georgetown was up by one point, freeman with 33 points. less than one minute, uconn is up by one, the shot is blocked. the hoyas are up by one. 17 seconds left, georgetown up by one. they get the ball back. looks like maybe they will run out. where is the basketball? it goes right to monroe, the lead is three. but uconn with one last chance. stanley robinson, to tie, georgetown wins, 72-69. >> we felt it was all lost. we did not do what we were supposed to do, how we were supposed to do it. we knew we could put ourselves in the position and i think we need to focus on that. >>> acc, tim brant, uva-penn state. virginia wins the game, 70-62. >>> george mason looking for their fifth victory in the last seven, leading in the second half. george mason beats unc- wilmington. >>> howard drops to 2-14 with a loss. >>> four washington wizards have been fined $10,000, each for making light of watching gilbert arenas make light of shooting his gun. last night, the wizards tried to make a strong statement, antawn jamison apologize to the crowd. in ref

first georgetown and uconn get after it. they trailed by as many as 19 points and went nearly ten minutes without scoring a bucket but georgetown stayed composed and put on a show before 25 scouts from nba teams. first half it was all uconn, the huskierunning early and often. stanley robinson finish be the alley-oop dunk there. later a three ball from jamal mcdaniel and the hurvegies were rolling -- hurvegies were roll -- huskies were rolling. you though who was not happy? john thompson iii. we go to the second half. here come the hoyas and austin freeman went off getting himself set here. he whipped some distance from the top of the key. nothing but net. he was far from being done. he had 28 points in the second half alone. wee tally a career high 33 in all. driving a baseline for another two and the hoyas would rally making the uconn coach speechless as you just saw. the hoyas clinging to a one- point lead but onn has the ball. i'm not sure you can follow this. try to see chris wright. he comes up with the loose ball and w

is not just georgetown, but many of the busiest neighborhoods. georgetown on a saturday night. heavy traffic, busy store fronts, packed parking. >> it is crazy. >> now paying for the parking spaces is more expensive. >> $2 per hour is a lot. >> the district is refitting parking meters in so-called primary zones like georgetown, adams morgan, and you street. >> it is outrageous. >> from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., the free districtwide saturday parking is now history. >> i think that was an attraction. >> d.c. officials say the new fee is still less than at new york, l.a., and chicago. >> i guess maybe less people will be inclined to park down here and use public transportation. >> some neighborhoods are concerned about drivers who may begin using residential parking. that is happening already. >> whad to wait half an hour. >> no more feeding the meter. once the one or two hours has expired, it is time to move. >> there are not a lot of parking spaces to begin with. >> depending on where you part, you may or may not see the new rate posted. they should be clearly marked on the m

georgetown leads 66-65. under a minute to play. greg monroe his shot is blocked. 12th ranked hoyas win it 72-69. hoyaser and their fourth consecutive win against uconn. george mason hosting unc wilmington pick it up in the second half. brandon pearson. nice dunk. morrison had a team high of 15 points. pearson knocks the ball loose. tate gives it back to pearson. george mason go on to win it 59-46. 14th straight conference victory at the patriot center. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> thanks. a long with those athletes grabbing gatorade. take a look at this gatorade bottle. someone has been putting fake labels on gatorade bottles in colorado. they show tiger woodsnd his wife elin and unfaithful. the fake labels have been spotted at three different stores so far. there's no word where the fake labels have come from or how many there are. gatorade recently announced they are discontinuing the tiger woods drink but the decision had been made before the scandal broke. gatorade has not commented on the

armando trull reports from georgetown. >> reporter: d.c. fire and rescue personnel took a plunge in the ice-covered potomac near the key bridge on saturday. >> it's cold, but it feels like pressure. >> reporter: they were preparing for the types of rescues they can expect over the next few months. >> just going out for a walk with the dog or themselves on the canal, oftentimes you have folks up there skating and will punch through. then we have to get them out. on occasion you have a car skid off the road into water, punch through the ice. all kinds of scenarios. >> reporter: just last week, 9 news now witnessed one of those rescue attempts after a car was discovered partially frozen under rock creek. unfortunately, the 22-year-old victim didn't survive the freezing waters. that's why divers wear these mustang survival suits. >> it gives us thermal protection while we're actually in there. it's not a wet suit, so you don't get wet, but it protects you from the water. it keeps you warm for 15, 20 minutes. >> you feel comfortable, because you

