i think we're saying effectively, that george mason university isn't brown. all right?s not the university of california berkeley. and you get 11 out of 16 signing a petition -- >> you have 11 people that say something stupid. that proves -- >> out of 16. >> it may be a pattern. >> these kids grew up with a bunch of liberal loans that don't know what they're talking about. >> if those kids don't want to watch this program or disagree, they don't have to, but they should be fighting to the death to protect our right. that's what the first amendment is all about. >> i don't know about the death, but -- i know you -- >> we have millions of people fight until the death to protect -- >> i think bad things are happening in general on college campuses. and here is an update on a program to help severely wounded u.s. vets. we're trying to get hundreds of high-tech wheelchairs called track chairs. they skoft about $15,000 each to help the cost, the five living american presidents signed a petition. we are awarding those pictures to the eight highest donors to the independence fu

i bet you most of the students at george mason university don't even know who george mason was.ther one. bill, if everyone of the factor's 3 million viewers donated $25 towards getting track chairs for the amputees that would make 5,000 chairs available to our wounded warriors. if you want to donate to the independence fund, go to their website independencefund.org. for a donation of $25 or more you get a facsimile of the signed presidential picture. 5 million people watch the factor in any given 24 period. that presidential picture you just saw, the highest eight bidders on billo'reilly.com will be atward picture and that will be on july 1st, i believe. we'll close it june 30th. so help the wounded warriors, help the amputees. factor tip of the day and it all ties in my visit to washington. earlier today i opened up the points of light conference which promotes volunteerism throughout the u.s.a. it was my privilege to do this both republicans and democrats are taking part in the conference trying to encourage americans to help others. so here is the factor tip of the day. do th

he teaches creative writing at george mason university, is a contributor to "the washington post," and is the author of a prayer book about washington, d.c. called "the story of pierre charles l'enfant the visionary who designed washington, d.c.." it is on sale in our book attend. space berg will be signing in the authors area down here after the presentation. i have to talk about the book for me. i volunteered to be assigned a book to read, and when i saw that it was a very scholarly with lots of references book on history, on a not particularly a history buff and not a civil war buff, yet from page 1i was completely mesmerized pity that this is an incredible story that more people should know about. it is not a proud time in the united states history. and i learned so much. our author has taken -- i don't know how he has done his research because it's not like you can hear videotapes or see the film of some of the little crow the indian chief, the dakota chief who is very much a central character of this book of lincoln and his involvement in the indian wars which basically he didn't

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host: we are talking with anthony sanders of george mason university.e is a professor of finance and the distinguished professor of real estate finance. sis primary research interest include financial institutions and capital markets with interests in real estate, finance, and investment. our next call comes from richard in florida on our line for independents. how is it that if the american people realize we spent $1 trillion to prop up the markets? i think the american people have something to say about this. we cannot keep buying our own stuff and expect the whole world to change. it is not going to happen. how do we get out of this mess now? i will stand by and with for an answer to that one. guest: i will -- i would like to know how we get out of that mess, too. the speedy, organized bankruptcy. off.bit it let them swallow it. bailouts are distortion airing and i do not think it is appropriate. congress -- bailouts are distortionary and i do not think it is a program. congress does not call it a bailout. once you start building out, how to use scot

host: we are talking with anthony sanders of george mason university. he is a professor of finance and the distinguished professor of real estate finance. his primary research interests include financial institutions emphasistal markets with on real estate finance and investment. our next call comes from richard in jacksonville, florida, on our line for independents. caller: good morning, gentlemen. good to talk to you. sir, how is it that if the american people realize we spent $1 trillion to prop up the markets? i think the american people have something to say about this.this is crazy. we cannot keep buying our own stuff and expect the whole world to change. it is not going to happen. how do we get out of this mess stand by and wait for an answer for that one. guest: i would like to know how we get out of that mess, too. they originally came out with the bailout under paulson. i traveled to the sea and met with treasury and said, a, don't do it. go to speedy, organized bankruptcy. let the banks talke what they bt off and swallow it. bailouts are very

george mason university's center for media and public affairs released a study this week focused on polit we related republican claims or pants on fire three times more often than it rated democratic claims. 32% of republican claims were rated as false compared with 11% compared to democrats. do republicans bend the truth more than democrats or is there an agenda at work here? >> first of all, how many times they are looking at republican claims because politifacts love to go against republicans every time they talk. the fact checkers, it's a whole industry here. it's not about checking facts, it's about pushing the agenda. we've seen fact checkers get it wrong constantly. many times it's when they select the facts to be checked, not so much of the fact that they are checking. >> jon: who is checking the checkers. >> tim graham pointed out that pants on fire page on the website they have nine to one ratio of conservatives to liberal democrats. three to one and that is biased but nine to one ratio, that is even more biased. >> jon: next on news watch, president obama and chris christie to

