the rescue of the great painting of george washington. it has occurred to me for a long time that by stating that in addition to the fact that it is a great work, it would have retarded what later became the arc of u.s./british reconciliation. that is not the purpose of your book but has that occurred to you? it has occurred to me for some time. >> they will indeed have enjoyed defiling the image of the father of our country. >> maybe but mostly because it becomes a grievance. individual grievances interfering with reconciliation with between countries. >> despite the fact that it was really jennings and some of his co-workers who followed through on the actual rescue that is why i would never say is fair to give dolley madison the credit because her patriotic impulse to make sure that didn't happen that led to the rescue of the portrait. if you go to see one of these portraits of george washington painted by gilbert stuart there is the one in the east room that is there today because of the action of jennings and others but also another

the golden gate--i mean, the george washington bridge, george washington. [laughter] you guys been known the george washington bridge has a resonant frequency that's equal to that of cat's trot? you guys know about that. cat, yeah. medium-sized cat. who's from new york city? they can back me up on this. you're gonna cross the-- walk across the george washington bridge. they got a little cat guard, little sign, "no cats." now, a lot of people think that's cute and that's a joke. but come on, you're physics type. we know what, right? you know i do. you know how a cat runs, by the way. you got a cat running. 20 minutes later. beautiful timing. how about a dog? but the cats, honey. guess what they found out that the natural of frequency of the george washington bridge is? so what would happen if you let a cat run across that bridge? you know, you guys, you notice when i hit this that these air molecules bent the steel. you had evidence of that. you heard it. right? so oh, well, maybe little air molecules can bend steel but not a cat. [laughter] how about it, ga

park police have wrapped up on george washington parkway northbound just about. still seeing some barrels and construction workers. southbound lanes have been opened. problems on 95 between stafford city.le in manassas, sudley road near manassas mall have been reopened. 270 past falls road, a quiet start. back to you. >> thank you. the criminal trial begins today two prince george's county officers for accused of beating an unarmed university of maryland student. the incident was caught on tape. john gonzalez is in the upper marlborough with what we can expect in court. >> in just a few hours those two george's county police trial inwill be on ofer marlborough, accused assaulting university of john mckennaent off campus. this was after videotape from a surface, showing the involving the officers in full riot gear and batons. the then-21 year-old was beaten after students stormed the victoryafter a school over duke basketball team 20. eight people were arrested that night, yet this young man's thatney has always argued was simply dancing t when officers against a

seyyed hossein nasr, university of the islamic studies said george washington university. he is an author of over 500 articles and 50 books, including "the heart of islam." >> good to sit and talk with you once again. >> in the name of god, as we begin all things, it is wonderful to be with you. >> i am really excited to be with you because it is such an important time for us to relearn or learn about is on -- islam. >> it really is. the situation is such that in almost every situation there is an islamic element in the middle of it, so we're have been necessity to get to know about the complex situation in which it enters into various arenas, political, social, cultural, and religious, of course. it is a very important and difficult time in world history today. >> the word islam itself has a translation? >> yes, submission to god. arabic routes usually have several meanings of a clustered together. all arabic words are made of roots that are made up of usually carried letters. this also means peace. so it mean surrender to god, and the piece that comes from its. >> so the

after george washington served two terms, if george washington gives up power he he'll baseball the greatestworld. yet, he did. and it happened again and again without bloodshed. >> in romney's world, workers get the shaft. >> john: in the ugliness of the campaign, all the shouting and fighting. it's good to remember that our system with all acrimony has worked better than so many alterti

two titans of political commentary go head to head for a mock presidential debate at george washington university. >> george is gone. audios, aloha, sayonara, it's boring. he's gone. >> reporter: bill o'reilly and jon stewart took on questions about the economy, foreign policy and the media during their so-called rumble 2012. jon stewart tried to make up the nine-inch height difference with a mechanical lift. >> we are merely weeks from being a failed state or even worse, greece. and the way to solve it is to kill big bird. >> reporter: while there was a packed auditorium for the live performance, those who paid $5 to watch it online were left frustrated. the feed kept locking up. some complained, saying the rumble 2012 isn't between those two, it's between viewers and the official website. >> jon stewart, 2012, anyone want one? >> reporter: those who watched the debate say it was entertaining. >> i think that overall it was very entertaining and i enjoyed seeing it. >> i think bill had more serious answers about what he thought would fix it, but we enjoyed stewart, as well. >> reporte

