[applause] mark warner was the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the governor talked to the class of 2013 for 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. members of the board of visitors, mason faculty, staff, family, graduates, good morning. let me be the first to say congratulations for a job well done. you are a proud recipient of the mason medal. congratulations to the class of 2013. you did it. [applause] i have watched this university grow for over 30 years. , when george mason became independent, it was a lot of questioning about what would happen with this little enclave in northern virginia. while there is a lot of success and a lot of people i want to recognize, to a vehement -- i want to recognize two of the original members who help make this possible. job well done, gentlemen. [applause] had a opportunity while i was governor to work closely with president merton. i'm proud of the fact that 80 million of those dollars went to new construction right here at george mason, which means you have not only the fastest- growing

congratulations, george mason! you'vent cabrera, obviously got big shoes to fill, but you are off to a great start. i know you will continue to proud george mason tradition. i had thego, opportunity to receive the george mason honorary degree. it is great to be back, having a chance to speak to graduates one more time. number ofed giving a graduation speeches that nobody ever remembers what you say. they only remember if you talk too long. [laughter] i will be relatively brief. i only have three points of advice. let me take one moment -- when i was hearing dr. cabrera , 78brate those stories years old, getting a phd, and the diversity of other students. i think about a young man who was a recent george mason graduate who works with me. one of the things as i look around these graduates and look at this crowd, this issue of diversity and the changing face of virginia and america is represented here in this audience. there is no better evidence that diversity makes us stronger. i hope, if you'll allow me one moment

and flores at texas a&m mark warner at george mason university. wisconsin representative and 2012 vice presidential candidate paul ryan gave the 2013 commencement address at benedictine college in kansas. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. president, alex, where are you, alex? thank you for rekindling that

washingtont george -- george mason university. what "thealking about color purple" that in her life. dvd, yours for $100, the book for $150, together, $200. 866-359-4334. i want to turn right now to michael holland. who knows who you will meet when you come to the set of democracy now! in the middle of new york appear particularly appear particularly relevant when we talk about michael pollan. he talks about all different ways to make dinner. "cooked."ok is called he argues taking back control of be the most ourrtant step to making food system more healthy and sustainable. when he was here and i interviewed him, i asked him about the journey he took in writing the book. >> it was probably the most fun i have had as a writer, and it is hard to describe it as work exactly. i wantedgured out what to do, which was driving cooking back to its most elemental apprenticedecided to myself to a series of masters, and i divided into four central transformations, the, the nadir -- denominator of all cooking. cooking with fire, water, cooking

[applause] mark warner was the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the governor talked to the class of 2013 for 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. members of the board of visitors, mason faculty, staff, family, graduates, good morning.

democratic senator mark warner was the commencement speaker at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the former virginia governor talk to the class of 2013 for about 15 minutes. >> thank you. president cabrera, members of the board of visitors, mason faculty and staff, family, and most importantly graduates, good morning. let me be the first to also say congratulations to ernst for a job well done. you are truly a proud recipient of the mason metal. , but me also say congratulations to the class of 2013 -- let me

and flores at texas a&m mark warner at george mason university. wisconsin representative and 2012 vice presidential candidate paul ryan gave the 2013 commencement address at benedictine college in kansas. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. president, alex, where are you, alex? thank you for rekindling that feeling i had at the republican national convention after i followed condoleezza rice. thanks a lot. i appreciate that. [laughter] the four i want to get into the commencement, i have heard so many good things about benedictine college. my friend,, who spoke last year, yup and told me about this gold -- called me up and told me about the school. he said you are a tightknit and broad-minded, small sized and bighearted. i have spent a little bit of time here. p90x this morning. i got to do dinner with the archbishop. i got to check out the river. 90%i got to find out that of the senior class had a problem when they were freshmen. that is how many people stood up and complained. [laughter] .ou made me feel at home this is

