honor to be appointed the first director of the national church library and center at the george washington university, and executive director at the international churchill society. i'm grateful to the board of ics and the leadership of the gw libraries for selecting me. though i've only been in my post since monday, my new colleagues at the university have already made me feel at home. and as a 1994 recipient of a masters degree of history from gw, for me it is a sort of homecoming. soon you will see for yourselves the fruits of our efforts. after years of toil and struggle, the nclc is our reality. within the sleek, silvery space, students and visitors will have access to hundreds of volumes on churchill from classic works to much of the most recent scholarship, and interactive touchscreen video exhibition will allow patrons to see the colorful and vivid detail, countless photographs and documents that bring the great man to life. and the incomparable holders of the churchill archive center, churchill college, cambridge, will be available to visitors online. thanks to a generous a gift from the ics

legal scholar jonathan turley is a law professor at george washington university law scol and a legal scholar. he was floated as a supreme court candidathimself, albeit by the libertarian candidate for president. jonathan turley is a law professor at george washington university law school and a legal holar. he was floated as a supreme court candidate himself, although by the libertarian candidate for president. nice to have you. i'm trying tdecide whether to say congratulations ororry. jonaan: i was counting on that libertarian sweep. where did th go? soledad: the media was wrong about a lot of things. let'lk about what's at stake here. at the end of the day, you really have eight supreme court justices, one spot to fill -- replacing scalia. does that shift balance of power in the next onindividual who donald trump has the ability to reple? jonathan: it would have if have replaced the ultimate conservative icon. scalia was not just a reliable conservative vote, he actually did break from the right on a number of occasions. head a libertarian aspect to him. his loss is huge, and it is

that's the latest from george washington university. john henry, wusa 9. >>> we are also following a breaking news situation from middleton in frederick county. a woman has been attacked by a bear. emergency vehicles are at the scene right now in frederick county, and we understand the meredith hospital in haggerstown for treatment of puncture wounds. no word what happened or what happened to the bear. we will share the latest information as it comes into the news room. >>> the charles county health department says someone at laplatta high school has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. they are working to determine who should be tested for it b. the school sent a letter home to all details. now according to the cdc, t.b. gets into the air when someone with the disease coughs, spits, sneezes, spits or sings. people with t.b. disease are most lickly to spread it to people they spend time with every day like family members or close friends. it's not spread through clothes or sharing a drink or food or shaking hands or using the surfaces. >>>

toll taken by this fire that gutted a fo >> this happened at 21st and h northwest on the george washington university campus. shomari stone spoke to one of those victims tonight. he is live at the scene. >> reporter: good evening. one of those victims tells me he is very sick and recovering. this fire really shook the campus of this food truck. now, many of the students, faculty, and the fellow food stunned. >> absolute shock. >> the bus was completely engulfed in the flame. >> reporter: shyler was surprised to see one of his favorite trucks going up in flames at george washington university this afternoon. >> you know, i go there at least once a week to eat. so my first thought was, you know r the people inside okay? and you know, i understand that this is their business. it's their livelihood, but are those people okay? >> reporter: tonight two condition. one has minor injuries after the house of if a lafell food truck caught on fire on the 2100 block of h street, where several food trucks are parked on gw's campus. matt gain was parked behind and watched firefighters put out the flames. >> we were

they have issued a list of the demands they have for the george washington university. what are the demands that you have for the university now? >> there are several demands. it comes from a small group of the student organizations. who decided that these were the priorities. that this is an image and a new image of our country. and the campus we want to create. jeff: i'll ask you one more question. a lot of disagreement with donald trump but he is the president. he did win. do you accept the results? how do you go toward knowing he will be the president? believes in. >> we accept the results, we don't expect his pollty. we don't expect his racism or bigotry. we are staying here until he changes that. until he agrees that he is not going to deny climate change. jeff: thank you for your time. we appreciate it. the protest is wrapping up here at g.w. the speakers coming in one after another. this is coming up there. they accept results of the

