. >>> and now an interview from george mason university. >> george mason professor who rosemarie zagarri in your book the politics of size you begin the book by saying that the deepest and most antagonistic conflict that the federal constitution convention was the controversy over her presentation in the national legislature. why is that? home is a lot of people think slavery is an issue that and i was a major issue in the was contentious but the fact is that it was only the deep eight over how people would be represented in the lower and upper house of the new congress that was the major issue that nearly stopped the convention and nearly cent of the delegates home who are that nearly resulted in the whole debate being ended, and what i think it is very little understood debate but it's what got us when this sort of a sesto em ho we have today in congress where all of the states have two representatives in the senate in other words and equal vote in the senate and representation some the basis of the population in other words what more representatives for more people in the house of rep

there's a statue of george mason on the mall and, of course, george mason university tries to make itself known in basketball and research and teaching. so we try to get his name out there. >> we are talking with rosemarie zagarri. she's a history professor here at george mason university. she's the author of this book "the politics of size: representation in the u.s. 1776-1850." recently reintroduced in paper book, reissued in paperback but she's also the author of this book "revolutionary backlash: women and politics in the early american republic" published by the university of pennsylvania press. what's the word "backlash" mean in your title? >> well, as i studied this period, what i found was that even though women couldn't vote for the most part or hold public office, that the revolutionary era debate over equality and natural rights generated a more large and widespread discussion about whether women had rights and what rights women should have. and women had actually been important participants in the prerevolutionary era, in the boycotts against great britain in making homespun.

. >> and now an interview from george mason university. >> george mason professor. in your book you begin by saying you have the deepest and most antagonistic conflict at the federal constitutional convention was the controversy over representation in the national legislature. why is that? >> well, i think that a lot of people think about the constitutional convention and they think that slavery was the major issue in toward the delegates apart. and, of course, slavery was a major issue and it was very contentious, but the fact was that it was only the debate over how people would be represented in the upper and lower house of this new congress that was the major issue that nearly stopped the convention and send all the delegates on that nearly resulted in the the whole debate being ended. end i think it is of very little understood debate, but it is what the us the sort of odd system that we have today in congress where all the states have two representatives in the senate, in other words, an equal vote in the senate, and then representation on the basis of populat

>> george mason politics, security, defense policy, book graduates and undergraduates. i did great work at oxford. >> or economic interests important in foreign policy? >> i think that sometimes they are over the estimated. i didn't find the major decisions belong with the narrow economic interest it's not as though they get on the phone and ask the leaders of the oil companies should we in iraq or something like men. i think the context is pretty much every president wants to maintain amasa the international system which is open to peaceful exchange and that this is part of the american vision of economic order that's an important factor but the idea that special interest drives on the trade policy you do find interest group activities. >> when you have to shift for example like today why is it hard to get through congress with columbia, south korea and so on there are strong protections in the congress and the president is aware of that. >> what do you think has been the biggest failure of the republican foreign policy? >> the failure of the and frustration to adequat

>> joining us it is a professor christopher her ever history professor at george mason his newest book is called the and during battle. professor, what 23 wars did you choose and why? >> look at the war for independence the civil war and second world war i pick those three because i wanted to survey brought the the experience of soldiers fighting what was similar on the ground and fighting and the differences. >> host: what consistencies did do find from the revolutionary war throat or to? >> for soldiers in battle there was profound commonalities the presence of danger the smuggling the appearance of death is fed of energy the delays and confusion and chaos. those change very little. we could go back with thousand years and find the exact qualities. >> host: there is a constant. >> said the similarities are often overlooked by the veterans themselves. a number of the soldiers remarked they imagine their experience has been like their predecessors like world war two's soldier comparing -- comparing the training compared to the stonewall brigade i thought one soldier looked around and i