first in virginia on the george washington parkway.south of the beltway in alexandria on the south alongside at bellevue road. across reported there. an accident on the beltway in maryland. certainly tying things up from prince george's county into my -- into montgomery county county. the accident and the right lane. as to approach 355 a second crash. major delays on the beltway outer loop. >> thank you very much. 6:43. temperatures dropping a little bit to 40 six degrees. presidential running mates take the spotlight in the kentucky debate. >> we have our partners at politico here. about which ticket alexis douglas: i can remember when i was younger and... my family was not necessarily financially stable. we were poor. anncr: then alexis got a job at the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. alexis: i started as a wardrobe clerk. but then i was able to work my way up. i got a 401k, i have health insurance... and i make great money. anncr: in maryland, question seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. from hotel and restau

washington. >> no taxation without representation. >> reporter: there's a new item for sale, george washingtonign buttons. do you wish he was on the ballot? >> i sure do. and i'd vote for him right away. >> reporter: but washington is having none of it. >> my goodness gracious. to actually want the office? i'm a bit bewildered, truth be told. >> reporter: now the people we talked to, the visitors of mt. vernon, said they would gladly vote for george washington for president again and they stressed his honesty and his integrity. lester, i'm sure that's not a commentary of the current candidates but, lester, here is your official george washington for president button. >> i like the silver one that i can spend but this works, too. he has my endorsement. great stuff. >>> we'll be back with more if a moment including another update on hurricane sandy. ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. boring. boring. [ jack ] after la

the strike groups will include two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the "uss george washington" is currently based in yoke sucha near tokyo, while the "uss john c. stennis" is based on the west coast. the two strike group include vessels equipped with the 'gis air defense system. the u.s. fleet says the two strike groups will provide a combat-ready force to protect and defend the collective maritime interests of the united states and its allies in the asia pacific region. the u.s. also plans to deploy new f-35 stealth fighter jets in the region. the f-35 is now in its final stage of development. it has an advanced network system to connect the aircraft with ground-based radar and aegis vessels which can provide integrated information to the pilots. >>> earlier i spoke to nhk world's senior commentator hisashi tsuya. so, hisashi, is it unusual to have two aircraft carriers in this region at the same time? >> no, it's not that unusual. u.s. navy policy says there should be a presence of two carriers in the region. but this is not always the case because of demands elsewhere, so "uss

my name is seth hunter, i'm a student here at george washington law.rently serve as president of our banking securities law group, which helps organize this event. and i can personally say that being a part of the symposia has been a real crown jewel of my law school experience, and it's thanks to the dedicated members as well as our distinguished guests, some of whom is now my pleasure to introduce. scott alvarez is general counsel for the board of governors of the federal reserve system. he has worked closely with the board and congressional staff regarding the dodd-frank act. gramm-leach-bliley and fdic improve in fact, among others. richard osterman is the acting general counsel of the fdic. previously he was the assistant general counsel for the general litigation section, which included her personal liability, financial crimes and receivership operations and policy. peter wallison is the arthur f. burns fellow in financial policy studies at the american enterprise institute. prior to joining aei, he practiced banking corporate and financial law.

george washington. couple of those may come down on the heavier showers.because of the broken by then. strong southerly winds take up residence here on sunday and monday. we're going to warm up in the process. this is a tendency depiction of how the air mass will lay out across america. the warm air coming in here. the very cold they're taking up residence in canada. there's thursday at 1:00. that changes the outlook for the winter. we found 21 of them since 1950. 53 percent had a cooler than normal temperature. the loud signal comes in the snow front. monday night football. game time temperature 65.