open our national churchill library and center on the campus of the globally respected george washington university. [ applause ] this long-awaited event could not have happened without the support of two successive gw presidents who are far both great friends of ics. first, the inspiring stephen, in particularly steve knapp, whose wisdom, endless patience with me, perseverance and spirit will make him for ever a much revered churchillian. ics will both intellectually and financially support, advice and ordinate the work of two u.s. churchill institutions. the national churchill library center and the national churchill museum that it will ensure that these two sister institutions not only cooperate as allies, but promote the memory of winston churchill in north america. importantly, they will flourish together far better that each could do on their own. ics will also be based at this newly purpose built facility, the nclc, to introduce a new acronym in a city full of alphabet acronyms. there we will welcome bright readers, writers, researchers, scholars and the just plain curious to explore the li

an update this morning on a food truck caught on fire on the george washington university campus. investigators now say the fire was caused by improper fueling of its generator. three people were injured when the falafel truck ignited. right now-- two remain in critical condition. with the thanksgiving travel rush about to begin airport experience. they've hired 14-hundred new officers, and moved two thousand others to full-time status. they'll also have more k-9 teams -- and a command center to maintain close contact with airports and airlines. 22-million americans are expected to travel by air for thanksgiving. coming up. major safety concerns lead to a big shakeup on metro. why the agency is shuffling around dozens of rail cars.. and what this means for your commute. and we are counting down the days until thanksgiving here can you believe we are now just six days away? it's 4:xx... we'll be right back. you live a portable life. new dannon oikos nonfat yogurt drink fits right in it. with 10 grams of protein... and zero added sugar, zero artificial sweeteners, zero fat. just wha

we are live here on c-span 3. . ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the george washington universityhe jack morton auditorium. tonight, as with many that have taken place recently in universities, homes, forums, clubs, and places of congregation throughout the united states, tonight is an even -- an event of careful reflection on our future with learned guests as we move through the annals of history in the wake of the most recent presidential election. as is the tradition of the george washington university and our renowned school of media and public affairs, we are the promoters of respectful dialogue and exchange of views on some of the most delicate issues of our time. the conversation series at smpa has a long tradition of bringing together some of the leading minds in politics and media to engage in healthy debate to advance our democracy and our civic dialogue. behind every headline is a story, and behind every story are ideas and actions. as an institution of higher learning, our never-ending quest is to penetrate these elemental levels in search of truth and in search of und

held by george washington university law school, this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm the senior society dean for academic affairs and on behalf of the dean and the president i welcome you to the george washington university law school. i will hand over the podium momentarily to my colleague who will normally introduce our two distinguished panelists, but first let me say how thrilled we are to host this discussion on the foreign corrupt practices act, one of the most significant issues confronting criminal law practitioners today. among our full time and part time faculty are many who like myself have served as federal prosecutors or defended individuals and entities charged with criminal conduct, including under the fcpa. we have a rich curriculum in the areas of criminal law and procedure here and we produce many graduates who go on to have distinguished careers in government and private practice. one such star graduate is the assistant attorney general for the criminal division leslie caldwell. we're so excited to welcome her pack this afternoon. although our ot

held by george washington university law school, this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm the senior society dean for academic affairs and on behalf of the dean and the president i welcome you to the george washington university law school. i will hand over the podium momentarily to my colleague who will normally introduce our two distinguished panelists, but first let me say how thrilled we are to host this discussion on the foreign corrupt practices act, one of the most significant issues confronting criminal law practicers today. among our full time and part time faculty are many who like myself have served as federal prosecutors or defended individuals and entities charged with criminal conduct, including under the fcpa. we have a rich curriculum in the areas of criminal law and procedure here and we produce many graduates who go on to have distinguished careers in government and private practice. one such star graduate is the assistant attorney general for the criminal division leslie caldwell. we're so excited to welcome her pack this afternoon. although our other

