and i think of the spirit of george mason. there is a statue of mason, bronze, life-sized, stout, vigorous, making his point, you know, insisting that he be heard, questioning the received wisdom of the day, which is probably not bad concept to put on every college campus. maybe one more. yeah? >> one more. >> give me just one second, please. >> not perfect. >> washington's only trip out of the continental united states i believe was to barbados. is there anything that tells us that he had observations that he might have incorporated, any thoughts? i know he got sick there, which hopefully saved him, i guess, from a postcard having a great time, wish you were here? >> no. i meant like seeing the barbations, i guess is how they say it. i know it was very english. >> it's a good question, and i don't mean to make light of it. all i know, and again, i don't pretend -- there are a lot of people i'm sure in this room that could tell you more. i know that he -- it's interesting. he really enjoyed his time in barbados. he, you know, c

george mason responds. bryan allen with the jumper. george mason wins. >>> to washington.econd half, g.w. down by eight. tony taylor throws it up to david pell ham. this is nice. alley-oop. pellham finished with 12 points. under two minutes to go. four-point game until this. st. joe's breaking down the zone defense. carl jones for three. buries it. st. joe's defeats george washington, 73-66. >>> a lot of college basketball today. a lot of winners there. >> what did the kid from georgetown get? >> what are you talking about? bucket! you want >>> welcome.

we also want to welcome to the george mason campus peter mara of cbs news. he's covered the white house since the reagan administration and here in our studios a professor at harvard. thank you for being with us. let's dig into the book, and one of the points i want to highlight as we focus the on the tea party, it's role in the 2012 campaign and the president's own re-election effort. you write in the book that the tea party p in all of its manifestations has pulled want the republican party sharply toward the right and shifted the u.s. public at a critical juncture, blunting the reformist force of barack obama's historic presidency. >> yes. i think we misunderstand, if we imagine the tea party to be a centralized organization that would be, for example, capable of nominating somebody for the presidency. it's really a set of grassroots forces and elite forces that have been pushing back against barack obama and the democrats since president obama took office and have also insisted that republican candidates hue the to the right on social, economic and tax p

area sports there's always george mason. >> there's always george mason. college teams are doing great. george mason, a fight for number one tonight. wait until you see this exciting finish that had us screaming in the sports department. >>> plus, danny o'brien comments for the first time >>> george mason in a pivotal game against bcu as they head down the stretch to the big dance. the patriots in a three way tie with the rams for first place in the caa. two words for you, buzzer beater. nine seconds left, here is bc. there's a first head coach, paul hewitt. virtual bonds makes the three pointer brings mason within one. watch this, three seeks left so down two. scores his shot. >> wow. >> hits it and it was nothing but net for that one. george mason beats bcu 62-61. big win for them. tony bennett and virginia at clemson, they didn't have as much of a good time. tied at half time but clemson pulls away. young with the outlet to rod hall gets the flush and uva loses 60-48 and they've lost three of the last four. >> the wizards two and 10 on the road this sea

area sports there's always george mason. >> there's always george mason. college teams are doing great. george mason, a fight for number one tonight. wait until you see this exciting finish that had us screaming in the sports department. >>> plus, danny o'brien comments for the first time since deciding to leave maryland, coming up next in sports. le, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> george mason in a pivotal game against bcu as they head down the str

if there's a question from one of the students at george mason. >> george mason. sure. >> so do you think that the tea party would have emerged as quickly without the health care debate? >> that's a good question, you know. obama care, as tea partiers refer to the affordable care act of 2010, is certainly one of the flash points in tea party anger. as peter pointed out, a lot of generational issues are at stake, and remember the affordable care act extending health insurance in an affordable way to people who lack it now, and they are d disproportionalely younger working family, whereas tea party yerz fear medicare may be cut to pay for that. that's one of the big themes used to beat up on the affordable care act in the 2010 election. we may see another round of that in 2012, but it's going to be fascinating because romney's massachusetts reform is exactly the same in almost every respect as obama's health care reform. that will be quite an interesting debate it to hear. >> yet, he says and peter you can ware in on this as well, the romney campaign says it's a sta

george mason committed 21 turnovers, monarchs up six at the break.rge mason opens the second half on a 16-4 run, including this it great play. ryan pierson to von gray. patriots never looked back. george mason wins 54-50, takes over sole possession of first place in the conference. >>> elsewhere today, virginia loses to florida state 58-55. virginia tech defeats clemson 67-65. and george washington falls to umass 86-75. hometown hockey, capitals on the road today in montreal. ovechkin back in the lineup after serving a suspension. first period off the face-off, top of your screen here, dennis wideman, slapshot. actually, a knuckle puck. check it out. shoots and scores, that's nifty. his tenth goal of the season, caps in front 1-0. that was more than enough for the goal tender, finishing with 30 saves. the caps win 3-0. they're back home tomorrow afternoon against boston. >>> then super bowl xlvi, 6:30, nbc 4, patriots/giants. i'm still sticking with the patriots even though there's a guy named hakeem knicks who plays for the giants. >>> quick reminde

