. >>> it is move-in days 59 george mason univeity. thousands of students are getting ready to start the next chapter of their lives. as julie carey reports, the university is starting a new chapter with its first new president? 16 years. >> the freshmen moving in weren't the only newblies on campus. they were greeted by new president angelica brera. he replaced the president who retired last spring. he moved to fairfax just six weeks ago. >> it's so exciting. i feel like a freshman. >> reporter: with 40 years as an independent university, george mason is the youngest virginia campus, but also the largest enrollment the past two years and nearly 34,000 students are expect this had year. george mason shook off its commuter school reputation years ago, though a majority of the students still do live offcampus. that's slowly, but surely changing. >> two new dorms just opened. and that they are helping forge gmsh -- >> they just -- everything is so new, the dorms are fantastic. >> that's kind of what i like about the school, it's still rel

he is currently at george mason university.is also, the inventor belt and the university of illinois. why it -- he is also taught at vanderbilt in the university of illinois. why is this an area that you have become an expert in? guest: i am interested in democracy. i watch c-span. unfortunately, people get caught up in the moment, and they do not understand democracy works best when everyone can participate. everyone has their say. how we have that through elections. if you care about the country, encouraging people to vote is very important in having a well- functioning democracy. i know people can be wrapped up in the moment, the especially in a presidential election where passions run high, but for me i want everybody to vote -- military, for people -- the country is governed better when everyone has their state. >> you can go to gmu.edu the election and campaign was cited george mason. you are on the phone with -- you are on the line with michael mcdonald. caller: good morning. my question is, as far as voting fraud, i thi

one of these production projects, raja charles is a research professor at george mason university. thank you for joining us. so how exactly did these work? >> two parts to crowd sourcing. one with a lot of people have heard of thanks to a popular book is the wisdom of the crowds where if you have to forecast something in the future or estimates the wake of an office, if you average the estimates from a large number of people that average is likely to be as good or better than the best single estimate. the second part which we are looking into at george mason is if you don't take a simple average but you ask the mathematics of markets to it then you give people an incentive to make a stronger estimate when they really do no more or are more confident and leave the question alone when they don't have any extra information. sandra: they have to be over the age of 18 and be as diverse as possible. all shapes and sizes. what sort of questions are you asking these folks right now? >> 80 to 100 questions. the serious ones are things like for the european union we do have a question on the

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. >> reporter: george mason's political analyst says romney's vp choice was a smart move. but one that may not win virginia. >> virginia republicans, few of them are going shucks, we could have had a slightly easier november. ryan is not a governor, he is not mcdonell or eric cantor. i don't think there is a big virginia impact. what the pick of paul ryan is that romney wants to run on big ideas. >> reporter: independent voters have mixed feelings. >> it is time to exercise some restraint and i think paul ryan's plan seems to be a good idea. >> reporter: what is your reaction? >> really? that was the best he could do? >> reporter: i voted for obama last time and i was very disappointed in how things have gone. it is definitely moving me to the romney side. >> reporter: ryan is the architect of the gop's budget proposal, often referred to as ryan's plan. it includes deep cuts and has garnered controversy over the plan to overhaul medicare. >> the democrats are writing attack ads. the attack ads are going to be this man is going to kick grandma into the street. i think there

approaching george mason drive. crash there. at last check, blocking all of your lanes.ive look as you make your wau past the east falls church in metro. hardly moving. in fact, absolutely jammed in this area. let's head over to chopper 4 there. along i-95. southbound at 100 have a crash here in maryland. just in your right shoulder lane here, it was blocking the right lane but you can see tractor trailers involved. police are on the scene. the travel lanes luckily right now are open. back in about ten minutes with another update. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> there's a new sign, a new apple iphone may soon be on store shels. sprint just lowered the price of the iphone4s from about $200 to about 150 bucks. company says it's just a back to school promotion. some tech analysts, though, say it could also 15 it's preparing for a new and more expensive, of course, iphone. apple is planning a major event next month. many people think it will be the unveiling of the new smart phone. >>> you may have trouble accessing youtube from the new iphone. apple gett

