patriots-- uni looks to snap a two game losing streak against a george mason team on a three game winning streak. head coach ben jacobson getting his team ready for battle.... and the panthers copme out firing--- juwann mcloud drives and gets the first basket of the night---- but that would be uni's last field goal for almost eleven minutes as the panthers fall behind by ten... uni freshman spencer haldeman comes off the bench and gives the panthers some instant offense... haldeman nails back to back threes to pull the panthers within four. haldeman maintains his hot hand --firing in another three pointer--he had a game high 16 points defenders for the jam... the panthers led 28-24 at halftime.. but northern iowa shoots just 26 percent from the field---and fall to george mason 54-50 acc/big ten men's challenge --rick pitino and 14th ranked louisville taking on 15th ranked purdue... purdue trails big in the second half when carsen edwards hits a 3- pointer to cut the louisville adel shakes his defender and nails an 18-footer. 49-32 cards. and it is all lousivlle the rest of the way

george mason, matt mcdonald the layup. penn up one, 12 minutes to go. george mason on a run, penn loses 79-60. dropped four of five. flyers, sixers and st. joes tomorrow. >> i'm looking forward to the temple nova match up. thanks, jeff. >> the ice festival in philadelphia held its second annual ice festival. those strolling the street saw more than 35 ice sculptures in front of local shops ands restaurants there. police were staked out at the supermarket with a mission for the community. they asked people to fill the police cruisers with food and goods. all donations go to the food bank on whitmore road. "action news" at 11:30 continues next. open for business, the tennessee town devastated by wildfires is putting out the welcome sign showing it won't be defeated. plus a bus a humor. that and more after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> saturday night. walter is off. here's what's happening at 11:30. bitter cold and snow slams much of the nation. accumulations could reach up to two feet in some places. the town of galveston t

but it doesn't get any easier the panthers are hosting a very talented george mason team. they are starting four guards at the center position they are starting a guy that can really score on the block. good passer plays extremely hard really rebounds the basketball theyve shown at this point that theyve got two or three guys shot. sot :18 oc: "three point shot" you can watch the uni-george mason game live on kcrg 9.2 tonight with coverage starting at 7:00. the big 10 announced their all conference offensive team today.. and iowa o-lineman sean welch, james daniels and cole croston were named to the third team for opening holes for this guy akrum wadley who was selected as a third team runningback.. lashun daniels who with cj bethard, riley mccarron, george kittle and ike buttger. thanks scott. now here's a look at today's most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour news source, kcrg t-v nine. experience is expanding its model. hear what iowa big is planning. that's tonight on kcrg t-v nine news at 10. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t jo

but it was all george mason in crunch time.. otis livingston with the blow by for the 1 point lead.. and the patriots clinched it at free throw line beating uni 54-50. the panthers just 25 percent shooting tonight. to high school hoops and the wash girls have a new head coach with a familiar chris james is getting his first shot as a varsity basketball head coach, but he's familiar with the cedar rapids washington program. he's been a coach at the freshman and sophomore level for 7 years. "i feel honored. i feel a little bit of pressure obviously. you have to feel like with all the tradition that this program has, you gotta produce." "my favorite thing about him is his enthusiasm with us up and down court. he's keeping our energy up." another reason why he's familiar with the program, his dad paul was the head coach for 24 years and led the warriors to 2 state titles and is currently on staff as a volunteer assistant. "i don't necessarily have to ask for his input, which is fine. he's not afraid to put it out there, but he defin

but it was all george mason in crunch time.. otis livingston with the blow by for the 1 point lead.. and the patriots clinched it at free throw line beating uni 54-50. the panthers just 25 percent shooting tonight. to high school hoops and the wash girls have a new head coach with a familiar last name. josh has more. chris james is getting his first shot as a varsity basketball head coach, but he's familiar with program. he's been a coach at the freshman and sophomore level for 7 years. "i feel honored. i feel a little bit of pressure obviously. you have to feel like with all the tradition that this program has, you gotta produce." "my favorite thing about him is his enthusiasm with us up and down court. he's always running with us, yelling, keeping our energy up." another reason why he's familiar with the program, his dad paul was the head coach for 24 currently on staff as a volunteer assistant. "i don't necessarily have to ask for his input, which is fine. he's not afraid to put it out there, but he definitely lets me do my o