georgetown beats depaul, 67-50, the hoyas now 11-1 and they play at marquette on wednesday. the head coach -- >> it's a road win and a road win in conference is important. it's our first road game -- conference game of the year so to come in and get a road win, i thought, was very important. i thought we got a few too many open looks in key possessions but overall, you get a win on the road, that's what you want. >> i have a question for you guys. i think i'm in the minority. brett favre, during the off-season with the last three off-seasons, tired of brett favre or no? >> no. >> can't get enough? >> no. brett favre is fantastic for football. >> i might be on that train. >> let me be the first to admit i was wrong about favre. i hate the constant off and onning over favre but told man put up mvp-like numbers this season, over 4,000 yards passing. over 30 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. that's the most important numbers, folks, the fewest of his career. and more importantly, his 40 year old body made it through 16 games. the vikings sitting at 12-4 after treating the

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duke and georgetown. dukies at georgetown for the first time since 2006.hlights of that contest coming up on the s.e.c. network. >>> this halftime report is brought to you by -- >> whit: top 25 action. the first ban on hand as duke goes to georgetown for the first time if four years. chris wright goes coast-to-coast. nine-point game in the first half. freeman off another turnover. the lay-up. georgetown is up 11 at home. greg monroe makes it 46-43 at the break. georgetown won that game four years ago. syracuse at depaul. 18-6. the jam, and syracuse down 18-8. from the offense. 21-8. walker, you might want to guard this guy. it's barry booker out there! >> shooting from depaul. >> west virginia hosting louisville. early second off the steal. bryant to wellington smith. tied at 48 in the first half. and delk had 16 in the game. kevin jones, the bucket and the foul. 11-nothing run. jones had 16. under 20 to go. butler had 27. west virginia up by one. one more chance for lewis. no good. they have not beat an ranked team all season. connecticut number 19. the g

georgetown improves to 12-2 including a 3-1 record in the big east.oming up on geico sports xtra, a look at the n.f.l. playoff action. the jets and bengals game already in the books. the cowboys and ekeles in action as we -- eagles in action as we speak. >> happy birthday to coach boudreau. >>> coming up next, charlie sheen returned to the set of the tv show for the first time since being arrested on domestic violence charges. details ahead. >>> forget about cash for clunkers. we're talking about cash for clutter. how you can get money for using your old stuff coming up on the news edge. so, now with fios, you have facebook and twitter on your tv. amazing. let me, uh, tell my family about this. okay. "facebook on tv." watch this. [ ding ] boom. cool. boom. nice. wait for it. and... boom? boom. [ male announcer ] facebook on your tv and three times more very satisfied customers than comcast. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizonth disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> it is back to work fo actor charlie sheen. that is tonight's top sto

georgetown has played its part.rship on global health issues to student-led initiatives [unintelligible] if the human rights culture is to persevere, it requires strong support from government. it needs champions such as madame secretary hillary clinton. i am honored that she would deliver her address here at georgetown university. let me introduce [unintelligible] [applause] this is the president of joh georgetown university. he has also helped to expand and deepen georgetown's participation in global [unintelligible] he is a member of the council of foreign relations, chair of the board of compact, and for the form of future higher education. -- and for the forum of future higher education. most recently, he was honored in 2008. please give him a round of applause. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to welcome you all here this afternoon. it is truly an honor to have with the united states secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton, to discuss human rights in the 21st century. at a time when nations are increasingly