if you have not guessed, he played for george mason as a basketball player. i want to give you his company's name. it is abram's bbq.com. i love the tip of the wing, i love that. and today we are doing barbecue beans but guess what? with a twist. peach bar cue beans -- barbecue beans. >> we saute vegetables initially, and add a 15-ounce can of regular beans. we chose a vegetarian beans today but you can doctor it up with pork or any type of meat. we drain them, and we drain the juice off the peaches and are going to add those in there as well. >> two cans. you gave me the recipe. >> yes, ma'am. >> and the abram's barbecue sauce, our spicy version today. >> you do catering if someone wants you to come out and cater for them and you also do competition cooking? >> yes, ma'am. we enter barbecue competitions around the area, we recently placed first place down in charles county and in frederick replaced up there as well. >> really? my goodness. how did you get to be a chef? >> i had to feed myself once we got out of college. once we mix everything together j.c.,

university ranked 81 -- in at 68 and george mason university ranged university ranked 81. >>> thereill be three elevators coming from grant approval after the base relinement and closure increased personnel at walter reed. the brac in 2005 increased personnel at walter reed by 1/3 and doubled its visitor load to 1 million of year. >>> about 50,000 people gathered today at hiroshima peace park in japan to mark 67 years since the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on that city. japanese leaders are honoring the anniversary of the world war ii attack by calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. they say japan must lead disarmaments efforts and last year's damage at fukushima shows the dangers of nuclear technology. >>> we are standing by for rg3's final news conference before taking the field for his first nfl game this week. we'll take you there live when it happens. >> also ahead who needs the olympics when you have a high jumping baby goat? we're going to bring you the story behind this viral video. >> reporter: does lying make you sick? i'm bruce leshan, the story coming up. [ male

the 7-eleven on george mason drive near cbi pe back on august19ththe crook attempts to rob the cashier. a second guy opens the door and a firework blows up. both men leave empty handed. >>> a college football t-shirt makes light of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal, what it says after the break. >> in a few minutes the summer olympics may be done, but we'll tell you why tens of thousands of people are packing into london's olympic stadium right now. >>> believe it or not, it's here already. this is day one of the college football season and an ohio state t-shirt has a lot of folks upset tonight. this says i'd rather shower at penn state than cheer for the wolverines referencing michigan, of course. the president of the center for families safety and healing says that's pretty disturbing. osu officials insist hey, we didn't sanction this. fans of other universities, however, are making sandusky shower t-shirts as well. okay. what do you think about that? it's all free country, free speech, all that, but that's a little disturbing and in really bad taste. should it have been done? wri

and professors at george mason and they have all given us a reasonable measure of confidence that this population here up and down the 95 corridor will in fact use hot lanes, will pay the congestion pricing fee at the rush hour in order to use those lanes. this is the eighth most prosperous region in the country and people will pay a little bit extra for the improved quality of life. >> reporter: if enough drivers do pay the tolls, it should mean less congestion for everyone. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> got to pay for that commute. >>> last week's close call at reagan national airport, remember this, leading to a big change for airports across the nation. >> coming up next, details of what the faa is now banning to avoid near collisions. we'll be back. >>> the faa is suspending a procedure that led to scary moments in the sky at reagan national airport last week. >> the faa says there was a miscommunication between air traffic controllers about reversing the flow of traffic to and from the runway. for now, they will stop all opposite direction operations nationwide. kenneth quinn i

. >> our friends at george mason university helped teach us a number of events.morning, we're showing you the great lengths, or maybe the not so great lengths, we went to to throw the discus. ♪ >> so, how we hold the discus is a lot of people think like a frisbee, but it's not. it's going to be right in the crease of your fingers, and you're going to turn it over. that's how it will be released. go down and back. want to go? >> looks so easy! >> yay! good job! that's how it's supposed to land. >> yeah! >> yay! >> whoo! >> so, you just go like -- >> yep. >> good job. >> rolling counts! rolling counts! >> you rolled, that's good. >> good job, yay. >> thanks. >> you are incredible! >> it's hard. >> good job! >> it is! [ laughter ] >> well, there you have it. >> there you have it. >> it is not a frisbee, that is for sure. >> it is not. well, and the way you have to handle it, it's hard to imagine even throwing it, so the fact that i even got it a foot is an accomplishment for me. you have such good form, it doesn't matter how far you throw because you looked good doi