game of thecollege andt -- george mason virginia tied for the lead. he lets it go for three and hits bottom. 60-59. george mason trailed by one. 3.8 seconds left. watch him let it fly. he lets the celebration began. the patriots -- george mason beats vcu to retain part of the lead. as the to clemson. an upset in the making. mind virginia had to play without joe harris. that will start the break. takes it. 50-41 clemson. they beat virginia 60-48. the wizards are planning a portland.e in story in the nba is jeremy lin. let me take you back to toronto. this game was sensational. they trailed by 17, butlin the old-hem back fashioned way. tied at 87 with the final seconds. waits. splash for the wind. lin for the win. six wins in a row. new york never led until that bucket. >> the capitals' season is slipping away. he says this is as good as he has felt for a long time. green had surgery to repair tear in his stomach lining. be back soon. do they need him. he is itching to make the road trip this weekend. >> it is important that i come when i am ready. i de

northeastern beats george mason 85-82. maryland had coached randy edsall gave an unconditional release to his quarterback today. acc has filed a complaint presumably against vanderbilt for tampering. this is what the coach and the league should have done in the first place, but now they're able to transfer. tiger woods, the accenture match play championship. he fell down early, but battled back. tiger what on to win. he plays nick what need tomorrow. -- he plays nick watney tomorrow. the big story tonight, the capitals. at that hour in the tank and cannot find their way out. there are in serious trouble. -- they are in serious trouble. >> you may be surprised by the honor this a-list actors is just now receiving. weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minut

george mason with mason madness. mason wins 62-61. >> what a close one. >> they love it at george mason. >>> virginia at clemson. always a tough win on the road. but first half, things looked good. at one point, uva led 22-21. the second half was all clemson tigers. clemson goes on to upset the cavaliers 60-48. cavs have lost two straight. >>> now to the nba action, the wizards out west in portland. first half a, john wall may not be the best shooter but he can drive and finish. the wizards lead by 12 at the break. and would step it up even more in the second half. they go to beat portland 124- 109. >>> and more lin-sanity. he drills the three-pointer just before the buzzer. the knick get

. >> a new coach at george mason, he replaces the great jim but he is no back up his story, where hee from and where he is going coming up next brian. >> and get ready for temperatures in the dare we say, 60s. like mid-60s. late they are week. that is kind of close to 70. your forecast next  today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. it's got tender white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs

been in the same situation. >> let me turn to bob for final question from one of his students at george mason. >> by the way, there was another force a third party candidate george wallace who pulled aaway a lot of white southerners angry over the civil rights legislation that johnson passed and denied what was the solid south to the democratic party. >>> why didn't humphrey attempt to run for president after the 1968 election considering he only lost by a small percentage of the popular vote? >>> at some point he decided he didn't want to be president anymore. he was getting too late and he didn't want to do it. in 1970 after 1968 he was re-elected to the senate by the largest landslide in his history, in his political history. he took the seat of gene mccarthy in minnesota, which is always funny. gene mccarthy's popularity in minnesota after this year had just fallen, and humphrey took his seat when went back for the senate. i think he -- i don't think his heart was in running for president again in the end. >> let's turn to one of the questions from the students at the washington center. s

c-span's washington classroom is a partnership with the washington center and george mason university. this week they focus on the historic 1968 presidential campaign and specifically on the democratic nominee. mitt is the producer of the documenta documentary, and he joined the class from humphries home state of minnesota. this semester's class is focused on the road to the white house with a look at the issues and events shaping the current campaign as well as historical perspectives from past presidential elections. this is one hour. >> to my students part of the washington center here in washington, d.c. and from george mason, we want to welcome to the class mitt kohen and he's talking about hubert humphries specifically. thank you for being with us chls. >> thank you. >> let me begin whether the year began with the ted offensive and the decision by lyndon johnson not to seek another term in march of 1968. both of those events really had had a huge impact on the politics of that year and hubert humphries decision to run for the presidency. >> right the. ted offensive, while it rea

