they want university to terminate and void all contracts with brett kavanaugh at george mason, holdsiscuss his firing at the implications for students in the university by april 25th and a formal apology from administrators for sex assault survivors. there were 4000 signatures on the petition. what is the latest? >> i saw the president is going to attend a townhall next week so it does seem they are going to get part of that q&a done and more information and conversation about this. so far the school is standing by their decision to have brett kavanaugh teach and it will be interesting to see if anything changes that, any reaction. i have seen some petitions online and other requests too that i think some of us might say that is unreasonable, more information on campus where to go for sexual assault survivors, access to free rape kits, things like that. if you look at those types of changes that seems more realistic. shannon: those things make it sound like a presumption he was a sexual assault or. >> the house wants to investigate. when i saw the president of george mason talking to

the courses run through george mason university and northern virginia now this is video of george masont and many expressed concerns with the sexual assault allegations made against kavanaugh by classmate christine blasey ford and students expressed concerns but note so did professors. >> >> there was not a full investigation. >> this is a supreme court justice who will be teaching about the united states constitution. so from that standpoint, i have not going to question. it is not a crazy appointment from that standpoint to see the supreme court justices going to create value for the students. >> the same group involved with george mason situation signed on to a letter with other progressive groups asking members of congress to investigate justice kavanaugh's confirmation hearing responses. some allege it he lied during those responses to senators. the letter says in part, justice kavanaugh less than forthcoming and limited white house records produced already show he was dishonest at times in his responses. now that he holds the position on the nation's highest court, a position he m

a great man in american history, his name is george mason. ofrge mason was the father many of the protected liberties in our constitution. many attribute goes to james madison, but james madison was the young student at the feet of the great george mason. and george mason and the great virginia declaration of rights 1776, weeksut in before the declaration of independence, article 12 says freedom of the press is one of the great ballparks -- one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained except by despised governments. we look at our press freedoms and when we look at our intelligence activities, we are an open and free society. we believe the press should have unfettered access to everything going on in our government. we i would also offer that as a society have agreed there should be things kept secret. some members of the crowd are going, you are an intel guy, of course you think things should time wesecret but any get together and form a communal group, we agree there are things that should be kept secret. you look at thi

george mason i right here. see this right here? that is the george youon crossover ohio drive and you get over to the softball field on the other side. there it is. just lettingou know. we talked about this yesterday. 55 degrees. jackets at noon. by the time you get done we'll be around 64 degrees at 3:00 an thernoon and then even warmer. that's when i think we really start to break out into ome sunshine and clearing. up to 69 tomorrow. 79 degrees on nice weather there. stormy on monday. i'm watching this storm closely. the farther south it goes, the less chance we have for thunderstorms and it'slso cooler the farther north it goes. better chance of storms. right now i've got stormy with a temperature around 77. tuesday high of 74. falling temperatures into wednesday. really into all of next week at or below averye, especia next friday, saturday, sunday, and next monday. we've got af nice couple days in the 70s. then we're right back into50he for next weekend. that's okay. spring break starts right here. i'm going where it's, like,

james madison was a young student at the feet of george mason and george mason in the great virginia declaration of rights which came out june 12, 1776, weeks before the declaration of independence, there's article number 12 which says freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. this is the departure point for americans when we look at our society, look at our press freedoms. when we look at our intelligence activities. we are an open and free society. we all believe the press should have unfettered access to everything going on in government. but what i would also offer is we as a society have also agreed there should be things kept secret. the members of a crowd are going you are in intel guy, of course he thinks should be kept secret but what i would like to offer is any time with former communal group for things that should be kept secret. we look at matrimony. a wife testify against her husband, a husband can testify against a way, their secrets in the family unit that should be protected. we looked at cou

