. >> a a robber library was evacuated and there were reports of a suspicious person on george washington university campus. john gonzalez of the latest on the developments. >> officials at george washington university and received a tip last night from the secret service. a man walking around possibly with a gun. a number of police agencies if searched the campus for hours but to no avail. >> a white male with a gun balding, eyeglasses, gratefully is headed towards campus from the white house. >> of george washington university student receives an emergency text alert sent by the campus. a man possibly armed with a gun was spotted walking towards the university. >> we cannot stop moving about because that is the nature of d.c. i have midterms tomorrow and i have to go back to the dorm. >> police blanketed the foggy bottom campus with guns drawn. the man was not located. that left many students uneasy overnight. >> there are many police around the area. but it is carried a gun and has not been caught. >> even the campus library was shut down for time after a student reported seeing a suspicious man

somebody help me down. >> and we want to update you on our breaking news from george washington university, where a man may be armed at the university library. the suspect was seen walking near the white house and then headed towards gw university. stephen tschida is live on campus with more reaction from inside. >> about one hour ago, the university sent out a text message and an email and we saw a number of campus security guards and the secret service go into the library. you can see all of these students who were ordered out of a library. it was packed with students. it was mid term time. they were told to clear out. we caught up with one of the students a short while ago. >> basically, there was an announcement that we needed to evacuate the library. >> and you can see the library. we believe inside there are a number of police officers, security and of course the secret service trying to find the man who may be armed who may be heading in the direction of george washington university. he actually may be on campus as yet. no sign of this suspicious individual but the search does conti

. >> late last night at george washington university after the secret service reported a possible armed man in the foggy bottom area,. john gonzalez as the latest from the investigation and reaction from some students. >> good morning. george washington university officials tell us this morning they got an alert last night from the u.s. secret service, a report of a man walking around possibly with a handgun. a number of police agencies searched the campus here at foggy bottom for hours but to no avail. now campus wide alert went out to students late last night that said a report of a white male with a handgun balding, wearing glasses, heading towards the campus from the white house. it was an intense seen as police blanketed the campus with guns drawn. if the school library was shut down for some time after a student reported a suspicious man matching the description inside as he changed his clothing. >> i think it is worrisome. but we cannot stop moving about because that is the nature of d.c. i have a midterm tomorrow morning and i have to do it. >> we got a note saying we need to ev

>>> tonight breaking news from george washington university where an alert went out warning about a gunman heading towards the campus. jane has our report from foggy bottom. jane. >> reporter: jim, we definitely have breaking news here on the campus of gw university. i'm on h street between 21st and 22nd street. i'm going to step out. there's a secret service patrol car. they got an alert there was a man carrying a gun coming from the white house toward the gw campus. it was very quiet on campus. then they got an alert saying the authorities couldn't find anything. about ten minutes ago a lot of police officers, metropolitan police officers with rifles, secret service agents all went into the library here on h street. you can see some of the officers outside here. they went into the library. they weren't allowing gw students into the library. something is going on concerning the alert. the alert that went out at 9:30 tonight said there was a white male balding with eyeglasses wearing a gray fleece sweater, possibly carry a handgun going west from the white house to the gw campus. again, th

the george washington university after an alert person may have been on campus. the school sent out an alert last night after the secret man who may have heading towas seen the campus from the white house. authorities searched the foggy bottom campus but did not find suspects. >> i am not that scared because i feel like there's a lot of police around the area. but it is scary that he may not have been caught yet. >> the library was evacuated last night after a possible was spotted changing clothes. police arrested the library but did not find any suspects. the fbi tested white powder that r at aund in a lette restaurant in downtown washington around 6:00 last night employees. d it with the powder inside. hazmat crews evacuated the restaurant. bewas determined not to the st. reopened around 7:30 last night. >> verizon offering more options cannot get high- speed internet. we are used to hearing taking away the things from customers. giving youe something. linda bell from bloomberg headquarters has more. we will get to that in a moment. but the fourth quarter gdp c

