. >>> today, american university law school held a day-long event on the freedom of information act. they began by giving a reward to susan long. she is the director of the clearing house records division. >> good morning. happy sunshine week to you all. we see the sun trying to poke out behind the clouds here at the washington college of law on the campus of american university. i'm dan metcalfe on the collaboration of government secrecy. we are pleased to welcome our auditorium audience and our viewers remotely both on the washington college of law webcast and, i understand, c-span will be broadcasting this as well. this is freedom of information day. and i on site and many folks know that is the day that we celebrate openness in government, transparency, sunshine, call it what you will. that date is chosen and has been traditionally used because it's the birthday of james madison, who is regarded as the founding father of the freedom of information. this is the fifth freedom of information day program we have had here at the law school. and it is the 18th one that the collaboratio

first lady michelle obama traveling to northwest washington at the american university. she used the occasion joined by the wife of the british prime minister to talk about the olympics. the white house announcing that michelle obama will lead the delegation of the summer games held in london. she sets the road by laura bush and hillary clinton. today, d.c. area children on the campus of american university in a mini olympic competition. >> i'm pleased to announce i will lead the presidential delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 olympic games in london this summer! let me tell you, i'm thrilled to do it. i wasn't sure if they will let me do it. i get to do it. i'm very excited. i know all of you are looking forward to the games this summer, aren't you? >> yes. >> this is why we're here today because the true spirit of the games isn't confined to the two weeks of competition this summer. it is not just about who wins the gold, right? you heard that before. it is not just about who wins the medals. >> right. >> or which country wins the most medals. that is not

i think that if we invest in research in american universities or national labs or in companies that we would like to see not only that research lead to discoveries but that research leads to manufacturing in the united states. because that is where we will see our future prosperity. the department of energy is it working in a number of ways. first, when there are issues strog do with ip generated by the department of energy, we're looking at what means we have to say if you support a company or research that you can -- what are the means we have at our disposal to make sure it doesn't go to the highest bidder? what are those means? we support search done by a company of improferring the manufacturing of sil solar and e it down. they decided given what is happening in china that they weren't going to get out of this business. and we were taking steps to make sure that that ip generated by american taxpayers would be -- would have controls that, again, it doesn't migrate. >> what's the reference to china? we know china is it aggressive in this area. but if we made and you gave this ex

we find great leaders in american universities. you are in the presence of one in david bore. and there are 3,000 american universities today and most of them are in the hands of very good leaders. we see good leaders in government. one of my privileges is to talk to the first classmen at west point, which i have done these last two years. and the leadership of these young men and of the general officers of the army are extraordinary today. we find that everywhere in this country, except recently on pennsylvania avenue. and i wonder what the future holds for us. much of it, i think, it was said by thomas jefferson that his toughest job of his presidential office was appointing other people to office. and that's now our job. we have the job of appointing other people to that presidential office. and who will we choose? i'm a centrist, and i'm not happy about my choices, as i think many americans feel on both sides. and somehow as the arnold brothers said, we have to educate our masters. we have to find a way of reminding people of the leadership traditions that we have had in t

american university has for decades for the school of education, teaching and health provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development education for the teachers of washington d.c.. in all eight of our wars. these cities represent the education of two of 2.5 million students some of them facing the greatest personal challenges one can imagine but that also represents some of our best and brightest. i wish that this morning a fruitful and engaging and stimulating panel, and welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i am andrea mitchell from nbc. it is great to be here at american university right across the street -- welcome to all of you. education now, cities at the forefront of reform, bringing together the leaders of our nation the biggest cities and as president kerwin's that we're talking about 2.5 million school children, a mix of the best and brightest and most of the problems that we face. we have los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, new york city mayor michael bloombe

