was austrian cardinal francis kidney cancer now another founding fathers president of the catholic university of i start. it's right well there's it all mean that christianity the religion still has a very active role to play in the your appeal european intellectual life today look first at all i would seize it we are all standing on this across in europe and europe is to be understood the. christian religion gc's of or really in russia too. part of christianity and don't. forget we inherited from christianity two things first. the liberty. freedom and secondly dignity of men into those as in most in creedence and when you're looking around when you see how difficult. it is as a state in our continent to speak and see dignity of men well as far as i know from history of the twentieth and especially nineteenth century. scientists were religious people they were believers and this made life pretty hard for them would you say that modern scientists are still pretty religious people and real believers that when you really when you're making deep science and when you especially medicine when you're g

>>> metro will has a red line delay because of broken-down train at the catholic university station. rains. marc rail brunswick line train 870 is running 10 minutes late. " 7 is in pretty good shape as well as the greenway and the toll road. more traffic spouted out of manassas. -- route 7 is in pretty good shape. the george washington parkway is uneventful right now. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:51 right now. prices going up at a denny's restaurants. >> we turn to linda bell with a preview of trading as well at bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. value conscious consumers looking for the best deals in this tough economy, consumer reports" has its best new-car valueless. the honda fit tops the list. they noted its performance reliability, and ownership cost among 200 vehicles analyzed. it gives you the most bang for the buck. the grand slam breakfast at denny's may soon cost more. you will soon see modest price increases due to higher food costs. they did not specify when that will happen or by how much. denny's is facing pricing press

if you're a catholic university, hospital, a nonprofit organization and you service and hire only catholics then that is okay, you can get the exemption. one ofhe great things about the catholic church is the catholic with the small c, it means universal. we service people who are not catholic. we always have since the immigrants in this country going back hundreds of years ago. i used to work in a school in spanish harlem. most of the students were black and pro protestant. that kind of hobson's choice, that kind of a catch-22, i got you either way is something that rile angers me, in fact just talking to you about it right now just brings it back. i mean how much more insult can we take. megyn: it does make you wonder what would happen if a catholic hospital started to say no noncatholics allowed either in the applications to work here or to be treated here. >> the lawsuits are going to fly. megyn: what are they going to choose? they will challenge this. >> sure. megyn: if they don't win the lawsuits or if the deadline comes before they are resolved as a practical matter could they refuse this and pay the fine that is required if you don't

, catholic universities, you know, catholic groups, and they are arguing, you've basically given us a year extension, that gives us a year to figure out how to violate our conscience. >> their idea of an exemption is you only get it if you administer to your own people, if you're amish and minister to yourself. megyn: the catholic hospital says if you're jewish you can't come in. >> it's a very untraditional understanding. the supreme court just ruled about the obama administration's position on the examazon in an unrelated case and called it extreme. they are marching a very extreme idea on religious liberty with the healthcare law. megyn: why is president obama doing this? i know he was under pressure from women's reproductive rights groups and everyone from now to planned parenthood. one would assume he probably would have got even those votes any way in the next election. >> that's what i think. i think he's calculated on the other side that he's lost some of these other votes any way and he needs to shore up the space. a lot of the people were mad. megyn: the now, the planned parenthood. >> he made the decision to defer plan b for a while. i think he felt he needs to shore up

catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high school in dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard universitythat is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >> you grew up in the boston area. what made you want to make the transition and moved to san francisco? what motivated you to get involved in politics question marks before i ran for office, and worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney. i got to understand how much of a be in san francisco is to the rest of the world for social justice. i spent a number of years helping to grow a small business. i got to understand the innovative spirit in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood leader and as feature of an affordable housing organization. i learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and the special jewels that are the urban villages we live in. i ran for office because i