. >>> supreme court justice brett kavanaugh will teach summer classes at george mason law. some studentsre demanding changes. our northernirginia bureau chief julie carey takes us inside the controversy. >>> an ex-convict arrested in a missing child hoax. why did he it? hear what the susp t's brother had to say. >> it's a favorite for gardeners in the washington area. soon behnke's will be closing its doors. i'm tracee wilkins. the history of this place and the history of this place and at's nex you still stressed about buying our first house, sweetie? yeah, i thought doing some hibachi grilling would help take my mind off it all. maybe you could relieve some stress by calling geico for help with our homeowners insurance. geico helps with homeowners insurance? they sure do. and they could save us a bundle of money too. i'm calling geico right now. cell phone? it's ringing. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and condo insurance. >>> some george mason university students arein prote supreme court justice brett kavangh to the scalia law school facu

a george mason monument there george mason sitting on a bench. it has a fountain. it's really nice. >> seriously? i don't know what george looks like, i have to take a look. >> my mom tracked it down and said he is an uncle of ours. he traced our genealogy all the way back. stuff. good i have to check that out. 71 degrees in d.c. temperatures dropping to 58 degrees by 11:00. 66, gaithersburg. 71 at fort belmore. talking genealy, we hav to go to amelia now. i'm out of time. your turn. >> have you covered thursd, friday, the weekend as well. tomorrow, if you want to get out in you garden after work, it's looking nice. we have clouds in the forecast. it is around 45 degrees in the forecast. pleasant 67 degrees. we sti have cool weather in the forecast. it will be cool at times. with that said, the experts at maryfield garden center say many vegetables and herbs such as lettuce and kale and parsley and cilantro can with stand light frost and thrive in cool spring. i would probably go with the plants, probably aittle easier. you can talk to them about it. 57, some rain o

"washington ude post" columnist david ignatius news drea mitchell of nbc hosted by george mason about 1 1/2 his is hours. [applause] >> thanks, everybody, for coming. started : before i get i want to acknowledge a few other special guests we have here. first and foremost we have the current assistant secretary of of e for the bureau intelligence and research at ellen mccarthy. currentderful to have a employee here working the intelligence mission attending our event. attending tonight, former director jacobi. e have the director of the international spy museum chris costa here as well. or those interested in the spy museum it's reopening on may 11 or 12th -- may 11th. had the good fortune of visiting it. it's magnificent, if you haven't to the spy to go museum you will love the new spy museum. of lso have a handful intelligence officials here. dean boyd from the national counterintelligence and security who is and tim barrett the press secretary of the c.i.a. thanks for coming. ast but not least i want to acknowledge a guy that did attastic work for many years the c.i.a., and frankly

and bill schneider is a political analyst of the public policy and public policy professor at george mason university and joins us from washington d.c. thank you very much for coming on the program as we heard there in that report. she was homeland security secretary was an ardent supporter of many of trump's controversial contentious policies that seemed to back him on a lot of polarizing issues so why do you think she was removed or resigned. the president made a pledge to his supporters when he was first elected in two thousand and sixteen that he would do something about illegal immigration well the problem is getting worse and the president does not want to face the supporters again next year and have to answer for the fact that illegal immigration has become a more serious problem than when he took office he's embarrassed by that and he holds her partly responsible would you say this her departure signals a change in policy in any way perhaps becoming even more hard line against immigration exactly he wants a tougher policy he nominated the candidate to be the director of the immigra

. >> it all start this morning at a complex on south george mason drive in the baileys cross roads area. >> news 4 pat collins has beent ing with those on the scene. he joins us with the latest. >> reporter: how big was this? well well, if you're a firefighter in northern virginia and yer weren't today, chances are you had the day off. this is the steam. it's the skyli plaza condominium. 26 stories here in baileys cresroads. thers no power here now. hundreds of people live here, but they may not be able to go homeonight because of a large transformer fireer for manyes rents here, an unnerving d tell me what it was like inside. >> iwas so scary and smoking. >> reporter: the scene, the skine plaza at baileys crossroads. trarnnsformer fire sent a gian column of smoke up the side of the building. the smokeideeped i forcing firefighters to evacuate the whole thing. this is what it looked like from a balcony on high. i talked by phone w with kathle. she had to walk down from her apartment on the 23rd floor. it wasn't easy. she suffers from asthma. >> i had to take it very slow and easy. i had

