. >> a person has died in early morning fire near american university saidwick street northwest. and annie yu arrived on the the scene give us the latest own that story, annie what can you tell us. >> good morning wisdom and all of you. this fire happened before 3:00 this morning. this is 4400 block of saidwick street in northwest d.c. as you mentioned by american university we're arriving on the scene and what we're told now is that it's up clear right now where this fire began and what caused. it but looking at the home you really don't see much of the exterior of this home damaged or burned. there's a couple of windows busted here and there. we also see a ladder reaching up to the upper level there where perhaps victim was aslee

at american university where he answered questions from students on canadian politics, trade relations, resettling refugees, and combating bigotry against muslims. this is about 45 minutes. [applause]

. >> on the second panel of the american university's latino republican affairs -- we get it closer look. this is one hour ten minutes. [inaudible] were going to get started. >> my name is matt, i'm a faculty member in the government department at eight you. i've occasionally done research in this area, as part of the panel last year when we did it and now we have come back to help assist as moderator. i want to say thanks to eric and jim as the opportunity. want to thank the panelists who are very excited and knowledgeable people. they all make me feel like i'm not busy enough trying to do things. it's nice to have them here. they know a lot more than i do. this panel is the democrats and latino advantage, ronald reagan famously claimed it that his latinos are republicans they just and realize it. so let me introduce the panelists. oh start with matt who is cofounder of managing partner of polling and research firm which is a polling from capturing public opinion and behavior for latino respondents. is also professor political science at ucla. he also has three books, number of articles

as an alum of the program of law and government of american university's washington college of law and interamerican university of puerto rico, i am honored to be standing here before all of you to discuss a topic that is of great importance for my fellow puerto ricans. puerto rico's debt and political status. in light of the political and legal and economic impact that puerto rico will endure when the supreme court of the united states decides the cases. i personally want to express my gratitude to the program of law and government of american university's washington college of law to be able to ponder on the ideas. thank you for making an idea of an alum a possibility. thank you for making this academic forum a reality. i also want to thank the interamerican university of puerto rico school of law for co-sponsoring this event and promoting the event in puerto rico. in the statement of purpose that all aspiring students have to write in their admissions process, i wrote many words that resonate with the same meaning today. i wrote, "i believe that if a country faces diverse problemati

max okobayashi is a 20-year-old junior at american university. studying european politics at nato. to get to classes in brussels, he usually takes the same metro line hit by the explosion today. this morning he went to work using an above-ground tram. but some of very close call on that metro line. i talked to him via skype. >> it was really scary to find out that some of my friends were close to the bombing. several of them were on trains, either just before or just after the bombs went off on the same line. and if they had been any sooner or later, they could have been hurt and fortunately everybody is safe. >> now coming up in the next hour, how okabayashi learned about the explosions. >>> and the american university's school administrator have posted on their facebook page. saying all students are safe and accounted for and their thoughts are with those who have been impacted by the events. >>> metro has stepped up patrols around some rail stations, even though there are no known threats. you're going to see more police officers and canine security sweeps. news4's transportatio

let me begin with the few remarks then we will end with david. >> thanks to american university is an incredibly important topic i am latina and of course, and i in the executive director of the future majority project to identify recruit and train women and minorities and i have been in this role about three years the project has been enormously successful republican project has recruited hundreds of candidates we have been helpful to elect 72 new candidates over 250 new winded for office. many times it is the first time to identify those best candidates to represent their districts in their communities and they are winning in states where we have not won before. and the we have created a number of first as a result of the very first the tina to serve in the mississippi legislature and also helped to elect the only african american in female lieutenant governor in the country also the only latino of lieutenant governor in the country so we can flip majorities in colorado and new mexico and maintain in arizona with washington eric cook -- in minnesota so the community is emerging and

. >> a person has died in early morning fire near american university saidwick street northwest. and annie yu arrived on the the scene give us the latest own that story, annie what can you tell us. >> good morning wisdom and all of you. this fire happened before 3:00 this morning. this is 4400 block of saidwick street in northwest d.c. as you mentioned by american university we're arriving on the scene and what we're told now is that it's up clear right now where this fire began and what caused. it but looking at the home you really don't see much of the exterior of this home damaged or burned. there's a couple of windows busted here and there. we also see a ladder reaching up to the upper level there where perhaps victim was aslee asleep. we know from police that the victim was adult male and pulled from the fire and transported to the hospital but sadly did not make. it investigators will be out here determine a cause. the battalion chief is out here and mayor of d.c. player and hopefully we can chat with them soon. back to you in the studio. >> fire fighters in montgomery coun