open our national churchill library and center on the campus of the globally respected george washington university. [ applause ] this long-awaited event could not have happened without the support of two successive gw presidents who are far both great friends of ics. first, the inspiring stephen, in particularly steve knapp, whose wisdom, endless patience with me, perseverance and spirit will make him for ever a much revered churchillian. ics will both intellectually and financially support, advice and ordinate the work of two u.s. churchill institutions. the national churchill library center and the national churchill museum that it will ensure that these two sister institutions not only cooperate as allies, but promote the memory of winston churchill in north america. importantly, they will flourish together far better that each could do on their own. ics will also be based at this newly purpose built facility, the nclc, to introduce a new acronym in a city full of alphabet acronyms. there we will welcome bright readers, writers, researchers, scholars and the just plain curious to explore the li

. >> here on the george washington university campus on our nation's capital, parked near other food trucks, went up in flames. near the campus. thrn caused severe damage to the truck, a converted school bus. no word what caused it she said administrators did not do enough to keep two children from being bullied by other students. christy wilcox joins us from the regional justice center. >> another student used lewd comments, and physically abused her son, while at school. >> two boys say they were victims of bullying. now the mother of one, mary bryan, is at court to testify. when she found out the two victims who were friends were called homophobic names and physically abused it had gone too far. >> disgusting vile vulgar words. we decided to go to the school the next day. >> testified over the e-mails and the use of lewd slurs. some of the alleged incidents were not reported to staff. >> homophobic words that they used, you do remember them? >> oh yes. >> school district policy and staff was not fully aware of the scope of the allegations. >> they haven't shown that it will school

this happened on the george washington university campus washington dc were several food trucks were parked. the fire started in the back of the truck is a generator figure out what started the fire. >>> a bizarre running accident during a college championship in pennsylvania, a deer crashing into a runner. video shows several deer running across the course and one runs right into justin. it knocks him out. incredibly he was able to get up and finish the race. good job. 2 teammates helped him out. his coach says he is doing okay >> that is a bazaar site. >> the deer would probably beat him in that race. >> a mysterious monkey once again spotted in the bay area this time in state -- saint pete. >> this is the same one we have been keeping an eye on. he is making his way further south. this is at least the 3rd citing last thing an eyewitness expected to see yesterday was this monkey. >> he said, look there is a monkey on the roof. we saw gators in the creek but we never saw monkeys. in 2012 florida fish and wildlife service captured the same species and st. pete. if you see this monkey

i'm an older millennials, and i teach students at george washington university. i understand their perspective. i may not always agree with their perspective. if i understand where they're coming from, i'm able to relate to them, and i'm also able to present real world situations that th understand and play sarous scenarios with them. i think there's a level of engagement that one has to have. there's a level of empathy, that we have to understand. and right, and you have to get to know. how can i treat my neighbor right if i don't know my neighbor at all some you have to get to know the other person. in this case you have to get to know young people and how they're feeling and thinking in >> armstrong: this is armstrong ? ? ? ? >> armstrong: there's kids that come from the most loving homes and they kill there's kids that murder. we were interviewing some kids earlier in the week and they were talking about their lives and games in the inner city. they have no conscience. they say absolutely nothing wrong with it. they kill people because they don't like the way

. >> our jonathan turley is professor of law at george washington university.nks for joining us. >> thanks. >> you studied the issue closely. scalia, obviously taking a different position than the man who greatly admires him, the president-elect. >> that's right. in 1989-1990, the court ruled you couldn't restrict free speech for flag burning saying flag burning is a form of political speech. perhaps the all miultimate form political speech. scalia was historical in terms of purpose and history of the constitution and it's interesting, because donald trump has really cited scalia as his model for the supreme court. but what president-elect trump is suggesting can't be done. he's got to get through not just the supreme court but the constitution itself. he can always move for a constitutional amendment that was done in 2006. he can also try to change the supreme court. he has the seat open of one of the people, scalia, who voted to protect that type of speech. >> all of those initiatives are difficult, but that was a 5-4 rulie ining saying you can burn american

