. >>> it is graduation day at george mason university. and college students are getting ready for the future. >> that's right. but for one student about to receive her master's today, that future includes graduating high school. news4's david culver introduces us to a remarkable teenager. >> reporter: students on the fairfax campus of george mason university are posing for pictures, proud of their successes, ready for what's next. among them? stephanie moore. >> i didn't know what to expect coming here. >> reporter: stephanie started here in 2014. she had already completed an asci to pursue her bachelor's, always keeping her age quiet, unless you asked. she's 17 now. it all started back in preschool. >> my dad began training me like using his program/math. he taught me addition, subtraction and multiplication. >> reporter: in kindergarten she learned algebra and in second, geometry. you see the then. >> i set up for college classes. >> reporter: the trajectory impresses tracy mason. >> her poise and demeanor are all balanced. she is extre

on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >> wow.e feel like a slacker watching that. >>> virginia mcauliffe said it's the only one of its kind in the nation, a runway dedicated to drone research and development. the governor tweeted these imagings from wallace island where he helped to launch a new $5 million runway. he flew in an aircraft piloted by a laptop controlled robot. virginia space, which manages the runway is seeking customers for the new drone airstrip. >>> tonight news4 has learned an investigation into allegations of favoritism in the d.c. school system lottery is expanding. d.c. council education chair david grasso said he'll look at all four years the student lottery has been in place. after a report that kaya henderson acted unfairly when giving out some of the waivers. news4's tom sherwood has our story. >> this is a huge amount of money. >> reporter: david grasso, his education committee votingay 2018 school budget, but grasso also is still focused on that new inspector general report, the one that contends former

on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >> mason nation, ang. >this morning, the first of several countries he's visiting on his first foreign trip as president. mr. trump will also visit israel, belgium and italy. >>> we are working to find out if any students were involved in an apparent stabbing at the university of maryland. one person was seriously hurt in a dorm overnight. the school's graduation is this weekend, by the way. >>> we are just seeing new photos from a school bus lot that went up in flames where a school bus in the lot went up in flames. it is not clear what started the fire in montgomery county. several buses were damaged and one was destroyed here. >>> repair work will continue this weekend on mcarthur boulevard in d.c. a central water main flooded and opened up a sinkhole. >>> 72 degrees right now, tom, how much warmer is it going to get? >> not much. this could be the warmest part of the day right now. we're going to see it holding steady in the 60s for the rest of the day. and so our july and may weather is gone for now. an

. >>> this is graduation day at george mason university. go gmu. and college students are getting ready for their future. >> for one student about to receive her master's degree today, that future includes graduating high school. david culver introduces us to a remarkable young teenager. >> reporter: students on the fairfax campus of george mason university are proud of their successes, ready for what is next. among them, stephanie moore. >> i didn't know what to expect coming here. >> reporter: stephanie started here in 2014 and completed an associates at nova and decided to pursue her bachelor's always keeping her age rather quiet unless you asked. she's 17 now. it all started back in using his program/math. he taught me additional, multiplication, subtraction by then. >> reporter: by kindergarten, ang b alg b algebra, second grade, geometrg. >> reporter: i decided to sign up for community classes. following her passion for math, this trajectory is from tracy mason. >> her poise and intellect are all balanced in stephanie. she's extremely bright,

one of my favorite quotes from the convention, george mason, a delegate from virginia saying, asking the people to choose the chief magistrate would be like referring the choice of colors to a blind man. they didn't trust the people. that's one problem with direct election. the second problem with direct election, southern slaves wouldn't count. 34% of the south population were slaves and they thought they should county for the power of the nation and thought if you had direct election, the small states would never have a president and this is the era of poor communication, poor transportation and they weren't assuming the existence of political parties. they figured people in large states would vote for their candidate. if you gave from massachusetts james hancock and the other for james wilson. and there were compromises with differences, you're not going to have a president picked by the people. you're going to have state legislators are those. and they assumed there was independent judgment. and then they aportion that the south gets greater clout and the states have greater oppo