the frat house is leased to american university student tyler steinheart. he will be in court on charges that he provided alcohol to 110 minors. timon will be back in court april 12th, his 22nd birthday. >> steinheart will be in court >>> the council on american islamic relations wants donald trump to apologize for what it deems an antimuslim mark. in an interview with anderson cooper, trump said i think islam hates us. muslim civil rights group is calling on trump to issue the apology at the g.o.p. presidential debate in miami. >>> it is the last presidential debate before next tuesday's make or break contest in ohio and florida. as marley hall reports this evening, there is a lot at stake for the remaining candidates. >> reporter: mike lee of utah is the first u.s. senator to he had doors ted cruz. >> unity within the republican party is more important than ever before. we need to unite behind ted cruz. >> reporter: lee's endorsement comes hours ahead of a critical debate in florida. >> so, you will be watching the debate tonight. >> i will be watching th

david karol was a professor here at american university. we'll leave it at that. we miss you, david. academic units and universities are like baseball teams. and baseball team somewhere out in the speshes, wait out there, university of maryland stole david from us. i will never forgive you, david. because you are doing such good work about parties in american politics, but more specifically today you know about demographics and the parties and the latino voters and parties. let me begin by asking neri to start if that's ok with the panelists for a few remarks. and then we'll go to glen and we'll end with david. if that's ok. all right. thank you very much. neri: thank you, james. thank you, american university, for having me on this panel. this is an incredibly important topic. i am, myself, latina, of course. and i am the executive director of the future majority project, which is an initiative of the republican state leadership committee to identify, recruit, train, mentor women and minority candidates from all diverse communities. i have been in this role for ab

david carroll was a professor here at american university. we'll leave it at that -- no. e miss you, david. academic units and universities are like baseball teams. and a baseball team somewhere out in the suburbs, way out there, university of maryland, i will never forgive you, david, because you are doing such good work about parties and american politics, but more specifically today you know about demographics and the parties and about the latino voters and party. so let me begin by asking narrowly to start, if that's okay with the panelists, for a few remarks. then we'll go to glen and we'll end with david, if that's okay. all right? thank you very much. >> well, thank you, james. and thank you, american university, for having me on this panel. this is an incredibly important topic. i many myself latina, of course. and i am the executive director of the future majority project which is an initiative to identify, recruit, training and mentor women and minority candidates from all diverse communities. i've been in this role for about three years. the project has been eno

are increasingly skewed to the money in every department. >> i am under graduate freshman at american university. realistically, are the koch brothers correct to say the only way to have change is to control the elite? can we think that the masses can truly participate with keying ahead? >> i love american history. i would say looking over the recent american political history that mass movements can make a tremendous difference the elite donors that had far right views took the course because they could not convince the public of their pointed you to impose minority views of the majority but the public outpouring for obama was not something driven necessarily by the elite donors and there have been many movements in my lifetime i have seen the anti-war movement to have tremendous effect on the environmental movement and not necessarily funded by big donors. i relatively optimistic of the ability of the public to change politics. it takes activism end engagement in the public is getting so cynical and participation and voting was 36 percent and that is pathetic. it takes people being involved ar

. >> an american university student charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest inf campus frat party goes to court. >>> amid all of this talk of flying drones some day delivering packag >>> a lot of news about a future with flying drones that deliver goods. self driving robots are being seen around the uk but they travel on the grounds. they are created by star ship technology. a company launched by the cofounders of skype. >> reporter: this is like a cooler on wheels than high-tech robot revolutionize the industry. >> easily billions of people today are customers of delivery companies. >> reporter: the battery powered robot is designed to deliver on demapped in less than 30 minutes. it scoots at 4 miles per hour and big enough to carry most home deliveries. while aerial drones have been getting the attention, that greed idea just isn't ready to get off the ground. >> it's safer. a lot friendlier to people. people don't like drones flying over the yard with other people's groceries. >> reporter: nine on board cameras and sensors detect pedestrians slow down, stop a

fox5's sarah simmons stopped by american university tonight toy hear what the millenials think about this sarah. >>reporter: we talked to some undergraduates here at american university they ranged from sophomores to seniors.omor some of them were political science major, others international relations, some oi them were law majors, but i was interesting to really hear their take on what's happening in this presidential election.iden >> i'm terrified of this election. > these students at american university arent watching electn 2016 closely and have a lot to say about donald trump and his supporters. the people who grew up in those families that breed fear against the unknown, i think that's who he's speaking to and that's who he is getting attention from. >> he's a businessman. whatever sells and frankly is pop list message is really selling. i do think ted cruz believes what he's saying. even though the group liens to l the left they're worried aboutoi the splitting of the republicann party. for trump to be party azimuth rom any the it'sts scary because, you know, what ii our futu

