this mega-fan in n ashington had a stockpile of star wars items stolen from his home. tens of thousands of dollars in collectibles -- gone. he says the better part of his savings was wrapped up in this collection. but for whatever reason -- they did leave behind -- a mint conditionn millelenial falcon.. 63 years after it was checked out -- a book finally finds its way back to the library. that's one overdue book. a man in alabama checked it out in 1952. recently, he found the book -- so he wanted to fix his mistte. he returned it to the librarian "i'm a former teacher and i thought well i'd want my students to turn their book in." the librarian believes the fine would be around 1515hundred dollars... but she's going to waive it -- because he did the right thing. the man says he had a good excuse just in case. he says he's a slow reader. you'll forgive us for mentioning christmas, even before halloween, once you hhar this xt story. an entire town in canada is in the holiday spirit a few months early... all for one little boy. evan is battling brain cancer, and he isn't

join the conversation, ashington journal" live on c-span. >> this week, education secretary duncan unveiled a proposal that would divert incarceration costs to states willing to spend more money op teachers and school staff. this event occurred two days prior to secretary duncan announcing he will be stepping down at the end of the year. from the national press club. this is an hour. >> in addition to our guest, i want to welcome c-span and public radio audiences as well as those watching on the live stream. you can follow the auction on twitter as well. npclive.hash tag # arne duncan grew up in chicago. his mother started an urban tutoring program for kids from low-income families on chicago's south side. young arnie was there, tutoring, playing basketball, and learning the value of a good education. later, he would head the chicago school system. he became friends with the future president, barack obama.

edward lawrence is in ashington digging deeper. >> reporter: good evening. experts say that the president made this decision to avoid a mistake made in iraq or the same mistake that was made in iraq. they say that when the u.s. troops pulled out, the country slipped into chaos. president obama announced more troops are needed to stay longer in afghanistan to keep that country secure. even though the combat mission is over. president says americans will be safer. >> i believe this mission is vital to our national security interests in preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and nation. >> reporter: the president reassessed his plan to drawdown the number of troops by the end of 2016 because of recent taliban advances. this abrupt turnaround keeps our presence at 9800 troops through next year. and then drops to 5500 in 2017. >> this modest but meaningful extension of our presence can make a real difference. >> reporter: he adds the mission remains the same, advise and train with counterterrorism operations. >> the afghan security forces at some point

on the second of september, ashington reported considerable amount of provisions on the way to philadelphia. 20 days later, he lamented it appears that none of the provisions destined for the french fleet had yet arrived. heath 12th of october, was finally able to report provisions were arriving daily. of the supplies by the french was pinching the american troops and the fleet still needed a lot more. supplying boston from virginia and maryland was proved impossible. the british command of the seas. so the marine committee ordered that the supplies be put in a warehouse near the shore where the french fleet could come and get it. in september, realizing that the american officials efforts to vittel the fleet was insufficient, d'estaing commissioned his own completely. themroviders sold it to instead of to the american army. on the fifth of november, the to after d'estaing was set head for the west indies, he wrote the pairs a detailed report. -- two -- he wrote to paris a detailed report. he praised all of the officials who helped supply his fleet. afforded married an american a word of th

(nicklas bckstrm/w ashington capitals center)it's a little different than being on the ice but it's a good thing. homeward trails is holds adoption events at their facility in fairfax, virginia, -- helping prospective pet owners spend time with pups like grace and parksley, before deciding to take them home. adoption center director mark goodhart says no matter how cute that face is -- it's important to look at how that dog, fits into a household. (mark goodhart/hom eward trails adoption center director)many people come in very interested in puppies without realizing the full commitment that entails, in terms of what a puppy needs and the amount of care that they prospective pet owners about work schedules -- and time they can devote to a pet's needs. they ask about small children, and any allergies. and for those in rental units -- they'll contact landlords to make sure a dog is within a property's guidelines. (mark goodhart/hom eward trails adoption center director)you should have an idea of the size of dog that you can have. the amount of space you have in your home that can accomm

eight years, and to keep it balanced, i will start the process to amend our constitution to require ashington to balance its budget every single year like states and like families in america. we need a constitutional amendment to force them to balance their budget and do its job. and i hope you will support me in that. mr. kasich: a balanced budget helps create jobs because it makes more room in the economy for businesses to thrive and to create jobs. right over here, you can see the federal debt clock. $18 trillion-plus. it's pretty amazing, isn't t? that is what we have run up, and that is what you have to pay. to the students here today, think about what this means for you. it means $57,000 in debt that each one of you -- $57,000 in debt that each one of you have to carry. and that includes my two 15-year-old twin daughters. putting down their back. we have to stop it. think what you could do with this money to help yourself without having to pay that debt if we could begin to erase it. i served in congress and led the committee that wrote the government's budget. i was the chief architect

d.c.,ashington, independent line. caller: i would like to say something about the disability. together andcome work out some kind of agreement where everybody that is on ,isability can work together and come up with more plans and more ideas where you can keep the soldiers in and individuals and families on disability, keep them working, some kind of way, where we can still support disability. twelve,ou go to one of his deeds will be mighty upon the earth. the generation of the upright shall be blessed. wealth and riches shall be in his house. that is what we have to work on. we have to stay strong on that. everybody is not into the word so that is why the system is so messed up. everybody needs to be in church or reading the word of god, that is my comment for the day. host: from washington, d.c., mitchell, independent line. caller: one thing to pose for your listeners, how did the recent benghazi testimony and the fact that i don't think the republicans came out looking all that well and whether or not that impact or influenced the budget negotiations and discussions? and pe