i want you to remember george washington.george washington lost every single battle until he crossed the delaware. he won the war. this is a war. this isn't about healthcare. we're up against something much, much bigger than healthcare and education reform. i will show you next. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: all right. the people behind the camera making them clap. they're like perform for me, monkey. c'mon. that's what you're saying. i know. hello, america. through the course of american history, there have been periods and events that were so dramatic, so huge, that they were, they were life-altering for the people involved, the people in america. some of them were so huge they altered the entire world. it changed people. it changed their daily life and it changed the course for generations. some of the examples when the founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor, or when the framers signed the constitution a few years later. something that changed up dramatically for many, many years, the civil war. and all the corrupti

i want you to remember george washington. george washington lost every single battle until he crossed the delaware. he won the war. this is a war. this isn't about healthcare. we're up against something much, much bigger than healthcare and education reform. i will show you next. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: all right. the people behind the camera making them clap. they're like perform for me, monkey. c'mon. that's what you're saying. i know. hello, america. through the course of american history, there have been periods and events that were so dramatic, so huge, that they were, they were life-altering for the people involved, the people in america. some of them were so huge they altered the entire world. it changed people. it changed their daily life and it changed the course for generations. some of the examples when the founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor, or when the framers signed the constitution a few years later. something that changed up dramatically for many, many years, the civil war. and all the corrupt

i want you to remember george washington. george washington lost every single battle until he crossed the delaware. he won the war. this is a war. this isn't about healthcare. we're up against something much, much bigger than healthcare and education reform. i will show you next. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: all right. the people behind the camera making them clap. they're like perform for me, monkey. c'mon. that's what you're saying. i know. hello, america. through the course of american history, there have been periods and events that were so dramatic, so huge, that they were, they were life-altering for the people involved, the people in america. some of them were so huge they altered the entire world. it changed people. it changed their daily life and it changed the course for generations. some of the examples when the founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor, or when the framers signed the constitution a few years later. something that changed up dramatically for many, many years, the civil war. and all the corrupt

nine students from eight different schools received full four-year scholarships to george washingtones has more ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: it had the feel of a ballou high school pep rally but what thissed you was celebrating is dreams come true. >> hailing from my alma mater, nicholas kelly. >> they were doll out to the district's top students to attend one of the district's best universities, george washington. >> i was born at gw -- he was born at gw hospital and he will be there again. give it up for him. >> they went crazy when isaiah west got a full ride scholarship. he would like to be a surgeon. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. >> he earned it. he did every second of it. >> reporter: she is the third sibling in her family to receive a scholarship to gw. >> money is not an issue. i don't have to worry about that, and have that in me back of my mind. >> reporter: their parents have raised gifted and talented kids. >> be close to your children. >> reporter: these scholarships are a hug

to the district's top high school students to attend one of the district's best universities, george washington>> he was born at gw hospital and will be there again. give it up for isaiah west of the new ballou high school. >> reporter: the crowd went crazy when one of their own got a full ride to gw. he'd like to be a surgeon someday. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and be sure you believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. >> he earned it. he deserves every second of it. >> reporter: she the third sibling in her family to receive the scholarship to gw. >> money is not an issue. i don't have to worry about that and have that in me back of my mind. >> reporter: her parent violence made raising gifted and talented kids to an art form. >> reporter: what is the secret? >> be close to your children. >> reporter: these scholarships are a huge thing, $16 million to 125 kids in the last 21 years. audrey barnes, 9 news now. >> i'm so proud of them. that is wonderful. congratulations. all right. we got through yesterday with no challenge. >> beautiful. a

nine students from eight different schools got full four- year scholarships to george washington university. audrey barnes has more. >> it had the feel of a blue high school pep rally, but what this crowd was celebrating was dreams come true. >> hailing from my alma mater, mr. nicholas kelly. >> nine scholarships worth $200,000 were doled out to some of the district's top students to attend george washington. >> i was born at dw, please give it up for isea west of the new blue high school. >> the crowd at blue went crazy when one of their own got a full ride to gw. he would like to be a surgeon some day. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and make sure that you believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. >> he earned it. he really deserves every second of it. >> she is the second to receive the scholarship to gw. >> money isn't going to be an issue. i don't have to have that in the back of my mind. >> her mom and dad made raising gifted talented kids an art form. >> what's the secret? >> be close to your children. hard work. >> these scholarships

