young people, it may be those from george mason in university which is a hotbed of public choice economics. but no one of that stature writing columns for "the new york times." thomas and so wall but he is in his 80s. my book is one of the more popular text books. maybe i am a little bit of the role but friedman said he stood on the shoulders of giants as the six newton said and i feel the same way for all of the economist who come before me to seven mark skousen where are you teaching? >> at mercy college and also of the penitentiary and was teaching at colombia teaching at maximum-smaximum-s ecurity prison they have the incredible thirst for knowledge. it is unbelievable these men who have committed crimes in their youth tried to turn their lives around. i have students who read the entire book before coming to class. my wife teaches literature. of four year college degree program all privately funded nobel grants or federal or state money. my son tim native bill o% that will be on nationwide tv that describes the sing sing education program. >>host: what is that experience like? >> this

jason welling on the from george mason, 140 feet 7 inches.. >> the olympic record is 90.57 meter, or 297 feet. which i was relatively close to. actually. >> by 100 feet. >> thanks for your fun comments on facebook and for being good sports with us. >> we had a good time out there. you can look forward to, we dit a little shot putt, the hurdles and other things. all of that to come as we move to the olympics. >> stay tuned. >>> tom? >> we are doing the umbrella throw later today. you're going to need it now though. don't throw it yet. we have a few showers popping up southern maryland now. the greater chance of any more rain will be the afternoon and theching. heavy downpour, thunder and lightning. more of the same wednesday and thursday. >> that is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes

a recent study from one of today's witnesses, george mason university law professor, calculated that united auto workers received approximately $26 billion from taxpayers via the auto bailouts that they would not have received had they been treated according to standard bankruptcy principles. mr. zawicki is a witness here today. we look forward to hearing from him. when the pension benefit guarantee corporation terminated the pensions of all retirees, general motors agreed to top off or make whole their obligations to unionized workers. at the same time, the non-unionized workers took significant cuts in their pensions. despite the fact that gm's promise to the union could have been thrown out by bankruptcy like so many of gm's other non-unionized commitments were, the union agreement was kept in place. that was a decision made by the government. the special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program has been seeking answers to questions about the irregularities of the delphi pension decisions. mr. romero is a witness here today as the special inspector general for t.a.r

nathan sales is an assistant professor of law at the george mason university school of law. before coming to george mason, sales was deputy assistant secretary for policy development in the u.s. department of homeland security. he previously served as counsel and senior counsel in the office of legal policy that the u.s. -- at the u.s. department of justice. he was the john m. olin fellow at georgetown university law center in 2005 and 2006. from 2003 through 2005 he practiced at the washington, d.c., law firm of wiley, rhine, and fielding. professor sales clerked for the honorable david d.sentil for the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. he received his undergraduate degree from miami university and his j.d. from duke. colonel ken alard is a commentator on foreign policy and security issues. for more than a decade he was a featured military analyst on nbc news, msnbc, and cnbc. in 2006 he joined the faculty of the university of texas, san antonio, as an second 95 residence and senior lecturer in management. his military career included overseas services as an intel

as far as young people that are coming up, maybe some people at the george mason university, which is a hotbed of austrian economics and public choice economics, young people that are coming out, i'm not sure that there is anything really of that stature who is writing columns for "the new york times" and so forth. again, he is in his 80s. it is hard to say. i mean, what my book is one of the most popular chess books. i've been on the tv shows and stuff, you know, maybe i am laying it little bit of a roll. friedman always said that he stood on the shoulders of giants. just as isaac newton said. i feel the same way, but i benefited so much for all these great economists who have come before me. >> mark skousen, you said that you teach. where are you teaching? >> i teach at mercy college and also one at sing sing penitentiary. i was teaching at columbia university. teaching the best and the brightest. i will tell you what, i teach in a maximum security prison. they are all male. i teach economics and business, they have an incredible thirst for knowledge. it is unbelievable how these me

he is currently at george mason university. guest: thank you for inviting me. host: let's get to the basics. how can people get sick from food? guest: the biggest problem is to microbial pathogens in food than they are everywhere. it is very typical to eliminate them and they come in at every stage of the food-processing, transportation, and in the home. about 40 million illnesses every year, one out of every six americans, will get sick leading to thousands of deaths per year. host: how do you monitor the safety of food? have you catch problems in the process? how do you keep it safe? guest: is pretty much a web of what people have to do. it starts with food processors humana -- who monitor their processes. the federal safety it is in three agencies, the environment protection agency keeping ground water safe and pesticide. the department of agriculture is safe -- response will to keep food and poultry safer. then it goes to the consumers who are responsible themselves making sure that a properly cooked and store their food. host: here is a chart here from the