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he's an associate professor of history, george mason university. the university press of kansas published this book. what about when it comes to so-called just cause? what about the glory of the cause that they're fighting for? >> guest: that's a really fascinating question and i think one that intrudes on the thoughts of soldiers from each century often before they go into battle and even more often after they leave battle. interestingly, the soldiers that i studied in my research when they were actually in combat, that is when the bullets are flying and the adrenaline is flowing through one's veins, many of them remarked that notions of cause, ideology, patriotism, those all receded fairly dramatically to the background. you can find colorful remarks from soldiers of each era commenting on that, one civil war soldier said in the heat of combat your interest extends no further than what you can see past your gun sights. a soldier from the mid 20th century in the united states army who said, you know, patriotism is well and good before we go into c

professor stephen barnes from george mason university is the author.irst of all, what did say gulag? in short, an acronym for the chief administration of canso was a bureaucratic institution but we use a much more erred generally to be in the soviet first labor system also internally exile people as well and to talk about the soviet penal system but also to help political prisoners. >> when and how they developed? >> the first labor camps start very eerie in the soviet period. london himself uses the term concentration camp to foot the enemies of the revolution into the confirmation camp and begin to use the idea of forced labor and to as a method to transform criminals but the deal expansion as to known as the multibillion dollar prisoner institution waits for the death of lebanon and the rise of stalin with the revolution from above. says he was in the midst of agriculture that takes away been forcing them to become state employees and there was a lot of resistance and some to send them off to siberia and to put she was part of the institution but wh

now an interview from george mason university. >> professor what is net neutrality? >> it is a series of regulations on broadband internet providers that limit what your service provides you with high-speed service and can do in terms of business models and pricing. so the idea of the so-called net neutrality rule is to limit the reach or scope of the local transport network that takes you to the internet in terms of your data traffic and allows you, the customer to access any kind of supplication or content without the discretion of the broadband provider involved so it's basically of rules and regulations that limit the business models packaging of your local googled and company. >> december 2010 the commissioner michael copps said allowing gigantic corporations to exercise unfettered control over americans' access to the internet not only creates risks to technological innovation and economic growth but it poses a threat to freedom of speech and the future of our democracy. do you agree with this statement? >> very little of it. in fact, the unfettered market that

and a list of other george mason university interviews go to booktv.org. >>> you are watching book tv on c-span2 and this is part of our university author series. each month book tv travels to a different university to interview professor who have written books that you may not have heard of and this month we are at george mason university in fairfax virginia on the all outskirts of washington, d.c. the metro area, and we are talking with johanna bockman, whose book is markets in the name of socialism the left wing origins of left-wing liberalism. what is left wing neoliberalism? >> a lot of people will ask me that. it's a word that is much more popular actually in europe. people in europe on the streets talk freely about liberalism. there are protests about new liberalism. a very popular but neoliberalism. it is generally seen as the idea that we think of ronald reagan's ideas of the pro-market an antistate, people generally identified up with ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. as of these ideas are market state and have other qualities i talked about in the book for different than

. >> recently booktv visited george mason university to interview several professors who have written recent books. .. written books that you may not have heard of. this month we are at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, on the outskirts of washington d.c., the mature area. we are talking with johan bachmann his book is a market in the name of socialism, the left-wing origins of neoliberalism. first of all, what is neoliberalism? >> guest: that's a very good question. actually a word that is much more popular in europe. people in europe on the street can talk quite freely. latin america also very, very popular about neoliberalism. generally seen as the ideas we think of ronald reagan's ideas. the eddy is of being pro-market an entire state. people generally at the divide that with our regular margaret thatcher. and so these ideas, they also have other qualities that i talk about in the book that rest of the different than what people expect. >> host: suggest? >> guest: often actually even though they are intestate, often they have a strong state, a stronger state to provide

watching book tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction books every weekend and we are on the campus of george mason university in fairfax virginia on the oscars of washington, d.c. for our university series we have the chance to come to universities and talk with professors who also read the book you might not have heard about and joining nellis meredith lair a history professor and her book is not quite out yet. it should be by the time this airs but here is the cover of its. armed with abundance. consumer is signed soldiering in the vietnam war. professor lair, what was the typical experience of the american soldier in the vietnam? >> guest: that is the great question to start because the american public has an assumption what it was informed by television, movies, media coverage of the war that tends to focus on the experience of the ground in the boonies in imminent danger living a life of obscurity and degradation and enduring the frequent danger and that is a powerful image and experience that many vietnam veterans have during the war but it is probably not the dominated experience of the war