nine of them received full four- year scholarships to george washington university. audrey barnes has more on these big honors ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: it had the feel of a ballou high school pep rally but what this crowd was celebrating was dreams come true. >> hailing from my alma mater mr. nicholas kelly from school without walls. >> reporter: nine scholarships were dolled out to the district's top high school students to attend one of the district's best universities, george washington. >> he was born at gw hospital and he will be there again. give it up for isaiah west. >> the crowd went crazy when isaiah got a full ride to gw he'd like to be a surgeon someday. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and make sure you believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. >> he earned it. he really did every second of it. >> reporter: mohammad is -- she is the third sibling in her family to receive a scholarship to gw. >> money is not an issue. i don't have to worry about that in me back of my mind. >> reporter: her mom and dad have

george washington, thomas jefferson and john adams all warned us way back way.hey said the fall of america would not come externally, it would come from internally when political parties took over the government. it's clear today that these two political parties put their party ahead of the country because they vote for their party first and the country second. until this country wakes up and quits electing democrat and republicans to office to send that message, well, we're going to get that type of government, then. >> larry: what do you think of the american tea party? >> i think they're kind of a laugh, because they're supposed to defend the constitution and all this. well, where were they when habeas corpus was taken away? in our country right now, they can arrest you and hold you without charging you, they can keep an attorney from you. all they have to do is say you committed an act of terrorism. they can get away with that. they've also destroyed the fourth amendment of illegal search and seizure. they might as well throw that amendment out because they'

high school students from eight different schools reived a fulbright scholarship to george washington university. >> it is a great honor to have this. >> nicholas kelly is a senior. he was excited but the real excitement and relief might be coming from his parents who do not have to worry about paying for college. >> if we feel like we won the lottery. with things like grade point average, sat scores and teacher recommendations went into the selection process. this didn't hills from a high school and has not made his final decision but he knows that he will be in school for a while. he wants to be a surgeon. >> i feel great. i cannot even describe it. >> for a student who had been in the headlines before and vault in a student protest against d.c. public schools last year, this senior has high hopes for his future. >> i want to study marketing and go to law school and the president of the united states. >> big dreams. it will start out in a good way, no student loans. we will tell you about anoth student who is the third sister and her family to receive this scholarship. natasha barre

let's show them george washington. why is he so important to us?it's about an understanding of the greatest generation in world war ii. to know this country is to love this country. people from all over the world come here for freedom and opportunity. and if we don't have immigrants who love this country, we're gonna run out of people who love this country. because, our schools and everybody else up at the top are teaching us to hate this country. we need people who understand us and who have seen our glory from the distance and from their own corrupt government. why did you think so many people from south america and from mexico are coming across the border? because much of their government is marxist and correct -- and corrupt. gee, look where our government is going. our government cannot resemble those governments in south america and mexico. we must remain different. these people coming through the front door will help us do that back in a minute. identity theft, one of the fastest growing crimes in america. even if you think you're doing ever

i love history and my earlier book was fine george washington statesmanship brett favre by to get back to that. there is so much going on write now but right now we are finishing up a study guide to eight -- to help you won't run your own group with that debate among yourselves. a popular tax book. >> host: what did you read to prepare for this book? >> i read a lot of history. my own background as an academic a ph.d. in political thought i studied history, the notes, "the federalist papers", for some time and time of all of that. added a certain point* history turns from being fact which is taught in school to the story which is the narrative. it takes a lot of steady to do that. that is the nature of learning and the book is really based on a lot of background going through all of those things and putting together in the narrative of in their own mind whether of principles. there is not new discoveries are hidden documents and research as much as it is that once you know, the documents and study them and see how they fit together and how they are all connected, gives you a great pers

nine high school seniors from the district will be spending the next few years at george washington university after a huge surprise this morning. the school surprised the seniors with full scholarships. each scholarship is worth more than $200,000. it also covers their tuition, room and board, as well as books and fees. congratulations to all of them. still to come on abc 7 news at noon, residents are watching their homes turned ashes. flames engulfed neighborhood. we will have that story, coming up. plus a warning for parents. why are morehan 1 million babies wings being pulled from store shelves and homes? >> these are my girls. >> an 11th-hour deal keeps america's biggest talk-show host out of court. we will have the latest on a lawsuit against oprah winfrey, coming up. what is ahead for the rest of the work week? ada >> more than one dozen people watched their homes burned to the ground in a massive fire in north carolina overnight. the flames destroyed three houses, putting 15 people out of their homes. the fire started last night at 7:30. the wind made the fire quickly jump to neighbori

