much about, uh, the public safety of the citizens of the district of columbia.re were conditions that were breeding crime, and--and he realized that just locking defendants up, um, without, uh, appropriate treatment programs and chances for rehabilitation, uh, perhaps was not the answer. william: i remember a particular case. it was a 12-year-old who was in gang activity and had shot and killed another very young person--i think it might have been another 12-year-old-- and that case really, really moved him. norton: i chose, uh, eric holder because of his very distinguished career in the justice department with the public integrity section and his career as a superior court judge, the trial court judge, uh, here in the district of columbia. he seemed to understand that this local responsibility, uh--which, by the way, is the predominant responsibility for the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia--was something he had to rethink and make sure fit. wilkinson: he really, um, i think, transformed the way that--that that office, uh, conducted business prior to

irvine, california and columbia maryland.tarted by somebody named james ralph who was concerned about the scroll between baltimore and washington. he created the city of columbia between those two cities. because he was afraid that the current housing represented where people were living and were sprawling from the cities. that these dots would essentially swallow columbia and everything between baltimore and washington would be an un-sprawling, unplanned mess. so he took this opportunity to buy 14,000 acres of land, which was rural, from farmers. and he decides that he will section off this place to create a new kind of suburbs. withhat explicitly deals the limitations and problems of suburbs. and he secretly buys all of this land and eventually, he comes to the public with creating this new city. and a lot of people were happy to hear that because there were rumors spread that someone was flying all of this land to create a garbage dump for all of baltimore and washington's trash. so people thought this was a better idea. h

of columbia. >> one of the things for successful re-entry after incarceration is employment and one of your programs. it's called vote. you target that particular issue. >> well, vote was strug toured to provote vocational opportunities, education and training. we're focused on any agency that's focused on those opportunities for men and women. as you know, particularly as d.c. changes and becomes more and more gentified the is escalating, and it's very difficult for the men and women under our supervision sometimes to get into the door for these opportunities. so one of the things that we're really interested in is working on entrepreneurship opportunities so that they can start their own businesses which you've heard from our guests about their experiences in that regard, but people like andrew who may relapse into criminality or into substance abuse, we believe that at some point they get it, and they really do want to get on the right track as he has done, an they use the services, anything that they can provide them we use them well and we do forward and do well and that's why

the district of columbia, and that this counsel of the district of columbia passes the laws for us. >> my concerns about the dangerous flaw in the district's act are shared by a number of people and i will tell you it's of deep personal moral conviction that i stand in opposition of what has passed and therefore in favor of this resolution of disapproval and as char man of this committee, i did not ask this to come to me but per the constitution it does come to the chairman of the oversight committee and i have to make decision regular basis as to what will be considered and what is not considered. >> reporter: the debate is still going on. we're told that the house is going to have a series of votes at 7:00. committee supposed to come in at about 7:10 and they will finally go ahead and vote on this, it's expected it will pass, but we will tell you, jim and shawn, the concerns for the dc council this is not just about death with dignity. the concern is the congress could move forward on a lot of of other things they may not like that the dc council has done like medical marijuana. l

the first district of columbia volunteers. it will become the first united states colored infantry. the second coming out of d.c. you get the third and fourth coming out of baltimore. all of these men are sitting and waiting to enlist i usually have some people ask me, weren't some forced into the military? some are some are drafted. some are tricked. the majority enlist. i want you to notice it doesn't really mention combat. remember, i stated they thought black men were not suitable for combat and therefore military officials sited to justify. this is too emotional for that sort of thing. nyw anyway, the recruiting starts in earnest. at first it is passionate. people are run to go the colors. they realize that something had to be done before you get to -- before you get the united states stepping in the governor of massachusetts writes the war department for permission to raise a black regimen. one is the volunteer regimen color. they will remain a state malitia unit, 54th mass. it is now a national guard unit they reactivat

at columbia law school, she became the school's first tenured female professor. project,men's rights she argued six cases before the supreme court. centraled an absolutely role in establishing contemporary law on equal protection as it relates to equality between the sexes. many in fact have called her the thurgood marshall of women's rights. she was the second woman to join united states supreme court serving at the time with justice sandra day o'connor who has also been a rathbun visiting fellow. justice ginsburg will be in conversation tonight with the dean for religious life and professor of religious studies here at stanford. professor shop previously taught at oxford for 16 years, and just before coming to stanford, she in the dean of the cathedral san francisco. we look forward to an insightful and engaging conversation. and now, if you will, please join me in welcoming to stanford justice ruth bader inspired. -- ruth bader ginsburg. [applause] justice ginsburg: thank you. thank you, thank you very much. please be seated. i thought it might be an appropria

