c 7 news at 5:00. >> george washington university in the rankings + >> at george washington university is often ranked in schools of the country. >> the ranking has been taken away and students are upset. >> we paid it go there, and we out it is not ranked? we are extremely annoyed. >> they found out that their d anymore. not ranke they officially moved the school to the unranked category after learning the university was reporting data over past decade. >> we are paying a lot of money if we are not ranked any think it is ridiculous. >> i know i looked at the world longerand the fact is no further complicates application dollar around. >> their reported 78% of the rank in the top 10%, but the actual number was r less. only 58%. >> that they were messing with figures and they got caught. >> if it was intentional, that is a problem. >> the president says it was a system and reporting not intentional. >> it is certainly an error, you don't want to find out something like but you have an obligation it and make sure it not happen again. >> the printed publication doesn't come out for anothe

. >> george washington university wants to ban smoking on campus. that has students and faculty members at said. >> they took part in a special protest. >> of these students to announced a new george washington university policy. they gathered on campus to do something they will not be able to do when george washington university goes ahead with its plan to make the school healthier. >> a scheduled a campus wide band. >> these smokers do not dispute the health dangers. they said for some smokers to retreat from campus and poses a different kind of danger. >> 3:00 a.m., you want to have a cigarette after you've had a couple of drinks. >> no smoking on campus property even outdoors. 25 feet away from buildings when standing on public property. >> 25 feet away from a building is the middle of the road. we might be smokers but we're not that suicidal. we are forced off campus and that becomes a security issue. >> not everyone here is an agreement. >> it is not like -- it is courtesy for other people. >> a large number of students looks forward to the cam

still to come, why george washington university has been stripped of a coveted education ranking. >>> a debilitating disease may have left >>> welcome back. 4:45. denver post reports james holmes rammed his head into a jail cell wall. the 24-year-old was due in court today but the judge postponed the hearing. his attorney did not give details on his condition. >>> today on capitol hill the owner of a pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak will be in the hot seat today. he is not expected to say very much. he refused to testify in front of a house committee yesterday citing his fifth amendment right. the fda told a congressional panel it needs more authority to regulate compounding pharmacies. the outbreak linked to the deaths of 42 people. 460 people have gotten sick in 19 states, including virginia and maryland. >>> jurors saw graphic cell phone video moments after dominique frazier was stabbed to death. alexis simpson was acting in self-defense and the stabbing was accidental. the roommates got into a fight over loud music in their dorm room. simpson was bullied and

look at this video at george washington university's bookstore. campus police set up cameras after thousands of dollars in textbooks went missing last december. federal prosecutors say darrelle coleman shown in the dark shirt and apron places the new books on a table. kyle puts the books in boxes,s in the red shirt. and another man police say is also involved. the boxes are dropped off at the bookstore's loading box and the well-known hot dog vendor picks it up. prosecutors fell us this scheme went on from december 13, 2010, to january 19, 2011. today a jury found the group guilty of conspiracy and theft, stealing -- get this -- $200,000 in textbooks. >> it's like they were stealing from the university. >> reporter: jordan mandel is surprised how lynn is involved. >> you wouldn't expect a hot dog man to be stealing textbooks. >> reporter: prosecutors say he sold the stolen textbooks online. this man told me naun is his brother and he doesn't want to talk. the police says -- i am proud of our officers' wron going effort and dead occasion to investi

take a look at this sting operation video at george washington university's bookstore. one of the men placed the new books on the table. another boxes them up and takes them to the loading dock, where they were picked up. the books were resold online. the men stole $200,000 worth of textbooks from december of 2010 to january of 2011. >> feels like they're stealing from the university, and all the students who paid for the books originally. i don't think it's a good thing. >> one of the men will be sentenced next friday. the other three will be sentenced in january. >>> police are looking for two men they say robbed a recording studio right after recording a rap song there. ♪ police are looking for the men singing that song. it's called larry hoover. police say the robbery happened early yesterday morning at copy cats studio in laurel. police say the suspects got away with the victims' wallets and phones. no one was hurt. >>> the president of one of virginia's colleges says he's terribly disappointed with students' reactions to president obama's victory saturday night. t