let's stay with george mason. one of the student questions and geel to the wash center. >> just as we asked the previous guest about what the legacy would have been had humphrey been laektsed, you had a question similar. >> my, mr. buchanan. i'd like to know how you think nixon's election changed the course of presidential elections to come. >> i think the richard nixon certainly one thing he did, richard nixon created the new majority coalition. it was one of the things we had worked on from 1966. fdr had this magnificent coalition that he had taken out of the republican party and put it together that governed the country and the democratic party by 1964. it was about twice as large as the republican paerlt. what nixon did straight politically was take the socially conservative catholic ethnic southern bloc and move it into the republican coalition so that in the next five elections -- the next four after 1968 republicans won three landslides of 49 states, 49 states, and 44 states and george h.w. bush won 40 stat

george mason beats unc wilmington 75-69. george mason with a 13-2 record. 10, george washington on the road against richmond. colonials down six. forces the turnover. this is sweet. alley-oop to david pelham. he had a team high 16 points. less than 1:30 to play. now tied at 64-64. colonials up two. last chance for the spiders. darian brothers for three and the win. uh-uh. no good. colonials get the rebound, that's it. george washington hangs on to beat richmond 69-67. snaps a five-game losing streak. wow, good for them. elsewhere, army defeats navy in double overtime and american loses to holy cross, 59-52. and tomorrow, here on nbc 4 at 12:30, capitals on the road against the rangers. fun to look for. they've got to win that game. i'm excited. >> she's coming up on "saturday night live." that is our news for tonight. snl is next. we'll be back here tomorrow. hakeem is going to sit here for a while and watch snl. see you tomorrow night. >>> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ applause ] >> hello. hello, i'm mitt romney. you have just caught men

in college sports, a former george mason head coach now the head man with the miami hurricanes.e bubble. this is a big game for miami. jim is excited to be back in the house. >> gary williams even though he is not coaching here his legend lives on. you come into the contest and see his name on the floor. i do not know how many people know how instrumental he was in me getting the job at george mason years ago. >> the oakland a's have agreed to terms with manny ramirez on suspension. he will become eligible may 30 on his 40th birthday but they believe they can help him so they signed him. manny ramirez. they are not paying him much. >> all right the winning combination. >> the delicious details when we come back. >> the oscar awards are going to be sweetened up some by help from here. every nominee who does not go home with a trophy will get a gift bag that will have these yummy golden treats. they are imported from spain and they are misted in gold. we will be people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this tolhnology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield f

later in the half, george mason down big. and they turn it over. scooped it up and scored.cu 43-27 at halftime. burgess making his 141st consecutive start. knocks down the three. he pumped in a career high 31 points. and on senior nigh, vcu defeated george mason, 89-77 and the ncaa tournament starts from i had. ninth-ranked georgetown hosting villanova. hoyas coming off their first loss of the season in an 18-point defeat against see tto hall on tuesday. the freshman hits the stepback jumper. georgetown up 19-8. final minute of the half, porter creates some space for three. friendly bounce. thank you very much. 15 points n s for porter. jason clark pokes it away. thompson scoop, and one. georgetown defeats villanova, 57-66. maryland visiting last place georgia tech. the terms just 1-6 on the road this season. two minutes to play in the game, drives, gives maryland the lead. a game high 18 points. drives and one. the coach said, quote, i thought we were growing up. today showed we haven't grown up all the way. sdel ru del curry on hand. his son seth plays for the blue devils

. >> they are welcoming back george mason's coach who has been doing well in miami, but with the regular season winding down, the terps have a handful of chances left to make a case for the big dance and tonight, like lesli said, familiar face back in the area. plus, ted lashing out after his capitals embarrassing performance last night. find out what he said coming up next. >>> now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> it is now or never for the maryland terrapins. they have four games left in the regular season and a tough road ahead. coming off their most lopsided loss of the season. a 27 point beat down by virginia. looking to rebound tonight against miami. the last time these two met on february 1, miami squeak by in a heartbreaking double overtime victory. the terps have won just two games since and are now playing without point guard. >> since he went down, we made some strides in practice with guys and maturity. we'll see, four games left, hopefully we can do something positive down the stretch. >> tonight's game means the return of former george mason head co

considered for book notes and should point out that the late professor was a professor here at george mason university. in fact, this contains another book by a mason professor, which is the action of, say cheese, which by the way is the only fiction book to be highlighted and the "booknotes" program. cannot figure the rest of the 801 books. >> exactly. these books are shelved in the order that they were in brian lamb's office at c's and can also, they are in the order of the televised programs. >> so, beginning here come except for the ones taken out and you have notes here >> for the exhibited items speaking on in this arrangement. >> so these are the books in order, correct? >> were you at work notes -- >> yes, i was a regular at this viewer. and when brian lamb announced on air that the program was coming to an end, i made a mental note that the next day i needed to look into the matter of whether we could obtain the collection and the associated archive from the c-span organization and. soon thereafter, we made contact with mr. brian lamb. we visited him. we presented three separate pr