universities. catholic archbishop soon-to-be-cardinal timothy dolan, head of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, vowed to fight the requirement. he called it unconstitutional and said it will force people to choose between violating their consciences or giving up their health insurance. >>> the majority of evangelical christians are politically conservative and republican. political analysts agree a candidate can't become the gop presidential nominee without strong support from evangelicals. but so far this primary season, conservative christians have been divided over which candidate to support. some evangelicals say they can't support mitt romney because of his mormon faith. and as the florida primary approaches, many are still undecided. kim lawton reports. >> announcer: at a megachurch in orlando, evangelical christians gathered to pray for the nation. the meeting was organized by a group called the response, which has been holding similar sessions in other early primary states. they say they're praying because they are well aware of the importance of the upco

university procedure was. and that's the crux of the matter. paterno was afraid, didn't want to get involved because he understood the implications for the university. and that's, exactly, exactly what happened in the catholich. a number of bishops found out about child molestation by priests and they covered it up because they didn't want to involve themselves and the church. now, that's disturbing on a number of thoughts, my opinion, children are under siege in america. 2010 abuse allegations a half million of the allegations were substantiated 75% of the kids suffered neglect and 15% suffered physical abuse and close to 10% suffered sexual abecause and that's more tn 63,000 american children sexually abused in 2010. there's no question that abusing a child is a heinous crime and no excuse for it and no excuse for any american not to stop the abuse immediately. either physically stop it or call the police on the spot. joe paterno looked away. now, why is this happening in our notion. a number of reasons. codes of conduct have broken down. right now we have a presidential candidate ron paul who wants a legalize narcotics and knows it would put drugs in the hand of children fan more than today. you want pro

of your own faith you get the exemption. the word catholic with a small c means universal. one of the nice things about my religion is we don't discriminate now we are getting punished because we actually service people. i used to work in harlem teaching african-americans, most of whom were protestant. are we being told that we are serving too many people other than catholics and we don't qualify for an exemption? >> this is so extraordinary to have priests across the country take to the pulpit over the weekend and to read letters to their constituents saying in some cases and i quote, the church cannot and we will not comply with this unjess law. i have never heard anything like that from my priest in my 41 years, bill. you tell me, obama carries 54% of the catholic vote last time around, 2008. how does this impact the president in an election year? >> reporter: he made a major mistake. if he's a few weeks out from the election he wins. he loses now because too many catholics are aware of it. if i saw the reaction of the people in my church, which is not a very conservative

red line delays for metro rail customers because of a broken down train at the catholic university brooklyn station, creating single-tracking. newschopper 7 looking at 66. here we are near nutley street. headlights are eastbound. there's more action spotted on the highway now. we will see if we have more volume than yesterday. back to news. >>> mitt romney's margin of victory early this morning. the gop chairman declared the former massachusetts governor dukakis winner. he beat rick santorum by just eight votes. ron paul finished in third place, followed by newt gingrich, rick perry, and michelle bachmann. former massachusetts governor has been declared the caucus winner. >> the race went down to the wider. >> it did. the numbers were double checked early this morning after nearly 1000 campaign events.seven different front runners more than $12 million in television ads, and it all came down to eight votes. it truly went down to the wire. it was a two-man battle in the end. >> 32,015 votes for former governor mitt romney. senator santorum received 30,007 votes. >> eight votes separated the

of the world's largest humanitarian organizations based here in baltimore. carolyn woo will head the catholic relief. she previously served as the dean of the business school at the university of notre dame. >>> a bitterly cold afternoon, with temperatures hovering around freezing much of the day. live look outside. plenty of cloud cover outside right now. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> coldest day since actually last february. which wasn't a particularly cold year this year. but this cold snap has a few clouds with it. this evening, maybe a few flurries around the region. doesn't look like a squall situation. won't be coming down quick and hard like it did yesterday. but a fewuary -- few areas will see a few changes this week. believe it or not, a warming trend is coming our way. it was 13 at the airport. last february 9th, it was 13 as well. 6 this morning as well. 15, oakland city. 17 in washington. right now, it's warmed up to 31. never even got to freezing today. good news is, i guess -- good news or bad news, depending on your perspective, 10 degrees warmer, beginning tomorrow. denise? >> all right. that is good news to me, bo

