. >> reporter: that is exactly what officials at george mason university at fairfax say they have been doing. >> our philosophy is to talk early and talk often. >> reporter: it's george mason office of alcohol and drug education. >> we talk to students from the time we hit campus and orientation right to graduation, we ask, what are you seeing, what are you observing about, what are you corvein observing . >> reporter: it's going the way of k2 plus, a synthetic, marijuana. >> people that use there's more benefits, spice has bad experiences that is why they stopped. >> so k2 spice is out, and molly is in, if you listen to police and young people molly is on the verge of doing some damage. >> that was great information, shawn. >>> i thought molly were shoes or something else i had never heard of this, i have kids in all different ranges so it's food that we're getting this information out, thank you. >>> by the way, mott molly drug has made recent headlines, police believe a tainted version of the drug is responsible for the death of young people, new york, boston, and possibly here in d

this debate happening tonight at the george mason university law school in arlington is set to go at seven :00. the focus is on virginia's fiscal future. this is the first debate between the two candidates in what has become a tight race. with much of the attention focused on one candidates strong views. strong views.te's aides believed tonight is a true opportunity to shine. >> the opportunity is for him to sit down and talk about issues facing virginians. i think we are all very excited. >> how do you feel about where the campaign is? >> that is all. thank you. ministern, a longtime and lawyer, will be debating in a part of the state less firmly to his strongly conservative views. jackson has made repeated inflammatory remarks, criticizing non-christians, people who support abortion rights, yoga, and gay people. >> when the bible says that homosexuality is a sin in the sight of god, an abomination in the sight of god. against a is going democrat, state senator and child neurologist. a new poll shows the race is fairy close. northam is up 45% to 42%. >> i think the campaign has gone

he is jeremy mayer from george mason university.you want to give us a call -- if you want to send us a tweet, it is @cspanwj. you also weighed in on what the president can do in these kind of situations. we have a little bit of tape of what he had to say. i want you to take a listen to it and get your response. [video clip] >> the president has absolute constitution eric power to take military action. resident reagan and president clinton all took it in the war powers act. if he said this issue is as important as it is and sending so many mixed signals over the last 10 days, this is a clear failure of leadership. if he does not want to take the action himself he should call us back into session tomorrow. we cannot be waiting 10 days and allowing syria to prepare for this, sending mixed signals. if we cannot stop syria on the red line with the chemical weapons, how can anyone expect us to stop iran with the red line on nuclear weapons? host: jeremy mayer? guest: president obama is losing friends even those with -- even with those who

wusa9 reporter, peggy fox, is moderating that debate at george mason university in arlington. she joined us live with a look at those candidates. peggy. >> yeah, i tell you what. this is the first debate between the lieutenant governor candidates. you are right. this is an important job. it's an important race. first of all, if anything should happen to the governor and he cannot complete his term, it's the lieutenant governor who steps in. also consider that virginia's governor only serves one term and the lieutenant governor often runs for governor. the lieutenant governor presides over the senate and that means that he gets the tie breaking vote if this is an even party line split, which we have seen. given now we have a split in the senate, 20 democrats, 20 republicans. a very important job. let's meet the candidates. republican e.w. jackson is a minister. his family history in virginia goes back two centuries. he served in the united states marine corps. he's a harvard law graduate. he practiced small business law and top regulatory law. he became a bishop in 1998 and is

. >> joining me, bassam haddad, director of the middle east studies program at george mason university. he's a scholar who specializes in syria. he opposes u.s. military intervention there. and professor, my first question to you is, the argument being made largely by john kerry and the administration is on the grounds of a humanitarian case. essentially enforcing this international norm against the use of weapons that are as ghastly as the ones we see deployed here. why do you not think it's a good idea for the united states to engage in military action to enforce that norm? >> well, first of all, to push for this argument on humanitarian level is actually quite ridiculous, considering what has taken place in the region under our nose and our spore and continues to take place in the region with the support of the united states, of various dictatorships and support of settler colonial state of israel and various other forms. what needs to be discussed right now is something a lot more serious than the debate suggests. >> let me interrupt. we have very similar views on american foreign