attack better they think the floater george mason get the win 54-50. stock if there's about marsh more -- >>> if there's a mount rushmore a basketball notre dame's on them. the irish undefeated in the number one team in the country and have never lost to the hawks. but that didn't stop them from alley finish the game by 18 and then with time running down kathleen dishes it and she beats the buzzer another double double from her but the hawks never let the game. i will falls 73-58. >>> last season the xavier boys finish their season like every other team dreamed up. winning the last game. now the golden season to get the saints are ready.>> xavier made history last season but today that state title is just a memory. >> it was incredible and a feeling i will never forget.>> we won't think about our success last year because we want to get back there. >> for the saints success starts back at square one. >> it's a new year and a new team and it's also a new process. >> there will be valleys because when you are the champs everyone is gunning for you. >> we

northern iowa handled george mason 73-65 last year in fairfax virginia. the patriots entered tonight's game red-hot winners of three in a row. they are starting four guards--they have a guy playing on the block that can score the basketball he plays really hard and is a good rebounder and so far they have two or three guys that can shoot the three ball and shoot seven---we will have highlgihts at ten. and the iowa hawkeye women will have their hands full tonight when they play host to top ranked notre dame. the game is a part of the acc/big ten challenge..and its the second straight night the hawks will play the irisih on the hardcour lost to the unbeaten notre dame men. tonight--the iowa women will go all out for the season's bigget upset. the hawks and irish tip it off at 8 oclock tonight from carver hawkeye arena...we will be right colors - it's the next chapter in the life of young dolly parton... let's take a lok at a clip. worst nightmare you're real am i real pinch me and see for yourself, come on pinch me see i'm real as rain i wanna look exactly

scott: matinee at george mason. patery yots are facing prayer -- patriots prairie view a&m. ots win. the george washington men's basketball team in action tonight. colonials on the road battling miami. guys, d.w. looking for the fourth straight win of the year here. jonathan: goodness. all right. thanks. >> great. we are looking forward to your forecast. doug: it's written up there. that is why you said that. we got ourselves a clear skies. >> you got me. doug: next three days. 47 with sunshine and increasing clouds tomorrow. rain christmas eve morning. should end in the afternoon. sunshine for christmas day. steve rudin is busy in the weather center keeping his eye on the changing model guidance. we will update the holiday outlook and the timing on the rain on saturday. jonathan: it does not say that. she really cares. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: see you at 11:00. maureen: have a good night. >>> as we come on the air tonight, the holiday travel mess. delays and cancellations now building coast to coast as we now track two storms set to hi

george washington beat temple, george mason took out penn state. steve: in the morning, we may have some wet west of d.c., scattered showers, but nothing that will stick. julie wright will get you through the traffic. 46 the hive. the cold front moves through and you will feel it friday, windchill factors in the 20's. cold saturday. near 50 monday. another cold front late monday, followed by another cold front late wednesday. three cold fronts over the next seven days. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is next. always wins. especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. to 10 gigabits per second. you wouldn't pick a slow race car. then why settle for slow internet? comcast business. built for speed. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- ryan gosling. from "office christmas party," t.j. miller. and music from pentatonix. and now, what's more -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy:

. >> rick perry at energy and pruitt at the e.p.a., george mason political science professor says the president-elect is sticking with a tam -- campaign theme. >> trump is being unwilling to go with the media consensus of who a good cabinet pick would be. jeff: a star-studded day at trump tower. trump meeting with can kanye west and bill gates. >> conversation about the power of innovation. jeff: some leading republican senators express concern about including john mccain, lindsey graham and marco rubio. the confirmation hearings are shaping up to be big political battles on capitol hill next month. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: president-elect trump has two positions to fill in the cabinet. several high profile people have been interviewed for secretary of agriculture and secretary of veterans affairs. all of mr. trump's nominations must be confirmed by the u.s. senate. jonathan: in a series of tweets president-elect says the business won't do new deals in office. he said he will hand over control of the company to his oldest sons. the president-elect a wednesday news conference