about that even though george mason is 100 miles from uva the students say what happened to their fellow cops stood in yeardley love, strikes a nerve. >> it is upsetting knowing that could happen to anyone. >> prosecutors say that george huguely had a history of abuse against his ex-girlfriend, who he dated for two years. they say two days before her death, huguely wrote a threatening email, accusing her of having another relationship with another lacrosse player. "when i found out about mike burns, i could have killed you," the email said. a prosecutor said that today's letter huguely did kill love slamming her head into the wall several times, leaving her to die. >> i don't understand why guys would abuse their preference. a. but today, -- >> today, her roommate described finding her dead. huguely's attorney said that love did not die from anything that huguely did but had cardiopulmonary sillier from a combination of the prescription drug and -- had a cardiopulmonary problem from a combination of prescription drugs and drinking. today, loves mother and sister testified about learning

. >>> george mason saved his best for last to stay tied for first in the conference. next on the sports edge. >>> first, adele's music can make anyone cry, including the french bulldog error error. rocco howells for someone like you in front of the mirror. and he's a happy dog, listening to adele. to adele. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum, we can empower more people to innovate, create jobs, and put momentum behind our economy. and a spectrum auction could raise as much as 30 billion dollars to help fund the payroll tax cut. it's simple. more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. . >> good evening, the odds are not in the wizards favor, entering last night's road game against the trailblazers. washington didn't want back-to- back road games since 2008. the last time the wizards won in portland, 2005. and can you throw away the history now. the wizards back court had the best game of the season. the first half, john wall's fake

they defeated them in wichita state, 63-55 at verizon center and george mason won prior to 2006 and laranagaerve and in the first season and that is as miami's head coach. >> and that is mining me of the george mason team and they're kind of starting to hit their stride, too and that is a deeper team now and talented. >>> today was national signing day and 6'4", 310 pounds, the defensive tackle and going to florida state. goldman is the top-ranked high school defensive tackle and rated by espn news. >>> and the nationals agreed to the terms with chad durbin for a minor league contract and the caps play the second of back-to- back road games and they lead florida by one point. >>> thanks, now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it on here.   brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending t

rams roll 89-77 over george mason. patriots finished third in the colonial.ginia tech needs a win badly at duke. we are going straight to overtime. one of the nine currie brothers, this isset with a little reverse lay in. hudson of virginia tech ties it right here, but his foot was on the chalk. they call it a 2, not a 3, and duke survives 70-65. tough loss. drama in charlottesville. carolina, 17 seconds to go. zeller, and yeah, he can flush. 54-51. virginia looking to tie. misses carolina. 54-51. baseball now, give ryan zimmerman a lot of credit. the nationals third baseman has been resolute about his contract negotiations. not becoming a distraction to the team. not so much he wanted to get an extension. so he and his teammates could avoid the nonbaseball questions. did not work. it did not get done before that deadline today. nats gm continue to hammer through the details. most notably, the subject of a no trade clause. zimmerman who went through the university of virginia says he wants to stay in the area. and that's going to do it in sports. big sports s

george mason, 13-1 here at home at the patriots center. to the honest with you until the the last minute of the game, mason wasn't playing that great. vcu in control most of the way. it was a back-and-forth affair. in the final 29 seconds somebody lit a fuse, because mason hit three three-pointers including the game winner the in the final 29 seconds of this game. look at the highlights. it was a barn burner here at the patriot center. vcu heading into hostile territory, and they knew it. we pick it up in the second half, just over three and a half minimutes to place. ryan gets the lay-up here. he had 24 points and 11 rebounds. under 1:30 to go. 51-51. practiced ford burgess, and vcu has a three-point lead. there was no quit in mason. vaughn hit the three, and it's a one-point game. you could feel the tension in the building. last chance down by two, three seconds to go. sherrod wright pulls up, hits the game-winning three, and this place goes bananas. it was pandemonium. players were going in the stands. fans were celebrating and george m

george mason wins 54-50. >>> u. mass.at george washington. u.s wins. >>> nfl handing out big awards today. terrell suggs earning defensive player of the year. he had 14 sacks and 70 tackles. aaron rogers was named mvp beating out drew brees. the season comes to an end tomorrow. superbowl xlvi. giants packers, rematch week 6. the giants won that one 24-20. also a rematch of super bowl xlii. the outcome tomorrow, who knows? we do know the quarterbacks willplay a major role. >> i haven't been in an nfl for eight years. you realize how rare it is to get here, how special it is, what a great opportunity this is. you don't want to let these opportunities slip away. >> last year, i was rehabbing my footin costa rica watching the game on an illegal superbowl website. now i'm actually playing in the game. so it's pretty cool. >> i'm going giants in that game tomorrow. >> giants? >> yep. >> okay. and you're coming around to my thinking on peyton manning. if you can't get one of the top two quarterbacks. >> if he's healthy. i'm softening on that. if he's h