first at 6:30 this morning a man is dead in early morning fire near american university. happened around 2:45 this morning at a home on the 4400 block of saidwick street. they found the vick testimony on second floor of the home. no word what may have caused fire. in montgomery county tw people rescued from a house fire in gauge rzburg and later made a deadly discovery the man was found dea wrind jamer way. montgomeryville ladies and gentlemen. they're trying to figure out what caused the fire. >> there's a new plan to resolve the redistricting fight in loudoun count question. last night the school board compromised on what will ill pack a few in the leesburg area instead of thousands. it will spread out those going to title one schools. >> 'decisive win against san diego. gw faces elpreso at madison square garden. they tied a school record for wins in the season with 27. >> moving along long now. time for morning line. wizards kept it close. could not get past the warrior warriors. let's check in with sports jun junkyes 106.7 fm the fan. >> having fun on the air we canno

at american university where he answered questions from students on canadian politics, trade relations, resettling refugees, and combating bigotry against muslims. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming out today. i have to admit this is something that matters to me. as much as i could over the past year, i go to universities and high school and colleges and do what i am about to do here. i am very aware this is a place where there's a great tradition of politicians knowing forward and giving important speeches, i am going to try to turn that around a little bit and instead of focusing what the leader has to say to all of view i am interested in hearing from all of you what you have to say. because ultimately the work i am doing right now, the work president obama and i did yesterday was not so much focused on the coming months as much as the coming decades. we are focused on your future. in order to stay focused on your future in the right way, that is the only way of building the prosperity we need in this country for the future we need to have coming generation

many american university students. montgomery county reporte bethesda with the story you will see only on 7. kevin? kevin: hi, michelle. when officers got here they saw two men carrying an unconscious 18-year-old girl to an uber car. they were headed to the car because the girl was so drunk. police entered the house. [audio interruption] jonathan: we apologize, we are having a problem with his microphone. we will get that going for you and try to get back to him. in the meantime, lawmakers in maryland are considering legislation for strengthening punishment for alcohol-related crimes. potential jailtime for adults hosting underage drinking parties and noah's law. that is named for officer noah leotta who was killed in a suspected drunken driving crash. it means hay could have a device installed on cars so if it smells alcohol the car won't start. more information in the case regarding deonte carraway. a lawsuit says it tried to tell the teachers about carraway's crimes but was largely ignored. according to the lawsuit,

on behalf of washington college of law, inter-american university inter-american university school of law, and myself, i want to thank the speakers for being available to this panel. thank you for providing us with this amazing venue here at the nation's capital. think is he spent and other media outlets covering this event and delivering the message that puerto rico claims to change. thank you all who are present here today and to those watching online for demonstrating your interest in seeking solutions for puerto rico. from today's form we can conclude as all three perspective, that puerto rico is at fault for its debt, for lack of administration, whether united states is also responsible, responsible for their lack of oversight, responsible, responsible for not settling the political issue, responsible for expressly excluding puerto rico chapter nine and the possibility of restructuring their debt. the federal government has left rico in the middle of the ocean with no life vest. it is time to launch a rescue mission. all speakers agree that the rescue mission is not a handout. it

if having predicted the rise of donald trump was a prerequisite for speaking at american university our students in american politics wouldn't have any instructor. none of us saw this coming. [ laughter ] >> well, thank you. so when president obama and president raul castro made their surprise announcement last december, 2014 that they had agreed normalize u.s.-cuban relations that drew immediate fire from republican presidential hopefuls. marco rubio said obama was the worst negotiator in his lifetime. senator cruz accused obama of bailing out castro. and ex-governor bush accused obama of betraining freedom. now as you might expect donald trump thought company have gotten a better deal. [ laughter ] but notice that he didn't attack the idea of engaging with cuba. now, the argument i want to make today is that the politics of the cuba issue are actually more complicated than most of these would indicate. so first, let's look at national polling on obama's opening to cuba. as you can see, the president's opening is overwhelmingly popular with the general public. above 70% favorable. and

many from american university and the u.s. marine corps. the conditions disgusting, dark, rowdy. alcohol dripped through floorboards while the air temp hovered around 100 degrees. the alleged party-host, 22-year-old tyler steinhart. now charged with 110 counts of serving alcohol to minors. >> how do you get this many people, this many minors here so far away from any college campus? that blows my mind. kevin: it took 30 officers to shut down the party. in part because a fraternity president jamison tieman got irate and attacked a cop who needed stitches. an 18-year-old girl was sent to t poisoning. some teens tried jumping out a second-floor window. the alcohol count inside the house .09. that is above the legal driving limit. >> my goodness. >> stephanie row gan lives across the street and has little sympathy. >> sounds as though he used poor judgment and how he has to pay the price with his reputation for the rest of his life. kevin: late today american university told me it's aware of the unruly party and ads that it sat down and talked with every student cited. for the frater