. >>> we're going to continue our conversation for a few more minutes with the doctor from george mason university, and you were talking about buying into community solar groups. a what the impacts of a climate change, the main impacts on our health? >> that is such an important question because most of us understand that climate change is bad for polar bears, right, we see that poor polar bear holding on to the poll, but it's harming our health, and as a whole, as the climate changes and we get morero dange extreme weather, that weather is also dangerous, extreme wind homes and people get hurt, and home get flooded and that's how climate change harms our health directly. >> that's an economic impact? >> yeah, our health and well-being and economics are closely connected, and things damage our homes and community infrastructure that costs us a lot. anot way in which climate change is harming our health is through the fact that as the climate changes it changes t ecosystems we live in which creates opportunities for essentially bugs, i will say, mosquito, ticks and rodents, and they move

philadelphia eagles defensive end chris long visited george mason university. hosting a community forum on criminal justice reform. he's active in the players coalition. in fight against racl inequality. the discussion in arlingtth. long says e country needs to be something about mass incarceration. >> it's a real burden onet soci leaving the scars that never healesulting in greater likelihood of disease, depression and premare death. >> he donated his entire 2017 basal ri to this guy jumps in and starts wailing away. in attempt to break up the whole thing and help theed woman here in this fight. the bunny when it's over with. you can see he's amped up. he's jumping around like he'sal throwing punches. the thing is, nobody was arrested and right now we don't know if is was some kind of publicity stunt or whatever. one thing we do know, doug was in orlando when this was happening. >> we don't know where he was. >> i don't know we were wondering t wondering same thing. he has a good left hook. >> c youn't handcuff him. that's good stuff. >> all right. we'll be ba

that's how toxic these debates are. >> ed: i also mentioned george mason university.students are saying that i'll give everyone a chance to respond. >> i'm a survivor of sexual assault. this decision impacted me negatively and my mental health knowing that he'll be a part of our faculty. >> i do not feel confident with someone with allegations. >> kavanaugh affects the survivors of all >> ed: "i'm not comparable with someone who has sexual assault allegations." >> she did. it was hard to hear but i could hear the pain in her voice, ed in the way that there was no process for any investigation to be had within our judicial branch, it is absolutely important that these voices are heard, that there is a forum for people to be able to express this, and we can agree that our democratic norms have been tested, broken, thrown out the window in the last three years by this administration, and we need to get back to a sense of normalcy. i think an investigation like this will help. >> there has been no norms are not more significantly than the tradition of the judicial process

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we urge george mason to fire kavanaugh and started a petition at george mason, 5,000 signatures alreadyis group led by brian fallon is backing the ouster of brett kavanaugh at george mason. ashley: it goes on and on and on. liz: summer teaching course there. ashley: thank you. could say something, but we won't. >>> let's move on. the bell about to ring in five minutes from now, and it looks almost exactly flat. what's going to move the market today? we will talk about it when we come back. 2,000 fence posts. 900 acres. 48 bales. all before lunch, which we caught last saturday. we earn our scars. we wear our work ethic. we work until the work's done. and when it is, a few hours of shuteye to rest up for tomorrow, the day we'll finally get something done. ( ♪ ) liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, the day we'll finally gethmm. exactly.ne. so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... partner? not again. limu that's your reflection. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ashley: president trump stumping in minnesota later to