we are very close to the george mason campus. let me tell you. at 11:30, there were frightening moments. this canister of pressurized canister sprung a leak and shot through the roof of that building there and then came crashing down with some 80 feet in the air. came crashing downright through the system on the roof and scattered debris and rocks everywhere. it sounded like an education plosion and employees didn't know what to think. >> i thought it was -- there were two bangs and i thought the second one was more thunder. >> the explosion sent dozens of employees running outside at this industrial complex on innovation drive in manassas. the bags came from a pressurized canister filled with a mixture that might have contained hydrogen. >> it released and is pretty large and it made, probably over a 4-foot hole in the roof and then it came right back down. >> as the canister came back down, it plunged through another section of the roof, leading a second hole ask throws debris off the roof and into the parking lot. one person near the blast suf

>> it was a spirited but civil debate at george mason university between democrat ralph northam, a stateenator and dr. from norfolk, and e.w. jackson, a lawyer and outspoken minister. at an event focused on virginia's economy, it was a debate on other issues that led to the strongest reaction. the topic of mass shootings, virginia tech, the navy yard, prompted a discussion on mental health care. >> i've got mentally ill people in my family. that someckson said with serious mental illnesses should be institutionalized. >> the last two or three major mass killing's have been by people who are mentally ill who perhaps could have been treated somewhere. >> i'm sorry that you have people in your family that are mentally ill, but how often would you go visit them in an institution? we can do better than that. >> the debate over jackson's past inflammatory remarks criticizing non-christians, people who support abortion rights, yoga, and gay people. >> whether they are said in church or on the floor of the senate, they are offensive. >> i am going to serve all the people of virginia regardless o

he is jeremy mayer from george mason university.you want to give us a call -- if you want to send us a tweet, it is @cspanwj. you also weighed in on what the president can do in these kind of situations. we have a little bit of tape of what he had to say. i want you to take a listen to it and get your response. [video clip] >> the president has absolute constitution eric power to take military action. resident reagan and president clinton all took it in the war powers act. if he said this issue is as important as it is and sending so many mixed signals over the last 10 days, this is a clear .ailure of leadership if he does not want to take the action himself he should call us back into session tomorrow. we cannot be waiting 10 days and allowing syria to prepare for this, sending mixed signals. syria on thestop red line with the chemical weapons, how can anyone expect us to stop iran with the red line on nuclear weapons? host: jeremy mayer? guest: president obama is losing friends even those with -- even with those who agree with his

they appeared tonight at a candidate's forum at george mason university at the campus in arlington ande they are, talking about obama care. >> it will open up coverage to approximately 400,000 hard working virginians, and i would underline the word "hardworking". this is not a handout. these are virginians whose salaries are not able to keep up with the cost of health care. >> i think there are other ways to do this and i think we need a variety of ways to do it, other than a one-size fits all government approach. turning it over to the federal government is the opposite way to arrive at a positive result. >> and you may have noticed that's peggy fox moderating tonight's forum. great job, peggy. mark your calendar. election day is november 5. do your duty and get out there and vote. >>> we are just getting started on w usa 9 news at 11:00. >> a construction worker gets trapped in a trench. >> i would not like them here or there. i would not like them anywhere. i do not like green eggs and ham. ham. >> why is senator ted cruz i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored

the candidates debated the issues at george mason's arlington campus tonight. northern virginia reporter is live in arlington to explain why this race is so important this year. david? >> doreen, folks may be asking themselves why do they care about this race? here's why. it's the lieutenant governor in virginia who has the tie-breaking vote in the state senate. as senate, mind you, that is evenly split between republicans and democrats. that means one of the two men we heard from inside this outer to yum tonight would have a very powerful influence on virginia's policies and spending. showing one stage but differing on just about every topic. the two hopefuls for lieutenant governor painted their vision for a better virginia. >> what has happened in richmond over the past year i think is distressing and has been embarrassing. >> reporter: democrat ralph northrum spay public servants not take more $100 in gifts. >> i'm always skeptical about adding layer upon layer and law upon law because what we really want to do is elect people who are committed to service.

