our indication earlier was that the man was shot once in the chest and was taken to george washington university hospital, which is also here in downtown washington. let's see, that's on 17th street where this happened. gw is about six or seven blocks away. so that wouldn't be a long trip. 17th and e there is just above the n in "breaking news," there's a guard post there. as we were pointing out earlier, estreet u e street used to be open, used to be able to drive across. and you could walk along the sidewalk and look through the fence and take pictures and it's been closed off for security reasons here for the last several years. but there's still a guard post there and we're told that's where this happened. outside the white house grounds. no one other than the person with the gun was shot. officials are emphasizing that there was no danger to the public, but they don't still yet at this point know what the man's motivation was. they're looking for his car. they do have some indication of his identity and i'm sure they'll be looking into his past and talking to relatives and doing the kinds o

the man is in critical condition at george washington university hospital nearby.he shooting happened just after 3:00. the president was not at the white house. at last report, he remains in camp springs, maryland, at joint base andrews for an afternoon golf outing. >>> now to the investigation into the crash of egyptair flight 804. there is now more evidence found from that flight, but investigators are now necessarily closer to figuring out exactly what happened. the egyptian military says pieces of the plane have been found. crews have also found some personal belongings of people on board. terrorism is believed to be a more probable cause than mechanical failure. no group has taken responsibility for the crash. tom costello has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: good day. the focus right now is on finding the wreckage to egyptair 804 and specifically finding the black boxes amidst the rewrecka. the pinger emits that pinging sound that can be picked up by ships and submarines. if they can pick up that pinging sound, then they can hopefully hone in on th

that's the latest here at george washington university hospital. back to you. >> thanks, kristin. >>> our team coverage continues with scott macfarlane. >> he is at our live desk looking into some of the other high profile incidents that have happened at the white house. >> the secret service has been under scrutiny because of it. september 2014, a fence jumping at the white house. an individual jumps the white house fence. there's that man doing so. he makes it all the way inside the white house through an unlocked front door, then to the east room. the secret service under scrutiny for that and what happened in 2011. gunfire. bullets were found in a second floor wall of the white house, but they weren't found for a few days after the shots were fired. the president and mrs. obama were out of the town at the time, but some of the first family were there. secret service had to answer questions about that. the secret service under pressure to raise the white house fence from six feet to 11 feet. the secret service, according to documents obt i-team

. >> sylvester wise ner is the re services for george washington university. he says depression used to be student's biggest issue, but with academics getting more competitive along with more worries over the financial strain of tuition, students seem to be suffering from greater levels of anxiety. >> at schools like george washington university, where we attract a large number of highly driven, highly motivated students, we do tend to see more anxiety because those types of students are primed to be more anxious. >> and students say social media is adding an extra layer of stress. >> now, everyone has to be on. at all times. you have to be taken pictures of how fun your life is. and putting it out there. >> but experts say anxiety can be a tool for success. it can help to motivate students to work harder or to study more, but they have to be able to recognize when it's become unhealthy. >> it's interfering with sleep. if it's interfering with they can't study, can't focus on exams. >> start to cry. and then my, the palms of my hands sweats, then i start shaki

we are still waiting to hear back from george washington university hospital officials. when they get in touch with us, we will let you know. jay korff, abc 7 news. wow. leon: what do you tip the cabbie in that case? alison: he might have been long gone. steve: makes the time fly. alison: we have more rain tomorrow? not be amorrow will total washout, but the timing of the rush-hour commute and midday. weekly wrap by the end of the week. leon: thanks. we will thank you thursday. steve: tree and grass pollen are in the high category. reagan national airport at 59 degrees, the wind has settled down. a lot of moisture to the west. this will move our way overnight into the day tomorrow, and a wet rush-hour commute tomorrow morning through the midday. the showers diminish a little bit for the evening rush. no problems right now. if you have late night plans, just mostly cloudy skies, middle 40's, lower 50's, the wind out of the southwest at five. this is what it looks like as we move through the day tomorrow, a wet morning rush-hour commute, so grab the umbrella and grab somet

george washington university, we beat him by 10, she beats or three. fox news has us beating trump by 14. she beats him by seven. she is beaten by seven that she beats him by seven. everyone knows that you win the electoral vote, taking place in 50 states in this country. and if you look at virtually every battleground state in , arizona, in michigan, in missouri, and in many other states which are up for grabs, maybe one by the republican or maybe one by the democratic candidate, in every one of those states, we defeat trump by larger margins that she does. further, equally important, but recent elections tell us is that when the voter turnout is high, when people come out in large numbers, democrats and progressives win. people are excited. they come out. young people come out. working-class people come out. people don't always vote, out. -- people that don't always come out, out. democrats win. on the other hand, republicans win elections when the voter turnout is low. that is exactly what we saw in the last national election of 2014, win 63% of the

