. >> reporter: it is college campuses like this one at george mason university where the immigration debate will soon take center stage. that's because virginia delegate chris piece is looking to pass a law that would keep undocumented immigrants from attending public colleges in that state. >> if this bill were to pass i would not be able to attend school in virginia. >> reporter: that's because the 24-year-old student undocumented. she was protesting legislation that would keep students like her from going to school. >> we are very dedicated and are willing to do everything it takes. >> reporter: school officials here say they prefer to be able to pick their students not based on their immigration status but rather on the way they perform when they hit the books. >> we don't consider citizenship or immigration status in our admission process. we are asking which students are most academically qualified for admission. >> reporter: the dean of admissions for george mason university says they end up paying out of state tuition that fund many areas within the university. >> if we were

he was studying to be a doctor at george mason university. he spoke with a girlfriend on facebook about building pipe bombs and planting them in sac metro cars and in manholes in georgetown. when a facebook friend told him he would never do it, younis told her, "watch me." he described the type of trap nell that created the most damage. he also said christmas trees would soon go boom. and the was a picture of him in front of the 10th of explosives and holding an ak-47. the caption read, "my family business." we will have highlights of an interview with his father, later in the morning. >> thank you. >>> looking at the day ahead, people living in anacostia plan to protest a recent spike in crime. they are calling for more police in their neighborhood and they want the noaa administration to come up with a plan to reduce crime. the protest is set for 6:30 this morning. that's at the corner of martin luther king jr. avenue and w st. se. >> montgomery county schools are bracing for big budget cuts. the county council voted yesterday to cut more t

george mason and, george mason of virginia and of massachusetts and edmund randolph who was then governor of virginia refused to sign it and mason said he would rather have his hand cut off than to sign the document, so there was a good deal of confiscation of the constitution. then the problem was the election of the members of the state ratification conventions and first of all, only white male clinton voters could serve in office or vote once with that limited the vote and in that case pennsylvania, none of the small farmers had any representation at the constitutional convention, these were all the wealthy bankers from philadelphia and patrick henry pointed that out the people in pennsylvania were robbed. they had no say at the constitutional convention and in the final ratification process. they had no say in that process. down here in virginia fortunately the farmers did have some representation, they had already fought for that in the early days of the legislature. but patrick madison made a deal with the moderate and the federalists to switch sides of the last minute. he promised

. >> his son was sitting to be a doctor at george mason. he says his son is not a violent and is not a terrorist. >> they could not find anything from the bomb. they were here for six hours. >> according to the fbi, the boy talked to his girlfriend on facebook about building pipe bombs and planting them in metro cars. he also wanted to drop them in georgetown men's roles -- man holes. when his girlfriend said he would never do that he said, "watch me." >> should i stop my daily routine? >> he also described the type of shrapnel that could cause the most damage and warned that local christmas trees throughout the area would soon go "boom." his profile indicates a love for automatic weapons. the picture is him in afghanistan with a rifle in front of the 10th of explosives. the caption reads "by family business." >> when he was in 10th grade, he had some pictures -- that is the culture. >> in october, a pakistan- american was arrested for plotting a series of bombings on the metro. he will appear in court on tuesday. he has been charged with c

he was studying to be a doctor at george mason university. he spoke with his girlfriend about building a pipe bombs and planting them in crowded metro cars as well as georgetown manholes. he describes the types of shrapnel that create the greatest amount of damage. the fbi seized a facebook photograph of him in afghanistan molding an ak-47 rifle off in front of a 10th of explosives. the caption read, "my family business." we spoke with his father yesterday. we will have some of that interview later in the morning. so stay with us. abc 7 news, arlington. >>> some people living in anacostia plan to protest a recent spike in crime. they are calling for more police in the neighborhoods and they wanted to administration to come up with a plan to reduce crime. the protest is at 6:30 this morning at martin luther king avenue near w. st. se. >>> montgomery county schools are bracing for some big budget cuts. the county council voted to cut more than 32 maiden dollars from the budget yesterday. $19 million will come from the school system. the council