. >> now steven fuller who runs the center for regional analysis at george mason says if it takes effect, it would raise the national unemployment from 8.2% to 9.6. anita. >> there's some good news on virginia's state finance. it finished the 2012 fiscal year with $129 million surplus. that marks the third straight year virginia has had a surplus. state law dictates where the extra cash goes. most will go to the state's rainy day fund, cleaning up the chesapeake bay, and to maintaining roads. >>> and virginia may not be done raking in the cash just yet. coming up tonight on 9news at 7:00, one lawmaker's gamble to boost higher. we'll have the details at 7:00. >> see you then, derek. still to come on 9news at 6:00, people kicked out of poly acres park head back to their homes, but not for good, we'll tell you why. topper. >> statistically, this is the hottest part of the year. we'll take these numbers. 89 was our high. that's the bargain really. low temperature 73. that's right about average. record 199 and 56. below in the monthly total and about 7 inches below of precipitation for the ye

. >> professor steven fuller who runs the center at george mason says sequestration would raise the national unemployment level from 8.2% to 9.6%. >>> today the u.s. house is going to vote on a controversial bill which would ban certain abortions in d.c.. if it's approved the bill would prohibit any abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. unless there's a danger to the mother's life. now right now, abortions at any point in the pregnancy are legal in the district. city leaders have opposed the bill as an intrusion to d.c.'s self-rule. >>> a new research out revealing more about juvenile arthritis. it's an autoimmune disease which affects around 300,000 kids in the united states. but children with the condition can also have gi tract problems. skin issues even inflammation of the eyes. >> ongoing eye inflammation can lead to cataracts, glaucoma and even blindness. >> the pain and swelling continues the child should be brought to a pediatrician's attention and the best doctor to treat a complex disease in kids is a pediatric rheumatologist. >>> a health task force is recommending against using e

. >> last week, george mason university released estimates that our region could lose 450,000 jobs overhe next decade as a result of the cut. virginia would lose the most. followed by d.c. and maryland. >>> in maryland, house of delegates speaker, michael bush, told lawmakers to get ready for a special session next month on whether to expand gambling in the state. governor martin o'malley has been pushing for this session to tackle the issues of allowing table games as well as a new casino site. o'malley wanted lawmakers to reach an informal consensus before calling that session. >> to alexandria, where the waterfront will be changing, but there's a fight underway about what can be built. three lawsuits over the plan had been filed and opponents are planning to speak out against a planned hotel. peggy fox reports. >> just south of where those potomac river cruise parks, the city of alexandria is considering a proposal to build a five story, 121 room hotel right on the water. a group called friends of the alexandria waterfront is against it. >> it's too big, too high, too much bulk, and

but others, thomas jefferson and james madison and of course george mason all felt the constitution had quite aggressively protected slavery and protected it too much. so there was all this controversy that went on through the '30s and '40s about whether the constitution was pro slavery and the famous words of soldier truth, it has a little weasel in it. why the emotional impact of the compromise of 1850 which seems to have set people off in the ways that you're describing. why is it that in fact it has so much of an impact? >> well, you asked me to give you tomorrow night's lecture tonight. but let me see if i could -- let me see if i could address it in very briefly. look, the 1850 fugitive slave law was seen as the last attempt to deal with this problem of compromise. or as some said, to keep the union together, to stop it drifting apart. and it is so draconian, i get my students to read it and ask them questions about it after. and they can't believe -- this is the most morally indefensible law that was ever passed in the united states, i am convinceded. in which every person was no

invited to be on a panel today in front of the emergency managers from across the nation today at george mason university in arlington. i there was with scott broom and julie parker and we talked about social media and how we get the word out in terms of storms and how they get the word to us and how we use social media in different ways. scott broom says he uses it because he get their information, no longer has to make telephone calls. i use it because i put the was in out and try to keep people -- put the information out and try to keep people ahead of the storms. >>> we got to get to the weird news because if you don't like your plus mugshot, apparently there's -- your police mugshot, apparently there's a simple way to get it redo an. a georgia woman tanya -- redone. a georgia woman tanya fowler has found pout. if this is a better version -- out. if this is a better version, we don't want to see the other one. apparently tanya called to complain. apparently the other photo didn't capture the real tan why. tanya got her wish with a new -- tanya. tanya got her wish with a new more glorious m