taught at george mason -- george mason law school years back. anyway, i would like to ask the panel about future challenges to this law and the court's decision that said even if the taxing power enables congress to impose a tax on impending tax her health insurance the most comply with other requirements and the constitution. a big one is the origination cause this is all bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives. besides the mandate tax, there are 15 other revenue-raising provisions in the bill that are raising hundreds of billions of dollars, and currently before the d.c. circuit is an appeal raising that very issue. i will be representing congressman franks and others who co-sponsored. he is chairman of the subcommittee of the constitution are during this very point. they have a house resolution that said that obamacare is unconstitutional because it did not originate in the house. i want to know what the panel's view is on the viability of that argument. buses leave it that. you can respond. >> i'll take that.

us from cincinnati, he is the executive director of the gentleman met i can literacy product at george masonniversity. patty is in d.c., the assistant director of food and water watch i thank you both for joining us tonight. patty let's start with you. by some estimates 70% of food on supermarkets she feels have some sort of g.m. o. in them. given that it's so common why there is is there a reason to be concerned about gametically modified food. >> this feud foo i food is diffe crops are different. because it's in a large amount of properties it's a manageable number of crops and we could label them and that's the most efficient way to do this so it's in corn -- we have a lot of gametically modified corn, soy, sugar beats, things like that, and those crops end up in lots of foods so that's why we get to this big number, people don't realize they are eating them . we think the a right to know. they are patented and charge farmers more to grow seeds, if it's that different it's different enough that consumers have the right know it's in the food that they are buying . >> john you said there is

and later, george mason university professor talks about people in washington who move between careers and business consulting, politics, and government. ♪washington journal" is next. . "thegood morning washington post" just posting that agreement between russia and the u.s. lays out the seizure of serious chemical -- of syria's chemical weapons. democrats sitting on the senate inking committee have come out against larry summers as a replacement for federal chairman ben bernanke. and other financial news, 40,000 federal workers did not get paid on friday because of the mistake within the interior department payment system. those workers will get their money on tuesday. marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. used tomoney has been support some large banks and the dodd frank legislation has been passed addressing those concerns. on this 50 year anniversary we want to hear from you and your stake in the financial system, your confidence level, whether it be how wall street operates now, how congress handled the matter, what you think about the system overall. you

the battle on the hill will affect us in one way or another, e economist, stephen miller from george mason says there is no bad about it. fuller says a shut down lasting only a few days might not do much damage but a week or more could be corrosive, 800,000 furloughed, families are squeezed that is on top of the problems already threatened. >> because of the sequester. this region lost 520,000 jobs last month. >> reporter: there could be a delay in checks and interest rates going up leading to more expensive auto loans, mortgage and credit card bills. the longer this goes on the more we'll feel the impact on our own finances and economy as a whole raising the stakes higher, the debt ceiling. a default would have much more serious consequences. the government would be required to cut spending by one-third. >> businesses don't hire, consumers don't spend and undercuts holiday sales. >> reporter: washington is not reacting well to this latest crisis, almost certain slow down in our economic recovery, fuller's advice? >> save your money. not spend anything extra. not worry about the national e

george mason university net work asked 200 american historians to rate president barack obama 's presidencythey gave him a b minus. he went after bradley manning, didn't close gitmo, used evil drones. they loved supreme court appointments. the exclusion, he wasn't wing enough. makes you wonder what he had to do to get an a from from them. classify being a straight, white male as a hate crime, make oliver stone secretary of state, arrest all fnc employees. disappointed left wing academics which obama is meaning he agrees with the gray he got. he like them wishes he had done more. we should be grateful he only earned a borks minus. this has to be bad for us. imagine the state of our lives if he had gotten an a. he has three more years. it's a shame he doesn't major in music appreciation r. >> he's had many concerts at white house with tax pay hpayer. >> i'm for that. the more fun he has, the less taxpayer money -- >> i provide evidence that proves me to be correct. >> this is 200 professors. i think they probably thought he was not liberal enough. in some cases, i don't think he was liberal e