. >> reporter: the eastbound lanes of route 50 between kenilworth avenue and columbia park road still closed. prince george's county police are still on the scene. this is still very much a crime scene. that's the kia that was shot up. he hear now from one of the drivers on scene shortly after the shooting. >> couldn't tell what was really going on. there's a bullet casing lay right over there. appears somebody got shot coming down the road. >> reporter: we counted at least 13 bullet holes in this kia from our vantage point. this car shot up as it drove eastbound on route 50 just before columbia park road . >> our detectives are on scene actively working to establish exactly what took place. >> reporter: it all unfolded before the three men were shot. all three transported to the hospital and expected to be okay. for hours the eastbound lanes were shot down as police investigated. >> there is no suspect vehicle here on scene. that's what we're trying to establish, where and what that vehicle could have been in the area. >> reporter: a canine on the scene searching for additional shell

he had gone to columbia university, harvard and then also went to oxford. he clerked for justices byron white and justice kennedy. i believe he would be the first justice to have clerked with another sitting justice. circuiteen on the 10th since 2006. luke., indiana, it is caller: hi. i'd like to thank mr. trump for everything he is going to luke. caller: do for the united states. about thet to learn government and you can see what he's going to do. i know i sound like a crazy a 14-year-old, it is really interesting to learn about this. i think he is going to do a great job with this country. input.e appreciate your let's go to washington. it is yuri on the independent line. caller: i'm a green card voter. as a foreigner, i'm wondering if america is doing really well -- do we really need one now? maybe we can input. let's go another four years without a ninth justice. made that point. some politicians, particularly democrats, have made the point in operating with a justices, but the court itself has struggled with a number of cases, did not take on a number

. >> at 14 her family fled columbia. columbian government had been fighting with rebel forces for over 35 years. >> do you remember seeing violence close to you growing up in columbia? >> absolutely. i told you, one by one i kept going where is my uncle, where is my cousin? my dad was shot. >> her family decided to leave. >> we came on a visa because we didn't how else to go around it. >> they overstayed their visa and began a life in america. >> i did my middle school in miami, my high school in houston, my dad, they were deported over seven years after being in this country, i was not deported because i was at georgetown university. >> she stayed when her entire family left in part because she didn't believe she could safely live in columbia as a transgender woman. >> they have not been able to visit. and it's been a little bit over nine years. >> you have not been able to visit them? >> i have not been able to hug my mother in over nine years. >> she's one of the so called dreamers and says the discourse she hears tod

. >> columbia university sent out hundreds of letters to hopeful applicants telling them to get in.t, there was a mistake about we'll have the details coming up. >>> wild video caught on surveillance camera that you can't take your eyes off of. a car loses control while in reverse and a mother and her child were in the car's path. that's ahead on fox 5 news at 7:00. >>> welcome back to fox 5 local news morning. it is 7:38 >>> columbia university is under fire for accidently sending acceptance letters to 277 students who applied then tried to cancel them. this is a tough one. the university sent these e-mails out and within an hour, students were then told it was a big mistake. the school did apologize right away for the miscommunication and said it is working on strengthening it's procedures and columbia isn't the first school to have a major mistake like this. back in 2015, carney ge missustainly informed students that they were accepted >> my mom we didn't to columbia. the fact that you had one moment where you thought i made it. i'm in. then some of that he is people probably goi