. >> anxiety has been the number one presenting complaint -- >>sy george washington university. he said depression used to be students' biggest issue. but with academics getting for competitive and the financial strain, students are suffering from greater levels of anxiety. >> we do tend to see more anxiety because those types of students are primed to be more anxious. >> and students say social media is adding an extra layer of stress. >> now everyone has to be on at all times. you have to be taking pictures of how fun your life is and putting it out there. >> but experts likewise near say anxiety can be a tool for success. it can help to motivate students to work harder or study more but they have to be able to recognize when it's unhealthy. >> if it's interfering with sleep, academic performance, can't study, focus on exams. >> i start to cry and then the palms of my eyes sweat. >> chantel, a sophomore at the university of district of columbia said she had anxiety but sought help and now she's learned coping mechanisms including meditation and medication to help calm her nerv

welcome all of you to this session with jennifer metal set also on behalf my cochair from george washington university. since we're on c-span today let me just emphasize that we are at the wilson center, the nation's nation's memorial to 28th president and one of the nation's key now public policy form here at washington dc. you are add to the washington history seminar, and activity since 2010 we have ten we have jointly sponsored with the national history center. it's represented here by date kennedy comments director and the associate director. amanda along with pete in the back help us get organized for the sessions sessions that we hope will provide a forum for bringing historical context to public policy and to invite historical perspectives on international and national affairs. as always we want to acknowledge the society of historians of american foreign relations for sponsoring, cosponsoring the series as well as george washington university history department and several others. other named donors that allow us to make this on a weekly basis. i'm supposed to point out that you can look at v

jane: at george washington university, scientists are studying hookworms, a serious health problem inoping countries. collections can show how such parasites jumped from animals to people. >> parasites of animals generally are the source of new emerging diseases in humans. 60% of all pathogens of humans , or originally started in an animal. if a parasite appears in humans, you can find it compared to what has been in animals previously. jane: the national parasite collection continues to grow. the hunt for leechs is not over. in the swamp and a scours the water and dances in the hope of attracting at least one. jane o'brien, bbc news. better than me. nasa's most advanced humanoid robot has arrived in edinburgh where a team of researchers is eagerly awaiting his delivery. valkyrie is designed with the goal of carrying out space exploration missions that are too dangerous for humans. victorino had exclusive access to the lab. 250 miles above the planet, the international space station has been home to t.0 astronauts and one robonau the next generation of this type of robot is being deve

medics shed him to george washington university hospital where he died. >>> if you are in town there are many ways to observe memorial day. tomorrow is a day of remembrance begins with a laying of a wreath at the national memorial. there will be a wreath laying ceremony at the tom of the unknown soldier at 10:30 a.m. that is followed by a ceremony at the vietnam veterans memorial at 1:00 and national memorial day parade kicks off at 2:00 p.m. you can download our app for the full list of memorial day events going on tomorrow. >>> now, a teen spheusing -- a teen is missing tonight and the police want your help. he has been missing since wednesday. he was last seen in georgetown wearing a black hoody and sweat pants and tennis shoes, described at 5 '6, weighs t 160 pounds. anyone with information should contact dc police. >>> okay, now, how did a child end up in this position in the gorilla enclosure? reaction from zoo visitors as the gorillaa is killed. this is a story you don't want to mis. >> but -- gorilla is ♪ what if there was a paint that made you look at paint differently and w