. >>> george mason visiting penn state. mason going for their sixth straight win. pick it up in the first half. mason is down by three. but moore. mason for the 3 on 1. neumann up there. second half, mason starting to take control here. otis livingston knocking down a tough three-pointer. from there. later more for moore. 25 points, 13 rebounds for the senior. he leads the way. 85-66 the final. mason's first win against a big ten team since 2009. >>> george washington also in pennsylvania. exciting finish for maurice joseph's team, against temple. temple storming back from a 15-point defi 12 seconds remaining, knotted up at 63-63. tyler cavanaugh. that is a big time shot. gw up by three. temple has one more shot at tieing the game. but dingell's shot is off the >>> well, that's it for now. the tonight show with jimmy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? all connected for you. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are min

george mason, they won 54-50 and 63-61. over in the nfl this weekend's game in arizona might be the most important for the redskins. since week three, back then they were fighting to keep their season alive against the giants and they were 0-2. right now, they're trying to fight off five, maybe six other teams aiming for a wild card spot. >> there's a lot of teams that have at built to make the playoffs this year in the nfc. so right now we're in great position. but we have to finish it. and we finish strong last hopefully that carries over this year. we still have to go out and do it. >> people may forget how you start. they always remember how you finish. what a great opportunity for us. it's not going to be easy. it's going to be a challenge. but we positioned ourselves now to have a great opportunity to finish strong. time will tell what ends up happening. >> arizona, a 2 1/2 point home favorite in that game. reid didn't practice again ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in you

the other george, mason, this one was not as close. the patriots roll over the lions for their sixth straight win. >>> the washington capitals had a 15-minute players' only meeting after the victory saw them blowing the 3-goal lead. players want to make sure everyone was on the same page moving forward, and the caps are hosting the bruins, and let's look at what happened. the caps store early. great hand-eye coordination. the 2nd period, the rush, and the pass to winnick. the bruins rally to force the backstrom to schmitt. the caps win it 4-3. >>> the nationals made moves on the final day of winter meetings. they acquired adam eaton in exchange of three pitching prospects including lucas dealgido. >>> the burgundy and gold's left tack system back just in time for this sunday's philadelphia eagles. today cousins was asked about his o. line, and he was proud to answer every question. >> i love raising offensive line awareness. that's great. >> it's great. they deserve to have a press conference devoted to them. the work they are doing in

that doesn't happen it goes to daniel sdingle three point to tie gw wins 66-6 to win 6-4 and george mason on the road against penn state. marquise more takes the pass drive. and we'll keep going own tell you this they cruise 85-66 to improve 7-3 that's a look at sports. >> well done oh, my god. >> you were the best. >> that's it force for tonight. >> fedex called they want you baby got back pain? with sleep number, there's an adjustment for that. does your bed do that? come into a sleep number store and save $1000 on selected mattresses. it's a no brainer. he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. f 2017. i'm very proud of him. announcer: today on "tmz" -- >> the kardashian sisters, all three of them, just slammed blac chyna, and said step off, we're working this corner. >> the kardashian sisters company filed to oppose blac chyna from being able to register the trademark angela renee kardas

george mason cruises by longwood. and the maryland women are a perfect 11-0 after beating loyola 79-60. it's the middle of december and the redskins are still playing meaningful football games. style point don't matter this time of year. you take a win and move on to the next week. easy. thanks to a much needed road win the redskins very much alive in the nfc playoff race. right now the redskins are half a game out of the final wild card spot. the burgundy and gold within three games within the spot. jay gruden knows his team's place. >> we understand we are right in the mix. we do know that. but we also know that one slipup and you will be a game and a half possibly back. it's up to us to take care of what we can take care of. that's carolina right now and then we'll let the chips fall where they may. your path to retirement may not always be clear. then we'll let the chips fall where they may. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement journey takes you, we can help

gw wins 66-6 to win 6-4 and george mason on the road against penn state. marquise more takes the pass drive. and we'll keep going own tell you this they cruise 85-66 to improve 7-3 that's a look at sports. >> well done oh, my god. >> you were the best. z26i0z z17vz >> announcer: get ready! inspiration ministries welcome you to campmeeting: god's appointed time to bless you. do you have a need that only god can answer? do you have a problem that only a miracle can solve? then stay tuned, for your miracle is now. get ready for your financial breakthrough. get ready for your healing. inspiration ministries welcomes you to campmeeting: your appointed time for god's blessing. >> why don't you stand to your feet right now. let's worship the lord together. come on, put your hands together in praise to him. is he worthy to be praised tonight? choir, is he worthy to be praised? ah, yeah! sing this song with us. it says this..