and at columbia law school from 1972 to 1980. the971 she cofounded women's rights project of the american civil liberties union and served as the aclu's general counsel from 1973 to 1980. she was appointed to the u.s. court of appeals, the district of columbia circuit, in 1980. president clinton the nominated her as an associate justice to the supreme court and she took her seat on the court in 1993. these biographical facts come nowhere close to adequately describing the person who is with us tonight. sufficienty aren't words to describe the impact she has had on the law and on the advancement of women's rights in america. daringazing, pioneering, , they are all true. but they still don't capture it. ginsburg went to law school in the 1950's, when many -- when very few women did. she faced challenges as a woman and a mother in pursuing her career in that area. she then turned her career to the cause of battling discrimination on the behalf of women and families everywhere. at columbia law school she became the first tenured fema

and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> columbia, houston, you're going 40. >> in the mission controlfact that you get into orbit that your mouth drops and you calm down. you go, wow. that's amazing. >> and the vehicle is performing like a champ, like all of us who have worked so long on it knew that she would. i think we've got something that's really going to mean something to the company and the world. >> the astronauts have about 14 more hours in space before they touchdown tomorrow in the mojave desert. >> we were in l.a. and heard the sonic boom. >> that was it, that was it! it's coming down. >> there it is. >> putting that all together in a technology to make it fly and then landing is remarkable. nothing like it had ever been done. >> touchdown. >> they're down. >> i said, it worked. the damn thing worked. >> the day will come, according to nasa, that a launch will be so routine that the press and television won't even bother to cover it. >> 30 weeks later, after columbia had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts flew columbia into space again. >> the space shu

today when an explosion ripped right through the capital of columbia. authorities say 30 people were hurt, many of them were police officers who were deployed. it's unclear at this point if that attack was directly linked to the animal rights allegations. >> fired as the security council aide after they reportedly publicly crittized the white house policies and chief strategist. this comes as he held meetings today with four candidates to lead the national security council after the firing of michael flynn. >> reporter: last night the president told reporters on board air force one that many want the job of national security advisor and we can expect a decision over the next couple of days. first let's take a look at who is in the running. the former lieutenant governor, the acting national security advisor after general flynn was asked to resign last week, serving as his foreign policy advisor during the campaign. then john bolton served over a year in the the role. he may struggle to gain support. a silver star recipient and decorated officer. he has

that's what "the columbia journalism review" calls donald trump's mental health.ormer professor of psychiatry will join us. america's beverage companies have come together to bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all, smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and signs reminding everyone to think balance before choosing their beverages. we know you care about reducing the sugar in your family's diet, and we're working to support your efforts. more beverage choices. smaller portions. less sugar. balanceus.org. ♪ king arthur: ready! washington: charge! empress wu: charge! (in chinese) king arthur: charge! ♪ let your reign begin. evony, the mobile game. download now. >>> the elephant in the room, that's what the columbia journalism review called donald trump's mental health today. the president's sanity is something that everyone thinks about and most journalists have not figured out how to discuss. as more psychologists and psychiatrists come forward, publicly diagnosing donald tru

big law firms in columbia. these women who have done amazingly well, and the women have done at least as well as the men of my class. so -- oh, by the way, the south continuing to change, how many people thought you would see gay marriage in the south in your lifetime? you know? and i don't know what i'm going to see before i die. [laughter] i mean, i just have no idea. but it certainly has been interesting, and i didn't predict any of it. it has been all fascinating. and and i like the way the southerner figures it out. i like the way the southerner, you know, i went to a gay wedding not long ago, and the grandparents -- it was interesting talking to the grandparents. [laughter] we've always loved billy. [laughter] and we still love -- and i said, and johnny is such a nice boy. [laughter] so i just like, you know, the south, it's interesting to me, i've liked watching it since i've been alive. i'm sorry. >> no, i totally agree. >>'s katherine -- [inaudible] do not be ashamed. where are her children? [laughter]

that's what "the columbia journalism review" calls donald trump's mental health. a former professor of psychiatry will join us. before fibromyalgia, i was a doer. i was active. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. for some, lyrica can significantly relieve fibromyalgia pain and improve function, so i feel better. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may

