george mason hired former georgia tech coach paul hewitt today.was fired by the yellow jackets last month after 11 years at the school. he led georgia tech to five tournament appearances including a run to the 2004 national championship game. however, hewitt's record in the acc was 72-104. is he receiving a $7.2 million buyout over five years. that works out to be $130,000 a month. according to the "washington post," he agreed to a five-year deal at george mason. he'll be introduced on monday. talking baseball, ryan zimmerman will have surgery on tuesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle. on the field, nationals hosting the giants. bottom two, no score. rick ankiel up with the bases loaded. off the glove of mike fontenot. ian desmond scores. nationals take a 1-0 lead. that's a nice break fortunates. john land pitching to aubrey huff with the bases loaded. walks in a run. giants up 2-1. and that was all for john lannan. bottom of the ninth, nats still down. giants closer brian wilson and his beard on 0 close it out. get him a razor. but that beard

. >>> george mason is a new basketball coach.as been hired to replace the coach who left for the university of miami. he was fired from georgia tech last month, but while he was there he coached them to a national championship game in '04. he searched a $7.2 million buyout from the hokies which makes him more affordable in the eyes of a team like the patriots. >>> the redskins begin the nfl draft with 8 picks. they finish the weekend with 12 new players. it's what they did with the picks that have people scratching their heads a little bit. they didn't pick a quarterback at all. donavan mcnabb on his way out, rex grossman a free agent, all signs point to john beck as their starter. beck was said to be the best qv in his draft class yet he hasn't taken a snap since '07. beck says he's been practicing with superbowl winning quarterbacks drew brees offseason in san diego. that's an interesting scenario we'll have to watch unfold. >>> here's a look at who the redskins selected this year. in the first round, linebacker ryan out of per

. >> george mason hires a new coach to lead its basketball program. it is 4:42. you're watching 9news now. we'll be back. 3q experience the limited edition white collection from air wick, a choice of elegant fragrances, like white lily and orchid, to brighten up your world. add a touch of sophistication to your home, with the white collection from air wick. looking for fragrance that lasts ? try new air wick double fresh. it warms two refills simultaneously, filling any room with long-lasting fragrance. anny hong is in for howard bernstein and if you liked yesterday, how are we going to feel about today? >> if you like the warmth, we'll get even warmer today. it looks like it will be pretty nice. a mild start to this tuesday morning in the 60s. in fact, i was out passing dupont circle and people were out still playing chess at 3:00 in the morning. that nice outside. so, for the rest of today, look at your bus stop forecast, we start with this. the kids are getting ready for school this morning. expecting partly to mostly cloudy skies this morning and mild. temper

hire someone that's gone through the kind of coke machine of either studying at some point at george mason or spending some time at a place like cato or the mackay distance to which are fully owned by and then once they've gone through that training then they're excepted a school like utah state or u.c.l.a. or george washington and then they're giving professorship with coat money extraordinary leaf on thanks so much for the great work we're doing research thanks to keep it up this is. pretty amazing i can see a billionaire is going to have their way with private universities. dropping truckloads of cash on a school like jerry falwell's liberty university and then being able to pick and choose what classes or says are offered students of public universities if public schools are being bought off by the coax or anybody for what choices to students have received in india and in education is not influenced by politics here to offer his take on this as you see it as their last go to win a seat and we're going to see a tom off the back and he's are. parallel you want to play my list versus your

host: what the teacher at george mason? -- what to do you teach at george mason?: it is standardized but we have to teach to commission someone as an officer. we teach them a little about the army, how the right structure worked, how we are organized. we teach ethics and army values. as sophomores, we introduced them to public speaking and field training which is how we navigate and. the junior year is a little bit more intensive. can they get a squad of their peers through the woods to an objective? as a senior, that is the last chance to convert them from civilian to a commissioned officer. host: what can student's major in? guest: with the army, they can major in anything they would like. we want a diverse set of people. science, technology, engineering majors. there are very intense operations around the world. we want people to have as many technical degrees as possible, but any major is open for business. host: how is it different than a different enrollment in college? guest: they can enroll in our koses -- classes the same as an english 101. again, there i