wallace from george mason university, we appreciate you joining us. he'll be back in the 6:00 hour. tweet us with #sugarfree and #nbc4dc. >> picture it, a sandwich with eggs, back con and a calf fep nated bagel. >> too much carbohydrates. it's called espresso buzz bagel. 32 milligrams of caffeine. einstein decided to launch its bagel. anyone visiting the shop will receive a free espresso buzz bagel. i'm going to stick to regular bagels and have coffee with my bagels. >> you can't have one -- >> only worth 1/3 of a cup. you need three of them. >> some people don't like >> and all the carbs. >> exactly. we have a crazy, rainy morning coming our way for your friday. be ready to grab the big bumper chute. it will be wet all over the area, breezy. it is going to turn chilly and cold by may standards. 61 with the rain drops coming into town. 58 in manassas. 58 in mart continuesburg. heaviest and steadiest between now and sunshine. after noon the steady rain will be gone. likelihood of afternoon thunderstorms coming around. stay weather alert. have your nbc washington app ready to go. low

i am rosemarie zagarri from george mason university. we are thrilled see you all here tonight. for this wonderful program. the first item is to let you know it will not be in french. [laughter] maybe you're disappointed but maybe you are pleased. in any case, what we would like to do first is have -- each of for athors speak to you few minutes about their books and give you a general sense about what they talk about in their books. we will be talking among ourselves, and try and give you a good understanding of some of the issues that they discuss. these are issues that you may not have thought about, because when we think about early america, the post-revolutionary period, we tend to think primarily about england and the new united states. this discussion will introduce you to a whole other dimension of the conflict involving france and spain. so let's start with professor ferreiro to talk about his book, "brothers at arms." prof. ferreiro: thank you. in early 1776, britain was engaged in war, and we were fighting for independence but without gunfire, artillery, or a navy. it

larrie ferreiro teaches history and engineering at george mason university. francois furstenburg, professor of history at johns hopkins . most importantly, his parents, are the furstenbergs here? if you have ever shopped on connecticut at furst, it is furstenberg. there he is. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome them. [applause] >> good evening. i am rosemary zagari from george mason university and we are thrilled to see you tonight. the first item of business is to let you know that it will not be in french. [laughter] maybe you are disappointed but maybe you are relieved. in any case, what we would like to do first is have each of our authors speak to you for a few minutes about their books, and give you a general sense about what they talk about in their books. we will be talking among ourselves, and try and give you a good understanding of some of the issues that they discuss. these are issues that you may not have thought about, because when we think about early america, the post revolutionary period, we tend to think primarily about england and the new

you're about to meet george mason university's youngest graduate. her name is stephanie moye.and she's not even finished with high school yet. but stephanie's not graduating with her bachelor's. he's going to be receiving her master's degree. the 17-year-old said that her passion for math started in algebra and moved to geometry by the second grade. >> do you realize you're that far ahead of everybody else? >> not really. it's just life to me. everyone else may see it as weird, but it's just life. >> how about that. in june, she'll graduate high school and head off to nyu to pursue a ph.d. in, of course, math. >> so impressive. i barely made it through math 101 in college. my goodness. >> we're going to work for her one day. >> i think so. >>> it can save you money on your electric bill, but it could cost valuable time in an emergency. tonight we look at the risk that firefighters face dealing with lar panels ansod narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate

. >> george mason university. [ applause ]. >> he's heading to george mason an dance scholarship next year part of visual and performing arts program and minoring in inease ol jixt her dad, shawn snow. >> proud technician here at "fox5". >> proud papa. >> yes, more than 12 million was handed out in scholar shxt congratulations to them all and shawn will be smiling more than normally was. >> coming up, >> three days and still no sightings of escaped prisoner david watson. u.s. marshall is now on the hunt and reward money has increased. and i'm paul wagner in j jessupcoming up at 6. >> it's been incredibly mug all weekend long. what a way to start off the month of may. having materialized in the district and plenty of energy to the west and step ear thunderstorm warnings south of charlottesville and virginia and plenty of energy off north. when this radar fills in for warnings in our area or potential warnings at that. i'll have in the forecast as well as they look at very changeable temperatures in the 7 day that's coming up next on "fox5"news at 5 returns right after this. . >> some o

guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations to go back to the states and three quarters of the states would have to approve that. what it does is it is the root relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance and what has happened is that there is no longer a balanced our between the three branches and our federal government, but there is no longer a balance of power between the federal government in the states, because 60% on average of the states when they aise money in state have federal bureaucrat tell them how they have to spin that. they lost they -- they lost a

at george mason's law school bears his name. >> it's bittersweet because the occasion of all of those things is his death. it's been tough going through it but it's been a great blessing. >> in the outset of his book father scalia makes mention of another book, one that his dad carried women him for more than half a century. >> it's the prayer book if you will that he had, he got in 1960, the year my parents were married. it's a wonderful connection with him, with the family, with his faith. >> so much we never knew. still ahead, how a group of veterans is changing minds about mental health by taking a very ... but did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel delivers mega support. >>> this week vice president mike pence welcomed a group of honor flight veterans to the white house. the event commemorated national military appreciation month. vice president spoke about his own father who served in the korean war and he told the vets no matter where

jason is a senior fellow at mercatus out at george mason university. he focuses on tax and budget policy. jason was deputy commissioner and chief economist at the social security administration. he was also a senior economist at the joint economic committee, where i was a coworker with him. he has a ph.d in public policy from virginia tech, and he's the author of "the hidden cost of federal tax policy," which looks like that, which is an excellent overview of our topic today and is actually free on the internet, so that's a pretty good bargain. finally we'll hear from ryan bourne, who occupies the evan scharf chair for understanding of economics at cato. he researches all kinds of economic issues, including tax policy. before joining cato, ryan was head of public policy at the institute of economic affairs in london and also the head of economic research at the center for policy studies, also in london. ryan's written extensively on economic issues in uk newspapers and he holds a master's degree in economics from university of cambridge. so with that,

. >> diane perlman at george mason university. there is a body of literature that is not very well known. i know you worked with robert jarvis and we talked about this before. he said that there are no other options and that we have to do pressure but there is evidence that coercive techniques can have the opposite effect and there is a study of 100 cases of sanctions and they worked 14 times and failed 86 times. it is likely to produce the sometimesffect and people talk about when you behave according to deterrence or dynamics, you could trigger spiral theory and that we need to do more attention -- in tension reduction -- intention reduction. could you talk about some of the literature? >> and then three rows ahead? >> almost it subside to what was said before, there was an article in the op-ed, and the outlook section of the washington post about three weeks ago by a person who was advertised to have been a chinese investment banker, but it could've been henry kissinger in disguise, suggesting that the deal we need to make is n

again, my name is jason fichtner with the mercatus center at george mason university. i want to thank chris edwards and peter russo and, of course, the cato institute for having me come speak with you today and thank you all for coming out. basically, we divvied this up, jason corporate, me individual, and then ryan will give you the u.k. experience to give you a sense of what happened and the lessons we can learn. but i want to start my time with general points on tax reform, provide you some guiding principles when thinking about tax reform, and then discuss how the house blueprint and president trump's proposals sort of measure up to those principles. i'm also going to sort of echo a few imperative things j.d. said because they are very important to sort of hit home. first, it really is important to notice that the united states tax code currently severely distorts market decisions and the allocation of resources. it is currently impeding both potential economic growth and potential tax revenue. it is in need of reform. don't think we can do this later. we have to d

so far scientists from the university of virginia and george mason university will be part of the committeerning. thanks for joining us, i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm wisdom martin. erin como talking about what's happening on the roads, mike thomas starts us off talking about the rain. >> we got rain outside right now and we're going to get you right over to futurecast just in case you're planning your day for this afternoon. there it is 7:00 a.m. rain steadily coming down according to futurecast but as we head towards your lunchtime hour probably more just spotty showers but a lot of clouds still around. in the afternoon we may see a little bit of sun. the more sun we see the more through around the evening rush hour. as we head into the overnight we'll finally start to clear things out in -- kind of setting us up for a mostly dry friday. 74 degrees, clouds and showers today. tomorrow little warmer 78, an isolated shower. most stay dry all day on friday. that's a check of your forecast. erin has traffic. >> rainy start to thursday morning. know what that can do to the roads. inner loop deal

