but george mason is fairly balanced. in fact, their economics department, where i will be, definitely leans to the right, so does the law school. i think the rest of the school is pretty close to other universities. but i'd say it's very balanced at george mason, and that was a big attraction. >> host: are you working on another book? >> guest: i am, yes. it's, i can say it now, this was another reason. i had started this book before i got the job offer at george mason, but this is an expose of the time i was on the the admissions committee at ucla, i was on the faculty oversight committee for admissions, and i saw some illegal behavior. so this is going to be a very controversial book. it's called "cheating: an insider's report on the use of race and admissions at ucla." so you can imagine i'm not going to make friends with that book. [laughter] so i think i'm pretty certain i would have taken the george may john job -- may john job anyway, but that definitely helped. >> host: futcher george mason -- future george mason

and then george mason from virginia later in the debate used a wonderful phrase that i think aptly captured what the framers were after. he said, "i'm for clogging rather than facilitating war." and that's what we're supposed to do, is to debate, discuss and have the people engaged in a discussion before this country is committed to war. now, the constitution in the preamble makes very clear that one of the fundamental purposes of this government, or any government, is to provide for the common defense. nobody questions that. neither senator kaine for myself nor anyone else who's talking about this issue questions, a, whether we should be debating this and, b, that it's our solemn responsibility to provide for the common defense. i happen to think, as senator kaine does, that what the -- that the fight against isil is worthy of national attention, worthy of national effort and should be debated and circumscribed through some form of authorization in this body. madam president, there has not been a declaration of war by the congress since 1942. and i'll conclude with the observation that pow

if your kid goes to george mason and they didn't get into harvard, you should be thanking the good lord right now on that development. >>> the white house -- ed henry got a lot of attention over his challenge to the white house's defense of that controversial cia report and its release. up next we'll show you that. and we'll speak with the man who oversaw the entire cia interrogation program. wait until you hear what he says about these reports. and what do poinsettias have to do with your faith? that's what the reverend franklin graham wants to know after the flower was banned from a courthouse for being too christian. the flower. he'll join us next. and, story of an ivy league professor goes global after he goes to war over a four-dollar mistake at a chinese restaurant. this guy's a charmer. and wait until you hear what he teaches. that's coming up. that it's given me time toabout reflect on some of life'seen biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you ca

lorill be cochair with robinson, a professor at george mason university. tom roussey, abc 7 news. >> earlier tonight, protesters interrupted eric holder's speech at a baptist church. he was meeting with law enforcement and community members in the first of a series of meetings around the country. he is said to unveil a plan that will end racial profiling. we are learning that members of the st. louis police union provided protection for officer darren wilson. the director of the fraternal order of the police said the members have been volunteering to transport him to various locations since the august 9 shooting. they will work with wilson as long as necessary. coming up wednesday, december 3, we will host a national town hall discussion on the situation in ferguson. , airingce, your future at 7 p.m. right here on abc 7, and also honor website, wjla.com . a construction worker injured at bwi airport has died. the worker was injured at about 2:00 this afternoon by a concrete paving vehicle on a taxiway on the south side of the airport. the man died the hosp

. >> joining us is joseph polowa, a professor at george mason university. this is your first day at the library of congress. what brings you here? >> i am a fellow this academic year. i'm working on a research project that i'm calling the indians capital city, which is a study of the visual, symbolic and lived native experiences in washington, d.c. or another way of thinking of it is indigenous history of the city. i'm interested in looking at the ways in which native people across the 19th and early 20th centuries claimed and reclaimed spaces within the city. >> can you explain what you mean by those terms, clachled and reclaimed? >> yeah. well, so there's obviously a deep and rich indigenous history in the chesapeake and potomac region. so the federal city today sits on native homelands. so when i'm thinking about reclaiming obviously i'm thinking about reclaiming homeland territory essentially. however, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries as washington became the federal city native diplomats, delegates from communities across the country as well as r

