george mason versus george washington. hese two programs have only played against each other 12 times. mason and g.w., all types of school spirit on both sides in this game. we'll pick it up in the first half. patriots lead it by 3. johnny williams, knocking down the jump shot here. he had a game high 18 points off the bench. mason is up five. second half, here come the colonials, working the ball around over to maurice creek, he'll knock down the three-pointer. a few plays later, creek to arwood, the two-handed flush. it's all colonials, armwood saves the ball here to joe mcdonald. the sophomore hits the three-pointer. george mason 75-69. >> they're a very good team, they have lost some close games, i really feel bad for them. i'm glad they get on track today, they're a well coached team with great tradition and i'm really excited that we'll get to play them twice a year. their president predicted a win for them, and i like that, somebody sent me that, so i want to make sure, i was a history major too, had a good little ar

. >>> george mason hosting george washington. mason now in the atlantic ten conference.hat means these two are now conference rivals. patriots lead it by three. johnny williams knocks down the jump shot. he had a game high 18 points off the bench. mason up by five. second half, it's all colonials. maurice creek with the three ball there. a few plays later, this is to armwood for the flush. g.w. beats mason 75-69. >>> a few other scores for you. american defeated army 84-74. the eagles are undefeated in patriot league play so far this season. virginia beat virginia tech 65-45. >>> in football now, it looks like jay gruden's coaching staff is shaping up. the team confirmed that randy jordan will be the new running back coach. he spent the last two seasons at unc. the nationals held their nats fest today. the 2014 baseball season will be here before you know it. fans had a chance to meet the new managers. kids were out running the bases. we're 19 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training. everyone looking forward to getting the season started. inclu

second half, george mason, they are a little scrappy. puts the patriots up 1. isaiah comes down the lane and rocks the rim. gw goes to 16-3 with the win. all right, to baseball. matt williams may not have a managing resume, but he has been a star on the field. that ladder part may come in handy. williams has the job of mentoring bryce harper in what many believe are star studded years to come. williams and the rest of the nats hosting the fans at the nats fest today at the resort hotel. players and coaches meeting. bryce harper was in attendance early before our cameras arrived. harper did tweet he loves his fans. i spoke with the new manager today about what he expects from harper. >> i'm going to ask him at his point in my career to become a leader. it doesn't mean he has to be loud in the clubhouse or speak on what behalf of the team. he has to play the right way. by example, he will transform himself into a guy that can lead this guy into the future. >> this just in, peterson retains his belt he won tonight over at the d.c.armly. good for him. >> how do you

it is not just appointments. >> deaf and watkins, george mason school of law. i was wondering if you could respond to the most devastating historical evidence, george washington, when he was trying to appoint people he tried to contact them and confirm they wanted the appointment but if the session was about to end, after the senate to appoint them anyway so if they resigned during the recess that he could then appoint someone else why do you consider that not to apply in this case or be relevant in this case as to whether or not he can appoint someone even if it arrives before the end of the session? >> we look to the target of the historical record and again the solicitor general's brief for the 170,000 of recess appointments for george washington in that particular case. great to see you from george mason. the silliness regarding the vacancy had to pop open during the intersession recess with the positions he could agree to a.so he was doing just a little bit of maneuvering. >> that is a rather extraordinary answer. the argument is built on history and tradit

our local nominee currently teaches at george mason university. we spoke with them and a former student as well. nominee, you think of orerstars like katy perry taylor swift or justin timberlake. how about glenn mccarthy? this george mason university professor is joining their ranks . he is a retired fairfax county public school music teacher who was nominated for the new educator of the year award. >> it is really cool, there is no question. >> he is one of 10 national finalists that were whittled down from 30,000 nominees. >> it is truly gratifying. >> ♪ he is making a run at the music business in nashville. >> he was my introduction to the tar. -- guitar. he is one of my first musical heroes. thousands ofped music in fairfax learn about music. you can learn a song in two minutes. >> ♪ >> back to c. >> was that less than two minutes? >> who knew? >> i look at it as a dream. i tried to spread the guitar gospel. great. was >> good luck to him. >> we will be watching. next week and, we have the super bowl -- next weekend, we have the super bowl. >>

bernstien, george mason adjunct scholar at the cato institute. presidential unilateralism in the obama administration, this is small potatoes, but the related issue of the czars that presidents increasingly appointing to high-level positions that should be offices subject to confirmation but instead they the director of this, director of that. it, obama ist of doing more. the extraordinary thing i saw is that the senate and house passed legislation defunding in 2011 a couple of positions so enough bipartisan to get votes through and the obama administration is signing the legislation as part of a broader package but saying they can't defund these because it's part of the executive authority, to we want to so any comment on the growth of the czars to avoid thea, appointments clause completely and whether there's a plausible constitutional challenge that could arise in the judiciary to of these some appointments? >> it's extraordinary that we've for thesee word czar people. i think it actually turns on quite what their powers really are. they sound