. >> i've got another veteran in school and my youngest on scholarships from george mason and we needar. this is amazing. >> what color are you going to get? >> i don't know. >> winter will have time to pick out the color and the style that she wants. >> congrats to her. very exciting. >> nice to see people excited like that. >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> developing at this hour, a local landmark destroyed on capitol hill. now firefighters work to make sure hot spots don't flare-up to become a bigger problem. >>> an incredible discovery after that building collapse in philadelphia. nearly 14 hours rescuers find a victim alive and now the search continues to find more possible survivors. >>> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" for this thursday, june 6th, 2013. right now best to avoid the area around the d.c. landmark destroyed by flames. ind

george mason's university center are for public affairs focused on politifax.d that it related republican claims to be false or pants on fire three times more often than it rated democratic claims during the same period. 32% of republican claims were labeled as false compared with 11% of democratic claims. three to one margin. ridge, to you, do republicans bend the truth more than democrats or is there an agenda at work here? >> first of all you have to look at how many times they are looking at republican claims because politifax love to go after republicans every time they talk. if you have to look at the sample as to how many they are veamgt. the fact checker has become a whole industry here. it's not about checking fact, it's about pushing the agenda. we've seen fact checkers get it wrong constantly. many times it's when they select the facts to be checked, not so much of the fact that they are checking. >> jon: who is checking the checkers. >>> one point out the pants on fire page they have nine to one ratio or conservatives to democratic. three to one rat

i was at george mason university graduation ceremony. it was the class of south county high school. this was a very special day because this is the first graduating class of south county high school. is the very 2013 first graduating class. some of the most accomplished students i've ever spoken with. congratulations, stallions. >> the inaugural class. at prime time, the bachelorette heads to the jersey shore. she's a prize is a superstar sandy victim before she says goodbye to the bachelors. that is followed by mistresses and then we will see you tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. >> superman saves the day at the box office. you the where and why of federal officials digging for jimmy hoffa's body. >> a long time crush on a co- worker >> a longstanding crush on a co- worker allegedly led to a vicious assault. accusing anrs are attorney who allegedly beat a co-worker inside her home. >> polman faces a number of charges in this incident. he had a preliminary hearing today. there were some interesting facts. first of all, he and the alleged victim had a longtime friendship of 20 years. i

with more, a finance professor at george mason university. welcome back to the show.n the national association of realtors says that prices are growing too quickly, that is a @%gn of something. what do you say? >> well, absolutely. growing too quickly, you really need to take a closer look at the data. and they are. gerri: well we saw was an 8 percent hike month-to-month which is coming you know, it reminds me a lot of 2006, 2005, 2004. is this a bubble? >> -- >> let's take a look at this carefully. on the surface, yes. if you look at mortgage purchase applications, they are at 1995 levels which means this is not consumers. these are investors and wall street jumping in and buying paying cash. so there is a bubble, absolutely it is not going away anytime soon. gerri: one of the issues at play here, rising interest rates. expectations out ttere that rising rates could kill this bone. i want to show you some facts. the average 30 year fixed-rate mortgage across the country cruising just under 4 percent in many markkts. you look at just under 4% on the east coast, the sa

sales/ur guest is nathan he is now a professor of law at george mason university in virginia.ur phone lines are open and you can join the conversation on twitter or facebook. david is joining us from plymouth, n.c., republican line. caller: good morning. it always puzzles may help people think we live in a free society. government means there are controls that will be put in place. i have worked in side of government. will livee covenants under and i am surprised when you have people think that when i got my first fan, it was a party line. people listened in on your conversation. things have never changed. we have always been governed, that mr. have to be some controls in place for it whether it be a church, we accept that there are limits imposed upon us in church for their limits imposed upon us with government. -- we tryeople that to live in grey but we rule in black and white. guest: that is an excellent point. you need to keep the distinction between information about the transactional information, the oftaadata and the contents the call. the party line example is good be

