george thomas is on assignment. sunday november 13th is the international day of prayer for the persecuted church. christians all over the world will ask god to help those suffering for christ. one such nation is the west african country of nigeria. places of worship are burned and christians killed simply for believing in jesus. gary lane has more. >> reporter: as christians around the world gather to pray for their persecuted brothers and sisters in christ, open doors president carl muller says it is important to know how to pray for them. >> they don't ask that persecution would stop. they pray instead they would be strong in the midst of persecution and empower them to be bold witnesses. >> one country particular in concern is nigeria. more than 2,000 christians killed last year in clashes with muslim extremists in northern nigerian states. they were killed by boko haram in borno and yobe states. several churches destroyed. several others bombed this past summer. >> boko haram is another one of these extremist o

wendy griffith and george thomas are on assignment. america's roman catholic bishops say people of faith are being marginalized in the united states. it is forming an office for religious liberty. a group contends gay rights and abortion rights are given more importance than religious rights. adoption battles in illinois and pro-life conflicts with president obama's health care law. bishop lorri is the leader. >> increasing signs that people that try to bring religious convictions into the public square are being marginalized. those that run educational services according to their religious convictions are being delimb at a timed by new bureaucratic rules. >> increasing secularism is influencing policies. the non profit law firm that defends religious rights, luke, religious freedom is a bedrock of the religious freedom. the catholic office says they need a new office to protect their rights. what is going on? >> several new threats to religious liberty. two of the main areas come from fundamental conflict between long-standing protect

i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. asia bibi is a wife and mother and a christian in jail sentenced to death for blasphemying the prophet mohammed. believers around the world are taking action on her behalf. gary lane traveled to pakistan and brings us this exclusive interview with asia's husband and children. >> 10-year-old e sham and her sister play a popular pakistani board game with their father. one important part of their family game night is missing, their mother, asia bibi. she hasn't played with her daughters for two years. she is confined to a prison cell awaiting possible death. she was arrested in june 2009. she was accused of insulting the prophet mohammed and arrested soon after. a low cool judge found her guilty and sentenced her to death by hanging. cbn news talked to her husband. >> how has this effected your faith? >> i was strong in my faith before this incident. after the incident, i am more encouraged. in my name you will face persecution. people will blame you and curse you. we are facing that. as

. >>> well, george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison. this country. icons, if you will. if they were alive today,ç wha would they think of the nation they created for all of their scandal and dysfunction? that's the question that our specialist, richard brookhiser, senior editor at the "national review," and author of the new book about america's fourth president entitled "james madison," joins us right now. what would be your best guess, richard? >> in terms of scandals, they would say, you have cleaned it up. politics is quiet -- >> hallelujah! >> it's saner, it's less crazy. journalism is more sober and more honest. >> go ahead. >> wow. >> and what would -- give us some of the anecdotal examples that might be offered up by one of these gentleman to offer the proportionality of the improvement that we now benefit from. >> well, the first casualties in the war of 1812, which is when madison was president, were americans who were killed in a riot in baltimore, soon after war was declared. because baltimore and maryland were divided city

george w. bush and kiss thomas and his henchmen at the corporation for public broadcasting trying to do the same first of all they don't believe in public funding of of of media as a matter of principle but secondly more importantly they do not believe there should be truth tellers who are countering the official view of reality do not like independent journalism let me repeat that is not true of the present president of the corporation for public broadcasting or the present president of p.b.s. paula kerger i believe they are committed to public television in the interest of the uninformed american public unfortunately for seven straight years public broadcasting's public television's revenue has been flat and the greatest challenge facing public television at the moment is in fact diminishing resources to do the kind of quality reporting and the kind of a great program me that the american people deserve bill moyers thanks so much for being with us here tonight it's better laws to keep it up to. the poor the boys out there in the independent world of broadcasting thank you thanks very much ther