international churchill conference with remarks by customer sterling -- christopher stirling of george washington university. he explores winston churchill's time in washington, d.c. this is about 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, it is my delight to introduce chris sterling. he was born in washington dc but grew up in wisconsin where he earned all of his degrees at the university of wisconsin, and loading his first-degree -- including his first degree in political science. i welcome in as a fellow political scientist. can recommend is more than two dozen books to you. for many years, he has had a great interest in winston churchill. as someone who enjoys all of churchill's books and all the books about i'm delighted to introduce chris sterling to talk on churchill in washington. [applause] >> thank you. i appreciate it. thank you, jim. i said to david last night, what had i done wrong? how had i made him unhappy? number to be the last speaker one, after an intense day and a half, but worse, to follow andrew roberts and lunch comes right after me. i mean, good gravy. that is pretty tight. let's see if i can

>> here we are live at george washington university here in washington. up next a conversation on the 2008 financial crisis and the role housing policy played in that crisis considered by many to be the worst financial crisis since the grea great depressione also in by the federal government bailout of financial institutions. among those expected from this afternoon, an american enterprise institute scholar who work in the reagan administration, the afl-cio policy director and an economics professor from the university of north carolina. this discussion will be moderated by a securities law professor from george washington university. live coverage underway now here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i am the executive director of the center for law economic the finest here at gw. the senate as a think tank is on to be a focal point in d.c. for the study integrated major issues, this is a law, entrepreneurship. we are excited about today's program. we have the best, so the best expe

george washington university students gathered outside the chopper 4 was over highpoint high school in beltsville this week where a small group walked out around lunchtime. one of the largest protests happened right outside the trump hotel. news4's shomari stone was there. >> reporter: hundreds of d.c. and montgomery county public school students along with some teens from private school shout "you can't divide us" outside the trump international hotel in northwest d.c. and >> i like it. i feel like we all came from different types of schools across the city. we came and united as one. >> we are not trump's america. >> reporter: the protests started around noon when hundreds walked out of woodrow wilson high school in northwest d.c. a few parents told me they supported their kids protesting against president-elect trump. >> i'm proud of her. she's standing up for her first amendment free speech rights. >> reporter: but paula didn't allow her daughter to go. i am just concerned about safety. >> reporter: there were a few safety concerns but no violence. one student climbs on top of the

we'll look at what they said in your vote your power event that i moderated last night at george washington university. we had good conversation last night. >>> and 4:47 and more details in the sexual assault that happened in stafford county. investigators suspect was wearing when he crashed his suv into a woman's car, dragged her into a ditch and sexually assaulted her for two hours early monday morning. yesterday they also found a woman's shoe in a tree at the scene. this all happened on kings highway. this is a sketch of the suspect police or the sheriff's department released. they still need help catching help them track down two men who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman. they left her on the side of the road and she was able to flag down help. >>> and the virginia dean claims that she was unfairly portray in the 2014 article about gang rape. during close arguments, the "rolling stones" lawyer said her main source is not credible. the magazine issued a retraction after it was published. she wants $7.5 million for damages. >>> today a navy serviceman will be in court on charges he killed f

in the meantime, this everything thousands of students from george washington university protesting outside the white house on pennsylvania avenue. >> he is the president. but the sentiment of the students is if he targets member of our community, goes after one of us he is going after all of us. he has the challenges around the campus, around the country against him. jonathan: student protests took place outside of high point high school in capital beltway. senator barbara boxer wants to eliminate the electoral college. bill filed by the democrat would change the presidential election to a popular vote. that would require constitutional amendment which three-quarters of the states would have to approve, which is not likely. right now hillary clinton leads the popular vote by more than 1 million votes. stay on top of response on the website at wjla.com. all you got to do once you are there click on election. tragedy in northeast washington. that is where retired police lieutenant shot his own son to death. this happened overnight. it happened in the family home on woodbridge in northeast wa