joining our discussion now is jwverret from the george mason university.ntly wrote that op-ed piece in the atlantic entitled "the mueller report was my tipping point. thank you very much for joining us tonight. so you i assume on the day it came out sat with the mueller report, read it in full. and formed your view of this? >> my family was a little bit aggravated with me over the easter pol day, but yes, i absolutely did. >> did you expect as you were watching this investigation unfold that this was what you would end up in the mueller report? were you expecting less? did you have to go through a real decision making process that you didn't anticipate on this? >> i had suspicionses. i had concerns. but i wanted to wait to see what robert mueller said. i trust him. i believe in him. he's a man who got us through 9/11. i think he's a solid guy and i wanted to see what he came up with. and it was compelling. and frankly, it also was clear to me while there was a clear case for potentially 12 counts of obstruction of justice, it's also clear he wasn't able to

we are affiliated with george mason university. we have been around for more than 40 years. host: when it comes to issues at the border that is one thing, but to change topics. another viewer on twitter says how do you seek talks with china , going? guest: i think we are making progress. there are things china needs to do. they need to protect intellectual property more vigorously, they need more relaxed rules on foreign investment. these are all good for china. it is good for a country to protect intellectual property because not only foreign but domestic technology is more likely to be produced and used constructively in the economy. i think china has been making progress in recent years and i think the president's tariff war and the retaliation has been bad for the united states. it has cost american consumers billions of dollars. it is cost u.s. industry jobs and production, and exports. it has hurt soybean farmers. i think the right way is to file more cases than the world trade organization, to work with japan, the european union, and others to bring more pressure. we

intelligence community and the press, that event hosted by george mason university live at 7:00 p.m.astern on c-span. the complete guide to congress is available and has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and information about every senator and representative less information about congressional committees, state governors and the cabinet. directoryongressional is a handy spiral-bound guide, order your copy from the c-span -- $18.95.e for 1895 earlier this week, the justice department announced a redacted version of robert mueller's report would be released thursday morning and given to congress and released publicly at the same time. you can read it on our website, c-span.org. the rising cost of insulin across the country is getting the attention of congress and others. ceo of theed by the diabetes patient advocacy coalition. telus what is your coalition, tell us your story. how are you founded and why. >> we were founded 4.5 years ago and the reason we worries we found there was a gap in the policy area of

nstight philadelphia eagles defensive end chris long brought his fight for criminal reform to george mason university. long is active in the players coalition, a nonprofit that fights for social justice and stands against racial inequality. northern virginia commonwealth attorneys joined long for the discussions. long says the country needs to do something about mass incarcerati incarceration. >> it's a real burden on society. leaving those scars that never heal resulting in greater likelihood of disease, depression, even premature death. >> long donated his entire 2017 base salary ton educati charities. he played at the university of virginia before joining the nfl. >>> it is down to thee wir for the caps as round one of the playoff series against the hurricanes tied again. >> if the reigning stanley cup champions want a todvance top round two, they must win game seven. we lost l t night. >> yeah. >> news4's sharree burruss breaks down what went wrong in game six. >> reporter: game six in raleigh turned on one play. the caps admit they didn't t respond to i very well. third period, caps t

at george mason university in virginia, new technology is driving major changes in the on-campus dining scene. >> i love this story. so robots are delivering food anywhere on campus at the touch of your smartphone button there. so the college is the first to team up with sodexco and starships technology to offer you that service. >> does it bring you the freshman 15. >> happening today, it's national pet day. you might want to give your pet a little extra love and attention. the annual tradition started back in 2005. it's estimated that about 85 million people families in the u.s. own a pet. many here in the today and bay team included in that number. ahh. that's my pip. from cats to pups, there's even scott mcgrew's molly the rabbit. keep it up a little bit longer so we can get them all in. so that's what's waiting for us when we get home and probably a walk, too. >> great day for a walk. and we'll have more nice weather throughout the weekend. >> good deal. >> all right. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning starting au ining at 4:. a . >>> right now on "california live" kim is goi