york,s a soldier from new a recently discovered photograph by a graduate student at george mason university. candace gray found this for me. this is a man whose feet became infected, and his feet were literally cut off by scissors. later, they had to use bone saws to saw the bones off. along with this picture of calvin bates of new york, an affidavit he sent to the government about what happened to him. fromer soldier andersonville. this is actually the same guy being examined. i will shut these off because i don't think we want to be staring at them. i think it is important to understand that when we think ,bout the trial of henry wirz we start with these images. what americans saw at the end of camear as the prison walls back from the south, horrors that were unbelievable. andersonville was the worst of the prison camps. approximately 45,000 u.s. soldiers were held at andersonville. approximately 13,400 of them died while at andersonville. was arrested in may of 1865. he was subsequently tried. jail,he was being held in he made various complaints. one of those was that his wife could not

they play george mason on saturday and penn and princeton also on saturday. >>> eagles could be lookingor more than help on the field this off season. offensive coordinator pat shurmur has been granted permission to interview for the head coaching job with the raiders. experts say pat could get the job. shurmur was here in philadelphia with andy reid and was head coach of the browns and back here again for two seasons, under chip kelly we wish him the best. hopefully we can keep him but we will wish him the best. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a envelope way to give back this new year. but first here's a look what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. >>> leading our headlines this morning police opened fire on a man in drexel hill after he tries to run them down with his car. authorities say that five two-year old joseph pacini threatened 30 lease and shot and killed near garrett road and shade land avenue around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. pacini had an arrest record and meant willal health issues. >>> officialness indonesia recovered several items they say are missing air asia flight 58

and the isis flag is nowhere to be found whchlt students at george mason university are asked do you want to support isis, they sign it. when i go to harvard -- >> they haven't been around since 1947. >> it's dominating the news. they're beheading westerners and it's seen on college campuses that activist students are trying to defund israel trying to -- >> they're small groups there are pro-israeli groups as well. >> students of those groups are getting beaten up because of their association. we report it on all the time. >> when you talk to people that are blood brothers of isis out there, they're responsible for you not having legs today how do you respond? >> first let me tell you our innocent of the country in leading a global economy and going some to be dangerous to radical tyranny is responsible for me lose mying legs. so taliban had nothing to do with me losing my legs because i chose to be there. our country chose to be there. as far as students on campus if you can assimilate walmart not paying you $20 a hour wage with syria being our fault i can't fathom, however if you w

then we'll take you and then we'll take -- >> member of the george mason chapter of the alexander hamilton society. there's definitely been a lot of talk of in the coming century of what the military will look like, especially with the type of conflicts we'll be facing and there's a lot of time between a smaller, lighter force depending on the naval power, air power, and special operations, or continue having a large force to face larger aggressors like china. what is the -- in your opinion what do you think would be the best solution especially since in my mind, like, we have so many different commitments internationally. we have bases all over the world. that causes us to be spread too thin and then if there's another powerful country they could easily take advantage of the fact we are spread too thin. >> well, i'll take a whack at that and then jim may want to chime in. secretary gates used to say all the time, and i think he is right, that when we try and predict the future of conflict we have a perfect record in the united states government. we have always gotten it wrong. and so the

area, university of virginia, george mason, johns hopkins one of the most notorious, and my old alma mater, unc chapel hill. a big one. all happens. something that students expect. that you can go and take a course in writing, which seems to me projecting yourself on to paper or into a computer now. >> host: if you were going to teach a course on writing what would be a goal. >> guest: i did that four four semesters, two the university of north carolina and then two semesters at the johns hopkins in what they called the writing seminars. in both case is taught opinion writing. i taught writing editorials-writing book reviews, writing columns, expressing opinion in an instill gibel and coherent way -- intelligible and coherent pay. my plans for retirement did not include teaching, and i didn't like it very much. if you're teaching a class where students are handing in papers, it's really important you have good students, and the truth of the matter is that if you're teaching a seminar of 15 kids, you have two good studentsor, you're very lucky. the rest of them may by bright but not v

michael shank is a professor at george mason university, working on environmental policy on capitol hill. he's in the studio. what got the executives into trouble? >> well, they allowed essentially a chemical. m.c.h.m. - is it hazardous, toxic - they allowed 10,000 gallons worth of that to get into the drinking water of 300,000 residents from west virginia, and the okay river. that's what they are in trouble for. >> this is a bit unusual compared to other accidents. >> yes. >> did they intend to put it into the water? >> it was in a world war ii, and it had looks and the federal government was not doing oversights. there are acts, the clean water act or toxic substances. unfortunately, those agencies had been underfunded and chemicals had not been updated. perm is not there to track whether there'd been leaks. whether or not the jury or the judge decides that they are guilty, is there a message that the government is sending here, the justice department? >> hopefully. attorney-general holder said it's a grievous violation. it will be up to aj holder and others to hold the executives acco