washington as he is coming to the continental congress, rogers offer services, he's thrown in jail by george washington. as a spy. rogers is not very happy about that as you can imagine it so washington comes to me tim. >> 1775? >> yes and comes to meet him and have a huge argument and robert rogers gets thrown back into jail on this. what is so interesting is about there are two americas, just standing nose to nose looking at each other. here is this scrap the scots irish populist tumbleweed looking at who would become the founder of our nation, was a tidewater gentlemen of means, and you begin to see some interesting things which we all know that today about some of this occurrence of american history and here it was with these two men. why we don't know a lot about robert rogers in general was because of that and washington. again, i don't plan washington. he was looking around and try to see and this guy, robert rogers was charismatic. he could have gone over the

they are presented to me by the wonderful folks at george washington university. i established a scholarship there. we've already extended 20 students that have been able to graduate through the larry king scholarships at george washington. so they had a wonderful lunch. had a great time. spoke to them in the auditorium, and they presented me with their colors by way of braces. i'm honored to wear them, and we're honored to be with the former governor of minnesota. we'll be right back. you know, when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i'm going to work with kids. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i want to fall in love again. [ female announcer ] together we can discover the best of what's next at aarp.org. my doctor said most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's ca

pea et trow at george washington university recommends that for every hour you spend sitting down, getp and walk around for at least five minutes. climb the stairs, go outside. get your heart pumping and blood flowing, that's on top of the 45 minutes of daily exercise she recommends. >> we don't have to move any more. and it's no wonder that we're stressed and we're tired and overweight. >> reporter: the doctor is also a fan of what she calls the necessary nap. a short nap can rejuvenate you, especially if you didn't get enough sleep the night before. >> it's wonderfully restorative and should be encouraged me. >> reporter: also strongly believes you have to unplug and unwind. when you get home from work, turn off your cell phone, close your laptop and step away from your computer. >> we are constantly plugged into work. >> reporter: eat crunchy fruits and vegetables and make room for protein. no more candy bars and caramel lattes you have to be proakive. if you eat right and exercise and get enough rest, you can fight fatigue and get the burst of energy throughout the day. >> if you w

george washington university professor edward berkowitz will join us. after that, proposed changes to u.s. education system with education secretary arne duncan. later, a conversation on health care, politics, and the november elections with bill kristol of "the weekly standard. "washington journal" is next. . . revelation. and the senate parliamentarian will be asked to rule. in some cases you will hear arguments from both sides. another case is the points will be raised on the floor. and you will have to make a ruling from there. a host of you right to today, a story called gop launches final move against health bill. you start off by writing the gop officially launches its last day of the dance health care reform today. tell us more about this last stand? guest: the president will sign the bulk of the legislation into law today. it is hard to quantify, 99%, 95% of the reform democrats were seeking on their agenda is going to be a done deal and there is nothing anyone can do about it anymore. at least not in terms of blocking. so i think what republic

. >> sÍ, y voy a tener que encontrar raperos para hacer a george washington...h@unÍ tengo un anuncio... necesito 60segundos de jazz. >> te quiero preguntar sobre este problema eterno en puerto rico, quÉ debe ser puerto rico? debe ser un paÍs independiente? y veo que tu cara cambia ya. (risas) debe ser un estado asociado, tienes una opiniÓn sobre eso? >> tengo tres opiniones sobre eso y me cambian al dÍa. al puno y quÉ traemos a nuestros hijos. mi papÁ y mi mamá me mandaron a puerto rico cada verano, gracias a dios. y pude aprender espaÑol y tener esa cultura y algo especial. >> y tienes un personaje que se llama usnabi, verdad? >> sÍ. (risas) >> manuel, te agradezco mucho que estÉs con nosotros. y de verdad que es muy interesante que esta historia de Éxito haya ocurrido, y que sea una de las obras de mayor Éxito en todo los estados unidos, jamÁs te lo pudiste imaginar, no? >> no. >> vamos a hacer una pausa, y al volver, si quiere ser uno de los primeros en enterarse de las entrevistas que tenemos en univisto. nuntoivisioal punion o Á nuestra pÁgina de twitter. p