well, some college students at george washington university bepged to differ if you do. >> do you believe that america is exceptional? >> no. not really. >> i feel at some point we were exceptional. kind of taken a downfall. >> in some regards, yes. not all regards. >> no. i think recently in the last couple years of my education i've learned not to always believe the extensional viewpoint we were taught at a very young age. >> oh, my gosh. jonathan, you heard that. studies show professors are brainwashing college students. >> the culture is shaped in the universities, and this is the next generation of leaders and leaders advisors taught to hate americans. them and that america is racist and the mind, own ability to think is impotent. being brainwashed and they've been since the progressive era of the 1920s. >> one, it seems like it's getting worse and worse. more and more liberal, more and more americans, not exceptional. more pc, more safe space, can't say a word on campus. >> eric bolling, you and i both know young people are dying to get into fox to work. we see young people working

medics rushed him to george washington university hospital, where he later died. >>> one of the first memorial day events to get under way this morning, honored members of the greatest generation at the world war ii memorial. i was honored to be the emcee for the annual wreath-laying ceremony. a number of survivors from year. and making this ceremony even more important with each passing year. school children will flown in from france to tell the story of american gi's saving their nation. a sign of appreciation that really touched these national heroes. >> when you come to an event like this, and you see this memorial, do you feel like your service is appreciated? >> absolutely. absolutely. i happen to be an extremely loyal american. i love this country with a passion. and i love the military. >> and do you believe mr. eli, who you saw right there, is 95? he was part of the affirmative action and lives in bethesda -- in fan infantry and lives in bethesda and talks to community groups about the lessons of war. you can download our wusa 9 app for more of the events going on around the

george washington university is the host of this conference. >>> good morning and if i could welcome everyone to the campus at george washington university. thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule. let me also welcome our c-span viewers this morning. i direct our center for cyber and homeland security. and really excited for what will be a rich and long day covering a whole host of issues that our center zeros in on, ranging from counterterrorism on homeland security to cyber to obviously the integration between federal, state and local and obviously withes integration between the public and the private sector as well as some of the international issues. couldn't positithink of a bette to host this than sunday was the fifth year of the successful raid on osama bin laden in pakistan. and obviously serves as a good time to take shock in terms of where we are, how the threat has changed, and what sorts of capabilities and capacities with we need to be able to get ahead of the curve. our conference is titled securing our future, and it is meant to be a strategic set of issues tha

i'm eric arnason, i'm from george washington university around cocare of the washington history seminar along with my colleague of the history and public policy program here at woodrow wilson center. the washington history seminar as many of you know is a joint product of the woodrow wilson center and american historical association national history center. we've now been going for a good number of years now. as we do every week we would like to thank the people who make this possible behind the scenes. pete berstecker from the wilson center and amanda monizz. they are behind the scenes to make sure the sessions come off without a glitch. that our speakers survive and schedule works and the like. so their labor is -- [applause] all right. indispensable to our success. as is the support of a number of individuals and institutions. the society, historians of american foreign relations schaefer, has generally underwritten this seminar for a number of years now, as has the george washington university history department and a number of individual donors. their support is crucial for this pr

. >> this morning george washington university hold its annual conference on cyber and homeland security. expected to go most of the day, panelists will talk about issues including counterterrorism, cyber security, and counterintelligence. coverage live at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> now on book tv national book award-winning author timothy egan talks about the life of irish born thomas -- thomas francis who led to revolts. at the university of arizona , this is about an hour. othy eagan. this is live coverage of the tucson book festiva [inaudible conversations] good morning. welcome to the 8th annual tucson festival of books. i am going to be moderating this conversation this morning with timothy egan. i want to extend our thanks to book tv. the presentation will last approximately one hour. including questions and answers. please hold your questions until the end of the panel. immediately following the session tim will be autographing books at the u of a bookstore tent. because you're enjoying the festival, sure you all are

brad is the co-founder of goth ampublic relations and coran is a professor at george washington university'sraduate school. you look the head-to-head polls. hillary clinton's ahead of donald trump, but you say not so fast you don't think she will necessarily boat him in the fall. >> donald trump is starting out and bullish on his chances, he has a near perfect working class message and master of the media and for trump nothing it out of bounds and keep the states romney and florida and pennsylvania. and he's the next president of the united states. >> can he do that? >> he can. working class can voters are leaving the democratic party hand over fist. they are running out of white voters in the midwest and it is a problem for hillary clinton. >> bring brad in here. republicans have a problem in that donald trump doesn't poll well with minority voters, latino voters. he needs them to win. >> one thing with donald trump, this is where the traditional pundits are trying to take a square peg and put it in a round hole. donald trump is doing it differently. it is not how much he improves himself.