. >>> doug, coming up in sports, i'll tell you why new george mason coach paul hewitt thinks he's thefect fit for the job and a bone-chilling scene for ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ >>> former defense secretary donald rumsfeld was on "the today show" this morning where he said he was happy to see americans celebrating the death of osama bin laden, but he also warned that the country needs to be alert to the possibility of yet another attack. >> there has been intelligence that suggested that if osama bin laden were ever captured or killed that there would be a violent attack on america or europe in one way or another, and i think it's important that our intelligence organizations and military around the world are very attentive during this period. >> rumsfeld served as defense secretary under president george w. bush. he held that position on the day of the 9/11 attacks. >>> homeland security officials say there's no plan to raise the terror threat level after bin lad laden's death, but he

he believes anything less here would be selling george mason short.t is a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber and i'm hopping on a plane to tampa and we'll have live coverage of game three between the caps and lightning beginning at 5:00 p.m. and throughout the night. until then, have a great tuesday, everybody. >> hopefully he's bringing the good vibrations with him as well. >> thousands more historical records are going on-line today. that story is coming up. >> plus, we'll take a look at security enhancements around d.c. after the raid that killed osama bin laden. quick check of traffic now, monika? >> thank you, mike. good morning, everybody. pedestrian accident in gaithersburg at route 355 at oden hall. all of the activity is being moved on to oden hall. you should be able to get by on 355. i'll have more at 5:30. stay with us. [ cherie ] i wanted to make a difference in my community. [ kimberly ] the university gave me the knowledge to make a difference in people's lives. [ carrie ] you're studying how to be an effective leader. [

conflict resolution and director of the center on religion before missing and conflict resolution at george mason university also share some of our exclusive drug war interview with u.s. attorney general eric holder before we get a full reaction from law enforcement against prohibition so if the government treats raw milk like sex how can we can get away with making videos of someone milking a cow so you tune for all the racy footage featuring our op ed for morgan the pennsylvania jersey dairy cow only on out on the versus the man. some things just piss me off whether i have good reason to be pissed off about them or not but the fact that selling raw milk is about as illegal a selling marijuana treated by our government more like sex than food is just one of those things under current federal law known as the past milk ordinance all milk must meet certain standards of pasteurization to get the f.d.a. . grade a stamp of approval pastor's ation is simply a process of heating something for a period of time before cooling it rapidly for extended storage the point of this with milk allegedly this a ki

. >>> george mason hired georgia tech coach paul hewitt yesterday. hewitt was fired by the yellow jackets last month after spending 11 months at the school. he led the team to five ncaa appearances, including a run to the 2004 national championship game. he'll be introduced at a news conference on monday. >>> nationals third baseman ryan zimmerman will have surgery on tuesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle. he's expected to be out for six weeks. on the field yesterday, nationals hosting the giants. bottom of the ninth, nats down 2-1. closer on facing adam laroche with the bases loaded. giants hang on to beat the nationals 2-1. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> i'm not at all sure about that beard. >> it's a statement. >> it doesn't match the color of his hair. >> makes him look like a pirate. >> he does look like a pirate. a real pirate on the mound. >> next up is "reporter's notebook," real stories affecting our community. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with the day's top stories. >>> good morning. welcome to "r

. >>> a new era is about to begin for george mason basketball. paul hewitt is in town. he was let go by georgia tech in march -- after 11 years and 191-62 record at the school. he led the yellowjackets to five ncaa appearances and lost to uconn in a national championship in 2004. he said he appreciates mason giving him another shot. >> big shoes for him to fill. >> a perfect spot for me to have this opportunity. i think the basketball program, what the coach has done here has been an unbelievable example and it shows you what can happen if you continue to work hard. >> he was about to take a vacation with his wife when george mason came calling. she probably wants a rain check, though. >> he's probably still explaining that to his wife. >>> the quest for the stanley cup is on the line tonight. it is a must win fort caps. they lost the first two games of the series at home and find themselves in a hole to say the very least. primary culprit for the caps has been the power play failures. they were 0 for 6 in sunday's game with the extra man. and fo

the wounded warrior amputees softball team played against fbi agents at george mason university tonights have a busy weekend had. tomorrow, they will be playing against a team of doctors and specialists who were involved in their imputations. >> incredible story. >> i have a feeling they will beat those doctors. >> good softball weather, too. we had a bit of everything today. here is how it looked from our storm watch camera. you can see some of those fair weather clouds, and late this afternoon, they built up enough, and there are some rain showers. our temperatures right now are 58 degrees. this weekend, it is a nice weekend. our average high temperature will be 72. we will get the temperature is dropping into the 50's. frederick, after a half of an inch of rain. a lot of spots did it a bit of rain. there is high temperatures around the country, these temperatures are pretty close to average. you can see the little bubble of cooler air coming on a parade that is the good news. with the weather pattern that we have, the jet stream is moving along, it means no severe weather and the goo