full four-year scholarships to george washington university worth $200,000 each.hool is doled out awards to 125 kids over the last 21 years. they are the best and brightest in dc selected because of their gpa's, sat scores and their leadership skills. >> you know, it's a real symbol of our commitment to the community that we are so much a part of. >> i have been eyeing this since 11th grade. i have been working really hard, filling out applications, making sure i do the things i do to succeed. >> and it paid off. past scholarship winners are working in many different fields including medicine, law, and the performing arts. >>> president obama declared the snowstorms a major disaster in dc, allowing the district to receive federal funding. the money will go to private organizations. the president declared the snowstorm in december as a major disaster for virginia, maryland, and the district. >>> yup. those were duesies. >> they sure were, but we are moving on. >> 68 today, despite the wind, a very nice day and looking at clouds tomorrow, lesli. we'll stay dry tomor

in virginia it's stopped work on the $36 million replacement of the humback bridge on the george washington parkway while in d.c. work has stopped on a $60 million replacement of the ninth street bridge in northeast. just one of 41 projects in 0 states and territories now at a stand still. republicans have defended buenning's position as being fiscalically irresponsible. >> just passed the paggal legislation what a is supposed to requireoff sets if we're going to save money. >> reporter: but vice president biden says thousands of construction workers are paying the price for washington turf wars. >> you've got a lot of brothers and sisters. got up this morning, sitting at the kitchen table, looking at their husband and wife across the table. neither one has a job. >> reporter: for now drivers may have to get used to scenes like this until the furlow ends and work resumes. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> we're following breaking news for you out of the montgomery county air park up in gaithersburg. live pictures from sky fox. a single engine plane crash. it's hard to tell but that's the plan

. >>> students at george washington university are using an earthquake simulator to learn how to build safer bridges. they tested out a four-span bridge on the ashburn campus. the professor marked the damage on the columns to see what needs improvements. interesting stuff out there. >>> our weather cannot complain. it's just getting better it looks like. >> it really is. let's hope this forecast is correct because if you can't get -- [ indiscernible ] if i'm wrong about this one, i'm in trouble. we do have some clouds out there this evening. great shot tonight of the monument on a gorgeous evening in d.c. and the surrounding area. temperatures are holding up still in the 50s this evening and of course it's been such a great day today. let me show threw is a little bit of cloud cover to the south of us, though. as we go to trueview to show you that, there's a lot of cloud cover because there's a developing area of low pressure off the coast of the carolinas here. this is getting close to us but it looks like in all of the guidances suggesting here that the clouds will stay primarily to

>> guest: he died here at george washington hospital. c-span: and you say that george -- at least ronald reagan and his wife visited the hospital, right, in the end? >> guest: yeah. ronald reagan and nancy reagan were the last visitors actually. james baker came in that same night. maybe he -- i think he came in after the -- the reagans. c-span: what was sally and lee's relationship at the end? >> guest: at the end they were together at the finish line. they had resolved a lot of their -- their problem areas and... c-span: you say there was a time that lee atwater wanted to go through a marriage ceremony with brooke vosberg there at the hospital. >> guest: they had a little wedding, a little marriage ceremony in the chapel at the hospital, yeah -- somewhat symbolic. and but eventually lee separated himself from brooke and she was not at the funeral. c-span: in the back you have this picture of the grave site. where is this, by the way? >> guest: that's in columbia, south carolina. c-span: and you can't see it here in the photograph, but

leader reid talked about george washington and other distinguished americans that have received thisonsidered, you are receiving this award, thank you for your patriotism and your help. [applause] i want to thank all of our guests who joined us. colonel, if you can, we would like you all to join us here. isn't that beautiful? [applause] >> madam speaker. my colleagues. distinguished guests. family and friends. i am humbled to have been asked to represent the w.a.s.p.'s today. every single one of these ladies deserves to be standing where i am standing. [applause] to the members of congress, on behalf of all of the w.a.s .p's, we who are here today, thank you for this award. with humility and a great sense of pride -- and over 65 years ago, we each served our country without any expectations of recognition or glory. and we did it without compromising the values that we were taught as we grew up. honor, integrity, patriotism, service, faith, and commitment. we did it because our country needed us. we thank you for passing this bill to honor our service with the highest honor that you c