it's part of a report released yesterday by the george mason university center for regional analysis. according to the report virginia stands to lose more than 207,000 jobs. the district could lose more than 127,000 jobs and maryland could lose more than 114,000 positions. the examiner also reports the entire region could basically lose one job for every 32 residents. >>> at 11:00 this morning, some members of d.c.'s faith community plan to rally in front of the wilson building all in support of the embattled mayor vincent gray. >> the organizers of the rally are insisting that gray remain in place as the city's mayor. gary nurenberg has more on what the organizers want. >> reporter: it seems like more than only a week ago that the u.s. attorney revealed an illegal shadow campaign for vincent gray. >> the 2010 mayoral election was constructed by massive infusion of cash that was illegally concealed from the voters of the district. >> reporter: within a day, political enemies began to line up. >> he is the beneficiary of that illegal activity and as such, i believe he should resign. >>

george mason university professor jeremy mayor. >> virginia is so crucial this year, because it is going to be in the opinion of most, a very close election. also, very few paths to the white house for mitt romney that don't involve taking virginia. if obama can stop romney in virginia, it's tough to see how he gets to the white house. >> so how do you win virginia? the magic number to win is 270 electoral votes, 13 up for grabs in the commonwealth, a state with two sides, northern virginia and the rest of the state. we have tide water, south side, and roanoke with a strong republican base. mr. obama would have to win convincingly in northern virginia. >> he doesn't need to win northern virginia. he needs to crush romney in northern virginia. a simple win would be a victory for romney. romney wants to keep it close. obama has to destroy romney in the vote turnout in northern virginia. >> reporter: mayor says obama will carry black voters in virginia, but it will hinge on voter turnout. >> virginia is more of a necessary win for romney and a nice-to-have win for obama at this point. now,

it happened around 6:30 last night in front of george mason hey school on haycock road. a white ford van with a virginia plate pulled up to a crosswalk. a man got out, approached the teen, she ran away. anyone with information is urged to call police. >>> in virginia prince william county police arrested 33-year- old sharon maynard after discovering her two young children living in dangerous conditions. officers say there were sharp objects, tools, open pill bottles, lighters and a butane ton of on the floor of the home. social services is involved, maynard charged with felony child neglect. >>> a staircase disappears right under a woman's feet. fox 5's laura evans everywhere at 11:00. >> the woman tumbled three stories to the ground after the staircase suddenly collapsed in richmond today in a parking garage. the woman was taken to the hospital. investigators now are trying to figure out why it happened. >> new video from a texas car crash that may make you cringe. last friday a commuter bus slammed into four cars on a highway offramp in dallas. two people were injured

maryland stands to lose more than 113,000 jobs, according to a report commissioned by george mason university. 1/3 of those jobs would come from the department of defense. more americans are snagging jobs as temps. the number of people on payroll work 11% in june -- were 11% in june compared to a year earlier. the bloomberg maryland index got a boost on gains for w. r. grace. walmart launching a program representing schools nationwide to make it easier to get what you want and to draw shoppers into stores. moms are looking to save more money and the retailer is offering 100 items at 88 cents . i'm ellen braitman for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 79 degrees on tv hill. you'll be able to watch the olympics beginning next weekend. >> the orioles look to pick up the pieces after a big time lost in minnesota. saccharin has first start of the season. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. -- zach britton had his first of the season.sstart >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have a couple of

. >>> in falls church, head to george mason high school. >>> the university of maryland will also party with concessions, concerts and fireworks. it starts at 7:00 tonight in college park. 9news now returns after this ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> heat and humidity will once again be rearing its ugly head. highs in the mid to upper 90s and watch out if a couple of storms this afternoon. some of which could be on the strong side. >> a deadly accident on the bw parkway northbound. the bw parkway is blocked at the beltway and southbound at powder mill road. back to you guys. >>> 6:12 now this fourth of july morning here's a check of some of the stories making news this morning. dc fire investigators are on the scene of a fatal fire in southeast washington. one woman died in a fourth floor apartment in the alexander apartment complex this morning. authorities are now soldier notching a cause. >>> residents of the holly acres mobile home park can

