forensic document examiner, was asked to compare gerald mason's handwriting to the signature of george wilsonca register. almost immediately, edholme noticed some letters seemed to jump off the page. >> first was the capital g, because we had g in george and g in gerald. and as far as the height relationship, as far as the width of the letter, as far as the slant, the amount of strokes it took to form the letter, each one of those was consistent, and that was very important. >> there were other similarities in the letter d and s, o, n. and there was something more. >> what i noted in mr. mason's handwriting was from 1957, at that time he was 23 years old, until 1999, his handwriting did not change one iota. it was exactly the same. >> edholme was convinced that gerald mason signed the ymca register with the alias george d. wilson. nearly five decades after the crime, mason was arrested and charged with murder. >> when we introduced ourselves and told him we were homicide investigators, he was a little bit irritated and it was almost like you're here for that? that happened so long ago, i can'

george wilson, post military correspondent, dies at 86. post" in 1990"the and wrote for "the national journal" after that. host: don is calling in from .rown blank, michigan are you in the upper peninsula? caller: no, i am 60 miles outside detroit. host: what do you want from washington? caller: i would like to see the war on drugs stopped. all that is is a war on the american people. and families. i would like to see the affordable care act, the kinks worked out so americans can really appreciate and find out what is good and what can work for americans. thing, i wonder where the republican party was at when george bush and his cronies got the country into this mess that we are in now. president obama has been there five years, and he basically kept the country from going bankrupt when he walked in, if people remember -- and we have short memories. the republican party in this country put us in the situation we are in, and now they are complaining about the president. we need to get on board and help us get out of this mess that they crea

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former governors george deukmejian, pete wilson and gray davis announced the eve the in los angeles - the effort in los angeles. they said the appeals process for the prisoners on death row takes too much time. >> old age should not be the leading cause of death on death row. but it literally has been. >> the proposition would limit death row appeals and cut costs by housing two condemned prisoners in a cell instead of one and require them to work at prison jobs in order to pay restitutions to victims. california's not had an execution since 2006 because the problems and legal challenges to the lethal injection process. >>> a jury meanwhile has convicted an oakland man for a brutal assault captured here on surveillance video. police say the attack happened near the annual pink saturday block party in the castro district last june. the video shows the 28-year-old woman on the ground just after someone grabbed her purse. she's then kicked in the head and knocked out. yesterday a jury convicted 23- year-old christopher porter bailey of felony robbery, assault and robbery. he now faces up

> in the spotlight tonight, chris christie takes the unavoidable questions about the george washington woodrow wilson closures. christie appeared tonight on new jersey's 101.5's ask the governor radio show. before the governor took caller questions, host eric scott asked him about his former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly. >> what about the situation with bridget kelly, though. you said you were angry when you read about her e-mails to wildstein. you said you personally fired her. >> no, i did not say that. >> you did not -- >> i ordered it. >> i'm sorry, you personally ordered her firing. did you have no face to face with her on that day snf. >> no. >> so there was no opportunity for you to pull her aside and say what was going on? >> eric, by that time it was evident from the e-mails what was going on. and it was not appropriate for me to have those conversations. >> because? >> because there was obvious legal consequences going on potentially for her and for others. and by the way, on december 12 and 13th, she was questioned extensively by her superiors and said she had no knowledge, no invol

in fact, making the trip on the beltway as you travel prince george's county heading toward the wilson bridge, those travel lanes are open in both directions. and as you loop around to the beltway in virginia, this is at braddock. again, inner loop and outer loop absolutely clear. i'm back in ten minutes. back to you. >> see you then. thank you. >>> coming up on 4:32. molette green's at the live desk with breaking news. >>> yes, right now international flights bound for geneva, switzerland, including one out of dulles are returning to normal now after a hijacking scare. this morning the co-pilot of an ethiopian airlines plane is in custody after reportedly forcing that flight bound for rome to land in geneva. here's what we're learning. the co-pilot took control of the flight when the pilot stepped out of the cockpit and locked himself inside. all of this apparently because the ethiopian-born man wanted to seek asylum. the plane landed safely, the hijacker tried to get out by going out of a window. he was arrested. nobody on the plane was hurt. all of the drama in the forced two united

george's county. great shape between 95 and the wilson bridge. we'll wind a live look in virginia. no issues here on 95, hov lanes were open on time. no problems on 395 to the 14th street bridge and in from the west as well on 66 and the dulles toll road. i think you'll be fine this morning. >> thank you, monika. >>> at 4:48, a health alert for people struggling with hypertension. a worldwide team of experts claims high blood pressure could be just as devastating to global health as h.i.v. while it's often thought of as a disease of wealthy countries, it's spreading fast to the rest of the world. although hypertension is not an infectious disease, it often leads to deadly illnesses later in life. >>> most adults consume 10% or more of their daily calories just from adding sugar to their diet. more calories from added sugar you get, the greater the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. added sugars can be found as you know in sodas, processed foods and candy. experts suggest limits your consumption. >>> pfizer announced monday an experimental drug for breast cancer is showing g