i had to interview a colleague at the time that george mason. i was doing a podcast and it ended up being a six part series on the theory of the moral sentiment and when we proposed this idea i started reading it and after one page i put it back down and i thought i have no idea what he's talking about. not an easily read book but once i got into it i got excited and it did help me to see how other people see me seeing them. when you write a book about loveliness and there is pressure to be roughly. it is an interesting experience. people have written to me about things that they have done not because they said that. so that's very gratifying. one is fabulous. if one person changed their behavior at all it would be a wonderful thing. so for me it's interesting. if i knew you better i could tell you about in front of but in front of my close personal friends, and i am going to tell you things that may be don't look so good. smith taps into the wisdom that is millennia old. i'm jewish and i found a lot of parallels. there are parallels between smi

when students at george mason university are asked, do you want to support isis, they sign it.n i go to harvard -- >> they haven't been around since 1947. >> it is dominating the news cycle. they are beheading westerners and it's seen on college campuses. after the students are trying to defund israel and trying to -- >> they are pro-israeli groups on the cam pusses as well. democrats and republicans as well. >> the students are getting beaten up because of their association with it. we report on it all the time. >> you fought the people that are the blood brothers of isis out there. they are responsible for you not having legs today. when you see a video like this how do you respond? >> our incentive as a country and going somewhere to be very dangerous to radical tyranny is responsible for me losing my legs. so, taliban had nothing to do with me losing my legs. i chose to be there. our country chose to be there. that's the first statement. as far as students on campus if you can simulate your frustration with walmart not paying you $20 an hour minimum wage and what's going on

final seconds between george mason and manhattan. jaylen jenkins from 75 feet. does he get it? yes.ook at that. pandemonium. tyler ennis leaps across the crease and scores the no-look backhander against the canadiens. scratch my back with a hack saw. >>> texas quarterback ryan fitzpatrick lost his job, got it back. he threw six touchdowns yesterday. let's see. seven times six , that's 42 points. but that's not what had him fired up after the game. >> it's my son brady. say hi, brady. i want you to give brady two numbers from 90 to 99 in there and he's going to multiply them together for you. >> 93, 97. >> 9,021. >> can you look at your calculator, please? does that say 9,021? boom! [ laughter ] >> i think that kid's going to harvard. he's headed to the ivy league for sure. good stuff. ryan fitzpatrick, six touchdown passes so his son had no problem doing the pythagorean theorem equation either. >> latest on kpix.com. progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." tag: mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train assistance dogs

elbridge gerry and george mason of virginia specifically cited the vice presidency as reasons they wouldn'tn the constitution. they called it that dangerous office so there you go. >> during the course of his career the terms of implementing the constitutional -- alexander hamilton became an important player in all of that. you talk about what it was that led to their major disagreements and confrontations? >> first it's important to understand that he and hamilton were not buddies exactly. they were friendly colleagues. they wrote the federal papers together with a little help from john jay. and the story of writing the federalist papers it is if you don't mind -- the story of writing the federalist papers is so interesting because it was done in such haste and i was explaining to a college audience and colleges and universities in the area will appreciate that what madison did during one period of time during 40 days was writing a 10 page paper everyday. that doesn't seem impossible but they papers became immortal so writing philosophy, writing politics, writing an effort to convince peop

a symbol of evil and eappreciationoppression when it is the exact opposite so when students at george masonrsity are asked do you want to sign a petition to sign isis. they sign it. >> well, it hasn't been around since 1947. it is dominating the news cycle. they are beheading westerners. it is seen that liberal activist students are trying to defund israel. >> there are also proisrael groups on these campuses as well. democrats and republicans. >> the students of those proisrael gr getting beaten up because of their association with it. we report on it all the time on campus reform. >> let me go to johnny because you've fought the people that are the blood brothers of isis out there. they are responsible for you not having legs today. when you see a video like this how do you respond? >> well, first let me tell you that our intent as a country in leading the global economy in going somewhere to be very dangerous to radical tyranny is responsible for me losing my legs and proudly so. the taliban had nothing to do with me losing my legs because i chose to be there. our country chose to be the