. >> george mason officially introduced the new basketball coach today. the former georgia tech coach is the night had man in the history of the patriot program. he will be 38 on wednesday. the club won 27 games this past season. that is a gold mine for a man who was fired in mid-march after 11 seasons with the yellow jackets. >> this is probably the only place i would have done if this fast. i was a little beat up after my last run. it happens. it is part of the game. no hard feelings. this was just too good to turn down. >> the congressional country club is gearing up for next month's u.s. open. the second major championship begins in 44 days. the defending open champion was in town today. he talked about his win last june at pebble. he also understands the reality of the situation. >> on thursday, it is not my trophy anymore. we're all trying to win it. all i can do is prepare myself. >> nats against the giants tonight. they have won three of four. they're just one game below 500. rodriguez of lock it up. danny scores easily from third. he comes home.

randolph knocking down shots. 1.zzilelies take game fired from georgia tech, he finds a new job at george mason. this one could pay $1 million per year with bonuses. he struggled the last several seasons despite recruiting great talent. he takes every program of quality talent in mid major conference. add in the $7.20 million buyout from georgia tech and he continues to break the bank. you have to see this. maybe the best ceremonial first pitch ever. at dodgers stadium, -- >> wow. >> he throws a strike with his toes. a very great shot. we will check the forecast with we will check the forecast with tom coming up. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from tuscaloosa, alabama. >> good evening. four days after the historic outbreak of tornadoes that swept across the south, leveling communities, killing 342 people, we learn today still hundreds of others are officially listed as missing, unaccounted for. four days in it's still difficult for us to show you how much was lost. take a look. one tornado in tuscaloosa cutting across several miles through heavily populated ar

george mason replaced him. the georgia tech coach agreed to a five-year deal.hed in the 2004 national title game that the loss to connecticut. the bruins got an early lead on the flyers. boston blew out philly tonight 7-3. they get another chance tomorrow night. [ male announcer ] washington, d.c. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches and atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the arts and howard uversity to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ ♪ >>> the nice weather is sticking around. >> we will wake up to sunshine tomorrow. the clouds will roll in midday. there's only about a 30% chance we will see showers in the afternoon to evening. it will be across the potomac and shenandoah valley. by tuesday, a cold front may bring severe thunderstorms. high temperatures in wednesday will be in the 60's.

. >> this freshman at george mason said she has a two different identities. her real identity as a student and dancer and a one fabricated online by her fellow classmates. >> they make comments about my personal life, my private life relationships that i do not have. >> she says she has been targeted and harassed on collegeacb several times. >> to see stuff like that, it was upsetting and shocking. >> the site is full of anonymous threats like this one -- sluts discuss. a female student is labeled gargantuan fat. a student discusses the thoughts of suicide. >> kids think bullying is funny. >> an expert says that young adults aged 18-24 are vulnerable. >> once the victim is under stress he or she may do more dramatic acting out than someone five years older might do. >> this student agrees the site can go too far. but they choose to ignore it. >> if you want to take it too hareart taken to heart. >> if you can block it out like in a high school, you should be fine. >> of the student has suggested not looking at the site. >> all it does is heard you and your se

. >>> paul hewitt introdud today as the new men's basketball coach at george mason replacing jim larranaga who left april 22nd to coach at miami. hewitt spent the last 11 years as head coach at georgia tech, led them to the national championship game in 2004 before being fired last month. >> we had no intentions of getting back in and this is probably the only place i would have done it this fast because i don't mind saying i'll go beat up after my last run, but it's part of the game. it happens. no hard feelings, but this was just too good to turn down. >>> media day today, get to play the same blue course at congressional and i'd like to apologize for the members for two diets on no. 3 and the tree on no.-- two divets on no. 3 and the tree on no. 9. the real deal is june 16th through 19th at congressional. mcdowell won his only major a year ago at pebble beach which took him from a relatively unknown irish golfer with moderate success to a household name worldwide, but it didn't change who he was. >> i got a great family. i come from a very normal family back in ireland. my mom and dad a