researchers at george mason university looked at applicant data from 2012 and found white teachers made70% of applicants but received 77% of all jobs while black teachers made up 13% of applicants but received only six percent of job offers. even though black teachers had more advanced degrees and more experience. the school system tells us it was not provided an opportunity to review that study and can't confirm its conclusions. >>> the wizards and celtics just took the series to a level of physical. seven technical fouls called. three players are ejected. one may get southbounded. we are going to break down some of the throw downs later in sports. >>> next at 11 the news 4 i team goes under cover. >> does everybody get a parking permit that wants one? >> showing you why homeowners are accused of profiting off of crowded high schools. >>> two olympic medalists honored for their work changing minds about mental health. the honor tonight for michael phelps and allison schmidt. >>> we continue to track heavy rain across the area. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small b

we have a couple of areas and downed power cables by north mckinley road between there and george masonlso if you're on pennsylvania aven southbound by brick house road. watch out there as well. by ward road, same thing as you pass through dunkirk. downed power lines and cable wires. >>> thanks so much. fairfax county firefighters are keeping a close eye this morning on the sight of an overnight townhouse fire in lorton. firefighters tell us the home was vacant but there were people inside adjoining homes. they were evacuated. no injuries so far reported, but we're trying to find out when those neighbors will be allowed back inside their homes. an investigation into what caused the fire is underway in fairfax county. >>> the tunnel collapsed at the nuclear waste site in washington state might have happened days earlier. workers found the collapse on tuesday. there are no reports of elevated radiation levels and the sinkhole has been filled. a spokesperson for the department of energy says workers do not patrol tunnel site collapsed up to 4 days before. >>> it's been a tough six weeks fo

a study from george mason university found, when it comes to teaching likely to hire a white person than a black person, even though on average, those black candidates had more advanced degrees and experience. the study examines data in 2012. >>> the candidate for virginia house of delegates says she is ready to make history. if she's elected, elizabeth guzman would be the first hispanic woman in the house of delegates. she is running in a district that includes falkier counties. priorities, school funding, mental health services, and immigration reform. >> it's been nearly four days since someone went slithering among the shadows to hang bananas from nooses. now we are hearing from the school president. dr. neil stood before the cameras after student leaders led a standing room only town hall meeting on the hate crime and the campus racism. >> what has brought us together is a cowardly and act. what occurred here has nothing to do with the fundamental values of this university. >> the bananas were found the same day as taylor took over as the president. she emerged from a debriefing tod

a national survey by yale and george mason universities last december found half of trump voters think global warming is happening. six in ten trump voters supported taxing or regulating the pollution causing it. for the varied voices in the rising eco-right movement, it's a matter of making the issue a priority for republicans by speaking their language. >> and the reconciling saving work of christ extends to the entire created world. >> reporter: young evangelical leader kyle meyaard-schaap argues climate action is in line with other christian values, including anti-abortion views. >> to be pro-life means that you care about human life, you care about human flourishing free from the impacts of a changing climate on people's ability to grow their food and provide for their families. >> reporter: republican donor andy sabin highlights the public health hazards. >> if you really want to relate to a working-class republican, tell him he's going to live longer, tell him his health bills are going to go down, and he may not get cancer or asthma or heart disease. that resonates with somebod

. >> you am going to george mason university. >> the students declare a commitment to the four-year university to do their best to celebrate any scholarships they receive. >> a full ride. a day they look forward to. >> after four years of hard work it pays off. this is the time to celebrate. >> the staff and the teachers were encouraged to wear the shirts and the hats. >> it is now time. >> at the high school, this is no accident younger students attend assembly. if you ask the graduating seniors it's working. >> motivate me. >> 12 seniors will join the military and 271 will enroll at two or a four-year institution. many get scholarships. 43 are jonathan: right now -- >> this you have to see. a family trapped under water. the heart stopping moment they found out that the baby they pulled from the truck was not breathing. >> a severe weather alert. thunderstorm watch issued and we have the timing of the storms on the way. >> there are new clues of the search convicted of trying to kill a police officer. we begin with doug hill. >> a couple of minutes ago, they put a large portion under severe t

it's a really interesting story, kornl george mason having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history have powerful governments seeded power back to the people. we need to make sure that's available to the american people. so they put this second component into article 5, which allows the states two thirds of the states to call an amendments convention. it's not a constitutional convention, but it's an amendments convention where the states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendations that go back to the states and then three quarters of the states, 38 states would have to approve that. so, what it does is it's the relief valve for the states when they see this imbalance. what's happened to us is there's no longer balance power between the three branchs here in our government and no locker a balance of power between the federal government and the states because 60% on average of the states when they raise money in state have a federal bureaucrat tell them how they have to spend that.