or perhaps talk about his time in the academy teaching constitutional law at nyu and george mason. he probably wants to talk about himwife, who is here with and his seven grandkids. of course, there was the time he served as independent counsel distant troubles regarding mischievous savings and loan and a failed land deal in arkansas among other things. which is really why he is here today as an author of contempt , a memoir of the clinton investigation. a book that has been described as a firecracker of a book. before we turn to that i would , like to say a few words about what can -- ken starr means to me personally. i can safely say that i would not be where i am today professionally were it not for this man. he hired me when i was just out of law school. i think i was the second to last lawyer he hired. it really laid the path for my career in political law. i can also safely say i would not be where i am today personally were it not for this man. after he hired me, he hired a recent college grad out of maine as his assistant who just happen ed to become my wife. i owe a lot to

private practice or talk about his time in the academy teaching constitutional law at nyu and george mason, and the in as pepperdine and chancellor of baylor university. he will want to talk about his wife alice, grateful to be here father, and seven. of course there was a time he served as independent counsel for the now a bit distant troubles regarding mischievous savings and loan in arkansas among other things. which is why he is here today. as an author of "contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation," a book that has been described as a firecracker of a book that tells the inside story, candid, illuminating and authoritative. but before we turn to that, i would like to say a few words about what kenneth starr means to me personally. i can safely say i would not be where i am today professionally were it not for this man. he hired me when i was two years of law school. -- years out of law school. i think i was the second to last there and laid the path for my current political law. i can safely say i would not be where i am personally were it not for this man. two months after he h

. >> facing opposition just as he is set to take a teaching position at george mason university.llian: hi, molly, justice kavanaugh will head to uk this summer to teach a course at george mason university's overseas law school. summer time academic assignments have over the years become standard pass time for supreme court justices, coalition of 26 victim's advocacy groups prevailed on congress to stop kavanaugh teaching, serious questions remain about whether justice kavanaugh lied to senate, whether he sexual assaulted the woman who credibly accused him of doing so and whether he's ultimately fit to be justice on the supreme court. the student group called mason for survivors issued petition last month that garnered nearly 5,000 signatures so far calling to terminate assignment on grounds he's been accused of rape. gmu's president issued statement holding school's ground, i respect the views that people disagree with justice brett kavanaugh nomination due to conduct during high school but he was confirmed and now a sitting justice, the law school determined that the involvement

the koch brothers they donated money to the center, at george mason university, they had nothing to donnedy: the economist there said this is a very conservativ estimate. it would 3 triltio trillion a y, hospitals and doctors have to whicconservative let's take a ly cut, why would they want to do that? >> there is no way they talk about increasing marginal tax rate on though earning more than 10 million a way, and the ways of funding it he keeps adding to what medicare for all might cover, it makes it impossible to really score it. >> i think it very unfair that nose jobs are not included. if you can't get a free nose job, what kind of country is this, third world? no, aocking come out wit, will a plan that does include nose jobs for all. >> mandatory nose jobs. >> human right. >> people get health insurance and healthcare confused, we talk about them as if they are the same, you can have hair harry he without health insurance. great thing about this system, we have this private option, i think that government needs to be less involved, when the government is not involved it gets cheap

david: to care a points, we are a price tag, george mason university 33 trillion, that is a figure thatsi is using, what happens if you have bernie sanders? be nominee of party, you have the nancy pelosi who heads up congress against his main point of his platform. >> we'll have an interesting primary. system l.a. tsimilar to republiw years ago. but we have double candidates. on debate stage, for republicans a fun 300 day to watch us go at it. david: furnfo fun for everyone o watch. >> meantime, nancy pelosi seeming to take a jab at freshman congress mammallal. -- frescongresswoman, alexandria ocasio-cortez next. ♪ limu emu & doug mmm, exactly! liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize car insurance because no two people are alike, so... limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. ya... he'll figure it out. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c.