voucher schools had to pass the fire safety code requirements of the district of columbia. and that was defeated too. i voted against the d.c. vouch program for that reason. i couldn't understand how you could vote for a voucher program not guaranteeing that teachers had diplomas from colleges, that they had school in safe buildings and that the students would be tested against the same public school test that d.c. public school students faced. that raised questions in my mind about the true intent and motive of those who were pushing voucher schools. ms. devos in michigan has been a proponent of voucher schools. she has pushed the expansion of charter schools and used her extraordinary wealth to insulate them from oversight and accountability in her state. even as these schools failed to deliver on the promises made to children and parents, ms. devos continued to protect them from the same accountability standards as public schools. in 2015, a federal review found -- quote -- "an unreasonably high" percentage of charter schools on the list of michigan's lowest-performing s

columbia university professor.ation with sir martin sorrell's of wpp. we will be talking to him about currency wars as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: "bloomberg surveillance" from london and new york. thrilled you are with us. jeff sachs -- here is a book read.onservatives need to "building the new american economy." i have five copies. conservatives will rip out the page, rip this puppy up and throw it away. we are not going to do that with jeff sachs. jeffrey: they are going to love it. tom: people think you grew up in new york. you did not. you grew up in middle america. -- in flyover america. tell the truth to what is really happening and they clarify the kind of war on the world populism of donald trump is a typical misdirection. , and it is is rich getting richer and richer and the technology is getting better and better. the income distribution is going more and more to the top. tom: people look at this as east coast-west coast. francine got the same polarity in the united kingdom. how do in the democrats r

she hopes to one day replicate the program outside of the district of columbia.think that is what is so exciting right now. the major corporations are recognizing the work she has been doing for 15 years in d.c. and supporting it with the money. >> the results she is gett good for her. alison: life-changing. larry: nice story. still to come here, things can change in an instant. now a mary mount basketball player cheering from the sidelines getting ready for brain surgery. meet our rising star coming up. >> lawmakers could hit the brakes on teen drivers staying behind the wheel at night. i have latest on the possible curfew changes coming up. larry: we are falling a developing story out of maryland where some lawmakers are asking how late is too late to be driving on the roads. amy aubert explains why. >> maryland lawmakers are looking to change the sur few time from midnight to 10:00 p.m. for drivers under 18. >> some say it's only two hours and doesn't make a difference. amy: but motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of for teens in the u.s. >> 10:00 woul

five states and the district of columbia have legalized physician-assisted suicide. the taking of a life is a criminal act, yet a few regions have embraced the tragic idea hat it's better to prescribe death than life-sustaining care and those sworn who are to take care of people, they've tasked them with carrying out this deed. you go to your doctor on one hand and you are asking or expecting the doctor to look out for your best interest and to present subscribe medicine to get better and the next day the physician, you are asking him to kill your relative and prescribe death medicine. i mean, this is wrong. here is another sobering fact. is can lead to increase in overall suicide rate. this is what happened in oregon, 40% suicide rate. if you are concerned about suicide prevention, you should be concerned with efforts to normalize doctors prescribing a bottle of pills. physician-assisted suicide plays on the sick and the elderly. the frail are the most vulnerable to rising health care costs, elder abuse and physician-assisted suicide. there is no accountability. sho

when two more were arrested, marshall returned to columbia to help.trial was over and marshall, looby and weaver prepard to leave, some in town believed that justice had not yet been served. juan williams: and they're driving back to nashville because they can't even risk sleeping in columbia tennessee for fear that they will be killed. thurgood marshall: the mob followed me out across duck river and pulled us over - state troopers and city police. juan williams: and they particularly pick thurgood marshall out of the back seat where he was seated. thurgood marshall: and they put me in the police car and told looby to go on to nashville and don't follow them. juan williams: but the police car they notice, does not go back towards town, but instead takes a turn in to the woods going in the direction toward the river. marshall, sitting in the backseat, he doesn't know what's going on. and these guys have him handcuffed. and as he is approaching the river he sees that they've got a white mob, right down by the river. and they are all ginned up, liquored