. >> associate director of women and gender studies at george mason university disagrees. saying men still call the shots. women have just made it easier. and she says she hears from his duties worried they won't be able to form long term relationships. >> the hookup culture isn't teaching it. that is one of the things they are not learning, how to have a healthy relationship. still wish they had the option of casual sex at college. but they also wish it wasn't the only option. and as for old-fashioned romance national and >> i would love that will stop -- i would love that. >> affording college is tough these days for so many families in our region. that there is one group in town that is trying to help. collegiate directions incorporating supports high schools and want to succeed. tonight, they had their spring benefit. the proceeds raised the night will help provide counseling, financial help, and other benefits to students in need. great people. inspiring kids, i tell you. >> you know how it is. >> sounds like a great event. a very nice night out. >> we are excited abo

senator elizabeth warman -- warren at framingham, and mark warner at george mason university. senator elizabeth warren delivered the commencement address at framingham state university in minnesota -- massachusetts. her remarks are about 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much, thank you senator for that very kind introduction. thank you, president flanigan, board of trustees, the , andngham board congratulations to the class of 2013. fabulous. [applause] , from one state school grad to another, you have done a good thing. you can do a lot more. i'm really happy for you. i want to say to the class of 2013, as you are are going out into the new world, as with any journey, it can be scary. with edith.htime no more ice cream from mad willy's. and hardest of all, no more e- mails from the dean. [laughter] it is true. , as you head out, i know that some of you are very worried about graduating into a tough economy. some of you are concerned about finding a job. and some of you are working hard to persuade yourself that moving in with mom and d

congratulations, george mason.esident, you have obviously got big shoes to fill and are going to continue that proud tradition. 10 years ago i had the opportunity as i mentioned to receive a george mason honoraria degree. it is great to be back having a chance to speak to graduates one more time. i have learned, giving a number of graduation speeches, the only remember if you talk for too long. so, i will be relatively brief. three points of advice, let me take one moment. when i heard dr. ferreira -- cabrerra celebrate those four stories, i think about the diversity of those students. i think about the young man who was a recent graduate who works with me. one of the things, as i look around at these graduates and that this crowd, this issue of facesity and the changing of virginia and america is represented here in this audience. and there is no better evidence that diversity makes us stronger and i hope you will allow me one moment of editorial content -- comment. one more reason why in my day job need to pass m

joining us is the real estate professor from george mason.the program, good to see you. >> thank you, stuart. can i make that bold statement, the foreclosure crisis is over. >> just insert peter schiff's comments in here. the answer is, it's improving, paul though 30-day delinquencies are up. it's improving primarily for the same reasons that peter schiff has said. the fed has been pumping lots of air into the market and the housing recovery is mostly an investor recovery, not a traditional home owner recovery. so, the second the punch bowl is pulled away, it goes. stuart: now in the short-term, before that punch bowl is taken away, does this foreclosure decline, the fewer foreclosures, does it mean that more homes are going to come onto the market, you know, to make juice up the housing market some more? >> yes, it should mean we should be seeing more inventory he released in the market, shadow inventories from the banks, et cetera. however, there's another problem, it's not clear that there's borrowing demand from consumers. they're just no

anthony sanders, george mason university professor of finance of the this is the question today.nd existing home sales continue to show improvement. people come here raising real concern, right, anthony? >> well, there are some big concerns. you show the graphic of the house prices out west. phoenix, california are up over 20%, as high as 26%. the fha numbers came out this morning, nationally it is 15.6% growth if you analize the monthly numbers. the point --. lori: let me have you finish because i think you will go to my follow up question what is driving these markets so much higher than the national average? >> what is driving markets higher than the national average is, uncle ben, ben bernanke from the fed. if you look at mortgage purchase applications came out yesterday that still have been fairly flat since 2010. so it is not consumers jumping in with mortgages. it is investors. investors are taking advantage of chief money from the fed. lori: how will this all sort out? if you will with my english co-host oday? that is a english phrase. how will it sort out? we in our intr

president of george mason since a nod is six to a palm close at $2 million for a number three the higheste salary of total compensation justness $2 million mark. never to the president of auburn to me to point* 5 million and number one highest-paid public university president is penn state university who left his position during this sandusky scandal and is being investigated himself even only in the job a few months he still made almost $3 million. is in the healthier fast food alternative? all good things must come to an end but what should invent -- investors do? do with us. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get thspark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase