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. >> i in a history graduate student at george mason university. suffice it to say i'm quite a stickler on sources. i was just curious what sampling of services you use. i know you mentioned newspaper articles and some medical diaries but i was more specifically interested in your use of secondary sources to bolster your own medical knowledge that you already have. >> it's a good question but i might get in trouble now there's a historian in the room. the truth is i use both. i read pretty much everything published in the last decade or so there are several very good books out there and i was talking just before we came in but now you have the resource of this thing called the internet and i don't know that this was a pivotal to the degree that it is that other books that came out and you can do the research for hundreds of newspapers for the keyword influenza you can get this information like i showed you now so those are primary sources i've never seen that fact that the "washington post" reported the death rates for influenza were greater than t

and george mason university telling its students supreme court justice brett kavanaugh will teach a summerreaffirming the decision during a town hall. more than 10,000 students signed a petition opposing that hire. kavanaugh was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in high school during his confirmation process to the supreme court. jillian: maybe that's a fashion from the '60s but you may want to leave your alarm clock there. look at this. ♪ i'm picking up good vibrations. ♪ she's giving me excitation. todd: get this, jillian mele. jillian: i'm ready. todd: a study finds that waking up to uppete songs is better at waking you up than an alarm. jillian: researchers say it helps you get going in the morning. todd: they found classical music could help boost morning performance. i did not think the beach boys looked that creepy. jillian: creepy? todd: my mom sees the beach boys all the time. we've had them on the show. they look like it's a creepy movie. jillian: adam, you want to help? >> of all the possible segues. todd: how does the beach look? >> it's going to be a warm week across the

that's what george mason, alexander hamilton, and james madison used as a critical example.itain and france of when we would have to remove a president. when he looked like he might be in the pay or control of a foreign adversary. i think the process has to go forward. >> right. i appreciate your thought on the actual utility of that legal fact finding. one of the thrills get from having you on the show, i used to read your textbooks in law school. i want to do the old school tribe. >> i'm game. >> i would at times fall asheep in the law library. it is a nap. you wake up and you keep reading. in the old school of the clinton xam, which has come up so often in politics, in law and media, it was a very different example. precedents had limited utility. let's play a little old school tribe when you were arguing that the nature of the allegations against president clinton were different and not impeachable in your view in total. >> impeachment by the house of representatives that represents the view of one political party is just not going to be accepted by the nation. history w

so george mason of virginia came up with the additional phrase. high crimes and misdemeanors.ection 4 of the constitution. there was a moment in our history when it saved american democracy. but at other times it's been turned into a cheap political trick, hurled at opponents as a weapon. so which is it today? to answer that question we need to understand the past so we know whether impeachment will work when we really need it. >> people are seriously talking about impeachment. >> they will immediately try to impeach the president. >> well on our way to impeachment. >> the word impeachment was used by our count at least 12,000 times in 2018. and that's just on cable news. >> i said impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. >> impeach trump, impeach trump, impeach trump. >> thousands are in the streets out here this evening. >> this was just one day after donald trump was elected president. but the outcry is hardly surprising. donald trump is the most polarizing president in an already bitterly divided america. >> we will impeach him. we will impeach him. then people said, but he

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elbridge gerrygary and george mason of virginia specifically cited the vice presidency as reasons thathey would not sign the constitution. they called it "that dangerous office." so there you go. [laughter] mr. cheney: during the course of his career, the terms of implementing the constitution alexander hamilton became an , important player in all of that. can you talk about what it was that led to their major disagreements and confrontation? maybe it is first, important to understand that he had hamilton were not buddies , exactly, but they were friendly colleagues. he wrote the federalist papers, with a little help from john jay. the story is, if you don't mind, i will divert a little bit, it was done at such speed and haste. i was explaining to a college audience that what madison to it during one period of time during , during 40 days, was the . equivalent of writing a 10-page paper every other day. you could do that. that does not seem impossible. but the papers became a mortal. writing philosophy or politics with the effort to convince people to support the constitution at the br