this class on the george washington university, the first of four look at the fed's role in the greatression, also the great recession and also a look at the fed's challenges in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. and "the new york times" writing this lecture, the latest in the series of efforts by mr. bernanke to increase the fed's engagement with the general public. he appeared twice on "60 minutes." he's held town hall meetings with college students and he's held regular news conferences which we carry here on the c-span networks. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. et

he gave an hour-long lecture to about 30 students at george washington university in the nation's capitalone student asked about returning to the gold standard which mr. bernanke said is not feasible in a modern economy. >> well, good afternoon. i think the students here may know who i am, but for those watching the broadcast, i am steve knap, president of the george washington university. it's really a pleasure to welcome you to today's first class in a series entitled reflections on the federal reserve and its place in today's economy featuring the chairman of the federal reserve, dr. ben bernanke. i am pleased to acknowledge that we have with us two of the number of falculty members. some of them will be teaching later in the series. today is the first university lecture series delivered by a sitting chairman of the federal reserve. and i think it does provide an extraordinary opportunity for the students who are here in the classroom, but also for those watching online who have an opportunity to gain insight into the nation's central banking system and a wide range of issues that affe

george washington university has provided a full scholarships to 134 d.c. school sincstudents over the past two decades. >> i am very happy. it's my first choice and i am very excited. >> unwavering initiative is what she has, says her family. >> i am really happy. this is really an honor. the scholarship worth more than $200,000. emotional mothers. >> she really wanted to go to george washington really bad and i did not know how i would afford it. >> they have the highest graduation rate in d.c. public schools there. >> everything will be paid for from the tuition to the books and fees. john gonzalez reporting, abc 7 news. >> thank you. still ahead, developing details of john edwards' extramarital affair and possible connection to a prostitution ring in the big apple. mitt romney facings like about comments by an adviser. the etch a sketch controversy. gas prices are up for some, but down for some people in our area. we will show you where. if and tinkers crossed or some better weather this afternoon. the forecast is after the break. >> former presidential

something comparable to a super bowl. >> that was joe, president of the college democrats at george washington university show promoters must do, exaggerating wildly my debate with ann coulter at george washington university was nothing like the super bowl. there was no halftime show. madonna wasn't there. m.i.a. didn't even show up. but here is some of what the audience was hoping to see. >> i'm here to watch lawrence o'donnell decimate ann coulter. >> well, the economy and jobs for sure, health care, always. and education are my major issues. i am pretty sure -- i'm certainly hoping that all this moron women stuff that's been happening the last few weeks comes up. >> the debate was freeform, no timekeeping, no scorekeeping. and so each member of the audience could keep their own scorecard. >> he was reasoned. he was funny. took it seriously but not too seriously. >> know your audience. and i'm not sure how ann coulter missed that lesson, but to say in a roomful of college students that, number one, you should not have the right to vote until you're at least in graduate school or beyond because she beli

. >>> secret service sent alert of a gunman headed towards george washington university. the latest coming up next. >>> first tornados now snow, days after the tornado uprooted homes in indiana, now under a blanket of snow. homeowners say the snow is soaking belongs they don't have left to save and could take weeks before the power is restored in indiana. that and more on this tuesday morning. i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. we will get things started with lynette charles. >>> not a lot going on this morning. we got a couple of snow showers across the area. nothing sticking yesterday, though. the chill continues, temperatures will be below normal again, plenty of sunshine in the forecast and a surge of warm air and then we have rain by the end of the week. today is going to be a calm day. we are nice and dry. we have all five sweeps on scanning the skies. we are cold. temperatures coming in below average, 27 degrees now in to aberdeen. arnold 27. clarksville 25. a little bit on the gusty side yesterday afternoon in to the evening. thos