street across the hopscotch bridge down massachusetts avenue and across k street, over by george washington universitythen it would end here at the whitehurst freeway in georgetown. if you think about how it could connect the east side and west side of the city and produce a viable transit option, that could be something worthwhile. >> does the business community in georgetown think this is a good idea? are they interested in >> reporter: they actually have started getting more on board with this plan over a couple of years. now it's being proposed as possibly running in its own dedicated lane on the east side of the street through k street to georgetown. 30% more would actually get on a streetcar because it is just more appealing to people, so georgetown thinks it could improve some of the businesses here in this part of the city. >> adam, you watched it and tracked it all as it happened. that little stretch of h street took years to get up and running. this is many times bigger. realistically, when do you think this could happen? >> reporter: well, i think the important thing, chris, is that it is u

station down massachusetts avenue all the way across k-street under washington circle by george washington universitynd the street car would end under the wheat hurit. if you gave the street car a dedicated lane on k-street to get back and forth across the city, you would actually create a i radviable east to west link that currently doesn't exist in that form. >> here is the problem. i think we'll have that gondola from rosslyn to georgetown before we ever have a street car going to georgetown. the east/west running of the street car to me is not the issue. the problem is the north/south streets. heavy traffic going north/south, how are you going to make a dedicated lane for the street intersection there downtown to 30th street. i don't see it. >> would it be good for business? >> yeah, it would be good for business once it's done, hell for about ten years. >> but if we don't start making investments and making grand plans like this, the district has made no bones about it, that they don't care for your car at all to be in the city. they would rather people find alternate modes of transportation, bi

. >> reporter: wolf, the suspect in this case is in critical condition as nearby george washington universitystarted around 3:00 eastern time when the secret service says a man with a gun approached a security check point around the corner from here, walking distance from the front door of the white house, carrying a gun. authorities say the secret service asked him to put the gun down and when he did not do that, when he did not comply, he was shot once in the abdomen, he was taken into custody, rendered medical assistance, taken to george washington university hospital, suspect weapon was recovered. now, the entire white house complex was put on lockdown while the secret service worked all of this out. none the less, the president of the united states was not present here at the white house at that time, though the vice president was secured. authorities say no one other than the suspect was injured. the investigation continues, including the fact that they have located what they call a suspect vehicle not far from the white house and they're looking into it for clues, perhaps to motive. wo

tomorrow morning graduates and their families head down to the national mall for george washington university'sncement, and we know you're going to be snapping a lot of pictures and we want to celebrate you. send us your graduation pictures all month long. we may even show them on television. check out nbc washington on twitter and instagram and send your photo uses the hash tag grads of washington, and send us a message on our nbc washington facebook page. which we're trying to go live on right now. >> right. repair that live stream. >>> and also, terry mccullough heading to angie's alma mater for the class of 2016 at george mason university in fairfax. he will also receive an honorary degree. >> all righty. nice and bright, sunny shot out there, and this morning >> yeah. going to be great, and the little castles, everybody at graduations, blowing around maybe whacking you in the face. blustery wind developing around 11:00 or so before the rain moves in. mild temperatures and dry weather persists until about 2:00o 3:00. a live view from the tower cram showing the first of the clouds beginning

i'm a psychiatrist with george washington university. i'm interested in the psychology of conflict. my question is, is it possible to negotiate with the taliban how that process has gone so far and how do we proceed in that direction? >> you're talking about is a logically possible. >> understanding psychology of the taliban and what do they want and who are they as a group? are there elements of the taliban that's more cognitively flexible, if you will, than others there can be some. it can only be dealt with drone strikes. >> a piece of the process. it's not one deal. i'm studying what's been going on in other places. it's not a one time event. when a conflict drags this long it becomes part of it and they become invested. we see a lot of people who are involved in the drug trade that have become part of this insurgency. it begs to question whether it's the drug trade that is fueling the insurgency. the insurgency fueling the drug trade. the question here would be those who have legitimate grievances with the government and if there is any way of we've not been able to include we'