reminders, george washington, thomas jefferson, theeodore roosevelt and ab lincoln.he said james garfield and calvin cooliage. she's sort of trying to do the same thing. and then there's the issue of garfield having only had a presidency that lastedbo

what about george washington? what about thomas jefferson? what about james polk? what about lincoln? i did the mall. >> host: many were slave owners. >> guest: many were slave owners. not only were many--not only with a slave owners but slave traders. jackson in particular comes to mind with an unembarrassed participant in slavery. there were people who brought their slaves to the white house. i go through the various presidents. there were a couple you mentioned that were particularly useful to call upon. even before obama occupied the white house before making analogies with obama and fdr one of the reasons is both assumed the presidency in the midst of financial crisis. so the great recession, the biggest downturn in the american economy since the great depression. when you think great depression franklin delano roosevelt and the new deal, what about obama? i try to use analogies, try to compare and contrast. with fdr, people think about fdr, here is a president in the 1930s-1940s. for much of franklin delano roosevelt's presidency for much of his presidency he

what about george washington? what about thomas jefferson? what about pulp. what about lincoln? i went through them all. >> host: many of them were slave owners. >> guest: many of them were slave owners, that's right. they were slave owners and not only were they slave owners, they were slave traders, you know. and jackson in particular comes to mind. he was an unembarrassed participant in slavery. there were people who brought their slaves to the white house, so i go through the various presidents. there were a couple that you mentioned that i thought was particularly useful to call upon. even before obama occupy the white house were people were making analogies between obama and fdr. i think one of the reasons was because both assumed the presidency in the midst of financial crisis. so, the great recession. people say this was the biggest downturn in the american economy since the great depression. when you think of great depression you think of franklin delano roosevelt. >> host: and the new deal. >> guest: and the new deal so what about obama? so i tried to use analogies. i

thomas has the story. pierre? >> reporter: george, talk about homegrown terror, the suspect was building a bomb on his mom's couch in the building behind me. jose pymeningtel was an hour away from having a powerful pipe bomb ready to explode in new york city. the replica revealed deadly intentions. >> he talked about killing u.s. service member returning from iraq and afghanistan and bombing post offices in and around washington heights and police cars in new york city. >> reporter: authorities began investigating the 27-year-old recent convert to islam after he created this extremist website. on it he expressed support for osama bin laden and the radical american born cleric awlaki. >> what set him off was the elimination of awlaki. >> reporter: he is described as a classic lone wolf unemployed living with his mother. >> i'm very disappointed with what my son is doing. >> reporter: he used online truc instructions from the group. the nypd counterterrorism division which rivals the fbi has tracked him since 2009 under 24-hour surveil

. >>> the alleged east coast rapist could be extradited to prince george's county. aaron thomas this year. investigators say dna evidence links him to 17 attacks, six in virginia. >>> penn state board of trustees is asking former fbi director louie freeh to investigate. >>> university of maryland doing away with more than half a dozen sports teams because of budget cuts. eight of the 27 team sports are going under the budget ax now. it affects a total of 166 athletes and 12 coaches. >>> that's bad news. if you look out your window now -- >> not up better. >> -- it's not much better. so we need a little pick me up, along with the forecast. the pick me up is much better. trust me. >> i would have to agree. pick me up is better than the forecast. it's time for the my first 5 photo of the day. wow! >> all right! >> wow, look at that head of hair. >> gorgeous. >> that's damien. he is 15 months old. 15 months old. look at that head of hair. his family says like most little guys his age, he gets into everything. like the shirt. is that a bee shirt, a steelers' shirt? >> says here comes