: in part because of the urban setting, it costs a lot of money to attend george washington universityar. >> reporter: the university president said it's the happiest day of the work year when he gets to jump in at various public, charter, and public d.c. high schools to announce the winners of four- year scholarships. >> and it's my pleasure and honor to name our recipient of the scholarship from benjamin banier can academic high school and that person is mia christian. >> reporter: the tractenberg scholarships amount to $220,000 over the four-year period paying for tuition, room, board, and books and she is graduating from d.c.'s rigorous bany ker is academic high with a 3.8gpa and she was definitely headed for college, she was worried about money. >> i applied for a lot of smaller scholarships in the past and had not gotten any and this is a big step for me. >> reporter: she is not just in academics. >> she plays on the volleyball team and the softball team and community service. he's a well-deserved student of the scholarship. >> reporter: she will study engineering at gwu with the

to have you as the chairman of the cftc and we were delighted to have you here at the george washington university law school. as a token of our appreciation -- >> sit worth less than $20? >> it's a cheap clock and a coffey mug. you're welcome to come back any time. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> i'm taking the mug. anybody want a clock? >> we got the mug here. nip want a clock? looks like under $20. >> there we go. i'll take this. you never know what the clock costs. no, that's over $20. >> all right. we'll auction off the clock after lunch. thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you very much. >> and now more from this event hosted by george washington university law school. fdic acting chairman talked about new regulations contained in the 2012 financial regulations law and the role of community banks in enforcing regulations. this is 40 minutes. >> i would like to welcome everybody back for the afternoon program, please. we hope you enjoyed a good lunch. we've had a very interesting morning. we're delighted now to have the privilege and honor of hearing from chairman martin gruenberg. h

held at george washington university's law school, this is 45 minutes. >> welcome, everyone. welcome to george washington university law school. and our program at the center for law of economics and finance where we've been discussing financial reform. my name is lawrence cunningham. i'm a member of the faculty here. and it's a great pleasure for me to introduce and welcome gary gensler, currently the chairman of the commodities futures and trading commission. an appointment he received and took in may of 2009 at a very difficult time in our country's financial history. to undertake a very difficult job. i think the country is fortunate to have had that appointment and we're lucky that he is in that job today. his experience will speak to why we're lucky. he earned a bachelor's of science degree from the university of pennsylvania's warden school sum cum laude back in 1978. and the next year earned a master's of business administration from penn. he spent the next 18 years working at goldman sachs. the investment banking firm in new york. where he became a partner and ultimat

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it will be the worst to the east of us. 60 degrees at george washington university. 73 degrees for the high end takoma park. in manassas, 59 degrees with a high in the mid-70's. temperatures are a bit milder. when chester at 59 degrees. head off to ocean city with only 42 degrees at this hour appeared they had highs daily in the lower-50's. 70's in the mountains. temperatures are mild off to the west of us. lower-80's and chicago. there cooling down now to about 70 degrees. high-pressure off to the northeast and light southerly flow will diminish in the overnight and hours. the fog could limit visibility to the lower quarter of a mile. we already have a dense fog advisory for delaware. i expect this will disband as we go into tomorrow. but similar to what we had earlier this morning i expected to cancel out by 9:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. moving through the next 48 hours, noticed a few showers along western maryland. it will not amount to much for the day tomorrow. more clouds and a few showers for the day on monday. and we may even hear a few rumbles of thunder. dense fog is expected overn

george washington university, 50, 45 potomac, high near 60. 45 gaithersburg, the same in frederick, winchesterassas 46. the cold air off to the north and west, 31 chicago, 18 minneapolis. the wind chill factor makes it feel like 7 degrees. 7 blow sault ste marie. the colder air arrives on monday, of well below average this time of year. this is what it looks like with the heavier thunderstorms across eastern georgia, into south carolina, north carolina, moving to the east. it will have no impact on the immediate metro. clouds hang around overnight the temperatures fall into the 30's, 40 in the district. this system arrives early monday morning. that will give a shot of much colder air. the future-cast, the next 48 hours, the clouds, southern maryland st. mary's, charles calvert counties may have showers in the morning. showers during the day but only 20% chance of anything. the bigger story is the conversational snow flurries on monday. enough cold air in place to allow the development of the snow flurries, but no accumulation expected. the temperatures well above freezing, not expecting any a