in the last month alone we have seen jim larranaga leave george mason after 14 years at the helm.l hobbs was dispatched after 10 years at gw and today the biggest bombshell of them all. gary williams says good-bye to maryland after 22 seasons and for the last time as head coach gary williams walked onto a court that will soon be named after him and threw his fists in the air as he's done so many years before. in front of a chanting crowd, friends and family he held his final farewell at the comcast center. he walks away from a 33 year coaching career including the 2002 national title and national coach of the year honor and williams leaves his alma mater in much better shape than when he found it. >> i ran a clean program. we won a national championship, but i think the most important thing is that we were able to take a program that was probably as down as any program in the country and get it back to the level necessary to win a national championship. >> now how popular a coach and a man is gary williams? well, many of his current and former players were present to root for a gu

. >> at some point whether it's next year, five years, 8 years from now, i would like to see george masonourment it's just one of the -- four. it's just one of the goals i have and i think we can do it from here. >> time to pick our dc.highschoolsports.net game of the week. the montgomery county grudge match between whitman and johnson. also baseball looking for its 19th straight district title. vote right now at dc.highschoolsports.net. finally, you may wonder why the bruins is taking a nap on the

. >> at some point whether it's next year, five years, 8 years from now, i would like to see george masonal fourment it's just one of the -- four. it's just one of the goals i have and i think we can do it from here. >> time to pick our dc.highschoolsports.net game of the week. the montgomery county grudge match between whitman and johnson. also baseball looking for its 19th straight district title. vote right now at dc.highschoolsports.net. finally, you may wonder why the bruins is taking a nap on the ice there. good question mcskwad. mcquade was skating in. that's when the lights went out and they started playing the lull buy. it sevdz him -- -- lullaby. it serves him right. >> we have to go. >> we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ wireless puts the world at your command. better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder mor

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. >> reporter: the hits kept blasting across the softball field at george mason university in fairfaxit's a long way from the battlefields where these u.s. servicemen and women lost their limbs to imp virovised explosiv devices. the wounded warrior amputees softball team was created to help with rehabilitation. it's doing more than winning, as tlooez these players crush teams with, well, more arms than legs. earlier this week, team members watched as world events unfolded in pakistan. >> some of the guys as early as '01, '02, '03, i was shot in '06 is when i lost my leg. we range out. but once we get together, it's one big family. >> reporter: at tonight's game, players said one of the most compelling things was the interaction with the youngest fans. kids are fascinated by the prosthetics, seeing the wounded warrior amputees as a team of super heroes. the adults agree. >> we're the first amputee softball team in the world. the military bond made it really easy for me. if i tell them to be somewhere, they're there. that military background and history really comes into play here. >> r

you replace him with this guy, paul hewitt introduced today as the new george mason coach, the former head man, spent 11 seasons with the control le jackets -- yellow jackets led them to the title game in '04. he followed bobby clemens and -- cremins there and follows another one here. >> a school where everybody is on the same page in what we have to do to be successful from the president down to the players, that's an exciting opportunity. >> reporter: in case you missed it, the redskins who started out with six picks in this weekend's nfl draft wound up with 12 after pulling off a handful of trades, espn's mel kuiper today gave the skins a c plus on their draft class pointing out they addressed most of their needs except the biggest one, quarterback. if you live anywhere near bethesda you have six weeks until the corner of river road and bradley boulevard turns into grand central station. that's because the u.s. open coming back to congressional country club. they held their big media today unveiling the grueling new 7500- yard track even tougher than it played when ernie els won t

money and attaching strings to universities all over the country particularly at schools like george mason where they literally own tired of parties not just the economics department but they also have their hands in law in another's arms of public policy i would i would think that economics law and history would be the three areas where they would really want to have the greatest influence for just just as a wild guess what. i think you know i can understand the you know a billionaire saying ok we're going to invest money in a politician and get a return in other words we'll buy a bunch of republicans and they'll make sure that the regulations on our polluting refineries are cut back so we can make more profit or they'll make it illegal or impossible for somebody so us for dumping benzene as is happening in texas right now. but what's the financial return to investing in a university for something like this. well choose for one thing coke what makes the coke political machine unique is that they don't just invest in politicians that's what any corporation does what coke does is invest in.