. >> and vcu's pep band is getting a lot of attention online after last night's game against george mason were rocking out in richmond thursday. take a listen. ♪ >> and they cannot stand still and play. and in case you don't recognize that song, it is miley cyrus' hit "wrecking ball." the leader wore a superman cape and the tuba section was especially energized and it must have energized the rams, because they won 71-57 over george mason. >>> and the next shoe has dropped, and more than 1,000 documents have been released today in a traffic scandal that is engulfing the governor chris >>> good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm barbara harrison, and we are going to check on the weather, because it is going to be a wet weekend. >> yes, it has been soggy today, but nothing like we will see coming through the area tomorrow. tomorrow, we will take this and expand it over the area, and pockets of heavy rain, and showers around d.c. on south braddock and clinton kettering and all wet, and so keep the umbrellas handy if you are going out this evening, and the temperature is 36 to 38 in hu

george mason versus gw. forces the turnover. mason gets it back. finishing strong. down and one. second half ammann colonials taking control. maurice would get ahead to kevin larson for the jam. it has been a rough january for some people including the capitals. a seven-game losing streak hovering around the bottom in their division. they have one thing going tonight will stop -- tonight. alex ovechkin is a back. it paid off. the power play. he was shoot. pick.off of his i love his reaction. take another look. amazing. stop the caps up. not done. washington breaks their slump and a win. trying to get above 500 for the first time since -- it does not help of the cua -- cause. .e wizards cannot get above 500. some day. the broncos held their last practice. the kicker did not practice because of a virus. prevent other players from getting anything that he has. prater led in touch makes -- touch backs this season. this show will be different. and it mustn't go on. head coach john fox talk about it. it must got sunday, on. >> will play 60 minutes of clock time and maybe other time. th

and george mason met for the first time. if it isn't already evident enough, the days of mason are sadly long gone. the colonials almost forced a turnover right there but johnny williams finished strong and the patriots led by a point in the half. g.w. takes over in the second half. it's 41-37 colonial. later in the second colonial widen the gap. larson on the run and he has the dunk. the colonials win 75-69. >> u.v.a. and virginia tech. what a beauty. drains the three and the cavs led substantially at the half. u.v.a. with a comfortable lead. u.v.a. cruises to a 65-45 win. >> even with the time restriction due to a lingering injury bradley beal still put up seven of the wizards points. take a look. just over two minutes game in the game. the suns sadly look on. beal from straight behind. the wizards up by three. suns down four, beal makes them pay. the wizards win 101-95. they are once again at magical .500. >> most acceptance speeches after big victories, there are tears, thanking god and hugs to loved ones. but this isn't

coming up, george mason in virginia, indiana state in terra haute and american university in d.c. >> every other group is allowed to love their race. there's no reason why whites shouldn't. >> reporter: and what is the best interest of the white student union? >> we did a student of patrols b -- >> >> reporter: because? >> because of black on white crime. >> towson was the safest campus in the university of maryland system. but facts don't dissuade matt from carrying on his message. matt and his pal are gearing up for some campus recruiting. nearly 15 years ago at this very same school, a white supremist, benjamin nathaniel smith went on a two-day shooting spree, eventually killing himself. >> i'll be damned if i can't come on campus and speak out in defense of what i believe in. >> do you not like black people? >> that's a ridiculous question. i can be a member of the klan and not hate anybody. >> armed with their posters and their faith, matt and his posse is ready to meet the public outside a campus bookstore. hoping for recruits, they find resistance. >> kkk, go away. >> you want

