so far this ongoing military campaign is on i'm joined by michael chugg analyst at the george mason university school for conflict resolution mr shank thanks ever so much for being with us tonight this conflict already becoming the longest war in u.s. history of the outcome still up in the air in years to come how do you think the history books are going to record what actually happened at the end of it all. what's interesting is not only the longest war but it's the most expensive war costing one million per soldier per year so we're spending three hundred twenty five million per day ten billion per month one hundred twenty billion per year in terms of how the history books will tell the story i think you'll look at the success and sustainability of the strategies and i would argue that they aren't successful and they aren't sustainable we've tried every military strategy under the sun from counterterrorism to counterinsurgency and now we're trying out these afghan local police which is essentially u.s. commanders giving money and munitions to whomever they choose on the ground that's not sustainabl

. >> george mason university school of public policy hosted a conference this week to discuss public policy and risk your panelists included experts from various universities and organizations. during the conversation, they highlighted the issues facing minorities and how policies have played a role, looking at immigration and voting rights. this is an hour and half. >> we are now ready to begin the second panel of the day. this is dedicated to international issues. we thought it best to look at both sides of this coin, if you will, and thought it very important to bring in an international aspect. to moderate this discussion will be professor clarence of american university. he is the author of numerous books, so many more to name them i will do here. i do want to mention three of them. the first one is ": paul and condoleezza rice -- "ccolin powell and condoleezza rice." his most recent book is more domestically oriented. that is "the black history of the white house." with that, i will turn it over to professor lou samlusane. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

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talk a little bit more about this staggering figure, professor jack goldstone of the george mason university schoolicy. goldstone, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, craig. >> give us a sense of the size and the rate here. how fast is our world population growing? >> what's amazing is world population is growing faster than ever. we added 1 billion people in just the last 12 years. it looks like we're going to add another 2 billion by mid-century, and then another billion after that. now, it's a good thing. it's because people are living longer and more children are surviving, but the numbers do add up quickly. >> well, it's a good thing for some of us. for others, maybe not so much. i want to talk about that in just a moment. let's talk about the population boom. where are these boom centers? which continents and areas are going to be seeing the largest numbers of people? >> the biggest boom is going to be in africa. africa is expected to grow from about 1 billion people today to over 3 billion by the end of this century. at that point, well over one out of three people in the world will b

anthony sanders is a professor of finance from the george mason university school of management. dr. paul willen is a senior economist from the federal reserve bank of boston. and dr. susan woodward, a president with the sand hill econometrics. welcome all today. with your testimony. >> thank you and good morning. my name is janis bowdler. my project promotes fair markets her her her hat were latino families can build wealth they can share with their children. ami hope today's hearing sheds light on the importance of the 30-year fixed mortgage. without this tool, home ownership would be a luxury reserved for the affluent. home ownership has been the long -- i will provide a brief overview of the 30-year fixed mortgage and share ideas. let me start with the benefits of the 30-year fixed mortgage. the long term makes the asset more affordable. modest downpayments open the door with those who lack family wealth. the bar can predict the final payment -- the borrower can predict the final payment. there are two key reasons why supporting the 30-year fixed mortgage is good public polic

anthony sanders is a professor of finance at george mason university school of management dr. paul willen is a senior economist and policy adviser for the federal reserve bank in boston. and finally, we have dr. susan woodward, the president of the econometrics and former chief economist at the sec and prior to that, hud. ms. bowdler, you may proceed with your testimony. >> thank you and good morning and thank you for having me. i'm the director of the building policy project at the national council of la raza. my project promotes fair market to obtain assets and build wealth they can share with their children. i hope that today's hearing will shed light on a critical issue, the importance of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. without this flexible financing tool homeownership would become a luxury of the affluent. we urge congress not to abandon their commitment to provide a path to home ownership which has long been the cornerstone of the middle class wealth. this morning i will provide an overview of the importance of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and i will share our ideas

the group plans on going to state schools and passing out fliers at virginia commonwealth university, george masonchools in virginia have a no guns policy and virginia tech is apparently considering adopting one. >>> an unusual sight in the sky overnight had people tweeting up a storm this morning. we found a number of tweets talking about a so-called moon rainbow. while some understood what it was, many people were confused about what they were looking at. according to wikipedia, a moonbow or lunar rainbow is made when light reflects off the surface of the moon rather than from direct sunlight. let's see if tom saw that. did you see the moonbow last night? >> i was asleep, but it's caused by the sun bouncing off the moon, and then it refracts and then in the ice crystals in the clouds that were up there and created that halo. a wonderful sort of a colorful glow, a ring of light around the moon last night. well, this morning we've had the clouds closing in. a little bit of sunlight earlier but now it's all cloudy. here's a live picture from our sky watcher camera. downtown washington, construction