. >>> happening today, the man charged in connection with the deadly shooting on an american university grad will be in court. christopher proctor is one of three men charged in matthew schlonsky's death. schlonsky was shot outside shaw howard university metro station in northeast last august. prosecutors said proctor was on court supervised release at the time of the shooting. he's charged with second-degree murder. >>> we're getting new details this morning into what convicted musher jesse matthew was doing when he went on the run. unsealed federal court documents reveal that matthew's aunt told him to talk to detectives so they could find hannah graham. she was the university of virginia student who disappeared in 2014. but matthew fled to texas instead. police traced a phone call he made to his father and a as who saw his picture on tv. matthew is in prison for life for killing graham, virginiagar and trying to kill a fairfax woman. >>> to decision 2016. voters in five states head to the polls this morning. missouri, illinois, ohio, north carolina and florida. and for the first time

program administrators at american university have posted on their au abroad facebook page, all students are safe and accounted for and that the university's thoughts are with them. back to you, vance. >> this is the height of the cherry blossom tourist season here in washington. visitors all over the mall and not too terribly worried about terrorism. tom sherwood reports. >> the national mall merry go round is geared up for the crowds, long lines formed at air and space, in part because of confusion >> the terror attacks in belgium were on the minds of tourists here. >> i feel this is a very safe place and especially the way that we're all sticking together. i don't have any concerns whatsoever about the nation's capital at the moment. >> at the martin luther king jr. memorial, one illinois mother whose daughter is here for a college tour of howard did express a little worry. >> i was nervous this morning when i saw it on the news. we google, evacuation routes, trying to figure if the airports are going to be shut down. what's the risks and the liabilities to be here today. >> tourists

richard reeve, abc 7 news. 7, more than 100 counts of underage drinking at ans after a party american university off-campus fraternity house. the police say that it took 30 officers to break up a wild party at the fraternity. investigators say that it was so bad that alcohol was dripping through the floorboards and that for our halld 0.09 concentration. there was even violence between the fraternity president and an officer. the alleged host is charged with 110 counts of serving alcohol to minors. leon: a baltimore city police chief and two showing interaction between him and a young male. this video was taken at the school, showing the officer slapping the young man across the face and kicking him. dark conflict in reports tonight about whether the young man is a student at this school -- there are conflicting reports tonight about whether the young man is a student at the school. reports were that he was hospitalized for facial injuries and bruised ribs. the baltimore police are investigating. 7 on your side first warned about the dangers of exploding e-cigarettes, and it's happening closer to

is dianna jordan from puerto rico and she's getting her degree in international studies at american university. she's focusing on latin american rights. she said she struggled with the decision of moving from puerto rico to d.c. to pursue her education, but once she arrived she said she hasn't regretted taking that leap of faith in order to advance her career. you can see her story and other incredible women on our nbc washington instagram. >>> prince william county will not appeal a plan to treat and release toxic water. they plan to release 215 million gallons water inle aua from january's blizzard. it'sed a h the environment en the department of public w say it is will protect the river with hay bales and spread the snow out to melt to safely remove the trash and debris. >>> in the 2016acc basketball tournament, virginia tech is playing at the verizon center. the game starts at 9:00 p.m. their opponent will depend on the outcome of a game earlier in the day. road. teorologist chuck bell has goo gonzalez outside the white house. a manhunt ends in d.c., but questions still remain about how a

all of the american university students studding a broad in belgium are safe and accounted for. meanwhile they are in the changing their travel plans and stay in belgium through saturday morning. live from the sat center trang dough for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have have much more otter or attacks in brussels, that is coming up at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> in other news rob ford, infamous former mayor of toronto has died at the age of 46, after an eight month long battle with cancer, ford's tenure as mayor of canada's largest city was complicated by revelation about his drinking problems and illegal drug use. but not even scandal could keep him out of office. ford what's electric by a landslide to city council, a position that he held until his death. >>> meanwhile a custody battle in callus making national headlines, six year-old girl is being removed from the only home she has ever end because of her heritage. social workers arrived in santa clara california to take lex i from her foster parents so she co