. >> if you recognize henri, from george mason and all that.ion. >> yes. >> this is wonderful. >> way to relax, it's a form of art. >> right. >> i had extra time on my hand when i finished playing. i started taking things to another level with the grilling and having funs. >> 2003? >> yes, ma'am. >> that's wonderful. and you have your own sauce? >> absolutely. the good part about our sauce, all natural, no artificial flavors or preservatives. we have a spicy as well. >> got to keep lean and mean. even though we're not on the court. even though i wasn't on the court, except in 8th grade, and that's another story. we could do ribs, but we want to do a good side. >> this will woo your guests. it's something most people haven't heard of before. you don't have to be a professional chef to do this. >> i hear that all the time. >> preheat the oven to 375. get that going first. what i did earlier, sauteed the peppers, and onion. go two or three minutes. >> i thought we were doing a sweet taste. >> i promise you, we will. we're going to add those in. 22

. >>> the team of police officers from george mason university was honored today for saving an infant from a hot car. the child was left in the parking lot on june 7th. they arrived to find the baby hot and sweating and the car door was locked. the officers busted through a car window to get the car to safety. the driver of the vehicle was the child's nanny charged with felony child abuse. >>> coming up spoiler alerts failed. a big mistake ruins the surprise for fans moments before for race frs swimming star missy franklin. >>> more than half a billion people without power in india and more questions than answers about one of the biggest blackouts in the world. >>> mitt romney side steps reporters as his trip comes to an end. >> are you concerned about mishaps on your trip. >> but president obama makes a new move. >>> divers are ready >>> remember our power outages after the big storm at the end of june. imagine being in india where 620 million people don't have power for a second day because of a massive, massive failure. this outage one of the largest in history. a smaller one yeste

the report was commissioned by the aerospace industry's association and conducted by george mason university economist dr. stephen fuller. >>> now to decision 2012 and the race for the white house. one of the biggest issues for both candidates and voters is the economy. today federal reserve board chairman ben bernanke weighed in as jennifer johnson reports. his outlook was less than upbeat and that triggered more heated debate on the campaign trail. >> reporter: federal reserve chairman ben bernanke offered a sour assessment of the u.s. economy to the senate banking committee tuesday. evidenced by slowed job growth and little consumer spending. bernanke says the fed is ready to take more steps to boost the economy but offered no specifics. >> we have said we're prepared to take further action. the complication, of course, is that we are dealing with less conventional tools. >> reporter: bernanke says the fed can only do so much and warn the economy will struggle further if congress fails to reach a budget deal. that led to finger pointing by both parties and some predicting little cooperati

this report from george mason university finds nearly 28,000 of those jobs were added in the northern virginia area. 6600 were added in the district. just 300 jobs were added in suburban maryland. >>> there are new steps this morning to simplify the college loan process. it's called a financial aid shopping sheet. it will help families comparison shop when choosing a college. the shopping sheet is a one- page document outlines numbers like tuition costs, scholarships, available loans and how much students can expect to owe after graduation. the department of education wants schools to use this when offering financial aid to potential students. >>> it may be four weeks before the first bell rings. the back-to-school shopping already in full swing. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report that retailers are clamoring for your business. staples is giving you money to exchange your old binder notebook for a new one. wal-mart is selling things like rubber bands and paper clips just for # 8 cents -- for 88 cents. k-mart is giving free flu shots for people who spend over $100. nationwide americ

we tried our hand at some olympic events with the help of student athletes at george mason universityo much for your help. we learned the javelin, discus, shot put and hurdles. it's a lot harder than it looks. over the next two weeks we will show you the highlights and lowlights. tune in to see if we had any gold medal performances or if we should just stick to our day jobs. what do you think? >> i'm going to vote sticking to our day jobs. >> it was fun. we had a good time. thanks, george masomason. >> we got swag from them as well which we can't wear. being a vcu grad, i can't wear that. >> all right. folks. that is "news4 today." we appreciate you starting your day and spending your week with us. >>> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes and back on monday morning. hope you will join us then.