. >> let me turn to bob lichter at george mason university. any final thoughts or questions, bob? >> pat, you have been in politics as a commentator, communicator, candidate, just about everything, and i wondered if you have any single principle you would give to somebody running for high office that could structure the way you try to communicate with the electorate. >> i don't know if you can. i don't know if you can. we're all different. and as we talked about president obama and president nixon and ronald reagan, how different reagan and nixon were in terms of communication. and what their strengths were. nixon loved the press conferences, and we would be out there, and they would be -- >> he was a lawyer. that was his training. >> also he's in the arena and the dogs start yelling. people loved it. they were like, let's get a beer and watch him go up against these folks. when he was on, he was outstanding. after each one of them, he would go up five points. and of course he would have his major speeches. but reagan, you know, reagan's sport was the anecdote, story and come on w

. >>> paul hewitt and george mason in a three-way tie for first place in the caa.as many as 17, but then here comes lamar's mike jones. who? mike jones with the steal and the dunk. cardinals within two. but andre cornelius on senior day doing what seniors do, bailing out george mason. they win the bracket buster 75- 71. >>> good one at smith center today. c. w. down but making a run on st. joseph. tony tamer, tony the tiger to the cup. g. w. within four points. carl jones making the jumper to put the game out of reach. hawks holding on 73-66. getting the seven-point win. >>> blackout in blacksburg, virginia. georgia tech, over time. littlest man on the floor, playing big. making it 73-71. that's just enough time for virginia tech's lorenzo humidity son. there goes my hero at the buzzer. tech wins 74-73. >>> nba all-star weekend begins next friday. it's the rookie sophomore challenge on friday. this year a little twist, instead of all the rookies on all time and second year players on the other, they mixed the teams up this year. a little change. john wall is in the

marty's book be considered for "book notice," and i should point out he was a professor here at george mason university. in fact, this case contains another book by a mason professor which is "say cheese," which, by the way s the only fiction book to be highlights in the "book notes" program. so here are the rest of the 801 books, correct? >> guest: exactly. and these books are shelfed in the order that they were in brian lamb's office at c-span, and also they are in the order of the televised programs. >> host: so beginning here, i mean, except for the ones that are taken out and you have little notes here -- >> guest: exactly. those are place holders to indicate where the exhibited volumes belong in this arrangement. >> host: and so these are the books in order, correct? >> guest: exactly, yes. >> host: well, did you watch, were you a "book notes" -- >> guest: oh, most definitely, i was a regular viewer, and when brian lamb announced on air that the program was coming to an end, i made a mental note that the next day i neated to look into the -- needed to look into the matter of whether we

paul hewitt and george mason hosting bcu. nine seconds left. kes a big three-pointer, brings mason within 1. but with three seconds left, down 2, watch this. three-pointer at the buzzer. nothing but net. they're going nuts there. george mason beats bcu62-61. tony bennett in virginia at clemson. didn't have as much luck. tied at half time clemson ends up pulling away. nice flush. uva loses 60-48. they've lost three of the last four games. >>> good news for caps fans. mike green is on the fast track to getting back into the game. after a long workout on the ice yesterday, he said he felt good, hasn't felt this good in a long time. caps g.m. george mcphee says if everything goes well today and tomorrow green could return this weekend. >>> second night of the westminster dog show, look at those beauties. first up state dog of maryland a chesapeake bay retriever named coop. here's a local dog from leesburg, a russell terrier, a rhyme reiner from north of baltimore. beautiful coat. then the mop dog. imagine cleaning that thing. finally best of show go

>> reporter: yeah, guys, it's george mason and vcu. mason and vcu tied for first place in the caa.f course, vcu coming off that great final four run last year, and the interesting thing about these two teams, not only are they tied for the lead in the conference, but they haven't played all season. so they're going to play twice in the next 12 days. tonight going to be the first meeting. they'll tip off at 9:00 p.m. it is going to be a rocking patriots center. new head coach paul hewitt of mason have been in a lot of close games this year, but they are 13-1 here at the patriots center. no doubt they're going to be extra jacked-up for that rivalry game with vcu. ryan pierce and mike morrison are the leading scorers averaging a combined 27 points per game and now with three regular season conference games left, two of them against vcu, they know how important a win tonight would be. >> you know, if we're at home, we try to protect home court. especially playing against vcu here, we know what kind of team they are and how up-tempo they are. there won't be nothing better than to get th