-- george mason go? rather, what was most dj, he believed was a political architecture that made it practically difficult for government to encroach on the rights of the people or for a majority to encroach on the rights of a minority or, if they do, they will have to face consequences. think of it this way. expecting congress to follow orders that are written on a piece of paper is like the signs you see in public restrooms -- "employees must wash hands." how many mothers put up signs like that? they say, "show me your hands?" hands." why did madison introduce these amendments? did he change his mind? this is the first question i like to examine. the second question is one of the reasons madison offered a bill of rights in the united states, the influence that these may have, as they are incorporated into public opinion. was madison sincere? was he grasping at excuses for having changed his mind? if he was serious, how did he envision a charter of rights? what does this tell us about the character of th

they hosted george mason doing their thing. they struggled early down by 10 points but battled back. they turn around and slams it home for 10 points. later in the half jordan gets into the action. they will drive and sink it. the panthers all -- fall 50-54. >>> today it was the women's turn the two teams going at it on the court. it was a whole lot tougher. the irish are the number one team in the nation that didn't stop them from doing their with time winding down in the first kathleen comes up and she beats the buzzer but the hawks trailed from the opening tip it could never really come all the way back. the irish are up late in the fourth quarter. >>> last season the xavier basketball team finished their season like every other team. they won their last game. the saints are ready to march back to des moines xavier made history last season - but today - that state title - is just a memory it was incredible - definitely a feeling i'll never forget but - i know that it's a new season so - turn the page and try to do it again w

i'm here tonight because i represent the george mason friends, and we are one of the sponsors of this event. contrary to the name, we're not associated with the university. we are associated with fairfax county public libraries. there is a branch called george mason regional library in an nondale where we are holding a book sale at this moment to help raise funds for next year. so we have two more days. please come. the other announcements i get to make, please turn off your cell phones. don't put them on vibrate, we can hear that noise. thank you for coming. tonight is the last night for information for next year's festival. check the web site. and finally, fall for the book is a nonprofit, funded exclusively through donations, so follow the example, become a part of the great group of friends of fall for the book. thankthank you. [applause] >> before i move into the presentation, i could spend a lot of time recognizing all the people that i've worked with in the last 12 months to make tonight possible and the preceding five nights possible. i will thank you individually later, now c

patriots -- a tad better -- marquise moore -- sinks the floater -- and george mason gets the win-- 54 to 50.if there's a mount rushmore of women's basketball -- notre dame is on it -- that's what lisa bluder said on monday about her team's opponent in the big 10 / a-c-c more to say the irish are undefeated, are the number 1 team in the country, and have never lost to the hawks that didn't stop ally disterhoft from doing her thing -- the west high product -- dials long distance and connects from the corner -- ally finished with a game high 18. and then with time winding down in the first -- kathleen doyle dishes it to megan gustufson -- and she beats the buzzer -- another double double from her.but the hawks never led in the game -- ah- ree-kay oh-goon-bow-wall-ay falls -- 73 to 58.last season -- the xavier boys basketball team finished their season like every other team dreams of -- winning the last game -- but now the goal this season -- get back to the well to defend their crown -- and as pat moroney found out -- the saints are ready .xavier made history last season - but today - -

the law professor at george mason advocates in his book democracy and political ignorance he wants a radically decentralized system which there are different policies and it's made to be very easy to move one place to another and ideally it will lead to better politics. you published eight books in eight years. how do you do that? >> guest: i try to write for 20 hours a week. that's pretty much the secret. >> host: you have a job and children. how do you do that? >> guest: you are an academic and every day you walk and you havin youhad e-mails that become famous. if you write an article on trump u. will get 300 pieces of hate mail today i found out recentl. you have to prioritize over other things. i don't work in an excessive amount but also in the situation i don't teach many classes, and teaching classes i've already prepped before so i know what to do and i don't have to read your material or study more. i don't spend a lot of time on the small things and they make sure i spend roughly four hours writing up front and do everything else later. the secret for me what i am almost do