players and coaches from george washington and george mason universities were there to give the coats to children at the shelter located inside the former d.c. general hospital. the coats are all new. they were bought with money raised from a basketball tournament that was sponsored by bb&t bank of the verizon center. >> when we're placed in the position we're in, we're fortunate at george washington just to give back to kids who don't have as much as we do. it always brings a good feeling brings a smile to their faces. so it's always a good thing to do. >> the children's charities foundation has been helping at risk and disadvantaged youth in the area for 19 years now. pasco also helped with purchasing the coats. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray helped pay tribute to dr. martin luther king, jr. today. a wreath was placed at the mlk monument at the tidal basin. demonstrationed in washington led by stevie wonder helped bring about the martin luther king federal holiday back in 1986. >>> it's been almost two months since postal carrier tyson barnett was shot and killed while walking his prin

glen mccarthy teaches at george mason university. before that he spent 30 years as director of the guitar program at robinson secondary school in fairfax county. you can watch the grammys right here on wusa9 this sunday beginning at 8 p.m. and then join derek and me as we talk to 94.7's kelly collis and wpgs sunny in a virtual viewing party immediately following the show and you can tweet with us during the grammys as well. >>> tonight, some sad news, a beloved member of a wusa9 team is gone. our time together was short, but we had so many great memories together, especially topper. he was very fond of the wusa9 ice desk, as you can see, and tonight we say rest in peace, ice desk. ♪ thanks for the memories of things i can't forget ♪ thanks for the rimemoes of every touch a thrill, i've been through the mill ♪ i've lived a lot and learned a lot ♪ . >> thanks so much. you did a wonderful job here. topper. >> bye bye. ♪ thanks for the memories ♪ >> i know. it will be okay. >> i just became attached to it. it would have lasted for like e

a local grammy nominee, a george mason university professor who was up for the new music educator awardou, glenn. >>> all right, top, what did you think? i know you were back there watching the grammy's with us. >> i thought the hat was fine personally. he could pull it off and stevie wonder is the man, of course. no doubt about that. freezing at nationals today and yesterday, but dulles did not make it above freezing over the weekend. when we come back, we will show you more snowflakes and the weights. four hours on the slopes. and two hours doing this stuff. which leaves me approximately two minutes to get my banking done. so i use the citi mobile app to quickly check my accounts and pay my bills. which leaves me about five seconds to kick back. that was nice.

. >>> college hoops george mason trying to get back over .500 hosting pennsylvania.atriots would trail at the half, but after the break they finally wake up. patrick holloway with one of his four-three's on the night, 18 off the bench. mason holds on against penn 80- 77. >>> time to announce our high school game of the week, loudoun county at wood grove in girls hoops. thank you all for voting. we'll have highlights of this game tomorrow night. >>> finally receiving a scholarship to play at a division 1 school is a dream come true for some players of 1 mom of a new orleans star athlete is making headlines again for her shall we say displeasure with her son's choice of school. two years ago april justin was visibly upset when her son landon collins chose to play for alabama instead of their homestate lsu tigers. see her there in pink. well, today her other son gerald willis, iii, a top 50 recruit announced his college decision. >> i will take my talents to gainesville, florida. >> your take on this decision, ma'am? >> it is what it is. florida gators, that's where we'

george washington versus george mason. battle of the founding fathers, i call it.w starting to get trashed in the national rankings conversation. not ranked yet, but never know, keep winning, keep putting them together. first time the two have met as members of the a-10. this is what i call colonial team work. kevin larson doing a little kettle banging. we go back and forth in the first half. 11 lead changes. second half, scrappy teammates, allen hitting the triple. 35-34, patriots on top. then the colonials begin to assert themselves. isaiah armwood, there is a lot of wood in that arm. that sparked an 8-0 run. gw goes 16-3 with the 75-69 victory. >>> virginia-virginia tech. look at those biceps! looks like you, bruce, all buffed up! [ laughter ] >> malcolm in the middle of the nine line, 4-for-5 downtown. virginia by 17 at the half. this was a nightmare for virginia tech. the steal, flush. waugh69-49. >>> tonight could be the night when the caps get back on top. let's hope the drought ends. this is a full-fledged famine for the caps. goal scoring is down. ovechkin