george mason has hired paul hewitt to replace injury lar ang egga. hewitt was fired last month. he won the acc coach of the year in 2001 and led the yellow jackets to the national championship in 2004. he will be introduced tomorrow. >>> well the caps and the lightning lace them up for game two of the conference semi financials tonight at 7:00. touchdown took the first one at verizon center 4-2. and the caps are back on the highs for a practice skate yesterday. john carlson did not take part. he suffered an injury during a second period collision of game one. the coach hopes he will be available tonight. >>> and the nhl and nba playoffs are in full swing is which is more compelling and who is to blame for the nfl lockout? dave ross and wisdom martin debate the issues in this week's edition of "off the wall." >> off the wall. and we have the nba and hockey playoffs. what is the best? >> what is the best? i would tell you both of them this year have been really good. and normally the nba, i don't even put in the same category, i'll put it up there because they've been good in the

. >> he's in fairfax as george mason's new men's basketball coach. ame here from georgia tech and he replaces george. >>> still ahead, the latest on the killing of osama bin laden. including getting some reaction from capitol hill. >> plus what it means now for the war on terror. we'll hear from one terrorism expert. >> quick check of traffic, monika, over to you. >> mike, we'll take a look northbound on i-95 here in springfield where an earlier accident has gone. you have a two mile back-up from newington to springfield. coming up, a look at district roads at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're back at 6:29 and this is the place to count on your weather first! take a live look, it is dupont circle in northwest washington. 66 degrees there just at this hour. >>> thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm andrea roane. anny hong is in for howar

the george mason's full of law which has a brilliant market strategy scooped up a lot of conservative and libertarian faculty, in the rankings, by any standard they have done well at acquiring batting beyond their weight. it is easy to get discouraged about some of the trends but they're all self correcting to some extent. alan dershowitz with who led disagree on many things, getting more of themselves. it is like a club in which you get hired by -- that has been said and there's no comparison. had you did it for 13 years ago there is no comparison. >> following up on that response, do you thing one avenue of counter to the dominance of the left, to come from the elite themselves, in order to get hired at any law school you have to come with the rod agree. and other people from the elite school, is that essentially the only front that is open to countering this trend? >> the problem of bad ideas at harvard or yale, with other ideas has been happening. it is a matter of where you arrange ten more ordinary law schools together that will balance -- ideas have consequences. we always find

construction still in place. 66 westbound as you come out of the rosslyn tunnel headed over towards george mason the rails right now, month delays metro, vre. marc brunswick 870 delays. >>> we'll take you live to new >>> w[ male announcer ] to new washington, d.c. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches and atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ new york city. the reaction to the news of osama bin laden's death. people flooded the streets seupblging the star spangled banner and god bless america. some held an impromptu moment of silence. the mood is still jubilant for those who remain celebrating in the streets. michelle franzen joins us live from ground zero. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. certainly a lot of people are still out

college basketball news, george mason hired former georgia tech coach paul hewitt yesterday.ewitt was fired by the yellow jackets last month after spending 11 years at the school. he led georgia tech to five ncaa appearances including a run to the 2004 national championship game. he'll be introduced at a news conference on monday. >>> in baseball, nationals third baseman ryan zimmerman will have surgery on tuesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle l. zimmerman is expected to be out for six weeks. on the field yesterday, nationals hosting the giants. bottom of the ninth, nats down 2-1. giants closer brian wilson facing adam laroche with the bases loaded, and he gets him swinging to end the game. giants hang on to beat the nationals 2-1. same two teams today at 1:35. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >>> 9:27 right now. a gun battle brewing in the district. how one man's lease shut down the registration process for the entire city. >>> and lit death toll from one the deadliest storms in recent u.s. history may be about to soar even higher as resc

. >> george mason and the terps, wow. >> he looks happy. >> doreen gentzler is coming up with what'sing up at 6:00. >> it's getting hard to keep up with who the coaches are anymore. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, drug makers are helping parent avoid the threat of overdosing their children with pain relievers. the fighting in libya continues and gadhafi forces may have a new strategy and we'll tell you about that at 6:00 and some national park trespassers are caught in the act and there's a price to pay for getting that perfect picture. those stories and more coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00. thanks, doreen. >> coming up next, help for people looking for work. >>> the job market, the lift figures show a lot of folks still out of work. >> it's not all gloom and doom. 268,000 new jobs were created last month, the largest in fivers. >> >>> positions were widespread with retailers and construction companies all adding jobs in april, but stilt unemployment rate rose slightly to 9% as more people looked for work. >> news 4's john schriffen went to a job fair in arlington and learned how jo