he's a graduate of george mason university law school. as josh said, i'm still not over the economy and the health care system may never recover. but here is josh blackman. thank you. [applause] >> hi, everyone. we have -- you might not know it was an emergency constitution podium. it's here in case we need to read from it. it's honor to be here. my first time in the auditorium was six years ago for constitutional day in 2007. it was ilya's first week on the job. i got to know ilya shortly thereafter. he's a great friend. he's given over 100 talks across the country. what is the number now? >> i have lost count. >> over 200 talks across the country. [laughter] arguing that obamacare must stop. even after the court ruled he's arguing against it. >> nobody understands the decision. >> i understand it. but ilya is a great friend. also joined by two wonderful friends. randy, a mentor and guide to me. the work he has done the case is hard to characterize. he wasn't just the law professor who an intellectual idea. he was the god father. he was

joining us george mason university professor george katz. can you talk about that professor is it a matter of history that russia hangs on here? >> i think for russia syria is the last ally they have in the middle east. if assad falls russia has no position in the middle east. i think that also for putin this has become a domestic issue for him. that he wants to be seen as being tough against the americans. it would be worse for him to be seen knuckling under and cooperating with the u.s. >> but does he think that there's any opportunity for him to influence u.s. policy? >> i think that what he wants to do is to delay an attack if he can, to limit it, if not delay it, to delegitimize it if he can't do that. what he wants to do -- what he wants us to see is what we're seeing right now and that is that the america's potential partners not necessarily rallying behind president obama. >> why -- why is putin so fixated around the preservation of the assad regime, what does assad bring to him? >> i think for putin and the russians what they see is

peggy fox is between the lieutenant governor candidates at george mason university. it starts at 7:00 and be streaming it live at wusa9.com tomorrow night. we'll be back. >>> back now with a birthday greeting for the boss. bruce springsteen turns 64 today. you're looking at video from his concert in rio saturday night. and there is some resolution tonight in the case of an american idol versus the british government. kelly clarkson bought this ring at an auction last year. jane austin had been in her family since the author died in 1817. earlier this year, the british government banned in to taking that ring and hopes money could be raised to keep it in that country. now the house museum has done just that. there is about 250,000. are you kidding me? >> why did they let it go in the first place? >> evidently outbid them. if she wants to go there and play a concert and wants someone to see her, she needs to make that right. i'm just saying. the u.s. postal service is honoring the late singer and song writer, ray charles. they plan to feature the pioneer on its stamp s

george mason university's history news network asked over 200 american historians to grade barack obama'sdency. on average they gave him a b minus. the history proofers offered -- professors offered o high markss. his lowest grade, a c, came from his relationship with congress. no surprise, a majority of the respondents blame this on republicans. other grades included a c plus for transparency and accountability and a b for vision and general leadership and a b minus for civil rights and liberties. so basically he is not liberal enough for them. you know what could add nothing to this story? this. >> i rase -- i was right. is a b minus too high or too low? >> no idea. i am mott in the business of embraiding. i would gladly take a b minus myself. i do think that what you noted is important to point out and this is a study of what liberal historians saw. they praise him for the affordable care act, but their criticism was it didn't go far enough. >> obviously. >> i would think you have to note it is obviously skewing left with these 200 something historians. i think it is an interesting stu

it starts at 7:00 on the george mason campus in arlington. our peggy fox will moderate for republican, e.w. jackson and democrat ralph northam. you can watch the debate live at wusa9.com starting at 7:00. >> tracking inconvenient weather where you live. wusa9's first alert weather. >> talk some weather. a lot warmer today. i feel like than yesterday. >> but a chilly start. >> need a frost alert this morning with those temperatures. >> some frost in the mountains and 30s, not too far from here. milder today and even milder tomorrow. and milder still as we get into thursday. let's start with a look at our temperatures this morning. these are recorded lows this morning and there were plenty of 30s. 33 in gaithersburg. 51 downtown. the kids probably need a sweatshirt or sweater this morning. you can kind of repeat again for tomorrow. 43 up in baltimore. look at that, 37 up into frederic. 42 in hagerstown for a low. a live look outside. it's our live michael and son weather cam, and just a gorgeous evening. not a cloud in the sky. temperatures, 45