george mason university predicts 2.1 million jobs would be lost at government-related agencies. 450,000 of them would be in our region alone. and it would affect one in five jobs in the district. 40% of our region's economy is tied to the federal government. >>> changing gears, sports are a global business these days. on the newest list of the ten most valuable sports franchises in the world, the top two rngts from the u.s. -- aren't from the u.s. manchester united tops the list. they're worth $2.23 billion. real madrid is in second police. new york yankees and dallas cowboys are tied for number three. in fifth, it's the redskins. forbes values the team at $1.56 billion. >> i would think the lakers, the dodgers. the redskins? wow. who knew. >>> 6:40. coming up in nine minutes, whether it comes to social network, it's a popularity contest. learn which one ranks as the favorite. >> we already have 80 degrees right now this morning. anny hong says we could hit a hundred yet again today. straight ahead, when cooler weather will be moving in. >>> welcome back. monika here with your time save

there are some really good initiatives, american meteorological society george mason university are working with weather casters to try to find ways to work climate change in a reasonable way that still captures the nuance of the science that needs to be there. >> bob henson who ironically was evacuated because of the wildfires, you warn about climate change. it hits you. you have to evacuate. but still most people aren't listening. bob, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> when we come back, we'll turn to mitt romney and the disasters he's created. seriously? why would you have money in the cayman islands in bermuda and swiss bank accounts? to hide it, of course! we'll give you the details when we come back. >> i thought it was unusual and i don't know of any american president who has a swiss bank account. >>we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defining issue of this era. the candidate with the most money, does win. >>(narrator) eliot spitzer is on current tv. >>you just have to conclude that the leadership of high finance just d

you how we did in a number of track and field events with the help of some student athletes at george mason university. the news4 today team learned the javelin, shot putt, discus and hurdles as well. tomorrow morning we will show you what we learned, how we did in the javelin, spoiler alert for you, we're all here today. >> it's amazing i didn't kill myself or somebody else throw that javelin. >> i tell you, they only let us do some of the really basic stuff because they didn't want us to kill ourselves. the athletes were very kind. >> you'll have to tune in for sure because it's quite entertaining. nbc4 is our home. we will have more on the xxx olympiad coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> now, today, virginia governor bob mcdonnell will speak out against spending cuts he fears could cost the common wealth hundreds of thousands of jobs. mcdonnell will be at a rally opposing sequestration cuts. those are automatic cuts, budget cuts, that take place unless congress finds another way to reduce the deficit. in this case, the federal government is going to be looking at a number of ways to try to do tha

the help of student athletes at george mason university, we learned the javelin, shot putt, discus andrrow morning see how we learned and how we did in the javel javelin. let's just say it's a lot harder than it looks. these athletes makes it look effortless. >> we'll show you the truth. >> it's a lot of work. >> all right. >>> time, coming up on ten minutes before the top of the hour. for the first time for more than three months the cost to fill up is on the rise across the nation. hampton pearson joins us now with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. as folks head out to work this week they are, in fact, going to find the gas prices are on the rise. the latest industry survey finding the national average for regular unleaded rose ten cents in the past two weeks to $3.51 a gallon. it's the first increase in 14 weeks as wholesalers pass on the cost of higher crude prices toen cosupers. in washington, gas is averaging $3.75 a gallon. maryland, $3.48. virginia, basically a bargain at $3.35 a gallon. that's an early look at business news headlines. ahead of the markets opening, b

the four of us this week went out to george mason university to try our hands at some track and fieldittle help from the student athlete there's at gmu. we learned javelin, discus, shot put and the hurdles. you can see how we did over the next two weeks as we will be showing you what we learned. there are some pretty impressive moments and some not so impressive moments. >> i would say more not so impressed. >> tune. it will be a side of us you have never seen. >> how about a new appreciation for olympic athletes, especially track and field. >> there's a lot to be thinking about as you try to do the physical parts. >>> 5:57 is the time. >> britain reacting to the comments from presidential hopeful mitt romney. why he may be a little lonely tonight. >>> and call i >>> right now mitt romney is not

that's according to a report due out today bay george mason university professor. it examined the impact the cuts would have on all defense and domestic jobs. the cuts are a result of failure by congressional super committee to come up with more than a trillion dollars in savings over the next ten years. >>> virginia's lieutenant governor has taken an early financial lead in his bid to become the common wael's next governor. republican bill bolling has raised a million dollars. as opposed to testimony no nation, cuccinelli raised $500,000 in that same time. fund-raising may not have as big of an impact in the race as in year's past. the governor will be chosen by convention delegates a year from now rather than through a primary. >>> coming up on seven minutes after the hour now. targeted from someone on the ground below. the incident that sent an airline pilot to the hospital. >>> also ahead, daniel schneider is getting his money's worth. where the redskins rank among the world's franchises. >>> one area man's insurance policy against surging corn prices. what mak