of them up or to discuss it with me as eileen norcross senior research fellow at the center at george mason university and thanks so much for joining me thank you now with this situation in camden here i mean out of nine new jersey municipalities granted transitionally they saved the largest portion of that one hundred fifty nine million dollars in available funding. so how do they come to the point where now they're saying if they have to lay off half of their police force it's an excellent question and camden's financial problems predate the recession it lost a manufacturing base last century they have been receiving state aid for many decades and they have been able sorted out and as you know they continue to get state aid and yet they're still finding they have to make these kind of drastic cuts but who is that stated going to i mean who can we really say is to blame for this problem is it going to i mean obviously doesn't go into the homeless population because they just told us that they only have two hundred beds for those that don't have a home is it going to schools or is it going

at the back of the ne, a george mason university student hurrying to take a final exam. >> the car over there. yeah. >> reporter:n the middle the crunch, a fairx county school emplee who sayshis was her first accint in 30 years. it went boom. ere were. >> reporter: police were ke buas accident after accident was called in. v-dot d pretreated the accidt spots but ads were quickly covered before the salt ucks could t going. >>e'll put some chemicaldown. >> reporter: for a time, intstates weren't in much beer shape. this is what i-95 and stafford county looke like around the noon houfrl state police responded to calls for 30 crash and 33 disabled vehles in northern virginia alone. >> how did you find conditions? >> really slippery a wet. really extreme slippery and wet. >> reporter the road conditions convinced em toclose. >> the kids love it. they're praying for no school torrow. i wouldn't mind having a day off, too, if you ask me. >> repter: some students who were clearly getting their first experience with snow driving discoved their firs challenge was simply mang it out of t parking l

george mason, of virginia, and governor of massachusetts, and edmond randolph, governor of virginia refused to sign it. mason said he'd rather have his right hand cut off than to sign that document. there was a good deal of opposition at the constitutional convention. then the problem was the election of the members of the state ratification conventions. and in -- first of all, only white, male land owners could serve in office or vote. so that limited the vote. and in the case of pennsylvania, none of the small farmers had any representation at the constitutional convention. these were all very wealthy bankers from philadelphia. and patrick henry pointed that out that the people of pennsylvania were robbed. they had no say at the constitutional convention and in the final ratification process. they had no say in that process. it was a stolen election. down here in virginia, fortunately, the farmers did have some representation. they had already fought for that in the early days of the legislature. but patrick -- james madison made a deal with the moderate anti-federalist to switch sides at

people who oppose the law held a rally at george mason university. would open more doors to virginia residents. >> it won't create any new spaces for virginia students. it will actually decrease income to the commonwealth. >> right now students who cannot prove their citizenship pay out of state tuition rates. >>> 6:48. starting today it is getting easier to head out of town. the discount bus line megabus is officially making a washington hub. the bus line will now go to 11 cities from its stop near the 10th and 8th streets in northwest. new destinations include charlotte, roanoke, pits burke, richmond and recall -- pittsburgh, richmond and raleigh. >>> you have looked at a penny lately? i mean really looked at it. if you do, you'll notice something is missing. the lincoln memorial no longer there. the u.s. mint has started creating the one cent pieces with an acorn shield on it itself. it still has the latin encryption. abraham lincoln is still on the head side. they're sending out over three and a half billion of these new pennies. >> why did they

students at george mason university in fairfax rallied against that proposal. school officials say they prefer to be judged by performance. >> we don't consider citizenship or immigration status in our admissions process. what we're looking at is which students are most academically qualified for admission in a very competitive process. >> the dean of admissions says students who can't prove their citizenship are required to pay out of state tuition rates. some other states including georgia already bar undocumented students from attending their public colleges. >>> it is 5:36. it's something you probably have in your mouth right now. but today government health officials are trying to determine whether it's safe. >>> plus, after sunday's dramatic roof collapse, the minnesota vikings now know where they'll be playing their next game. . >>> welcome back. 5:38. frigid out here on the weather terrace. windchills in the single digits and teens. here's your day planner today. 24 by 9:00. at least it's going to be sunny. noon and 5:00 will be 30 degrees. topping out

you can see all of the activity are ready, a little bit earlier this year they got a pay raise george mason $29 an hour on average guaranteeing that the the second-highest paid transit operators in the country part of the city charter that is not negotiable. dallas, part of it also calls for them to get year- end bonuses that come from a special trust fund that must be set up by the transit agency. they say because they're so facing financial crumbs and they're not going to give the money out this year it will policy of them $3.5 million world the new and operator say oh yes you will give us some money if you don't we will see you in court. by the way, it seems like the city might understand the because they're not taking a hard line on this thing were not going to give it appears in will negotiate. >> you sort of answer my question is there any threat of action? the work started turning the gun it will be dealt with the courts? >> it will be dealt with in the court, those bonuses can be as high as $3,000 the city saying he will not get the money they're not saying that, this thing will neg