at george washington university, degrees after a high of 51 degrees. daytime highs only 39 degrees in alexandria. that does not seem quite right. our temperatures are slowly cooling. move anotherbably we movefive degrees as early morning. the freeze warning out to the us, especially for winchester and frederick that the see temperatures around freezing mark. cold air out there and not a lot of mild air. we are right in between with 30's andres in the 40's. remain belowwill average for the next several days. a weak disturbance moved to the of us earlier today. now well off the first the coast. keep airh sunshine to temperatures were they should be year.is time of once again, calling for highs only around 50 degrees or so. it is quiet and dry as we move through the overnight hours. here is the freeze warning of to the west of us. everything shaded in bright blue, southern maryland not included. here is our future casts for the next 48 hours. still a definite chill in the approaching 50 degrees. on election they will upper-40's around 50 degrees. freeze w

today george washington university president steven nenn will announce a plan to make its campuses completely smoke free by next fall. >>> this morning the washington wizards from a dubious distinction. they are the only nba team without a win this season so far. the wiz fell to 0-7 last night when they lost to the mavericks, 107-101. one loss short of the worst in franchise history last season. the wizards will go for the first victory at the verizon city against the jazz. come on, wizards. gonzalez will have to settle for third place. nats won yesterday. gonzalez still had a stellar season. he finished the year with 21-8 record and e.r.a. under 3.0. harper was named rookie of the year monday. johnson won for manager of the year on tuesday. and we still say good going, geo. >> good season for him. next year, there you go. >> running into the end zone, making a big touchdown with just moments left in the game. >> one boy in oklahoma didn't let the fact that he can't actually run stop him from putting a "6" on the board. 9-year-old jason smith is restricted to a wheelchair with muscular dystro

hear how she is doing tonight >>> and george washington university knocked off a prestigious list.act at 11:00. =8 >>> when families sit down at dinner for thanksgiving, some children will be missing a family members. and an organization has come up with a way to help children who have parents behind bars. through art. >> reporter: the walls are adorned with murals made by children with their fathers. dads in brings son and some for a very, very long time. >> it was fun to get to see him after months and months without seeing him. >> reporter: these mules depict the perfect day for father and child if they could be together. ten-year-old jiah, a gymnast, dreams of having her dad watch her win a gold medal. >> we decided to make the mural as if he could make it to one of my competitions. >> reporter: she and her dad workz on had mural behind bars at the prison where he is serving time. it's all part of the father and child summer camp organized by home pals that brings kids together with their incarcerated fathers for a week each summer. the last day is always the hardest. >> w

. >> george washington university has lost its place on the annual best colleges list. it went from 52 to unranked after they revealed they inflated data for more than a decade. the status will stay in place until they publish their 2014 best rankings and that will not happen until next fall. >> a toll hike takes effect and it will rise from $1.50 to $1.75. polls will jump from 75 cents to $1. in 2014 it will cost $50 since to travel. -- $2.50 to travel. >> a class to help drivers out on the road. tom roussey has the details. >> just a few miles away, people were asking questions about the new toll lanes that are supposed to help the blow by the bad traffic. many questions we heard center around ec pass and a car pulling. if you have three or more people the toland's are free. >> if you have three or more people, do you have to have an ezpass? >> a device called ezpass flex. >> how will the machine know if i am to be charged or free? >> if you have three people you flip a switch and you will not be charged. if you have fewer than three you will not be charged. other que

. >> and some people plan to protest at george washington university because of a smoking ban.nearly 800 colleges and universities have now. bands in place on smoking. today's protest will be at 2:30 on a h street. >> 4:49 is your time. 44 degrees. >> and jeff gordon fines out as punishment for intentionally >> good morning. i am jacqui jeras. what start on this tuesday morning. the rain in very light across the eastern shore and into the district. to the west, a little bit heavier. coming down as much as an inch since last night. some of these red spots up around hagerstown, that is where we are getting some of those heavy showers and they will progress out to the east throughout the morning. check out some of the rain numbers. in centreville .88 inches. in germantown, 0.68. let us take a look at a couple more of those. there it is. fairfax, 0.64. spotsylvania 0.57. we have not had a good rain since sandy. 48 at reagan national. chilly 30's off to the west. a cold front is on the way. cloudy with rain and 47 at 9:00 a.m., by noon it may be a stray showers but we will clear out