to wilkes-barre, do you think we could find george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison, george mason, john marshall and patrick henry? we ain't going to find it. now, at some theoretical level they are there. that is, human beings with the capacity for leadership are there, but the situation doesn't permit that group to rise to the surface. and so the question is, why did the situation exist in 1776? now, there is the point be an answer to this, after arnold toynbee, which is that great leadership only emerges during times of great crisis. and this makes eminent sense. the pressures of the crisis creates. and yet we can all think of examples where there's a great crisis and there's no leadership. like now. [laughter] [applause] or the coming of world war i in europe. so what was special come you can't say there was something special in the water back there then. you can't say god looked down upon the american colonies and blessed them. supernatural explanations are not admitted. even if you're an evangelical you're not allowed to use those in a historical conversation. i don't know w

next to cokie is richard norton smith, a scholar in residence at george mason university. he is one of the preeminent historians and is the former head of six national moderates six national libraries. and most everything related to the presidency. he has published numerous books, including "an uncommon man," and "patriarch: george washington and the new american nation." chrisa thompson is a historian who covers michelle obama. she writes about a broad range of not so famous people who do not require secret service protection. she began at the washington post in 2001 and reported from the newsrooms bureau and traveled the country to interview voters during the 2008 president of campaign. please welcome our distinguished panel. [applause] >> i do want to run a quick preview, a trailer of the series. [video clip] >> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces that are bringing about this suffering. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. [indiscernible] >> there are so much influence in this opportunity. it w

finally, 71-year-old george mason writing professor don galier. >> it's the fuferred year i'm here. >> galier paid about $35,000 in taxes including his university social security contribution. he has no plans to retire. >> last semester i had five students come up to me and said it was the best class they had ever had. so apparently i'm still good for my students. >> overall, 80% of americans 65 or over are working and paying taxes, 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. university of southern california economist julie zisamopouis thinks, older americans working longer is simply good. why? >> how are we going to keep soarkts, how are we going to keep receiving the benefits that they have received in the past? in order to find these, we need workers, we need people paying taxes. >> it's a problem economists have worried about for decades. as the population has aged, the numb

next to cokie is richard norton smith, a scholar in residence at george mason university. he is one of the preeminent historians and is the former head of six national moderates-- six presidential libraries. discuss most everything related to the presidency. he has published numerous books, including "an uncommon man," and "patriarch: george washington and the new american nation." chrisa thompson is a historian who covers michelle obama. she writes about a broad range of not so famous people who do not require secret service protection. she began at the washington post in 2001 and reported from the newsrooms bureau and traveled the country to interview voters during the 2008 president of campaign. please welcome our distinguished panel. [applause] i do want to run a quick preview, a trailer of the series. [video clip] >> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces that are bringing about this suffering. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. [indiscernible] >> there are so much influence in this opportunit

then george mason university associate professor jeremy mayer was joined us to discuss -- will join uso discuss the war powers act. the 20hat, a look at states that have right to work president ofk mix, the national right to work legal defense foundation. then, service employees international union president will talk about the top issue facing labor unions and the workers they represent. ♪ as president obama look to congress on syria, lindsey graham was invited to the white house. the hill newspaper reporting that the white house is invited the chairman and ranking members of six national security committees to meet with president obama on tuesday. this as the administration makes the case to congress, seeking a not thrice asian vote for any action to take in syria. the first -- and authorization vote for any action to take in syria. here is how you can

and later, george mason university professor talks about people in washington who move between careers and business consulting, politics, and government. ♪washington journal" is next. . "thegood morning washington post" just posting that agreement between russia and the u.s. lays out the seizure of serious chemical -- of syria's chemical weapons. democrats sitting on the senate inking committee have come out against larry summers as a replacement for federal chairman ben bernanke. and other financial news, 40,000 federal workers did not get paid on friday because of the mistake