tomorrow, coincides with the anniversary of the 1973 supreme court decision roe versus wade, which legalized abortion. more than 500 students from catholic universityted to participate in the march. >>> president obama is preparing for his election-year "state of the union" address on tuesday. he plans to push for what he calls a more prosperous and equitable society. the president will once again call for changes to the tax code so that the wealthy pay more. it's an idea that republicans oppose, despite overwhelming public support. president obama's third state of the union is set for tuesday night at 8:00, and you can watch it right here on nbc 4, your place for politics. >>> as expected, all roads near the capitol will be closed for tuesday's state of the union. parts of constitution avenue, independence avenue, pennsylvania avenue and east capitol street will close down at 7:00 on tuesday night. police expect the roads to be opened shortly after the state of the union address. >>> life in prison without parole, that's the sentence prosecutors are calling for in the lululemon murder case. britney norwood is scheduled to be sentenced in montgomer

it happened in the 400 block of taylor street in northeast near catholic university.live from the scene. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning, chris. i want to direct your attention to the scene behind me. if you look just beyond that police cruiser, you can see the undercarriage of one of the vehicles involved. that car is now resting on its

yesterday, religion based university like catholic hospitals or universities have denied contraception coverage for their employees. the new law will require them to do so by 2014. houses oforkplace are exempt. they say they may drop coverage for their employees all together and topt pay fines instead if they can't have the decision overruled. >>> with us, the man of the hour, the man of the day. >> i had a car garaged b ed and didn't need to use this. those that left them out- >> everyone in the parking lot already had their wind shishiel wipers already lifted up, a very good idea. freezing snow, ice, winter messiness meets you thisthe 2-'s got the everyday value slam, classic burger, build your own chicken wrap, cheese quesadilla, chicken parmesan, all you can eat pancakes, cordon bleu melt, the new cookie skillet a la mode. whew. so many choices, so little airtime. the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. >>> welcome back, everybody. early on a saturday morning, you are taking a live look at the american legion bridge. it now only has two right lanes. stay left to get by. remember this morning, very slick roads out there. all wheel drive or not, you can find yourself i

roman catholic, income, over $1.3 million over a 20-month period ending august 2011. penn state university b. a., and law school jd. university of pittsburgh mba. u.s. house of representatives four years, two terms, '90 to '94. u.s. stockmarkets 12 years, two successive terms, 1994 to 2006. fox news channel contributer, four years, 2007 to ma2011. question, santorum is roman catholic. given two-thirds of iowa voters are christian, why didn't santorum easily defeat romney? i ask you, james. >> hi wasn't the only christian in the race. most are evangelicals. you had rick perry who had transformed himself into being the texas job creator, into being a social conservative. michele bachmann went for the social conservative vote. even newt gingrich talked about his conversion to catholicism so it's split among the candidates. >> here's santorum on the issues. >> climate change. "a beautifully concocted scheme. just an excuse for more government control of your life." gay marriage. wants a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, saying "it destroys the basic unit of our society because it condones waiver that is antithetica

of a real case. a nun wanted a tenured position teaching canon law at catholic university. she claims she was denied tenure because of her gender. the university argued she was denied tenure because of the quality of art scholarship. -- of her scholarship. you have a judge and jury decide whether the writings on canon law are making contributions? how can something like that be tried without getting into religious issues? >> that may not have been the real reason of the employer. a judgment has to be entered for the employer. the was not the employers real reason -- that was not the employer's real reason. if it raised objections to women in the school and those schools were not filled by people of a particular gender consistent with religious beliefs, that is a case in which a judge can instruct a jury -- juries are often intricate their job is not determine whether a business judgment was correct but whether the employer was motivated by retaliation or discrimination. >> thank you. could youllonellinger, assume for me that -- >> justice kagan. [laughter] >> assume that i m