that's what george mason was concerned about. it was unanimously adopted by the constitutional convention and by the ratifying conventions this the states. i hope at some point thai doable. i mean, we've come a long way in six months. there was a meeting december 7th at mount vernon called the mount vernon assembly where a hundred state delegates met from 32 or 34 different states to begin the process of talking about this. in indiana the legislature's passed two bills to prepare for this, outlining how they would choose their delegates and what the authority of the delegates would be, and the governor signed it. i mean, we shouldn't fear this. people need to understand, from my perspective we are in a postconstitutional period in respects. the system is upside down. it's top-down rather than bottom-up, and it's going to get worse. and i'm trying to say let us use the constitution to save the constitution and restore the republic. >> host: in your book from 2012, ameritopia: the unmaking of america, you with talk about you taupe

said we've got to have a bill of rights and it was the virginians specifically patrick henry and george mason who said we have to have it was the second amendment exactly ok here it and patrick henry's concern was that article one of the constitution article one section eight gives congress the power to authorize the military pay for the military in article two gives the president the power to call up the military exclusively and here is this is from the virginia ratifying convention seven hundred eighty eight virginia patrick henry speech he said will they not search that he starts out he says among ten thousand implied powers which they may assume they may if we be engaged in a war liberate every one of your slaves if they please in this state there are two hundred thirty six thousand blacks and there are many and several other states may congress not say that every black man must fight did we not see a little of this of the last war the revolutionary war in fact they did they said if you're a slayer and you know you want to fight get free we were not so hard pushed to make emancipation gen

[laughter] >> david bernsteen. >> hi, george mason law school. in terms of presidential unilateralism in obama administration, it's small potatoes, but there's a related issue, not telling the rest of them, of these czars that president is increasingly appointing to high level positions that should be executive officers subject to confirmation, but, instead, it has calledded the director of regulatory policy, director of this and that, and it's -- bush did a lot, obama is doing more. the extraordinary thing that i saw, this goes to the discussion we had, that the senate and house passed legislation defunding in 20 # 11 a couple of the positions so bipartisan, at least enough bipartisan to get votes through, and the obama administration is signing statement, signs legislation as the broader package saying, yeah, but they can't fund positions because it's part of the executive authorities that led to the point we want to. the question is any comment on the growth of the czars to avoid the appointment's plug completely and whether there's a plausibl

and bill schneider, a contributor for al jazeera english, and professor at the george mason university. year of action that jay carney is referring to. the president says he has his pen and his phone and it's shorthand for bypassing congress with executive powers. some republicans are saying he has to follow the constitution. are we in for worse gridlock. >> to the first point, executive orders and directives are not unconstitutional. unless the republicans find something that he signed, that they want to make a court case out of, that is not going to do it. it's almost a diminished presidency,if the president has to concede he has to bypass congress and he's talking of using the telephone and his pen to get things done. it's not the strongest starting point. the white house is saying he wants to strike an optimistic note going in. nothing wrong with that. it will be hard to have a year of action that the president is talking about. >> we are talking about not having a strong starting point. president obama going in with record low numbers. a gallop pole found 41% disapproved. a washin

so, i reject this idea that these men are to be dismissed, and one of the reasons george mason didn't sign the constitution was because he didn't think it went far enough on the matter of slavery. matter of fact the issue of slavery came up early during the constitutional convention in georgia and south carolina threatened to withdraw. so, here they were, trying to put a nation together, they couldn't resolve some of these very difficult and -- issues at the time, and i would say one other thing. if the constitution had failed there wouldn't be a united states, would there? there wouldn't have been a civil war, would there? and slavery wouldn't have been eliminated in the southern states, would it? no. those states would have been off on their own, maybe they form their own country. who knows what the future of those of states would have been. but because of the constitution, because we had a union, ultimately because of the civil war, it ended slavery, not just in parts of the northern states but throughout the unitees -- united states. >> host: todd wants to know if you would ever r

george mason stood up on june 11 and he said wait a minute. he said hold on. he said at the national legislature is only way for proposing of amendments he said should the national legislature become oppressive, is he speaking to us today? he said if it becomes oppressive. then the people will have no recourse. so when you get to september 11, when you get to september 11, two days before the convention ends george mason stands up and he says listen, if the people do not have a process and if the government becomes abusive and oppressive he says lessig come to violence the people native recourse and the second was submitted for-profit -- and the convention of states processes a national efforts and at least 40 states -- can i please finish this? the grassroots machine and at least 40 states. we know there are 50/50 states and the presences there are 57. we are shooting for 40. introduce identical bills for were in article v that but a shin to call for the exact same subject. i could talk to more about that but we want to propose amendments to look at the power