it costs a lot of money to attend george washington university, about $56,000 a year. teven knapp says it's the happiest day of his work year when he gets to drop in at various public, charter and private d.c. high schools to a announce the winners of four year full scholarships. >> so it's now my pleasure and honor to name our recipient of the scholarship from benjamin banneker appear deeming high school and that person is nia christian. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the tracktonberg scholarships at gwu amount to $220,000 scholarships over the four year period paying for tuition, room, board and books. nia christian is graduating from d.c.'s rigorous banneker academic high with a 3.8 gpa and although she was definitely headed for college, she was worried about money. >> ida plied for a lot of smaller scholarships in the -- i'd applied for a lot of smaller scholarships in the past and just hadn't really gotten any. this is a really big step from that. >> reporter: nia is not just an academic. >> she plays on the volleyball team, the softball team, does communit

classes will go on as scheduled at george washington university.ed the campus of an armed man heading toward the school. however, the manual was never found -- man was never found. >>> vincent gray plans to take his campaign for statehood to the democratic and republican national conventions this summer. he reportedly encouraged by republican rucklings to ease oversight over the district's budget. >>> randy whitman, the wizards coach, called his team's performance unprofessional and unexcusable. they lost to the warriors 120- 100. >>> let's go to jessica for today's daily deals. >> thank you so much. we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts. here are some of ow favorites. we are appealing to tech geeks. am son by com has -- am son.com has a video projector that turns your iphone, ipod, your laptop, blu-ray and apple tv into a home theater. normally 599, now $1 # 9.99. -- $189.99, a 68% savings. >>> how about a day on the water. we have a deal with capital river cruises. a 350% saving

he kicks off a series of lectures at george washington university. more on that coming up next. >>> metro has warned investors it doesn't expect earnings growth this year. patricia has the details. >> and the details make the difference. that's for sure. because right he beginning of trade, the market was really disappointed that the numbers were below par. however, then they looked into what the company actually had to say and why the newspapers were below par and then the stocks trading up about 2% right now, it was up as much as 3% earlier on in the trading session. yes, below par numbers for the year 2011, however, due to currency effects and due to restructuring costs. so that's one part of the story. the other part of the story is you could have been disappointed with a fairly conservative outlook for 2012. why is it conservative some is it because they're now switching from cost cutting more into investing? they want to invest in in eastern europe and asia and of course this is where the money goes and this is exactly what in the long term sho

not so bad. 48 degrees at george washington university. is not so bad. 44 degrees in germantown. n leesburg. temperatures across the board, winchester, 40 in martinsburg, 46 in hagerstown. quantico surpassing 50 degrees already. the warm air. 24-hour temperature change, 26 warmer in detroit. warm air arriving later this afternoon ahead of the cold will slide across today, bringing us a showers ande of embedded thunderstorms. our skies will begin to clear as through the day tomorrow. friday will look wonderful outside with high-pressure overhead. 73-78 degrees today. heavy downpours and gusty wind possible. let's get a look at traffic with lisa baden. >> it is a good morning. 95 is pretty smooth out of getting intog, springfield, beyond on to 395. everything is open to and from street bridge. virginiaavel times in and on 95 in maryland. southbound coming out of frederick into montgomery county 270 into a germantown is beautiful. ride in college park on on the beltway near andrews air force base. more.ave now back to news. >> crews are scheduled to demolish bridge in fort belvoir t

essentially what we are doing is something that georgetown university, george washington university as a classroom. so we do start with ninth graders to try to get them interested in math and science. we to invite them to the office to see a real time at what engineers to come architects as well. >> you present to the ninth graders and take the same group on tours? >> that is up to them. one of the things about taking them on tours, is a bit overwhelming. also, at the age of the students. ninth graders are typically 13 and 14. when we get into the intern program, it is for seniors. the students have already had math and science, and we do take them on to the job site. supervisor kim: may be at the next board meeting we can get a more detailed presentation. i appreciate what you're trying to say. and >> i think the question is the following, how is it the are the students selected? how does the school make the determination as to what students to recommend to the transbay authority. >> typically at the academy at burton. i think they may have something out washington as well. i will che