the former prince georges county executive accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from bribes from developers. will thomas in the newsroom now. the feds say you can see johnson pocketing this cash. >> it looks like his hand was caught in the cookie jar. one of the most notorious instances of corruption in maryland history. now they are releasing footage so you can see jack johnson at work. >> i have 24 days. >> yeah. >> 24 days before his term as prince georges county executive came to an end. the fbi secretly video taped jack johnson and a laurel developer who played his role in the scheme. the two of em according to prosecutors was making deals. it's a good thing his days in office were numbered because of possible prosecution. >> a lot of legal enemies and prosecutors. and you know, prosecutors are going to try to, especially you put them in jail. if one of the prosecutors are able to bring somebody like me down. >> johnson was laughing then, but who is having the last laugh now? this footage was shot just before the fbi showed up at the johnson's mitchellville home. lesli johnson called her husband in

right now belong to the federalist society clarence thomas samuel alito anthony scalia and chief justice john roberts former attorney general under george w. bush john ashcroft was a member of the federalist society former white house independent counsel kenneth starr the guy who spearheaded the clinton and impeachment investigations was a federalist society member as was ted olson the guy who ran bush's legal tina argued before the supreme court to stop the recount in florida back in the two thousand election sealing and stealing that presidential election for george w. bush and republican senator orrin hatch who used to be the chairman of the senate judiciary committee now as the number two member on that committee and oversaw the confirmation of several federal society judges he himself is a member of the federalist society just think of it as a massive right wing network of judges lawyers politicians and business leaders who fund them who unsatisfied with just using their monies to subvert congress and the white house as spent the last two decades gaining control of the judiciary as well which is all the more reason why we have to g

george's county executive and former county council woman. both pled guilty to destroying evidence. jack johnson also coped a plea to extortion. will thomas pick up the story. >> reporter: a federal investigation revealed a local developer helped provide then prince george's county executive jack johnson money for johnson's help with development projects. wiretaps captured some of the conversations. >> you can write a check for $4,000, right? >> easy. rotor next chunk of audio the morning of november 12th last year. the fbi at johnson's front door. leslie calls jack. >> yes, ma'am. >> two women are at the door. >> who? who is? >> held on a minute. >> don't answer it. >> reporter: then jack instructs husband wife to retrieve # 0,000 in cash and a $100,000 check. >> you got the cash? >> uh-huh. >> okay. put it in your bra or something like that and walk out of there. >> where is the check? >> if you open up the dresser, you know my drawer, right? >> uh-huh. >> there is a little box and in the box is a check. just tear it up or chew it up. >> you want me to put it down the toilet? >> yes. >> you want me to flush it? >> yeah. >> yeah, thrush

not the first black conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas 1980's general colin powell and condoleeza rice during the georges to the gop, south carolina and other swing states but the message on billboards at on-line groups making claims that civil rights icon martin luther king jr. was a republican. . not surprise me if up until 1960 dr. martin luther king of voted republican >> university of chicago professor says before the 1960's republicans considered the party of lincoln gop would change all of that says conservative small but steady presence in the black community for decades. >> closely conservative but policy and economic policy in the role of government blacks are the most liberal group in the united states >> chicago-based black conservatives as the movement is gaining ground >> i think herman cain good for the black conservative cause a good for the republican party. this information that is out there. when you get hit with this day after day how or after hour on talk radio black entertainment radio television always talking about how republicans are racist and you never have the other view that

thomas does it go, dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. this is a special moment in policing movie get to celebrate the incredible acts of bravery by

thomas does it go, dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong

thomas interviewed cain on a conservative website. the campaign is trying to get out the message that the media is mistreating another black conservative. >>> prince george's county's former top prosecutor is now launching a bid for congress. glen ivey says he's filing papers to run. that means he'll challenge donna edwards who's held the seat since 2008. he tells news 4 with record unemployment and foreclosures, he believes it is time for change. ivey has served as state's attorney for eight years and now works for a private law firm. he was very popular. a lot of people suspected he would get back into public office. >> not a huge surprise. >>> 4:37 is the time. 51 degrees out there. ahead on news 4 today, house majority leader eric cantor, the target of threats made against the virginia congressman and his family. >>> finally, a benefit to that bumper-to-bumper traffic. how gridlock is actually saving us money. >>> and get ready for a chilly weekend. tom will have o verizon 4g lte. america's fastest and most reliable 4g network in over 160 cities. verizon. built so you can rule the air. >>> we have breaking news right now. part of the inner loop of the