senior research fellow at the mercatus center at george mason university. >> what's really the problem in washington? well, if you ask washington, they'll tell you it's gridlock, and blame inaction on some new and hyper-partisan or ideological era. but while gridlock might be blamed for slowing things down, it can't be blamed for faili to address serious issues. welfare reform and balanced budgets in the 1990s were the product of gridlock that slowly gave way to consensus. and today's washington is more than happy to come together when it suits its own interests. for instance, just last week, congress managed bi-partisan support for another continuing resolution, an agreement that allows the legislators to, once again, put off doing any real fiscal planning. in fact, congress hasn't managed to produce a federal budget in more than three years. washington's problem is not gridlock. it is an increasingly irresponsible government that has for far too long been let off the hook for performing the most basic responsibilities. so, whatever happens in november, this much is certain: unless ta

. >> reporter: george mason university associate professor jeremy mayer adds there are few paths to victory for romney that doesn't involve taking virginia. and someone who could throw the race off kilter for romney is vir jill goud who spent 12 years in the house. the conservative is gathering signatures to get on the ballot as a third party candidate, he's widely known in the southern part of the state and many argue a vote for him takes away from romney. >> governor mitt romney's got the right approach to turn this state and this country around. >> reporter: supporters are concentrating on what they can control and that's to get out their message and enjoy the commonwealth's being in the spotlight. >> we're the epicenter in some ways of this presidential campaign. and i think it has argue that northern virginia is the epicenter of the epicenter. >> it's such a privilege to be a virginian right now. >> reporter: he'll be back campaigning in virginia next week. barack obama celebrating his birthday today will return to the campaign trail next week. i'm surae chinn, for 9news now. >> double

. >> reporter: george mason university associate professor on public policy, jeremy mayor, adds there few father to victory for romney that doesn't involve taking virginia. someone who could throw the race off kilter is virgil good who spent 24 years as a virginia state senator and 12 years in the house. the conservative is gathering signatures to get on the ballot as a third party candidate. he's widely known in the southern part of the state and many argue a vote for him takes away from romney. >> governor mitt romney has the right approach to turn this state and this country around. >> reporter: supporters are concentrating on what they can control and that is get out their message and enjoy the commonwealth being in the spotlight. >> we're the epicenter in some ways of this president campaign and northern virginia is the epicenter of the epicenter. >> it's such a privilege to be a virginian right now and i'm excited about the work ahead for us. >> reporter: mitt romney still has to pick a running mate. he'll be back campaigning in virginia next week. president obama celebrating hi

i mean, you know, obviously university of maryland, george mason, george washington, the baltimore stadiums, the washington stadiums. >> no shortage of that, right. >> you wouldn't have to build as much as some people would have to build. you could just take advantage of what you have. now, would you have to build something, obviously -- you would have to build something, obviously, but it's the biggest sporting event in the world. it's the head of the board of trade told me it's in my column this morning in the paper, it's like three super bowls a day for 2.5 weeks. >> right. >> obviously you would have every hotel room from baltimore to fredericksburg would be packed for 2.5 weeks. obviously the restaurants and it's a great showcase for the region. >> might be a little tough on the locals. >> well, it would be -- >> but we could suck it up for 2.5 weeks. let's talk about the cons. we have some issues in our area. >> there's two sort of different set of issues. the first is could you win? what would it take to try to win? we spent $10 million, you know, private money in the failed attempt

>>corkins attended george mason university. felicia stopped by the center finding it closed for the day. she says she comes here frequently but had never met corkins and was shocked to hear what happened. what's i do not think i have heard of that kind of violence occurring in support of lgbt things. >> >> according to police, at the time of his arrest was carrying a backpack filled with 15 chick- fil-a sandwiches. the recently came out in support of the ceo of chick-fil-a and made statements against same-sex marriage. >> we will continue to follow developments on the family research council shooting coming up as 6:00. any time on wjla.com. >> mortgage news now for you. the weather, what a great pleasant the -- more good news for you now. the weather, what a pleasant day. we want to look into the weekend and if possible. bob ryan has the first check of the forecast. >> i brought this back especially for all of us. the first time this morning is the first time we have been below 70 for the month of august. but out of the mountai