. >> jonathan turley of george washington university, and "countdown" contributor who has agreed to staywith us for a recap of the george zimmerman video. we'll be back in ten minutes. >> thank you, keith. >> and a second meltdown in as many months as the jetblue captain is charged. >> we will return to this hour's breaking news. the video from the sandford police department the night that george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. jonathan turley will be be back with me to analyze this from a legal point of view, and a further question, if there is no blood as mr. zimmerman said he did not need to go to a hospital, even if he went to a washroom, where are the bandages, where is the swelling? coming up. >> the jetblue pilot whose erratic behavior forced an emergency landing is facing charges. jetblue flight heading from new york to las vegas was forced to make an emergency landing in texas after a 12--year veteran of the airline began to roam the aisles and saying things don't matter. shortly into the flight the captain began to exhibit erratic behavior, fiddling with the plane's c

. >>> making headlines ask scary night for students at george washington university. the secret service warned gw officials that a possible gunman was coming from the area near the white house. the school then sent out a text alert to students but officials never placed the campus on lockdown. the suspect was described as a white male, balding, wearing a gray fleece sweater, possibly wearing eyeglasses. police searched the area but found nothing. und nothing. >>> the polls are opening for this super tuesday in just a few hours. voters will begin casting votes in 10 states plus virginia. this is what the map looks like. the contests span the country for some 419 delegates that will be decided today from alaska to vermont. we goat more on today's voting from melanie alnwick in great falls. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, poll workers have just arrived here to begin setting up for the morning's votings here in the commonwealth. 46 delegates at stake here in virginia. let's take a look at what is at stake in the rest of the super tuesday states. again, 419 d

. >>> new for you, george washington university officials say students, faculty and parents alerted after the u.s. secret service said a man was seen heading towards the campus with a gun. authorities searched the area around the schools campus, no suspects were found. the university did not go under lockdown. >>> independent panel of scientists saying two government issued studies can't show if people are harmed by toxic pollution from the fort detrick contamination. studies are unlikely to answer lingering questions about the impacts of the cancer causing chemicals bury tatted military base. -- buried at the military base. the rate in the area was higher than statewide averages. >>> a look at news around the nation, murder suspect's court appearance was stopped monday by shouting and violence. look that video from springfield, massachusetts. officials say relatives of the victim punched the ex-boyfriend and accused killer as he entered the courtroom. to two family members were taken out in handcuffs. >>> volunteer worker for the washington dc council candidate has been arrested and char

he was at george washington university hospital on that occasion and shortly after that, he was outfitted with what's called a left ventricular device. that's for people with end stage heart disease. he was put on a wait list for a heart transplant. just this past december, he reached the top of that list and yesterday he had the surgery. as far as we know, although we have not heard anything from the doctors or the cheney family since that statement last night where they thanked the now anonymous donor, they thanked the hospital staff and outlined the fact the vice president had been on that list for some 20 months, we assume he's still here in the hospital recovering from the transplant surgery. no word on how long he will be here or his current condition. chris? >> mike vicara, thank you. as mike mentioned, mr. cheney has a lost history of heart problems prior to his most recent in 2010. his first heart attack came in 1978 when he was only 37 years old. he had a second attack six years later followed by emergency q d quadruple bypass in 1988. cheney suffered two more attacks, one in 20

this after the secret service alerted the george washington university bay possible gunman heading in the direction of campus. they said the suspect was coming from the area of the white house. the school issued a campus-wide alert and police searched the area but found nothing. >>> ate machine accused of killing a neighbor over a dog is being held this morning without bond. just last thursday, ellsworth colbert testified before the decity council on an unrelated matter. police say he confronted robert wright with a knife about allow a doing to get near his yard. they argued and fought before wright was stabbed. colbert is now charged with that stabbing rnlgt. >>> a new report backed up previous studies that were unable to prove residents at fort detrick were harmed by toxic chemicals dumbed at the army base. it is unlinely additional studies could establish a link because information on early exposure was never collected and any information gathered now would not be considered reliable. >>> coming up next here on fox 5 morning news, startling new numbers about race and discipline in