host: our guest is nathan sales/ he is now a professor of law at george mason university in virginia. our phone lines are open and you can join the conversation on twitter or facebook. david is joining us from plymouth, n.c., republican line. caller: good morning. it always puzzles may help people think we live in a free society. government means there are controls that will be put in place. i have worked in side of government. we all have covenants will live under and i am surprised when you have people think that when i got my first fan, it was a party line. people listened in on your conversation. things have never changed. we have always been governed, that mr. have to be some controls in place for it whether it be a church, we accept that there are limits imposed upon us in church for their limits imposed upon us with government. the same people that -- we try to live in grey but we rule in black and white. guest: that is an excellent point. you need to keep the distinction between information about the transactional information, the nmetaadata and the contents of the call. the p

finance professor at george mason university, welcome back to the show, anthony.hen the national association of realtors says prices are growing too quickly, that's a sign of something. what do you say? >> absolutely. you really have got to pay oser attention to the data, d they are. gerri: and 8% hike month to month which reminds me a lot of 2006, 2005, 2004. is this a bubble? >> let's take a look at this carefully. on the surface, yes. if you look at mortgage applications, still makes 95 levels whi means they are in the doldrs. not coosumers buying homes, thes are investors and wall street, et cetera and paying cash. there is a bubble, absolutely and its not going away anytime soon. gerr one of the issues at play here a rising interest rates and expectations rising rates could kill this boom. avere 30-year fixed-rate mortgages across the country cruising just under 4% in many markets across the country, you look at 3.95% on the east coast, 3.92% on the west coast, big differences by region, look at that. and then you start to consider how much of theseates are g

our community salutes of northern virginia put on this enlistment ceremony last night at george masonversity. their third year doing that. the organization's motto is, first to say thank you. it's a young organization with chapters popping up all over the country. entirely designed to say thank you to these young people who are going off on -- into the armed services. >> and serving our country after high school. so, thank you for that. >> thank you to sandra and christine for inviting me to participate. >>> 6:51. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. beautiful start, beautiful day. wish we could stay like this forever. >> it's graduation season, too. congratulations to all the graduates. i'll be delivering a commencement address later in prince george's county. beautiful sky. few cotton ball, puffy clouds floating over washington. there is the national cathedral in the foreground. it's a delightful morning. fresh and cool. in fact, we're down into the 50s. here are your temperature. by 8:00 or so, should be around 60 in the nearby suburbs and rural areas. right now we're just in th

president for credit.com and anthony sanderrings,distinguished real estate finance professor at george masonwith jerry because i know you think a lot about conser issues. how important is this going to be to consume finances? could it keep somebody out of the housing market? >> it absolutely could keep somebody out of te housing market because if you think about it higher rates means higher payments, and we're in an environment where it's very competitive ad where there's tighter underwriting standaads so if your payment goes up, you may not qualify for that mortgage that you qualified for a month ago. gerri: anthony, is tis going to put the brakes on thehousing recovery? there's monster rates, will it continue if hey rise? >> no. right now, we are seeing what we sometimes see with a mortgage application, the purchases, and when rates go up, people panic, house prices go up i have to app for a mortgage right now we are seeing a little of that, but the problem is as was said, credit still is tight, freddy and fannie have the hammer down. gerri: good point. people have been struggling througho

we sent a reporter to george mason university. >> we want to make it legal for them to perform surveillancetelephone calls. >> hold fox news accountable. accountability is fun. >> can you help us out? >> absolutely. >> i call them fox noise. because fox news is a national security threat. thank you. be awesome. >> as much as i dislike fox news, i also agree with their freedom of speech to say what they like. >> i'm really clever, i always come up with fox noise or fix news. >> do you watch jon stewart? >> yeah, i love jon stewart. >> exactly. >> he's the best. >> he's the greatest newsman since walter cronkite. >> that crazy sean hannity, that guy. i say sanity not hannity, that's what i say. >> really? >> oh, well. they'll sign anything. that's all the time we have left this evening, thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled you can the news continues, greta's standing by to go on the record, we'll see you tomorrow night, greta, take it away. >>> tonight, keith alexander has a message for the american people. trust us. but should you? >> i think the president leads in two