george washington crossing the delaware. it's not just george washington in mccullough's point of view in 1776. so i'm working on that as well as a few other projects, but i love writing books and i love teaching. and i love doing freedomfest. is a great way to meet all the authors and see what's happening in the world. >> we have been talking with author mark skousen and great -- founder of freedomfest where booktv is on location, the making of modern economics, his book, thank you for being on booktv. >> thank you. in an interview conducted on the campus of george mason university in virginia during the fall for the book festival we talked to reyna grande about their memoir, "the distance between us." in the book she shares her experience of going up in mexico without her parents who immigrated to the united states illegally to find work. this is about half an hour. >> reyna grande what is -- >> the way i grew up knowing it was a reference to the united states but to me because i grew up in this hometown surrounded by moun

none of us heard him say anything about the george washington bridge. the other thing i should point out is that if you are traveling as many people do before 6:00 a.m. apparently this hov or carpool rule does not apply. it takes effect at 6:00 a.m. until midnight. apparently exempt as well are certain commercial vehicles and taxis from 4:00 p.m. to midnight, which is when a lot of the taxis change shift and some would be sort of dead heading it coming into the city without passengers. >> this will be fun to enforce. >> it's going to be tough. steven rowsing what does that mean for colleagues coming into new york this carpool making it that much tougher? >> it's going to be difficult. it's already really hard for a lot of us. we have a lot of people from staten island, long island, brooklyn. it's very difficult. we booked a lot of hotel rooms in advance because we knew it would be trouble. i think it's just going to add to less volume, less liquidity. i think it's going to take multiple days to recover. it already would have. this obviously puts more re

george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic sesenatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. [ male announcer ] jay likes it when his mobile phone helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature's cool like that. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard atitibank. >> big changes on the way. >> we have showers and some thunderstorms for tuesday. tomorrow we start with sunshine. do not be fooled. things will change by late afternoon into the evening hours. and it's not so bad out there right now. we had showers and a few rumbles of thunder north of d.c. rain has moved out of here. skies are beginning to clear. te to fall. 59 degrees at reagan national general -- airport. northern montgomery county, even on george washington parkway. 74 degrees was the high today on target with where we should be for this time of year the last day of september. 91 was the record high back in 1986. upper northwest d.c., 53 degre

lester as well as lisa deathly mirai associate professor of tourism and sports management at george washington university all right lauren let's start with you from an economic standpoint what are you seeing in terms of sports teams well from an economic standpoint what you're talking about in a bigger picture looking at that example that you just gave there has been some studies done on this and one economist robert bate examined thirty cities that have recently conducted new facilities he found that in twenty seven of them there's been no measurable economic impacts over talking about the city using the discipline bonds in order to fund these private stadiums with the goal of this being a boon to the local economy there is a clear indication by at least one study done that that there isn't that kind of economic delivery for that kind of investment and lisa i know that these stadiums are only getting more expensive let's take the case of the national stadium for instance and let's start there i know that you said that this stadium is a little bit of an exception go ahead and explain yourself

the rescue of the great painting of george washington. it has occurred to me for a long time that by stating that in addition to the fact that it is a great work, it would have retarded what later became the arc of u.s./british reconciliation. that is not the purpose of your book but has that occurred to you? it has occurred to me for some time. >> they will indeed have enjoyed defiling the image of the father of our country. >> maybe but mostly because it becomes a grievance. individual grievances interfering with reconciliation with between countries. >> despite the fact that it was really jennings and some of his co-workers who followed through on the actual rescue that is why i would never say is fair to give dolley madison the credit because her patriotic impulse to make sure that didn't happen that led to the rescue of the portrait. if you go to see one of these portraits of george washington painted by gilbert stuart there is the one in the east room that is there today because of the action of jennings and others but also another

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. >>> what was the first thing george washington told his men before crossing the delaware -- get in the boat, man. people have board up and they are out of here. some people are leaving behind messages. they wrote no candy for sandy. she's not getting any halloween treats from them. >>> all right. a dad in new york used hurricane sandy as a teachable moment for kids. he set up a weather station. the contraption looks weird but it can be used to monitor the weather. >> i wonder if it's still standing. >> i don't know. >> all right. we'll be right back after a quick break. >>> here we go. let's give outcurrent statistics -- give you the current statistics. it has it coming ashore. we just read the hurricane statements saying this continues to intensify. why? maybe the center is going over the delaware bay. it's an interesting mini stat. northern cecil county, the center will go over you and push to the west. 940-millibar. the deepest storm this far north of north carolina moving west, northwest at 24, top sustained winds at 90 and gusting close to 10000. crisfield came in at close to