the group plans on going to state schools and passing out flyers at virginia commonwealth university, george masonity, virginia tech, james madison university, and radford university. at least two schools in virginia have a no guns policy, and virginia tech is apparently considering one. >>> nba fans won't see any basketball for at least the first two weeks of the season and maybe even more. commissioner david stern announced 100 games over the first two weeks will be cancelled. the decision came when players and owners couldn't close a deal after seven hours of negotiations. the cancellation marks the first work stoppage in the nba since the 1998 and '99 season. >>> the capitals victory over the tampa bay lightning. >> semin backhand. he scores! >> the capitals struck down the tampa bay lightning 6-5 in a shootout. there was a lot of offense in this one as four different caps scored in regulation, including two from jason chimera. and it was new goaltender tomas vokoun's debut, although it was a lucky one with five goals, including one that deflected into the net. caps travel to meet arch rival p

. >> thomas and professor of law and economics here a george mason university and is director of the information economy project at deval school. what is the information economy project? >> we try to use the tools of the law and economics in the academic world a analyze public policy issues and the information sector and then we have academic studies, conferences and lectures by noted academics. these are innovators in the telecommunications and the media world. >> he's also written about cable-tv and the public policy. this is your newest book just coming out "and the fallacy of net neutrality. is this a republican to the credit issue opposing and that neutrality? >> welcome you know, in some respects you could make an argument that certainly i think network neutrality became part of the democratic party platform a few years ago but certainly the democratic party split on that there's significant members of congress who are democrats who are very general hostile to let nature of the comely and on a, you know, republicans are probably more unified on that but certainly some of the policies that result began. in the bush admini

george mason university. and he's director of the information economy project at the law school. what is the information economy project? >> well, we're an academic program to try to use the rules of laws and economics to analyze public policy issues in the information sector. and we have academic studies, conferences, and lectures by noted academics, business people and innovators in the media world. >> and you've written about cable tv and public policy. >> yes. >> this is your newest book just coming out "the fallacy of net neutrality." is this a republican-democrat issue supporting or opposing net neutrality? >> well, in some -- in some respects you could make an argument certainly -- i think network neutrality became part of the democratic party platform a few years ago but the democratic party is split on it. there's significant members of congress who are democrats who are generally very hostile to net neutrality. and, you know, the republicans are more unified on that but certainly some of the policies shah now result in net neutrality began in the bush administration, th

school coley would love to say earlier i read biographies of the founding fathers and the americans so hysterically i guess you could say i've always been tested. >> you are teaching our george mason university on the campus. give a thumbnail sketch of who george mason was. >> of the forgotten founder. yes, george mason was the primary author of the virginia declaration of rights, and the virginia declaration of rights it was a statement of basic rights and liberties of the english people and some were the rights and liberties that americans felt that britain had infringed upon and should be protected in writing to read burton didn't have one document that provided the liberty. so george mason in '76 when virginia was riding its first state constitution wrote a statement of rights that was appended to the virginia constitution and this declaration of rights became the basis then for many of the other states but also attached bills of rights and then in her when the united states wrote the constitution and 1787 many of the same rights were incorporated into the u.s. constitution in the first amendment. >> large landowner in virginia. >> yeah over 200 slaves, so very interesting guy had a lot

i am the dean of the school of public policy here at george mason university. i am honored to be able to welcome you here today. to be part of a critical discussion about race and public policy. this is a critical issue for our nation in the world. it is an issue that has been neglected. it is a topic area. it is problematic for america to wrestle with. last night, i was re-reading oseph ellis's book on the founding of america. i was struck by several critical points. the first i was struck by as i was reading and thinking about what we would be discussing this morning was a central point that many political scientists, many of you have studied and noted, which is that our identity and our policies are integrally linked. there is no way to think about what we're doing as a community without thinking about who we are and how we have defined to we are. and this has been a critical issue for the american nation, and for the american republic since they were created. since the founding. trying to understand who we are as a people, trying to understand what makes th