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after a high of 71, temperature right now 52 in arlington and our final stop takes us to george washington university downtown d.c. temperatures are in the middle 50s. winds out of the east just around 2-5 miles an hour. temperatures across the board are falling into the 40's and 50s out of the west. head over to eastern shore temperatures 40's and lower 50s. the big story for the next couple of days will be the strong cold front right now beginning to enter chicago and milwaukee. behind it where the core really cold air located 23 degrees this hour and indianapolis and that's a temperature change of about 30 degrees compared to yesterday at this time. now we're 7 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. you can see the warmth just off to the west of us. southwesterly flow for another day. but once this moves by we're going to knock our temperatures down along with the clouds we'll see some periods of heavier rain late tomorrow night into early tuesday morning. and then thingless dry out but really cool off for tuesday afternoon into wednesday. satellite and raiser with high pressure slowly moves

george washington university was taken off the 2013 list of best colleges today. that after the magazine says it overstated data on incoming freshman for more than a decade. the chief rancor says he thinks the error was inadvert ant. but will stay until future information can be confirmed. >> drivers of a pick-up truck and students need to be taken to the hospital. happened today. a pick-up truck rear-ended the bus at 301 andwan son road. a spokes person tells us 32 kids were on the bus at the time. the only one who had to go to the hospital was complaining of knee pain. no word yet on any charges related to the crash. >>> if you are eating dinner, push it aside until after this story. a former usda poultry inspector department wants to roll out nationwide could leave you eating some of the most gross stuff you can imagine. in the kitchen with more on that. >> puss, scabs, feces. how is that for gross? all of that could end up in the chicken that you are cooking for your family if the usda goes ahead with your plan. the usda insists it is trying to refocus inspect

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we spoke more about the president's to-do list with professor mike mute soouk i can of george washington university. >> i think the number one priority will be on the domestic side dealing with the deficit issue, the entitlement programs and reaching out to the republican party to see if he can break the deadlock. in terms of foreign policy, it comes down to this, that the united states needs to be able to do more with less resources. there have been many president that is have come into office that wanted to focus on asia. it's a no-brainer that the asia pacific region is perhaps the most dynamic and important region for the united states. but you have to remember that the united states is a global power, and when there are new issues that emerge in the middle east or elsewhere, south asia, that need critical attention, then the united states will turn its focus to that part of the world and away from asia as we saw during the administration of george w. bush. but to the extent that it can focus on the asia pacific region, he is going to have to get more support, more contribution from asian frien

a study by george washington university finds that more veterans are running in "winnable races" within their congressional districts. 107 veterans are on the ballot in today's election. the majority are running for re-election; however, depending on the vote, new names on the ballot could push the number of veterans in congress to the highest level since 1980. retailers are hinting at strong numbers this holiday season. a new survey from bdo usa shows retailers are the most optimistic they've been in 5 years. the flurry of new tablets and other gadgets coming onto the market in time for christmas could lead to especially strong sales of consumer electronics. the bdo survey projects total holiday sales increasing by 4.7%. the national retail federation predicts 4.1%. it's not clear if superstorm sandy will dent holiday sales. banks are still struggling to reboot following superstorm sandy. in an effort to help consumers dealing with the after-effects of the storm, jpmorgan chase, citigroup and wells fargo are waiving many fees until tomorrow. meanwhile, power failures are forcing some b

. >> george washington university has lost its coveted high ranking as one of the top universities in the country. u.s. news and world report claims they inflated the standings of the incoming students by 20 percentage points. the magazine removed the school from its ranking as number 51 on the list. university will have an unranked status until the 2014 best college publication is released. the president of gw says he regrets the error and they're taking measures to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> doug is here with more about the cold weather that seems to be with us for a while, huh? >> it is really chilly out there. temperatures dropped a little faster than i thought they would tonight. clear skies for the most part. we're starting to see clouds move in. that should help to destabilize temperatures. it is a cold night. beginning to feel like christmas, isn't it? >> i know. you have to say this. this is the christmas tree that will actually be at rockefeller center. they cut this tree down in mt. olive new jersey. it was hit by sandy but not affected. it was not damaged. it wa