american life, but we expect that hbc and pdis will be fully funded we are just 3% of american colleges and universitiesutions are educating 50% of african american teachers educating 33% of all african american scientists and engineers so when we talk about getting america back on sure footing creating jobs and creating a competent diverse work force you have to look at hbcus and pdis as best return on investment that is the story we are telling the day and to mow or on capital hill, 20 -- tomorrow on cap tail hill we have 200 students coming in, we have our academic vice presidents and chancellors our theme is tooting our horn louder we have a remarkable story to tell our institutions are also economic engines for their communities they are a $10 billion business employing 188,000 workers, so when you talk about stimulating the economy, and getting things back on sure footing you have to look at hbcus and pdis as part of the solution that is what we will tell persons on capital hill. >> that is quite the effective argument are there people you have been able to identify you don't have to name them now

obama arriving today at american university. some 60 elementary school students got the chance of a lifetime. they were practicing serbs with some of the nation's finest athletes went in what first lady, mrs. obama. she picked up a tennis racket and had a couple of balls with some of the students, all part of her let's move campaign in advance of the 2012 olympics in london. she teamed with her british counterpart, samantha cameron who is here in the district on official visit with her husband the prime minister. courtney clemens lost a leg while serving in iraq, hit by an itt. ms. obama's saw -- discussing her excitement today about the upcoming olympics. >> these are the stories of perseverance and sheer willpower that lie behind every olympian and every paralympian. that is why these games are important, you guys. >> today's event only lasted about 1.5 hours and then all of the olympians get medals to all the students that took part in today's events. they handed out not only the american flag but the british flag. >> that is

i'm neal, president of american university. secretary duncan, mayors, andrea mitchell, welcome to america university. and it is very important discussion, education now, cities in the forefront of educational reform. i'd like to think you picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has for decades to our school of education teaching and help provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development education for the teachers of washington, d.c. in all eight of our warts. the cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one can imagine, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and a stimulating panel, and once again welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much, president kerwin. i am andrea mitchell from msnbc. and it's great to be here at american university. rid

in nine minutes an amazing event put on by american university students to raise money for our injured troops. >> it is going to abgreat friday -- to be a great friday weather wise. sunny skies, highs in the 60s. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to 9news now friday edition. we'll call it megamillions friday edig. it's 6:44 rand 44 -- 6:44 and 44 chilly degrees. incident on the inner loop of the beltway close to braddock road on the left shoulder. we have delays out of springfield getting past this interchange where callers best describe it as a lane shift on the inner loop getting into the work zone between springfield and braddock road. after this point no longer a delay toward i-66. if you're traveling on the trip north on 95 and 395, still heavy traffic in woodbridge getting into springfield. 395 through landmark pace was not bad into shirlington and approaching the inbound 14th street bridge. volume is still light. the beltway in oxon hill and alexandria still look good. if you're traveling on the beltway in maryland the outer loop of the beltway heading west from new hampshir

. >> i don't have an opinion, the university, the penn state investigation, and the american government's investigation. >> everyone you named was someone investigating themselves. >> higher external researchers, nobody from the university, they hired an external, independent investigate unit to look into it. do you think it was corrupt? >> east anglia and these organizations here, quite frankly, three of the five i read were very much on the liberal side of this issue for a long period of time. >> the telegraph? >> instead of you and me talking about what our opinion is, let's look and see who the media who studied this is. yeah, the uk telegraph. >> that's the most conservative paper in britain, you know how we have partisan tv, they have non-partisan -- >> they've got other problems too. >> they have non-partisan news on tv in britain, but they have really partisan papers and the telegraph is the most right wing of all papers. >> the corruption is overpowering, would you say the same about the financial times? >> whatever you think about the financial times, i think saying liberals hav

we are joined by the current chair of islamic studies at american university. mr. on--- mr. ahmed, thank you for being here. >> this is an important initiative on the part of the american president because remember the context of what is happening in the region. american troop withdrawal has begun. you have afghan soldiers in uniform killing american soldiers and colleagues. the u.n. passed a resolution with three demands of the united states. an apology for the incident of a few months ago when two dozen pakistani soldiers were killed. and a reassessment of the relationship between the united states and pakistan. the parliament having passed this have put the army and the prime minister in a quandary because if they ignore this, the mood in pakistan is very tense in terms of the relations with the united states. it is critical for the u.s. to actually break this bubble and begin to resume normal relations. >> with the mood is so tense, how do they actually start bridging that gap? >> there are many things that can be done, initiatives taken on the diplomatic level on the med