their high was only 68. 69, the george washington university.emperatures of the cooler in the mountains. winchester 68. head down to a lexington park, md., 63 degrees. the cooler air is just off to the north and west of us. this is about eight degrees above their average high. there are cooling down big time. that is all part of a system that will again to limit its way to are part of the country. an area of low pressure just off to the west of us is slowly tracking towards the east. able to arrive tomorrow, bringing as periods of heavy rain. the severe weather that all across indiana into kentucky. nothing for us to worry about here. a few showers beginning to push into western maryland. not expecting anything severe for the overnight hours. here is our futurecast. moving to the day tomorrow, here is the rain on and off. mid-50's to lower 60's 4 overnight. 65 to 70 degrees tomorrow. the extended outlook shows a really nice day. for the day on monday. we are going to look for cooler air on tuesday. >>> the toyota sports desk brought to you by yo

a late-night search at george washington university. authorities are still hunting for the suspicious man. >> gw jr. was hunkered down by books and a library. >> everyone is filing out the door, going every which way. car thefts are not that uncommon, but this was much different. >> a white male with a gun balding, gray fleas. >> they alerted the campus about a suspicious man possibly armed with a handgun heading towards the school with the white house. >> alley was in her dorm room when she got the word. everybody knew the drill. >> been notified students and police blanketed the campus with their high-powered guns are drawn. >> a little bit of an eyeful. a little bit more than expected. thank god, everyone is safe and sound. >> the search to the school for hours. because the midterms, it was shut down after a student reported seeing a suspicious man matching the description and changing his clothing inside. >> is is definitely unnerving. but i know that gw keeps pretty good tabs on its students. >> the library here on campus has since

. >>> george washington university students headed back to class this morning after being warned that a gunman was on the loose. students got an alert about 9:30 last night that a man, possibly armed with a gun, was spotted running from the white house toward g.w.'s campus. the library was evacuated when a student reported seeing a man fitting the gunman's description changing clothes in the building. police searched the library and campus. the gunman was not found. >>> it is primary day in virginia. right now the polls are open. the polls will stay open until 7:00 tonight. don't expect big lines. voter turnout is expected to be low because there are only two candidates on the ballot. mitt romney and ron paul. romney is expected to win in a landslide. rick santorum and newt gingrich failed to qualify for the ballot. it is super tuesday today. 11 states are holding primaries or caucuses. by the end of the day, the republican race for president could be a lot more clear. there are more than 400 delegates up for grabs around the country. >>> all eyes will be on ohio throughout the day to

. >>> new this morning, george washington university says students faculty and parents were alerted of a possible gunman, u.s. secret service said a man was seen headed towards the campus. authorities searched the area around the school's foggy bottom campus but didn't find suspects. >>> a volunteer worker for a candidate has been charged in a stabbing death. police say it's over a dog defecating in his yard. robert wright was walking his friend's dog when his neighbor became angry and witnesses say culvert claimed the dog had gone to the bathroom on his property. an argument ensued and culvert stabbed wright to death. >>> a courtroom brawl in massachusetts all of it caught on tape. a murder suspect's appearance before a judge was stopped by shouting and violence. the relatives of the victim punched the accused killer as he was walking in the courtroom. the room had to be cleared. the hearing for the suspect went on later as planned. >>> a fight on a southwest airlines flight , the dispute over nail polish. jean ny was painting her nails , the flight attendant asked her to stop, she di