. >> jesse oliveira is hospitaled tonight in critical condition at george washington university hospital. we don't know when we can expect charges against him for that reason. oliveira was shot as he walked up to the e street checkpoint on the west side of the white house on friday doing so while carrying a gun. fbi agents believe he wanted law enforcement officers to kill him. meanwhile, plans to make permanent upgrades to white house security and the white house fence has slowed down. last month, the news4 raise the fence from 6 feet to 11 feet tall to prevent fence jumpings. internal national park service and u.s. secret service e-mails we obtained showed they conducted fence testing april 20th. they did so in quantico. they invited some of the agencies who must approve the fence to attend. it is behind its timetable to build the fence. as of tonight, the secret service can't give an estimate. it must get approval from two smaller federal agencies, the national capital planning commission and the commission for fine arts, before doing so. >>> to the race for the white house now. ai th

. >> i just graduated from college, george washington university and i n am igrad school now to be aunselor. >> reporter: the past is what she is trying to make sense of. >> i was trafficked by my cousin. i didn't know better. i didn't know that the consequences -- when you and i think as a child, you think it's normal. >> reporter: ashley's mom died when she was 9. she was trafficked at 10 and sold for sex. she never had a childhood or went to school. she was in and out of hotel rooms, courtrooms and foster rooms. >> three days before my 18th birthday i got placed with a host family and it saved my life. >> a life with a stable family, love, home schooling and her own room for the first time. ashley is a resident counselor for fair that operates a safe house for victims. if you think her story is rare, the founder says, sadly, no. >> we have seen more than triple the number of adolescent girls between 14 and 16 referred every week. >> reporter: that is since a new act was passed in the district mandating referrals to groups like hers instead of criminal charges for underage victims.

meanwhile grads are getting ready for george washington university commencement this morning. cory booker is the keynote speak speaker. some 25,000 people will descend on the national mall for the event that begins in about half an hour, so expect traffic delays in that region. and we want to remind you that congratulations is in order for all the graduates in and around our region. we're being look at some of the photos that keep sending your pictures so that we can recognize the grads of washington. send them to twitter, instragram or facebook. be sure to use #gradsofwashington and your pic may end up on air or right here on tv. >> remember when you handed in your last final? >> not really. >> i do. >>> well, the rain is gone, but it's a little brisk out. tom is tracking the most comfortable times to get outside and how you can plan ahead for the week ahead. >>> developing right now, torrential rains, we're watching it as it leads to massive flooding. listen to that wall of rain coming down. where downpours are creating ponds in the mdle of the id >>> people in houston braci

sources do tell us they believe this subject, who is laying right now critically wounded at george washington university hospital, may have been trying to commit suicide by cop. >> peter doocy, live. there is new evidence tonight about the danger of the zika virus, the world health organization says it's spreading, infecting 7500 people on an island off the western coast of africa. the cdc says 157 pregnant women are infected with zika in the u.s. the agency has redefined what it considers infected to be a positive test. with or without symptoms. leading to a three-fold increase in that category. those are the facts and the stats. now for a look at the politics of zika, here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> briefed on the zika virus by his top health advisers, president obama pressured congress to approve the $1.9 billion package of emergency funds he requested three months ago. in part by urging citizens to tell their lawmakers to quote get on the job. >> my hope was we would have had a bill that i could sign now. >> the president spoke days after the senate voted up a $1.1 billion pack

tomorrow morning graduates and their families head down to the national mall for george washington university'smencement and we know you'll snap plenty of photos and we do want to celebrate you. send u your graduation pictures all month long. we might even show them on television. check out nbc washington on twitter and instagram and send your photo uses the hash tag grads of washington, and send us a message on our nbc washington facebook page. we're always checking that. >>> and terry mccullough delivering the commencement address to the class of 2016. angie's alma mater. at the arena in fairfax. mccullagh also gets an honorary degree out there. >> all right. i did the -- complication one time. >> i did those recently. >> yeah. wasn't invited back. >> well, we know why. >> kidding. all good. >>> a lot of graduation ceremonies going on. that means parties tonight. hopefully some of them aren't outside. right? >> hopefully, but probably some of them are and may get interrupted by some showers and storms, i'm afraid. congratulations graduates, starting early on this saturday morning for the earl

