it looks almost prehistoric, but marine general george smith says it's what combat's all about. >> georgeh: we're talking about actively seeking out and locating and closing with, and then destroying the enemy. >> martin: general smith is in charge of an experiment that would put women into the middle of that scrum, which, until now, has been entirely a man's arena. second lieutenant melissa cooling wants to be one of those women. but before she can start infantry training, she has to pass what's known as the combat endurance test, a 14-hour marathon of physical pain and mental stress which includes everything from basic pull-ups to land navigation and an obstacle course, all of that spread out over 16 miles. she knows she's facing longer odds than any of the men here. in the last two years, 20 women have gone before her and only one has passed the test. you knew what the odds were. >> melissa cooling: if you look at the odds all the time, you're never going to achieve anything. >> martin: so it didn't bother you that, in all the previous classes, exactly one woman had made it through tha

georgia supreme court justice george smith helped a colleague write a ruling that would have reversedhe would have found the evidence didn't support a conviction. that's what he did find originally. >> but the five other justices resisted. >> when we met they pitched a royal fit. they were not going to overturn the conviction, the five of them wasn't. >> in the end, all the justices except smith agreed to uphold the conviction. wayne williams said the court was bullied into making its u-turn. >> i think the pressure came from as high as the white house. and we'll leave it at that. >> not so, said george smith, now retired from the court but still practicing law in his 90s. >> i can't imagine that would have happened in a case like this. i can't imagine having any case but certainly this case. it didn't reach to the white house. >> smith did write a dissenting opinion. he said the fiber evidence fell short of scientific certainty and the prosecution should not have been allowed to use the so-called pattern evidence on ten other murders. >> i said only similarity in the crimes in this c

who mentored and nurtured and employed me, you know, and taught me, steve coleman, george lewis roscoe mitchell smithst goes o this affects all of them the people who hated this music and continue to make it. to me if i'm going to be involved in this area of music better think about the people who identify -- made it too. it doesn't always seem obvious to others. i guess that's what's surprising to me is that it's not -- you see people in music who don't see those issue as connected. >> you see them as connected. >> i can't not e them that way. first of all being a person of color in the united states, it tends to be on your mind howóe difference works and how difference -- intertwines. an art form that comes from the african american community and a person who is here because of that community. i'm here because of black people, black nurturing, black love, that's what brought me here. >> i'm in favor of black love. >> indeed. that's why i try to shine a light of these things. if someone's going to click follow or like because i'm a musician because they heard something i did that they liked and reso

smith center. john capri was the only senior for george washington. they have a talented freshman.e went nuts today. seven three pointers. scored 21 points. gw they beat umass, 87-65. back to back seasons with 20 or more wins for the colonials. >>> another a-10 battle. vcu hosting george mason. rams came out hot from the start. graham with the spin move there finishes with the nice lay-up and later on graham showing off some more moves. a little range there. three pointer is good. feeling it today. had a game high 23 points as vcu beat george mason 71-60. >>> to the women's side. big ten semifinal, maryland with northwestern. terps trailed by as many as 11. down by 1 here. moseley waits, drives the floater is good. she had 15 points. they take the lead. second half back to the dominating maryland team of all season long. that's lexi brown. maryland would win it 74-63. they advance to the big ten championship game which will take place tomorrow. >>> a few more scores for you. george washington the women's team they were big winners today, they advance to the championship game of the

early >>george: asked is well as three other convictions related to break smith was granted a conditionaloving into this neighborhood is the willow oaks of fairfield and neighbors were shocked to learn this in were about and the sense of this potential home is also a is a mile away from us a lot of community college. >>mark: the girl was walking to antioch middle school would a man stopped his car next to her and asked if she wants arrived sister of running east of sycamore drive before the man called up to her and i stir again she would arrive she ran this as yet high-school according to u.s. aid to they they agree it is dangerous to sex object in miller the ivory but its a persistent cannot resist the urge to use the from behind the wheel. compared to 62 percent of respondents to five or older. >>darya: a 10 year old from the east bay mickey amazons bestsellers authors list. >>reporter: at the is reading an excerpt for one of the book she's written titled lucky meal adjusting years of she is written for children's books and some of them have become best sellers in the categories on amaz