chaired by laurie robinson, formally assistant attorney general, but also a professor not only at george mason the university of pennsylvania. we have work with her of philadelphia charles ramsey, the police commissioner of the city of philadelphia, in his 40 plus years of leadership in policing. >> cbs news correspondent mark albert tells thaws this task force is one of president obama's plans to the georgia the unrest in ferguson. >> president obama brought together young civil rights leaders, elected officials, community, faith leaders and law enforcement to talk about building trust between police and the communities that they served. >> underlying issues are broader than just race. this goes to sort of the foundational relationship, again, between law enforcement agencies and the communities that they are sworn to serve and to protect. >> reporter: the president is proposing a three-year, 263 million-dollar package to expand training for law enforcement agencies and provide more resources for police department reform. the plan including $75 million to buy 50,000 body cameras for officers

the co chairs are george mason university professor, laurie robinson and philadelphia police commissionerharles ramsey who served as police chief for eight years. ramsey is a champion of community policing. our team coverage continues now with steve handelsman on capitol hill. steve? >> reporter: doreen, thanks. this is an uncharacteristically aggressive approach by president obama. he is asking congress to come up with a quarter billion dollars for more cameras, body cameras, for police to wear. he's reviewing the controversial use we saw in ferguson of military style equipment by police, and this is the most uncharacteristic. he's vowing that this time relations will improve between police and the communities. the protests in washington blocked morning commuters from virginia. >> justice for -- >> michael brown! >> reporter: police allowed the blockade. and some motorists were sympathetic. >> i'm angry about what happened, and i do think a dialogue needs to occur. >> this temporary inconvenience will do a larger good for youth of color. >> reporter: at the white house, the president met

commission are in but also a woman named lori robinson is former assistant general and a professor at george mason university. the white house says the task force will examine how to boost trust in police officers within communities and also look at ways to reduce crime. >> a group of philadelphia police officers have gun testing body cameras up to 31 officers in in north philadelphia's 22nd diss track will be wearing cameras as part of a pilot program to try out the technology. the officers volunteered for the program which should last about six months. >> happening now the red cross is helping a family forced from their home by a suspected fire bomb. eight people including two small children ran from the germantown home early this morning after two devices started fires. police are still trying to figure out why the house was targeted. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain, the citywide fire arson task force is now investigating this. this is the fire department, the police department and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firear

. >> joining us is joseph polowa, a professor at george mason university.this is your first day at the library of congress. what brings you here? >> i am a fellow this academic year. i'm working on a research project that i'm calling the indians capital city, which is a study of the visual, symbolic and lived native experiences in washington, d.c. or another way of thinking of it is indigenous history of the city. i'm interested in looking at the ways in which native people across the 19th and early 20th centuries claimed and reclaimed spaces within the city. >> can you explain what you mean by those terms, clachled and reclaimed? >> yeah. well, so there's obviously a deep and rich indigenous history in the chesapeake and potomac region. so the federal city today sits on native homelands. so when i'm thinking about reclaiming obviously i'm thinking about reclaiming homeland territory essentially. however, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries as washington became the federal city native diplomats, delegates from communities across the country as well as re

philadelphia police department, as well as laurie rob robinson, who is a professor of criminology at george masonniversity and former assistant attorney general. they are going to co-chair a task force that is not only going to reach out and listen to law enforcement, community activists, other stake holders, but is going to report to me specifically in 90 days with concrete recommendations, including best practices for communities where law enforcement and neighborhoods are working well together, how do they create accountability, how do they create transparency, how do they create trust and how can we at the federal level work with state and local communities to make sure that some of those best practices get institutionalized. so this is not going to be anndleannd le -- an endless report that ends up collecting dust on a shelf. my expectation is concrete recommendations that we can begin to operationalize both at the federal, state and local levels. and the good news is that we've got two folks who are respected by activists and respected by law enforcement and i'm confidence they're going to