this is at route 50 and columbia park road in cheverly. it happened actually right there on the highway. we have a picture working and we are trying to get it for you right now. in that image, there appears to be a car with some damage on it. so we don't know if the shooting happened inside a vehicle or people were firing at this vehicle. but again, we know that three people were shot. three people have been transported. when we find out more information, we will make sure to get it to you. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 president trump: i inherited a mess. it's a mess. i'm here following through on what i pledged to do. that's what i'm doing. the press is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. jonathan: president trump opening up and on the attack. michelle: faces question over the cabinet, national security and the media. alison: we ask you. do you have confidence in president trump. michelle: to participate in the instapoll, go to wjla.com/votenow. the nu

he holds an undergraduate degree from columbia and a phd from oxford.in the same law school class as president obama. he worked in the justice department and clerked for justices byron white and current justice anthony kennedy. dann cuellar has been getting reaction from the legal community in philadelphia. what have you been hearing tonight, dan? >> well, jim, those that know neil gorsuch believe he's a great choice, but he likely has a battle ahead. >> what you see is what you get. neil gorsuch is one of the best judges in the country. >> that reaction from the supreme court clinic. >> neil gorsuch, i went to college with him, the same graduate school. we both clerked for justice kennedy. everyone knows he's one of the best. >> gorsuch is a conservative jurorrer seen as the best to fill the seat of anthony scalia. >> he's ruled in favor of middle school students arrested, or immigrants or people's whose siferl rights were wronged. >> one of the other candidates on the list, gorsuch is hard working and has a passion for the law. >> i have no doubt that

we wanted it to really be, this was columbia in the 1980s, as opposed to columbia now.or member, back in the 80s, colleges were very liberal. we just wanted there to be an opportunity for other voices on campus to be heard. so we started this newspaper. >> it was an excellent paper. >> i did not go to an ivy league college, i went to a state school. >> tom: this was a newspaper, what did you do? did you email the printer? >> andy: this was the 1980s, there was barely electricity. we are sending electronic mail. we had a teacher show us how to lay out a newspaper, we had to sit there with an x-acto knife and rubber cement. you would cut the stories. this is how you did it back then, you will put it on the special paper and you would lay it all out, and then you would send it off to a printer for them to print five or 10,000 copies and inevitably you would find a typo after you sent it off to them and you would have to find it how much it would cost for them to fix it. it was an unbelievable hassle, and eventually columbia got macintoshes which are kind of a computer, the

. >> columbia has been on display in the air and space museum since it opened in 1976.crews are preparing to take it on a tour year tour. >> it has culture and political significance. >> it's important to share the artifact across america. >> we were at war in vietnam. there was a lot of division. >>> transporting any 13,000- pound object is tricky. when it's a defining piece of american history there's a lot of extra planning lv >> reporter: in charge of moving the exhibition. her team has been planning for more than two years. >> documenting and identifying the exact condition of every square millimeter of the object. so that over the course of the tour nothing moves, nothing shifts, nothing can be damaged. >> she's confident columbia will survive a road trip. after all, it's been to the moon and back. weijia jiang, cbs news. >> the national tour kicks off in october. it celebrates the approaching 50th anniversary. the exhibit will include 20 artifacts. >>> a former michigan state sports doctor who treated the u.s. womens gymnastics team now faces more than two dozen

of course, columbia south carolina was no safe haven. first sherman, advancing north from savanna, had it squarely in his sights. north, theyeaded rebelled against administration by passing a law that appointed robert e. lee by name as commander in chief of all unfettered armies, nevermind the fact that the confederate constitution gave that title to the president. calledr, that same act upon the president to appoint joseph e johnston, again, by name, to command what was left of the army of tennessee. it was a deliberate slap in the face to jefferson davis. while davis happily appointed lead to the top command, he refused to appoint joe johnston to anything, instead writing the johnston was, in his words, deficient in enterprise, tardy in movement, defective in preparation, and singularly neglectful of the duty of protective preserving our means and supplying transportation. but then he did it anyway. this was legal convinced hand that, if nothing else, the popular johnston, who was very much loved by the soldiers, my friend in some of t