he teaches political science and international affairs at george washington university. he joins us from our studio in new york. thanks very much for joining us now. professor, president obama says he has restored america's standing across the globe. how do you rate his foreign policy? >> i think on the whole i would rate president obama quite high. i think he has really restored the reputation, the stature of the united states and because he basically personifies what is great about the united states and although he was a novice in foreign affairs, he has executed foreign policy with a lot of thoughtfulness, intelligence, and moderation. i think i would also give him high marks because of some of his successes. he has brought an end to our long military intervention in iraq and winding down our involvement in afghanistan and the united states was able to kill osama bin laden and weaken al qaeda. he also was behind a historic arms control agreement with russia which has reduced the number of nuclear weapons that are actively deployed, and he has rebalanced and refocused

don't think anybody can show proof of harm as a result of having sent their children to george washington universitynow they are out in the workforce and they can't get a job because the ranking wasn't right. george washington is a great university. megyn: i predict someone will make the argument. >> if you hustle you can make something of yourself.

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an assessment on the george washington university campus is causing quite the uproar after the universityhe u.s. news and world report's list of the nation's best colleges. >> the university admits a mistake in calculating the high school class rankings of incoming freshmen. bob barnard explains. >> reporter: on gw's foggy bottom campus, students were coming up to us asking if the university's ranking scandal was what we were here to talk about. >> i think it is upsetting because it is kind of deceiving. >> i think it is like a decade- long mistake just in the methodology. that is a little bit disconcerting. >> reporter: in its september issue, u.s. news and world report released its annual ranking of the nation's colleges placing gw51st on that prestigious list. after university officials recently told the magazine it was overreporting by 20% the number of freshmen ranked in the top 10% of their high school classes, u.s. news wiped gw off the list. >> it is a little embarrassing that the admissions staff did mess up a lot. they said 78 and it was actually 58. that is a bigger. >> reporte

>> we are launching next monday, november 12th, from george washington university. the campaign will be over. and the time for governing will begin. it is time for our leaders to work together to address this issue in a bold, balanced and bipartisan way. we need a deficit reduction agreement in early 2013, at least $4 trillion over 10 years. it needs to deal with more revenue, less spending, pro growth. it needs to be done in a way that the leaders put the country ahead of their parties or special interests and i have to ask you we got the fiscal cliff looming january 1. >> we are hoping that congress replaces the clip with the long-term comprehensive debt deal. we are going to have our mascot on capitol hill reminding congress not to kick us down the road any more. >> very matter young man. thanks for coming in. i'm going to send it over to andrea and mike. >> dc mayor vincent gray decides to reduce some fines from cameras in the city. >> could council members reduce that finding? we'll explore that, coming up 43 degrees. certainly a chilly morning out here. many r

you taught political science classes at george washington university for many years. class tonight, what do you think you would be looking for, from your students. what do you think is the point of the reason that you could point to one thing that romney lost. >> bob: demographic changes in the country. >> dana: not campaign tactic or strategy problems? >> bob: no. o'reilly thinks sandy has over the do with it. it had something to do with it. ground game for obama had a lot to do with it. in the end, demographic change. if you didn't get up to 74-75 of the vote being white, it was very difficult for any republican to win. the fact is, it was 72%. it's only going to get worse. which means that the republicans will have to figure out some way, not just romney. republicans have to figure out a way to reach in hispanic community. four generations of hispanics been here for a long time vote republican. that is the natural place to be. for some reason the republicans come up with ridiculous people that talk about fences and sending everybody back and doing that stuff. all y

now a professor at george washington university.ou for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: it seems to me with all this screaming and shouting about susan rice's testimony. the only thing that struck me for legitimate upset might be that general petraeus has said he believed it was a terrorist and the u.n. ambassador said originally it was not that. is that a legitimate area of some investigation by congress? >> in fairness to susan rice. she did not say it was an act of terrorist. she didn't rule it out either. she made clear her understanding of what happened would evolve over time. the significance of general petraeus on the hill is to begin a more fullsome process to answer questions that still don't have complete answers. the second dimension will be the completion of the accountability review board the arb that the state department is working on and will be released next month by secretary of state hillary clinton. i'm confident through these processes we'll understand through the best of our knowledge what exactly hap

today george washington university president steven nenn will announce a plan to make its campuses completely smoke free by next fall. >>> 17 after the hour. hope solo and stevens got married hours after a fight over where the couple would live over their tuesday wedding. officers responded to the the home in seattle said she had a cut on her elbow. they arrested stevens on suspicion of assault. solo was not commenting on what happened. in court tuesday a judge released stevens saying there was no probable cause for the assault. the couple got married just hours later. hope solo's u.s. soccer teammate tweeted she was, quote, happy to witness such an amazing celebration of love. >>> speaking of for retail employees who have to head to work as stores open on thanksgiving. on change.org to target ceo has received more than 200,000 signatures from people opposed to the store opening thanksgiving night. a target associate started the petition after target, walmart, toys "r" us opened its doors on thanksgiving morning, meaning employees will have to report to work instead spending time with their f