lasalle plays george mason in fairfax northern virginia on saturday, penn in action saturday as wellare in princeton. >>> well flyers play this years new years eve game in colorado facing avalanche. colorado has fewest wins in the national hockey league both flyers and avalanche lost two. >>> pat shurmur could be leaving the nest. he has been granted permanent in mission to interview the oakland raiders who are looking for a head coach. shurmur has been eagles offensive coordinator under both andy reid and chip kelly. he was head coach of the browns at the one point. raiders interim coach tony is also interviewing for that job. shurmur is hot property right now. hopefully he stays but can't keep a good man town. >>> to the florida/florida state rivalry where there are .4 of a second left when a florida state shot up but jacob curse accidentally tipped it in. referees say yep, they have watched it, they have watched it. that counts. sixty-five-63 was the final, little taste of march madness early on the last day of 2014. love some college hoops. nicole, back over to you. >>> all right

to her left janine wedel an anthropologist at george mason university. the author of the book "unaccountable" right here and back there and the author of" shadow elite" and numerous other books. our met rater is larry the founder of the may day pact, my mentor in law school my close friend and all-around person who is changing the world. i'll let him take i it from here. >> thank you tim. thank you so much to the two of you for participating in this event, and thank you to new america for hosting this. which is incredibly timely. and for me, i am incredibly excited because these two books, i have known zephyr and seen zephyr grow for 27 years and i've loved her book every since i -- >> started at five. >> but janine's book i just had a chance to read and they're books that perfectly compliment each other and the culture is fixed on a narrow perception of corruption. as we think of corruption today, it's basically rule-breaking quid pro quo what criminals do what bad people do what third-worlders doom that's what corruption is. so you can know if you're n

then george mason later used a wonderful phrase that captures what they were after that i am for clogging rather than facilitating war. we are to debate and discuss before the country is committed to war. now the constitution and the preamble make clear one of the fundamental purposes of this government or any coverage is to provide for common defense. and nobody questions that senator mccain nor myself for anyone else questions if we should be debating this or that is our solemn responsibility to provide for common defense i think the fight against isil is worthy of national attention and effort and should be debated and should be circumcised -- circumscribes through authorization. there has not been a declaration since 1942. and i will conclude with the observation that power does not spring from one branch to the other overnight or in a flash of inspiration. i would argue it oozes from one branch to the al other. not necessarily through executive years but congressional education and for us to go home to take a recess we don't want to talk about this or be responsible for this is unfai

. >> thank you, dan perlman for the school of complex solutions at george mason, and just in response to your comment about one we need to get to zero, of the things that we each do more of his look at the auses and the fear of nuclear weapons, and the irrational belief of what weapons provide, and i have gone to the u.n. conference on climate change at one of the things -- change, and one of the things that we have been doing is talking about mechanisms for dealing with nuclear arms first. we have many ways to deal with conflicts, and we usually deal --h the symptoms of getting we can her to the symptoms first, but would you comment? i know ayou, diane, lot about your work, and we have had a chance to talk about it for. one thing i would say -- about it before. one thing i would say is that secretary kerry has been out on the road nonstop, and in recent weeks, very much hope is on the middle east in the hopes for rejuvenating the middle east peace process. we have the regional security very much in mind, and we are constantly working as a matter of national i'll see -- national polic

and she works at the center for world religions at george mason university. hinda has been spending the last in canss with refugees in the liberated areas of syria working on negotiation, conflict resolution, and other challenges facing the syrian population. ambassador robert ford with us today. ambassador ford is well-known to most of you. he is currently a senior fellow at the middle east institute, but of course, is a distinguished retired foreign service officer. and as you know, the last two and ambassador -- u.s. fromsador to syria 2010-14. he also served in iraq years prior to that and was ambassador to algeria. with a lot of experience in the region, but has worked on syria, and continues to do so very closely. to his right is dr. kenneth katzman. he is a senior analyst at the congressional research service. he focused on the goal, on iran, iraq, and has done extensive research in his writing. some of you might know his book islam:d "the warriors of iran's revolutionary guard." and finally, an old friend from turkey who is currently in washington. he