duke street, stalled car is gone, police activity over near between's hospital first and columbia road in north is closed off until further notice. if you were traveling inbound on new york avenue, always there open. checking the greenbelt, definitely seeing slow traffic him in the air -- slow traffic in the area. even more breaking news in prince george's county right now. a man and woman both in the hospital after police say that they were shot and stabbed last night. this happened just before 11:00. at last check both victims were listed in critical but stable condition. so far no word about what led to the attack the police tell us that the investigation is focused around a single card. now, students of the bedbug infested school are getting ready to return to class. attending awill be different school. sam sweeney is there with what students and parents need to know this morning. sam? sam: it's not the notice you want to get from your student's school, that there are rats and bedbugs all over the place, but that's what happened here in southeast washington. in just about an hour a

if you are buying roses for valentine's day today, there is a good chance those flowers from columbiathe columbia government is doing all it can to make sure a different export doesn't spoil the romance. they export about 330,000 pounds of roses on cargo planes and that is a chance for drug cartels in many cases from the moment the flowers put on trucks the police and drug sniffing dogs start searching for cocaine and other drugs. last year police found almost 200 pounds of cocaine hidden inside flower boxes. >>> san francisco city hall will have a busy valentine's day with couples getting married. the county clerk said normally it does about 36 weddings a day but today it has 80 booked. the mayor said that the city remains committed to equality and invites all couples to exercise their right to marry. each will go home with a long stemmed red rose, candy and a marriage license. a lot of people want to get married on valentines. >>> sal is busy watching our drive. it's already busy this morning. >> it is. we started off early on the pass with some road work. they are picking that up.

. >> eight state and district of columbia legalized small amounts of marijuana for adpult recreational r use and 8 states legalized medical marijuana. >> and we're talking about cold started. warm-up is on the way. >> do you you like the mild february or no? >> i love the mild february. i'll say bouncing back and forth between the warm and cold days is a shock to the system. >> okay. >> i don't care i like warm weather. >> i'm fine with warm weather i wish we had snow from time to time. >> we had some the other day remember the flurries. >> that will do it. i'm sure your kids were happy about that as they headed off to school on time. >> i'll take the warm over the snow anyday. >> i'm getting a the lot of that this winter. people don't seem to be disappointed. this morning you need to bundle up. cold temperatures across the region. feels like february morning. no snow in the forecast. as we get into the weekend a warm-up coming our way. 20 school and partly sunny to mostly cloudy early in the morning and second half the of the morning into afternoon we warm it up. we'll call it cool 50

he has extensive resume to rat -- match, with degrees from columbia and harvard, and just about every honor, work, and scholarship award and scholarship you can possibly imagine. graduated, -- when he judge for such -- gorsuch. received ach unanimously well-qualified rating by the american bar association when he was nominated on the court of appeals, and he was confirmed without any votes in opposition. not a single democrat opposed judge gorsuch's confirmation. not barack obama, hillary clinton, joe biden, or ted kennedy. who stille democrats served with us opposed him, including ranking members of the judiciary committee. in the coming days, i hope and expect that all senate colleagues will give him their consideration, just as we did for newly elected -- newly nominated presidents clinton and obama. this is the judge who is known for deciding cases based on how the law is actually written, not how he wishes it were written. even when it relates -- leads to results that conflict with his personal political police -- believes. here is how judge gorsuch put it himself. every resultik

activity occurring. >> reporter: valerie irving is joining us along 13th street in columbia heights where she made headlines a month ago when she did what she called a sting operation as the affordable housing building. she used airbnb to rent a room inside and claims that nearly all the rooms were being rented through the home sharing site. >> you can buy a building. you can buy several buildings and you can live in delaware. and not live in the district. and displace entire communities and drive up the price of housing in the district. >> reporter: now the owners of the building denied the accusations back in december. nonetheless, the regulations have grown. at city hall on tuesday, people held signs saying no more hotels. and stop gentrification. and councilman mcduffy formally introduced new regulations. it would limit hosts to renting one unite at a time and only in permanent homes. >> we want to lay out a scheme so that residents understand what they can and cannot do. we also want to give our district government agencies the tools that they need to enforce the laws on the bo