when george mason of virginia proposed a bill of rights be added to the constitution five days prior to the end of the constitutional convention his per puzzle was near unanimously rejected. the state declaration of rights were sufficient at a federal bill of rights was unnecessary and may be dangerous. and so the constitution was submitted to the states for ratification with no bill of rights. while the bill of rights became a rallying call for anti- federalist for those who pose ratification of the constitution they're interested in proposing amendments that would alter the structure and power of the federal government. federalist like james madison who we call the father of the constitution and bill of rights that was unacceptable. his decision to draft and pass the bill of rights should be understood. once the constitution was adopted newly elected representative, james madison urge the first congress to reject amendments that would change the structure of the constitution the proposed amendments came out of ratifying convention and adopt the bill of rights as suggested. by 1788

this is in arlington near yorktown and george mason boulevard. this tree slammed into a pole here. and you saw part of the pole snapped off and landed on top of the roof. we don't know the condition of the driver now. but this is just one example of how slippery things are. let's come back to us for a second and look at the rear look at that road service. it's just dotted with the rain and wet surface there. everyone should take precautions driving out here today. back to you. jamie: great advice. something we saw in the camera is a few people dropping down as they hit the puddles. you need to be careful. this is the outer loop, continuing south from tysons to annandal bumper. you don't get a break. this is northbound traffic from 270 spur to georgetown, stop and go. the roads are wet. we have visibility that dropped. i anticipate accidents. let's hope not many but we will let you know when something happens. back to you. michelle: thank you. don't miss a single weather, traffic or breaking news update. download the abc7 wjla news app from google play and the place. in other news t

the law professor at george mason advocates he's worried about this as well and the political ignorance he says he wants a radically decentralized system in which there's lots of different kinds of policies and is made to be very easy to move one place to another. it's easy to change which government rules over you and it will lead to better politics. what we ask a question about y you. he published eight books in 11 years how do you do that next >> guest: i try to write 20 hours a week. >> host: you have a job and children, how do you do that? >> guest: that is a good question. i try to d let the urgent to tae place. you have lots of e-mails which become more famous and get more and more and if you read the article they would get 300 pieces of hate mail i found that out recently. you have to prioritize writing over other thing is. i'm in a situation i don't teach very many classes only three per year. so i know what to do for the class. i don't have to read it with new material or study more. i don't spend a lot of time on the small things. i try to make sure it doesn't take my time i

he changes his mind because there is lots of concern from people like george mason, monroe. his concern that they are not going to go along with this and call for a second convention unless the bill of rights gets call for ahey had to second convention and maybe block the whole constitution. him,on, the credit goes to he promises when he is elected to the first congress he will face the bill of rights, and he does. >> the material that left washington left it under very heavy guard. the second tier documents or deposited, what sort of safeguard measures? so they go out on tractor-trailer trucks and there are lots of safeguards, sometimes a vehicle accompanies them. but there is no huge profession -- procession. they are done anonymously. some of the boxes say library of congress on the side. one of the things macleish makes a big deal about afterwords is that so many different groups of people kept this a secret. >> once that things were stored in these repositories, what measures were taken to safeguard them? mr. puleo: they regarded 24/7. and the personnel visited those re

i want to take you to george mason university, january 8th. yes, he stayed in the background as related to foreign policy matters, but here's what he said about the economy. >> that's why i'm asking congress to work with me, day and night, on weekends, if necessary, to get the plan passed in the next few weeks. >> so this is a president who is still weeks out from inauguration saying i'm going to congress. i want you to work with me. he's not talking about george w. bush. he guilty of breaking the one president at a time rule that now some around here are criticizing donald trump of breaking. >> i think you're right, victor. he has talked about things that presidents have talked about. i'm not sure there was a lot of daylight, though, the genesis of which was the bush administration. >> he's saying work with me. he's not saying work with george w. bush. >> i do agree. he's saying work with me and tweeting out things about foreign policy as it relates to nuclear weapons and other things that are not only out of line with what obama thinks but 3