as an alum of the program of law and government of american university's washington college of law and interamerican university of puerto rico, i am honored to be standing here before all of you to discuss a topic that is of great importance for my fellow puerto ricans. puerto rico's debt and political status. in light of the political and legal and economic impact that puerto rico will endure when the supreme court of the united states decides the cases. i personally want to express my gratitude to the program of law and government of american university's washington college of law for being available to ponder on the ideas. thank you for making an idea of an alum a possibility. thank you for making this academic forum a reality. i also want to thank the interamerican university of puerto rico school of law for co-sponsoring this event and michael for promoting the event in puerto rico. in the statement of purpose that all aspiring students have to write in their admissions process, i wrote many words that resonate with the same meaning today. i wrote, i believe that if a country face

. >> reporter: political analysts and american university professor is looking closely at texas. the state with the most delegates in tomorrow's primary. if donald trump beats ted cruz in his home state of texas, he believes trump will be difficult to stop. >> if ted cruz does win texas, if donald trump's numbers don't go as high as he would like them to be, if mor co-rubio and ted cruz start bumping up against donald trump's lead, then people might begin to say he's slowing down. >> reporter: cruz and rubio are on the attack. some see rubio's tactics as a sign of desperation. trump's endorsement by the kkk doesn't seem to be making a dent in his numbers so far. >> if this kkk and david incident sort of seep into the voters' minds, if his tax issue and the fact that he isn't releasing his tax returns, if that seeps into voters' minds. some of those late deciders may go for somebody else. >> reporter: and in another interesting twist, ted cruz cited a buzz feed report claiming "the new york times" has a secret tape. cruz is pushing trump to ask the times to release that tape to th

the issue of diversity which is something in a great score like american university in the center for international service, expecting to see a broad range of paces. the reality is we walked down the street in our two great countries and you see a tremendous diversity of perspectives. and we know that globalization, migration, refugee crisis, the challenges that the world is facing will mean a greater flow of people across borders, living here, settling there, working here, working there. the able the drawn different perspectives. desire to succeed, willingness to work together. passion is to be something that we embrace excited to see the extraordinary mix and american university but no that this is something that this generation gets to a greater degree than previous generations. it is a place we can lean on. more than that, how we continue to engage in big issues around growing our economy, making sure we are creating opportunities for people to succeed, to follow their own potential, to contribute in ways that are different than used to be in the model of success, depending on how

i and excited to see the extraordinary mix here at american university, but no again this is something this generation gets to a greater degree than previous generations, and is a place we can lead on, and we need to. more than that, how we continue to engage in big issues around growing our economy, making sure that we are creating opportunities for people to succeed, to follow their own potential. contribute in ways that are different. the model of success in the past was, depending on how good grades you got in school, you get a good job, you start in the mailroom, you work your way up to vice president, you get a gold watch at the end of your career, you could make it to the president of the company if you married the bosses daughter, but that is the old way of working. the career path we are going to have will jump around everywhere. it is preposterous to think that a former snowboard instructor nightclub bouncer could end up prime minister of canada. [laughter] [applause] but the experiences that we accumulate along the way in multiple career paths and multiple engagements that d

. >>> american university's president announced a short time ago he will step down when his contract expires in may next year. he has spent more than a decade at the helm and first alumni to serve as president. >>> a dc firefighter among the three people recovering in the hospital after a fire in northeast and all expected to be okay. bren apartment. >> i have nothing. i have to start over again. i have my kids and that's all that matters. >> a generator exploded before the fire broke out but the exact cause is under investigation. >>> dozens of world leaders descending on washington on the summit to prevent nuclear terrorist attacks. it's happening at the convention center all week long and parking restrictions, street closures and motorcades will tie up traffic. plan ahead if you take metro because the mt. vernon station closes wednesday and thursday. >>> we say goodbye to the rain rolling through the region this morning. allyson rae has sunny news in the first alert forecast. >> what a difference a few hours makes. it was cloudy and gloomy and rainy this morning and now clear skie

. >> an advocacy group for survive he was of sexual assault accusing american university and other schools of mishandling sex assault cases. the group end rape on campus say no contact orders between alleged victims and alleged perpetrators weren't enforced. it is filing complaints with the u.s. department education of civil rights. saying they don't tolerate sexual misconduct. >> another critical night in the race of the white house. a big night for the front runners. >> donald trump and hillary clinton notching big wins in primaries. there is a lot at stake. 150 delegates up for grabs and republican candidates and 205 candidates on the other side. we are following the numbers and latest on the nomination battles. >> anothig four on the republican side and two called for donald trump. the gop front-runner regaining momentum with big wins in mississippi and michigan. now, putting his rivals back on their heels. >> reporter: donald trump claiming victory from the grounds of a trump golf course in jupiter, florida. >> i'm not going to say that anybody didn't do well, they didn't do well. the