taylor wallace is a professor at george mason.the questions, of course, is the whole idea of naturally occurring sugars versus added sugars. >> big difference, right? >> right. is the difference is when you bite into an apple or fruit or vegetable your body has to digest that. your body has to do the work to get the if you consume added sugars, a soda, the sugar hits your system quickly. >> apple better than quickly. >> gary nelson asked on facebook i seem to get myself drinking those flavor packs and they claim to be sugar free. how good are they actually? >> i think the flavor packs are perfectly fine. they don't really add any nutritional value but study after study has shown the artificial sweeteners are safe. >> on the sugar free challenges can you use sweet n low, splenda? i've been doing without and it's terrible. >> absolutely. they're perfectly safe. >> what about the idea if you use artificial sugars and drink sugars more? >> well, no, there's no research that supports that. >> there you go. >> all right. dr. wallace, we

he's a professor of economics, a former chair of the economics department at george mason. he holds the martha and nelson chair for the study of free market capitalism. that's not a word you hear very often these days. we should hear it more. he specializes in globalization and trade, law and economics, and antitrust economics. he is the author of one of the very few blogs online that i go to every day. it is called "cafe hiac," and i recommended strongly for those of you who want to know what is really going on in the economics world. after he speaks, we will have commentary, and then hopefully a conversation. stephen moore is a distinguished visiting fellow here at the heritage foundation. he runs our project for economic growth that focuses on a broad range of topics including tax reform, budget, and energy policy. he is a senior economic analyst for cnn, and recently took a leave of absence for his duties at heritage to join the trump campaign as a senior economic adviser to then candidate donald trump. he is the author of several books including his most recent "fuelin

the george mason report also said that dodd-frank law is disproportionately burdensome to small banks and creates a market expectation that says firms are too big to fail. a columnist wrote that the number of small banks has dropped dramatically over the years. this has been driven by regulatory burdens that make it harder and expensive for small banks to survive. i have been told by several east tennessee bankers that unfortunately their fastest growing departments have been their regulatory compliance sections. the more any business or industry comes under federal regulation, the more it ends up being dominated by extremely big business. now to update what i wrote in 2014. according to the congressional research service, 1,744 banks have ceased to exist since the passage of dodd-frank. many of those have been forced to merge with the bigger bank because they simply were not able to keep up with all the rules, regulation, and red tape of dodd-frank and the resulting compliance costs. even worse, 203 small banks have failed, been forced out of business by big government with a resulti

she has a ba in history in american that is and a ma and phd in american history from george mason university. her focus is government-sponsored rescue attempts related to the holocaust and she is working as a historian for the museum's upcoming transition -- upcoming exhibition. our second speaker, chief of the branch of holocaust survivors and research center at the united states holocaust memorial museum. previously a professor of contemporary history at the university of paris, she works for the two french commissions for compensation to jewish victims. she is the author of books and publications and more than 20 articles related to the holocaust. thank you so much for having us this morning. i'm going to provide the context for the refugee crisis in the 1930's, how the factors that influence u.s. policy and the way that u.s. policy changed as events in your changed. a refugee crisis never comes out of the blue and american reaction to it does not either. it is always complicated and in the exhibit we are working on that will of the next spring, we are trying to bring visitors back to the