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and in virginia george mason's ceremony begins at 10:00. >>> the first lady is in nashville today. she will deliver the commencement address at martin luther king jr. high school for health sciences and engineering. it's her second graduation ceremony in as many days. sglmpbls there's a free health fair in the district. it's on 9th and g streets in twoes. you can get free health screenings from now until 2:00 this afternoon. the mayor's office and pacific islander affairs is organizing the event. >>> today marks a big day for facebook. why mark zuckerberg and his company might be popping bottles. >>> today prince george's public schools are looking for bus drivers. there's a job fair happening at wise high school. job seekers must bring a copy of their driving record. the school will pay for training for new hires. the job fair runs until 1:00 this afternoon. >>> today marks one year since the world's biggest social networking site went public on wall street. facebook had its ipo a year ago today. many believed it it would be bigger than amazon, but the highest sale date was 23 cen

school of public policy, george mason university. i came yesterday, spent three months in pakistan doing a book on tomography in politics there. i would like to revert to the observation about the future. one thing very interesting and the national assembly's 30% live in 1998 until pakistan's assembly is dominated by the presentation. i don't think what he mentioned that pakistan's future is not going to happen. that has been shown by pti. not only many urban seats, but also there have been major -- the second party in karachi but the change will take place. it never happened. but i saw especially the problem in karachi and also the, the harm they are is 20% increased in the electorate. it's coming from the educated youth and i think that is the future of pakistan. the question is from dr. mohsin khan. isaacs and that he would not get the option for more. imf is one option and the second option it is still not coming for free. he didn't talk about any cuts. where do we need to cut and where to raise money? one thing everybody has kep

and in virginia george mason ceremony begins at 10:00.enator mark warner will give that address. >>> the first lady is in national today. she will deliver the commencement address at martin luther king jr. academic magnet high school for health sciences and engineering. it's her second ceremony in as many days. yesterday she was right here in our area giving new graduates a proper sendoff at bowie state university. mrs. obama reminded the new grads about bowie's place in history and about their importance in their new degrees. >> i'm thinking about all the people who took the extra job and toiled and bled and prayed so we could have something better. >> president obama heads to georgia today. he will deliver the commence m address at mohr house college in atlanta. >>> plenty of people are talking about personal experiences the president shared yesterday. during an economic trip to baltimore, he opened up about his own experience growing up without his father around. >> i grew up without a father. i always tell people that as great and her

census bureau in lisa sturtevant from george mason university. what do these maps tell you in terms of the direction of the country? >> guest: discount areas, metro growth rates are indicative part of an emergence. i think about these maps when i look at the mobility rate. residential mobility is the rate of folks in that one year to the next and for a long time, rates from the decline. in 2012 the mobility rate picked up for the first time and was driven by the state to state migration. what that means is people are able to move and they move for jobs. the population growth is highly concentrated in the energy sector, counties in matcher areas. >> host: what government programs affect population growth? >> guest: right now, population growth is driven by deployment less of a government programs. for the population estimates and are set as government programs is the fact that 80% of federal grants, states and localities are driven by a formula that includes population estimates. so if you're not orange county the population, that may be problemat

the center for media and public afierce for george mason university looked at ratings on the fact. found something that might not surprise you current viewers, republicans have been caught liar three times as often as democrats during president obama's second term. 32% of republican claims in this survey were false or pants on fire compared to 11% of democrats. that's a numerical fact or is it? let's bring it back to my panel basil smikle and rick uneager and dee dee benkie. they picked up 100 factual statements in the last few months, they did not choose every statement that every politician has ever made. >> you're only talking about the last few months. you probably need to go back further. if you look at my facebook page, everyone has probably reviewed that statement. i don't think it's the reality. democrats could be accused of actexactly the same thing maybe not as often as republicans but the democrats can be accused of the same thing. >> john: i'm not saying that the substance may not be right. maybe republicans have lied more in obama's second term and that is uniting it's

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i am from george mason university. i came back yesterday after spending three months in pakistan doing a book on demography and politics there. mention theike to observation about how the future is urban. one thing that is interesting it is 70% rural. it is still the national that does not change what was mentioned, that the future of pakistan is urban. ppi has been shown -- urban seats,y many but the second party in karachi. , especially the youth population in karachi and lahore, how dedicated they are to ppi. i saw a 20% increase in the electorate coming from the educated youth. i believe that is the future of pakistan. the question is from a renowned economist. i was expecting he would not give the option to nawaz sharif of more borrowing./ the imf is one option. thatill does borrowing -- is not coming for free. he did not talk about any cuts. where do we need to cut, and where to raise money locally? one thing which everybody has kept silent, including nawaz sharif and all the political parties, raising the income