. >>> an american university student accused of assaulting a police officer is due in court this morning. jamison tyman allegedly hit a montgomery officer in the chest and eye after attending an underage drinking party in bethesda. police say he became angry after being told to leave the party. that happened in january. a 22-year-old who leases the house has been charged with 110 counts of providing alcohol to minors. >>> also this morning, the case of a d.c. police ceoffir charged with assault goes to trial. officer ulysses delaney is accused of attacking a worker the dispute filled on the street. charges against the worker were later dropped. the officer's trial starts at 9:30 this morning. >>> a spotsylvania teenager is charged in the murder of his mother's boyfriend. deputies found john conroy junior deed of several gunshot wounds. they say conroy was attacking his girlfriend when the 15-year- old grabbed the gun and shot him. prosecutors will decide whether the charges should be upgraded lowered or dismissed altogether. >>> a man whose child was found dead in aseptic tank has been s

according to researchers that the american university of beirut, the air can co contamination in these areas is 400 times higher than that of industrial zones. during days when waste was being burnt, researchers found that the air in nearby areas contained 2300% more substances capable of causing cancer. >> based on this, we found that the number of people who will be prone to cancer raised from one person per million to 18 people per million >> reporter: the government has promised to reopen the closed landfill site and set up two new sites in a bid to end the crisis. progress may be slow amid general political inertia. the country has been without a president for over two years because of political infighting. anti trash activists say it is not enough. they want a permanent solution. for people like this man, any steps are welcome, so long as the trash is taken away some time soon >>> five years after they split into two countries, sudan and south sudan are rebuilding ties. >> reporter: just a row of rocks and tours serves as a road bloke between sudan and south sudan. people walk ba

dianna jordan is getting her degree at american university. ri but when she arived she hasn't rtt who want to steal your identity. the tax office says it flagged 25,000 fake returns last year by catching those fake returns it saves the city $36 million. it's recommending that people double check their own returns. >>> a rally today in support of five bills that could tighten gun control even more in maryland. if the senate takes action on any of these bills, one would prevent guns on college campuses, another would keep guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers. a third would keep them from anyone on the fbi' list. the others increase theup l nig of florida. >> the polls seem to think that he doesn't. he's 8 points behind donald trump. we know from last night in michigan polls can be wrong. but if he can't win florida, there's got to be discussion about whether or not marco rubio is a democrats? bernie sanders upset hill populn g in nevada and south carolina. but does it really change anything going forward? she picked up mississippi

minister justin trudeau talks about canadian politics and takes questions from students at american university in washington dc. >> c-span, created by america's cable company 35 years ago and brought bought you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> it has been about one year since the sec voted to regulate the internet of a public utility. coming up next is the net neutrality saga, a discussion and vote on privacy rules for the internet. jim halpert is a privacy and cybersecurity lawyer. mr. halpert, what will the sec be discussing? >> the issue is for many years the federal trade commission, by virtue of the net neutrality order, the fcc has changed that because it is classified as an internet access provider and that creates a void where the ftc can no longer regulate that aspect, the one aspect of the situation of the business of internet access providers. so there is now a rulemaking coming up where the sec will decide what to put into place perhaps replicating these rules. >> you support the fact that the federal communications commission may do some commission

. >> reporter: she went on to teach at american university directing the first lady's initiative teaching students about the legacy of the america's first ladies, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we caught up with people at the smithsonian who reflected on the former first lady and we spoke with one man who knew nancy reagan well. frank was a white house staff member during reagan's precedency. he called the former first lady her head's personal protector and closest advisory. >> this was sort of the end of an erra where the two most important people politically in my life now have just passed on. she was totally devoted to her husband. she wanted to make sure that he was successful. >> she struck me as a woman of grace and poise and elegance. >> ronald reagan was a great president but he had a good woman by has side. >> part of the work included nancy reagan encouraging her husband to continue to negotiate with the soviet union. that is what contributed to the end of the w it is going to turn warmer starting tomorrow. but, just how warm? let's find out. >> notice i have a coat on