[inaudible conversations] >> the conference getting back under way at george washington university. the coming panelists talking about ways to prevent terrorists from being able to travel. later on, a look at how to organize the department of homeland security. >> following the practice on the last panel, then briefly discuss the goals of the panel. to my immediate right, scott boyland, senior vice president for more footrest u.s.a. .. >> a key element of their efforts in terms, in pursuit of carrying out attacks. you know, we will have a moderated discussion so i will jump right in and put the first question to set. if you look at the current terrorism threat that we have ices, very diffuse threat -- isis with al-qaeda, a variety of other groups. it's very different from the threat that existed when many of the u.s. government programs to prevent and disrupt terrorist travel were created 15 years ago, 10 years ago. so you very strong robust cases have been built up to detect individuals tried to fly, trying to cross borders, trying to exploit refugee and asylum systems. i think the

i hosted an interactive webcast on the issue last night at the george washington university.s event was organized -- is organized every year by the substance abuse address mental health services administration. a large panel of experts answered questions about how to identify mental health concerns in our young people and where to go for help. impressive young man there, a freshman at a university out west, had great perspectives. we have important resources on the nbc washington app including a list of places to go for help. just search "changing minds." incredible conversation. and so much of it about mental health is educating yourself and talking. having the conversation. >> if your child has the flu, a sprained ankle, you would go treat it. and mental h >>> developing story we're watching right after a busy night for metro. the repairs made while you were sleeping. plus what we're learning about the transit agency's new approach to safety. >>> big problem on 395 as you're headed in on the 14th street bridge. a two mile backup. details on this and other problems coming up

i am a sigh with george washington university. is it possible to work with the taliban and negotiate? >> you are talking about is it psychologically possible to have this? >> i guess the political issues but then understanding the psychology of the taliban and what they want and who are they as a group. are there elements of the taliban that are more cognitive reflective, if you will, than others? there could be soil to till, if you will. or are they all this monolithic entity that can only be dealt with with drone strikes? >> peace is a process. it is not one dealing. as studying what has been going on in other places and studying the peace process in other countries it is not a one-time event. when a conflict drags on this long, many different elements become part of it and invested. we see a lot of people who are involved in the drug trade that have become part of this insurgency. it begs to question whether it is the drug trade that is fueling the insurgency or the insurgency fueling the drug trade. so the question here would

over the past three days the top rain teens competed in the finals at george washington university listener auditory -- auditorium. >> you face other people who won their state. it is intense and awesome. >> fast quiz show type question and answer competition. focus on science, mathematic >> 81. >> that is correct. >> this gold medal is only part of the prize. they also get a nine-day trip to alaska. >> the teens would go by and ours was flat. but we still won first place. kellye: in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: life among the stars may be closer than thought. astronomers found three earth size planets that may contain water and life orbiting a swar of star and the planets are just 40 light years away. i say "just." telescopes all over the world focus on the planet. the hubble telescope will focus its sights on them next week. if anything comes up we will let you know. tonight -- leon: a do the c.s.x. pileup as it happens and as the repair work continues so will the headache. road to recovery. neighborhood two-year-long struggle to regain its footing comes to an end but conc

private sector. >> some of the earlier sessions here, were going to go back live now to george washington universityfor continuing discussion. this is on cyber security and counterintelligence. >> it covers a wide range of issues from insider threats to foreign counterintelligence to cyber security but i think one of the things we hope to be able to show how they come together, where they do come together and where they don't. and quite honestly, they are treated as very separate disciplines but i thought we had a great group to shed some light on some of these issues. firstly, let me introduce michelle vancleave, michelle is one of the titans in the counterintelligence world. few was the first director i believe of the nci x when it was the national counterintelligence directorate. when it became part of the directorate of national intelligence function sounder president bush he was running nci x . followingmichelle , and she worked on the hill. she's worked on numerous committees focusing on cyber issues and counterintelligence and national security issues long before they were cool. she's young,

fy10 welcome everyone to the campus at george washington university.hanks for taking time out of your busy schedules. let me welcome our c-span viewers this morning. my name is frank cilluffo, i direct our center for cyber and homeland security. and really excited for what will be a rich and long day, covering a whole host of issues that our center is used in on, ranging from counterterrorism to homeland security to cyber, to obviously the integration between federal, state and local, and, obviously, with the integration between the public and the private sector as well as some of the international issues. couldn't think of a better time to host this than, sunday was the fifth year anniversary of our successful raid on osama bin laden in abbottabad in pakistan. and, obviously, serves as a good time to sort of take stock in terms of where we are, how the threat has changed and what sorts of capabilities and capacities we need to be able to get ahead of the curve. our conference is titled securing our future, and it is meant to be a strategic set of issu