. >> how did allen get to georgetown? was it a recruiting process?> what happened is that a committee of people from the area contacted me through boo williams and said they mysit, in scht wa. elsevle sc ey. you had to have somebody strong enough -- first of all, they will come after you, the media. >> they were worried about his well-being and, you know, really, his safety because when they came up to visit me, there was an interesting thing that happened. i was not showing as much interest, obviously, as she would have liked me -- mrs. iverson -- would have liked me to have shown and asked the other people to get out of the room. they asked them would they leave. i would like to talk with coach. when they left, she said that, you know, they're gonna hurt my kid. i don't think she meant in the literal sense somebody would shoot or attack him in that matter but i think she meant it was her life saving thing she was trying to pursue for her son and was in tears. >> my mom came up here to d.c. and met with them and -- you know, after that, you know, i

you are coming northbound, you want to use old georgetown road, the combination of tucker man lane to get over to 355. this is a huge fire burning since about 4:40 this morning. we are concerned with fuel leaking and continuing to remain on fire so we're not quite sure how they're going to be able to extinguish there so what i can tell you is that traffic on # 70 in the local lane will be denied access to responsibility rose road. the main line remains open as you travel between democracy boulevard and falls road. these flames are gushing up in the sky. can you see it. that is causing rub are nexting delays on 270 early this morning for those leaving falls road headed out towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. we'll continue to follow that story through the morning. >>> tony is back with another check on our weather. when i stepped outside this morning, i thought man, it's cold again. going to be one of those days when you need a coat in the early-morning hours and you can ditch it later y yeah, later on, it will be nice as we get that warm-up g

it will affect your commute headed around to old georgetown road and in the main line. we've already got the main line slowing from montrose road headed out towards that split. the main line slows again on the spur continuing down towards outer loop but again, accident activity, southbound 270 right at the lane divide. if you are continuing around towards old georgetown road, you will want to stay to the left in order to get through. trouble in virginia. this is a live hot of northbound i-95. for those traveling out of woodbridge, the accident occurs before you commit to the exit after the occoquan. you will find the activity along the right side of the roadway. delays are building through wobridge already. we are keeping an eye out for black ice. it will pop up on you where you may not expect t so we are encouraging to you leave early and slow down. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> you can expect a longer ride on metro's red, blue and orange line this is month because of maintenance work. that work is going to be done sunday to thursday n

thank you, georgetown. thank you, aspen, for the event. i will do my best to avoid any brutality with my remarks. i have been asked to tell the tale of two states and give a bit of an update on how caperton is planning. michigan and wisconsin, which have most seriously taken up and debated what caperton means and what they should do about their own rules. i will start with wisconsin. the catalyst was after they had to record-breaking judicial alexian's. in the summer of 2008 the voters put a proposal before the court there asking the court to adopt a rule the justices be required to recuse themselves if they receive contributions over $1,000. as the court's deliberations and delayed. two other pieces came in. one from a wisconsin realtor should be no lawful contribution could be the sole basis for

the georgetown hoyas have had only one blip this season so far.o such worries today with due paul. the team the hoyas had eaten eight straight tumz. 6'10 greg monroe plays point guard running the floor, finding austin freeman. hoyas up 4. jason clark to freeman. a roll reversal, freeman inside to monroe. lay in and foul. made the 3-point play. georgetown led 35-25 at the half. second half, to rogers. austin freeman no chris wright. georgetown defeats dupaul 65-50. >> it's a road win. a road win in conference is important. it's the first road game, conference game of the year. to come in here and get a road win i thought was very important. we gave them a few too many looks to keep possessions but you get a win on the road that's what you want. >> reporter: maryland on the road facing north carolina, greensboro. early going, the cross court pass stolen by vasquez who difz it to landon mill bourne. the first bacteria of the game and maryland is off and running. bowie with another steal. shawn moseley, ahead to mill bourne for another dunk. landon wi

nobody in the big east wants to play georgetown now. they are very, very tough to deal with. >>> next, on the verge of becoming a powerful plan in dc sports. the plan to take and turn over the wizards. forfas fn ta nesms? i bring you arts-enriched raisin brahms, ied sed scor andive m vinls. fs good! ..goodou. f bby? don't worry thast ter he a announced yos arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org >>> right here on this show we do a lot of sports, primarily sports, i don't know the humor that you get out of it. the tiger woods situation is begging for it. >> the tiger woods situation, are you kidding. for comedian that is like a christmas present with a bow on it. i cannot write this stuff it is so fantastic. i would like to announce i am one of this mistresses you know we have been sexing a lot and -- sex. iting he is being harbored in oprah's basement. there is some -- you know he could be in one of those dick cheney hiding under ground places, he knows somebody in low places. we have not seen him. i want t