. >> hewitt will be introduced at george mason's new head basketball coach today.g fired last month. the pacers said they offered hewitt a five-year deal close to what they offered before. he's making about a million a year plus a buyout from tech. >> our coverage of the death of osama bin laden continues in our next half hour. >> introducing more of the incredible celebrations that erupted outside the white house. in the early morning hours. quick check of traffic now. angie? >> right now, all is a go on the george washington parkway from the beltway past 123. a look at your district drive. that is still to come in traffic. keep it here. we'll be back at 5:30 with more of your roadways. hi, i'm mark fisher, ceo of sport and health. rich amador, our capital one commercial banker really rolls up his sleeves to help keep our business growing. he's done hands-on research to better understand our growing cash flow needs. rich, i am very excited about what you've put together. and with the strength of the largest bank headquartered in the dc area, he's able to fiercely

. >> reporter: the hits kept blasting across the softball field at george mason university in fairfax. it's a long way from the battle fields where these u.s. service men and women lost their limbs to improvised explosive devices called ieds. with the help of the veteran's administration and the louisville slugger company, the wounded warrior amputee softball team was created to help with rehabilitation. >> on three! one, two, three! >> reporter: it's doing more than that as these players crush team, well, more arms and legs. earlier this week, team members watched as world events unfolded in pakistan. >> some of the guys really, i was shot in '06 when i lost my leg, so we range out, but it's one big family. >> reporter: at tonight's game against the fbi all-stars, players said one of the most compelling things was the interaction on the youngest fans. raised on movies like "transformers," kids are fascinated by the prosthetics, seeing the wounded warrior amputees as a group of superheroes. >> we're the first amputee softball team in the world. the military bond made it really easy. i

nathan from george mason law school. first, thank you for joining us in the lion's den as it were. do you think, my question is do you think the army field manual should be the standard for interrogations conducted by nonarmed forces personnel? and if so, why? given how restrictive the techniques are? they're actually more restrictive as ben pointed out than the rules that apply in garden variety interrogations. you can't do good cop, bad cop without approval. you cannot threaten a source, you cannot coerce a source, you cannot yell which would come as a real shock to f.b.i. agents who point out that if you don't cooperate you might be going to lynch worth. >> let me throw in, it's more of a policy question than a legal question. >> as asaid before there's no magic about the army field manual and i don't think it cr tains all of the techniques that are compliant with our values and laws. i think that's also why it's a good thing that president obama has created this high value interrogation fwrupe which has representatives on it from the c.i.a., the f.b.i. and the military in an at

the assess it professor george mason university talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and will visit fort myer, va. to learn more about the army's oldest infantry unit and its role in military and president of burials. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. or you could have a e-mailed to you. >> "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour. we will talk about medicare and later, douglas brinkley discusses the world war ii memorial on the national mall. yesterday, the senate reached an agreement on a four year extension of the expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism law known as the picture that. before the extension was passed, the chamber voted to kill a couple of amendments offered by kentucky senator rand paul. one was on gun records and this is part of the debate. mr. paul: i'm pleased today to come to the floor of the senate to talk about the patriot act. i'm pleased that we have cracked open the door that we will shed some light on the patriot act. i wish the door were wider on, the debate broader and more significant, but we will talk a li

we are also joined by a senior fellow at the george mason university. let's begin with the immediate debt ceiling. the immediate implications of today. tons of headlines reaching the debt limit. what does this mean to you? guest: i do not think it is a big deal today, but it is emblematic of a big problem. treasury secretary governor has said there are quite a few things he could do to postpone any problems today. i think he has done quite a bit more than he said he could do. the problem has to be dealt with at some point pyridi. guest: the short-run issue is how treasury can economize on cash so they do not have to borrow. there are lots of assets like and move around to avoid the debt ceiling. the bigger problem is the budget. how are we going to deal with our budget deficit going forward, and that is a much more difficult problem? host: 2 are second-guess, what do you suspect other countries around the world are seeing as they viewed the situation here in the u.s.? guest: i do not know that other countries have short-term memory loss or whether they