for example, if you take an engineering degree at george washington university you will be spending somethe fieldworking at companies as part of the classes you are taking. there is a growth in a lot of the -- right here in philadelphia, for example, drexel is going through a large expansion, you go to college for five years but work in the field that is the trend. it is the universities that are not only teaching the skills but getting them and working the jobs. they graduate with skills employers can use. >> that is a good program. now, if you are over 45, say, and you need a better job now what did you do? you are not fresh out of college? >> you are not. the world is definitely changing. you cannot just take a job with unskilled workforce. so many retailers go to self service kiosks and at wendy's announce they who is 6,000 self serve kiosks. c.v.s., rite-aid, if you are older, do not thing you can go and get an hourly job to make ends meet. you have to have skills. >> are there skills or programs to improve the skills? >> try community college in your areas with affordable programs

voters, 71% disapprove of donald trump, 51% approve of hillary clinton according to the george washington universityp. and isn't trump's rhetoric helping to continue to move this trend that way? >> but these same statistics were used throughout the republican race. we were all saying if you push the rewind button on programs that no one believed donald trump would ever be the nominee. crossed the align and attacked every single republican and ethnic group. and the fact of the matter is his popularity only increased. i think frankly, labeling her as crooked hillary is probably going to stick. i think it's going to underscore the e-mail scandals and her own weaknesses. it has played very well and with the republican electorate so far and i think it possibly will continue to play very well. i think she has a lot of weaknesses. with all due respect, i think it's a lot to have people leave the position of first lady. i think there was some vested interest in herself personally. a lot of people believe -- >> she was a wife of a man who publicly cheated on her. >> a lot of people believe their marriage has

. >> reporter: professor michael cornfield teaches campaign rhetoric at george washington university and says clinton will be ready. >> what would donald trump's attacks be. >> he will throw everything at her but she's very good when she's under attack. >> reporter: new poll shows clinton would head in the match up with a 13-point lead ever donald trump. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> here's john kasich right now let's list men right now. >> first thing i have to do is to thank migrate wife car even for the fact that you've owe she has endured my political career and also, of course, accentuated it. there is nobody like karen. she's charismatic, she walks into a a room, and people fall in love with her. you know, when she appeared on anderson cooper, john weaver commented and bet h hanson commented if we had only run karen we would have been a lot more successful. i happen to agree with that. you know, emma a reese showed up and they are unbelievable. they are just so beautiful. they have been so supportive. and they have traveled with me around the country as well an

national children's mental health awareless da interactive webcast on the issue last night at george washington universityis event is organized every year by the substance abuse mental health services administration. a large panel of experts answered questions about how do identify mental health concerns with youth and where to go for help. >> if your child has asthma, cancer, diabetes, you do everything you can to find the help that they need. a mental health diagnosis is no different. >> areregina there, just a grea panel talking about what families need to think about, what schools need to think about, how to interact with law enforcement. we have important mental health resources on our nbc washington app including a list of places to go if you need help. just search changing minds. >>> all week we've been waking up to wellness around here. this morning we are taking a look at stress meditation specifically for i had cans, sit down for their s.a.t.s. a little stressful. >> i remember being stressed. to help with that, there is something called a meditation and lifestyle course that helps teens cope wi

about the same time george washington university had a major symposium on tax havens, tax escapes of corporations and places like the grand cayman island. no press whatsoever. democracyhese awakening and democracy spring in washington d c. "the washington post" completely declined to cover it. democracy now! and npr covered it. they were trying to push into the electoral process issues like campaign finance reform. commissioner, very progressive man, has been trying to get the mass media to pay attention to section 317 of the 1934 communications law. what does that say? it requires without exception the disclosure of all donor names to these pacs and super pacs. the fcc has been sitting on a common cause petition and other previous petitions and doing nothing. it gets no coverage by the mass media that is focusing on an ever-increasing trivial presidential race, avoiding major issues, avoiding the great issues of the distribution of power and wealth and income in our society's impact abroad, continuing to do that and not allowing the civil society to break in. that is why we call our