and yesterday students at the george washington university became the latest group to join in anti-trump protests. hundreds of students marched through d-c streets chanting "we reject our president elect" on their way to the white house. on their way back to campus, the supported by drivers on pennsylvania avenue. the group says they do plan to march again. breaking overnight - a montgomery county man is dead after after his motorcycle crashed with a car on columbia pike. it happened around six last night near briggs chaney road in burtonsville. the victim has been identified as 21-year-old "addisu mesfin". police say it's still unclear what caused the collision. in the search for a missing university of maryland student. kaitlyn george was spotted on security video entering a baltimore greyhound station friday. she purchased a ticket and boarded a bus headed to norfolk. investigators do not suspect foul play in the case. anyone with information in her exact whereabouts are asked to call the university of maryland police department. new this morning - a former student, under arrest for m

. >> some frightening moments at george washington university after a food trunk wentz up in flames. the bus caught fire 2:00 this afternoon and three workers were inside this time and we're told they're all recovering from >> we saw that there was fire coming out of again raeter side for the most part. that's why major smoke and fire were happening and then after that pretty much we saw people dragging the two girls out of the truck and then the owner was on the outside of the truck trying to pull something out of the box or something out of the backside of generator. >>> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. mean tile, george washington students sets up go fund me campaign to help victim. raised more than 5,000. >> and firefighters in prince george county rescued a man would was trapped in a trench for more than five hours today and it happened near crescent road and green belt. the man was replacing pipe when the dirt started caving in around him. rescue crews pulled him out 6:00 tonight and the man is expected to survive. >> when former d.c. public schools chancello

. > we have an update now on food truck that went up in flames on the campus of george washington university. d.c. fire and investigators say the pennsylvaniaful recall bus got fire while an employee tried the truck was running. three workers are recovering from burns. gw students set up a go found me page for the workers and so far they have raised more than 7500. a teacher is out of a job after her racist rant to her class was posted online. take a listen. get out of my closet. get out you're idiots. > what you didn't hear her saying the n word. the video was posted on social media. it shows the elementary school yelling. the teacher called idiots. call them stupid. an education or wanted to be broke. the school made a statement and said no form of discrimination is or will be tolerated. coming up soon, you you may not be able to an uber ride in the state. also up next, getting ready for the inaugeration. we're getting a behind the scenes look for what the military is looking. it's records. take a look at that. i can do that, too, i think. ?when you've got...? ?...nausea, heartburn, indige

new developments after a food truck caught on fire on the george washington university campus. now: investigators say it was caused by operator error and the improper fueling of its generator. three people were injured when the falafel truck ignited. two remain in critical condition. happening today.. ice-skating season kicks off on the national mall. the national gallery of art's sculpture morning. to celebrate opening day - anyone who skates, gets a free cup of hot chocolate. stormwatch seven tracking the first major blizzard of the season - hitting parts of the u-s right now. and next - we'll be feeling some of the effects. meteorologist molly cochran is live in the weather center.. nine states from utah to minnesota are getting hit with the first major blizzard this season - and it's already deadly. one person was killed in a pile-up in causing nightmares on the roads. in wyoming - cars were sent spinning and sliding during heavy snowfall. an in denver- it's a temperature roller coaster. it went from a record hot 80 degrees -- down to 34. that's a 46-degree drop in just 24

new development after the food truck on fire on george washington university campus. investigators say that it was caused by improper fueling of a generator. three people were injured when the food truck ignited. two remain in critical condition. jonathan: a baltimore teacher fired after it outburst that the classroom stone -- and all of it caught on video. [yelling] jonathan: the teacher who has not been identified used a racial slur while yelling at the students in a middle school. it happened in tuesday science class. the school system said such behavior is unacceptable and she was probably fired. alison: an elementary school teacher facing new sex abuse charges. at cloverly elementary school in silver spring, originally arrested over the summer come accused of fondling two 11-year-old female students. school officials say the new charges stem from an appropriate behavior with three students. jonathan: president-elect donald trump built much of his campaign on immigration issues. the district is not backing ground -- backing down on efforts to help illegal immigran