years in the united states senate since retiring in 2001, he has been a counsel and taught at george washington university and from his time inside the senate and talking about it outside probably knows more about senate procedure than certainly almost anyone in washington. but we're really happy to have him here today and talking about the -- not only the filibuster in general but i think we might be able to ask bob some questions which the current parliamentarian is being asked by members on both the republican and democratic sides about how the debate of healthcare will proceed. norm ornstein is a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. the author of many books on congress. one in particular recent book "the broken branch" which is -- what is it now it's in tenth edition and the movie version is coming out next year. but a distinguished scholar of congress. a columnist in roll call and one who has been involved in a number of efforts of reforming and improving the process, the legislative process in washington. so let me now turn it over. i'm going to -- actually i think i'll sta

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today, they found out they're going to get full scholarships to attend george washington university. for more than 20 years, the university has rewarded talented d.c. seniors. they're worth more than $200,000 each. >> good for them. >> i don't know who that is for more, the students or the parents. >> both. >>> ahead on "news4 at 4" -- collision course. >> check out the amazing video of an amtrak train and see what happens next. >>> plus, a wild fugitive on the loose. and this suspect is making a and this suspect is making a monkeysettle? now that any pizza at pizza hut is just $10, you don't have to. any pizza, any size, any crust, and any toppings is just $10. all your favorite pizzas any way you want them, just $10. a large meat lover's pizza? $10. a large pan supreme? $10. any toppings you want? just 10 bucks, too. any pizza, any size, any crust, and any toppings. so don't miss out. get any pizza hut pizza today for just $10. only at your pizza hut. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we

george washington's favorite lieutenant with washington at valley forge. he said valley forge is where he began to think of himself as a citizen of the united states rather than a united states rather than a citizen of virginia. a remarkable man. i think that is a good book to pick up if you haven't and it is very readable. you will enjoy it. i don't get a share of the royalties by the way. [laughter] >> mr. chief justice were you more nervous the first time you gave an oral argument or the first time you heard oral arguments? >> the first time i gave them. it is lot easier to ask questions and answer them. and, i was certainly nervous the first day i presided. it was an emotional day among other things, the day began with justice stevens reading the court message on the death of my old boss, chief justice rehnquist, and then i took over and presided, so that was an emotional day. but, when you where are there arguing the case, that is intimidating bench. you do have to have the same degree of self-confidence i was talking about, and the issues are always

full ride cool -- scholarships to george washington, university. the award was handed out today and awarded to top-notch students who can't afford tuition. one scholarship winner is the third person in her family to receive the award and another scholarship recipient will be the first in her family to ever go to college. congratulations to all of them. >> and can can you imagine. >>> dr. dorothy heights should have been at her 98th birthday today. instead, she's recovering in the hospital. we'll havethe latest on her condition next. >>> and the postal service is looking to plug a budget nightmare and the move could mean scaling back delivery to five days a week. how would that effect you? we'll take a closer look at 5:30. >> president obama is flooded with mail every day and some of those letters reach him personally. the white house correspondent's office said president obama gets about 25,000 letters, 1,000 e-mails and 12,000 phone calls per week. of those, he reads and writes personal responses to 10 of them. >>> civil rights icon dr. dorothy hy

. >> reporter: this scholarship program at george washington university has been around for more than 20 years helping dreams come true and creating tomorrow's leaders. >> i hope to be a surgeon. >> i plan to study international law. >> psychology. i really love helping people. >> reporter: in southeast, john trippen. >>> congrats to the students and their moms and dads, too. thank you for watching "news4 at 5." jim vance and wendy rieger right here. >>> a woman found murdered in a neighborhood in fairfax county this morning. >> police say a man was arrested after more than a dozen shots were fired during a road rage incident in virginia. >>> a maryland dairy processor has acknowledged that it mistakenly sent