there's a brand-new study from george mason university.mp was the target of 1,060 jokes in from late-nit comics. they did not face jokes, obama and clinton. not at that number. geraldo rivera and monica crowley. think for a second. one of the things i've always said about president obama is his kids seem pretty cool. they seem like good kids. the only thing michelle obama came under fire for on this show was when she said this is the first time i am proud of my country. this is the most despicable thing. why does this double standard exist for this president, his daughter, and a 10-year-old son and wife? >> bill maher is so way out there on the left and has consistently been that he gets cut a lot of slack. even so, when you involve the children of the president of the united states -- shame on you. to do it in such a low down and dirty way, absolutely believe he has crossed the line. >> sean: if i'd made a joke like that about president obama, i'm gone. my job is over. >> bill clinton got a lot of moral sex jokes when he was in office but

the naming of the george mason law school after my father and it's just owonderful to see my father honored in that way. it's wonderful to see how many people's lives he influenced. with father scalia tonight at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you. >>> come iing up after the breaa story you're going to love. a superstar not afraid to share a little of her good fortune. how the giving started with a simple tweet. >>> and testing for allergies. it can be itchy and painful, be but there's a a new alternative. we'll e show you >>> requests are still pouring in. tz over the weekend they paid school bills for the biggest fans and it started on saturday when the star was answering questions on twit ter. one asked to pay for her tuition. spriegzly she responded with show me straight a's and i'll pay it. "started pouring in after that. in just 30 minutes she promised more than $20,000 to more than a dozen fans. she will do it again in a few months. >> my kids need braces. >> fans were being reasonable. >>> the weather is going to be cooler through this week. chilly mornings ahead. it you need the jacket

different memorials and posthumous awards given to my dad and things like that, the naming of george masonl after my father. and those have been good in a lot of ways because it's just -- it's wonderful to see my father honored in that way.. it's wonderful to see how many peopleiv >> you can catch our full story with father paul scalia monday night on news 4 at 6:00. back to you. ♪ >> he is a world renown opera star whose recent performance at new york's metropolitan opera was hailed as a showstopper. speedo green not only has an unusual name, he's far from your typical opera star. >> an unusual store. >> mark seagraves shows us the remarkable transformation. from shackles to the stage. >> i was actually shackled. they put me in leg shackles and handcuffs, put me in the back of a police car and drove me 3 1/2 hours to the detention center in virginia and i stayed there for two months. it was the scariest part of my life. >> ryan speedo green was talking to a small group of at-risk teens monday afternoon about how he was transformed from a 12-year-old on his way to prison to a young man on

tomorrow morning we'll be joined by a professor in the department of nutrition and food studies at george masoniversity to help answer your questions. send them to us by commenting on our social media posts. >>> we want to give you an update now on some breaking news about a training exercise at bwi washington international airport. a lot of you calling in seeing smoke. chopper 4 flew over. this is just a drill involving the fire department at the airport. you can see some drill at bwi marshall. >>> 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door this morning. police arrested a montgomery county high school student who brought a gun on campus. 18-year-old mario alvarado is accused of driving a stolen car to the high school. there was a stolen gun and magazines in the car. >>> congressional members of the alpha kappa alpha sorority will denounce this week's hate crime at american university. follow news 4's justin finch on twitter @justinabc4. >>> they're ready to vote on the replacement for the affordable care act. it comes weeks after getting the majority of the members on boar

tomorrow the class of 2017 will walk across the stage of george mason university to receive their diplomasderneath one of those will be 17-year-old stephanie moy. she will be receiving her master's degree in mathd. stephanie says her love for numbers started in preschool. that's when her father started to work with her using special cards. then in kindergarten and first grade she moved on to algebra. second grade was geometry. second grade? now she's offering this advice to other young people. >> don't give up. always look at the end goal, you know? everyone makes mistakes. keep going. >> i don't believe that. >> following this week in june. then she heads to nyu. >> when second grade. >> i still can't do geometry. >> congratulations. >>> all month long news 4 is highlighting local kids with incredible talent. we've introduced you to the piano prodigy, a chef. >> today's super kid is one you don't want to mess with. he is one of the top taekwondo fighters in the country. >> reporter: imagine training like this for hours at a time. tired yet? now have a pulled hamstring. >> if you sit out a