i saw the opportunity to do the odu game in georgetown game. i thought the way odu played, i thought they were going to run the tables. look at the bc u and the northeast and at the sjostroms. this will be a very competitive conference this year. >> mike: oh, yeah, george mason was in a battle. people thought it would be a blowout for the minutemen? they barely lost by two points, jmu, at old dominionment you're absolutely right. it will be a log jam. we have one already here at the top early on. head coach bill coen standing by won his sixth game of the season. congratulationings. longest win streak under your tenure here. great job. you dominated from start to finish. your thoughts? >> thank you very much. i thought we came out. i thought we didn't have the same energy we had in other games. fortunately, we were making shots. in the middle of the game, i thought we played a little better defensively, but chaisson allen set the table for us and really got us going in the early part of the game. >> mark: coach, we talked about chaisson allen ea

they beat georgetown two weeks ago. we start in the final seconds of the first half. the game tied at 28. kim long, the 3-pointer and gets the friendly bounce at the buzzer, led at the half. the second half, patriots trail by 1. the alley-oop dunk. giving mason the lead for good. morrisson, by the way, 15 poin and later in the game, old dominion's ben finney, an ugly wild shot in the lane and goes on the fast break. wright to ryans, pearson finishes it off with authority, a team high 17 points and george mason cruises past odu, 71-55. >> taking on george washington. the drive, extends for the lay- in and foul. misses the free-throw. the bison down, 38-34 and inside to airplane wade and draws the foul and the colonials led. gw pulls away with this one. damion holes a into the lane, banks home 18 points, george washington defeats howard, 81- 63 and improving to 10-3. the others, american beat brown, 76-58. >>> else where virginia tick facing, the governor's cup and jeff all own the steal here. with 23 points, the game went into overtime, even at 80. in o.t., a wild sequ

georgetown visits marquette wednesday. >>> maryland visiting greensboro.hey went on run to start the second half. maryland hosts florida state sunday. >>> 6:25. ahead, more on firing of jim zorn. sources say he was let go just hours ago. >>> and live look at southbound 270. crash up the spur past montrose, causing big slow down. angie has more when 9 news now returns. cycycyc;c;ckccoc/c/ produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshness is always in season. rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender, says you're always ready to grill. and now, safeway has a new promise. a commitment to thousands of new everyday low prices. so you can get what you want. when you want it. at the price you need. today... and tomorrow. that's our promise. and that's... ingredients for life. safeway. >>> windy weather. have to keep an eye on everything not nailed down. didn't help -- thank you for starting your monday with us. happy new year to you. i'm andrea roane. we want to update school delays. these districts open two hours late. in virginia, these are opening one hour lat

she and the then future president were students at georgetown in the mid 1960's, where she gained fluency in russian and earned bachelor and masters degrees in languages. melanne also met her partner in life at georgetown, philip verveer, but theology class brought them together. philip too has ambassador status in the obama administration. the asked who ranks higher in the two-ambassador family, husband phil, their two children and two grandchildren, i am reliably informed, would give the same answer. she's the boss. their widely shared appraisal of melanne's white house role is this. no first lady staff ever had a political operative of the caliber and experience of melanne verveer. critics could point to no flaws except possibly one that would hardly disturb bill and hillary clinton. melanne has a tendency to be just a little late, just as i do . among posts that equipped her fer home run white house work and now her current mission, she coordinated civil rights and urban affairs for the u.s. catholic conference's national office, served as field manager for common cause, was legislati