reporter: council chairman reminded supporters he is a dc native, a graduate of public schools and george washington university. >> we can do better in the district of columbia. we can do better. we can do better. >> reporter: he passed on a chance to take a shot at mayor fenty. the two have been feuding over everything from city contracts to the firing of school employees tone to the sharing of season baseball tickets. insiders tell me that vincent gray had no choice but to announce at this point because fenty has such a head start when it comes to fund-raising. he has $4 million raised thus far. >> reporter: insiders say he will need $2 million in the war chest. supporters say they will do the rest to get their candidate across the finish line. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: mayor fenty and his leadership style will be the key issues. >> we with vincent gray we have an open-door policy. under employed and under employed. >> he knows how to work with all aspects of the community and is very open. >> someone who has character authenticity and integrity and will unite the city. in a statement m

full scholarships to george washington university.the gw steven joll trackenburg scholarship award today during a ceremony at ballou high school. it's given out to students who excel but can't afford the gw tuition. another recipient will be the first ever in her family to attend college. congratulations to all of them. >>> apparently old man winter is not going out without a fight. a sloppy spring snowstorm is causing headaches in colorado. thousands across the state are without power. the colorado legislature even called off session today. drivers are abandoning their cars. >>> meantime back here at home, that seems like a distant memory. >> thank heavens. that was just four weeks ago that we were still cleaning up from all of that. denver i read 5,000 people slept at the airport. i could hear people talking about denver on my flight home. i heard they had 9 inches of snow in denver. i got up and walked off the plane so he wouldn't get stuck in there. the storm is moving along. we'll see a little of that rain probably tomorrow night

war heroes and the generals who attempted to become president and try to do it and of course george washington and eisenhower being and the despicable piece you've read today the bird still singing and got us through, do you think it was as much he got us through the war that he was able to be successful or so many other war generals were not able to become president or do you think had gotten him to be elected? >> certainly his war record, one of the pictures i was going to show you tonight is ike as the time a man of the year. but he was i think easily after world war ii certainly the most respected and indeed probably popular man in america. people trusted him. as the little piece i read about from time magazine they liked ike and they liked what they saw and you can't take that stuff. when you present a persona to the public, you know, trying to fool the public is something that you cannot do. and if you are a fake or a phony you are going to show up. and there was -- those qualities, there was something about eisenhower i think that struck a chord with the american public. i don't recall

next to lincoln is a monolith containing a bust of george washington in relief. around the monument's base is the word, "emancipation," and in the front is the following inscription: "freedom's memorial, in grateful memory of abraham lincoln, this monument was erected by the western sanitary commission with funds contributed solely by the emancipated citizens of the united states declared free by with his proclamation january 1, 1863. the contribution of first contribution of $5 was made by charlotte scott, a freed woman of virginia. being her first earnings in freedom and consecrated by her suggestion and request on the day she heard of president lincoln's death to build a monument in his memory. in addition to being one of the first statues of lincoln, the freedom's memorial, also, is the first statue of a black erected in the nation's capital. the kneeling slave is a model of an actual man named archer alexander who had been a slave in missouri at the outbreak of the civil war. according to his biography which was called "the story after archer alexander from

but he told the driver to high tail it to george washington university hospital. they made it to the hospital in three minutes. the heros that day were the police officer shot in the line of duty, secret service agent, tim mccarthy who took a bullet aimed for the president or his chief agent, jerry parr. and jerry parr, who put his body between reagan and the gunman, and made the decision to get the car to the hospital. ronald reagan made it that day. no one would know for a long time, long after the country had settled down how close it had come. he lost half his blood supply that afternoon, with a bullet an inch from his heart. thanks to some really good grace under pressure, by a really good patriotic guy, jerry parr. i hope he's watching. >>> that's "hardball" for now. catch us again tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the momentum at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> for a long time our student loan system worked for banks and financial institutio

of course, george washington and eisenhower being two that got us through the war.just read is from the museum today. the bird still singing and got us through. do you think it was much that got us through the war that he was able to be successful where so many other war generals were not able to become president or other attributes do you think that got him to be elected? >> well, you know, it's certainly his war record. one of the pictures i was going to show you tonight, you know, is ike as "time" man of the year. think easily after world war ii, certainly the most respected and indeed probably popular man in america. people trusted him. as that little piece i read you from "time" magazine, they liked ike and they liked what they saw. and you can't fake that stuff. you know, when you present a persona to the public, you know, trying to fool the public is something that you cannot do that. and if you're a fake or a phony, you're going to show up. and there was something -- those qualities, there was something about eisenhower, i think, that struck a chord with the