she attend american university and everyone is safe. >>> we have also reached out to st. joes and penn state about their stud a broad programs in belgium, both schools, excuse me, have seven students enrolled and tell us those students are all safe and out of harms way. >>> well, officials say there is no specific credible threat to the u.s., home land security is stepping up patrols at major transportation hubs as a precaution. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is at philadelphia international the where a strong security presence is evident tonight, greg. >> it is exactly right, guess contact airport officials are telling passengers to expect to see those increased security patrols, in all areas of the philadelphia international airport and both passengers and even people i spoke with tonight said they are staying extra vigilant as well. >> mixed with the passengers coming and going from philadelphia international airport, an increased in police and law enforcement presence. >> it is good to have heightened awareness. i'm kind of real big on we got to be mindful anyw

their trash often in residential neighbors like this one here, according to researchers at the american university the air contamination in these areas is 400 times higher than that of lebanon's industrial zones. during days when waste was being burnt researchers found that the air in nearby areas contain 2300% more substances capable of causing cancer. >> we found the amount and number of people who will be prone to cancer raised from one person per million to 18 people per million. >> reporter: lebanon's government has promised to reopen the closed landfill site and set up two new sites in a bid to end the crisis and it is slow among political enertia and without a president for over two years because of political infighting and antitrash activists say the measures are not enough and they want a more permanent solution but for people like him any steps are welcome so long as the trash is taken away sometime soon, al jazeera, beirut. >>> death toll from yellow fever outbreak is climbing, the world health organization says 158 people died from the disease mainly in the suburb of the capitol and th

. >> welcome professor james thurber from american university, coeditor of a new book called "american gridlock: the sources, character, and impact of political polarization". good morning. >> morning. >> good to see you. >> why are we so polarized? >> there are variety of reasons. sorting going on. it is a phenomenon where people mo to e th we have a phenomenon, if you live in downtown baltimore your african-american around people that agree with you. you have lots of people that agree with you also. the theory is, you move to areas where if you can there are people you agree with. if you do not, you keep your mouth shut or begin to be like people around you. redistricting is drawing lines around those things. partn phenomenon around the united states. redistricting for state legislatures as well as the house of representatives creates districts that are pretty safe. there are only 21 seats in the house right now that are estimated to be competitive out of 435. many of the state legislatures are dominated by one party. they are becoming polarized. reinforces this by having people go t

i just found out his great-grandfather had his law degree before and was affiliated with american and university. if we could not figure out when that affiliation happened and as say professor in a used part of government inland but including with those cuban-americans is very influential. in the familiar with the book that cannot last year means with the book that comes out in six or eight weeks so with those swings states everyone is aware of the notion there are a number of states in which it will likely hinge those states by colorado virginia mexico with a head the latino population, and so how the latino vote may impact the swing states looking at the presidential or the senate level was well. is another issue we thought was particularly interesting for this cycle is the role of the substantial migration to the mainland over the past several years in the possible impact this may have on the outcome of the election in the spring states and also perhaps beyond that is one of the wild cards resaw another is a change of u.s. policy to cuba to that extent is influenced by the republican party's

. >> steve rapile is a professor at american university's washington college of law and a contributors to scotuus blog. be for those of you not in the know, that's supreme court of the united states. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> sri srinavasan was a hot candidate, i want to talk about him in a moment, but was picking garland the impetus to have republicans cave in and confirm him? >> it was seen that he would be more confirmable by republicans, that's not the initial reaction we have been hearing, second, he is able to withstand the storm that he has just set sail in. you know if he ends up staying in the court of appeals and being its chief judge for a while longer he's had a distinguished and impressive career. the other nominees like sri srinavasan are younger, just starting out their careers. the impact of the fight might be greater on them. garland is in a position to weather the storm. >> more durable more near the end of his career should things not work out. now some liberals might be unhappy with how the obama administration is framing him as a mode

. >> kelsie roskam and masters is not american university. he touched on this a little bit in your speech. i was wondering if you could expand on how you are putting the people in the country on trade with the u.s. and speaking specifically of the criticism of sanctions and mostly hurt the citizens who are suffering already. >> so, if you go back to early sanctions programs, it was pretty much on our off. he cut a country often have brought caps-on the general public. fast forward to the russian sanctions after ukraine. very highly engineered and targeted. the first round of sanctions didn't target major financial is to tuition that affect consumers where the disruption would be felt by average citizens. they went to a bank were the leaders headed to bed and with those who are part of the policy that is being targeted to be effect is. the industry is up by sanctioned and russia, e-mail, where not the food industry. it was russia's retaliation or they cut off food imports from europe which didn't hurt their own people. we were very careful to

right near american university. firefighters found a man trapped inside. rushed him to the hospital where he later died. neighbors say he was in his 60's. his name has not been released. the cause is still under investigation. three hours earlier firefighters battling a town home fire in gaithersburg made a grim discovery. a man dead inside one of the homes that collapsed. two other people on the second floor of one of the homes escaped unarmed. ahead at 5:30 tonight, what we just learned about the victim from one of the best friends. leon: the occupational and health facile city person. this is as we learn more about those trapped inside and the company that owns the manassas facility. we'll check in with the i-team investigator chris papst on the company's past in a moment. but let's start the evening with the northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg sanding by at the site of the collapse. jeff, what a grisly day at work for workers yesterday. jeff: it's just awful. quiet day at reinhart foodservice. not much activity following yesterday's incident.