george and dan. >>> we're so happy to have ryan smith back in for ron. >> good morning, paula, dan, good morning to you. >>> we begin with terrifying moments aboard two separate flights. both jetliners with landing gear problems. passengers on one flight told to put their heads down and brace themselves. tai hernandez has more. >> brace, brace! >> reporter: two plane scares in the sky. both make emergency landings. >> brace, brace! >> reporter: both have problems with landing gear. one was go-jet flight 3645, a regional jet flying from grand rapids to chicago-o'hare. the pilot announcing the plane's front wheels wouldn't deploy and to brace for landing. >> the pilot did an amazing job in landing us. a baby was screaming. but everyone else was pretty calm. >> reporter: meanwhile, united 3870 also forced to turn around. captured on tape, a tire blows out during takeoff. terrified passengers clutch their seats. a passenger films them preparing for the worst. >> it was kind of scary. the impact was pretty noisy. the plane shook a little bit. but the pilot did great job keeping everything going straight

smith center. knobby with three and kevin larson just spins inside. a little spin action and georgehington 78% from beyond the arc and they win the 20th game, 87-65. >>> tough year for paul hewitt and george mason. this is shocka smart basketball swarming george mason and they force the steal and mo allen cox says look out below and the seas parted. george mason ends at 9 and 21. check this out. we got highlights. division three playoffs, catholic university and this is corey stanford doing work in the low post with 22 points and 13 boards and randolph making number one seed in the division 3 playoffs and marcus badger there and they get the win 79- 65 and big kudos to hall's club doing northeast proud they won 23 games this season. to the ladies, maryland women taking on northwest and sluggish first half. until kiara leslie here. in mid air. how about that? terps in the half on a 13-3 run and they never look back. lauren minsy takes that and maryland pulls away 74-64 and they will play in the finals tomorrow in the big 10 championship. all right. hockey. alex ovenchin in the lineup

george spirits here in alameda, they pour tastings. it's not like a wine tastings. they can be shut down for selling it. holly smith has been to drink tastings before. but only at breweries and wineries. so she didn't know what to expect at st. george spirits. >> we were talking, you know, i wonder how they -- if they run it the same as like a waynery. >> reporter: you still smell, sip and savor but they can't sell bottles like in wine country. >> taste it and say i want that. >> the way things are written now in the laws are patently unfair towards distillers. >> reporter: st. george owner lance winters says the law which dates back to prohibition hurts business in what's supposed to be a booming industry even if this distillery has found a long, long way around the law. they do sell alcohol here but how it gets here is part of the problem. they send their alcohol 65 miles away to their distributedder in morgan hill and then a third party buys it and it comes back to alameda. 130 miles roundtrip so the bottles can be sold 10 feet away from where they're made. that's why some state lawmakers introduced a bill allow

sam smith was accused of plagiarizing tom petty's song to create his grammy award-winning song. there is this too close for comfort likeness, this between georgerison's classic, my sweet lord, and the chiffons, he is so fine. take a listen to this. ♪ >> other than the fact that i don't like being told george singing solo. george's song, here's the question. what is the line? between homage and theft? >> why do we have copyright laws? that jury's decision is ridiculous. there are 15 beach boys songs that are more closely associate with chuck berry than the connection between the marvin gaye song and blurred lines. i think the jury was ridiculous. that was crazy. >> the whole history of popular music is based on the blues, rhythm and blues, simple musical forms, all of it is stolen. we have to have copyright laws. without that type of borrowing we would not have popular music. on top of that, marvin gaye, 1977, 38 years, too long for copyright. that is too long for copyright. >> it is about melody. melody has control over everything else. that is the dumbest jury. >> bob dylan gave a great speech where he said that everything i have done has bee

smith toward newland. this is drifting toward the north so king george, fredricksburg, colonial beach, eventually to charles county and parts of st. mary's. we've got cloudy skies in washington and we do expect breaks this afternoon but the threat for showers and even a rumble of thunder mainly south and east as we go through early afternoon but even here in d.c. we'll have to watch late morning, midday. some breaks this afternoon. low to mid-70s. windy, though, gusts over 30. then the showers and storms return this evening with a cold front that's going to drop us back into the 50s tomorrow and low 40s on saturday. mid-30s. we have cold air up authority. that will be replaced by the warmth moving in. front royal, culpeper up to 54 already and with south, southwesterly wind, we should have no problem getting to 70 in most areas today. at reagan national, 52 the at the moment. humidity coming up 67%. a south wind at 11 miles an hour. this rain will turn to some snow late tonight in the mountains and we could see a wet flake north and west before it winds down tomorrow morning. yellow alert today, 75 for the