. >> and now an interview from george mason university. >> dr. suzanne smith is an assistant professor of history here at george mason university, and she has a new book out published by harvard, "to serve the living: funeral directors and the african american way of death". dr. smith, what is the african american way of death? >> guest: the african american way of debt is a way of thinking about death as not just death, but connected to freedom and connected to the struggle for civil rights. in the book that tell a story about how the connection between death and freedom is so central to african-americans understanding of funerals and deaf that it hasn't been really considered in quite the way i do in the book before, but it is essential to our standing of the civil rights movement and also the history of african american entrepreneurial ship. >> host: what is the story? >> guest: the story goes back to slavery. in african-american culture they call a funeral of going. in the book i trace the story beginning there, and in the west african transa

george mason died on october 71792. it's about an hour. .. >> and the university of arkansas at little rock. he's also practiced law for several years. in addition to forgotten founder, he's the author of "eisenhower and the anti-communist crusade." in writing about his new book, "forgotten founder," publishers weekly said his assessment of mason judicious. this biography is a standout. i give you dr. jeffrey broadwater. [applause] >> thank you, donna. take me a minute to get set up up here. well, let's see, oops. to begin with, i would like to thank you for inviting me to gunston hall. this is the first opportunity i've had to talk publicly about george mason, forgotten founder, since the book came out. and i can't think of a better place to start than gunston hall. this is really the perfect setting to begin a discussion of george mason. when you write a book, people ask you certain natural questions; what's the book about, how did you get interested in the subject. in my case, why did you write a book about george ma

. >> host: christopher hamner is an associate professor of history at george mason university what do you teach? >> guest: i teach mostly american military history. >> host: "enduring battles: american soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945." published by the university of kansas press. >>> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. and now,. >> and now an interview from george mason university. >> host: depth and redemption is the name of the book, the gulag and the shaping of soviet society is the title. stephen a. barnes is the author. first of all, professor barnes, what is a gulag? >> guest: the gulag is -- in short -- well, it has two meetings. it's an acronym for a bureaucratic institution. but, of course, it's been used much more generally to mean primarily labor camps, but also a system of interimly-exiled people and some prisons as well. in the large part, we're talking about the soviet penal system, but also a system that held political prisoners in the soviet union. >> host: when and how were they developed? >> guest: the first lay wore camps -- lab

. >> host: we've been talking with professor rosemarie zagarri of george mason university. this is her newest book, "revolutionary backlash: women in politics in the early american republic," and just recently reissued is her book, "the politics of size: representation in the u.s. 1776-1850." >> and now, an interview from george mason university. >> host: professor tom hazlett, what's net neutrality? >> guest: it's a series of regulations on broadband internet providers that limit what your service provider provides you access to the internet presumably with high-speed service can cowith business models models and pric. so the idea of the net neutrality rules is to limit the reach or scope of your local transport network that hooks you up, takes you to the internet in terms of your data traffic and allow you, the customer, to access any kind of application or content without the discretion of the broadband provider involved. so it's, basically, rules or regulations that limit the business models and packaging of your local broadband company. >> host: well, in december 2010

for a complete schedule and the list of other george mason university interviews go to booktv.org. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books every weekend. we are on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, virginia, on the outskirts of washington d.c. for our universities series. we had the chance to come to some universities and talk with professors to have ultimately let's as you might not have heard about. joining us now is meredith lair, a history professor here at gm you. her book is not quite out yet, but should be by the time this airs. here is the cover, "armed with abundance." professor, what was the typical experience of the american soldier in vietnam? >> guest: that is a great place to start because i think the american public has an assumption about what that experience was. informed by television and movies and media coverage of the war. it tends to foreground the experience, the grunts, an imminent danger of living a life of obscurity and defamation and enduring frequent danger. so that is a very powerful image and certainly an exper

. >> now an interview from george mason university >> dr. suzanne smith is an assistant professor of history here at george mason university, and she has a new book out published by harvard funeral directors of the african-american we of death. dr. smith is the african-american we've def? >> the african american way of death is a way of thinking about death as not just deaf but connected to freedom and to the struggle for civil rights. in the book until the story about how the connection between def and freedom so essential to an african americans understand of funerals and deaths of that is it hasn't been considered in quite the way i do in the book before but it is essential to our understanding of the civil rights movement and also the history of african-american entrepreneurship. >> what is the story? >> it goes back to slavery and the african-american culture, they call a funeral home going, and in the book i trace the story beginning there and in the west african and transatlantic slave trade, african slaves who try to escapes often ju