george mason university history professor spencer crew is teaching a course on slavery and the under ground railroad. he says it's wrong to use public places to honor those that fought for that way of life. >> those symbols are of oppression and hatred and bigotry. that is what i see when i see them. >> reporter: student tom riddle lived in latvia for four years. >> there are no remnants of the soviet occupation left. all of those statues are gone. and there is a reason. >> the comparison is apples oranges. salen killed latvia's. >> reporter: the man known as the great emancipator would not be pinned down on this one. >> we're all friends now. if some is folks want to honor their ancestors, i say that is fine. but if other folks living in that same state think it might be an insult to them, they should talk it out. they should talk it out and come to that decision themselves. i'm going to stay out of that. >> many of those reenactors are amateur historians. tonight at 11:00 we talk to the big guns. renowned civil war historian and author who taught thousands of students at virginia t

the alexandria school superintendant will leave his post to become a professor of education at george mason university. he's been with the school for four years. during his term test scores rose among minority students and he helped the city schools develop a five-year plan. >>> in news 4 your health at 5:17, doctors are worried about the dangers of cutting up avocados. some people don't realize how ripe the avocados are and they end up slicing them with too much force. next time you cut up an avocado, keep your hands on top of it and then twist it apart. >> you know where the >> no. >> i never knew that was an issue. >> take the stem off. if it's brown you know it's ripe, almost over ripe. >> i eat an avocado every single day. >> yeah. >> and i've never cut myself. >> you're missing out. >> that's what i hear. >> it's good for your hair. makes your hair shiny, all of that stuff. >> need that too. >> eat an avocado, aaron. you can try one this morning. this morning we're not looking at rain like we were yesterday morning. it is a different start to your day. it's cloudy outside. we have rai

>> i just want to go to george mason. >> it's plenty of people out there that will help you.e time, i didn't understand that. >> reporter: this former gang member chose a different past. he's now spent years trying to the tattoos. it's painful. he tells young people tempted by the gang lifestyle -- >> when you join a gang, you're throwing your life away. >> reporter: david culver, news4. >>> doug is back with more about our weather and to get us ready for tomorrow morning. >> yeah, tomorrow morning, not looking too bad out there. maybe leave earlier, there's wet roadways. just looking at the traffic now, terrible, it's ugly across the region. good thing we're not leaving for a little while. out there now, the clouds, the rain, and cool temperatures. at least for this time of year. 66, winds out of the southeast at 8 miles per hour. average high of 77, well below average today. we've seen the rain come in to just about the entire area. the heaviest rain will be close to i-95 and southward, especially down in the southern zones. st. mary's county, parts of the northern neck, fr

according to a george mason university study, he has faced 1,060 late-night jokes, a number that president clinton, obama did not hit in their first year in office. the unhinged late-night hostsic have proven there are limits in the age of trump. very different than the obama years. they are not only attacked the president viciously -- they are going after his wife, the first lady melania trump, his daughter, ivanka. his 11-year-old son. his members of his staff, likeda kellyanne conway. where is hillary clinton, all the defenders of women's rights coming to their defense? joining us now, michelle malkin. i won't mention colbert from last week or -- bill maher is making incest jokes about the daughter of the president. imagine, and the era of obama if that happened. what would be the reaction of the country? >> yeah, i don't call him bill maher, i call him pig maher because he is one of the most vile misogynists in the entertainment industry. he's gotten away with it so long. as a say, unfortunately, it has reached a fever pitch. we are seeing the late-night comedy clown car crash and burn

alan youley will become a professor at the george mason university gradual school of education. he served as four years and one of the major accomplishments is narrowing the achievement gap between white and minority students. jonathan: we are learning more about an attack that was foiled. this is south of charlotte, north carolina. they found a hit list, knives, firecrackers, dismantled shotgun. police say the teen whose name has been kept private was planning to stab classmates. >> the scary thing, too, is nobody at this point knows why, why he picked out the students that he chose. >> he had students he wanted to harm. some of them were in the classroom. jonathan: get this. police say they received a tip from a caller in canada. somebody who participated in an online chat room who noticed the teen talking about nancy: all right. check many with larry smith at the "live desk" to find out what is new at 5:00. larry: metro's next stormtrak7 surge starts monday -- safetrack surge finds monday. caps fan end with more misery. worse news may have come today. what we learn about the