and three former california governors pete wilson gray davis and george deukmajian threw their supporte that they say will completely overhaul the death penalty process. >> there are 42 cop killers on death row. >> reporter: all those killers condemned to death but an execution date nowhere in sight. >> i am terribly terribly disappointed in our system of justice. >> reporter: supporters of the initiative hope to qualify it for the november ballot. it would put a five-year deadline for deciding death row appeals, transfer appeals to appellate courts from the state supreme court, and spread death row inmates among the general prison population saving according to the backers millions of dollars for taxpayers. directly across the street from the news conference is the headquarters of the aclu in los angeles. they are expected to put up the most opposition to this initiative. >> they are not morally opposed to death penalty. i'm pragmatic. it's a colossal waste of money. >> reporter: he speaks for the aclu on this topic. garcetti is the one-time district attorney and father of mayor eric

eisenhower, woodrow wilson, george h.w. bush. >> can you put them back up on the screen? son! >> whoo! >> juliet, big time. >> wilson is c, sorry. >> that doesn't matter. >> she got the right name. who was the oldest elected president? was it nixon? >> the oldest elected president? nixon, harding, polk or reagan. >> d. >> d. >> you got it right. >> that was an easy one. >> who was the first president to live in the white snous george washington, thomas jefferson, bill clinton or john adams? >> well, which white house, the one in philadelphia or the one in d.c.? >> now that's very technical. >> it was not called the white house until the early 1900s, anyway. >> the president's house, d. >> the president is john adams. who got that right? now you're getting too technical. wiping the white boards, which president took over office without ever being elected? a, andrew johnson, b, franklin pierce, c., gerald ford, or d, lyndon d. johnson. >> how about all? that was a trick question. >> john after the assassination. >> my answer is, c, gerald ford. >> what? >> andrew johnson was

george's county county. looking fine both loops of the feltway really between 95 and the wilson bridge. and a quick look live on the other side. no problems to report as you travel in springfield right now on the northbound side of i-95. vdot did a great job here. back to you. >> thanks a lot, monika. >>> this was a big nor'easter. sucked us in the kisser and then we had some rain and melting and another round of snow last night. now it's all the residual issues we have to deal with. >> if you were shoveling your walk yesterday, there's a new coating of snow and ice on it. the same could be for some roads and intersections. delia goncalves is live in the district where the cleanup is ongoing. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. the snow that folks have to clear, hopefully you did a lot of it yesterday because now it is packed in really heavy and crunchy like you said you encountered some of the snow on 16th street on your commute here. covered in ice. really hararararararararararara no audio ] >> reporter: this is a snow emergency route. the idea of a snow emergency route ba

george h.w. bush? or wilson? you got that correct. wilson had a ph.d.ience. >> absolutely. >> couple were at universities, too. >> here we go. question three, who was the oldest elected president? was it a, nixon, b, harding, c, polk, or ronald reagan? who was the oldest? >> who knew when we hooked up -- >> ronald reagan. you got that. he was 69 years old. now we want to do who was the youngest president to become president. that's your following question. roosevelt, barak obama, john f. kennedy or lincoln? who was the youngest? this could be tricky. you have to listen to the wording. it's the youngest person to become president. >> people naturally think it's john f. kennedy. >> i didn't ask who was the youngest elected. we asked who was the youngest person to become president. >> teddy roosevelt. >> you were right if we asked who was the youngest elected president. that was john f. kennedy. >> what do we win? >> we have to see. to be continued. we have five more questions coming up later. we only had time for four, if you're counting at home. >> that

. >>> and the beltway here in prince george's county at central avenue looking great down to st. barnabas road and the wilsone. all of the southern maryland corridors are incident-free and there are no issues right now inngon the bw parkway and route 50 through sherry. back to you -- cheverly. back to you guys. >>> and joan us on the facebook page to take a guess at our question of the morning -- >> and you know what? our facebook friend harry ellis is probably not far off. he says all three at once. and that is dangerous. post your comments on our facebook fan page and we'll have the answer in about an hour. >>> and after a lot of sun today, snow is entering the picture for the weekend but just how much? howard's up next with the seven day forecast. >> plus, after initially raising hopes that congress could reach a deal on immigration, house speaker john boehner is throwing some cold batter on that idea -- water on that idea. >> let's see who's celebrating a birthday today the 7th of february -- he's currently on the hit "ncis: los angeles." actor nickel ferre re -- miguel ferrer is 59. actor james spader i