associate professor at george mason university talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and will visit fort myer, va. to learn about the oldest active infantry unit, the old guard. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history or have it e-mailed to you. >> remarks from republican presidential candidate newt gingrich at a women's bachus in new hampshire. the former house speaker talks about the 2012 presidential campaign, health care, tax reform, and immigration. this is his first visit to the state since announcing he was running for president. from the portsmouth country club in new hampshire, this is a little over one hour. >> the campaigns are beginning to take form. in less than eight months, new hampshire will hold its first in the nation presidential primary. this will help signal which candidate has the best chance to beat barack obama. and and the era of big government and expanded. the citizens of new hampshire take this leading role seriously. new hampshire people tend to be well-berth on the issues facing the nation and how these issues impact their pers

george washington. and, thus, our friend parson weems. he wasn't really a parson. his name was mason locke weems. he had known george washington briefly in the 1780s. he had been a visitor to mount vernon, he had married into a branch of the family, and he was one of the many people who walked through mount vernon and drove george and martha crazy when they were still alive, there were so many visitor who were coming. he was one of them. so right after george washington dies, mason locke weems writes to his publisher in philadelphia, and he says: washington has just died, millions of people are gaping to read something about him. we can make a lot of money. that was what he immediately saw. and parson weems -- i'll keep calling him parson weems just to be nice to him -- parson weems saw the dollar bill in washington long before washington was on the dollar bill. [laughter] i'm glad you like that. i made that up myself. [laughter] but he did. he was, he was in this for money. he was in it to make gobs of money. but he also, to give him credit, he wanted to bring washington to everyday americans. ri

foundation professor at george mason unundation professor at ge mason university. dr. david s. evans is the chairman of the local economists group and lecturer at the chicago law school. mr. adam j. is a associate professor at law at the university of law center. mr. andrew pincus is a partner at mayer, brown, and rowe. with that, raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing through the truth? all right. have a seat. the record will reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to facilitate discussion, if you can -- your written statement will be admissible to the record. you can simply summarize simple five minutes. at one minute, you'll get the yellow light which helps you. i would love to hear your testimony. mr. zywicki, we'll start with you, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pressure to be here today. i wasn't strongly in favor of regulatory reform, dealing with consumers financial production and that sort of thing. i think that we've been much in need of regulatory form, steam lining a

nathan sales from george mason law school. thank you for joining us in the lion's den, as it were. my question is do you think the army field man sw well --, if so given how restrictive the techniques are, they are considerably more restrictive than the rules that apply in garden variety criminal investigations. you can't do good cop-bad cop unless you get an 06 to approve. you cannot threat an source. you cannot coerce a source. you cannot yell. f.b.i. agents said if you don't cooperate you'll be going levinworth for a long time. >> as said before, i think that there is no magic about the army field manual. i don't think it contains all the techniques that are compliant with our values and our laws. i think that is also why it is a good thing that president obama had created this high-value interrogation group which has represents on it from the c.i.a., the f.b.i. and the military. in an attempt to make sure that we canvass experts from all of the relevant agencies to collect the most effective and legal techniques for gathering intelligence that we have. i think that was lacking

after that, george mason university professor on the mission and goals of the rotc program. plus your emails, phone calls, on "washington journal" tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. from columbia south carolina, we go to oakland, california for the commencement ceremony at mills college. the first american civilian woman to world in post the second world war in japan. she helped one person secretly write the postwar constitution for japan. we will hear more about her story before the speech. this is have an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] 1] >> it is my honor to introduce to you your commencement speaker for today. she was awarded an honorary degree on the occasion of her speech in 1991. i kept hearing about this amazing mills woman. at a very young age, she had graduated from mills college and how had gone directly to japan to be a part of the writers of the japanese constitution after the second world war. she was the author of a section of the constitution that guarantees w

we are also joined by a senior fellow at the george mason university. let's begin with the immediate debt ceiling. the immediate implications of today. tons of headlines reaching the debt limit. what does this mean to you? guest: i do not think it is a big deal today, but it is emblematic of a big problem. treasury secretary governor has said there are quite a few things he could do to postpone any problems today. i think he has done quite a bit more than he said he could do. the problem has to be dealt with at some point pyridi. guest: the short-run issue is how treasury can economize on cash so they do not have to borrow. there are lots of assets like and move around to avoid the debt ceiling. the bigger problem is the budget. how are we going to deal with our budget deficit going forward, and that is a much more difficult problem? host: 2 are second-guess, what do you suspect other countries around the world are seeing as they viewed the situation here in the u.s.? guest: i do not know that other countries have short-term memory loss or whether they