according to to a study by politifact, ratings by george mason university, republicans have received the infamous pants on fire rating three times more often than democrats. while democrats get twice as many entirely true grades than the gop. democrats are better at being truthful. not as awful as republicans at not being. perhaps the tide will turn for republicans, though. a top offender includes the retiring michele bachmann who politifact reports today received pants on fire or false in her first 13 fact checks on their site. 13 in a row. >>> next, president obama had to clear things up last night when he spoke at a celebration for asian-american and pacific islander heritage people for the month honoring them. turns out the aunt of former "american idol" contestant jessica sanchez had put him in a bad spot. >> i want to thank everybody who's here, the incredible warmth of the reception. a sign of the warmth is the lipstick on my collar. i have to say, i think i know the culprit. where's jessica sanchez? jessica -- it wasn't jessica. it was her aunt. where is she? auntie, right th

george mason drafted the virginia declaration of rights, including the prohibition against cruel andunusual punishment. during the u.s. constitution ratification debate, this question about pretrial torture came up. george mason said, well, if you look at prohibition against compelled self-incrimination, income and age with a prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, it's clear pretrial torture is not permitted. so he's reading of the cruel and unusual punishment clause was a little more substantial than the current court. that's only one piece of evidence, but he's a fairly authoritative figure in our history. and so i think should, let's hope it never happens, but should congress or legislatures ever decide to offer something like pretrial torture as with any evidence, the fifth amendment itself would prohibit it, but the eighth amendment is at least available as a possible secondary source. >> other questions? oh, come on. >> professor, i wanted to ask a little bit more about them if you could elaborate more about legislature and the role of the judge's. basically from wha

ratifying convention and read read the speech you can find this on line read the speeches that george mason and patrick henry gave him in the virginia ratifying convention where they were talking about the second amendment specifically and explicitly there were two reasons they wanted the second amendment and neither one of those reasons were what wayne la petite was saying in front of congress when he was saying you know it's so that we can overcome a tyrannical government you know that the two reasons were number one and this is principle in the northern states they didn't trust an army during time of peace because they had seen. country after country after country in europe where the military coups had overthrown the threat it had over there and number two in georgia south carolina north carolina and virginia they had slave patrols this this was this this what these were the militia and yet they had patrick henry who is hard to get you were off at length about this used the law at that time to keep the freedom now this is what i remember this is the security of the free state not the sec

he earned his jd from george mason university will of all graduating cum laude. welcome, mr. amador. ms. jill blitstein is testified today on behalf of the college and university officials a station for human resources. she is currently the international employment manager at north carolina state university. her current position involves assisting department, faculty and staff immigration on these issues and overseeing the employment of people e-verification process in client procedures at in sea state university pride to join and see teachers a senior associate at chicago office of delray and i apologized to former partners if i messed that up if i'm sure i did. from 1987-2007. she received her law degree from depaul university college of law in 1995. i would also like to note that she is a constituent of the subcommittee members, former distinguished u.s. attorney for whomever test that is in north carolina, welcome to ms. blitstein. julie myers wood is president of software solutions at guidepost solutions, and immigration investigation complaints from. she served as the a

mason you know we love those you know yeah well you know what's amazing is that patrick henry and george mason were very very clear and gave long eloquent speeches about how we're not going to let them take away our slave patrols patrick henry was the largest slave holder in the entire state of virginia and and in virginia south carolina north carolina and georgia the state militias were the slave patrols and everybody was required to be a member and they had you know at once a month right around look for slaves who might have gone loose in the north they wanted to have the second amendment because they didn't want there to be a standing army during times of war you know there was this this fear of standing armies we've seen country after country after country in europe have have on the media jennifer absolutely have armies do bella terry so what are you trying to argue here you know i want to see what i'm saying is that the second amendment she on either of those case shall not be infringed neither of those two cases did did anybody ever really even remotely suggest that the segment was being

than tell us the truth when it comes to lion lawmakers republicans it turns out are the worst george mason university center for media and public affairs analyzed one hundred statements forty six by democrats fifty four by republicans that had been fact checked by the tampa bay times as political fact organization between january twentieth and may twenty second of this year the center found that fifty two percent of republican claims are viewed by political factor rated mostly false false or pants on fire falls by just twenty four percent of democratic statements were given one of those ratings similarly fifty four percent of democratic statements were rated as mostly true or true while only eighteen percent of republican statements got those ratings so there's now empirical proof they are republicans law i a lot that would be such a bad thing if republicans just lied to themselves and were able to spread their lies to the masses but the mainstream media loves to let republicans come on t.v. . the and spew lies and misinformation media matters looked at the make up of guests on the major s