so far this ongoing military campaign ten years on i'm joined by michael chugg analyst at the george mason university school for conflict resolution this is chad thanks ever so much for being with us tonight this conflict is already becoming the longest war in u.s. history of the outcome still up in the air in years to come how do you think the history books are going to record what actually happened at the end of it all. what's interesting is not only the longest war but it's the most expensive war cost seen one million per soldier per year so we're spending three hundred twenty five million per day ten billion per month one hundred twenty billion per year in terms of how the history books will tell the story i think we'll look at the success and sustainability of the strategies and i would argue they aren't successful and they aren't sustainable we've tried every military strategy under the sun from counterterrorism to counterinsurgency now we're trying out these afghan local police which is essentially u.s. commanders giving money in years sions to whomever they choose on the ground tha

>> guest: what i do full-time is i teach at george mason university. i'm visiting associate professor there. and at the same time, i also lecture at the smithsonian institution at their campus on the mall. and i am--organized their western heritage program there, bringing on teachers and setting up courses and so on for--for the large audiences that we get--that we get over at the smithsonian's ripley center. c-span: how would you describe your own political views? >> guest: i guess i would describe my own political views as conservative of a--of a sort that is someone who grew up as a progressive, who in graduate school had been of the left, but then became disillusioned with it as a result of what had happened in vietnam and in cambodia after the american withdrawal there. and--and of really kind of reassessing your own deeply held beliefs and beginning to think that perhaps there's a different way to sort of see, a different perspective on all these other kinds of things. it's been a slow, long march for me to the kinds of views and issues that--tha

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at george mason middle school. a quarter of an inch of rain.e look from way out in space. is another tropical storm. watch what it will be doing. it may move into the yucatan peninsula the next couple of days. over us, there are those clouds moving out. their go at the close tomorrow. delightful tomorrow afternoon. hardly a cloud inside. it is even possible you may see lights.hern temperatures to mar will be delightful. 60's. . -- temperatures tomorrow will be delightful. 60's. time youskies by the get up tomorrow morning. near 50 degrees. a beautiful sunny day. a classic late october day. on tap for same wednesday. front comes through on thursday. we may be seeing some afternoon showers. look at the air coming in. those leads are really changing over the weekend. >> very much like fault now. no turning back. regroupedskins have to and reenergize with 10 games left to play. the list of players down and out continues to grow. we will hear from mike shanahan. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance

a little warmer than yesterday. 55 in alexandria right now at george mason elementary.angle, 55 and clayton's berg, 52 in silver spring at kennedy high school. but temperatures will continue dropping throughout the morning. mostly sunny today 75 this afternoon, a little above average. tomorrow a few degrees cooler as the cold front moves through later this evening. that will set the stage for upper 60's and total sunshine of thursday. pleasant, dry, sunny today through the weekend. near 80 by sunday. >>> feeling pretty good about the commute. clearing a lot of overnight construction. there's a crash on 395. first i want to take marylanders along 270 peaceful. headlights are at shady grove road. no problems at the american legion bridge. there was an earlier crash 395 no amount at glebe road. -- northbound, , but everything is moving nicely. >>> coming up, thieves have left a dangerous situation behind in a local city. a missing manhole cover -- >>> tracking our top stories but amanda knox is home for the first time in at least four years. she arrived in seattle last nig

. >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span 2 on the campus of george mason university fairfax virginia talking with their professors here who have also written books currently talking with steven barnes "death and redemption" the gulag and the shaping of modern society." professor, i have you done more research in the soviet gulag archives than anybody else? >> i don't know if it is more than anyone else but there are russian scholars who have been doing work since the late 1980's but i am certainly one of those who have done the most. it is terrific because it is a subject we need to know more about there is a lot of young scholars coming along today who are doing work on this today. month-end ed davis center a few years ago we had well over 78 applications who are doing the kind their research that we need to understand this system. it is a very important contribution only begins to address to go into mourning death to think about the literature that is out there and no marinara this information available on the soviet and those that are employed by the camp system system, and need t

professor jack goldstone is a sociologist at george mason school of public policy.taggering figure. we already live in a world where 900 million people have no access to clean water, nearly a billion go hungry, 2.6 billion have no adequate sanitation. so what does that mean? 7 billion people. what does that mean for the planet? >> well, 7 billion is a huge number. it's not a stopping point. there are another 2, possibly 3 billion more on the way if things go on as expected. what that means is we can't proceed with business as usual if we simply keep dumping the garbage and wasting the water and fouling the air the way we've been doing. the planet's not going to be happy and neither will we. >> with added population you have to factor in ageing as well. almost half of all adults in germany, italy, ja and south korea are living to the age 60 or older. people living a longer life span. how does this affect the global economy? especially in terms of how we consume resources like fuel and food like you were just saying? >> well, the good news is the fact the population i