georgetown hosting uconn. junior austin freeman led the comeback, scoring 28 of his career-high 33 points in the second half. georgetown rallies back to win it, 72-69. that's your sports minute. i'm thhakim, have a great day. >>> the time is now 9:24. christmas is now over. it's time to pack up all those decorations. the tree recycling rules for your area. >>> and a story you've got to see to believe. how a woman causes four different car crashes in a single hour. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm kimberly suiters. it is sunday, january 10th, 2010. all the day's news in just a moment. but first, let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell, becausyou need to know, it's bitterly cold outside. once again, chuck. >> absolutely right, kimberly. off to another cold start here. we have this cold morning to deal with and then tomorrow morning's going to be equally cold. then a little bit of a moderating trend begins to finally come our way. there's a live picture outside, a bright, blue sky overhead, but an awful lot o

georgetown wins, 67-50. the jets vs. the bingles just ended.ets win because and will take on the bengals' next week. the jets win because and will take on the bengals' next week. it's so hard to choose one. you know, during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, tiguan or fuel efficient jetta for practically just your signure. you can get scheduled maintenance at no cost. there's got to be more to it than that... i'll never doubt you again. he doesn't have a business address. he doesn't have a cfo. but he does use digital currency, so he can take fares who don't have cash. visa digital currency brings mo business and greater safety to 13,000 cab drivers and their customers. this is ossman. this is progress. visa. currency of progress. >> less windy and still call will be the name of the game for the next few days. 31 degrees for the day tomorrow, flurries on tuesday. wednesday and thursday will be dry, but friday looks like it has the potential for a cold system to bring us some snow. we will update you tomorrow.

transfer from georgetown, starting to get some more playing time. >> bob: and back to the zone goes floridaad the shooter's bounce. that was halfway in the pipe and out. mack lip. feeling good about himself. throws this one wide. rebound to the wolf pack. >> larry: re-evaluate that feel. >> bob: to degand, he fumbles it, but out of bounds is shipman. and the time-out. with 15:36 to go in the second half, florida by two. [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event. now through january 4th. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 is 250. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 is 250. they're running the men's room marathon. with lots of guys going over and over. and here's the dash to the men's room with lots of guys going urgently. and then there's the night game. waking up to go. these guys should be in a race to see their doctors. right. those could be urinary symptoms due to bph, an enlarged prostate. but for many guys, prescription flomax reduces their urinary symptoms due to bph in one week. only your doctor can tell if you have bph, not a more serio

many people in georgetown say if they are out here too long, they definitely lose their breath. people indoors are also losing something, their power. according to pepco, more than 2000 homes in montgomery county are in the dark. unfortunately, we met a couple to lead to lost something greater. their home caught fire from the wind. it the frigid wind was dangerous and clinton, maryland, today. >> i don't know what happened. >> he says he saw the wind- fuelled flames engulfing his home of 34 years. there was nothing he could do. how dangerously cold is it tonight? prince george's county firefighters were challenged by fire and ice. >> the weather is a contributing factor. the fire was wind-driven. it grew rapidly. >> the outdoor crowd this saturday night was like, to say the least. those who ventured out, unthinkable for those who did not have a choice. >> it is colder than this time last year. >> and arlington, the wind gust has been around 30 m.p.h. >> my teeth are called. everything is cold. >> back in suitland, not the whether it is unforgiving. james cho say they could not a

we will talk to anthony clary arend of georgetown university. the right back. >> there is less then one month left to enter the student cam contest fury of the top prize, $5,000. create a five minute video on one of our country's greatest francs, for a challenge the country is facing. it must incorporate c-span programming. enter before midnight january 20. winning entries will be shown on c-span. do not wait another minute. >> after a while, it really sinks in. it is gone to you have lost it. you are trespassing. you do not own it. my positions are now in a storage bin. >> this week on "q&a" leslie and andrew cockburn. >> now available, c-span's book -- a great read for any history buff. from his early years into his life in the white house, and its relevance today. in hard cover of your favorite bookseller, an ally in digital audio -- and available in digital audio. >> c-span new year's day. a look at what is ahead for the new year. russian prime minister putin. presidential adviser goolsbee. the creator of the subway and co-founder of guitar