our friend jason welling on the from george mason, 140 feet 7 inches.o we were a little bit off. >> we did measure officially, just so you know, olympic record, 297 feet. needless to say, not close. never going be. >> a little off. >> a little off. you see the hip. push back on your hip. mine didn't go very far. i can just mentioned just to save myself some face that the first go around i threw it the farthest. >> it's true. you did. >> she did. 5:57. moving on. >>> ahead at 6:00, tracking new developments after another earthquake rattles louisa county, virginia. >> plus, fresh criticism for romney. the comment that has some in the middle east outraged this morning. >>>

george washington, thomas jefferson, george mason, and others would have been in this building, in thism. the first three governors of virginia, during the time that this was the capital, up until 1779, patrick henry and thomas jefferson. no doubt they would have been in this place where the speaker is sitting right behind us, addressing those assembled burgesses, including washington and others that would set in these plays. the place where patrick henry in 1765 railed against the stamp act. this place in this entire premises, rich in history from williamsburg to jamestown. this also is the place where i was inaugurated in 2005 as attorney general, the first inauguration since 1779, so it was a real honor to be inaugurated in this place. i could not think of a better place for the governors like the ones that we hear, as well as the one who joined us earlier. i cannot think of a better place for governors who love the country, who love the rich history of america, whatever stayed there from, i know they join me that believing that this is the greatest and prosperous country on work in

able see the house of burgesses where we had a press conference this morning where people like george mason and george with and george washington and others actually sat as elected members of the house of burgesses. this is where patrick henry gave his great speech in opposition to stamping. we are proud we were selected to be here because governors love the histories of their state but they also cherished these marvelous foundations of united states of america and much of that rich history going back 236 years to the founding of our country right here in williamsburg in jamestown. thank you very much for coming. i think it will be a terrific time. you get the great music of carbon leaf, a great richmond ban that will play tonight. there will be fireworks tomorrow night at the governor's palace i hope there'll be good fun and good fellowship and we can talk about the compelling issues of the day dealing with health care and energy and budgets and so forth as we renew friendships with one another and learn from one another and take the best ideas from the states and important to our states a

some people said george mason was a diest. i say we don't know. tokville said some years later, 1835, that no one request search the human heat who os how sincere these professions were. but if you go by their public statements, go by their institutions, then these people were believing christians. all their statements, an on the institutions that they established. justo come back to what sweet's calculations showed, he showed most of them i think were members of the church of england. so presbyterians, congregationalists, methdists, two roman catholics. >> two quakers. john dickinson being the one that everybody knows about. and ad many other researchers have shown theame thing. but he formal church affiliations don't tell you a lot. but i have a note also there from daniel boorston i think, who points ou that of the more than 100 members of the virginia what was in essence their constitutional convention in 1976 --1876, though there wasn't a constitutional convention, that only three out of more than 100 were not vestrimen of the church of engla

a professor of law at george mason university school of law. as you valvano, this -- as you all well know, this committee swears in witnesses. if you all please rise and raise your right hand, you will be sworn in before your testimony. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that the witness is answered in the affirmative. you are all well practiced at testifying before congress. as you well know, we have the light system here. green beans, as we know from traffic school, green beans go. yellow means hurry up. -- green means go. yellow means hurry up. red means stop. summarize or testimony to allow for discussion and questions afterward. we'll begin with ms. romero for five minutes. >> ranking member quigley, members of the committee, i am honored to be here before you today and very much want to thank you for holding this hearing. sigtarp was made for the american taxpayers. an important part

todd zywicki is a professor of law at george mason university school foley and seniors -- scholar. as you all know, this committee swears in witnesses for their testimony, so if you'd please rise and raise your right hand he will be sworn in before your testimony. raise your right hand. if you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but trees? >> thank you. let the record reflect that the witness's answer in the affirmative. you all are well practiced and testified before congress as you well know we have the light system here. green means as we know from traffic traffic schools if you have tickets or repeated traffic schools agreement means go coming yellow meen triet and red means stop. you have five minutes to summarize your testimony in order to allow discussion and questions afterwards we will begin with trustee for five minutes. a ranking members of the committee i'm very honored to be before you today coming and i very much want to thank you for holding this hearing. sigtarp was protected to the creed to prot