. >>> american university's swim team, you got come to the tv screen if you're actually looking at it. they found a unique way to build some camaraderie. >> their technique, however, makes them look a little more like a synchronized swim team rather than competitive swimmers. ♪ >> the american university men's swim team in a coordinated dance to the song "party rock anthem" by lmfao. you know it. the team apparently videotaped futures at a training trip in miami. you got to have a little fun. you're training hard, working hard. >> what people don't know is that's eun's theme music when she comes into the newsroom every morning. she's sexy and she knows it. >> if only i had theme music when i walked into the building. >> we can make that happen. >> there you go. >>> don't shake on it. that is the advice given to the u.k. olympians. the top doctor for britain's olympic team is telling the athletes to avoid shaking hands at the olympics in london this summer. >> the british olympic association is concerned that handshaking could spread illness and cost britains olympic gold. etiquette ex

his master of arts in security studies from georgetown university, his juris doctorate from american university washington college of law, welcome back, and his master's of law from georgetown university in national security law from georgetown university. drew had mentioned, you know, how tough it is to go at the fbi, you know, the only thing worse is the cia, and that's what kel is here to talk about, some of the national security counselors cases against the cia. >> well i can second that, having gone against the fbi and the cia. the fbi actually has the exclusions. the cia doesn't even have exclusions, so they have to make up new and exciting exemptions to withhold information. and the way they do it -- a while back -- i'll be talking about really four cases that are really just one big case that we'll split into different cases, short, for thematic reasons and so we wouldn't have a 100-page complaint, but the four cases are all attacking specific policies. see, most of foia litigation is, i requested records from you. you did not give them to me. give them to me. and they're request specif

i'm president of american university.retary duncan, may years, andrea mitchell, welcome to american university. and to this very important discussion, education now -- cities in the forefront of education reform. i would like to think he picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has to our school of education and teaching and health provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development in education for the teachers of washington, d.c., in all eight of our wards. these cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one could a match, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and stimulating panel, and once again welcome all our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i am andrea mitchell, and is great to be here at american university, right across the street from our

the american university is still alive after winning its patriot league quarter final for the coach jeffst to lasalle but the colonials at least clinched a spot in the a-10 tournament a great achievement for the first-year e head coach whose home coming has not been easy. >> being back home i know how cool that is. is it more difficult being at g.w. and losing because like you know so people or are you confident you'll be able to turn this around quickly. >> >> i'm very confident we'll win. i wouldn't have taken the job if i didn't think we'd win. the losing is hard with my friends and family coming to the game. he they probably take it as hard as i do. >> >> when you look at this area an and the talent that's here, i know you've been recruiting for a long time. jeff, you've been recruiting it for a long time as well. is there enough to go around for all the schools after maryland and georgetown and everybody, the other big east? >> i think there's plenty. we don't go head to head with gw or or maryland or georgetown. there is a lot of talent, excellent students as well. so we really wan

program director the the institute for humane studies at georgetown university, has taught at american university and international trade at gmu. also in his biography is something i find fascinating. he's an avid scuba diver and plays underwater hockey. for the washington, d.c. and i love this name belt way bottom feeders. there is probably no end of applicants for that team. after dr. magness makes his presentation rodney ross will come to read a poem from john willis menard. rod is an old and dear friend a great proponent of history. he is very active in a number of organizations including the illinois state society which joins the capital historical society which sponsors today's event. after rod we will have our third speaker dr. matthew wasniewski. he is the historian of the united states house of representatives appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the office of history and preservation and he's the editor in chief of women in congress and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records and the publication of historical documents and i

i spoke to the current chair of islamic studies of american university. mr. armenta, thanks for being here. strains in relations, that is putting in my public, isn't it? >> it is, but at the same time, it is important to the american president. because remember the context of what is happening in that region, american troop withdrawal has begun. you have islamic soldiers in uniform killing american soldiers and officers, colleagues. the pakistani parliament just having passed the resolution 43 demands of the united states. an apology -- passing the three demands of the united states. an apology for the attacks a month ago an apology for the attacks on the supply route in pakistan. and a reassessment of the relationship between the united states and pakistan. the parliament having passed this has put the prime minister and the army in a quandary. if they ignore this, they will be troubled, because the moderates -- the mood in pakistan is in very tense. it is critical for the united states to actually break this bubble and begin to resume normal relations. >> wi