his famous george mason. when american motors was formed with the merger of nash, hudson, some old names, george mason and shortly thereafter passed away and the port elected my father to become the new president of the company appeared on the stock went down dramatically when that happy and. i figure dropped to $5.50 a share. a couple years later it was trading at over $90 a share. so i'm pretty proud of the job that day. he was able to turn the company down, shore up its financial base, but the product so people wanted and that allowed him to obviously save a lot of jobs, creating successful enterprise. i'm afraid the rambler he so vigorously championed is now gone. cheap is still there, but enhance that are new and different than when he was running the enterprise. >> host: one of the interesting things about this is in the start of the book you see when your dad ran for president, he characterized the campaign in humorous terms of being like a miniskirt, short and revealing. and then you say your campaign

james madison, george mason, and others carefully crafted the standard of impeachment to protect the independent judiciary, and madison said expressly that they wanted to avoid standards -- quote -- "so vague as to be the equivalent of tenure during the pleasure of the senate." that's what they wanted to avoid. they rejected corruption because they knew the term "corruption" could be used to mean most anything, and for that reason, that term was adopted by the house in this case. it hasn't changed. framers explicitly debated and rejected this vague standard of maladministration and instead demanded that a federal judge could not be removed absent proof of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. applying that standard, this congress has refused to remove judges, not because they agreed with their action. every judge whose cases were brought before in esteemed body were worthy of condemnation. they had few friends. but this body drew a distinction between judges who've done wrong and judges who have committed removable offenses. i'd like to tell you about the man that

professor of george mason school of public policy. this is a question for sebastian. andtalked about heavdley his role in drug trafficking. did you find other connections in this attack? they were very profound in the previous mumbai attacks. did you find any links in this latest attack of that? >> we will take these three. arif, go ahead with the question about the degree to which l.e.t. is threatening moderate muslims today and what the u.s. could do to empower as a counterbalance? >> i think lashkar is threatening india. they want to break up india all the valley. -- ultimately and make an islamic state there. lashkar is not a threat for global jihad in the imminent future. they're very pragmatic. in the last 10 years, they have kept their relation with the establishment intact. they have not gone against the pakistani state. i am sure everybody must have noted in the morning how angry the general was when somebody asked him and engine lashkar -- and mentioned lashkar. it is a group for the military establishment. i do not see that the pakistani military in the imm

larry white, who is a professor of economics at george mason university.e's also taught at the university of missouri st. louis, the university of georgia, and at new york university. he's been a visiting lecturer at the swiss national bank, a visiting scholar at the federal reserve bank of atlanta, and a visiting fellow at the american institute for economic research. he's the author of a number of books and academic journal articles, including the theory of monetary i.n.s. 250ugses, free banking in britain, and competition in currencies. dr. larry white. >> thanks, matt. when freedom works announced the schedule of this event on its facebook page yesterday, fans made a number of comments and my favorite of those read, how the fed has failed. really? in 10 minutes? so i don't have time to talk about every case and every respect at which the fed has failed us. especially how it's failed those of us who think the fed at least as long as it exists should stay within the limits of its statutory authority. those of us who think the fed has no business conducti

traveled by two centuries by your predecessors, a road that began with people like james madison, george mason. one senator who sat where you sit now was senator edmund ross of kansas, who stood in the judgment of president andrew johnson. many of ross's republican colleagues wanted johnson out of office for good reason. the public demanded his removal. he was viewed as a public enemy by ross. he was the subject of john f. kennedy's book "profiles of courage." he was one of those profiles. kennedy explained that the 11th article of impeachment was deliberately obscure which had been designated by thaddeus stevens to furnish a common ground for those who favored conviction and were unwilling to identify themselves on basic issues. does that sound familiar at all? well, the record was filled with abuses and poor judgment by johnson. ross was forced to consider whether they amounted to an impeachable offense. as the roll call occurred, he found himself at the key vote standing between johnson and removal from office. ross described the sensation as -- quote -- "almost literally looking down into