joining us now is angela hattery, the associate director of women and gender studies at george masonthe author of the new book called "the social dynamics of family violence." and also "intimate partner violence" as well. this is the new book. we're happy you're with us today. >> thank you very much. >> we were all saddened to hear about the whole story down at uva, and i think the first question is, how in the world could this happen? how could it happen? but to you it's no surprise. >> it really isn't a surprise. unfortunately the case with george huguely and yeardly love is strange. but stalking, unhealthy relationships are happening every day on campuses. >> this starts earlier for our girls, especially, doesn't it? >> it absolutely does. it might start happening in high school, but parents are there to sort of be observant and take a look at what might be going on with their sons and daughters. when they get to college, those eyes aren't there any more. >> how vulnerable are these young people when they go off to school? you have a daughter who has lived this drama-free life and

in about 45 minutes, michael mcdonald from george mason university will discuss voting in this year'st the american enterprise institute to take your questions about his plan to privatize the postal service

. >>> this juan move had in day at george mason university in fairfax county. thousands of students went to campus today to start the semester. many were greated by the gm new president angelica cabrera. you can read more about the new president in tomorrow's "fairfax county times" or on fairfaxtimes.com. >>> the folks at the that'sa goddard space center have recently dover two dinosaur tracks. geologists believe the create terse were notosaurs. they roamed thor millions of years ago. one track belongs to the adult, the second track seems to be smaller. a smaller version of the same creature, possibly a young one following its mother. very nice. another check on our forecast. doug? >> reporter: the forecast is looking good, a great evening out there. we have our toes in the sand, the williams family behind me. thank you for having us over. we love your beach. i am extremely full. we're bringing food back, don't worry about that. coming up the next couple days, not bad, though i think you'll knee the umbrellas out and about saturday and sunday. that is when we c

next come on the far end, jason and senior research fellow at the center at george mason university and former chief economist and deputy commissioner during president bush's term of the social security administration. he wrote a separate chapter on how social security should be reformed to encourage growth. finally, as president said verdone editorial director who edited this book i just want to take the opportunity to thank contributors to the book tour here today. additional contributors who are not on the panel but are here today, peter of the dallas fed. raise your hand. there she is. who wrote about immigration to. richard of smu, and michael cox of smu. are you both here? and as you can both see it's very important in fact maria isn't here today i don't believe also wrote a chapter for the book and smu is very important as president bush said. this is the bush institute's first book the first of many as you will soon see. and it's unusual in that it was published by a major trade publisher and as a result, we will get a broad circulation. many of you here are supporters of the bu

redfern, our sky guy and an ambassador for nasa and also i should mention adjunct professor at george masonuniversity here to pawtucket about all things curiosity. we have had several questions. i guess officially we have to do this. a lot of people have been ask the questions lately because of the latest mars rover mission which land successly early this morning. are we really about to find out if there is life on mars. and greg is here to answer that question. question. . >> i was so excite. i woke everybody up in the house. sorry about that. >> have you been up all night watching the developments. >> sure have. on mars. it is just great. >> it really is something. tell us a little bit about what has happened overnight during the early morning. and while air talking about this, we've already got the first couple of pictures. >> the first couple of minutes after landing. >> the thing that is amazing is when you figure you travel $350 million miles and you got to thread a needle that is 1.2 miles wide to make it to a landing ellipse that is 10 kilometers long and going from 13,000 miles an

officials confirm he attended george mason university for two years but did not obtain a masters degrees been reported. the odd discovery of 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches in corkins' backpack has prompted wider concerns. conservative policy organizations who weighed in on the controversy started by the chain's owner. the dc-based organization for marriage. >> we don't want to reveal those but we've had to beef up security. had is not the first time we've had threats like this. i think there's some ownership you have to take for when you don't give your opponents the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: the family research council released a statement on leo johnson's condition this afternoon saying, quote, it will take time, but he will be back with us soon, for which we are all grateful. jackie bensen, news 4 today. >>> students at the university of maryland want chick-fil fill kicked off its campus. more than 500 students and staff have already signed the petition. the group says it is outraged at chic fill la's ceo views on same-sex marriage. he recently told a christian radio station he s