from george washington to george bush and who can forget president jim my spits.lly need to go full john boehner on the spray tan. but a clean cut hispanic american like julian castro or ricky martin, oh my goodness, what if you were just a little bit gay? think of all the advantages that would provide. no, wait for it, what if you had a vagina? if you were a gay latino this election would be in the bag for you. unfortunately for you, mitt, you were cursed with the hard knock life of growing up as the son of a wealthy governor and auto executive. and when your father paid your way through private law school and bought your first house, i can't imagine how difficult that must have been for you. but the truth is the reason why latinos aren't voting for you is because your policies suck. being la ttino wouldn't win you the election. but saying jokingly that you wish you were might actually lose it for you. >> that video is part of a series called actually, which is an effort to use comedians to fact check mitt romney. the series is done by the american bridge pac whi

we're taking you live now to georgetown -- george washington university, the law school at george washington holding a forum on the dodd-frank law and whether it can prevent another financial crisis. the keynote speaker today, securities and exchange commission chairwoman mary schapiro. speaking now, the dean of the george washington law school. live coverage here on c-span2. >> securities and exchange commission. so one of the things that i think makes this law school, the george washington university law school, distinctive and different from other top law schools is the degree to which we are integrated into the real world of law and policy practice in this country. and so one of the things we are always striving to do is not be an ivory tower academic institution solely, but also one that is always trying to engage the practicing bar, people from corporations, people who are not lawyers in the educational enterprise and also in public policy discussions. and, obviously, we have a great advantage in being in washington, d.c. and having so much access to the world of policy. but in additio

more than george washington. he only has 3,000 books written about him. thomas jefferson, 2500. this one is team of rivals, arguably the best book about lincoln ever. >> wow. >> doris kearns goodwin. it's the book that the new poef vi coming out in a couple of weeks is based on lyndon. that's a steven spielberg. sally fields is mrs. lincoln and daniel day lewis is lincoln. it is going to be quite something. >> all right. that's the best one out of 15,000. get that one. >> now guest of honor. you hear about white house dinners. this is a book about what happened, and it's true, when thomas roosevelt, theodore roosevelt had booker t. washington, the first african-american to have dinner at the white house. and there was a big scandal about it. it was quite something because he had -- he invited booker t. washington to the white house for dinner. >> so this is all the ins and outs? >> and how he did it and why he did it. then our favorite, dolly madison. you know her from the ice cream. >> yep. >> all know that she was the one that saved george washington's portrait from the war of

the rescue of the great painting of george washington. it has occurred to me for a long time that by stating that in addition to the fact that it is a great work, it would have retarded what later became the arc of u.s./british reconciliation. that is not the purpose of your book but has that occurred to you? it has occurred to me for some time. >> they will indeed have enjoyed defiling the image of the father of our country. >> maybe but mostly because it becomes a grievance. individual grievances interfering with reconciliation with between countries. >> despite the fact that it was really jennings and some of his co-workers who followed through on the actual rescue that is why i would never say is fair to give dolley madison the credit because her patriotic impulse to make sure that didn't happen that led to the rescue of the portrait. if you go to see one of these portraits of george washington painted by gilbert stuart there is the one in the east room that is there today because of the action of jennings and others but also another

the event takes place from 7:00 until 9:30 tonight at george washington middle school.here's a dual repeats on the loose in prince william county. has been ripping necklaces of his victims' necks. eye witness hatter's stolen last evening outside her apartment in manassas. the steve surely incident. said that he seemed polite. >> he was coming down the stairs and he held the door for me. she came in running and said to call the police. >> are you scared to go outside? definitely scared. >> there have been the bill similar incidents in the past days and police believe person is responsible. in his late teens and he the necklaces. >> an effort by local students awareness for breast cancer. at georgetown visitation school lights on pink northwest. the disease kills 40,000 women in the u.s. every year. >> it gives me hope that my ones and hopefully no one else's loved ones some debt. they are continuing their crusade and calling on the make the insurance companies cover a minimum 48 mastectomy, for women to be able to stay in the hospital. buckingham palace is going pink as

and in george washington high school, the farther of our country pointing the pioneers west as they walk over a dead indian. most of the art is not controversial. most of the artists celebrates local produce. this is one of the most extraordinary murals i have seen. at a tuberculosis cemetery. they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater. all people brought together through the arts. unfortunately, it was not the last. the war came along. and anton refurgie. there were controversial. there were tried in washington in 1953. he had a panel showing the arts and sciences. there is luther burbank and jack london. there was a thing on the side. it says federal art project and has beginning and ending date. that is a wall which becomes a tomb stone. the artists themselves are becoming ghosts. that's what he's doing there. joseph danish. head of the projects, it is it was a wonderful time that he woke up every morning wondering how long it would last. they were being paid to produce public art. well, what happened of course is the war