smith is the author of biographies no stranger to presidential libraries. is directed five he teaches at george mason university, is to come at it on the "newshour" on pbs, and is the in house historic on c-span but it is always a pleasure to have him on our state. mr. smith opens his book copies of which are on sale in our bookstore, there will be a book signing following the forum, capturing the compelling drama of nelson rockefeller's rages address against the forces of extremism at the republican convention in 1964. one of our panelists, larry rockefeller, nelson's 50, was there in the convention hall that evening. count basie once introduced his friend governor rockefeller as quote, which enough to a condition the cotton fields. [laughter] and defining a national sense of purpose, nelson rockefeller believe that this country like his family must justify its britches through good work and the sharing of wealth. larry rockefeller has followed his family's long and proud history of dedication to important causes. in his case as an accomplished environmentalist lawyer but also lived and worked

smith national library for the study of george washington.at serves as the equivalent of a presidential libery for america's first president. until 2013 never had one dedicated to him. >> i was 15 when i fell in love with george. his virtue and courage and all the great qualities he had. he stepped down when he was at his height of power. he stepped away from it and went back to living at mt. vernon. my dpreem this libery is to reach out to home schoolers and students and teach them about the the virtue of this man. if they understand him they will want to emulate him. i think we will have more truth in politics going ford. >> a 45000 square foot building. it houses rare letters in his hand. perhaps the most cherished item is the first acts of congress volume which includes the u.s. constitution and the bill of rights and was acquired from christie's for nearly $10 million. many other artifacts of washington's will be rowitated through the center in limited engagement. the pull litser prize winning his storian who was the author of the return

george's county police. >>> a spotsylvania woman is in jail acued of murdering her husband. laurence smith said she accidentally shot her husband john last evening but based on forensic evidence and interviews smith was charged with second-degree murder. she's being held without bond. >>> get ready, folks. this afternoon storm team 4 tracking some pretty serious changes to our weather. >> you'll start to feel the difference very soon. and within a few days you could so even see the difference too. let's get a check with storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center. >> for sure. spring never trust the season of spring. very fickle. we're going see those changes take place very quickly during the overnight period. today a lot of folks of course enjoying the sunshine and, yes, the warmth too. temperatures ranging from the mid-60s to the low 70s across the area. get this 74 fredericksburg around quantico 75 degrees in charlottesville charlottesville. but big changes coming. all you have to do is take a look at our wider map, that blue that's the cold around morgantown arou

george crook's division takes position holding the road. it is on the command of this fellow here, colonel charles smith, formerly of the first main calvary -- maine cavalry. and they are the ones are going to hold the road. the men of the first maine calvary have some spencer carbines that can shoot seven shots. henry's rifles can shoot six shots. but the rest of the brigade, six and her teeth ohio, have shards carbines. -- sharp's carbines. they have two guns of artillery support under this guy lieutenant james. west point image. and what the confederates are going to do, they come to the village i think at about 2:00 in the morning, this is gordon's infantry. and out here is lee's cavalry. they are going to do a left wheel and drive the federal cavalry off that ridge. the end of advancing about -- about quarter to 8:00 that morning. there is john gordon for you, if you don't know who he is. he is a very dashing confederate colonel. here is general lee's nephew. commanding the cavalry in this attack. and there is long, in charge of the artillery. as that confederate line advances, on the left is clement evans's division. in the center is

economist and professor at university of maryland smith school of business and republican strategist brad blakeman who served as deputy assistant to president george. bush. welcome to you both. i will start with you, peter. big jobs report out tomorrow. some reporting, adp report that looks at private sector jobs, disappointing. weekly jobs numbers, not good. what do you see tomorrow morning? >> about 230,000 jobs less than in january, in turn less than in december. things are trending down. the economy has slowed. and, mr. obama's policies have a lot to do with that. >> brad blakeman, let's talk about those policies. i think it is quality of jobs people are worried about upset about, concerned about. income in particular. what is it that the president has done to reduce those expectations? >> well i think gerri the president talked about the middle class but his policies have not affected the middle class in positive way. democrats in this town in washington are running all over the place talking about a national minimum wage. you don't get to the minute middle class by a minimum wage job. the thing about obamacare, there is a trillion dollars si