i am with with the george mason chapter of the elves out -- alexander hamilton society.had a question about america playing illegal. do you think that -- like what is your take on increasing usage of air craft and influence that this might have on other nations building up the air drone program? and the second part to that question, do you think that the us should take the lead in push for international policy regarding the use of drones before other nations develop program similar to ours? >> it is a great question. one of the realities of changing warfare is drones have changed how combat is conducted, change the capacity. there are advantages and risks. drones, it seems to me are a tool that clearly can have beneficial impacts in particular allowing us to project force without risking us soldiers. but there are dangers as well. i am concerned, a, eight, domestically about the use of drones here at home. in particular we had fairly lively disagreements with the administration a year ago asking the very simple question about whether a drone can use force against a a us

police department, as well as lori robinson who is professor of criminology, law and society at george masonniversity and former assistant attorney general. they are going to co-chair a task force that is not only going to reach out and listen to law enforcement, community activists, other stakeholders, but is going to report to me specifically in 90 days with concrete recommendations, including best practices for communities where law enforcement and neighborhoods are working well together, how do they create accountability, how do they create transparency and how do they create trust, and how can we at the federal level work with state and local communities to make sure that some of those best practices get institutionalized? so this is not going to be an endless report that ends up collecting dust on a shelf. my expectation is concrete recommendations that we can begin to operationalize both at the federal, state and local levels. and the good news is we have two folks who are respected by activists and respected by law enforcement. and i'm confident their going to do an outstanding job.

and director of the conflict resolution program of syria at the center for world religions at george mason university. she has been spending the last few years visit something refugees and idp camps in the liberated areas of syria working on negotiation, conflict resolution and other challenges facing the syrian population. we have ambassador robert ford with us today. ambassador ford is well known to most of you. he is currently a senior fellow at the middle east institute but of course he is a distinguished retired u.s. foreign service officer as you know, the last u.s. ambassador to syria from 2010 to 2014. he had also served as deputy in iraq in years previous to that, and ambassador to algeria. so he certainly comes with a lot of experience in the region. but has worked on syria and continues to do so very, very closely. to hin's right, dr. kenneth katzman, senior research analyst. he focuses on the gov, iran and iraq, has done extensive research and writing. some of you might know his book entitled -- on the revolutionary guards of iran called "the warriors of islam, iran's revolutio

no stranger to presidential libraries, he has directed five, teaches at george mason university, commentator on the news hour on pbs and the inhouse historian on c-span, always a mother to he hum on our stage. mr. smith opens his book, copies of which are in the book store, capturing the compelling drama of rockefeller's courageous address against foe force 0s of extremism at the republican congress venges -- convention in 1946. one of our panelist, his nephew, was there count bassy once introduced his friend, governor rockefeller as, quote, rich enough to air condition a cotton field. and in dining a national sense of purpose nelson rockefeller believed his country, like his family, must justify its riches through good work and the sharing of wealth. larry rockefeller followed his family's long and proud history of dedication to important causes inch his case as an accompliced environmental lawyer. he also lived and worked in harlem for several years with the vista program, and served as an army vivist in the vietnam era, during which time he was mobilized by the president, not for war over

diane perlman, conflict resolution and george mason i break it to go to the npt meetings. just a response to your comment about what we need to get to zero, one of the things we need to do more of is underlying conflicts and the causes and the fear and the desire for nuclear weapons to perceive rational believes in what nuclear weapons provide. i've been going to some, i went to the u.n. conference on climate change with mediators beyond borders and one of the things we have been doing is getting language in the treaty dealing with the complex, mechanisms for dealing with complex. what are your thoughts if we could deal -- we have many ways of dealing with the complex and we usually deal with the symptom of getting rid of the weapons rather than the needs or the conflicts that people feel like they need these. could you comment? >> thank you diane and i know a lot about their work. i have had a chance to talk about before in the setting and others. one thing i will say is we recognize in working on the regional security matters as intensively as possible, secretary kerry h

. >> i'm with the george mason chapter of the alexander hamilton society, and i just had a question abouterica playing a leading role in unmanned aircraft. using drones. do you think that, like, what is your take on increasing usage of unmanned aircraft and influences it might have on other nations building up their programs? and then kind of a second part to that question, do you think the u.s. should take the lead and push for international policy regarding the use of drones before other nations develop programs similar to our? >> look, it is a great question and it is one of the realities of change in warfare is drones have changed how combat is conducted. it's changed our capacity. to our advantage to that and the risks to the. drones it seems to me are a tool. a tool the clinic in a beneficial impacts, in particular online as to project force without risking u.s. soldiers. but there are dangers as well. i am concerned, a, domestically about the use of drones here at home and the particular we had fairly lively disagreements with the administration a year ago asking very simple questi