by jeremy mile who's an associate professor in the scholar school of policy and government at george mason university thanks very much for being with us so what would you say is the most revealing aspects of this report missed four hundred forty eight pages long are there any nuggets that stand out for you. well i think the totality of the number of contacts between the trumpet ministration and russia is still stunning i've researched every presidential campaign since one nine hundred fifty six and you will not find one of them that had one tenth of this level of contact even with an allied government let alone a hostile power so mueller he justifies his own investigation with these unbelievable contacts with so many trump officials and the number of them that lied about it afterwards which he documents in the lavish detail so what about this issue of obstruction of justice i mean where where do you expect this to go next. well i'm not a lawyer but the way i see it what mueller wanted to have done is congress to decide here because under justice department guidelines he can't indict the pr

that transformer catching fire lat yesterday morning here the skyline towers off south george mason drive. that fire sent smoke rushing inside the building, forcing an evacuation of residents. it was later in the day that fairfax county fire resc realized the evacuation was going to be dominion energy, too, realizing that transformer here had caught fire and caused a lot of damage to the building. also knocking out power they realized to close to 1,000 residents. >> it was frustrating. >>> at this point i mean, it's -- it's kind of overwhelming right now. >> reporter: overwhelming for so many right now. residentspa png for being a week outside of their homes. the community cenr is set up for residents who need the shelter there. many are staying with famy and friends and hoping they'll be home sooner than later here. we are live in bailey's crossroads, justin finch, news4, back to you.ar >>> aand man is accused of trying to hire a hit man to talent a girl and her mother. massoud mokhtari met an undercover police officer l tt month i parking lot at montgomery mall in bethesda and offered h

and george mason university standing by supreme court justice brett kavanaugh for summer teaching incidentglia law school. and political activists. the school's president say the decision to follow through with brett kavanaugh very, very important for the integrity of the university. and the satanic temple getting tax exempt status from the federal government as a religious nonprofit peer of the founders hope to give legal standing with other churches. one of joe biden's first major hires raising eyebrows because of these past comments. >> in my opinion we don't need white democrats leading the party right now. >> shannon: mike huckabee joining us next to weigh in on that and more. -we bought a house in a neighborhood with a lot of other young couples. then we noticed something...strange. oh, could you, uh, make me a burger? -poof -- you're a burger. [ laughter ] -everyone acts like their parents. -you have a tattoo. -yes. -fun. do you not work? -so, what kind of mower you got, seth? -i don't know. some kid comes over. we pay him to do it. -but it's not all bad. someone even showed us how

she holds a phd from american history from george mason university. was published in april, 2018, and just won thing the 2018 national jewish book award for outstanding writing based on archival material. congratulations. they hurt over two years ago regarding the msa lewis, and we st. louis. we are very glad to have her again with us today. the floor is yours. >> i want to thank the commissioners. for anyone listening who did not come as available online for people who can't make it to washington. the exhibit is part of a major new initiative to share new research on the united states during the holocaust and what americans knew and what they did during the nazi era. i am a historian who works in these questions. my role is to present information of the factors that play into american responses to the refugee crisis in the 1930's and 1940's. the context of the period is crucial here. it is not meant as an excuse for inaction nor is it meant to provide a litany of reasons that we can cherry pick from for political purposes to argue why this period of

>> if you look at george mason university estimating that medicare for all alone would cost 32.6 trillionerest perspective, that would nearly double the size of our current federal government. no, just taxing the rich and raising taxes will not be nearly enough to pay for all this. >> neil: when you have people like bernie sanders, say what you will of his proposals, he said it would go beyond hiking taxes for the rich. it would extend down the food change. they would get more than they are putting in. he says you can't do it by going after the rich alone. >> no, you certainly cannot do it by going after the original loan. bernie sanders has made this idea very popular but at the expense of the 40 million people who are currently uninsured in america, you're really going to upset the 170 million people who are insured. if you remember under obamacare, the affordable care act, the broken promises that were made. if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. the bottom line is that this will cause massive cuts across the board to doctors and hospital pay. if you look at just below average,