georges may man the pre-season n.i.t. bouncing back nicely with a 79-39 win over monmouth. and virginia tech taking advantage of home court advantage. check this one out in blacksburg, isaiah thomas his squad taking on the hokies. virginia tech up by 6. hokies lead 33-26 at the break. second half now tech up by 7. and they go to the big man inside again. this is what i like to call a man jam. he's going to throw it down. look at below. hokies up by 9. but the senior guard hudson knocks down the three with a game-high 31. the hokies win and advance to the semifinals to play syracuse at madison square garden next wednesday. >>> in charlotteville, hosting winthrop, virginia realizes a good way to beat the zone is to attack the zone. that's how you take care of business. mike scott with ten of his game-high 18 in the first half. the cavs by three at halftime. the lead is not given up. uva wins it. they play tcu in the virgin islands on friday. these guys are going everywhere. virgin islands, hawaii, new york. >> and we are going [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a

george wallace from the governor's mansion in montgomery, alabama. >> it has been 20 years since anita hill testified to congress alleging that clarence thomas harassed her career she recently spoke at hunter college for about one hour triet. >> thank you so much, so much. thank you, pat, for that wonderful introduction. i am really excited to talk with you. >> i am looking forward to it myself. i want to turn to your book in just a moment, but i also want to begin, because i know that you had wanted to talk about how your team was put together for that hearing, and to the knowledge so many of the people who are here today from the opening salvo in history. did you want to say just a few things? >> i always like to say thank you. i did testify, and many of you have this vision, the image of me sitting there by myself at that long table with all of the senators lined up in front of me, but i also want to remind you that i had some wonderful people who, as i say, had my back, who came together really, because they believed in the process, the integrity of the court, as i did, and they wanted to make sure that at best i could be fairly treated as best a

george, good morning. caller: i will be the doubting thomas. i am a retired law enforcement officer.iel is indicating that he has been a border patrol agent and a park ranger. i note to get those credentials, you have to go through the federal law enforcement training center. i am wondering how you pull that off. did you become a full-fledged certified peace officer for the border patrol? thank you for c-span. guest: that is a great question. as i mentioned, i did try to find jobs -- when i was looking to be a border patrol agent, i did call up local sectors in arizona and i told them, i want to work as a borrower shall agent. they said, come on in and apply. it is about 17 weeks of training. i said, i do not have 17 weeks to invest. i only want to work for a week. they laughed at me and hung up the phone on me. i called back and said, how can i go through this process? i was going to get this job no matter what it took. i wrote to the headquarters here in d.c. about what i wanted to do. they said it is very impossible. i love the word impossible because that is a challenge. they sai

thomas jefferson had great concerns about slavery. >> he had slaves. >> of course he did. i get that. >> and georgead slaves. >> john, i want you to come up to philadelphia. we have something called the president's house. the first residence of george washington when he was president when the capital was in philadelphia, and there are slave quarters in it. >> i know my history. i also know -- >> anyway, you're smarter than anybody running for president. >> i would vote for you. >> and you should have run for president. this crowd -- this is an upside down world over there. thank you once again for the defense of the ignorant. >>> only one who knows he has a chance to jump start his campaign. he knows he has to win in one place. that's huntsman in new hampshire. the trouble is he says he doesn't need those other 49 states. that's right çthere. that's next in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ mama said there'd be days like this ♪ ♪ "there'll be days like this," mama said ♪ [ male announcer ] the toughest job on the planet just got a little easier. with one touch technology