the report came out as american university law school held a discussion on transparency and openness in government. the keynote lunch on address included richard huff, former information policy office director. his remarks are 45 minutes. >> we're going to start with our first panel. if everyone could quiet down, i know a lot of conversation is going on upstairs where the handouts are, and the -- the refreshments. we call that the foya foyer. we acall it that all week long. it looks like the sun is peeking out a little bit, as befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure everyone here in the audience knows that we do have handouts, many handouts up there. including detailed biographical sketch on everyone speaking here today. so you'll find that the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to biographical details. we'll spend some time on that, because we'll try to get as much content out during the day as possible. and i'm going to sit in on

the report came out as american university law school held an event on tyrants appearance and -- on transparency and open government. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> we are going to start in again on our first panel. if everyone could quiet down. i know there are a lot of conversations going on upstairs where the hand-outs are. and the refreshments. we call that the foyer. we don't do that just during sunshine. we call it that all year long. by the way, it does look like the sun is beginning to peek out a bit as befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure that everyone here in the audience knows that we do have hand-outs, many hand-outs up there, including detailed boy graphical sketches on everyone who is speaking today. you will find the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to boy graphical details -- bio graphical details. we will try to get as much content out. i will sit in on this first panel. i will introduce matt winer first, who is -- miria plnch, who hopefully is known by everyone here as the director of t

. >>> american university law schools conference on the freedom of information act continues now. they assist other government agencies in complying with foia. also on the panel is state department officer in charge of handling freedom of information act requests. this is just over an hour. >> all right, folks, we'll start in again on the first panel. if everyone could quiet down. i know there are a lot of conversations going on upstairs where the handouts are and the -- and the refreshments. we call that the foia foyer. foia foyer. we call it that all year long. by the way, it does look like the sun is beginning to peek out a little bit, befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure that everyone here in the audience knows that we do have handouts, many handouts up there including detailed biographical sketch on everyone who's speaking here today. so you'll find that the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to biographical details. we'll try to get as much content out during the day as possible. and i'm g

he's also taught in public administration at american university. and international trade at gmu. also in his biography is something i find fascinating. he's an avid scuba diver, and plays underwater hockey. for the washington, d.c., and i love this name, beltway bottom feeders. [ laughter ] there's probably no end of applicants for that team. after dr. magness makes his presentation, rodney ross will come to read a poem of john willis menard that is very appropria appropriate. and there are print copies of it on the table outside. rod is an old friend and a dear friend, a great proponent of history, and public history. he works at the national archives. he's very active in a number of os, including the illinois state society, which joins the capital historical society in sponsoring today's event. then after rod, we will have our third speaker, dr. matthew wasniewski, who is the historian of the united states house of representatives. appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the house clerks, office of history and preservation. he's the edit

put government policy to work in providing health care and retirement security for retiring americans universal primary and secondary public education, the g.i. bill, the great public infrastructure projects of eisenhower and others in the last century. large investments in scientific research and sensible safeguards over the financial system. these long-term challenges for us as a country are more difficult in part because other nations around the world like china or brazil are getting better at making their economies grow and develop. and their success, though it brings huge opportunities for our country has put a huge amount of pressure on large parts of the american workforce who are engaged in making things other countries are getting better at making. now the president's strategy for meeting these sets of challenges is to focus on reforms and education, investments to support innovation to encourage public and private investment and to expand exports. these challenges are not challenges the private markets can solve on their own. in education the president's working to make it more afford