. >> i'm sue tolson at george mason university. a i'm going to ask two questions because i think you won't call on me twice. one question, and i know we've used lou's books and you've all done very fine work but my question is, didn't congress by passing the war powers resolution violate the constitution in a way? because he have the right,la only congress has the right to declare war. by what i think is really ridiculous piece of legislation they're giving themselves 60 is today.th you can blow up the world in two days. giving i themself a 60-day period seems ridiculous to as member of the public like myself. secondly, i'm a child of the vietnam era and it seemed told me also if you had required, if congress was really doing its job and you know, upholding its responsibility to the declare war, you might have had more public t support for this particular war. has anyone done a study, really correlating in recent times the growth of executive power and unpopularity of wars? because i think vietnam was the first war i remember, and

george mason law school. my question is for miss massimino, thank you for joining us in the lion's den. my question is, do you think the army field manual should be the standard for interrogations conducted by nonarmed forces personnel? if so, why, given how restrictive the techniques are? they are considerably more restrictive than the rules that apply in garden variety. can't do good cop and bad cop unless you get an 06 to approve. or solitary confinement with higher approval. you cannot threaten a source, coerce a source. you cannot yell which would come to a real shock to f.b.i. agents, if you don't cooperate you might go away to leavenworth for a long time. why should the c.i.a. be bound by interrogation limits that cops are not bound by? >> it's more a policy question than legal question. >> as i said before, i think that there's no magic about the army field manual. i don't think it contains all of the techniques that are client with our values and laws. i think that's also why it's a good thing that p

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim ant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doin guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give pau writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do i, the day is going to come when markets re

guest: at george mason university. i teach a three-hour class once a week. i also have to do with me and jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when mark

this is a professor at george mason university talking about the foreign policy of president reagan.fort myers, va., to learn about the oldest active infantry union -- unit, the old guard. get the schedule emailed to you. host: our last segment is with sheila krumholz from the center for responsive politics. she is there executive director. welcome. what is a political action committee? guest: it is a committee organized reporting to the federal election commission that supports a candidate for public office. they can receive and contribute money directly but they must disclose. host: how many times per year can day disclose? guest: monthly or quarterly. if they've disclose quarterly, they only have to do that twice. this year, we will not see anything about quarterly filings until july 31st. host: to they have to disclose how much they have given are where the money comes from host:? -- comes from? guest: both. they're very transparent. we know where the money is coming from and going to. that is the good news. host: what is the bad news? guest: many organizations use this to give a

an associate professor at george mason talks about the foreign- policy of president reagan. and we'll learn more about the army's oldest active infantry unit and its role in military and presidential burials. get the complete schedule at c- span.org, or have it emailed to you. >> next, general james amos is interviewed about the future of the u.s. marine corps. other topics include the conflict in afghanistan, iraq, and libya. from the brookings institution, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. it is a big treat and pleasure for me today to welcome the marine corps commandant, general james amos, to bookings. peter singer and i would like to welcome you all. we have the opportunity to hear from the common bond on a number of issues that i know this crowd needs no briefing on. the report everything on the status of marine corps operations to the status of the war in afghanistan, and how various budget exercises may be going at the pentagon, to the extent we can talk about those. but i want to begin briefly with a word of appreciation for the general. i

i am a professor at george mason university. my question is, didn't congress by passing the war powers resolution violates the constitution in away, because they have -- only congress has the right to declare war. i think it is a ridiculous piece of regulation. they are giving themselves 60 days. you can blow up the world in two days, so giving them 60 days is ridiculous to a member of the public like myself. i am a child of the vietnam era. it seemed to me also that if you had required -- if congress would really doing its job and a pole in his responsibility to declare war, you might have had more public support for this particular war. has anyone done a study correlating in recent times the growth of executive power and the unpopularity of force? i think vietnam was the first war that i remember -- we have had a series of unpopular wars, protest, aside from kucinich. i just wonder if anybody has correlated that. >> i think the war powers resolution is a fundamentally dishonest statute. yet to make a compromise between house a