this is some student athletes at george mason. to throw the discus but we can actually do it? find out the answer tomorrow morning. >> just like the javelin, it's in the hipsnd lower body. >> spin. >> is that what it is? >> i can feel right here. >> i needed you there. see, track and field, actual athlete in our midst. >> and a meteorologist, too. >> i cannot wait to see that. i'm getting up early again tomorrow morning to see that. >>> let's look at the next couple of days. today, again, 89. looking at storms later. >>> thank you for joining us for "news4 today" and spending your day with us. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. ♪ [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's going to fly people around the world. safely and better than it's ever done be

>> we've had a number of studies done by vdot, by professors at george mason and others.hey've all given us a reasonable measure of confidence that this population up and down the 95 corridor from stafford to the mixing bowl and mixing bowl to tysons will, in fact, use h.o.t. lanes and pay the congestion pricing fee at rush hour in order to use those lanes. this is the eighth most prosperous region in the country and people will pay a little bit extra for the improved quality of life. >> reporter: if enough drivers do pay the tolls, it should mean less congestion for everyone. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> an olympic champion admitted to cheating and the redskins are counting down to kickoff, an exclusive interview with head coach mike shanahan coming up. >>> business leaders are not happy. a new survey showing ceos of american companies are feeling less confident about the economy. higher gas prices and the slowdown overseas is fueling fears things will get worse the rest of the year. this might not make businesses feel any better. americans are putting away their pla

corkins who earned a masters degree in education at george mason university in 2006 volunteered on weekends at the d.c. center for the lgbt community along u street in the district. >> there is a connection between the gay and lesbian community and just the community at large. so they try to help them any way they can to make connections. >> reporter: according to the fbi, corkins lived with his parents on this house in builders road in herndon and neighbors we spoke to say they rarely, if ever, saw the couple's oldest of their three sons. a judge ordered corkins to undergo a mental evaluation. he's due in court a week from tomorrow. the frc president said their wounded employee was unarmed in plainclothes and more of a being supervisor than a security guard -- a building supervisor than a security guard. >> we are learning more this evening about that frc employee who wrestled the shooter to the ground. police chief cathy lanier hailed leo johnson a hero yesterday and her mother is beaming with pride saying her son helped to avoid what could have been an awful tragedy. fox 5's karen gray h

>> we have had a number of studies done by v-dot, by professors at george mason and others, and they have all given us a reasonable measure of confidence that this population here up and down the 95 corridor from stafford to the mixing bowl and to tyson's will use hot lane else and pay the congestion pricing fee at the rush hour in order to use those lanes. this is the eighth most prosperous region in the country. people will pay a little bit extra for the improved quality of life. >> reporter: if enough drivers pay the tolls, it should mean less congestion for everyone. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> and an unusual drug bus bust. take a look. the customs agents found four pounds of cocaine hidden inside the drink boxes and a spice bottle. the officers found the cocaine saturday night in a luggage of two guatemalan men from el salvador. they were turned over to police for prosecution on drug charges. >>> and customs agents at dulles yesterday managed to sniff out marijuana in a passenger's bag as well. the woman was carrying 2 1/2 grams of the drug and investigators believe she trie

officials confirm he attended george mason university for two years but did not obtain a master's degreeeen reported. meanwhile, the odd discovery of 15 chick-fil-a sand pitwiches is backpack prompted wider concerns. conservative policy organizations that weighed in on the same-sex marriage controversy sparked by the fast food chain's owner says they have beefed up security. among them, the d.c.-based national organization for marriage. >> obviously we don't want to reveal those, but we've had to beef up security and this is not the first time we've had threats like this. i think there's some ownership you have to take for when you don't give your opponents the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: the family research council released a statement on security officer leo johnson's condition this afternoon saying "it will take time, but he will be back with us soon, for which we are all grateful." d.c. mayor vincent gray visited the security officer in his hospital room today and thanked him for his sacrifice. reporting live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> more proof today