. >>> some of america's heroes took to the court tonight at american university over at the arena.s their third annual armed forces wheelchair basketball game. wounded veterans from walter reed faced off with representatives from the national rehabilitation hospital. the fraternity pi kappa phi hopes to raise $5,000 from the game to help both soldiers and civilians with disabilities. >>> tomorrow morning marks the end of an era. joe krebs, who might well be called the father of washington morning news, is going to anchor his final show here at news 4. it will be 32 years to the day when he first stepped foot in these studios. >> they came for fun, for entertainment, and for many for thrills. >> problems on the beltway are congestion and speed. >> sending the waves crashing into the sea wall. >> barbara harrison. >> and i'm joe krebs. >> you can see over my shoulder the flames that are literally almost blasting out of the top of that school. >> there's been absolutely no sign of her since. >> good morning. i'm joe krebs. welcome back to news 4 today. >> joe spent the second half of

department official richard huff spoke about the history of the freedom of information act at this american university law school forum. he served as the justice

and thank you, dan and american university for having me. mariam said that i would tell you how government is doing and where it should be going and that is exactly what i would like to do. and i'm going to split the difference here between the topic that dan wants and the topic that miriam wants and we'll talk about both ogis and foia or i suppose the role of ogis and foia. so ogis today i think plays a very important and valuable role in our foia system. i want to highlight the three activities in particular. the first are the requester services or the facilitation that you have been hearing about and before i go on, i'd like to get an idea of who's in the audience here. there's always such a diverse group of people at the collaboration of government secre secrecy events. raise your hand if you've ever filed a foia request. >> and you're willing to self-identify. >> raise your hand if you have used ogis' requester services. okay. a few. raise your hand if you are a foia professional. also a good bit. raise your hand if you have been on the

is that they were based research air force americans university and she says they knew the area hasn't changed much things they can accept that the international community now turns a blind eye to eye besides committers. the country is in chaos right now it's heartbreaking and outrageous as president obama said about the situation in syria no the situation in libya is the way we hear about militias torturing people who are suspected of supporting qaddafi in the past and there is a hideous story about someone's fingers getting cut off because he was horsewhipped on the hand repeatedly over and over again until his fingers were severed and these are crimes against humanity that are happening in libya and there is no outcry by the international community the same international community that called for a no fly zone in libya to save civilians to save people's lives so really it's a very dangerous situation we don't know who has what capacity right now to attack other people in other tribes and so it's very difficult political solution is required for the certainly not a military one. prin

that was the message from actor and activist george clooney as he, his father, american university professor nick clooney, and numerous dignitaries took part in a protest at the embassy of sudan on massachusetts avenue northwest. >> this is your third and final warning. you will be arrested. step this way. >> reporter: clooney and the others were taken to the d.c. police second district station in northwest for processing then released after paying a fine. >> so what we're facing now is hundreds of thousands of people who are looking at the possibility of starvation because the rainy season is coming. it needs to start now. because best estimates are tens of thousands of people are going to die from starvation that is manmade. this isn't a famine. >> reporter: naacp president benjamin jealous also arrested during the protest shared a cell with clooney. >> it's sort of a father/son thing where he and his father got into this together. and his dad was here who's not a young man by any stretch. going to jail with us. >> reporter: clooney has been a presence in washington over the last two weeks

linda holtzman this year from the american university -- from american university. >> good morning. protect our defenders was founded to support and give a voice to service members who have been harassed, raped, or sexually assaulted while serving our country. we aim to fix the broken military justice system, a system that often blames the victim and fails to punish the perpetrators. we provide support services in network and we documents and share survivors' stories. through these voices, we are building a grass-roots movement to change the system. we are currently over 25,000 voices strong, building to 100,000 voices this year. to all the plaintiffs, we hear you and we commend your bravery. the steps to your taking today are important and courageous and will help to make a difference. sexual violence will not disappear. but we demand a military justice system that works. a functioning system with proper enforcement to greatly reduce the occurrences. it is difficult to come forward in the public and talk about rape. blaming the victim and retaliation are too common. recently a comm