. >>> crime appears to be on the rise near george washington university. according to the school's newspaper, six robberies were reported near the foggy bottom gw mro station last month. that's up from january when just one incident was reported. in almost all the cases, students had their phones stolen by teenagers. police tell us the high-transit area is often used by robbers to flee. university police say short of having an officer at every block, there is little they can do. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry today was censured by the city council for his role in a contract scandal. he was also reved as the chair of the housing committee. and this all may end up in the hands of the u.s. attorney's office now. news4's jane watrel joins us with details. jane? >> this all happened, jim, at a special meeting of the d.c. city council. 12 council members voted one by one to, as you said, censure marion barry and to strip him of his committee chairmanship of the housing and workforce development committee. barry, on the other hand, did not sit by silently, even

i close the book with george washington in just because going back to the first principles. take a look at his prayer will address to the nation. he warned against say there is no greater threat than the demagogue who would agitate the community with false alarms broke kindling the animosity of one parts against the other and warned against those who would serve to organize to give it the artificial and extraordinary force to put into place a delicate role of the nation and of the party. washington one dusts about the bring us. keep that in mind. >> host: as you say my country has been replaced by my party right or wrong that. >> guest: dad is right for the we had a total flip one of the telltale signs of the wing that they can use patriotism with partisanship and the idea that it is in danger of replacing the country you cannot respect the country and demonize the president. there is an old idea where they do lee elected president even if you disagree you respect the office because we try to take a larger view that seems to be out of fashion and that the national interest w

he is an adjunct professor at george washington university law school.princeton university where they master of science from the london school of economics. he and his jtf the university of chicago law school. -- he earned his j.d. at the university of chicago law school. [applause] >> thank you. those of you who are blogging or writing about this event, make sure you attribute all the quotes correctly. doug's briefing and their brief in the seventh circuit were recently selected by the green bag as one of their selections for top legal writing this year. i never thought that we would be talking about the privileges or immunities clause or the 14th amendment or any of these big issues in the context of guns. you might have seen some references in the media about the differences that have come out between the gun nuts and the constitution nuts. i am on the side of the constitution does. -- constitution nuts. this has been a long-term project force callers across the ideological spectrum -- for scholars across the ideological spectrum. we have agreed not t

he was george washington's favorite lt. at valley forge. valley forge is where he began to think of himself as a citizen of the united states rather than a citizen of virginia. a remarkable man. that is a good book to pick up, if you have not. it is very readable. i do not get a share of the royalties. [laughter] >> mr. chief justice, were you more nervous the first time you gave oral arguments or the first time you heard them? >> the first time i gave them. it is easier to ask questions and answer them. i mean, i was certainly nervous. it was an emotional day, among other things. the day began with justice stevens reading the court's message on the death of my old boss, chief justice rehnquist. i took over and presided. that was an emotional day. when you are there arguing a case, that is an intimidating thing. you have to have that self- confidence i was talking about. the issues are always tough. it is exhilarating arguing a case. you have an added stimulation of the competition. on the bench, we never win or lose. even when we are debat

such has always been the case in our history starting from the second term of george washington-- states rights, federalists. different points of view have always been competitive and that's what our founders intended. this is the marketplace of ideas, where people bring their ideas. they are debate, argue, compete; someone prevails. the... unfortunately, now, when we're trying to make this real change on health care reform and some people are still very unhappy about the results of the last election and we have joblessness in our country that we are continuing to address. you have a combination of forces that is fertile for some of the fear-mongering that is going on. but the fact is that we're on a path. this bill... this health care bill, is a jobs bill. it will create four million jobs. it's part of the presidents fuller agenda in his budget to lower taxes, reduce the deficit and to grow the economy in a stabilized way around three pillars: investments in education, health care, energy/climate change. two of those pillars are addressed in this legislation. it's about change; it's abo

plato, george washington, abraham lincoln, zingo of sor ran five and create this quality of pan tina. this is a failure of leadership. the hard thing to do would be to address cost in a bipartisan way. that involves the lab or june yuns, trial lawyers. th didn't happen. we got a one-party muscular effort to put a lot more people into the current system, make some small insurance reforms and flood the thing full of money to prop it up form a few years. this system can't stand which is why i think it's written in pencil, not pen. you have to lead the country. this isn't leadership. it's divided the country. it won't stand. >> thi is all a rep tipgs of what was said about medicare after it passed, what was said about social security after it passed -- >> you know what reagan said about medicare at the time, he said some day after medicare passes, you're going to be telling your children's children as senior citizens that you once knew a time when america was free. it's no longer free. yet, he didn't move to dismantdal it because it worked. that's the key. the key is they have to make thi