. >> director and part-time student at george mason university and a newly wed with student loans. >> being an older student all my money is going to other things like we are looking for a house and all that. so anything that would take the load off would be great. >> about 1.6 million americans could see their payments go down. >> reporter: president obama says the average college graduate owes $24,000 in student lones when they finish school reducing the maximum required payment on those loans to 20% of income beginning next year gives the president high marks on d.c. area campuses. >> i think that's great. hopefully it will help me and all students. >> here on the campus we couldn't get through to the financial aid office. some of the students estimate 80% of their classmates are here on student loans. can't expect any financial help from their families. >> hopefully i will try to secure a job before i leave so i don't have to worry about finding a job and having to pay. but i am concerned about it. >> now, a footnote. the president's plan might lower that monthly payment but it do

it is doing fine. 66 to george mason drive toward the roosevelt bridge, nice and quiet.de of town, 95 at route 198 looks like this from baltimore to laurel and the beltway. we'll look at the dulles toll road at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >> president obama heads to pittsburgh this morning to continue selling his jobs plan. he'll visit a local union training center, tour a classroom and meet with his jobs council. >> the senate is set to hold a procedural vote to decide whether or not to take up the president's proposal. susan mcginnis has more. >> what do you want? >> more jobs. >> when do you want it now? >> protestors stood along a crumbling bridge in downtown los angeles demanding congress pass president obama's jobs plan. >> my dad is unemployed. my brother is unemployed. my sister is unemployed. >> demonstration into the night, they called on lawmakers to put americans back to work, rebuilding the nation's roads and bridges. >> people aring their homes and we need jobs. >> today, the senate holds a vote. a key early test to decide whether to move the bill forward.

alexa is from george mason university.yn donovan is buddy ambassador and a member of the george mason university chapter. thanks for cominging. >> thanks for having us. >> tell us more about best buddies and why it is so important. a lex a. >> best buddies is so important because everyone wants a friend. everyone wants to do normal things. i'm a college student. caitlyn is a normal student. why can't we do things that normal college students do. >> it gives opportunities for one to one relationships. >> caitlyn, would you add to that? >> i've been in the program since high school and i've loved it ever since. and i've had good buddies and bad buddies. but this one i just had previously has been the best buddy i've ever had. >> sorry about the bad buddies. everybody has had a bad buddy at one point or another. >> yeah. >> this organization started right here in washington. and i understand why anthony shriver of the kennedy family. >> he was a student at georgetown university. and he noticed there was something missing for

thomasina borkman, professor of sociology emerita, george mason university, fairfax, virginia. keith, let's start out by letting the audience know what is the need for treatment in terms of substance use and mental disorders in this country? a lot of people aren't aware of how prevalent these conditions are, but amazingly there are 45 million american adults who meet the criteria for a mental health problem. and 23 million who meet it for substance use, alcohol or drugs. and most of those who also smoke and the overlap between those groups is about 10 million people who struggle with both of those problems. so that means at any given time one in four people in this country could conceivably benefit from treatment for mental health or substance use disorder. and actually, we're using the term now, behavioral health, do you want to explain a little what behavioral health encompasses? behavioral health is a bridging term, i mean, what is happening around the country is there's much more desire to integrate services, integrate thinking about these different types of disorders. and

i am the dean of the school of public policy here at george mason university. i am honored to be able to welcome you here today. to be part of a critical discussion about race and public policy. this is a critical issue for our nation in the world. it is an issue that has been neglected. it is a topic area. it is problematic for america to wrestle with. last night, i was re-reading oseph ellis's book on the founding of america. i was struck by several critical points. the first i was struck by as i was reading and thinking about what we would be discussing this morning was a central point that many political scientists, many of you have studied and noted, which is that our identity and our policies are integrally linked. there is no way to think about what we're doing as a community without thinking about who we are and how we have defined to we are. and this has been a critical issue for the american nation, and for the american republic since they were created. since the founding. trying to understand who we are as a people, trying to understand what makes th