. >> professor in the school of american university. >>> today was fabulous.tter than this. awesome. >> windier and windier as the day progressed. start with that, with the breeze out there, because that will stay up for the next hours. clouds out there, a beautiful shot of the mall area in d.c. nice and mild this will evening. show you a radar, there's rain on it. if out and about this evening, the showers will back more numerous. the wind has kicked up this afternoon. outside eating lunch today and came back inside. in the city. 6 miles per hour dulles gusting to 37. this is just real strong southerly flow coming up ahead of the funnel system which brings showers and cooler temperatures temperatures in. 71. before came upstairs, 74 not a record, 68 for gaithersburg everybody coming in at 73 degrees. on the coast, 75 degrees. there is the colder air. pittsburgh 54, 53, beckley 54. get into the s tomorrow and then on saturday, the ship comes through. a little colder on saturday. windy at 6:00, 62, don't see much in shower activity. showers at 9:00, temperature

the report was released as american university law school held this event on transparency and openness in government. it's an hour 20 minutes. >> -- but c-span viewers. and what i'm going to do in the interest of time is just very quickly introduce our moderator and he will in turn go on from there. and maybe i need to say beyond what's in the bio notes that you all have available to you here and that will be posted online as with the is that tom sussman was the first recipient of the foye legend award four years ago. and that should say enough right there. tom, thank you very much. >> thank you, dan. that's a miracle, isn't it? has anyone ever heard such a short introduction by dan? i love it. this is great. this is great. i'm proud of that. we bring you this panel i guess it's been for a few years running now, to take a look at what's going on in some would say the most important forum in washington for developments in freedom of information and transparency. but certainly the driving force of what happens in the agencies and the courts. and i especially want to welcome a new panelis

this is live coverage from american university. here on c-span2. >> just want to let you know, we are taking that event. will show all the two lead and a schedule. we hope to be able to get it back live for you and we're working on it right now. lots going on and watch and an area but also outside of washington as the president heads for a couple of both fund-raising events, both in chicago and atlanta. we will cover both of them, particularly when chicago. this afternoon at 1:35 p.m. the president at a fundraiser there and that will be live on c-span this afternoon ahead of tuesday's primary. both mitt romney and rick santorum also in the state of illinois today. that's at 1:35 p.m. president obama in chicago. also live today on c-span coming up in just a few minutes, a discussion on ending the end of the iraq war and national security issues. and our live coverage today also includes a look at religious freedom and extremism. that's at georgetown university. that is coming up at 10:15 a.m. and i will be on c-span3. again here in

one not pictured here their housekeeper and her daughter were brutally murdered in central american university. at the time, the right wing government blamed rebels and lawyers say evidence shows an order was given to the high command in an attempt to leave no witness autos they're trying to blow their brains out. the government was afraid of intelligent spokesperson. >> the reverend is president of usf working with the murder victims the year before the killing. and the civil war raged on they've become critical of the government's human rights abuse autos the judge will decide thchl the evidence so far is compelling. this was a plot hatched by the entire high command and everyone of them is guilty of this massa keer the fact a judge will decide the guilt is due in large part to this woman. she's an attorney with the san francisco based center for justice of accountability. >> this is remarkable. there is evidence brought about conspiracy and killings before. witnesses for different reasons. >> the trial will be held in spain as soon as officials approve. tonight he's accepting an award for w

. >> i am president of american university. secretary, mayors, welcome to american university. and to this very important discussion, education now, cities and the forefront of education reform. i would like to think you have picked the right university to host this a very important event. american university has for decades, through our school of education, teaching, and health, provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development in education for the teachers of washington, d.c., in all eight of our wars. these cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one could imagine, but they also represents some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful, engaging, and a stimulating panel. once again, welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much very muchkerwin. i am andrea mitchell, and it is great to be here at american university, right across from our studios on nebraska avenue. we feel very m

i think that if we invest in research and american universities or national labs for companies that we would like to see not only that research leads to discoveries but research leads to manufacturing in the united states because that is where we will see the future prosperity. the department of energy is working in a number of ways. first when their issues are having to do with the generated by the department of energy we are looking at what means we have to say if you support the company or research what are the means we have at our disposal to make sure that it doesn't go to the highest bidder. >> what are those means? >> i will tell you one example. we supported some research on why a company based in america of in putting them in affecting ability to drive the cost down. it was a successful program but decided given what was happening in china that they were going to get out of this business and we were taking steps to make sure that that generated by the american taxpayers would have controlled but again it doesn't migrate to this mix we did migrate? what's the reference to china