how about a catholic university, what about any group of people who, based on, even if you are not catholic... >> alisyn: the morning-after pill. >> for example, you are not allowed. you have to pay into this and people buying insurance have to pay into it or an organization has to provide for your employees against their conscience. >> dave: you can't even ban the practice in this first year? >> no, what they are saying is, they are saying, you know what? we're going to allow religious organizations a year to get ready to implement this mandate. get ready? okay. i'm get already to violate my conscience? it is absolutely an offense against religious liberty and the catholic bishops are vowing to fight it, and, not the only bishops. it will be a big issue for the campaign. get ready for newt gingrich to be blasting president obama on this, as well as, i hope, mitt romney. >> clayton: what about waivers? we've heard time and time again, companies getting waivers for employment benefits and so forth for health care and we have heard religious institutions being able to get waivers and, the pro

of any jurisdiction. >>> three d.c. universities will compete in next year's solo decathlon. they selected teams from catholicerican, and george washington universities. they will compete in california in 2013. the teams will have two years to design and build their solar panel -- powered homes and reassemble them. the competition is moving to orange county to attract new visitors after spending 10 years on the national mall. >>> if why you a gardener, you know about it. the governor's map of planting zones is changing to reflect a warmer 21st century. >>> and also ahead, a local sports club slams paula dean in the wake of her diabetes diagnosis. diagnosis.  . >> in tonight's health alert, a surprising result could change treatment for breast cancer. avastin lost approval for treating advanced breast cancer and two studies might help. it has serious side effects like heart problems and bleeding. >>> a sports club ad that slams celebrity chef paula dean is causing controversy. it appears in today's washington examiner and said paula, you made a lot off of fat. days ago, she announced she had type two

of northeast d.c. two people are dead after the car they were in collided with a police cruiser near the catholic university two police officers were hurt in this crash. so was a third person in the civilian vehicle. all three have been taken to the hospital. both police officers are expected to survive, but there is no word on the third victim's condition. we'll bring you more updates as they become available. >>> now to some of the morning's other top stories. prince george's county police are hoping to identify the body that was recovered from the bottom of a ft. washington well. crews excavated the well and recovered the body late yesterday afternoon. there's speculation the body belongs to lenny harris, an activist from alexandria missing since september. >>> fairfax county police have not said if a man will face charges after a six-hour standoff. investigators say he barricaded himself inside a car parked at the top of the fairfax county courthouse parking garage. police negotiators were able to talk him out and no one was hurt. >>> just two days before the florida primary and newt gingrich picks up a

catholic high school in dorchester, which is a section of boston. because of my parents work and the opportunities they gave me, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. it was intense. i stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a master's in public policy there. those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in public service and public policy issues and government. i ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special about what san francisco is. >> we've been talking for years about how important it is to build new neighborhoods, to develop affordable housing, make sure we have transit-oriented sustainable green development that really is worthy of a 21st century san francisco. what we're doing today -- and, frankly, what we're doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. thank you all for being part of this, and i look forward to that mid-cutting. i moved to san francisco 15 years ago for all the reasons that we all love our city. our cable cars. our hills. the diversity of our neighborhoods. and have loved every minute of being her

county, dubuque is heavily catholic, pro-life, senator santorum expected to do well and the race against romney in that county interesting. and johnson county, home of the universitybury, a lot of people comparing what happened four years ago with mitt romney and his votes in those. you see how it's spread across the state. and jeff, when you look at all of these different places you see the comparison to what rom in i got vote-wise back in 2008 and a lot of people will be looking at just that, to see how he's doing stacking up. >> exactly, and one big ditches between now a polk county in des moines and all of central iowa. he did very poorly four years ago largely because of the conservative radio host who no longer works for one of the biggest radio stations in the state who relentlessly attacked mitt romney's conservative credentials four years ago, that has not happened, so, he believes that polk county is a strength for him this time and some say for governor romney that's the biggest difference and he still, and he wrapped up his campaign in the eastern part of the state yesterday where there's a lot of republicans along the mississippi river, so his campaig