thomas jefferson praised those who took part. george washington expressed profound concern about what this portended for the future of this week, a struggling republic. and the constitution followed. host: when you look at the past protests that we have followed and the roles that have been played, many are commenting that president obama is walking a fine line. the past presidents talk about the movements, or did they do the same? guest: for much of our history, as i said earlier, president really did not think they have a responsibility in terms of economic management. that is when the division between washington and wall street was greatest. dubberly changed in the great depression -- of that really changed in the great depression, and with franklin roosevelt. although, fdr opposed the bonus. he said his wife to the bonus marchers. it was a way of symbolizing his broad sympathy with this movement and with the dispossessed. and the millions that they in some ways represented. host: john and pennsylvania, go ahead. -- john in pennsylva

thomas jefferson famously praised those who took part. georgeashington expressed profound concern about what this portended for the future of this weak, struggling republic. and the constitution followed. host: when you look at the past movements we've talked about and the role of the president in them, many have made comments that president obama is sort of walking a fine line on whether or not to embrace this occupy wall street movement or not. did past presidents talk about the movements that were happening or did they do the same? guest: it's interesting. again, for much of our history, you have to remember, as i said earlier, presidents really didn't think they had a responsibility in terms of economic management. that's when the division between washington and wall street was greatest. that really changed in the great depression and certainly franklin roosevelt, although f.d.r. opposed the idea of the bonus, he did something very shrewd. he sent his wife to see the bonus marchers. as it was said later on, hoover sent the army, roosevelt se

thomas explains, undercover officers are working in roving crime teams. >> reporter: this is metro transit police video shot november 9th. two men caught stealing a bicycle at the prince george's plaza stop. but they don't get far. undercover officers move in fast. to understand how this bait bike operation works, we'll start at the beginning with sergeant jason williams. he videotapes all of the action. >> if you catch someone what do you do with the video? >> what we could do is we would submit this to the court and that would be played as evidence. >> reporter: an undercover transit officer lays the bait. a $3,800 bike. little out in the open, unlocked, an invitation for thieves. sergeant williams rolling on it all. >> reporter: last wednesday afternoon, police say the bait bike lured in some bad guys. >> there was two suspects, adults, and they were acting in concert. they had identified the bike. whether they thought everything was clear, one served as a look outwhile another one tried to take the bike. >> reporter: the bike is rigged to malfunction so catching the thieves doesn't take long. officers arrested both men. some of the same metro transit officers are routinely

thomas has a look at what some are calling the smoking gun. >> well, i have 24 days. >> yeah, the time flies by. >> reporter: 24 days before his term as prince george's county executive came to an end. the fbi secretly videotaped jackson son and a laurel developer who already pled guilty for his role in the corruption scheme. the two of them, according to prosecutors, had been making deals for two decades. listen to johnson as he says it is a good thing his days in office are numbered because of possible prosecution. >> you got a lot of legal enemies. they call the various prosecutors and prosecutors always want to try to -- especially minorities, they like to try to put them in jail if one of the prosecutors are able to bring somebody like me down, they brag chair whole career, i prosecuted jack johnson. >> reporter: who is having the last laugh now? this footage was shot just before the fbi showed up at the johnson's mitchellville home. leslie johnson called her husband in a panic. their conversation also recorded by the fbi. >> you got the cash? >> uh-huh. >> okay. put it in your bra or something like that and walk out of there. >> reporter: back

george mason will host rhode island. at 9:00, mt. st. mary's in frederick county visits marquette. >> acc football last night, virginia tech visiting georgia tech. this game was all about hokies. logan thomas, the quarterback threw for not one, not two but three touchdown passes! oh, yeah. he also ran for two on his own! virginia tech tops georgia tech 37-26. hokies host unc on thursday. >> good game. >> it is 6:25. still to come, we'll go live to world war ii memorial. learn which special group of veterans will be honored. >> national cathedral opens to the public once again this weekend. in nine minutes, we'll give you a sneak peek inside. >> right now, monika has a quick check on traffic. monika? >> thanks so much, jessica. here's what it looks like on the sousa bridge. can't beat this on a friday morning. no problems to report in the southeast corridor. coming up, we'll go into virginia. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. w [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! sub