joining me now is the constitutional law at american university.covered this report from the "wall street journal." the managing editor for politics at the national journal. we will get into politics for this as well. we have to ask you, how did he do? is all of this wringing on the left basically a lot of people said he wasn't as quippy as clement was with a quick analogy about cars. >> clement was smoother and more polished and virilli had a hard sell and justices gave him a hard time. his job was to convince some conservatives that there was a limiting principal that this doesn't open up the universe. >> that seemed to be what they were concerned about. if we make this law, are we opening the door for more and do you ever feel like he considered that question ? >> you don't argue in sound bytes, but there were a couple of moments where a sound byte would have hit it home more clearly. >> on the politics of this, i think now all of us are under the impression that it will be a 5-4 whether the mandate stays or whether it goes. no matter what, we w

american university political science professor says romney should come out on top. >> mitt romney is going to do well on tuesday in maryland. he's going to do very well. he's going to win most of those delegates. >> i'm ben and both my grandfather. >> incumbent u.s. senator is facing his first reelection. politicalguy.com shows five other candidates also running for the democratic nomination, but on the republican side, there are nine candidates on the ballot. heavily favored. >> ben should be a shoe in. the only way he is in danger is if larger events the economy washes out the obama administration. >> i'll fight to pass a balanced budget amendment. >> rosco is getting a lot of attention this year. mainly because his sixth district was redrawn, giving it northern montgomery county. politicalguy.com shows bart let facing off with six challengers while five candidates are squaring off on the democratic side. >> and that's going to make it a lot more difficult for him to win. a couple strong democrats who are at each other's throats with a highly negative campaign. one should become vi

it was held by american university. it featured several mayors and officials looking at the topic of education. from that, the folks here who run our facebook page posted this question, and here's how they phrased it. they said, when it comes to the local level of education, what's working or failing in your school district? and we like the phrasing so much of that question, we wanted to take it and use it for our own in our first 45 minutes. so, here's what we can do. we'll show clips of what happened at this event. it featured several high-level people talking about the topic of education. but from you, the folks viewing us today, monitoring us on the internet, what we want to get from you is a sense of, if you take a look at your district, where you live, your education system, what works, what doesn't? feel free to tell us one or the other. feel free to tell us both. you can comment on twitter and facebook as well. but here's how it will start. for democrats, 202-737-001. for republicans, 202-737-00 . -- for republi

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we remember, claude from american university won a year ago.nk he is enjoying last final moments with the trophy. claude is back in the house drying to defend his title. >> screech won it the first year. we've got t-rex getting loose. we've got the cardinals getting loose. claude knows that the competition this year has stepped up. >> so in case this happens to be your first mascot madness, let's bring you up to date. >> single elimination. >> kick off this hour. >> just 30 minutes from now. we have so many teams, we'll have to have multiple games going on at one time. >> correct. we have avenue already determined that the hardest part for the mascots is visibility. if they can see, they've got a real chance to win. but sometimes, it can be difficult. >> visibility and then mobility. because the whole -- >> they've got wings and bakes. >> a lot of things going on with it. how the game will work is that he, she or it that makes the first basket is the winner and advances. >> when we get to the final four and then the championship in the 9:00 hou

. >> bragging rights are on the line t final game is set, it is between claude american university'scot and screech from nationals we've got the crowds they have picked their sides here. on this side we have screeches fans. [ cheering ] >> on the other side however we've got claude fans. [ cheering ] >> it is going to be an epic match up. >> it is holly as you know you've got to make two baskets, to be declared the new mascot madness champions here is how we got here claude the number one seed beat louis from the buoy bay sox and talon from d.c. united he is the defending champion but taking on screech the two seed who defeated cardinal from catholic u and slap shot from washington capitols breaking julie wright's heart. >> and my analysis is that both of these mascots got a buy, see the importance of the regular season to get the high seed. >> that comes into play. >> ready? crowd ready? >> for all the marbles, first pass cot loser gets the ball three, two, one. >> screech has got it. >> dominates on the jump ball. >> trying to get the crowd on his side. >> he is a fan favorite. >>