he'd been in fair fix since 1997 and the face -- fairfax since 1997 and the face of the george mason l hewitt is nobody's backup, coach to georgia tech and in 2004 led them to the national championship game. last year at mason he had a pretty good signature moment, too last tuesday mason hosting virginia commonwealth, final seconds the patriots down two, sherrod rice 30-footer good for three and the game winner. mason winning 62-61. paul hewitt celebrates a nice moment. lindsay murphy sat down with hewitt who had this to say about that dramatic win. >> i think it's a game that's going to really build our confidence if we just keep fighting, good things will happen. it was the last thing we discussed before the game no matter what happens keep playing till the very end. we'll just see what the score is and sure enough, it took every last second to get ahead of them, but we hung in there. >> so much has been made about george mason's final four run. will you take them back to the final four? >> we'll see. at some point we plan to hang up a banner. >> reporter: after 11 seasons, a trip t

george mason is tied for first place in the colonial athletic association. too bad for aaron gilchrist. >> and lin scored the three-pointer at the buzzer to win for the knicks. >>> and pekignese named malachi is the top dog. >> probably the name that got it for him. named best in show at the 136th annual westminster kennel club show. this is the first time a pekignese has won the prestigious title since 1990. the 4-year-old beat out a long line of purebreds in the finals including a dalmatian, a german shepherd, a doberman pinshcer, irish setter, and wire haired daschund. his owner says the pup will now go into retirement in his hometown of east berlin, pennsylvania, between gettysburg and york, pennsylvania. he will enjoy a life of chasing squirrels and getting pampered. believe me, it does not get any better than that. >> our director says, you see where the batteries go in the back. he said, you think there are legs under there or wheels that go -- >> zip. >>> our time is 4:56. coming up, need help paying your mortgage? the colorful solution one company h

senior debt at george mason. george mason.at they barely won this one. st.t george washington late in the second half. it goes into the corner for john's. all day long. saw when you thought you of still nicholson at last weekend. he continued -- phil mickelson finest last weekend, he continued his dominance. it was not always pretty, but he rhythm when it counted. birdies, only one bogey. 70.der 7 under par. bush took the checkered flag tonight. it was the closest finish in the event. of the it kicks off the nascar season, a daytona 500. >> a big weekend. >> apparently, it did rain on their parade. >> some of the parades or eight washout today. a few communities canceled their advance. some floats did move to the city of new orleans. but the crowd stayed away. the weather is expected to improve over the next couple of days. mardi gras will be celebrated, shine, on tuesday. >> we are not really calling tomorrow a snow day, right? >> chances continued to dwindle. we may see a dusting of snow. not so bad. look at the upcoming week, back into the 50's. i am not

. >> george mason hosting old dominion. they roared back, ryan pearson back door to vaughn gray for the nice jam. the patriots were up by 4 points. under 4 to go. the lead down to 3. corey edwards with the shot clock winding down. mason defeats 54-50. they are 11-2 in conference play. other local scores, american edge 59-58. over gw, 86-75 and howard falls to maryland. eastern shore 78-65. >> tony bennett and 16th ranked virginia on the road. won florida state. second half, cavaliers were down, but they went on a 14-0 run. the steal and the wide open lay in. virginia takes a 45-44 lead. michael, a long three pointer. it is good. the seminole bench getting excited. to joe harris, a good look to tie the game, but the three is not going to fall. virginia, they fall to florida state. 58-55. the seminoles seventh straight acc win. >> >> set greenberg and virginia tech hosting clemson. watch marquis, soaring one handed putback. he also fouled. that's a three-point play. the hokies hold on to defeat clemson. they improve to 2-6 in

>>> all right, we've got to show the george mason mug. got to show the george mason mug.go, patriots. >> props. >>> all right, the biggest superstar in new york sports right now is not derek jeter or eli manning, but a 23-year-old point guard from harvard. jeremy lin once again shined for the knicks, helping new york defeat minnesota 100-98. lin was all over the place, chipping in 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists. the knicks have won five straight and hope to keep the streak alive on tuesday night when they take to the court against toronto. meanwhile, it seems like lin-sanity has reached a fever pitch. his jersey is sold out at madison square garden, and he set a record for points in his first three games as a starter. all this from an undrafted 23-year-old who only played in 29 games last season. but it appears lin-sanity, it's here to stay. >> this guy's electric, and the team's playing with excitement. >> it's kind of like the disney story, because he wasn't even given a chance. >> the garden is rocking. every time he touches the ball, you feel the energy bec