. >>> on december 19, 2011, benjamin gupta, a law and mba student at george washington university died suddenly. mysteriously. he's no relationship to me, but when his family got word, they spent hours trading phone calls. they were in stunned disbelief. >> there was a message from his mom, and she had left three messages for me so i knew there was something wrong. >> i received a call from my mom. i didn't answer but then i got a text message from her, which is very unusual. >> and i called her back. and i said, what happened? and she says, it's ben. he died. i just didn't have any of the information. >> i finally said, how did this happen? and she said he went to sleep the night before and he just never woke up. >> he's always smiling, every picture he's smiling. >> for day ben gupta's family was desperate for answers. what killed him? he was only 28 years old. he had recently been given a clean bill of health. how could he just not wake up? >> and then the thought went through my mind that maybe it was some sort of a brain aneurism or something must have happened. >> but his father

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he's now a professor at george washington university.r your wisdom. >> hi, eliot. >> eliot: the reception that ambassador rice is getting on the hill is almost unprecedented unprecedented. i don't remember an u.s. diplomat being roughed up this way, is there a historical metaphor for this? >> not recently. i think in terms of the senate interfering, if you want to say that, you have to go back to john tower in 1989. i mean, politics is a contact sport, eliot. you know that as well as anybody. >> eliot: yes. >> i think this is just a gauntlet that susan rice is forced to go through as she works towards--demonstrates that she would be a fine and outstanding secretary of state. >> eliot: it seems to me the legitimate questions that might be asked, who prepared the talking point? who changed the talking point as we understand it, perhaps to take out what the c.i.a. believed and what other intelligence sources believed indicating this was not just a spontaneous up rising or protest. those are legitimate questions, but they have nothing to do

george washington university was taken off the 2013 list of best colleges after the magazine says theniversity overstated data on incoming freshmen for more than a decade. the chief ranker says he thinks the error was inadvertent but the school will stay unranked until accuracy of their future information can be confirmed. >>> it 16:35. jessica doyle is -- it is 6:35. jessica doyle is here with your money report. >> she's talking about a big settlement when it comes to the oil spill. >> bp talks about settling the criminal case against it. any settlement is expected to dwarf the largest corporate fine ever assessed by the justice department. that was the $1.2 billion fine imposed on pfizer back in 2009. the explosion and fire aboard the deep water horizon rig on april 20, 2010 killed 11 workers. it also set off a $200 -- a 200 million gallon spill over 87 days. bp's troubles are far from over. the oil giant says the criminal settlement would not include civil claims under the clean water act and other legislation pending private civil claims and state claims for economic losses. >>> t

africa command is scheduled to speak at george washington university at the rising threat of terrorism will face questions about the growing presence of al-qaeda as well as the military could have done more in benghazi attack on 9/11. >> bret: his name came up a lot. thank you. what is the best country in the world to be from? the answer will surprise you. that is later in the grapevine. up next, a lot of people in egypt are not happy with their country's president. [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfest ends soon. hurry in and try five succulent entrees, like ourender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business b

george washington university will announce a plan to make all its campuses across the district and virginia smoke- free by next fall. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. too scared to call out sick in you are not alone. take a look at this rock. it is known as the arch duke joseph diamond. it sold for about $21 million. no word on a buyer though. i'll take it if someone wants to buy it for me. it for me.  >>> maybe you have note id your coworkers sniffling and sneezing a lot more lately a new survey find more people are worried about calling out sick. we'll have more on that in a moment. let's talk about yesterday's dip on the dow. lauren simonetti is live with this morning's business beat. >> good morning. >> the markets have been rocky. what do we need to get some smooth sailing here? >> a decision on the fiscal cliff. since election day, the dow is down 5%. the major averages up for the year, up substantially just a couple of months ago are now in jeopardy of losing their gains. so with can end 2012 exactly where we started it if not other than a litt