george mason won their ninth straight game against prairie view a&m. georgetown loses to miami and howard falls to old dominion 65-46. navy also in the loss column losing to hartford 63-54. but some impressive win streaks going on there and, man, i really want the redskins to win. i mean, just need this one. >> you're getting used long nights. you were there monday night. you got off at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. >> it was a long day. especially compared to atlanta. but, you know, it was fun to just jump right in there and the guy is really great and the team has been wonderful. been a good transition. >> and late nights and yet you want to keep covering the redskins into the playoffs. >> go to chicago and get some pizza. >> you are originally from chicago. >> yes. thank you, welc>>o ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart. (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will

she grew up in virginia and graduated from george mason university. she and her egyptian husband started a foundation to help homeless children in that country. she was arrested in 2014 on charges she abused children. after years of delay, her trial is finally under way and supporters say the lack of evidence is apparent. they're hoping she'll be cleared of the charges and will be released. >>> flags are being lowered to half-staff in maryland tomorrow to honor a soldier who died earlier this month. sergeant first class alan brown was injured by a suicide bomber in afghanistan on november 12th. he died while being treated at walter reed medical center. governor larry hogan ordered flags to be lowered tomorrow from sunrise to sunset in honor of sergeant brown. two other u.s. service members and two american contractors were also killed in that nbc news has just confirmed that actress debbie reynolds has been taken to a hospital in los angeles. law enforcement would only confirm that she was having difficulty breathing. this comes just a day after reyno

he changes his mind because there is lots of concern from people like george mason, monroe. his concern that they are not going to go along with this and call for a second convention unless the bill of rights gets included, they had to call for a second convention and maybe block the whole constitution. madison, the credit goes to him, he promises when he is elected to the first congress he will face the bill of rights, and he -- fight for the bill of rights, and he does. >> the material that left washington left it under very heavy guard. when the second tier documents or deposited, what sort of safeguard measures? tractor-trailer trucks. they go out in trucks, so there is lots of safeguards as they are being hacked. procession.huge it is done almost anonymously, if you will. trucks would go fact and in fact, some of the boxes say "library of congress" on the side one of the things mcleish makes a big deal of afterwards is how many different groups of people kept this a secret. >> once the things were stored in these repositories, what sort of measures were made to safeguar

this was paid for by the right-wing energy and law institute at george mason university.fuel industry actually helped raise the money to put him in office. and one of the first things he did upon becoming the attorney general of oklahoma was to start a committee on federalism. because what is unfortunate is he auitt, not only cartoon character, but he is a very smart politician. and he saw the possibility of creating what is a lot like a national law firm made up of attorney general's and also the legal arm of the energy industry to be able to not only hassle the epa, it also what was going on at state legislatures regarding fossil fuel development. so i think he is a very dangerous character. i think he is going to attempt to destroy the environmental protection agency. and not just in the area of fossil fuels, but also around the pollution from factory farming and industrialized agriculture. he has been an ally of the big corporations that own these large animal factories. in fact, there was legislation that was turned down in oklahoma in the last election called freedo

. >> joining me now assistant professor at george mason university. what was your reaction to kerry's speech today? >> i thought it was remarkable. i didn't expect that to come out of his mouth. i think that's what the u.s. administration has thought. i think it's the thinking behind closed doors of every u.s. administration up until this point. and what was remarkable is that they basically made it clear to everyone as well and intersubjectively acknowledged it. the obama administration is sharing this speech 23 days left in office. they can do little now to nothing in order to make it meaningful with marshaling its political pressure. >> how do you make sense of the timing here? because there's a lot of head scratching about the timing. there's head scratching about the timing of these things that happen in quick succession. that the critic of the obama administration say that you're a coward, that you made sure to sign the aid deal in the run-up to the election because you knew that would be politically popular then after you allowed this to come f