. >> so is george washington, by the way. >> do you mind? first of all, you mentioned medicare.assed with majority support on the part of republicans. republicans, a majority of them supported social security. in this obama care bill not a single republican joined with the democrats to do it. medicare is underfunded by $37 trillion. >> a number of republicans joined in the democrats in passing medicare part d, which was $700 billion and nobody decided they wanted to pay for at the time. we've got to wrap it up there, because we're expecting president obama to step into the briefing room any moment. larry elder and joe, we'll have you back, i promise, for more on this important debate. >>> again, president obama expected to step into the briefing room in just a couple of seconds, we think, to talk about a major breakthrough in foreign policy with the government of russia. the united states and russia have been working for a loan time on some mechanism for reducing the nuclear stockpiles of both countries. it does appear the breakthrough came overnight or this morning. president o

the basis for this language that actually got into the law that eventually, according to the george washington university school of public health, this law, if it's not changed, over a period of years, insurance companies-- all insurance companies in all plans-- will eventually conclude that it is too much trouble to offer abortion coverage at all. 87% of private insurance policies today cover abortion care. that goes away if we don't make changes in this law. >> and that's a big fight. >> moyers: karl rove wrote this week that republicans are going to reform the reform. they're going to push to repeal it. and they're going to make it an issue in the november elections. are you, when you call for reforming the reform, helping the republicans in their campaign? >> not in the least. look, the fact of the matter is, that's their job, if you will. and i don't think this is just republicans. the fact of the matter is polling shows an awful lot of republicans think that this... a lot of this reform is very, very good. already there are divisions within the republican caucus about whether they're for

george washington didn't fight the red coats so people would be the subjects of the new untrustworthy federal bureaucracy. the clon nists didn't die so a health care czar could rule over us. the government takeover of health care is unconstitutional and if this bill passes, the texas attorney general and 30 other state attorney generals are prepared to sue the federal government for an exercise of unconstitutional action. because this bill is unconstitutional. it forces americans to buy health insurance against their will and if people don't buy the insurance they will face fines or go to jail. and on top of that it forces people to buy government-approved health insurance. that means the feds tell people they have to buy the federal approved insurance and it tells them what insurance they must buy. that's not allowed under any stretch of the law or manage nation. that is unconstitutional -- imagination. that is unconstitutional. and of course in this bill they're hiring 16,000 new i.r.s. health care police to enforce that dictate. the i.r.s. health care police will verify that americ

we are talking to end -- ed berkowitz, george washington university.arber on the democrats' line. cincinnati, ohio. -- barbara, on the democrats lined parent caller: -- democrats line. caller: i was calling because i do have a question regarding health coverage, etc., but it is not the patient. some of the things like social security are doing, as previously stated, i got an increase but then social security changed some of the benefits to the point that now i have to pay $80 for one of my very important prescriptions that i need. and i cannot use these other medications that they want you to use necessarily. so i have to stick with wyck -- what my regular medication because of that is a concern. when we first started talking about health insurance, a pharmaceutical part was not terribly important. in fact, none of it was terribly important. in the 1920's people paid out of pocket. but now for many seniors and others, the cost of your prescriptions are just prohibitive. congress has tried to deal with that -- not so security you are talking about, but

and love history and my earlier book was on george washington's statesmanship. about to get back to that. there's so much going on right now and a lot of things coming out of this book. come .. >> other people have done it and that is the nature of learning history and the story tells you. it is the -- the book is really based on a lot of background and going through all of those things, and, it brings together in the narrative of their own mind, about these principles, so, it's not that there is, say, new discoveries of new hidden documents where and new research as much as it is once you know all of those documents, and you study them, and sea how they fit together and why this meant that and how they are all connected, and what it meant, gives a great perspective about seeing what those things mean today in light of current debates and again is this historical ground and deep historical grounding. >> thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> history professor jeremy kuzmarov says drug buse i vietnam soldiers are wrong and supporters of the anti-wore