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and, one of the professors that came from george mason university had done a study. a million and a half jobs. that is out of uniformed military personnel, defense people that work for the civil defense. and then the contractors. and i'm going to say today for the first time we do have the director of omb coming in. i was meeting with one of the top industry leaders. he went to the omb to find out what direction the administration was giving him. the administration just backed away from this. the president has been outcome paining and they have just ignored this. it is huge. so what the director of omb told this industry leader was, don't pay any attention to it, don't worry about it, it is not going to happen. so we have him coming in to testify. we have industry leaders coming in july. martha: what does that mean? the head of omb says to the industry leader in the defense industry don't worry about sequestration and defense cuts you're hearing about why would that happen when the president said he would veto any bill that would turn these cuts back? what is going o

. >> mason: george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering trayvon martin isil. he walked out of a florida jail this afternoon one day after a judge set bond at $1 million. zimmerman put up $100,000 to get out. the money came from donations to his legal fund. in north carolina, one executive had a $44 million payday. it happened this week when duke energy completed it takeover of progress energy. bill johnson was announced as the c.e.o., but one day later he was out with that eight-figure severance package. north carolina officials are considering an investigation. the italian artist caravaggio was known for his sprawling canvases and his brawling life-style. now an art world version of a barroom brawl is raging over the discovery of what could be early drawings by the master. two italian scholars claim they found sketches probably by caravaggio in a collection that belonged to his teacher. some experts down they're authentic. some pretty tough guys show their tender side-- all because of tony. steve hartman's "on the road" is next. [ male announcer ] consider

it was just the other day george mason i believe it was, university, did a polling of the tv, 480 tv meteorologists. only 19% of them said that we're having global warming due to manmade gases. a major change from before so the trend line is going back the other way. the polling is definitely going the other way. and back to last weekend's failed effort to blame hot weather on global warming, i'd like to mention three things the scientists agree on. one, first of all, that you can't blame global warming on one event. let me share with you the roger pelke, the professor of environmental studies at the university of colorado over the long term there is no evidence that disasters are getting worse because of climate change. judith curry, another quote by her, this is a well established scientists, she said i've been completely unconvinced by any of the agreements -- arguments that attributes a single extreme weather event, a cluster of events or statistics of exream weather events to anthropogenic forcing. miles allen, the at the university of oxford oceanic and at atmospheric, this is

. >> this question comes from george mason university. and for structure has built the backbone of great society's. how can we could with the country that infrastructure investment is crucial? >> i call the rebuilding. our sciences building a new chicago. i hate the word infrastructure. one of the things that gets lost -- in the 19th -- 1950's when we invested money it in infrastructure, we grew at 4%. what we downshifted to% -- 2%, we grew on average 2%. the other way, infrastructure is a platform. everybody built their apps off that platform. if you have the right road, airports, water, schools, broadband, mass-transit and all the other platforms that take off of that can go. i have never had a company or colorado come to me and not want to talk about some pieces of the marginal,if it's whether our mass transit or airport. i had the company move race -- a flight schedule because of where their other offices were. their no. 1 decision -- we have the best work force in the country in chicago. you can get them to and from work efficiently,

george washington, thomas jefferson, george mason and others would have been in this building in this room. the first to governors of virginia, the only to that work governor when this what was the capital of virginia until 1779, where patrick henry and thomas jefferson. no doubt would have been in this place with the speaker sitting right behind us addressing those assembled purchases, including washington and others, that would have sat in their place creek is a place where patrick henry in 1765 railed against the stamp act in his famous speech. this place and this entire premises is which it history, from williamsburg to jamestown. this also happens to be the place where i was inaugurated in 2005 as internal -- as attorney general. it was a treat in honor of the 400 anniversary of the state to be inaugurated. i could not think of a better place like the governors who love the country, love the rich history of america, whether state they are from, i knowed they join me in believing this is the greatest and most prosperous country on our earth, and we want to do everything we can as

george washington, thomas jefferson, george mason and others would have been in this building, in thishe first two governors of virginia during the time that this was the capital of a virginia up until 7099, where -- 1779 were patrick henry, and thomas jefferson, the second. they would have been in this place with the speaker sitting right behind us addressing those assembled burgesses . it is a place where patrick henry railed against the stamp act in his famous speech. this place and this entire premise is rich in history from williamsburg to jamestown. this also happens to be the place where i was inaugurated in 2005 as attorney general of a virginia. the first inauguration since 1799. it was a real treat to honor the 400th anniversary of this country to be honored in a place like this. i cannot think of a better place for governors to love the country, who love the rich history of america. whatever stake are from, i know they join me in believing this is the greatest and most prosperous country on earth and we want to do everything we can as governors to do things that are positive