of course columbia, south carolina was no safe haven. for sherman, advancing north from savannah, had it squarely in his sights. as sherman headed north, the confederate congress in richmond, the members of which were as disgusted with davis as johnston was, virtually rebelled against the administration bypassing a law that appointed robert e. lee by name as commander-in-chief of all confederate armies. never mind the fact that the confederate constitution gave that title to the president. moreover, that same act called upon the president to appoint joseph e. johnston again by name to command what was left of the army of tennessee. it was a deliberate slap in the face to jefferson davis, and while davis happily appointed lee to the top command he refused to appoint joe johnston to anything. instead writing that johnston was in his words deficient in enterprise, tardy in movement, defective in preparation, and singularly neglectful of the duty of preserving our means of supply and transportation. then he did it anyway. it was lee who conv

he has a solid resume with degrees from harvard and columbia, a phd and legal philosophy from oxford and just about every honor, award and scholarship you can possibly imagine. when he graduated from law school, judge gorsuch did not one supreme for court justice, he clerked for two. anthony kennedy, a reagan appointee, and byron white who was nominated by jfk. judge gorsuch received a unanimously well-qualified rating by the american bar association when he was nominated to his current position on the court of appeals. he was confirmed without any votes in opposition. that is right, madam president, not a siegel democrat opposed -- not a single democrat opposed judge gorsuch, not senator barack obama, hillary clinton, joe biden or ted kennedy. in fact not a single one of the democrats that still serve with us opposed him, including the ranking members of the judiciary committee, senator schumer. in the coming days, i hope and expect that all senate colleagues will give him their consideration, just as we did for newly elected -- newly nominated presidents clinton and obama. this is

i drive columbia pike all the time. you don't need a street car line down there. i hear what you're saying. this case it sounds like fta helped block a bad project, but it was -- the reason why arlington county, you know, wanted to go ahead with the project is because they would have got some federal funding. you see that all the time. another example, in arlington, they have a project to build a bunch of new bus shelters down columbia pike again and there is an infamous million dollar bus stop on columbia pike that they built which was a huge boondoggle. they wouldn't have built that if they hadn't got the federal money for it. i think in a lot of cases, federal money distorts state and local decision-making and makes them go for projects that really aren't worth the, you know, the value if you look at a cost benefit analysis. i think by cutting the federal funding, you would get local governments making more sensible decisions on transit. as a general point, i don't know if robert disagrees with me on this one, federal funding has incentivized too many states an

i love columbia. >> reporter: people and columbia are very concerned about -- >> i'm sorry, say that again. >> reporter: is it true, and is this a concern for u.s. national security? >> on the first issue, -- is this about the additional list? there is no additional list. i was called by my very good friend, the ambassador to columbia, and he is a very good friend. he asked me the question, and i said there is not only no list, but if it would help, i would be happy to work with the media and columbia to outline what we are doing and the fact that there is no list, and so within an hour, i was on the phone with a radio talk show, in the gist of the conversation was there is no list, additional list. about what? i pray the peace process works, 52 years of insurgency, once based on political ends, certainly in the last 15-20 years, entirely based on narcotics production and trafficking. >> jon: as homeland security gets into question and answer session with reporters who are gathered there, he has taken the heat for the rollout, some called it the botched rollout of the president's exe

so first time ever we've got four overtimes in columbia.esperation three-pointer no good for south carolina. rebound, alabama and the crimson tide rolls, 90-86, first win over a ranked s.e.c. opponent on the road since 2004. >>> portland at dallas, yogi ferrell, he went for 32 against portland and earned himself a two-year deal after he was on a ten-day contract. c.j. mccollum, now, mavericks down two. dirk nowitzki. take that with you. ready to shoot. he had 25 and it looked like a winner but with four seconds left mccollum finds space, finds the bottom of the net and the blazers beat the mavericks. those are two teams 9-10 right now in the west so big win. >> only the top eight make the playoffs. >> something you might not have known. >> back to you. >> thanks, fellas. >>> up next in "the pulse," reaction pouring in to that video of former president obama kite surfing. >>> and the donkey who came to the rescue when his friends were having difficulty. >> what did he do? what? o m g ten years later, nothing's really changed. it's time to sn