tomorrow morning you can see how we did with the discus thanks to the help of student athletes at george mason. we learned the proper technique. we now know how to three discus but can we actually do it? you will find the answer tomorrow morning. >>> coming up next at 6:00, we are tracking breaking news right now out of fairfax. police on the scene of an overnight hit and run accident that left a woman dead. >>> also ahead, several olympic athletes accused of cheating this morning after their terrible performances at the london olympics. >>> we begin with breaking news

officials confirmed he attended george mason university two years but did not obtain a master's degree as has been reported. meanwhile, the odd discovery of 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches in corkins' backpack prompted wider concerns. organizations who weighed in on the same-sex marriage controversy sparked by the fast food chain's owner say they have beefed up security. among them the d.c.-based national organization for marriage. >> obviously we don't want to reveal those but we've had to beef up security. this is not the first time we've had threats like this. i think there's some ownership you have to take for when you don't give your opponents the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: now, we learned that d.c. mayor vincent gray visited security officer leo johnson in his hospital room today and thanked him for his sacrifice. reporting live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> it's been a very warm friday afternoon. question is, what's in store for tonight? and the weekend? meteorologist chuck bell has the answers. he's in the storm center. hey, chuck. >> hey there, pat, and

university of virginia, the university of maryland comes in at 55, virginia tech comes in at 68 and george mason university at 81. >>> american airlines is offering a new service that allows passengers to skip the baggage claim. the airline has teamed up with bags v.i.p. luggage delivery. for an extra fee passengers can opt to have their bags delivered to their home or hotel room. the fee for baggage delivery starts at 30 bucks for one bag and about $50 for up to ten pieces of luggage. >>> one of the remarkable features of a gibson guitar is the beautiful woods the instruments can be made from. now gibson has agreed to pay a hefty fine for illegally importing exotic wood from madagascar in india. the $300,000 penalty allows gibson to avoid criminal charges for breaking a lou that prohibits requiring plant products protected in other countries. it will be interesting to see how it's sourced from the company. >> it's been going on for a long time. >> we'll have to see if prices go up as well. >> jess will be back in a little bit. she'll have daily deals. >> plus, we'll tell you why metro believes

you have republicans like former congressman from south carolina who's run ang institute at george mason let's have a market-based solution. it has to start with pricing honestly, that means pricing carbon emissions. and then let's let the market work when everything is priced fairly. on immigration, of course, you have rupert murdoch calling for immigration policy that deals humanely with illegal immigrants who are here and working with the most talented immigrants we need to grow our economy. you actually have republicans arguing very sane, intelligent center right positions which i think you could have deals on all four. unfortunately, those center right positions aren't where the republican party is today. >> and tom coburn who you mentioned is willing to be talking about revenue as part of a compromise is retiring from the senate. so you have another voice going out the door. each side knew the other side was going to have to get something. each side might hate every single thing the other side wanted but they knew the other side was going to have to get some version of one of those

. >> as hard as the student athletes at george mason tried to help us get in good olympic form we got spirit right at least. >> yeah. the spirit was there. >> absolutely. >> we had the form down, i think. >> here we are taking a shot at the shot put. ♪ >> take it straight up. and then put it under your neck. turn back and then push forward. >> danella? >> yeah. >> i got this. all right. all right. >> oh. >> all right. >> great job! whew! >> whew! >> eun yang! >> keep your eyes up. all right. >> all right. >> all right. >> that was heavy, right? >> it was really heavy. >> wahoo! nice. >> i thought danella's follow through. >> i try to hard no matter how bad i am. >> i looked just like jason in the form. did you notice? i just didn't get it as far. all right. so you saw us throw the shot put. now we want to show you how the real olympians do it. >> take a look. in the women's final, michelle carter from team usa threw the shot put 63 feet 8 inches. good for fourth place. that will put me in like 49th place or something like that. the winner from belarus won with a throw of over 40 feet.