george: the backup is growing. we have been incidents free on the upper deck. we are not tracking any hot spots. thomas san mateo bridge, very normal. the golden gate bridge is problem free. the east bay traffic, picking up the ride on 680 southbound, it is still sluggish out of a pleasant hill, there are no delays into the san ramon that valley. south bay traffic still looks good, especially for to 80 westbound. >>mark: a resolution expressing support for occupy san francisco will be considered today by the board of supervisors. if the resolution was introduced last week, asking this mayor to ensure that there will be no use of force to dislodge demonstrators. >>darya: tomorrow a rally at noon and in the evening rally at 5:00 p.m. followed by a march to the port of oakland this organizers want banks and half for is to close three they say if they do not, protesters will march on them. this city of oakland says it is open for business tomorrow and city hall is not urging businesses to shut down. >>mark: the dow is off 500 points since yesterday. we're down to 80 just moments ago. degrees prime minister

thomas hayden church... >> rose: that he did well. >> the role called for a really washedup t.v. actor. i mean that was the part. and i thought... >> rose: that's a leap of faith for george. >> well, i don't normally care about a starr actor's context outside of the film but in this case i had to consider it because to have george clooney, one of the most famous and handsome and successful and movie and t.v. stars playing this guy in his aid inier i thought that would be too much of the joke. >> rose: how about having him as a character named matt whose wife is having an affair? >> he's well cast for that. >> rose: (laughs) how so, sir? >> well, in this ca he was my first and only choice for this. >> rose: even though... >> you know man. >> rose: i do, well. >> you know he's a delightful fellow and i wanted to work with him since meeting him for "sideways" and i thought he'd be terrific at this. he's the right age, the right look. also the character calls for someone who's bit emotionally detached having a bit of an awakening and i thought well, mr. clooney often sort of cool in his parts, not all of them but in many and to see him wake up to a more emotional state i tho

george fran coexplains oleosus februarys are over 65 years old. >> reporter: fbi a-- all suspects are 65 years old. >> reporter: fbi agents, arrested 73-year-old frederick thomasdan roberts of tacoa. 65-year-old ray adams and 67- year-old daniel crump. >> they were part of a fringe organization, intent on doing harm to georgia citizens, specifically to members of the state and federal government. >> reporter: would you care to say anything about mr. crumps arrest. >> i knocked on the door but the people who returned didn't want to talk long time neighbor says he was caught off guard by his neighbor's arrest. >> um, apparently the fbi feels they have enough evidence, you know, but i would have never suspected it from him. >> feds say group members came to metro atlanta, enat no time on destruction of federal buildings housing the fbi and atf one member talked of driving down atlanta interstate to release the deadly biological toxin and it all involved under cover agents. >> two individuals purchased a silencer and material they thought was c 4 explosives it was inert material provided by the under cover agents. >> the other two were attempting to make ricin. >>

george, tell us about the plot. >> well, kyra, these men allegedly had plans to kill a lot of people. here, the four affidavits released from this federal investigation will take a quote from fred thomas is described as the leader of the group. listen to this "no way for us to save this country, to save georgia without doing something that is highly, highly illegal." another quote reads, when it comes to saving the constitution, that means some people got to die. all this information comes from confidential informants who told investigators about this group called covert group that they plan to buy ammunition and explosions and produce ricin and to release it on highways in atlanta and other cities across the united states. but investigators say they made the arrests before these men could become a threat. listen. >> they had taken substantial steps such that it was important that they be arrested and be charged with crimes. but the public was never in any imminent danger. the fbi and the joint terrorism task force was monitoring this to make sure that it was never close to anything actually happening. so, no one was in imminent danger. >> so, later this afternoon eastern time, we wer