their opponent old dominion who defeated georgetown two weeks ago. game tied at 28, cam long to luke hancock gets it at the buzzer. may have been led by 3 at the half. second half the patriots trail by one. mike morrison, the beautiful alley-oop dunk to give mavent lead for good. morrison had 15 points. later in the game old dominion with a wild shot. mason goes n the fast break. shirad wright finishes it off with a team high 17 points. george mason cruises back old dominion 71-55. >>> howard in blue taking on george washington. he misses the free throw. bias on downy 4. lazon croma draws the foul. the cloelans led by 8. then gw pulls away. hol i wills banks home two of the 18 points. george washington defeats howard 81-63 improving to 10-3. the buy son 1-13. the one other local score, american beats brown 76-68. tomorrow afternoon marks the end of the of season for the redskins. changes are expected around redskins park following the season finale tomorrow. players like jason campbell, carlos rogers, may be wearing the burgundy and gold for the tien

dionne of the brookings institution, "the washington post" and georgetown university; and with kim lawton, managing editor of this program. welcome to you all, and happy new year. jason, we have a recession. what's going to happen to it, do you think? and what effect has it had and will it have on the churches, the denominations, the charities-- all those people that you cover? >> i am struck by how you can't have a conversation with a religious leader now without talking about what the financial downturn mea for their organizations. this is across the board, from left to right, whatever position one has. at this means is that people are laying people off. they are cutting back on ministries. i wonder if this isn't the story upcoming. lots of our denominational infrastructures were built at a time when you could assume money would keep coming in. well, it's not now. and how do you do more with less? nobody is quite sure how to do that. >> talking about doing more with less, the recession is also having a terrible impact on the people in the pews of all of these religious congregations, th

our first conference in the hall of nations at georgetown on his imprint. council on foreign relations meant to bring that great big vote, 1000 pages a lot yesterday called that, but it was a strategic awakening. the title of the conference among national security political military and economic strategist in the decade ahead. burke said you got to look ahead. nobody's doing that. we've got to have that in our strategy. and i think admiral mullen will agree when we locked and we've made progress of three departments and they're looking for years ahead in each one compartmentalized. furthermore, burke insisted on this conference that we bring together nation of security and national economics. sound familiar? burke quoted eisenhower who often said that those dealings with the daily near-term operational requirements could not look over and across the strategic horizon. now the 30 odd scholars at the conference she included some well-known older names like herman conquerors, escalation business, edward teller and younger figures like henry kissinger, james ab

i'm mindful i am wearing three other hats in addition to my georgetown had today. as was mentioned i work for the environmental protection agency and they're supportive but i do need to say that anything i say is not going to be reflective necessarily of the agency. by second additional had submitted, not quite so long ago, 20 years ago in condos i year at the time. and so this topic does resonate with me as a water develop and practitioner. from that time. i remember very well of the women and children climbing long distances of pills usually to get water from the unkept springs and bathing in water that i captured off my roof in a 55-gallon drum and i hesitate to think about what might have been used for before i was using for bathing water. but at the portly i come here today has a human being who is deeply concerned about the state of san berman on our planet and the consequences for a lot of the people, fellow travelers. so that's what i think this discussion is a good step toward in dealing with those kinds of issues. reviewing the water in conflict document

let's see if we can go to a picture of 495 at old georgetown road.ere has been a serious crash on the beltway. someone has rolled over. f495, inner loop of the beltway, the is a crash. you need to really pay attention. expect huge delays through potomac. >> did you get confirmation about the driver of the truck? >> we have not. we heard he got out safely. we will hope for that optimistically. >> ok. >> it is still burning as a furious as it was an hour ago. >> it looks a little more contain. not quite as intense. as far as the top, more smoke. >> it could be. thank you. will check in with you again. >>> 5:52, 28 degrees.

georgetown hosting uconn. walker throwing it up high.a break to the half. 28 second half points. huskies get chance but nothing can fall. georgetown v.a. rallies in the victory. maryland opens up the play. we'll have highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. and we check on the game coming up. >> 6:54. here's a look ahead at the nemplet hour. we have 2010's healthy presents . you can throw the best bash of the year. idea that's really score. 7:25 we we have more news, weather and sports as we continue. >> the conclusion of the nfl season has made early january in baltimore a special time. purple is everywhere. this year's conclusion to the season did leave something to be desired. the decision to forego the history in preparation for the playoffs has left many disappointed not to mention had a great performance picture. >> just one week after their season finales. these games have an average margin of victory. hess dent to put forth the efforts. nfl football is clear. like all great products, there is always room for i am provement. as for