is a law professor at george washington university.this on the phone to give a different perspective is senator alan simpson, former chairman on fiscal responsibility and reform. thank you for joining us. you are a supporter of the electoral college. guest: what the gentleman just said is very true. it is about votes and so on, and i would be interested in seeing his work, but you cannot plow more ground on that one and if you are messing around in the grand canyon. go back and look at the record as to how many decades people have been trying to get rid of the electoral college. i remember particularly the work of a wonderful senator from indiana, a democrat, who said we are going to get rid of that turkey, and he started hearings just when i got the -- to the senate, 1979 and 1980, and he cranked it up. he was awfully good at it. he was a terrific guy, and a terrific friend. the testimony began to flow in. it was very simple. it said that if you get rid of the electoral college, nobody in nevada or north dakota, or wyoming, and he nam

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at george washington university. 22nd and i streets. nobody spends screenings as well as prostate exams and mammograms. -- full body screenings as well as prostate exams and mammograms. >> we will donate $1 to fund breast cancer research. you can share that with your friends. spread the word and help support the lifesaving call. >> 4:43 62 degrees. >> a different kind of political >> top story this morning. prince george's county police are mourning the loss of another officer. kevin bowden died after his vehicle was involved in a crash at and branch avenue in clinton. in august, an officer died after losing control of his cruiser. that happened on 95. a man is under arrest right now accused of throwing a molotov cocktail into the food court at the ballston mall. the mall was not evacuated yesterday afternoon while authorities conducted a sweep. authorities do not think it was an act of terrorism. the presidential candidates will be back on the campaign trail today. president obama in fairfax at george mason university. mitt romney and

george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> our breaking news continues on this monday night. you can see some of the nats players excited. they are the nl east champions. here's how it went down tonight. the nats versus the phillies at home. the nats lose that game, but late in the 9th we find out that the pirates beat the atlanta braves and with that the win for the nats, historic for washington sports. our coverage will continue throughout the evening. we have bob barnard there with fans and our sports director scott smith getting interviews, at least trying to, with all this champagne flying there right now. i think he's got bryce harper's goggles. scott does. he may be putting them on right now so he can get his job done. we'll continue with this throughout the evening. >>> another big story, an unusual string of violent days in frederick, maryland. the crime strike includes the city's first year. someone shot and

america electing leaders who later voluntarily stepped down with a radical idea after george washingtonrms king george said if george washington gives up power you will be the greatest man in the world. yet he did. then it happened again and again without bloodshed. >> in romney's world workers get the shaft. >> ugliness of this year's campaign. >> would you please wait. >> all of the shouting and fighting. it's good to remember our system with all of the ak krom minutes has worked better than so many

as i mentioned previously the george washington bridge handles 300,000 people a day.hat bridge is forced to close it will impact hundreds of thousands of people. we are hoping if people go into manhattan this morning they realize if the conditions deteriorate they may have difficult geeting back into manhattan this evening. >> some of the tunnels may be flooded as well not to mention the rail lines. thank you very much. we are following hurricane sandy this morning the super storm is expected to impact millions and millions of people along the east coast new england is now preparing for the worst. >> this is the largest threat to human life our state has experienced in any one's lifetime. >> let's talk about katherine parada. good morning. how are things looking there? >> we are dealing with pretty heavy winds right now. we are looking at cape cod chatham is right here. right on the bottom portion of the cape. we are getting the brunt of the winds right now. 23 miles per hour which gust at 35 miles per hour. we are told as the storm progresses we could see winds 35-50

where it has been generous enough to have buses especially in the case of the middle school and george washington high school that there is a 38 that is dedicated just to the students when you have you know, 1100 kids being dismissed at the same time at a school. there are over 2,000 students that were able to coordinate that. but however, i have been hearing to school that they are having a lot of issues around this. so as you know, when you are late they miss class and so i think that we maybe can be more efficient and we have maybe a better conversation or conversations with muni and align the school schedules with the needs and i think that some principals actually have done an assessment of what or how many students ride which line and they have a pretty good idea. and so maybe we can work with them on this as we are working with them about this... >> did we just... >> about the transportation plans. >> thanks. just gave you a whole bunch of stuff to do. >> thank you. >> miss okeff i know that this is not the easyist thing to do because this could be many different perspectives on what we sh