african-american student confront a young man at san francisco state university because he has dreadlocks. here is what he says and she says. >> do you think i can't have a hairstyle because of your culture? why? >> because this is my culture. you know it belongs to me. >> you know it was egyptian culture. are you egyptian. >> are you not. >> are you eye egyptian? >> so what happens after that, if we can let the video run, what you see is that young man, tries to get away from this woman. she blocks the attempt. in about 18 seconds in he is trying to get away from her. she blocks him. he grabs her arm to push her arm. she then grabs him and keeps telling him you can't rate dread hoax. cultural appropriation. the school is investigating this. the young man, there it is. young man filed a police report. they're saying at san francisco state they promote ride right campus community to condone free speech but condone wife i don't remember that impedes safety and well being of others. the young man. we know identity of young woman but we haven't gotten comment. the young man is gone public. he

. >> reporter: political analysts in american university is looking closely at texas the state with the most delegates in tomorrow's primary. if donald trump beats ted cruz in his home state of texas, he believes trump will be difficult to stop. >> if ted cruz does win texas, if donald trump's numbers don't go as high as he would like them to be, if marco rubio and ted cruz start bumping up against donald trump's lead, people might begin to say he's slowing down. >> reporter: cruz and rubio are on the attack. some see rubio's new-found trump-like tactic desperation. trump's endorsement by the kkk doesn't seem to be making a dent in his numbers so far. >> if this incident sort of seep into the voters' minds, if his tax issue and the fact that he isn't releasing his tax returns, if that seeps into voters' minds, some of those late deciders may go for somebody else. >> and in another interesting report, the new york times has a secret off the record tape that indicates donald trump may be flexible over his immigration plans. cruz is pushing trump to release the tape to the public. >> what

. >>> an american university student charged with assaulting a police officer is facing a judge today. jamison timon is accused of hitting a police officer so hard that he needed stitches after an underage drinking party. police say he became angry after being told to leave the party. that happened in january in bethesda. the 22-year-old that leases a house there has been charged with 110 counts of providing alcohol to minors. >>> the knights of columbus will release a report about the state of terror toward christians in the middle east today. the reports comes days after the white house stopped short of declaring the persecution of christians at the hands of isis as genocide. a house committee passed a resolution declaring it a genocide. a report about the subject is due out march 17th. >>> in cleveland, the clinic says the nation's first ut a news conference monday but she experienced a sudden complication and doctors surgically removed the organ on tuesday. >>> children that are the youngest in their grade are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder

. >>> the president of american university is9,kp#! they are. >>> right now we are learning more about this week's nuclear security summit. leaders from dozens of countries will be here to talk about stopping nuclear terrorism around the world. short story for you and me here. give yourself extra time to get around town later this week. the secret service stepping up security, restricting parking and closing roads. take a look at the map here. pretty much everything around the washington convention center will be closed at some point. that includes new york avenue, massachusetts avenue, and trains will be >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. maybe some minor flight delays in new england as the rain will be moving through there. right now storm team 4 radar showing we're drying out here. the winds are starting to pick up. in western maryland, they've had gusts to 40 miles an hour. that pollen count lower, so the allergies will be better. we'll be followed by a cooler pattern in the next couple days. shenandoah valley, mid 60s

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boards, national endowment for democracy, atlantic council, the american university of afghanistan.rlie: the world you and -- inhabited as a public official. this comes some years after your experience, a long time coming? did you just -- decide to write it. zalmay: i wanted to reflect and be able to talk to some of the colleagues who had other responsibilities and do it in a way.ery way -- deliberate not to settle scores, but to do a thorough objective. my background, although i've have done a lot of policies as a scholar and anna -- and analyst. at columbia was university. i took my time. charlie: take a look at where we are today. first afghanistan -- new government they are -- there since your friend left. there is talk of negotiation with the taliban. there seems to be more strength in terms of the central military force military force. where are we? zalmay khalilzad: they are in a much better place than after 9/11. ,n army that is holding although after we reduce those forces, there has been a shift in favor of the taliban. they have gained territory. is havinggovernment diffi