george mason, of my names sake university, did not sign the final document because of his objections. you talk about iraq, for example, one of the real big differences, it seems to me is, clearly iraq was about regime change. i mean, there was the just-- a justification. sphwhriefl they're making a point that's precisely what this is not about. >> exactly, yeah. >> ifill: when you think about the war powers act, the president has never really had to go to congress-- this president said i don't have to go but i'll go anyway. >> the war powers act was passed in '73 and virtually every president since then has said i don't think this is constitutional. but at the same time, they plan these military engagements so it doesn't kick in, something as grand as the gulf war in 1991, that was to some extent designed so it would not last longer than the 60 days that would bring congress in to say whether this was a good idea or not. >> remember, the war powers act is, again, very much a creation of its time. it was passed by both houses, literally, the week that spiro agnew resigned as priept vic

. >> i'm assistant professor at george mason university. i want to congratulate you on your work. i have a comment. i think both of you wished or individual data. there is the national suburban poll conducted by the national center at hofstra every other year. they have conducted this poll three or four times now. i would be happy to talk with you after this. thank you. >> we will talk. >> my name is jose. my question -- the first one in the data that was inferring the increase of hispanic people in suburban areas, that vote was going to the democratic party alone. is that the case, because i was under the impression that the latino vote, because of religious beliefs, that they often voted with the republican party, or is it because republicans stance against immigration? who are they voting for? if it is true the democratic party really gets the minority vote, it is unfortunate for the republican party, so for mr. bloomfield and mr. mcintuff, what advice could you give the republican party to help them rebrand themselves so they can start getting young, black women to vote for th

and patrick henry and those like george mason and then free thinkers like thomas paine but with face of public life is universal. >> what is the value they solve one dash saw? the founding generation that they were the skeptics or nonbelievers? but of course, there is no formal established religion that is what they denied but if you take john adams he is open about it entire society of a fiesta but a society because we're will lead to the virtues come from honesty and loyalty your patriotism? what is the highest inspiration of any virtue? what is the solid teaching of the content of what virtue is? in almost all cases in a secular world view it is very strong in the jewish and christian world views. >> host: in your book with a global public square fear is a world wide perspective but you have identified pretty strong wing which what we see is violation of seoul freedom right here in the united states. one institution that comes in with harsh criticism is page one headed one through 104 you take them to task white you saw said of the commodore of vendor built? >> since then they hav

nightly news nightmare," which i wrote with bach lichter who teaches -- bob lichter who teaches as george mason, we look at elections going back to 1998. so we see pretty much a downward trajectory in terms of the seriousness of coverage. not only do we see a decline in terms of the coverage of substance versus the horse race, which is our, probably our biggest concern and perhaps the most important for the viable political conversation after the election, that's a very, very important part of what's going on here. in 1988 television, network television especially, still rules the political conversation. i mean, there were newspapers out will and, certainly, elite, political elites and other people who were paying a lot of attention to politics would be looking at the newspapers, but most people in america by the 980s were -- 1980s were getting their news in the same way they did in the '60s and '70s, primarily those half hour evening newscasts that still exist that abc, cbs and nbc had. there was no fox news. there was a cnn and a c-span, but the coverage that most people were paying attention

beavers like george mason, people who were deists like jefferson and freethinkers like thomas paine. but in place of faith and public life it was almost universal agreement. >> host: what was the value that they saw? you describe the golden triangle. what was the value the founding generation saw weathered they were believers are skeptics or non believers? >> guest: there was no formal established religion. that is what they denied from the european experience. that was the radical nature of it. take john adams. he is openly jiri about an entire society of atheists, freedom of conscience, absolutely but a society of atheists he was cheery about because where would the average is come from? the grounding of honesty, loyalty, patriotism? what is it that is the highest inspiration of any virtue? what is the solid teaching of the content of what bridge to is? also what assumption when people are not virgin was? in almost all cases that is somewhat lacking in a secular world view and very strong for example in jewish and christian world views. but not established. >> host: let's come to t