george mason elementary school, 65 degrees at this time in alexandria.temperatures will drop a few more degrees before sunrise shortly after 7:00 a.m. 54 degrees in bladensburg, 51 in silver spring. 54 degrees in fairfax. here's the forecast, sunshine, mostly sunny, 75. open the windows to let the fresh air circulation today. the cold front this evening will drop temperatures a few degrees for tomorrow. still very comfortable and pleasant with total sunshine and highs in the upper 60's. and long stretches of dry weather we have not seen since late july and early august. >>> we have been busy. everything looks good. i spoke with police and looks good through rock creek park and clara barton parkway, could ride on the george washington parkway. quiet is at the beltway and at the american legion bridge. 270 moving very nicely from father hurley boulevard on to 495. this is the beltway at river road. looks good in virginia. 95 66, no troubles. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 54 degrees or rather 55 degrees outside. >> a big upsets on "dancing." who when tall

that i will not all be here until the year 2030 according to the george mason center for regional analysis. montgomery and fairfax counties with the biggest growth of 160,000 jobs each. >> 6:70. >>> -- 6:07. i bet if you came to work one out of every three days and then took off entire months, you would be fired, but that is congress' schedule. 2 days in july, 3 in august, and no work until election day. they said they need time to work with their constituents and bragged the houses run initially. democrats don't like the plan, saying more work needs to be done, however when they controlled the house just before the last election, they planned 119 days. >>> if you went to bed before the world series ended, you missed an amazing game. highlights at 6:23. >>> in 5 minutes a unique look inside of the white house. a reporter who is trying to get answers about the jobs, the economy, and more. >>> up next, howard with the friday forecast. your news now when 9 news returns. >>> it is 6:11. chilly morning out there. clouds and sun breaks here and there. temperatures by noon into the mid-40s. north

. >> next sunday out at george mason university, the the inflatable theater is performing.rt mime, this inflatable dog is the size of an elephant. he shakes his head. he's just so cute. it's all the invention of this fred garbo who will be performing next saturday at 4:00 hylton performing arts center. the details are in today's kids post. >> finally, your book of the week, secrets at see by richard peck. >> richard peck is just a national treasure. sets at sea is a little bit of cricket in times square. it's a little bit the tale of despero. four orphaned mice who stow away on a ship and go across to england on a shift. ages 8 and up. a nice family read allowoud forl ages. >> always nice to see you. for fun family activities visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. i'm eun yang. >> always great ideas. >> i look forward to it every week. i do. >> it is 9:25. still ahead at this hour, tens of thousands of travelers are stranded as a labor dispute grounded qantas airlines. what's being done to get the planes back in the air. >> okay. i don't know

. >> george mason university school of public policy hosted a conference this week to discuss public policy and risk your panelists included experts from various universities and organizations. during the conversation, they highlighted the issues facing minorities and how policies have played a role, looking at immigration and voting rights. this is an hour and half. >> we are now ready to begin the second panel of the day. this is dedicated to international issues. we thought it best to look at both sides of this coin, if you will, and thought it very important to bring in an international aspect. to moderate this discussion will be professor clarence of american university. he is the author of numerous books, so many more to name them i will do here. i do want to mention three of them. the first one is ": paul and condoleezza rice -- "ccolin powell and condoleezza rice." his most recent book is more domestically oriented. that is "the black history of the white house." with that, i will turn it over to professor lou samlusane. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

willen and i may professor george mason university, and a senior scholar scholar. it's an honor to testify before you in this committee today. the fixed rate mortgage occupies a role of the housing finance system, the dominant instrument since the great depression, the account for more than 90% of mortgage originations. one reason why it's enjoyed this enduring popularity is that the frn is a consumer from the instrument. my only does it offer payment stability, the instrument provides a one-sided the bet in the bar were's favor. if it rises if they fall he could benefit to lower the mortgage interest rate. but these consumer benefits have cost the provider of fixed nominal interest rate as long as 30 years and the prepayment option offers a significant cost of the rates rise the borrower has a below market rate on its books. if the fall the lender is then replaced with a lower one winters incorporated of rates that all of the borrowers pay regardless of whether they benefit from a refinance or not exercise and payment options in the contract also are a significant