george washington. hollywood high school. they have english, latin and greek. this is a middle school in long beach. it wasn't centralized authority. they chose the architects. the main constraint is there had to be an engineer on site. there there is berkeley. and piedmont avenue in oakland. this is in nevada city. these schools, like so many of the new deal are beautifully built. this is the school you just saw. teaching, they employed tens of thousands of teachers and librariance. new nutritionist. starving children don't learn well. they give them lunches. this is an art class in san francisco hospital. art class for crippled children. the photographers that i find of san francisco indicate that schools were integrated at the lowest level. you could mitigate the racial problem from the bottom up. there was also adult education too. this 1 learned one learned to read as many did. many of the community colleges were a result of the new deal. sacramento. i gave a talk at santa rosa and the city college in san francisco was largely a product of the pwa and has

george washington university will host a celebration for promoting healthy and sustainable food at universityart. it will feature exhibits by school and local groups as well as free healthy snacks and educational workshops. >> 59 degrees outside. >> still to come gangam >> rise and shine on this wednesday. >> if you need an excuse to get up today jacqui that. get out early. >> it is 60 degrees -- can you believe it? that is closer to where we should be for the average high this time of year. the average height is 66. we do have some cloudiness associated with the system moving through the area, and it could squeeze out if you sprinkles. otherwise it will be a great day. quantico up 57 degrees. lexington park at 64. high pressure -- that is keeping the warm front up to our north. despite that little disturbance will see its drive for the most part. we have to follow this cold front over the weekend -- some big changes. today, partly cloudy skies and warm. a record high today is 84, just shy of that. he will be out in the storm chasers -- watch for him to pop up in the 5:00 hour. let's check up

seeing some improvement on the george washington parkway. construction had the northbound side of the parkway diverted, but they have just about the couple last of the barrels. that should be clearing soon. back to you. >> thank you. in entertainment news, some of hollywood's biggest names will be at the kennedy center to night to honor the talk-show host ellen degeneres. >> she's receiving the mark twain prize for american humor. tonight's and trainers in town include steve harvey and jimmy kimmel. the show will be one week from tomorrow on pbs. >> she became famous for chasing -- , but now singer adele is now a mother. she and her boyfriend simon are ecstatic with a new baby boy. once again, the injury and bug has hit "dancing with the stars." >> melissa rosecroft suffered a head and neck injury during a fall in rehearsal. been released from the hospital. our partner posted a message on twitter last night if saying he was really concerned about air and that he did not know if they would be able to dance tonight. he asked the fans to keep t

this is an aerial shot of the george washington bridge that connects new york with new jersey. andrew cuomo, the governor, has indicated he will be shutting the george washington bridge down and along with several other bridges including the henry hudson and the bottom line, it looks to me adding them on top of the holland tunnel and the brooklyn battery tunnel tunnel...just trying to do my math on the all the arteries here -- yes, all the premiere arteries connecting manhattan with the rest of the world, they will be shut down. shut down. i am looking at my crew, we are here. for the night. we are not going anywhere. new york is all but shut down in 2 1/2 hours from now you cannot get on and you cannot get off this island. that is the first time since 9/11 that we have seen this situs in the world's premiere city, certainly in america's most populous city, manhattan at 7:00 p.m. tonight will be isolated to the world. also, refineries along the east coast shug down, one after the other, and former shell oil president on that in houston, texas. what does this mean? how widesprea

this latest one includes the mascots from george washington university. you can see george washington, the school's hippo dancing around downtown d.c. and the gw campus. george only knows how to ride a horse. they didn't have cars back then. this video just got uploaded yesterday. the original gangnam style by rapper psy had more than 400 million views now. >> the president getting into the groove. >>> oscar and golden globe winner is looking to conquer the book world. after her success in the movie "the help" she's now working on detective models. simon and shuster announced that the first book randy rhodes, ninja detectives will be out next fall. spencer said she hopes to give kids the same sense of magic that she found reading nancy drew and encyclopedia brown. i remember nancy drew. >>> beyonce will be an empty chair at the next clint eastwood movie. >>> justin bieber becomes the victim of a real crime and a fake crime. it's time for hollywood headlines. and joining us now, cohost with the russ parr morning show. so georgia, justin bieber is the lates