. --, a.i.a., issued by the george mason university, virginia, 136,000 defense industrial base jobs. florida, 41,000. pennsylvania, 39,000. my home state of new hampshire, just on the defense end, 3,600 jobs. and so we owe it to the american people to act now. this is too important to be used as a bargaining chip in december because people want to use it to put our national security at risk because of other issues that they want addressed. we've always, always treated national security as a bipartisan issue in this chamber, and i would hope that we would not use our department of defense and put our men and women in uniform in this uncertain position. we need to let them know we have their back, and as members of congress we should be together right now sitting at the table, resolving this, coming up with alternative spending reductions, and i would also call on the president as commander in chief of this country to lead that effort, to stop sitting on the sidelines, mr. president,. this is too important to the security of the united states of america. and with that, i see my colleag

and all the guys like the george mason university economists have their own blogs. meghan mcardle i will recommend. she is a smart libertarian who works at newsweek now. i love reading her. i love reading more analytical, one piece of so i enjoy the economist and that kind of thing. the riveted on? -- everybody done? since we're on c-span, i would like to give a shout out to the c-span video library, which is possibly the crew list, and areas to video library on the planet. -- coolest, nerdiest library on the planet. it is a really cool, useful tool if you are going to be working in politics and activism. it is a great tool to have at your disposal. i use it all the time. all right. have a great summer. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, a discussion on government action on the economy. following that, former president bill clinton. tamara, a look at mitt romney's work as president and ceo of the salt lake organizing committee for the 2002 winter olympics games. using c

e guest: the basic premise is that we can either have what it myself and my co-author at george masonniversity -- we read together quite a bit. basically, our premise is it we can either have a safety net with the government looks out for people who are too poor or incapacitated, or we can have an entitlement state where the government is the wellspring of all sorts of basic services or subsidies for middle-class people. what we are looking at is the two main impediment programs are at the very definition of the unsustainable. they are unfair to current an retirees. host: you go as far as saying those two programs should be ended. a piecei just wrote about this during a time that we need to start looking at the future when the population of the united states is aging. the baby boomers are starting to retire. it is not simply these programs are bad. for instance, social security is a terrible return on investment but it is also unfair. they should be abolished. if you care about your kids, or your grandkids, you should want to get rid of these programs. host: the phone numbers are on t

before coming to george mason, sales was deputy assistant secretary for policy development in the u.s. department of homeland security. he previously served as counsel and senior counsel in the ofce ealpolic at u rtut. he was the john m. olin llow at georgetown university law center in 2005-2006. come 2003-2005, he practiced at the washington, d.c. law rmo wiley d essaclfoe honorable david d. sentelle of the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. he received his undergraduate degree from miami university and his jdfrom do. colonel ken alla is a mmento o forign pol d ctyises fomore than a decade he was a featured military analyst on nbc news, msnbc and cnbc. in 2006, he joned the faculty of unirsity of exs n nia eciv deinsnior lecturer and management. his military career included overseas services and intelligence officer, as was tours of duty as a system professor at we point, special asanemyeff f, dfde e iowrcge he received his undergraduate degree, his mba from harvard, and his ph.d ininternational security from the fletcher school of law anddpocyatft ofr heae esof asste f scho

dwight from george mason university school for conflict resolution. my question, actually, goes both to u.s. ambassadors and the representative from the e.u. delegation. it's been argued that in the past couple years now that the turkish armed forces, basically, come under the direct control of the turkish government. there is an observable democratization process in turkey. none the less, at this point there is i think the number is around 100 journalists in jail, around 3,000 politicians are in prison, and in the past decade when we looked into the e.u. records, there was always a criticism in the state of human rights in turkey. but recently that criticism had become less and less. and i would also like to hear from the u.s. ambassadors on their opinion about the state of human rights in turkey. >> okay. >> thank you. >> and the first question, it wasn't directed to anyone. anyone who wants to answer that, please. okay. >> [inaudible] if i understood the question, the first question properly, it was about whether the american/turkish relation is a