traveled by two centuries by your predecessors, a road that began with people like james madison, george mason. one senator who sat where you sit now was senator edmund ross of kansas, who stood in the judgment of president andrew johnson. many of ross's republican colleagues wanted johnson out of office for good reason. the public demanded his removal. he was viewed as a public enemy by ross. he was the subject of john f. kennedy's book "profiles of courage." he was one of those profiles. kennedy explained that the 11th article of impeachment was deliberately obscure which had been designated by thaddeus stevens to furnish a common ground for those who favored conviction and were unwilling to identify themselves on basic issues. does that sound familiar at all? well, the record was filled with abuses and poor judgment by johnson. ross was forced to consider whether they amounted to an impeachable offense. as the roll call occurred, he found himself at the key vote standing between johnson and removal from office. ross described the sensation as -- quote -- "almost literally looking down into

i am a professor at george mason school of public policy and director of the terrorism transnational crimes and corruption center. this is a question for sebastian. you talked about headley and his roles in drug trafficking. did you find other crime connections in this attack? they were very profound in the previous mumbai attack in the 1990's. did you find any links in this latest attack to that? thank you. do want tot we -- take that? we will take these three. arif can go ahead with the degree to which l.e.t. is threatening muslims in pakistan today and what the u.s. can do to empower muslims in pakistan as a counterbalance. isi think lashkar's threat to india. it is threatening india. they want to break up the india -- break up the india -- break up india. lashkar is not aiming for global jihad in the immediate future. the lashkar leadership is rick clever. they are very pragmatic. they have kept their relations with the establishment intact. they have not gone against the pakistani state. i am sure everybody must have noticed in the morning how angry the general was when somebody

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james madison, george mason, and others carefully crafted the standard of impeachment to protect the independent judiciary, and madison said expressly that they wanted to avoid standards -- quote -- "so vague as to be the equivalent of tenure during the pleasure of the senate." that's what they wanted to avoid. they rejected corruption because they knew the term "corruption" could be used to mean most anything, and for that reason, that term was adopted by the house in this case. it hasn't changed. framers explicitly debated and rejected this vague standard of maladministration and instead demanded that a federal judge could not be removed absent proof of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. applying that standard, this congress has refused to remove judges, not because they agreed with their action. every judge whose cases were brought before in esteemed body were worthy of condemnation. they had few friends. but this body drew a distinction between judges who've done wrong and judges who have committed removable offenses. i'd like to tell you about the man that

there's me, there's george washington, there's ben franklin, there's thomas jefferson, there's hamilton, mason and madison, but there is only us, he would plaintiffly say to abigail. in the rearview mir he of history, the only us is some of the greatest human talent probably ever assembled. but it is interesting to me that every generation has asked the same question that john adams asked: where will the leadership come from for this country? who will be the leaders? and the answer to that question now is here in this room. it's always been in this room. my colleagues, men and women tested by the rirgs of a campaign -- tested by the riggers of a exairntion chosen by disefns their state, told, you provide leadership for this country. now, for all of the crit simple about this chamber and chose in which -- those who serve in this chamber, for all of that crit cinches i say that the most talented men and women with whom i have ever worked are the men and women of the united states senate, from both sides of this aisle. they live in glass houses, their mistakes are obvious and painful, they fight,

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georges county, arlington, fairfax. montgomery near 30. sunshine breaking t tohe west but cloudy around the region. and we've had a disturbance passing to our north over last everal hours spreading snow along the mason dixon line. in the mountains it's 20s. most of the region is below freezing as we've had this unusually cold pattern continng. it will continue into the weekend. a low cstal pressure system will move up our way on sunday, perhaps spreading snow. but later today, we ought to get sunshine back which should give us melting of the snow that happened yesterday and refreeze tonight. highs above freezing from noon time until perhaps ound 3:00, 4:00, then freezing backp again tonight. latest, perhaps snow sunday. stay tuned. >> that makes it worse when it melts and refreezes because you've g ice and not the snow to deal with. >> could be slippery going later tonight into tomorrow morning. >> tom, we'll look forward to seeinyou shortly with an update. >>> the winter weather make it challenging to walk to work or school. snow coved sidewalks, created a slippery mess. megan mcgraph in bethesda live. >> reporter: we have had a drop in temperares so anything that wasn't cleaned up yesterday froze

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