this summer to teach a course at george mason university's overseas law school.emic assignments have over the years become a standard pastime for supreme court justices. but the news of kavanaugh's hiring announced at the end of march in the school's undergraduate newspaper has set gmu's fairfax, virginia, campus alight with controversy. on thursday a coalition of 26 victims add advocacy groups prevailed on congress to take action to stop kavanaugh's summer teaching appointment writing, quote with: serious questions remain about whether justice kavanaugh lied to the senate, with whether he sexually assaulted the women who credibly accused him of doing so and whether he is ultimately fit to be a justice on the supreme court. now a student group call mason for survivors issued a petition last month that's garnered nearly 5,000 signatures so far, calling on gmu to terminate kavanaugh's assignment on the grounds that he was a accused of rape. gmu's president issued a statement holding the school's ground. i respect the views of people who disagreed with justice schoo

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i am a history graduate student at george mason university. does it suffice to say i am stickler on sources. i'm just curious what sampling of sources you used. i know your newspaper articles and some medical diaries but i was actually more specific interested in your use of secondary sources to kind of bolster your own medical knowledge that you already have. >> it is a new question. i think american trouble now there's a historian in the room. the truth is i use both. obviously i began with one of the secondary sources occurred, premeasured everything that had been published in the last decade or so in the popular literature. there are good books on there about influenza and i was actually talking to dave before we came in. but now you have the resources of the, this thing called the internet. and i don't know that it was available to the degree that it is with the other books that came out. you can do a search for hundreds of newspapers for the keyword, influenza. you can do by city, state, by time.you can get these information, like i shou

if you read the founders, especially if you look at alexander hamilton on this, if you look at george masont that is converting the government of the united states to a money making enterprise for the president, who acts more and more like a king. well, i don't think we have enough evidence yet to know. i'm speaking for myself here. but the reason why the emoluments clauses in the constitution is to say the president cannot be receiving presents, emoluments, offices and titles from foreign princes, kings and governments. there are a lot of allegations that the president has been collecting millions of dollars at the trump hotel, the trump office tower, the golf clubs, other offices from foreign governments and princes and kings. and i think that really needs to be at the heart of the investigation we're doing into the corruption and lawlessness that are engulfing the trump administration. >> all right, congressman jamie raskin, democrat from maryland, thank you for taking a few minutes. >> thank you so much for having me. >> all right, casey, brett, zerlina, casey, you speak fluent capitol

[applause] the center for climate change communication at george mason, which he founded 11 years ago. he is an expert in strategic you medication and social marketing -- strategic communication and social marketing, and his andarch founded by nsf others focuses on the public understanding of climate change, the psychology underlining that engagement, as well as cultivating health professionals and scientists as climate educators. welcome. [applause] and justine, who came down from new york city is a journalist reporting and environmental justice. she has covered the effects of climate change across four continents. her work can be found on nbc , courts, wired, mother jones, and the truth project. she is part of the fellowship at the nations institute investigative fund. please welcome our panelists. [applause] working, not working? working, all right. i'm going to start with asking each of you a couple of questions to get the conversation going. we will open it up to questions later. i want to start with you. one of those things we went back and forth about was not only why you felt

we will be live at george mason university at 7 p.m. eastern also on c-span. you can follow our live programs online at c-span.org and the free c-span radio app. message, former massachusetts governor bill wealth announced he is running for president in 2020 as a republican, offering a primary challenge to president trump. here's a look. massachusetts 1990. a state near bankruptcy. corrupt democratic machine. chusetts.ed it taxa one party rule. no republican governor in 20 years. one man had the courage to stand up and fight. a crimefighter for ronald reagan. bill weld ran for governor on his record. they claim accidents. bill weld investigates. the claims fraudulent. millions saved in taxes. his platform is what it has always been. guts, integrity, independence. >> he said it cannot be done. no republican could win. bill weld beat the odds. historic victory. cut taxes 21 times. he balanced the budget. >> i'm not happy to be on welfare because i don't want my children growing up off the welfare system. now i'm contributing, doing something to earn. >> i suppor