and my youngest on scholarships from george mason and we need a car. this is amazing. >> what color are you going to get? >> i don't know. i won the contest. >> she'll have time to pick out any color and style she wants. congrats. >>> pretty safe to say that one elderly woman in florida will be enjoying retirement a lot more these days. we now know that the 84-year-old won the powerball jackpot. widow and mother of four's home for now. she may be moving from this duplex. she doesn't want to talk public by her massive, huge, enormous win. >> so much to think about. >>> we are tracking tropical storm andrea as it moves up the east coast today. the impact the storm could have on our region and when it will arrive. >>> a developing story on capitol hill where firefighters are still on the scene of a four-alarm fire that destroyed a local landmark. the impact that fire is having on the morning drive to work. >>> a cool and cloudy start to the day across the district. a beautiful sunrise still. things could be changing as the day progresses. your storm team

finally, 71-year-old george mason writing professor don gulear: >> i think this is my 47th year that i'm here. >> reporter: gulear paid about $35,000 in taxes, including his university's social security contribution. he has no plans to retire. >> last semester i had five students come up to me and say it was the best class they ever had, so apparently i'm still good for my students. >> reporter: overall 18% of americans 65 and older are now working and paying taxes, at least $120 billion a year, we figure, on average, a figure that doesn't include state income taxes. moreover, every extra percentage point of the workforce not retiring would mean at least another few billion dollars in revenues toward closing america's annual budget gap. >> it's good for the economy. >> reporter: university of southern california economist julie zissimopoulos thinks older people working longer is an unambiguous good. why? >> for the simple reason that it grows a labor force. how are we going to keep social security solvent? how are we going to keep uh medicare beneficiaries receiving the benefits that

thomas jefferson, james madison on the list, but also george mason on the list in fairfax county.s afternoon and you awe risk of showers. mid to lat afternoon. a few little rain drops, primarily to the north of the metro area, drifting primarily eastbound, could see a random sprinkle in parts of northern most montgomery county, lute rate, and nothing heavy, just little skirts of rain, a shrunkle or two here or there, a bigger batch of rain out across ohio. that is our afternoon and evening rain chance coming our way, and rain chances going up as we go through the section half of your afternoon. how much rain are we looking for? not a whole lot. rain picks up after lunchtime and by midnight tonight, on only .10 to .75. not looking for a lot of rain. just enough to get you wet and make you man. highs today, mid to up everer 80s. tomorrow, more sunshine and slightly lower rain chance on monday and rain chances up again for tuesday and that's it again, everybody, wednesday and thursday look awesome hue into the mid 80s. >> we'll take that. anything below 90, we like that. >>> celebrat

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host: lisa sturtevant from george mason university. thanks for talking with us. marc perry with the u.s. census bureau wherererere >> host: in the just released autobiography, "guardian angel," to the question i'm asked whether i'm on the left or right, the answer's either. i'm a daughter, a jew who believes in the repair of the world, and a journalist who believes speaking truth to power. why did you feel the need to write that about being on the right or left? >> guest: people pi on-hole nowadays, one or the other, and, you know, it's silly. life is complicated. people are neither right or left, but ordinary folk getting on with living their life in the best way they can and who see the world as it is, and what i have done for the last quarter century is, as a journalist, tell it as i see it to be which means as a journalist, you know, i was train to look at the facts, look at the evidence, arrive at the conclusion, and tell people my conclusion, tell them a fact and conclusion. you know, quite a number of people today who say let's talk about the facts, and as

also because max graduated from the program at george mason university. this was a team effort. i appreciate the opportunity to introduce the team to you. i am excited by the opportunity for public service. for almost 40 years, my professional life has revolved around communications technology and its various iterations during that time. in the process, i have seen the role policy can play, either as a boon to growth or a brake on innovation. in 1976, i stepped onto this career path, first as executive vice president, and then ceo of the national cable television association. i fought against the rules limiting cables ability to compete as a service. i work for the ability of competitors to bring services into the home. i helped lead the industry support, what is today the underpinning of the jurisdiction over -- over the 1984 cable act. caught in the excitement, i became the ceo of the home computer network, the first delivery of high-speed data over cable television lines. unfortunately, it is hard to be the home computer networks when there are few home computers. the market