many things but there wasn't a whole lot to cheer about when we learned field and track events at george masonu can watch and see what we learned through throwing the shock put. learning is always simple, it's the actual tleing of the shot put or anything else of that matter that gets difficult for us. >> let's just say it didn't go very far. >>> 6:51. nasa's new mars rover on the surface of the red planet. "curiosity" landed there early the morning. $2.5 billion mission will look for evidence of life on mars. president obama calls the landing an unprecedented feat of technology. and while you were sleeping, probably the -- actually not probably, but actually the "curiosity" did land. thousands of space buffs watched that historic moment from times square. somebody tweeted a picture from the crowd. pretty captivated by what "curiosity" can do. >> thrilling by what we will find on the red planet. >>> 6:51 is our time. meteorologist tom kierein is keeping an eye on things closer to the ground. >> here on planet earth we've got steamy humidity that's still in the air. it's going to continue to be

. >>> the university of george mason track team very kind to us.ught us the javelin, the duskis, the shot put and the hurdles. this morning, though, something fun! >> yeah, we're going to show you how we performed in the discus throw. >> let's just say it wasn't our best event, but we gave it the old good try. ♪ >>> so, how we hold the disc is a lot of people think like a frisbee, but it's not. right in the crease of your fingers and turn it over. that's how it's going to be released. go down and back. want to go? >> looks so easy! >> yay! good job! that's how it's supposed to look. >> yeah! >> yay! >> whoo-hoo! >> so, you just go like -- >> yep. >> rolling counts! >> good job. >> rolling counts! >> rolled it, good. >> good job, yay! >> thanks. >> you are incredible! >> good job! >> it is hard. >> it is. >> i like how meredith felt obligated, she goes, good, go job, all right! >> good job. >> positive reinforcement. >> there you go. >> the biggest lesson is that all this stuff looks a lot harder -- or it's a lot harder than it looks. >> you have to

paul hauser of george mason university who was at the time the bureau of reclamations science adviser and science integrity officer, specifically he documented the intentional falsification

. >> at george mason university. tom sat this out. >> bum knee. >> bum knee for tom.wanted to give the hurdles the old college try here. ♪ >> okay, so, the goal is to not knock it over. >> don't kick it, okay. >> we have it set up so that it will knock over if you do touch it, so it will collapse right away. left leg, toe is up, right arm, and then you're going to bring that -- >> so finish, then down. >> -- the trail leg around. then it comes down and you keep on sprinting. >> oh, it's so easy! >> it's so easy. >> oh, yeah. ♪ >> whoo! >> that was ugly! ♪ >> whoo! yeah! >> i like the jump at the end. >> better. that was good! >> whoo! >> rocking and rolling. >> oh, i killed myself! >> dangerous. >> good job. >> i almost did. you know, to my credit, i finished, and they're almost as high as i am, so -- >> yes. >> what are you going to do. >> thanking melanie, jason and meredith for helping us learn all these events over the last two weeks, and scott eisen for putting that video together and not making us look like huge idiots. >> huge respect, track and field athletes.

as a george mason study said, 1.1 million job letts be lost.trillion dollars out of the gdp. we are just starting to sew some signs of improvement in the economy. i guarantee you in arizona losing 3,650 jobs and 300 -- and $3 billion out of the state's economy will drive us right back into a recession. we are not only talking about national security security, we are talking about the nation's economy. >> greta: coming up federal agents say the obama administration is forcing them to break the law. find out what show are doing. that's next and in two minutes we showed you congressman dancing and singing but this might teak the cake. which congressman or congress woman was caught on camera this time and what was he or she doing? we hope there were no red pants involved. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a simple gesture speaks to respect... and respect speaks for itself. introducig the new jeep altitude editions. style looks better with substance. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and

bassam haddad directs the middle east studies department at george mason university.is new book is "business networks in syria." and david lesch is a professor at trinity university in san antonio, texas. he interviewed bashar al-assad several times between 2004 and 2009. his new book is "syria: the fall of the house of assad." dave kartunen beginning with, you what significance do you see in the latest defections coming on top of earlier ones? >> well, they are serious blows to the regime coming on top of earlier defections as well as the impression that the reb bells on the ground are making military inroads against the regime. however, you know, the office of the prime minister is not a very powerful position in sia under shar it is mostly an administrative post. it's been a disposable one since the beginning of the u uprising. and perception is more important than reality and the perception the regime is on the defensive. it could be crumbling with these increasing defections. and if many of the syrians who are viewing this also see it as crumbling, especially tho