the president has said in the past the terrorists are on the written and you state it at george washington university they are not on the run but on the man. is the white house not getting it? >> where think the president got it from the beginning of isis, and he... [ inaudible ] in tunisia next to libya with our team in exile or the ambassador in exile they tuesday of the 6,000 isis in libya, libya is failed state and becoming a launching pad for external operations as is the sigh anyway peninsula. [ inaudible ] i am more about external operations conducted by the safe havens that are being created which they can launch external operations in the united states and in aviation security is the biggest threat. >> have said of syria and iraq it is the largest convergence of terrorists in merchandise everyone history. the last big terror stronghold was afghanistan. compare what is going on in syria and iraq to what was going on in afghanistan pre-9/11? >> they operated in caves with couriers and primitive operations and new we have a new generation of terrorists that necessity how to use the internet. [

sources do tell us they believe this subject, who is laying right now critically wounded at george washington university hospital, may have been trying to commit suicide by cop. >> peter doocy, live. there is new evidence tonight about the danger of the zika virus, the world health organization says it's spreading, infecting 7500 people on an island off the western coast of africa. the cdc says 157 pregnant women are infected with zika in the u.s. the agency has redefined what it considers infected to be a positive test. with or without symptoms. leading to a three-fold increase in that category. those are the facts and the stats. now for a look at the politics of zika, here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> briefed on the zika virus by his top health advisers, president obama pressured congress to approve the $1.9 billion package of emergency funds he requested three months ago. in part by urging citizens to tell their lawmakers to quote get on the job. >> my hope was we would have had a bill that i could sign now. >> the president spoke days after the senate voted up a $1.1 billion pack

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you said at george washington university the other day that they are not on the run, they are on the march. is the white house not getting it? >> i don't think the president has got it from the beginning of isis. i mean, he wants to deny that it's going on. they are the jv team, you know, the caliphate -- the da i that al baghdadi declares a caliphate he declares a war on terror over. the president did. it's been expanding not contracting. we are making some limited success in iraq and syria, but as in tunisitunisia, right next libya with our team in exile or ambassador in exile they talked about the 6,000 isis in lib ra. libya is a failed state and becoming a launching pad for external operations, as is sinai in egypt where we see isis that pulled off the sharm el sheikh. i'm worried mostly as homeland security chairman about external operations conducted by the safe havens that are now being created in the middle east and northern africa from which they can launch external operations in the u.s. and aviation security is the biggest threat. >> you said of syria and iraq it is the la

george washington university, we beat i 10, she beats or three. fox news has us being trumped by 14. she beaten by seven. -- beating trump by 14. she is beaten by seven that she beats him by seven. everyone knows that you win the electoral vote, taking place in 50 states in this country. if you look at virtually every battleground state. in arizona, michigan, missouri, and many other states, which are up for grabs, maybe one by the republican or democratic candidate, in every one of those states we defeat trump by larger margins that she does. important, buty recent elections tell us is that when the voter turnout is high, when people come out in large numbers, democrats and progressives win. people are excited. young people come out. working-class people come out. democrats win. on the other hand, republicans win elections when the voter turnout is low. that is exactly what we saw in the last national election of 2014, when 53% of the american people didn't vote. there is little doubt in my mind that the energy and excitement in this campaign is

you said at george washington university the other day that they are not on the run, they are on the march. is the white house not getting it? >> i don't think the president has got it from the beginning of isis. i mean, he wants to deny that it's going on. they are the jv team, you know, the caliphate -- the da i that al baghdadi declares a caliphate he declares a war over. the president did. it's been expanding not contracting. we are making some limited success in iraq and syria, but operated in caves and cure years, primitive communications. now we have a new generation of terrorists that know how to use the internet, now how to exploit it, used it to recruit. they've recruited 40,000 foreign fighters, largest convergence that we've seen of jihadists in what is now called the caliphate and that's due to the internet and so they are expanding their bandwidth in a global sort of jihad movement. that's what really concerns me about the modern day terrorists that we face is this global expansion. >> let me ask you a question that i paucity the to the secretary a short time ago. donal