mine and i'll always be grateful for his service >> i'm joined by bill schneider, professor at george mason university. and scholar at third way, an al jazeera contributor. and michael shure from los angeles, and from washington d.c., new york "daily news" washington bureau chief james warren. i'll start with you. the stories in new jersey have been around. a new jersey paper said the christy demonstration -- admission awarded the contract to a firm that charged more than its competitor. and the ads included chris christie's family in its plans. the timing of this audit, does it suggest piling on and kicking a guy when he's down. >> it started before the bridge controversy and has been looked at for a while. it was taxpayers' money, for relief from damage by hurricane sandy. that gives the government a right to audit and look into the use of those funds. it is a form of recovery. it was a campaign year when the ads ran. the governor was running for re-election. >> colin reed had this to say monday recording reports of this audit by the housing and urban developments department inspector gen

. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> a new study released by george mason universityate by its fiscal condition. no surprise, all five states are republican red states that are cashing in on alaska and north and south dakota. the worst blue states are california, connecticut, and dead last is new jersey. my friend chris christie as though he needs another headache. why don't these liberals try a little fracking to get their economies booming? do you think it's possible, particularly on the fracking front, that the lanes were closed in ft. lee because they were looking for oil and shale? do you really think that's the missing link in maybe ft. lee in particular? is that what christie was doing? >> governor cuomo here in new york has created a lane closure on fracking. he said, let me do a study. now they figure out there was no study. he's put traffic cones all over fracking until his re-election. i notice new york is sixth from the bottom there on the list of worst states. all democrats. i guess we can count christie as a democrat. >> no, we cannot count him as a demo

i'm at george mason university. my question is about new technology and social media. we know more than 50% of iranians have access to internet and rouhani and zarif also on twitter. but a few days ago they have a policy to have more censorship on social media and internet access. how is it fixed with the realistics' policy of rouhani? >> i'm happy to take that i onlow both rouhani and zarif their twitter accounts and we just posted tweets from the president's account on his speech about freedom in the arts and one of the problems is that president rouhani doesn't have control over that issue and it's one which he's talked about a lot. and again, this goes back to the nuclear deal, that they can't do anything else until they get this nuclear deal and they've proved their creds and the rest of the regime has to bend more because the balance of internal power moves more in rouhani's favor. they also don't want to move too quickly because that's what all -- that's what the reformers did, opening all these newspapers. that created a backlash. most of the newspapers were cl

. >>> and now today, members of the george washington and the george mason university teams handed out coats at a d.c. homeless shelter, and the coats are among 500 donate d by the children's charities foundation. >>> expanding health care coverage in virginia is part of t terry mcauliff's first budget plans. he wants them to decide on the medicaid expansion if the panel does not decide by the end of the session. other budget plans include more than $5 million for the cost of competing bonuses of the school support staff in northern virginia. and mcauliff also wants $2 million to help military wives and husbands and $1 million for state police to gas up their vehicles. >>> and tonight, an annual competition of gun right sup r supporters and opposition gather, but as one side gains ground, it continues. >> reporter: at one rally, there are stickers to save lives and at another, there were 822 hearts that say that background checks save lives. after years of a state controlled bill, governor terry mcauliff's wife joined the rally today along with the democratic attorney general and lieut

it was a state-run program that got me to george mason university. >> reporter: and the field of othertential democratic hopefuls are bruce shuttles worth who challenged her in the 2012 exam pain -- campaign, and delegate alphonso lopez and james bouuehler is contemplatina run. there is a push to increase more women on capitol hill has urgeded her bid. and emily's list says that what we are seeing onow more than ever that when you want something to be done in washington, look to the women. she says she won't spotlight her gender, but she said it does have an aim kt pa. >> it would be nice to have a diversity in congress, and as a woman, i understand the fight for health care for all women and that is the government does fot interfere with health care decisions between a woman and her doctor, and i had that fight in richmond and i will continue that fight on capitol hill. >> reporter: her run will open up a high profile position, and she will step down as democratic party chair to focus on the r e race. in richmond, virginia, news4. >>> there is one republican running, micah evan does p