. >> on the next "washington journal" george mason university jeremy mayer will discuss the war powers act and how it grants the president limited authority to enter into a military conflict without the consent of congress. after that, a look at the 20 states with the right-to-work law with mark mix. discussing the impact of those laws on the work force. and then mary kay henry talks about top issues facing labor unions and the workers they represent. we will also take your phone calls and share the day's latest news and headlines on "washington journal" live every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the media is clearly a dominant -- increasingly dominant criteria for every first lady. but in the end, the buy graphic cal, the human stories, you know , which are not limited to the 19th century and the 20th century or media or anything else. it is how these people endure and prevail, and in the very rough world of politics. >> historians richard burton ith and edith mayo discuss "first ladies: influence and image" from the 20th century to the president, discussing their

he has degrees in economics and economic history from george mason university and london school of economics. he has been an exemplary policy analyst at the cato institute and has been quite involved and very influential in the current debate on immigration. please help me welcome alex. [applause] >> well, thank you, ian, for that introduction, and thank you, alvaro for coming today to talk about your book. why free trade is accepted intellectually by so many people around the world today opposed to 50, 60 years ago because of the hard work of classical liberals armed the world and united states and central and south america and everywhere around the world. that hard work, i think, paid off. we are able to do so much at the cato institute in part because people like myself are able to stand on the shoulders of intellect of alvaro and others who forcefully argued for this point for generations. thank you very much for that. now, i want to go into some other details about the fantastic book, "global crossings," details we were unable to touch on in limited time we have. one of the issues peopl

.  >>> we have an alert for george mason university. there'sson a partial power outa. classes and events are canceleda in the follow buildings until noon.no the aquatic fitness center, the findlay building, the johnson center, music and theater building, recreation, and athletic complex, and the student union building, andding, engineering building. classes are those buildings are canceled until noon. no all gmu sites are operating as normal.rm >>> phase one of metro's silverv line is on track, pardon the pun, to what the airportrport authority called substantiallyly completed in november. in july the target date was extended to november after workr and testing needed to be done on several items. it's projected to run through tyson's corner examine dulles -- and dulles international airport. >>> it's 7:26 this morning. we know that he had mental issues, and why aaron alexis alx have clearance to a navy yard ty be a defense contractor. >> just ahead we are going toe g talk about the screening procesc andre issues with it not just fr cont

old town alexandria, george washington masonic temple there. i saw a sailboat on the river earlier. and the chesapeake bay as well. sunday starter, the fog is all but gone now as temperatures are climbing out of the 50s into the 60s. and a fine afternoon coming as well. 50 right now in frederick, maryland, and manassas, virginia, cold spots left. winchester, down in the low 40s earlier, now full sunshine and 54 out in the shenandoah valley. the drought monitor has, indeed, been dry. northern maryland where it is, indeed, abnormally dry. for the year, hagerstown is more than 7 1/2 inches behind. rain chances remain between slim and none around here. we are high and dry. closest rain drops on to our western side are coming into ohio. that doesn't look like they'll make it here. i think they'll stay away. as month of october starts to come into view, we start thinking about fall foliage. already near peak color near adirondacks and parts of maryland. a little bit of color starting to show up in the west virginia mountains. that's about it. not much, if anything, in the way of fall colo

george mason professor of finance anthony mason is here to tell us why, and we appreciate your beings. we've seen cash purchases in large amounts for homes in a lot of hot cities like los angeles, miami, in fact, miami leads the nation for the percentage of homes that are all cash deals. was that an indication of the rush, and were those purchases being done by hedge funds, or were there individuals doing that? >> well, the gold rush is, actually, a boon to investors both foreign and domestic. but we saw a lot of companies like carrington, chris williams' company, and we saw blackrock, we saw a lot of them flowing into california and arizona along with investors from overseas. now, what we've seen recently is that that's curtailed. now that prices down there are starting to boom up, we've seen what case shiller did in those areas that have gone way up, inventories are still pretty thin, so we're seeing the herd of investors moving elsewhere like to florida and even detroit. adam: okay. well, lethat. you've got, for instance, blackrock, i think, has over 16,000 properties, they're try