. >>> and paul hewitt and george mason on the road. the regular season finale against bcu. in the first half, corey edwards turns it over and there you see it with the steal and goes the distance for the lay- in. bcu on a 25-5 run and take a 20- point lead. in the second half, starting to chip away at the lead and brian allen misses. pearson on cleanup duty, cutting the deficit to single digits. bcu was out for revenge. late in the game, the touchdown pass for the dunk and falls 89- 77 and the rams earn the sec seed in the caa tournament. and au over lafayette, 76-59 and gw beats duquesne, 56-61, and howard, 63-46. >>> virginia hosting north carolina. late in the game, john tell evans a big steal and takes it all away. the cavaliers trail 52-50 and three minutes left in the game. the final seconds, tarholes lead by one. look at the ball fake and the pretty dunk. had a game high 20. north carolina beats virginia, 54-51. >>> and did you see this virginia tech and duke game? virginia tech struggling this year. the final secs and they're tied. eric green going for the win and h

this is a return of george mason's head coach. jim is wearing green. that car has not changed. -- that part has not changed. the rest will take some getting used to. >> we have a great group of kids. it is everything i thought it would be and more. the weather is unbelievable. my wife plays golf four days a week. in the middle of february -- it was 80 degrees this week. >> the changes in latitude have not changed his attitude. he is still hands on. a professor in high tops. he could at george mason for 14 years and will be known for taking his underdog patriots to the 2006 final four. >> it is bought up just about every day. it is a great memory. we share stories with our miami players about what it took to get there. my son works for the new york knicks' organization. he had jeremy lin for one game. he had 26 points. he sent the knicks and evaluation saying that this guy is for real. the bottom right back and put him on the roster. and he has made history. >> more on this in coming up at 6:00. baseball -- let me take you down to florida. the reported

. >>> and paul mewet and george mason on the road against unc wilmington. the patriots, winners of 13 of the last 15 games and blowing by the d and there are that reverse lay-in and mason led know there of-32 and with that sing half, gives to the big guy. mason beats unc wilmington, 75- 69 and in that three-way tie in the first place and the patriots host vcu on tuesday. >> and tonight, seeking the first conference road win of the season. and two-plus minutes left, and knock down the 3, tieing the game, 62-62 and had 11 points. with over a minute to g the game tied at 64 and david pelham for the lay-in and the colonials have a two-point lead. 9.9 secs left, tony tailor misses the free-throw and goes to the dare open brothers. will the three go to win the game? no, way. how about the tip n. no way. qg on gw holes on, defeating richmond. >> and tony bennett and videovo. -- virginia. the first half and this is john evans, leading the break and to that lay-in. evans to joe murphy. on the wings and with the 3. the cavaliers up 3 and that coach loosens up the tie

convinced brian that george mason university would be a good home for the collection. more importantly, he was impressed with what we are planning to do with this collection. this collection is innovated with teaching and learning activities for the university. we will be working with several academic departments to make sure this is integrated into appropriate portions at the undergraduate and graduate levels so that our students will have access to primary research materials as they explore the various subject areas that they are engaged with. >> for more information on the "booknotes" collection visit the george mason university website at library.gmu.edu. here is a look at some of the books being released this week. james simon details the struggle to bring the country out of the great depression in fdr and chief justice use:the president, supreme court and the epic battle over the new deal. in killing the messenger, a story of racism and backlash and assassination of a journalist, award winning investigative reporter thomas appealed tells the story of a murdered j

george mason beats georgia state in o t. >>> the nationals have a lot of buzz behind them. the additions of gonzalez and edwin jackson the nats beefed up their rotation. pitchers and catchers reported yesterday. their first practice is today, exhibition game starts on march 2nd. that is going to do it for your morning sports. have a great monday. >>> and it is not quite the same as making the major league ross sister but dozens of presidential hopefuls tried out at nationals park, they want to be one of the four racing presidents. the winners will race as george washington, thomas jefferson, teddy roosevelt and abraham lincoln. >>> the bill to legalize same sex marriage in maryland has one more hurd toll clear. >>> plus police arrest a liquor store owner after teenagers told 9news now they had no problem buying alcohol from his store. >> reporter: nice and light this morning at duke street, headed to the 14th street bridge. if you do have to go to work, at least you won't have delays. coming up in my next report, another look at area roadways. you are watching 9news now. st