morning i walked into, france is in recession, interesting news, let's bring in the market center at george masonand educated in france. good to have you back again. france is in recession. i want to know why. i have a suspicion not cutting spending, raising taxes. am i right? >> you are exactly right. the only policy implemented in france is what i called trident austerity, there has been no public austerity, not cut spending. stuart: over here we look at europe. and all this cutting of spending, just dreadful. tax increases are going -- >> i am back to hear -- i will be wealthy if i get a penny each time austerity and people and prized spending cuts and looked at the data, spending data, most countries have increased spending slower increase spending over the period, raised taxes so much whether it is the value-added tax, capital tax, income tax rates will almost anything that moves like this like the device tablet, cellphone taxes, everything. stuart: i just wanted to get to that because as i understand it there is a new tax on cellphones and tablets and revenues going to be used to support th

good morning with professor christopher corne of george mason university. go ahead, caller. the air. >> yes, yes. host: good morning. caller: good morning. i'm originally from pakistan. my question is, why is there such a focus on policies that are helping the military industrial complex, even the aid money that we all talk about all the time? it's really helping the military industrial complex, the basic -- i mean, the basic need for all the third-world countries as energy and education, but we hardly ever see any money that's going to towards those areas, and somehow it always ends up being the military industrial complex that benefits out of these eight policies. host: thanks for the call. so this is a great point you raised, which is the idea of the military industrial complex. guest: it refers to the relationship between kind of the military arm of the government and then private producers and then, of course, what happens is private military producers kind of enter into this relationship with the military, and then they have a vested interest in continuing to expand th

turner author of "brigham young" pioneer prophet's assistant professor of religious studies at george mason university in fairfax virginia. he is author of bill bright a crusade for christ winner of christianity today's 2009 award for the best book in history and biography. he describes his writing is revolving around the place of religion in american history, subject rarely free of controversy and often full of color. in his first book he used the crusade as a lens through which to analyze evangelical efforts to restore american politics and education to the christian roots. his essays and reviews about religion in america have appeared in "the new york times," "wall street journal," "washington post" and "the los angeles times." this portrait of reagan young emphasizes young's early religious experiences and the transformative effect of joseph smith murder and an approach to leadership. young's outsized family and his 30-year battle with u.s. government to control the utah territory. the book is appeared on many best of lists probably because while it is well researched almost scholarly b

a number of academic economists arrive at coordinate northwest and george mason argued the united states economy has entered a long period of slower economic growth that is not likely to improve dramatically anytime soon. "the wall street journal" put their latest survey of 52 economies to predict steady but slow economic growth in the near-term. slow growth and strong cautions. it just means job caution. adjust for population growth will take nine or years to return to the pre-recession levels of unemployed growth according to the brookings institution. it will take nine more years to relate what we have now to a normal historical upon the united states. at the same time, job participation, labor force participation is a record low in the 1970s, when not many were working, we've gone not low. people are giving up looking for work. two months ago we had 88,000 jobs created in this country and one month. 88 people got employment. 486,000 left the work force. can you imagine not? one-month beard really created 88,000 jobs while 486,000 left the workforce. we checked those numbers. about a

: why the world needs american values to triumph," assistant professor of religious studies at george masony in fairfax, va. also author of the campus crusade for christ, winner of christianity today's 2009 award for best book in history biography. describes his writing as revolving the face of the religion in american history, a subject rarely free from controversy and often full of art. in his first book e is campus crusade as a lens through which to analyze evangelical efforts to restore american politics and the education to their christian roots. is as phase reviews about religion and america have appeared in the new york times, wall street journal, washington post and los angeles times. this portrait of cass sunstein emphasizes his early religious experiences, transforming the affect of joseph smith's murder on his personality and approach to leadership, and his third year battle with the u.s. government for control of the utah territory. the book has appeared on many best of lists probably because while it is well researched, almost scholarly biography is so well written, so enjoyabl