penn at columbia. fighting for a spot in the league tournament.ike anderson steps back, the three is good. lions with a five-point lead. quakers did have a chance to tie the game but jackson donahue's 3-pointer will miss. 70 to 67 the final. >>> grapefruit league action. yesterday the bongs bombers beat fightans. bottom of the fourth game is tied michael franco at the dish. this pitch is headed to the tiki bar in left. franco's first home evident are the spring. in the sixth franco at the plate hits a line drive into center feel. the ball will roll under the ball padding. tyler wade asked for a ground rule double but it was denied. franco will score on a inside the park double. the fightans win their first game of the spring season. >> feeling like spring. >>> thank you so much. >>> celebrate love. it's not valentine's day but we'll take you to >> ♪ >> welcome back. america's day of love fell last week valentine's day was it last week? okay. but in other parts of the world love is celebrating a little bit differently. drago beat is celebrated in r

. >>> authorities in columbia are trying to find the culprit behind an explosion.t happened sunday. 26 of those hurt were police officers. the mayor called the explosion a criminal terrorist attack that targeted law enforcement. security was on hand before the incident. bullfighting restarted last month in columbia after a four-year ban. >>> violence broke out at a basketball game in new hampshire. it started when a player on daniel webster team stomped on an opposing player from vermont college. it quickly escalated and 25 police officers were needed to break it up. they arrested two players and a 43-year-old spectator. the game's last at home since they are shutting down later this year. >>> some people bend over back wards to break a world record. that's what one 13-year-old boy did. take a look at this boy, known as spider boy. he broke the guinness book record for the most body revolutions. he went 38 times smashing the previous record of 29. the spider boy plans to travel, demonstrating his talents around the world. actually, it looks like he's doing the arou

others to salvage what army is arriving to clear the water to prevent the spread of disease. >> in columbiabel group have started peace talks in neighboring ecuador. they have had talk for the past few years and formal negotiations was launched last march. the talks were halt because they. hate didn't has a new president. he was sworn in yesterday for the next five years. 48-year-old entrepreneur took both of office in parliament in a chamber packed with haitian lawmakers and foreign dignitary from currentyes including united states, convenient sgel aand france. >> and coming up a number of lawmakers in government are accusing the government nor of trying to privatize public schools. >> and statement by the fist lady about her profile, what it could mean potentially for her brand is beginning to get harsh cr >> and we go to break now. let's take a live look across the d.c. region. follow us. we will inform you and enlighten you every day. at least that's our goal. 5:41 is the time now 56 on wednesday back after this. a car slams into a prince george county garage. this is a live picture fro

a good deed takes a wrong turn after five inches of snow fell in british columbia. a canadian man decided to clean up the road to his aunt's house. he used a zamboni. someone called the copsen sure of the plan so police pulled him over. he was not ticketed but police did escort him home with only half of the job done. alison: unique technique. zamboni. larry: you are putting out ice behind you, so we need you to stop. alison: it's very smooth at least. larry: you can skate on it. you shouldn't drive on it, ou are in for after today. this is beautiful. doug: a record-setter today. 74 the record high at reagan national airport. it's 5:50, still light in the sky. but the clouds are moving in. it is going to bring snow to the area. starting tonight and through the morning, wintery weather advisory from northern howard, and to the pennsylvania line. north of that through new eng lands and boston and maine under the winter storm warnings. we are seeing the little rain building in. but it's late tonight after 10:00 or after when most of the rain will make an approach from

columbia blaming the mishap on human error. >>> and one of the sharks on abc -- >>> billionaire markban escalating his feud with president trump. the mavericks owner and potential 2020 presidential candidate wearing number 46 at the nba all-star celebrity game. apparently, in response to president trump, the 45th president saying cuban is not smart enough to seek the office. back -- a fire are wreck, a >>> all right, when we come back -- a fire are wreck, a driver in distress. no one stopping. until one man did. what happened next? coming up. about a medication... ...this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain... ...and protect my joints from further damage. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira works by targeting and helping to... ...block a specific source... ...of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain and... ...stop further joint damage in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happe