senior day at george mason. all the the great time -- late second, mason up by two of.will do it. they hang on to win 75-71. there you go back. that was pretty. in a season that already had so and downs, i can almost guarantee capstans are still ear to ear about -- caps fans are about lastar to ear night's victory over florida. power play, so aggressive. that is why the great a is the great a. tied at 1. a hole in the net. that will do it. they play tonight. the wizards were on the road in utah last night. this game was dominated by jefferson. he puts in the time and the energy. 26 points. finished with a season-high of 34 points. to some golf, the northern trust open. phil mickelson had a consistent game. and do a one under 70 intoied for the lead going round of seven under par. georgetown women be providence 66-39 today. providencen are in tonight. impressedty watching phil mickelson. >> we will be right back. >> right now, we are expecting a bit of light snow midday d.c. and west of the the heaviest will come late afternoon into the evening hours. temperatures will f

george mason was down and needed a couple of big buckets. 60-59 bcu still waiting. had 21. mason winning, 62-61 at the buzzer. tiger woods avenue tournament is scheduled. he will play in the honda classic. will play ins three straight tournament starting next week. >> the news continues at 5:30. in the next half-hour, the latest in the uva murder trial the prosecution could rest its case today. >> tracking a storm sys >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead this wednesday morning, we could be reaching the midway point in the uva murder trial. prosecutors are expected to rest their case today. good morning, washington. it is wednesday, february 15. i'm steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey, first. not a bad start. a fairly mild outside. temperatures hovering around 40 degrees right now. let's look at the latest numbers. 42 in the district, 39 in gaithersburg and hagerstown, 41 in winchester. lexington park at 43. fredericksburg, 39. the highs in the low to mid '50's today. with s

. >> donated the 801 books covered on book notes to george mason university located just a sad lesson in d.c. the university is currently cataloguing a collection at the fan with library. book tv, an hourlong interview program hosted by brian lamb air from 1989-2004. the university librarian says as the collection entitled to "beyond the book." >> in the mind of brian this book is the genesis of the book notes program and c-span. by reading this book he decided he wanted to interview the author, and that gave him the idea of the book notes, that it would be worthwhile for him to read a lot of books and ted talked to the authors. >> host: 801 total episodes of book notes all original, and this was the first official but no stomach correct? >> guest: exactly. dr pepper's is key, of course, was the chair of the security council. >> host: when you pick the books to go in these display cases. >> guest: several of my colleagues in the special collections at archives area made the selections of the books to be highlighted, and then made the invitations accompanying each of his split atoms, a

george mason hosting georgia state, the closing seconds and tied at 68. fouled with 0.2 seconds left. she calmly does her thing and there you go. to nascar -- coming from florida, i'll of the daytona 500. >> we will be right back. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is t tre a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ]evnside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats at can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ ♪ >> the snow showers will come to an end. hardly anything in the district and warmer by mid-week. it's looking pretty good.

the former george mason head coach will be here tomorrow night at the comcast center. >> coming up tonight11:00, it is something in our culture. lists. vacation spots best colleges, from serious to silly. why do we have an obsession with lists? the 9/11 attack. >> we are assessed with this warm weather. >> 52 tomorrow, 60 wednesday. maybe a late day shower on thursday. close to 70 on some spots. shower and thunderstorm possibility with much colder weather this weekend. stay up-to-date on wjla.com. i should make a list. bob ryan will be with you at 11:00.

ex george mason ccocc jim larranagg getttng essablished at miami...nd he's got the canes playing wellecond half...a wild pne for the terps ttnight down in miami...coaah mark turgeon found himself ejected after protesting a call midway thru the second half..his team down p6...but they caught fire...terrell stoglin with this 3 that tied it at 69..and another one.....in the second over..driving the lane here, aad he canes get a hard faught win over maryland 90-86 to the high schools...ii was national ssgning day, aad the baltimore area was well- proorams,,this guy, dunbar'[s deontay mc manus among them... mc manus today committed o west virginia as a wideout..he paa also recruited s a linebacker...and he's excited to be hheding to morgantown, where he'll join another dunbar product, tavon austin.. (adlib) the blast beats &pnorfolk 26-4 and clicnhes the misl eastern division regular season title...that'll do it unlimited....nd be sure to tomorrow -- starting at 5-am.go. goodnight.

according to a 2010 census analysis by george mason university, more than one in threeehouseholds receivedicaid, food stamps or other funding.factoring in social security, medicare and unemployment, the government &pdoled out a record two trillion dollars.when facebook's ipo hits the market, founder mark zuckerberg could get a record-high two billion dollar tax bill.industry experts say they've never seen one that high.it could happen when zuckerberg exercises his stock options.right now, he owns nearly 414 million shares and can buy 120 million more at a six cents a share.in its filing last week, facebook valued its shares at nearly 30 dollars each.for business brief, i'm edgar treiguts. -----end-----cnn.script----- coming up... a close call for one texas wooan... who narrowly escaped from a burning car.what she was doing... minutes before the car went up in flames. flames. 3 3