decker was a student at george mason university and she was five months pregnant, and the loudoun countyheriff's office is hoping that someone has information to help them to close this case. >>> and a northern virginia woman is in bail out of bond t after an attack the on her husband. >> virginia kerry has the story only here on news4. >>> these tire tracks marking a crime scene mark the afternoon of terror along lorton and 48 boulevard. this woman is accused of driving a car through the yard and into her ex-husband's home. he was standing in the driveway the girlfriend, and then henry, she plowed into the woman, and later we learned the details. she had seen all of the police cars next week and went next door to ask the officer what happened? >> the police told me then that, you know, that the fiancee had been hurt real bad. she intended to kill somebody. now, whether it was him or the fiancee, i don't know. i don't know what the motive was. >> reporter: and the search was for the hyundai driven by margaret henry, and in addition, she also smashed into a utility trailer on the property

if you look george mason did a study and wisconsin was ranked one of the most solvent states for budget solvency and overall solvency 17. we made the state so ven. what is important we make businesses and families people starting off their careers solvent. melissa: don't get me wrong. i love idea of giving money back to taxpayers and people that earned it but you have a $1.7 billion structural deficit. you can blown out more than half of it. not worth it? >> you know, i think structural deficit can be a little confusing. for example, if you put money into the rainy day fund that increases structural deficit. structural deficit we don't talk about in private sector. talk about the structural deficit, two year budget in wisconsin, we have balanced budget. we'll have a surplus at this budget. we're looking into the 2015 into 2017. if we have 1% growth a year, typically just inflation if we have 1% inflation we'll grow our way out of the structural deficit. same chorus, this is the fourth time, depending how you count, third or fourth time we've cut taxes in wisconsin and every single time

that's what george mason was concerned about. it was unanimously adopted by the constitutional convention and by the ratifying conventions this the states. i hope at some point thai doable. i mean, we've come a long way in six months. there was a meeting december 7th at mount vernon called the mount vernon assembly where a hundred state delegates met from 32 or 34 different states to begin the process of talking about this. in indiana the legislature's passed two bills to prepare for this, outlining how they would choose their delegates and what the authority of the delegates would be, and the governor signed it. i mean, we shouldn't fear this. people need to understand, from my perspective we are in a postconstitutional period in respects. the system is upside down. it's top-down rather than bottom-up, and it's going to get worse. and i'm trying to say let us use the constitution to save the constitution and restore the republic. >> host: in your book from 2012, ameritopia: the unmaking of america, you with talk about you taupe

. >> for more, i'm joined from los angeles by bill schneider professor at george mason university and distinguished fellow and resident scholar at third way, also an aljazeera english contributor, also from los angeles aljazeera contributor michael shore. with me from washington, d.c. is washington bureau chief jim warren. great to have all you guys back on the show. bill, i'll start with you. this story about these ads in new jersey has been around for a while. a new jersey paper reported in august reported the contract had been reported to a politically connected firm that charged $2 million more than its closest competitor and this company's ads was going to include governor christie and his family in its plans. does the timing suggest piling on, kicking a guy when he's down? >> i think it started before the bridge controversy. it's been looked at since last year. the problem was number one, it was taxpayer money, money from relief for the budajed created by hurricane sandy. that gives the government a right to the audit and look into the use of those funds. the governor claims of

teams at george mason university. was someone who shined an early light on how companies manied in nation transfer prices the price one division charges another for services to shift profits to low tax jurisdictions. explain that. pricing is a r very obscure term to most of the general public. if you are at all interested in tax policy, at all interested n corporate tax policy it is very central to what is going on. that is the first thinking i want to point out. means is that when multinational corporations do with different parts of their business so they might u.s. headquartered company and its subsidiary france, they are always transacting with each other. they are treating services an goods goods. and how you set the prices of hose transactions will determine how the profit is allocated between the two jurisdictions. again, that sounds like something well who cares. but just minor adjustments to prices you can shift a hell of a lot of profit out of the united states and into a tax haven. that is the name of the g