i teach history at george washington university and it's a real honor to have the ncls opening up on our campus. my role here today, however, is to introduce our speakers for the morning session. i will introduce them as they come up and speak. they each have 25 minutes and then it will be time for questions and discussion afterwards. so the first speaker is nigel hamilton who will be speaking on franklin roosevelt. he is a senior fellow at the graduate school. he trained as a historian at cambridge university and he has researched and taught at history departments in six universities in britain and the united states. he has published 27 works of history and biography. he has included a history of the last 12 u.s. preponderates called american cesars and volume biographies on president kennedy and william clinton. and a biography of field marshall montgomery and most recently, he is finishing the final volume of his trilogy fdr at war. the first volume was listed for an international book prize and the second volume was in june as commander in chief. so, nigel? [ applause ] >> thank

they took questions from the audience at george washington university. hash tag, vote your power was the number one trending topic in d.c. tonight. and we showed you a small slice of what we heard. look for nbcwashington.com tomorrow when we'll post an extended families who lost loved ones. i just can't say it, my heart. >> tragedy hitting home tonight for a man who barely escaped a devastating bus crash in baltimore. he walked away, his car mangled, when it was hit by a school bus, slammed into an mta bus and ripped off the side. take a look. the drivers of both buses died on the scene. no children were aboard the school bus at the time, invest gators say there were no smarks at the scene. >> he couldn't stop. just picked up speed and kept on going. >> the national transportation safety board said a video was recovered and could offer clues. >> the d.c. council preliminary approval to a death with dignity bill but not before an emotional debate over the right to end one's own life. ward five council member at one point was unable to continue as he spoke

arts degree in international affairs, master of science degree in administration from george washington universityhe is a graduate of the army command and general staff college and the army war college. ladies and gentlemen, the distinguished colonel james riffey. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. [ speaking in a foreign language ] this is an expression i learned in japan through the 5th of september 1945 until the 28th day of april 1946. today, we observe vj day, september 2nd, 1945. on that day 71 years ago, general douglas macarthur, who had been appointed supreme allied commander of the allied forces in the pacific assembled representatives of the nine nations aboard the battleship missouri in tokyo bay to witness the foreign minister of japan and the senior general from the imperial headquarters to sign the surrender document. this marked the formal end of the war with japan that began on december 7th, 1941 when the japanese attacked pearl harbor and other military installations in that area. on december 8th, 1941, president roosevelt addressed a joint session of congress. i shall never fo

marina marraco is live near the george washington university campus with an update tonight. marina, how are those victims doing tonight? >> reporter: they're at the hospital, shawn, and thankfully this happened a couple blocks away from georgia washington sp remnants, it's essentially just a charged shell there. the door is still hope from had the good samaritan rushed in, pulled out the victim. the generator. you can see what the scene was here, we're put the epicenter of gw campus, this is where the library is, there's line of food trucks here. you can see those flames and the smoke billowing up top. students were walking to and thankfully there were a lot of people nearby that rushed in to help and got those employees, two women and a man to safety quickly. take a listen. >> we saw that there was fire coming out of the generator side for the most part. that's why the major of the ocean city and fire was happening. after that, pretty much we saw people dragging the two girls out of the truck. then the owner was on the outside of the truck trying to pull something out of th

it happened this afternoon at the george washington university in northwest d.c. one employee suffered critical injuries but is expected to survive. look at that fire. they are still trying to determine the cause of it. >>> developers of the wharf project along the patomic river in southwest d.c. shared some new information about it today. the company that runs the odyssey and the spirit cruise line on the patomic will run the water taxi system for the wharf. four georgetown, national harbor and alexandria and hilton will build a 175 room hotel. this is all scheduled to open next october. >> i'm telling you, if you left this town 10 years ago you wouldn't recognize the place. >>> a washington post reporter didn't get off on the right foot with his new hometown. that will happen when you call it the worst place to live in america. christopher wrote an article for the post claiming just minnesota on social media, so inningerham visited to see what it was all about. a few weeks later he made a surprising announcement, he was moving there. >> my mom was like, well, wh