hosted 13 presidents from woodrow wilson and george bush sr.re side chat. head to the uss midway. u.s. navy ship that's now a naval museum. head over to the park where the greatest generations art walk takes place. it really celebrates art all the americans shaped our culture today and a maritime museum presidential. >> can't get more presidential than the. >> jefferson hotel has the thomas jefferson suite. $8,000 a night. >> that's all. >> five juliet balconies with commanding views of the white house and washington monument. >> that's amazing. while youon dining room and are in d.c., of course, head to the white house, the washington monument. lincoln memorial and my favorite the vietnam veterans memorial. >> d.c. very presidential. >> every president since hue pert hoover have stayed at the waldorf his tore i can't. $10,000 a night. rooms go for $239 a night though. something for. >> everybody actually is very affordable. can you can find a decent room there. >> it is. yeah. it's iconic. and the suite is done in the classic art dzeko style o

wilson bridge. and an accident on the outer loop of the beltway in prince george's county. i'm going to get to that in just a minute. vre is on an s schedule today. prince george's county, the bus is on limited service. live wires across a dump truck with an accident on aviation boulevard closed at terminal road on the north end of bwi airport. you can use elkridge landing road instead. let's take a live look outside. on the ower loop at branch avenue, there was this accident right here. looks lying everything has been pushed to the shoulder now but be aware we have a lot of these accidents around town with some slipping and sliding going on. we'll take a live look on the over side of town. no issues to report here in springfield thankfully. let's hope it stays that way. back to you guys. >>> thanks a lot, monika. 5:32. for a while yesterday morning, the best way to get a snowplow on any street in the district was basically to send delia goncalves there. >> we've seen it before. she can get lights turned on like that. she had great luck finding roads cleared down to the pav

wilson, to harry truman. he also famously took a picture with george h w when he was captain of the elbe baseball team.movies and did state stuff and had a newspaper column. troy, theguest is ted author of "what jefferson read..." the numbers to call and are on your screen. i want to ask you a little bit about, you talked about rating. are there any things that the president have read the shock to you? guest: i was surprised by how much presidents have read. teddy roosevelt, he was a huge reader. sometimes read 2-3 books per night. if you came to visit him, he would open a book and reading. at one point, he disappeared on a train. outside of the bathroom, trying to hold a book to the light. he wanted to catch those last rays of light. that was a good thing. that is what he did. i thought that was interesting. i was surprised that george h.w. bush was not a bigger reader. i was priced that ronald reagan was more of a reader than people thought. secretary came to him one time and saw that he was reading a serious book and said can we put this out there? no, i do not think we need to do that. host: all ri

wilson seems to understand the attempt to impose uniformity in the midst of war, anti german mania, banning sauerkraut, you know all the specifics of this, could be avoided. he empowers people like george creole. offering uniformity on the country. if there is anything good about liberalism and i don't -- i think there is, there would be two things. concern with conformity, most frequently liberals are the most conformist people imaginable, concern with conformity, they create the aclu which had its good moments even though most of them are bad, civil rights. what they see with this wartime repression is something that frightens me. they see an attempt to create a cultural uniform america and they are not imagining things. many of wilson's supporters include people in the american protective league, cracking down on german institutions and all sorts of dissent. african-americans' criticizing binge ins were denounced -- excuse me, oppressions sympathizers. much as we denounce bolshevik sympathizers 20 years later. i mentioned h.l. mencken and his love affair with prussian germany, his love affair with the kaiser, his love affair with nietzsche. he was not a nice man, h.l. mencken. he an

wilson, to harry truman. he also famously took a picture with george h w when he was captain of the elbe baseball team.movies and did state stuff and had a newspaper column. troy, theguest is ted author of "what jefferson read..." the numbers to call and are on your screen. i want to ask you a little bit about, you talked about rating. are there any things that the president have read the shock to you? guest: i was surprised by how much presidents have read. teddy roosevelt, he was a huge reader. sometimes read 2-3 books per night. if you came to visit him, he would open a book and reading. at one point, he disappeared on a train. outside of the bathroom, trying to hold a book to the light. he wanted to catch those last rays of light. that was a good thing. that is what he did. i thought that was interesting. i was surprised that george h.w. bush was not a bigger reader. i was priced that ronald reagan was more of a reader than people thought. secretary came to him one time and saw that he was reading a serious book and said can we put this out there? no, i do not think we need to do that. host: all ri