there's a very interesting statistic from this new politico/george washington university poll.the first debate, people said president obama. 61% said president obama. after the first presidential debate, it was just 53%. there we go. there's the magic number right there so you can all see it. 61% before the first debate. afterwards, 53%. it really seemed to change the perception of this race. so does it change the expectation game, ana, going into the second debate? >> i think it has changed the expectation debate. i think the expectations on president obama are not as high as they were in the first debate. the first debate, the question asked of many people was, who do you expect to win the debate, and it was overwhelmingly president obama. i think he's got an advantage in that now. people just expect him, you know, he shows up and smiles and speaks up every now and then, he's done better than he did in the first debate. that being said, i think what we've seen, john, is, you know, little bumps here and there, that then dissipate. there was the post-democrat convention bump th

we do have accident activity northbound on the george washington parkway approaching the memorial bridge. this is what is tying up the left lane. you are nate backup leaving the roosevelt bridge as you continue northbound headed out towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. . >>> in this morning's top stories, a man is under arrest after police say he threw a bottle with a lit fuse on the floor of the ballston common mall food court. it happened during the lunch rush yesterday. it never exploded and there were no injuries. the suspect was arrested a short time later. what you are looking at is cell phone video of the arrest. it is right there ever t arrest. the mall reopened yesterday evening. >>> it looks like both the dream act and same-sex marriage are on the way to becoming a law in maryland. a "washington post" poll finds that 59% of likely voter in the state backed dream act which would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. 35% oppose. 52% favor question six which would uphold maryland's same- sex marriage law. 4 #% are o

jack burkman and democratic strategist gary nordlinger from george washington school join us. thank you for being here. >> good afternoon. >> the fact that the unemployment rate fell below 8% the first time since the president took office should give them a boost. is it enough to help erase the lackluster performance in the debate? >> i don't know if it's enough to equal out the debate. the point is that it's good news for them and for the first time since january of 2009, unemployment dropped below 8% and that is great and upexpected news for the president. >> mitt romney called this insignificant. do you think that is a fair assessment of this or is this politics? >> reporter: the president's not responsible for the unemployment rate. what he's responsible for, i think s wasting three or $4 trillion, $3.5 trillion getting nothing for it. i think romney's point, you know, the stimulus spent a trillion, 80% of it wasted in paying down state debt. really no bang first buck at all. what obama has done is put the country in debt. no president is responsible for a recession. no pr

and george washington university is number 49 with american university 10 places below that. >> georgek about that. that price tag, do you happen to know it? >> yeah the gw's total cost is $57,000. but if you take into account to need based aid that price goes down to $30,000. >> what's the big picture before we let you go, graduated from yale or georgetown or george washington, what kind of weight does that carry and does that same weight mean the same as it did ten years ago? >> i think it does. there is pull when it comes to the private universities. when we come out with public rankings in a couple months we're also positioning that from the same point you can find really good values in public schools. private schools the names on a pull. they offer in terms of helping students find good jobs. a lot of liberal arts colleges makes every effort to help their students find a reasonable job out there. >> before we let you go the criteria used for this list can you tell us what that was? >> we focus on academics. a little less than half on cost. comes down to schools that are competitiv

it is not far from where george washington crossed the delaware river.he storm has pulled some ancient trees out of the ground. steve, this is sad to see. >> these are beautiful 80 to 100-year-old trees. yesterday in maryland we were at houses that were trashed by the water. here in pennsylvania, people are trapped by the trees. joining me is officer boone. officer, we are seeing downed trees, downed power lined, i see a green wire, silver line, what we are looking at? >> that is devastation from the storms and it has people trapped if their homes here and in bucks county. >> now, we talked to a woman who can not get out of her house and people are just trapped, stucked by the trees. >> we tell people to sit tight, stay at home, if you need help we will be more than happy to come out and help you but do not try to cross the wires and the power companies are working in from outside in to get in. >> and different areas of the storm we have seen fire, wind and flooding and in pennsylvania, story is trees, treed that have smashed houses and knocked down fire