a law professor the george mason advocates about political ignorance as well and political ignorance he says, he wants radically decentralized system in which you have lots of different kinds of qualities with different policies, and it is made to be easy to move from one place to another and easy to move, change which government will rule over you. ideally voting rather than voting voting will lead to better politics. >> let me ask you a question about you. on my count and maybe this includes next year you have eight books in eight years. how do you do that? [laughter] >> yeah, with i try to write for 20 hours week that's pretty much the secret. and then i guess you can say you have a job and children. how do you do that? >> well i don't let -- good question soy try to avoid letting urgent take presence over the important. in academic every day you walk in you have lots of e-mails and became more famous more and more and you have a article saying that trump orders you get 200 piece was hate mail in the day. i found that out recently, but you have to prioritize writing over several t

maria dakake teaches islamic religious thought and history at george mason university, and was >> onethe things that is rather striking about the qur'an when people read it for the first time is that it often takes the form of direct address. so it will say sometimes, "o, you who believe." sometimes it will address all human beings, humankind. it is a series of moral exhortations, exhortations to virtue, it includes many stories of prophets before the time of muhammad. it is an attempt to grab the listener, or grab the reader, to wake them up, to make them think about their life, about the world around them. it's a lot of passages with rhetorical sentences, right? "did you not consider this?" didn't you think about this? how did you get here, right, as a human being? >> reporter: the exhibition includes furniture: stands to hold manuscripts, and chests to store them. many of these qur'ans were originally commissioned and donated or collected by rulers. early manuscripts, on parchment, feature plain ink and simple designs. later, artists and calligraphers developed ever more elaborate

i think the portrait that this gentleman spoke about, i saw it several years ago at the george washington masonic memorial. and what i remember about it is that it was said that it's the only portrait where his youthful pockmarks were shown in the painting. >> wow. is that what you're thinking, don? that's one of the reasons why it looks so real. of course he had the pocks eapo in life, it saved his life because he was immune to it later in life. i never looked for those pockmarks. i would imagine there was an unwritten rule that you didn't draw attention to them in a portrait, just like you didn't show fdr's disabilities. but of course we know now that's what makes you human, sometimes makes you a better humans. there's some books for sale that we have back stocked that we're happy to move at various types of discounts that deal with george washington based on book talks that have been given in the last several months. so please take those, and if you do have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me. and be looking for future book talks, not just in august. we do have them throughout the year

the primary figure on the committee was george mason, respected elder statesman of virginia politics and mason in his original draft all people would enjoy total toleration of religion. madison, this then, basically unknown young up start, this intern, jumps up and says, no, no, you can't use the word toleration, you must use the word liberty. he persuaded mason to replace the word. he was very proud of that what the founders did here and elsewhere the presumption we're basically free, not that we're unfree until the government gives it to us. that is reflected in the text of the constitution which speaks of the securing the blessings of liberty that says our rights shall not be abridged. no law respecting the freedom of speech shall be passed. right of people to do so-and-so shall not be infringed. the ninth amendment makes clear that the list of rights is not exclusive. just because it is not listed in the rights, just because the constitution doesn't say you have the right to run barefoot through sprinklers on hot summer day doesn't mean you don't have that right. that is what nin

you that history is some babies surprised to learn that it does not include of bill of rights george mason proposed be added prior to the end of the constitutional convention that it was unanimously rejected so that state declaration said the federal bill of rights was necessary or even dangerous. so with ratification of no bill of rights so the call for the anti-federalist there also interested in the amendments that will alter

you that history is some babies surprised to learn that it does not include of bill of rights george mason proposed be added prior to the end of the constitutional convention that it was unanimously rejected so that state declaration said the federal bill of rights was necessary or even dangerous. so with ratification of no bill of rights so the call for the anti-federalist there also interested in the amendments that will alter the power of the new federal government. madison n, the father of a constitution but that was unacceptable. for congress to pass the bill of rights once the constitution was adopted to reject those amendments to change that structure with the state ratifying conventions and buys 1788 the broader value of of bill of rights thomas jefferson said that political truth in the solemn manner to counteract the interest in medicine intended and instead that it goes over to consideration as well send for ratification and that is the tenth the 14 states for those 10 amendments that we now call the of bill of rights. into explorer that legislative history with the special repo

