten minutes. >> a very old media brand that's doing a lot of new things. it's appropriate, i think, that we're here at a museum, at a museum of broadcast communication. because the question that we're going to talk about today is whether that very idea, broadcast communication, is an oxymoron. right? how much broadcast is there anymore? everything is narrow cast, everything is delivered to you directly. think about it. there's no twitter museum yet. there's no facebook museum yet. but there are television and radio museums. museum isn't always a great word because it has to preserve something that

i've studied acting in lebanon at the lebanese american university, i had the acting bug even growing up as a kid, i watched star wars to hamlet to whatever you want to say. and you don't realize growing up how influential hollywood is and the movie industry is and the world, and... and there was something really magical about going into the theater and just escaping for two hours, and just... you know what i mean? there's... i loved that, and then on top of it was just intriguing to me, because when i started doing it, it was like putting a mirror and looking at all your flaws, and it was frightening, and it was like i didn't want to do it, and that's what made me want to do it. i thought it was like, intriguing to go into that. it became therapeutic for me, and i have to say, it made me a better person. i mean, that sounds like, you know... >> hinojosa: so now, you did this movie the visitor-- extraordinary-- and i hope that a lot of people get a chance to see it, because it really is about challenging how you percept... your perception of certain stereotypes.. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojos

educated and then they go -- >> john: foreign students now in three fourths of the doctorates in american universities mathematics and computer science. >> and they are dying to work here. they go back to where they came from and they compete against us. >> because they can't get visas to stay here. >> john: one other argument is that some of them might come here to murder us. >> there is always a risk that is the bad apple throughout but what we are doing is we are throwing the baby out with the bath water. if you want to come across the border from canada today, you get hassled incredibly. i'm on the board of based in vancouver but a fast growing company in the united states adding tons of very high paying jobs here in the united states. their executives have a h heck of a time coming across the border and it gets worse. >> john: from canada. >> from canada. the cfo was coming here to speak to an investment analyst in new york. they held him at the border for 8 hours and demanded he get a work permit. i have done business in england, frangela france, germ, nobody have asked me to get a work permit.

historian at american university, good morning. this is the annual or year's conversation.a worth it? they also persuade in the column ti. feel free to ignore iowa. she compares participation to the same amount of people watching a football game and 150,000 to the city of pomona, california. does she has a point? >> of course she does, but she doesn't. iowa matters because iowa is first. it was first as part of the most momentous shift in the nomination process. the shift of getting with the democrats in 72. from the system where many delegates were chosen by party bosses to a system of open primaries and caucuses. iowa has a multistage process. they had to move their original caucuses to first in the nation and that's where they have been. you can see from the fact that you are paying so much attention to it that despite the small number of voters, this is an important test. >> we do pay so much attention to it because it is first and the candidates spend so much time there. we are very knowledgeable and pay attention and pay close attention to the process. it's history en

appear american university professor says all the candidates have a lot to win or lose next tuesday.think iowa is more important this year than it is in past years. there are five or six candidates, all of whom have dreams that lightning could strike and they can somehow be the nominee but they realize it is not likely to strike in new hampshire so it has got to strike out there on the great plains in iowa. wa. >> republican john huntsman is avoiding iowa altogether? he is focusing entirely on new hampshire which holds the nation's first primary in two weeks. >>> you better watch where you park in the district as the city is raking in millions of dollars in fines ample new report says d.c. is making more money than ever by writing about 5300 tickets a day. fox 5's matt ackland has the details. >>> it is not cheap or easy to park in d.c. these three leadies had to search through their purses just to find enough change to park for a quick lunch. >> parking is difficult. change is difficult. >> reporter: don't let the meter run out. it seems hike enforcement officers are everywhere thes

an egyptian and senior at the american university of dubai. >> the emirates should be a role model for our country and the way it is ruled. >> reporter: but it's not that simple. >> they have been the front-runner in terms of freedom of the press and relative to abu dhabi. it's far more open. but since 2008, 2009 crisis, we have seen some missteps. there's been a clamp down in the media. the transparency has been questionable. investors have wanted more access and more data that hasn't really been there. so they are concerned. >> people will say, the press isn't totally free. >> they don't see something wrong about a person they can't see anything they want. you know, and as i told you, we are not perfect. you know, we are still learning. >> do you think that democracy is a good thing? >> we have our own democracy. you cannot transport democracy to us. >> your son will rule after you. father to son, will that continue forever, do you think? >> as long as the people want that. >> still, in the aftermath of the arab spring, some say dubai is using money to prevent unrest. >> salaries for

. >> i was surprised when i was hear in may at the american university in dubai, and i made a commentquare during the revolution. the students in the audience were cheering, and you were supportive of them. i wasn't sure whether you would be supportive of them. i wasn't sure how you would react. what's your view of the arab spring? >> in 2004 i said please change our you'll be changed. >> you were talking about arab governments. >> the arab governments. the arab spring is the people who waited for a long time, and some governments are saving themselves and not saving their people. >> you look at egypt with the first round of elections. they have democracy, but democracy is going to elect the muslim brotherhood and the salafis. very conservative muslim groups. some people have said they're worried that egypt, which is so the important it to the arab world, could become like iran. that they could democratically choose to be like iran with a ayatollah with a totally religious society. do you have that fear at all? >> no. i don't. egypt has a very strong army. they're watching what's happ