the leaders of ohio state and george mason round out the top four. >> bill: top university -- >> public president. almost $3 million. >> bill: look what we got for it. >>> a new cupcake shop opened up in new york city over the weekend. it made a mockery of the calorie counting mayor michael bloomberg during its grand opening. "huffington post" reporting the house of cupcakes baked a 25 pound cupcake with an image of bloomberg on top of it clocked in with 36,000 calories thanks to 12 pounds of sugar five pounds of butter, four pounds of flour, six cups of cocoa powder. 24 eggs and two cups of milk. >> bill: but you could only have a 14 ounce drink with it. >> exactly. >> dennis rodman tells tmz he's headed back to north korea this summer because president obama is not doing his job. the former nba player said in an expletive-laced interview that we can't repeat here that president obama isn't doing anything about getting the american citizen out of north korea who is imprisoned over there. he's going to go see his friend kim jong-un to get the guy out. he does realize it will be a diffic

there is one bit of historical evidence which is george mason who was the person who -- crueld wasunusual punishment adopted into the u.s. constitution. jordan mason drafted the .irginia bill of rights during the u.s. constitution , a question debates about pretrial torture came up. ,f you look at the prohibition and combination with the prohibition against women -- against: unusual punishment -- against cruel and unusual punishment was not permitted. that is only one piece of evidence. he is a fairly authoritative figure in our history. should congress tried to authorize something like pre- child torture as a way of getting evidence trial torture as a way of getting evidence, the eighth amendment is available. any other questions? oh, come on. thei wanted to ask about interplay between legislature and the role of the judging. from what i understand, part of the principal role of the legislature is to implement into law the popular public opinion and what people want. -- that islaborate what legislatures will try to do if you arement arguing that as the proper way to do it but the judges

i've had clerks from rutgers, george mason, georgia. modestclerks from backgrounds. i'm from a modest backgrounds. they are special. they keep at it despite of the odds. get up every day, nobody gives them a break but they keep going. that is something special about that kid. this past weekend -- i'm very much involved with an organization, one of your students was in that. these kids come from very bad circumstances and yet, their grade point average as a group, the 107 scholars is like 3.97 or something. some rare grade point average. these kids live in homeless shelters, their parents are drug addicts. what kind of resolve does it take to keep going? it would be wonderful to have those kids as members of the court. i think they would have a different perspective and add something to the court. >> speaking of this school, you mention in the book that you frequently prayed to the holy spirit when you were faced with difficult and challenging times. why was the holy spirit important in your life? >> it is hard for me when you say "the priest" i always thought of that

i've had clerks from rutgers, george mason, georgia. i like clerks from modest backgrounds.m a modest backgrounds. they are special. they keep at it despite of the odds. get up every day, nobody gives them a break but they keep going. that is something special about that kid. this past weekend -- i'm very much involved with an organization, one of your students was in that. these kids come from very bad circumstances and yet, their grade point average as a group, the 107 scholars is like 3.97 or something. some rare grade point average. these kids live in homeless shelters, their parents are drug addicts. what kind of resolve does it take to keep going? it would be wonderful to have those kids as members of the court. i think they would have a different perspective and add something to the court. >> speaking of this school, you mention in the book that you frequently prayed to the holy spirit when you were faced with difficult and challenging times. why was the holy spirit important in your life? >> it is hard for me when you say "the priest" i always thought of that suicide

the george mason university center for public affairs took a look at statements rated by politifact. 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spending cuts! narrator>>> uniquely progressive and always topical the worlds largest online news show is on current tv. cenk off air>>> and i think the audience gets, "this guys to best of his a

i have had clerks from rutgers, from george mason, from creighton am a georgia. like clerks from modest backgrounds. i am from a modest background. i truly believe they are special. kids who for some reason keep at it every day in spite of the odds get up every day, nobody gives them a break but they keep going, there is something special about that kid. this past weekend, i am very much involved with the organization horatio alger's association. one of your students are involved in that. the students come from very bad circumstances, and yet their grade point average as a group, 107 scholars we picked, is like 3.97 or something. some rare grade point average. these kids live in homeless shelters, their parents are drug addicts.some of them emancipated selves. what kind of resolve does it take to keep going? it would be wonderful to have those kids as members of the court. i think they would have a different perspective and add something to the court.>> speaking of duquesne, the school was founded and is run in the spirit of priests. you mention in the book that