during a speech at george washington university last night, sanders vowed to hold president-elect donaldrump accountable for his campaign promises and sought to explain the lessons that the democrats could learn. >> mr. trump said a whole lot of things. a whole lot of things. sometimes i think they would just come off the top of his head. toward the end of the campaign, he was actually using the term that many democrats don't use. he was saying that he was going to be the champion of the american working class. well, mr. trump, we have a list of everything that you said. and we are going to hold you to account. all across this country there are millions and millions of decent, good people who are frightened about the world that they are living in. that is the reality that mr. trump perceived to be true. he said, i hear you are hurting and i hear and understand you're worried about the future for your kids, and i alone can do something about it and people voted for him. pay attention to see what he now does. the question that will be resolved pretty quickly is whether or not everything th

right on the george washington university campus. three employees inside the falafel truck were burned.. one critically. investigators think a faulty gas line may have caused the fire, but they're trying to find out more. the falafel truck was one of the most popular food trucks on the g-w campus. students are already raising money to get the truck the injured employees. seven on your side with good news about your child's safety. a new study released overnight finds that car booster seats are getting better at protecting kids. according to the insurance institute for highway safety... 48 of the 53 booster seats tested earned the highest rating. two models - made by "dorel juvenile" - the cosco easy elite and the cosco highback were not recommended. on three other models. the non profit says kids who sit on booster seats are 45 percent less likely to be injured in a crash compared to just using seat belts. the capitals made a statement at home against their bitter rival pittsburgh penguins last night. championship banner.. the caps o

i teach british imperial history at george washington university and it is a real honor to have the nclc opening up on our campus. my role here is to introduce our speakers. as theyntroduce them come up and speak. each have 25 minutes and there will be time for questions and discussion afterward. our first speaker is nigel hamilton who will speak on franklin roosevelt. he is a senior fellow at the john w mccormack graduate school of the university of massachusetts, boston and he trained as a historian at cambridge, university and he has at historyand taught departments in six universities in britain and the united states. he has published 27 works of history and biography. most recently, he is currently finishing the final volume of his trilogy fdr at war. the first volume was long listed for the national book prize in the second volume -- [applause] nigel: thank you very much and wonderful to be here ladies and gentlemen. i count it a great honor to be --owed to speak this morning to be invited to speak this morning about undoubtedly the two greatest men of the 20th century. franklin ch

to be appointed the first director of the national churchill library and center at the george washington university and executive director of the international churchill society. i'm grateful to the board of ics and leadership of the gw libraries for selecting me. though i have only been in my post since monday, my new colleagues have already made me feel at home, and as a 1994 recipient of a masters degree in gw, it is a sort of homecoming. within that sleek space, students will have access to hundreds of volumes on churchill from classic works too much of the most recent scholarship, and interactive touchscreen video exhibition will allow patrons to seek in colorful and vivid detail countless photographs and documents that bring the great man to life -- to see in colorful and vivid detail. churchill college cambridge will be available to visitors online. thanks to a generous gift from nclc can also boast a remarkable collection of churchill's second world war engagement very cards -- diary cards, never before available to the public or scholars. in addition -- and by the way, they form a fascinat

. >>> the george washington university men's basketball team has gone through a roller coast of emotions over the past few months. fist they were on top of the -- first they were on top of the world. but a few months later gw dismissed head coach after accusations of verbally abusing his players. now they look to build on last year's success under interim head coach maurice joseph. star forward transferred to gw to play -- now he's in charge of guiding the team. he says he's impressed with the have shown throughout all of this. >> i'm old now. so interesting being around all these 18-year-olds. they bring a lot of good, young energy. it's fun. we've just been going to work. that started in the summer with the extra practices you get with the foreign tour. then just continuing throughout the change. >> game six of the world series tonight in cleveland. history would be made if the indians win. 3-2 series lead right now. series since 1948. the cubbies haven't won since 1908. they have to win tonight to extend to a game seven, which of course is what all baseball fans wish for; right? ere.