university is one of the pop -- top producers and african-american. >> ongoing investigation. police continue to look into favor of it crash that killed four people. details coming up. >> a positive outlook. catholic schools in the area have high hopes for a moment i have a big week. >> and you might want to find a new library if you are in canton. one of the oldest ones in baltimore is a too close for renovations. these stor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> coverage continues with gigi barnett any urologist in williams. it's wjz, marilyn's news haitian. -- marilyn's news station. >> editors in the 30s and 40s across the area. but you will see across the area everywhere is a lot of sunshine. you need your sunglasses this morning. the sun glare is actually a concern. depending on the direction, it's very bright. no calls to be found anywhere. as a result, but where is pretty bright. right now if you take a look at cold harbor we will have small craft advisories in effect with a front moving through. winds pick up much like they did last night. you heard the booms burn across the area, no doubt. 50 degrees the daytime high with partly sunny skies. partly cloudy tonight and 28 degrees. tomorrow a tad cooler th

and this also would require universities, catholic universities are or also, catholic hospitals as well. for those that are currently not doing that because of comply. now, because of that, what we saw this weekend across the country, priests were outrages, some in protest, began reading a letter and what you're looking at is a church in green bay, wisconsin. they were condemning actions by the obama administration. i should point out that there are some exceptions including churches, but these priests don't believe this is broad enough and, in fact, the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops went after the obama administration in on video on its website. >> that's a foul ball by any standard. never before has the federal government forced individuals or organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. this shouldn't happen in the land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the bill of rights. >> now, this controversy also popped up on the campaign trail today in jacksonville, florida. we heard from newt gingrich, who accused the obama administration of being or being engage

of things. they are there, it's just not a huge universal vote. >> blue collar populism. >> but that didn't work well for huckabee. here's why santorum can do better, northeastern catholic>>> john mccain, this was his waterloo in 2000. it became essentially his crowning achievement in 2008. mitt romney almost wants to replicate that. look at these results from 2008. mccain won it with 33%. that's essentially the romney path here. he only got 15 last time so he needs half of mccain's numbers and hope that rick perry and newt gingrich somehow peel off enough to prevent rick santorum, a/k/a mini huckabee. >> and that's the challenge here. they hope they have a little life in them because it's better for them if they all stay in the race, michele bachmann to rick perry. that's the real question for south carolina, will rick perry and michele bachmann still be in this race. >> if rick perry is a fifth place finisher, does he really go to south carolina? >> i think that's the big question, who claims the fourth place prize. fourth place is going to be critical. if it's rick perry, i think absolutely he has a rationalization for going forward to south carolina. if he comes in

catholics universities and charities, covering contraception, even though that violates church teachings. in an extraordinary mover. at cardinal designate, timothy dolan, the policy from the pulpit. this shouldn't happen in the land where free exercise ofeligion ranks first in the bill of rights. >> at the white house, jay carney said several times, the administration believes it struck an appropriate balance. >> between respecting religious beliefs and access to important preventive services. >> liberal columnist ripped the policy in a washington post column charging the president utterly botched the issue and threw his progressive catholic allies under the bus. >> retired cardinal theodore mccarrick told fox, the problem under the new law is that catholic hospitals can only invoke the conscious clause and get exemption, if they turn away patients of other faith. that means we can't say what we've been saying for 200 years, are you hungry? we have to say are you catholic? we don't do that. >> reporter: catholic voters played a pivotal role in 2009. and catholics made up 27% of the electorate. roughly 35 million voters and the president won 54% of the catholic vote. beating john mccain by points and that's on the line. >> i don't know