i've had clerks from rutgers, from george mason, from creighton, georgia.like clerks from modest backgrounds. i'm from a modest background. i truly believe they're special. kids who for some reason keep at it every day in spite of the odds, get up every day. nobody gives them a break, but they keep going. something special about that kid. this past weekend i'm very much involved with the organization, horatio alger association, one of your students was in that. these kids come from very bad circumstances, and yet their grade point average, as a group the 107 scholars we pick is like 3w.97 or something. some rarefied grade point average. and these kids live in homeless shelters, parents are drug addicts, some of them emancipate themselves. now, what kind of resolve does it take to keep going? so, yeah, it would be wonderful to have some of those kids eventually as members of the court. and i think they would have a different perspective and add manager to the court. >> speaking of duquesne, as you know, the school was founded and run by the priests. you ment

a number of academic economists, robert gordon at northwestern and tyler cowen at george mason, arguedt the united states economy has entered a long period of slower economic growth that is not likely to improve dramatically any time soon. and just yesterday, the "wall street journal" published their latest survey of 52 economists who predict steady but slow economic growth in the near te term. slow growth means job caution. it just means job caution. adjusted for population growth, and it will take nine more years to return to the pre-recession of unemployment at the current rate of growth, according to the brookings institution. that's a liberal think-tank. and they're saying it's going to take nine more years just to get the unemployment we have now to a more normal historic level in the united states. and at the same time, job participation, labor force participation is a record low. since -- i think it was in the 1970's when not many women were working, that we've gone that low. people are giving up looking for work. was it two months ago we had 88,000 jobs created in this country

i've had clerks from rutgers, george mason, georgia. i like clerks from modest backgrounds. i'm from a modest backgrounds. they are special. they keep at it despite of the odds. get up every day, nobody gives them a break but they keep going. that is something special about that kid. this past weekend -- i'm very much involved with an organization, one of your students was in that. these kids come from very bad circumstances and yet, their grade point average as a group, the 107 scholars is like 3.97 or something. some rare grade point average. these kids live in homeless shelters, their parents are drug addicts. what kind of resolve does it take to keep going? it would be wonderful to have those kids as members of the court. i think they would have a different perspective and add something to the court. >> speaking of this school, you mention in the book that you frequently prayed to the holy spirit when you were faced with difficult and challenging times. why was the holy spirit important in your life? >> it is hard for me when you say "the priest" i always thought of that

i am from george mason university.i came back yesterday after spending three months in pakistan doing a book on demography and politics there. so i would like to mention the observation about how the future is urban. one thing that is interesting about pakistan, it is 70% rural. it is still the national assembly -- that does not change what was mentioned, that the future of pakistan is urban. that has been shown -- ppi has won not only many urban seats, but the second party in karachi. i saw, especially the youth population in karachi and lahore, how dedicated they are to ppi. i saw a 20% increase in the electorate coming from the educated youth. i believe that is the future of pakistan. the comment -- the question is from a renowned economist. i was expecting he would not give the option to nawaz sharif of more borrowing. the imf is one option. it still does borrowing -- that is not coming for free. he did not talk about any cuts. where do we need to cut, and where to raise money locally? one thing which everybody has

an senator mark warner delivering george mason university's commencement speech. >> i begin with integrity because it is so intentional -- essential to who and what he will ultimately become. many of you have a career path in mind. many of you have no idea where you one that. -- where you will end up. a few of you may be surprised to where life takes you. in the end, it is not only what we do but how we do it. >> you know i have to start by tweeting this, so give me a second. when i wrote up -- when i got up this morning and started thinking about my speech, i thought about my freshman year here. the football team was number one in the nation priest is in -- nation pre-season. our first game without wisconsin. we went up there and we lost, 20 1-14. it was crushing disappointment afterwards. i would like to think -- like you to think of that as a metaphor for your next 20 minutes with me. >> next weekend, more stories and advice for graduates with administration and state and local officials, including the fbi director and florida governor rick scott. saturday at 830, a business leader, inc

at george mason law school. make sure your microphone is on. you will see a red light if it is. the professor's research focuses on constitutional law, property law and popular political participation. he is coeditor of the supreme court economic review. previously the john olin fellow in law at northwestern university law school. earned a ba at amherst college, ma in political eye sense from harvard and jd from yale law school. please proceed with your testimony. >> i would like to start by thanking chairman durbin and senator cruz and other members of the committee for your interest in this important issue. in my testimony, i would like to focus on two key points. first, that the u.s. of drones for targeted killing in the war on terror is not in of itself illegal or immoral but second, that there are serious legal and policy issues that arise when the problem of insuring that we're actually choosing the right target and confining these drone strikes to people who really are terrorist leaders or at least terrorists of some kind as opposed to innocent people unduly caught in the