jason is a senior research fellow at the mercada center at george mason university and teaches economics at the johns hopkins and virginia tech. georgetown, if i remember correctly. he is a former acting assistant commissioner at social security administration and chief economist there. served as joint economic committee as an economist and is a very fine public finance economist working both in tax policy and entitlements. stephen is a senior fellow at the tax foundation. he went to the university of chicago as did i, but steve unlike me actually learned something while he was there. he served in the reagan treasury, was at the institute for research on economics of taxation for many years, and after norm died served as its president. he is an extremely fine tax economist and he and his , colleagues and foundation put together computable tax policy model there that is second to none, actually probably more , better, it's the very best in the united states. dan mitchell is a senior fellow at the cato institute. he is, when advocating for tax reforms, fiscal sanity, he doesn't know the me

jason is a senior research fellow at the mercada center george mason university and teaches economics at the johns hopkins and virginia tech. he is a former acting assistant commissioner at social security administration and chief economist there. served as joint economic committee as an economist and is a very fine public finance economist working both in tax policy and entitlements. stephen is a senior fellow at the tax foundation. he went to the university of chicago as did i, but steve unlike me actually learned something while he was there. he served in the reagan treasury, was at the institute of research on economics of taxation for many years, and after norm died served as its president. he is an extremely fine tax economist and he and his colleagues and foundation put together computable tax policy model there that is second to none, actually probably more better, it's the very best in the united states. dan mitchell is a senior fellow at the cato institute. he is, when advocating for tax reforms, he doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but in some respects, that should

>> i saw these questions at the george washington masonic memorial. it was said it was the only portrait where pop marks were shown in the painting. thinking? what you're one reason why it was so real? of course, he had the pox early life, which is why he was immune to it during the revolution. so, it saved his life. that's interesting. i never looked for those pox marks. i imagine you did not draw attention to them, just like you did not show frequent, fdr's disabilities. but we all know now that is what makes you human. sometimes make you -- makes you a better human. any other questions? there are some books we have backstopped that we are happy to move. this is based on the last several months. be looking for future book talks. we have you guys showing up in the dead of summer. thanks for coming. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> december 7 marks the anniversary of the japanese

jason is a senior research fellow at the mercada center george mason university and teaches economics at the johns hopkins and virginia tech. he is a former acting assistant commissioner at social security administration and chief economist there. served as joint economic committee as an economist and is a very fine public finance economist working both in tax policy and entitlements. stephen is a senior fellow at the tax foundation. he went to the university of chicago as did i, but steve unlike me actually learned something while he was there. he served in the reagan treasury, was at the institute of research on economics of taxation for many years, and after norm died served as its president. he is an extremely fine tax economist and he and his colleagues and foundation put together computable tax policy model there that is second to none, actually probably more better, it's the very best in the united states. dan mitchell is a senior fellow at the cato institute. he is, when advocating for tax reforms, he doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but in some respects, that should

how much the massachusetts constitution of 1780 looks like our fourth amendment, or how much george mason's virginia bill of rights influenced madisons first amendment. the declaration of independence talked about people being endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. the framers believed these lights -- right came from god or nature. when madison had to write it down it did not take a long time because there was a broad consensus as to what these rights were. host: when you think about the tradition of individual rights in american culture, how does that apply them to today? will the bill of rights be around for centuries to come? guest: it well. i was so inspired by the first caller. what a great thing to say. thank you for c-span and the , and of freedom of speech the right to talk about how enthusiastic he was about the next president. the bill of rights has affected our culture, and this was madison's hope. attackedle attached -- the bill of rights as parchment barriers, but they have become so central to our american identit

for "the washington post," steven pearlstein, professor of public and international affairs at george mason i remember you predicting accurately that the bank bailout was going to turn a profit in the end and i made you repeat that 12 times because i didn't believe it. you were right there. when you say this carrier deal may actually end up being something that some ceos actually welcome, i took notice. why do you say that? >> well, in the 1980s, something changed in american capitalism. putting the shareholders first became the mantra. and part of that was shipping a lot of jobs overseas to get cheap labor. it became so fashionable that any ceo who wasn't doing that or who wasn't thinking of doing that was hammered by wall street, and sometimes was threatened with a takeover by activist investors. so that became the new norm of behavior in corporate america. and what donald trump is doing in his own sort of bombastic, narcicisstic way, is trying to change that norm back. he doesn't want to intervene in all these cases, but he wants to make it clear that that behavior of putting shareholder