russell wilson played in the east coast of the united states of america he would be the face of the nfl, the face of professional sports. unbelievably great. >> i'm headed to washington to speak at george washington university. the national eating disorders awareness week. >> bringing charts and graphs of me and what i do wrong. >>> it's way too early, stick around because we've got chuck straight ahead. >>> blue grass blast from the past. bill clinton is set to take center stage in kentucky in his first stump stop for 2014. what's behind the former president's campaign clout 22 years after first going to the white house. >>> and nearly a half -- nearly a century and a half after the first black senator took office, an event today honors the history he made and those who followed in his footsteps. we'll talk to a bipartisan pair of trailblazers to mark black history month in the u.s. senate. >>> plus the tdr 50 rolls on with our florida focus this week. today, a look at the statehouse rules that make tallahassee oddly tick. good morning from washington. it's tuesday, february 25th, 2014, this is daily rundown. >>> imagine fdr being a factor in the 1954 mid terms. how about jfk on the c

george washington university, calling in from sochi, russia. guest: thank you, and go usa. >> we are welcoming your comments throughout the day. we're live at the wilson center in washington, waiting to hear from homeland security secretary jeh johnson. he will make his first major address about his department's agenda and priorities. he will be introduced by the former congresswoman and intelligence community chairwoman. we will have to live when it starts. back to the conversation on the olympics. we will look at the corporate influence over the years, particularly in sochi. guest: i was in the luge competition in 2006. i thought that they last color -- >> good morning and welcome to the wilson center. here are some of the folks who are about to listen to this. there is a worldwide audience. there are overflow rooms written you are here for the right reasons. few of ourgnize a special guests in the front row. dr. susan demarco johnson is built secretary. she is right in front of me. some of the dhs leadership, including alejandro mallorcas. is julia pearson here? the forced director of the u.s. secret service, who happens to be a woman. the fema dir

george w. bush says he doesn't have, quote, the right to be considered for this position at his stage in his career. >>> it's like a scene straight out of the movie "castaway." remember this? >> wilsonys he was lost at sea for more than a year. jose was found in the marshall islands in the pacific ocean and said he survived by eating birds, fish and turtles. he left mexico in december 2012, but says he was blown off course during a storm. >>> the biggest fumble sunday did not happen at met life stadium. it happened to the mayor of new york. look at this. that's the new mayor. he drops chuck, the groundhog. chuck is fine this morning. and just like punxsutawney fill, he predicted six more weeks of winters, which we are seeing outside this morning. >> it was supposed to come on the day after the super bowl. >> check your e-mail or text messages. you might not have school today because that's what just came across us. that's why the couch was buzz buzzing. no one is going to school today. >> i thought someone put a quarter in it. >> that's a whole different thing, steve. >>> coming up, are american kids going soft? a new study shows less and less children are playing team sports. larry

russell wilson played in the east coast of the united states of america he would be the face of the nfl, the face of professional sports. unbelievably great. >> i'm headed to washington to speak at georget i do wrong. >>> it's way too early, stick around because we've got chuck straight ahead. >>> blue grass blast from the past. bill clinton is set to take center stage in kentucky in his first stump stop for 2014. what's behind the former president's campaign clout 22 years after first going to the white house. >>> and nearly a half -- nearly a century and a half after the first black senator took office, an event today honors the history he made

we're in great shape in prince george's county between 95 and the wilson bridge. i'll keep my fingers crossed that it stays that way. yesterday was tough, i know. let's go back over to the maps this time west on the inbound side of 66 looking good in sterling. no problems as you travel in on 66 as well and the dulles toll road. a live look right now on 66 coming in through fairfax right now from our sky 9. andrea, mike? >> thanks, monika. >>> next week when president obama submits his 2015 budget to congress, it will include a military reduction proposal from defense secretary chuck hagel. that proposal is expected to be met with a negative response from some senators and members of congress who often rely on military spending to help ensure jobs in their district. >> in fact, some in congress are already speaking out against the plan. democratic senator carl levin from michigan calls the plan a huge challenge. retiring congressman republican howard mckean of california says we're trying to solve the nation's financial problems on the backs of the military. delia

george's county, maryland. this is a look from the chopper seven at the delays. you can see they are sinning still there. now building back to the wilsonge on the outer loop as you come in. you will hit the brake lights due to a crash at route five. that has the left side getting by. loopan access the outer from round five southbound, but i would avoid that at all costs. on the majornues arteries, like route five and route four, leading into that area. we also have typical delays on the outer loop from 95 in maryland. travel lanes are open. >> we have cool changes in the air today. overcast overnight. skies have cleared out already. you see the difference in temperatures. 34 at dulles. wind and the the feel factor is in the 20's and low 30's. that is the case throughout the day. mostly sunny skies. the high between 43 and 48. the clouds will increase tonight, back down into the 20's. tomorrow, a few flurries possible late in the day. a better chance of snow on wednesday morning. >> thank you very much and thank you for joining us. heather elvis. reena ninan has the details. >> reporter: this morning, a south carolina couple believed to