today, let me share with you, george mason study finds trump was the target of over a thousand jokesfirst months of office far more than president obama, and you are all aware, remember that disgusting, despicable awful joke that colbert made? if you can call it a joke. i'm not going to call it a joke, it was uncalled for on network television. anyway, they're pouncing on him. of course. is this reflective of media bias or comedians doing their job? i'm joined by howie kurtz our media critic at fox. howie, what say you? >> all comedians poke at presidents, part of the job description, in the days of johnny carson, jay leno, a gentle poking and hitting republicans and democrats. it is clear that virtually the entire lineup of late night comics, bill maher told a crude sexual joke about the president and his daughter that i'm not going to allude to on the air are fervently anti-trump and that's reflective of entire monologue. trish: that bothers me, i think maher and colbert have crossed a line that should not be crossed. they feel it is open season on this guy. but you don't stoop to

let's talk about george mason university and how much curriculum and wings the coke brother funded, and how many other universities across the united states are trying to infiltrate the youth. this is private money going to schools and there is an agenda. you talk about the goldwater ago we saidweeks churches could not lose their tax status. kids don't have to sit there and listen to anyone they don't want to, that's freedom. you read from an article about mr. stone -- exactly. power, itsey have turnabout in terms of the debate over free speech. they have a right for free speech when it's against them. i applaud all the colors that said, can you just sit there and be civil? i understand that sentiment, however it is the kids' day. who invited these people? , and the kids tell it because they are smart. they just graduated from college. thank you so much, have a great day. appreciate all you do at c-span. host: thank you. let's go to ben from phoenix, arizona. independent. we were talking about first amendment rights at colleges. the colleges are not banning people from speaking because

a local teenager will be graduating from george mason university with mer master's degree.g deal, you say? she hasn't even finished high school yet. doreen and i will join you for news4 at 5:00. hope to see you then. >> thanks, jim. >>> for some folks, they had to deal with temperatures in the 90s today, but things are going to cool off a little. >> yeah, we got team coverage coming up for you this afternoon. going to head outside to amelia in just a moment, but doug's here to tee it up for tomorrow 80s. wouldn't be surprised to see one 90 or two. but that's it. after that, we go back to average or below average. national harbor, a really nice day along the water, but yeah, just off the water, that's where the temperatures are a little bit on the warm side for sure. 91 degrees right now. that 91 right down towards capitol hill, 91 potomac, 92 in centreville. mt. vernon at 87. beverly beach at 92. southwest wind has developed. here's the storms out there for frederick, jefferson county. but i want to zoom on this strongest storm. we could see 40-mile-an-hour winds and lightn

. >> this is kia snow, heading to george mason on a dance scholarship next year.rming arts program at the school. and she plans to minor. i want to say congratulations to her and her dad. she's no strange, shawn snow is a technician, her dad. overall more than $2 million in scholarship money was handed out to the students at suitland high. >>> there's new school aiming to teach young adults basic life lesson they may have missed out on it's called adulting school. teach basic life skills like how to balance a checkbook, changing a tire or writing a resume. >> we're trying so hard to make sure our child excels in school that many times we forget the importance of teaching them basic skills >> so many people were graduating with so much debt, that makes everything more difficult. i think dealing with debt learning how to prioritize >> it doesn't teach in a traditional classroom setting they can events where they will learn skills. it also offers web nars >> i learned how to write a check. that was all they taught you and thousand spend money >> up next at 10:30, thu

and we saw a number of students repping schools like touson, george mason, and maryland.ing to miss being around their friends, but they're looking forward to their next experience. >> they can't wait. >>> and it's a unanimous decision for this group of gaud ruplets from ohio. the wade brothers are headed for earlier this year. the brothers got into harvard and had offers from a combined 59 schools. the boys tell nbc news that yale offered an extraordinary financial aid package. that will do it. picking the right school can be stressful enough. >> and now comes the stressful part, how are you going to pay for it? susan hogan has advise about your different financing options. >> this should be national how the heck are we going to pay for it day. as you know, i have college tuition times two with twins. like many of you, now that we know where our kids are going, it's time to figure out the best way to finance it. your kid got in, great! if you're lucky, you got a financial aid package and some scholarship money. then reality hits. you owe the balance. >> there are a lot o