he got his masters from george mason university. michael is joining us from michigan.republican line. welcome. caller: thank you. is, iftion for mr. roth you listened to your first guest from moveon.org, she was saying are holding upns the works. isn't it true that harry reid has not brought a bill up for a vote from republicans in the last two years? the only thing wrong with this country right now is barack obama. two, the only thing worse than that is moveon.org. she babbles every time she comes on this program. host: thank you. guest: i would just go back to the first point. the idea that republicans are not passing anything. they are passing some good policies and some bad policies. the key is that gridlock is actually good. it is good for washington. it may frustrate a lot of people and policies in the political sphere. also in the public. gridlock slows things down and tells people that we need to think about what we're doing. make sure we do the right thing. thelock was very healthy in 1990's, when we had a robust economy. it was not healthy when it did not exi

responsible data practices and adam theer, senior research fellow with the technology policy program at george mason university. welcome to both of you. >> thank you within let me start with you, in ray car on our person, in your home, do you think people understand how much of our lives are being collected, what else do we not know. >> clearly most of us are excited about the latest feature. we're excited about the idea that cars could be safer if they're aware of other cars on the road. we like the idea of having more power over our home environment and being able to automatically save money. but clearly every one of these new devices is powered by data. and it's there for us to scrutinize and hold the companies to a real strict standard as you check our data to try to serve us better, how do we make sure that what you're doing is for us and not something that is going to leave us discriminated against or narrowed in. >> all right, adam, how do you think about all this information because clearly it has benefits for the people, who perceive the benefits but -- >> well, big data is the fuel that po

and according to a recent study of george mason university, they say new jersey ranks 50th, last placel management. so he's got a scandal brewing here. but he has been governor for four years. they have the worst managed state in the union. people are going to say i don't think we need that as our president. >> let me ask you, what do you think is going on inside of that governor's office now with all of this going on, subpoenas dropping today. what do you think is the climate and the movements going on inside that office? >> i bet you they ain't sending any e-mails anymore, reverend. >> former governor of montana brian schweitzer. i want to say i'm used to seeing you in your bolo tie. you wore your sunday tie for me tonight. >> i dressed up for you, reverend. this is my sunday go to meeting clothes, just for you. >> thank you for your time tonight, governor. good to see you. >>> coming up -- >> my pleasure. >> -- the christie team talks again about fully cooperating with, quote appropriate inquiries. what exactly do they mean by that? >>> plus, and an ironic headline from a young chri

next we will hear from the a professor at george mason university school of law where research focuses on the constitutional law, property law, and the focus of popular political participation in the application for a constitutional democracy. he get his degree from amherst, master's degree from harvard and jurist doctorate from yale. he clerked for the fifth circuit judge jerry smith and in addition, by the way, to a conspiracy against obamacare, the author of another book democracy and political ignorance, weissmuller government is smarter and his articles have appeared in many scholarly journals. going to discuss competing constitutional vision is that were at play in the case and also about the role of the conspiracy in terms of influencing the debate that surrounded the case. we will hear from their research professor. after graduation he parked on the third circuit justice anthony kennedy, a nationally recognized scholar fifth. the department of justice. he argued many cases including the u.s. supreme court, and his articles have appeared in top legal journals. it described as a

swoir ez who e forgot momentarily, and governor bill richards and laura brown, a professor at george mason. what did you think is this. >> strong speech, defiant. my sense was that he sent a message to the congress - if you don't work with me, i'll go around you on the executive orders. he was strong on saying he would veto the iran's sanctions bill. he wasn't partisan. it was the 40 votes on obamacare, stop doing that. he had a laundry list. it was basically a domestic speech. this is the year he either gets something done through the congress or not. the last two years of the president are years that are political, lame duck, so this was a year that he has to get the executive orders, legislation. foreign policy was diminished a little bit. >> he didn't speak about north korea. i think this would have been a good opportunity. i liked the speech, but he could have sent a message to the north korean to return to the negotiating table. there's an american detainee. his family was in the audience. might have been a good person. i was pleased with the speech. >> laura? >> in many ways it was

elliott is a professor george mason university's school of law where his research focuses on constitutional law, property law, and the study of popular political participation and implications for constitutional democracy. he got his ba degree from amherst, masters from harvard and gestures doctor from yale law school. on graduation of law school he clerked for the fifth circuit judge jerry smith. in addition by the way to "a conspiracy against obamacare," i will gladly put in another plug, ilya is the author of another book, democracy and political ignorance. his articles have also appeared in many scholarly journals. ill you will discuss competing constitutional visions that were at play in the case and also about the role of the volokh conspiracy in terms of influencing the debate that surrounded the case. after ilya we will hear from orin kerr. orin is the fred c. stephenson research professor law at george washington law school. a masters from stanford and gestures doctor from harvard. he clerked on the third circuit and then on the supreme court for justice anthony kennedy. orin is a