smith has the latest. good morning, ryan. >> good morning, george. for years police investigated robert durst in the murder of his longtime friend but now in the documentary about him, "the jinx," durst may have jinxed himself with what appears to be a confession. >> there it is. >> reporter: overnight, a dramatic moment captured when robert durst long suspected in three murders apparently thought the cameras weren't rolling. >> killed them all, of course. >> reporter: this shocking finale of hbo's documentary series "the jinx" airing in the midst of a bombshell off camera, too. the eccentric new york real estate heir arrested for the 2000 shooting death of his friend, susan berman. abc news learning that the 71-year-old was apprehended at this new orleans hotel on saturday where he was registered under a fake name. he paid in cash and was in possession of fake documents. the fbi thinks he may have been trying to flee to cuba. this morning the lapd is crediting additional evidence that has come to light in the past year. and no doubt, "the jinx" prov

smith but did not hear back. >> thanks very much. >> thank you, george. now to the deadly drag can race in los angeles.a car spinning out of control, killing two people as it went into the crowd. police have one driver in custody this morning and searching for another. abc's brandi hitt has the story. >> reporter: one man behind bars and a second at large after this drag race turned deadly. watch this video obtained. just three seconds after the cars take off the gray mustang on the left spins out of control plowing through a crowd of 60 spectators killing two and critically injuring a third. watch again. the green light signaling the drivers to go. investigators say the driver of the mustang lost control hitting a curb and jumping a sidewalk finally coming to a stop after crashing into a utility pole. the 21-year-old turning himself in after allegedly fleeing the scene. police booking on him suspicion of murder. he hasn't entered a plea. police looking for the driver of the car they believe he was racing. you can see the thick black tire marks where this drag race started and it's obvious this wasn't

smith? >> you would see the same melody. tom: great work on "stairway to heaven." where does this go with george harrison?eresting rhythmic debate. >> the most interesting thing about that case is the lack of intention. george harrison never set out to steal the song. pharrell williams is saying he had no intention of doing this although he admitted after it came out that it sounds a lot alike. olivia: pharrell williams, not sure if you are familiar with him. tom: come on. that is outrageous. olivia: tom keene sung fallout boy on the show. he's tapping the feel of marvin gay. >> the laws were from 10 finale days. they are talking about sheet music. tom: i don't know if they send a check but she's onstage with them in honor of her -- >> one of the disappointing things about what's happening right now. they admitted it's in a mosh -- a homage. tom: is the estate supposed to assume him for 10 sons -- sue mumford and sons? >> it is pop music. olivia: what is the verdict? what about hall and oates, the oatmeal company? >> a funny story. you can't copyright a bible or feel. -- a vibe or feel. tom: and my taking

george and weezy. he is one of the most popular movie stars in the world with a new one called "focus" opening friday. please welcome the artist formerly known as fresh prince, will smithnd applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how's it going? >> it's good, man. >> jimmy: how are you? very good to see you. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. >> jimmy: you don't remember that story from the lakers game, do you? >> no, we were looking like, this joker don't know he's famous. he don't know. >> jimmy: i think i was only famous to you at the time. thank you for making me feel like a real celebrity. hey, you just got back from europe, i hear. >> yes, yes. been traveling. it's been a while. we did a global promotional tour for the movie. it was fun. >> jimmy: was it fun for you? >> traveling is a part of just the reason why i liked coming into the business. we did -- in eastern europe, the one thing -- the movie is called "focus." in eastern europe they kept saying [ bleep ]-us. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what do we do? >> yeah, yeah. i was like, well, maybe one of y'all. not everybody. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: your movies are popular internationally, all around the world. was it the sam

rachel smith is out there in plano, surrounded by a bunch of cheryl's friends. take it away. >> yes. thank you, george come over here, ma'am. it's so nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> why are you crying? [ cheers and applause ] >> i was not expecting that reaction. oh my gosh. oh come over help me out with this door. if you don't know already, you, young lady are not just a finalist you actually are live on "good morning america." [ screaming ] >> now, that's the reaction. so keep walking. this red carpet this is for you. we love how you are rolling out the red carpet. >> oh, my god. >> we're doing this for you. >> we are doing this for you. oh, my god. are you good? all right. take a look at this. >> oh, my god! >> that's you. >> hello, cheryl. >> we have some people. >> hello, cheryl. >> i love you. i love you. you! you! >> that's rihanna. >> oh my gosh. >> rihanna, i'm afraid she's going to need cpr if you give her this message. why don't you try to talk to her. >> cheryl she say -- perfect. can you hear me? >> look. i just want to say that we -- we're matching girl. but i just want to say

smith of source financial. ♪ erik: disaster in the french out and investigators try to find out why a german airliner crashed. it could be the worst accident in french soil in decades. stephanie: georgehe said the country could go down the drain. erik: a royal welcome for "game of thrones."