. >> thank you, i'm with the school for conflict analysis at george mason.i regularly go to the npt meetings. in response to your comment of one of thezero, things that we need to do more of his go to underlying conflict and the causes and the fear and their desire for nuclear weapons that perceive irrational beliefs and what nuclear weapons provide. i've been going -- i went to the u.n. conference on climate -- withith media raters mediators and we have been getting language into the treaty about dealing with the conflict mechanisms for dealing with the complex first. what are your thoughts about -- we have many ways of dealing with conflict and we usually deal with the symptom of getting rid of the weapons rather than the need or conflicts that lead people to feel like they need these. would you comment? >> thank you and i know a lot about your work. we have had a chance to talk about it before in this setting and others. one thing i will say is that we recognize in the sensitivity of working on regional security matters as intensively as possible, secreta

the task force is chaired by charles ramsey and lori robinson, a george mason criminology professor.ow far the relationships still have to go and how police unions factor in. in police custody, died just a few hours later on november 13th. and 12-year-old tamir rice, who was in possession of pellet gone was shot and killed by a police officer on november 22nd. activists from ferguson have joined the rice and anderson families in cleveland for a weekend of resistance, which began with a rally this morning at the recreation center near where tamir was fatally shot. one protest last weekend at cleveland's nfl stadium wrinkled the head of the city's police union. cleveland browns wide receiver andrew hawkins wore a shirt over his jersey, noting two recent shootings of black males. it read justice for tamir rice, and john crawford iii, the latter being shot by police officer in a walmart. anger was voiced later that day saying he's as athlete. he's someone with no facts of the case. he's disrespecting the police on the job we had to do and make a split second decision. it's pathetic when

commissioner of the philadelphia police department and laurie roberts, was refers of criminology at george mason user word -- university and former attorney general. they are going to cochair a task is not only going to reach out and listen to law enforcement, community activist, and other stakeholders, but report to me specifically in 90 days with concrete recommendations. practices for communities were law enforcement and neighborhoods are working well together, how do they create accountability and transparency, trust, at the federal level work with state and local communities to make sure some of those best practices get institutionalized. this is not going to be an endless report that ends up collecting dust on a shelf. my expectation is concrete recommendations that we can begin to operationalize both at the federal, state, and local level. the good news is we have two folks were respected by activists and law enforcement and i am confident they will do an outstanding job. i wanted them to help us make sure crime continues to go down while community trust in the police goes up. second, one

. >> hi, i'm with george mason chapter of the alexander hamilton society. and i just had a question about america playing a leading role in unmanned aircraft. using drones. do you think that -- what is your take on the increasing usage of unmanned aircraft and the influence this might have on other nations building up their drone programs? and then kind of a second part to that question, do you think the u.s. should take the lead and push for international policy regarding the use of drones before other nations develop programs similar to ours? >> look, it's a great question, it's one of the realities of changing warfare, is drones have changed how, how combat is conducted. it's changed our capacity. there are advantages to that and there are risks to that. drones it seems to me are a tool. they're a tool that clearly can have beneficial impacts, in particular allowing us to project force without risking u.s. soldiers. but there are dangers as well. i am concerned a, domestically, about the use of drones here at home. and in particular, we had fairly lively

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and then george mason from virginia later in the debate used a wonderful phrase that i think aptly captured what the framers were after. he said, "i'm for clogging rather than facilitating war." and that's what we're supposed to do, is to debate, discuss and have the people engaged in a discussion before this country is committed to war. now, the constitution in the preamble makes very clear that one of the fundamental purposes of this government, or any government, is to provide for the common defense. nobody questions that. neither senator kaine for myself nor anyone else who's talking about this issue questions, a, whether we should be debating this and, b, that it's our solemn responsibility to provide for the common defense. i happen to think, as senator kaine does, that what the -- that the fight against isil is worthy of national attention, worthy of national effort and should be debated and circumscribed through some form of authorization in this body. madam president, there has not been a declaration of war by the congress since 1942. and i'll conclude with the observation that pow