. >> hi, jack goldstone, george mason university and brookings.want to pick on something that david said. 2013 had a lot of crises, but nonetheless we saw quite a lot of resilience. despite the fact that debt ratios in europe went up for a lot of angle states, the euro crisis faded because of coordination and ecd. syria, the war got worse, but oil prices didn't spike because of the global process on fracking and the ability of the u.s. and russia to surprisingly work together. so my question is, given what you said about crises and in particular spots coming forward, what do you see about the resilience and the institutions that if an international order to function well in response to them the next year? is nader getting stronger or weaker? is the u.s. pivoted asia really going to add security to that region? is viewin the u.n. going to be o intervene effectively in africa as problems pop up or some other agency going to step in? in other words, what do you see as the most effective global institution going forward? and are any of these threats p

i reject this idea that these men are to be dismissed, one of the reasons george mason didn't sign the constitution was he didn't think it went far enough on the matter of slavery. as a matter of fact the issue of slavery came up early during the constitutional convention and georgia and south carolina threatened to withdraw so here they were trying to put a nation together, they couldn't resolve some of these very difficult issues at the time, and i would say one other thing. if the constitution had failed there wouldn't be united states, there wouldn't have been a civil war. in the southern states. these states are awful on their own, what the future of those states would have been. because we had a union, ultimately because of the civil war ended slavery. not just in parts of the northern states but throughout the united states. >> host: todd the a twitter wants to know if you would never run for office. >> guest: no. >> host: y? >> guest: from my own perspective i think i can be more effective not being in office and imagine all the sound bites they pull up from my radio show, thir

i've enjoyed being a student in your class this semester at george mason. >> thank you. >> great otoee you on television. professor, in class you talked about how the president ford and president carter became friends in 1981ed on the way to sadat's funeral on the plane. i wanted to ask, you didn't talk about how betty ford and rosalind carter became friends. i wanted to know how that transpired. >> i'm glad you asked. just as the unlikely friendship developed between the two former presidents, likewise mrs. ford and mrs. carter discovered they had a whole lot in common. they teamed up, for example, to become a pretty formidable lobbying pair. they would testify before congress for funding, for example, for mental health programs, which had been a special interest of mrs. carter's, and for the work that on alcohol doing and drug dependency issues. >> kyle wants to know what kind of relationship did the fords have the nixons after leaving washington? >> i think perfectly friendly. i think to be perfectly honest with you, you couldn't go through watergate and the pardon and have it not

articles have appeared at george mason and elsewhere in most recently the huffington post has held a series of his commentaries on the federal appointment process he has served as the official clerk with judge she and also as a picture for the u.s. court of appeals judge and the 11th circuit through the ninth circuit. and the intern to on enforcement issues that the sec regional offices is a most angeles. again, we will have each speaker speak about 80 minutes than respond five minutes each did we will begin with professor nicholas rosenkranz. please give them a warm welcome. [inaudible [applause] >>. >> i am happy to be here. i will spend one minute or two to put the issue in context before getting to the arguments. roger davies the text of the recess appointments clause i think i should give you the text of the appointments clause for comparison. a president shall nominate and by the end with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint ambassadors and judges to the supreme court and all other officers of the united states that whose avoidance are not otherwise provided for w

. >> i am a professor at george mason and george washington on terrorism and the question, you kind of stole my thunder and it's also patriot's day which is when the marathon bombing was for us, too. but with all of this talk concerning the terrorist attacks and potential terrorist attacks and the e-mail that was sent out to the kennedys and -- committees, haven't the terrorists pretty much already won by suppressing the attendance were the popularity's of the olympics coming into the question i have is when do they lose all the international prestige because of this and he put his name on this olympics and how does that translate internationally to the prestige and the credibility when it comes to some of these other events and negotiating power on the united states like with snowden or chinese or whatever on the international realm. >> great question. the other point in the previous question is the united states have wanted to cross with russians that they have not been very enthusiastic about it. that is an issue. where is the red line for mr. putin, jeff? >> i don't know. i don't k