. >> american university professor. thank you for your time. moving on to more news now. it was a quiet christmas tribute. volunteers layed tens and thousands of wreaths for service member graves. each one receiving a military salute as it was put in place. the wreaths are sponsored by community organizations, school groups, and loved ones. >>> thousands take to the streets in russia today protesting last week's elections, why many are claiming fraud and what this means for the power of prime minister vladimir putin. >>> plus, alarms go off at the white house. who set them off? those stories and much more coming your way as fox 5 news at 10:00 continues. stay with us. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. >>> massive protests in russia today as tens and thousands rallied against alleged voter fraud. many citizens are also unhappy with prime minister vladimir putin and his political party. fox's kitty logan is i

educated and then they go -- >> john: foreign students now in three fourths of the doctorates in american universitiescience. >> and they are dying to work here. they go back to where they came from and they compete against us. >> because they can't get visas to stay here. >> john: one other argument is that some of them might come here to murder us. >> there is always a risk that is the bad apple throughout but what we are doing is we are throwing the baby out with the bath water. if you want to come across the border from canada today, you get hassled incredibly. i'm on the board of based in vancouver but a fast growing company in the united states adding tons of very high paying jobs here in the united states. their executives have a h heck of a time coming across the border and it gets worse. >> john: from canada. >> from canada. the cfo was coming here to speak to an investment analyst in new york. they held him at the border for 8 hours and demanded he get a work permit. i have done business in england, frangela france, germ, nobody have asked me to get a work permit. the state of new york tries

it will start with gallaudet university and american university. city will match grants by the college giving workers up to $12,000 toward a downpayment and closing cost on a home in the district. the homes must be close to transit or their workplace. the city has committed $200,000 to support this program. >>> it is 6:06. i'm jessica doyle and i'm watching your money. this time of year, a lot of people look to donate to charity, even if it is just a little bit. but how do you know your money is going to the right place? if you don't know where to give, how do you find the right charity for you? joining me now this morning is bob otenhoff, the president and ceo of guidestar, a web site that has everything you need to know about charities. fantastic organization that you run. now, let's take us through this situation. is this a common problem, where you want to give money to a charity but that money may not necessarily go toward the activities that maybe you had in mind as a giver? >> you never know. this is the time of the year when we're flooded w

. >> i was surprised when i was hear in may at the american university graduation in dubai.mment that i was covering tahrir square during the revolution. the students in the audience were cheering, and you were supportive of them. i wasn't sure whether you would be supportive of them. i wasn't sure how you would react. what's your view of the arab spring? >> in 2004 i said please change our you'll be changed. >> you were talking about arab governments. >> the arab governments. the arab spring is the people who waited for a long time, and some governments are saving themselves and not saving their people. >> you look at egypt with the first round of elections. they have democracy, but democracy is going to elect the muslim brotherhood and the salafis. very conservative muslim groups. some people have said they're worried that egypt, which is so the important it to the arab world, could become like iran. that they could democratically choose to be like iran with a ayatollah with a totally religious society. do you have that fear at all? >> no. i don't. egypt has a very strong

hundreds of our college graduates to continue their graduate studies and specialized subject in american universitiesit before everyone who is watching the relationship between the u.s. and iraq, it is a very -- it has very high aspirations. i would like to renew my thanks for his excellency, the president, for giving me this opportunity. and i wish him the most success, god willing. thank you very much. >> we have time for a few questions. i'm going to start with ben filler of "a.p." >> mr. president, i have two questions for you on the region. you have called for president assad to step down. but prime minister maliki -- i'm wondering if you're worried that iraq could be succumbing to iran's interest on this matter? speaking of iran, are you concerned that it will be able to weaken america's national security by discovering intelligence from the fallen drone that it captured? prime minister maliki, i'd like to ask you the question about syria. why haven't you demanded that assad step down given the slaughter of his people? >> first of all, the prime minister and i discussed syria, and we share the

monica is egyptian and a senior at the american university of dubai. >> the emirates should be a roleour country and the way it is ruled. >> reporter: but it's not that simple. >> they have been the front-runner in terms of freedom of the press in the region and relative toaddhabi it's far more open. but since 2008, 2009 crisis, we have seen some missteps. there's been a clamp down in the media. the transparency has been questionable. investors have wanted more access and more data that hasn't really been there. so they are concerned. >> people will say, the press isn't totally free. >> as long as they don't say something wrong about a person or authorities they can say anything they want. you know, and as i told you, we are not perfect. you know, we are still learning. >> do you think that democracy is a good thing? >> we have our own democracy. you cannot transport your democracy to us. >> your son will rule after you. father to son, will that continue forever, do you think? >> as long as the people want that. >> still, in the aftermath of the arab spring, some say dubai sheikh and