$10,000 you can use that money at any private university in the city including here at george washington university. you can also use that money at any public university throughout the country if the student can get in. students at the district's only public university, udc, they are not eligible for tag funds. >> basically ignored udc as a state university for the district residents of the district of columbia. >> reporter: udc faculty say many of the d.c. students who fail to finish using tag funds elsewhere i understand -- end up here at the north main campus. >> not all students are ready to leave home. >> i think it's fair to say almost 50% of your students graduating is pretty good. it's not good enough for us. so we've been working the last year and have a lot of time and effort into retention programs. >> reporter: critics hearing ruefully half of the tag money -- critics argue roughly half of the tag money may have gone to d.c. students who did not finish college in six years. >> on saturday march 10th the tag office will conduct a smart college fair to help tag students pick the schools w

he delivered the first two of four planned lectures at george washington university on economic historyare taking the course and no, the chairman will not be grading any papers. >>> that's the show for today. thank you for being with me. my guests next week, chef and rest ra daughter daniel ba lieu. keep it right here where wall street meets main street. have a great weekend everybody, i'll see you next weeken

reporter: in part, because of its urban setting in d.c., it costs a lot of money to attend george washington universityt $56,000 a year. university president steven knapp says it is the happy of the day of his work year when he gets to drop in at various public charter and private d.c. high schools to announce the winners of four-year full scholarships. >> so it is now my pleasure and honor to name our recipient and that person is nia christian. the trachtenberg scholarships at gwu amount to $220,000 over the four-year period paying for tuition, room, board and books. nia crist yap is graduating from d.c.'s rigorous banneker high with a grade point of 3.8. christian is graduating from d.c.'s rigorous banneker high with a grade point of 3.8. >> she plays on the volleyball team. she splays on the softball team. she does community service. she is a well deserved student of the collarship. >> reporter: nia will study engineering at gwu with the hopes of some day becoming an inventor. across the city, taylor young got the trachtenberg scholarship. ms.young also wants to attend the engineering college at gwu

the institute for middle east studies at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university also in washington we go to jacob hornberger he is founder and president of the future of freedom foundation and in new york we have to leave well alone he is the united nations director at human rights watch all right gentlemen crosstalk rosenfeld that means you can jump in anytime you want jacob if i can go to you first i didn't watching the syrian conflict and american british t.v. western media in general and it's basically good guys and bad guys so can you explain to me who the good guys are and who are the bad guys are because we have a regime that's killing its own people and we have an armed insurrection resorting to terrorism so please tell me who are the good guys and the bad guys. well i think it's always difficult to tell in this kind of situation i mean you've got a dictatorship there and traditionally a dictatorship is the bad guys i mean there's there's traditionally nothing good about a dictatorship and this happens to be one of the most brutal dictatorships in the wor

yesterday, we chatted with a george washington university law professor who says a very close readingf the florida law explains why the sanford police could not arrest george zimmerman for shooting martin. john from virginia says it is about time. finally, glad to hear something other than hysterical one sided rhetoric. you aired via an academic legal expert what's been bubbling about a witness that observed mr. martin on top of mr. zimmerman beating him while mr. zimmerman was calling for help. let's calm down and get to the truth of the matter and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. and we have similar sentiments from john who feels for the martin family. however, the more details emerge from this tragedy, the less obvious it is that we have an unarmed teenager shot by some gun happy nut. as bad as the florida self- defense law may be, you can shoot someone who is beating you up. we're going to have to wait for the experts to say how this went down before anyone else gets charged with anything. that is the law. you know what? we do know if was an unarmed teenager shot by wel

the head of the bone marrow transplant program at george washington university disagrees. >> with the technology we have in terms of screening across the board, i don't think that that should be a problem. this will eliminate any donor who is not a good candidate for donation. >> while the court decides the effect, time is running out. doctors would like to operate on jordan while the twins will soon need regular biopsies to monitor their health. >> returning now to the visit of the british prime minister david cameron to the u.s.. while he and president obama have been taking center stage, their wives had been carrying out a carefully choreographed the agenda of their own. >> 24 hours in the spotlight. michelle obama and samantha cameron develop their friendship. this mirrors the warm relationship between britain and america the white house has been so keen to project. >> i want to join in and welcome our very special guest, mrs. samantha. >> she is tackling childhood obesity through exercise. >> it was a great experience and i will remember this for the rest of my life. >> britain a