look at this sting operation at george washington university bookstore. one man placed the books on the table. another boxes them and takes them to the loading dock where they are picked up. the books were resold online. they sold 200,000 of textbooks from december 2010 to january 2011. one man will be sentenced next friday, the other three in january. >>> college basketball tips off tonight with big games for local teams. georgetown is taking part in a classic. it's a spin on a carrier classic. they take on the florida gators. the game starts at 9:00 tonight. looking for a big win. they take on the defending champs in brooklyn. tip off for that game is 8:30 this evening. >> it's not march, but we can feel march madness coming. >> 11:42. still ahead, why you might be allergic to the cell phone you can't seem to live without. >>> why these people are sleeping what are you doing there? i am making crescent bacon cheddar pinwheels. wow, i'm impressed! [ ding ] dad, the cable's out! you got that right? [ kiss ] thank you ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescen

jonathan turley, law professor at george washington university. >>> he actually took over command from petraeus in july 2011 and now, as you know, the fbi wants to know about the thousands and thousands of e-mails he is accused of sending to that florida socialite. nick eamons joins us now. good morning, nick. >> reporter: certainly a lot of time, met him on a number of occasions. certainly he was a man respected by his troops, career soldier, had been threw iraq, working also with david petraeus, then tookh over his job. very much associated with the former cia director, but a man certainly who was aware of the cute problems of the afghan conflict. although many respects of his job was that of public relations, trying to sell the war as success. also a man who inspired great loyalty to many people close to him. aide working for him in afghanistan who said he has done so many tours in iraq, he wasn't that keen to go back but would always take the call if general john allen rang, which he often did. to describe how he felt toward the man. they were together in a dining facility in iraq.

thousands of people, rushing in from george washington university and other universities, really fromound northwest washington, gathering in lafayette park. it was quite a scene. that's when the celebration started here in washington. those staffers working in the west wing could hear them. we're doing something today that we're ordinarily not allowed to do. we're going to see the president arrive live on the south lawn. he is, of course, with the first lady and their two daughters. we're told there are going to be a lot of staffers out there to greet them as they come back here. a triumphant return. they're going to be living in this building, apparently, for another four years. >> and you'll be covering them. michael, take it in the context of history and demographic dominance enjoyed by the president last night. is the country really divided or is that wishful thinking on the part of those who lost last night? >> well, i think it's divided but perhaps not evenly divided. that should allow barack obama to say, i sure did get a mandate and congress should be aware of that. if there w

the political george washington university battleground tracking poll is based on 1,000 voters asked between last monday and last thursday. meantime, early voting is under way in 34 states and the district of columbia and 27 million people cast ballots. no votes, however, will be counted until election day on tuesday. as nbc brian mooar reports both candidates are turning to famous names for last-minute help. >> reporter: former president bill clinton may have been losing his voice. >> he has done a good job with a bad hand. >> reporter: in virginia he spoke up for president obama trying to increase a key swing state. governor mitt romney is trying to hold down iowa. a battleground state where he's fallen behind five points in the latest polls. >> it's with the vote of the people of iowa we can't lose. >> reporter: the candidates crossed paths within hours of each other as they barnstormed iowa and six other tossup states. making their final arguments in the last weekend of this campaign. ♪ >> reporter: while the president was joined by john mellencamp and katy perry, governor romney

george washington university has been removed from the 2013 list of best colleges after the magazineays gw overstated data on incoming freshmen for more than a decade. the chief ranker says he believes the error was inadvertent but the school will stay unranked until the accuracy of future information can be confirmed. >>> it's being billed as an extraordinary exhibit when it comes to the civil war. it opens monday at the library of congress. the show commemorates the 150th anniversary of the war. more than 200 items will be on display that no one has ever seen in public before. the item that -- [indiscernible] >>> a judge throws out evidence in the case of a local doctor who's been banned from prescribing strong painkillers. that story is coming up. >>> plus, today the president flies north to check on recovery efforts in an area that took one of the hardest hits from have storm -- from superstorm sandy. >>> here's who's celebrating a birthday today. the first reality tv judge joseph wapner is 93. he won seven emmys. actor ed asner is 83. you new him from law and order actor sam wat