and nicole had twins, and it was also a big month because max graduated from the life program at george' mason university. so this is a team effort, senator, and i appreciate the opportunity to introduce the team to you. >> i am excited by the opportunity for public service, for almost 40 years, my professional life has revolved around communications technology and its various iterations during that period. in the process i have seen the role that policy can play, either as a boon to growth, or a break on innovation. -- or a brake onen know vacation in 1976 i stepped on to this career path. first as executive vice president and then ceo of the national table television association. i fought against the fcc's rules limiting cable's ability to compete as a new video service. i worked for the ability of competitors to bring services into the home. and ncty helped lead the industry to support what is today the underpinning of the fc cs jurisdiction over cable, i became the ceo of nbau, the home computer network, the first delivery of high speed cable over cable lines. it's hard to be the home comp

also because max graduated from the program at george mason university. this was a team effort. i appreciate the opportunity to introduce the team to you. i am excited by the opportunity for public service. for almost 40 years, my has revolvedlife around communications technology and its various iterations during that time. in the process, i have seen the play, either as brake on growth or a innovation. in 1976, i stepped onto this career path, first as executive vice president, and then ceo of the national cable television association. i fought against the rules limiting cables ability to compete as a service. i work for the ability of competitors to bring services into the home. i helped lead the industry support, what is today the underpinning of the jurisdiction over -- over the 1984 cable act. caught in the excitement, i became the ceo of the home computer network, the first delivery of high-speed data over cable television lines. , it is hard to be the home computer networks when there are few home computers. the market forecast did not come to pass. went by the wayside. i

washington journal ," the federal reserve's plan for stimulus programs with anthony sanders of george mason. tolowed by issues important younger americans including student loan interest rates and youth unemployment. we are joined by matthew segal. they use a photo database of almost 120 million people to and we willpects talk to the national reporter. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this is a challenging time for people who are conservative. we have a quite liberal democratic president who has not only been elected but reelected after putting in place some ideas and programs and projects that, i think, are very wrongheaded. they had a chance to think about that and they reelected him. it's a challenging time. .t's also an exciting time what we're trying to do is modernize conservativism and and bring it in line with what the country is facing now to help the country and conservatives think about how to confront the challenges of the 21st century. neither party is doing a very good job of that. there's a lot of opportunity to think about what america and the 21st-

look at the a federal reserve plans for a stimulus program with anthony sanders of george mason.in a discussion on issues important to young americans, including student loan interest rates. egal.e joined by matthew siega we will talk with the national technology reporter. plus your e-mails and phone calls. live saturday at 7:00 eastern on c-span. here is a look at our schedule. starting at 8:00 on c-span, president obama nominates james comey as the fbi director. immigration policy which the senate will continue to debate with a final passage debate before july n3, the latest on afghanistan. all this tonight on the c-span networks. >> when you talk about transparency, you are going to give up something. you will give signals to adversaries. the more specific you get about programs and about the oversight , the more specific you get about the capabilities and the successes to that extent. you have people sitting around saying now i understand what can be done with our numbers in yemen and in the united states, and i will find another way to communicate and i will keep that in min

george foreman jr. isn't that odd, what about seven of them, girls included? perhaps they were inspired by 1970s rocker frank zappa, who named his kids moon unit and dweezil. the name masonpopularity after kourtney kardashian had her son. >> how exciting. >> there's a general trend in excite of people choosing nontraditional names for their children. we tend to hear about it and remember it more when it's happening in the bright lights of hollywood. >> reporter: for most expecting parents, picking out a baby name can be a challenge. >> it's horrible. i was a little out there, but -- darwin. >> oh, my god. our child will be beaten to death in the schoolyard. >> reporter: but bullying aside, are there risks? >> being born into the media spotlight has challenges. but i think what's important is that parents always realize that their child's needs have to come before the parents' needs. you give a child a name that won't be hurtful for your child. >> reporter: next up on the baby-dar, the monarchy's newest momma, is unlikely to choose an unusual name. reports are that kim and kanye's daughter will be called nori for short. it's unusual. again stefani's son -- >> that's got a