inside the beltway here at george mason drive, no problems for the roosevelt bridge. coming up in my next report, a peek into the district at 6:25. andrea and mike? >>> next in sports another close game in the world series. and a familiar face lights the ramp for the capitals. >>> before we head to break, another check of the question of the morning -- >> if you're our facebook friend, you get the question every morning before 4:00 a.m. gene weighs in to say -- >> oh my gosh. that's hysterical. keep the guesses coming. that could be the funniest we've had. >> that's the funniest we've had. >> we'll have the answer for you coming up at 6:53. good morning gene. >>> and good friday morning to you, i'm olga breese in for howard bernstein. we are off to a very cool start. in and around the beltway the temperatures are around the 40s but the wear planner today is going to stay on the chilly side. 50s by noontime but push the 60- degree mark later on this ramp with plenty of sunshine to go around. i'll have the details in a couple of minutes. >>> thank you olga. in sports th

a thaw morning, george mason university economics professor garrett jones looks at the jobs that weree stimulus.

researchers at george mason university predict 1 million new jobs will be created in our region between0 and 2030. they say local governments must create hundreds of thousands of new housing units near these jobs to help accommodate workers and avoid complete gridlock. the whole region will need 700,000 new housing units. maryland will need 200,000. northern virginia will need nearly 400,000 new units. >>> the end of the $1 dvd from red box. after this weekend, the company is raising its prices. beginning on monday, the price for a standard dvd rental will go up 20%. it will now cost you $1.20 for a daily rental from red box. redbox says it needs to raise prices because of higher operation costs and higher debit card fees. >>> this amazing picture is sure to boost tourism in california. take a look. it was taken by a photographer who was getting promotional shots in santa cruz. he noticed a humpback whale swimming nearby and timed the shot perfectly to capture these two whales. notice to the right that kayaker who was able to get up close and personal. maybe a little too close with the

group plans on going to state schools and passing out flyers at virginia commonwealth university, george masonity, virginia tech, james madison university, and radford university. at least two schools in virginia have a no guns policy, and virginia tech is apparently considering one. >>> nba fans won't see any basketball for at least the first two weeks of the season and maybe even more. commissioner david stern announced 100 games over the first two weeks will be cancelled. the decision came when players and owners couldn't close a deal after seven hours of negotiations. the cancellation marks the first work stoppage in the nba since the 1998 and '99 season. >>> the capitals victory over the tampa bay lightning. >> semin backhand. he scores! >> the capitals struck down the tampa bay lightning 6-5 in a shootout. there was a lot of offense in this one as four different caps scored in regulation, including two from jason chimera. and it was new goaltender tomas vokoun's debut, although it was a lucky one with five goals, including one that deflected into the net. caps travel to meet arch rival p

. >> christopher hamner is an associate professor of history at george mason university. what you teach? >> i teach mostly american military history. >> "enduring battle: american soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945", published by the university campus press. >> you're watching the tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> next, jeopardy champion ken jennings presents a history of cartography and examines the ways that maps are used today. this is about 40 minutes. >> thank you. very kind. can you guys should be okay? thanks for coming out. this is a lot of people. i have been here many times. very excited, like i got to go through a bathroom and was through a garage, some office, where are we? were in the middle of capitol hill. nice to see guys. i'm ken jennings. i think what we will do is i will talk a little bit, about the book, and then i don't how this will go but i want to do an impromptu geography quiz. it's pretty fun when we turn the signing into a game show. i don't know what c-span will think about that. we're going to do a quiz s

group plans on going to state schools and passing out fliers at virginia commonwealth university, george masonchools in virginia have a no guns policy and virginia tech is apparently considering adopting one. >>> an unusual sight in the sky overnight had people tweeting up a storm this morning. we found a number of tweets talking about a so-called moon rainbow. while some understood what it was, many people were confused about what they were looking at. according to wikipedia, a moonbow or lunar rainbow is made when light reflects off the surface of the moon rather than from direct sunlight. let's see if tom saw that. did you see the moonbow last night? >> i was asleep, but it's caused by the sun bouncing off the moon, and then it refracts and then in the ice crystals in the clouds that were up there and created that halo. a wonderful sort of a colorful glow, a ring of light around the moon last night. well, this morning we've had the clouds closing in. a little bit of sunlight earlier but now it's all cloudy. here's a live picture from our sky watcher camera. downtown washington, construction

and george mason's madness starts at 9:30. >>> the brewers versus the cardinals. brewers came into st. louis having not run a playoff road game since the 1982 world series. but solid pitching from randy wolf helped hold the cardinals in check with ryan braun continuing to swing a hot bat, helping the brewers win 4-2. the series now shifts back to milwaukee for game number five. >>> in the american league, the detroit tigers will get to play at least one more game this season. facing elimination, the tigers swung a hot bat against the texas rangers last night, building a 6-2 lead, and then hung on as the rangers mounted a comeback. they won the game 7-5. rangers still lead the series 3-2 and can move on to the world series with a win saturday at home in texas. >>> thousands of people across the country are waiting in line as we speak to get their hands on the new iphone. today you can get your very own ipad 2 from the comfort of your own home, and you can get it for free. today's nbc 4 fandemonium prize is a brand new ipad 2. all you need to do is like our facebook

anthony sanders, i'm is professor of finance at the george mason university. the fixed rate mortgage occupies a central in the u.s. housing system. more than 90% of mortgage originations. the frm is a consumer-friendly instruments. it offers payment stability. if rates rise, the bard benefits -- these consumer benefits have costs. the prepayment option creates significant costs. if rates rise -- to compensate for this risk, lenders in corporate a premium that all borrowers pay regardless about whether they benefit from might refinance or not -- from a refinance or not. the adjustable-rate mortgage also has consumer friendly benefits. banks will originate and hold 30-year fixed mortgages even without the government guarantee, is like they have done in previous years. this baby a short-term effect because freddie mac, fannie mae fha have cornered the mortgage market. the only country in the world was subject high concentrate -- most countries have shorter maturity -- the u.s. home ownership rate is comparable to that of other countries with higher arm. there is

host: our guest is the economics professor of george mason university, the mercator center.come. you and your colleagues did some research on the notion of shovel ready jobs. what did you find? guest: of people that were hired, only 42% were hired from the unemployment line. almost half, 47% were poached from other private sector jobs mostly. there is probably a lot less job creation and more jobs shifting than voters would expect. host: why is an important to make that distinction? guest: it gives a sense of where the bill was targeted out. was it hard to find short notice or. when stimulus funds went toward health care and engineering, those are where the government was going to be taking people away from other jobs rather than hiring people from the and and one of line. we used two different methods. one approach was to interview people let stimulus fund organizations around the country. a total of 85 different organizations. the merc datacenter that said people the five differed metropolitan areas. we call people up on the website and and we mailed out thousands of surve

host: his most recent book, the fallacy of neutrality, also a professor of law and economics at george mason university, information economy project at the gm you was cool. >> thank you very much for having me and thank you very much to c-span. >> every weekend book tv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. off -- watch it here on c-span2. >> jacqueline kennedy sat down with this story and offered to record seven entities selling over eight hours to include the first is remembrances of her husband's personal and political life on the campaign trail and in the white house. she presents some of his recordings next followed by a panel discussion that includes michael that loss and richard donohue. >> evening. you have read the news stories, but your copies of the book, watch the prime-time special on morning television and the daily show with john stuart. not tonight live from the kennedy library with the oral history that has been so carefully house, we will hear directly from jacqueline kennedy about her life with our 305th president and from their daughter wh

this month we speak with authors from george mason university in virginia.next month we head to the university of texas at austin. for more on our booktv college series, visit booktv.org. >> here are the best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times as of october 5th.

. >> i don't know if competition is the right word, but there's george mason. unity colleges around in montgomery and prince george's county too. do you consider these other schools competition when you're going for the same pool of young people? >> actually, we don't go for the same pool of young people. >> okay. >> average student age is about 28 years old. >> is it? >> so it's a person who is married, has a family, probably a full-time worker, part-time student. the younger students that we get, while they range in wide abilities, we historically get the first generation collegegoer or a student that decided college wasn't right for him or her early on. now coming back a little bit later, more mature. >> sure. >> and so every community college here in the region collaborates with one another. there might be a little rivalry but not much. every time a community college story is told about montgomery, it reflects positively. >> sure. >> so we're literally beginning to team together and beginning to talk about ourselves as the washington metropolitan community c