[laughter] thank you, meryl, and thank you, georgetown law school. thank you for putting together a symposium in which i think all of us have a real interest today. you have heard some good panels on citizens united. your the experts now. there is not much that i can or would try to add to the explanation of these cases. i want to take a step back and think about how these two cases of fact the threat judicial independence. they become intertwined in the political process. i think that these two cases should be a warning to states that's bill choose their judges by popular election. -- and that still choose their judges by popular election rather than some modified process, some of which we hope merit selection. the states should think about whether changes are needed in the system. or whether failing that, the damage to our judiciary and our democratic system is going to become substantially worse. the independence of our federal judges was critical to our founding fathers. americans love the look back at the founding fathers. we don't have any moth

two kansas plays kansas state and the wildcats are number five in the rpi, mum three duke versus georgetowney're number six in the rpi. last time those two teams met, j.j. reddick at 41. here we've got gaddy back at the point. pondexter has been brilliant in the first half for 17. turner misses the three badly. gant to moore. thompson. swatted away. he's 0-7. finally his first field goal of the half. puts the cougars in front by four. >> miles: that's what scorers do. they stay with it. he's not hesitant. he's still going to keep putting the ball up and try to get his team involved. great pass. >> steve: i remember whenever you had an 0-8 start. >> miles: happened a couple times. >> steve: pondexter has 19. >> miles: putting the ball on the floor, carrying the husky team in the first half. >> steve: and quincy thrown down by they did not see it. >> miles: just leveled him with the forearm shiver. >> steve: thames. good off the dribble. xavier thames has tied his career-high. >> miles: pondexter getting back on defense and he says get out of my way. i got to do something to rattle your bones

i am pleased that we have been joined by some of our georgetown law school students. i'm meryl chertoff, the co-director. visiting professor of law. i would be remiss if i that the opportunity go to say a few words about some of our programs that are coming up. november 2010, the third georgetown law has been institute symposium will take place and it will treat one of justice o'connor's other interest. the november event is going to take place at the roosevelt house of hunter college in new york city and will be devoted to the subject of civic education which justice o'connor has done so much on in her years since leaving the sprint court. i also want to mention the aspen institute each summer conduct a seminar in aspen, colorado. the justice society seminar, in which we read classic works of political philosophy and jurisprudence. the seminar this year will take place july 13-19. if you are interested in further information will be found on the aspen institute web site. this year the moderators for the excellent program will be barbara rothstein, the director of the

this is after traffic would commit to old georgetown road and having an impact early. virginia travel is typical on 66 and 95. headlights northbound. nothing reported in the hov lane up to the pentagon. let's check on the weather. >> thank you so much. we do have a bit of a chill in the air. we have gusty winds that continue to howl. it feels like 10 in fairfax. it feels like 9 up in martinsburg. let's show you what is happening. you can see the moonlight overhead. a disturbance will drop on through and bring in the chance for a passing snow shower. nothing major. old maninter will be blowing along some wind. the wind chills will be in the teens and single dudigits this morning. it is a blustery outside. the wind chill will make it seem downright bidder. far to the west, in the page county and into west virginia, cold. the wind will not be as strong tonight. looking ahead to tomorrow, still a bit breezy. mid 30's. the week continues to go on and we will see more sunshine and milder air. chance of some snow on thursday and friday. will not hit 30 on sunday. back over to

senior from georgetown, south carolina. >> bob: we see now after the play, where kentucky choose to get the ball out. as much ball handling in the game as possible! you don't want the guys who are weak free-throw shooters handling the basketball. when you have a guy like wall, he can dominate the ball and keep it the entire 35 seconds if he wanted to. >> carter: traffic on bledsoe. near half court. loose ball. bledsoe fights for it. auburn gets it. reed, finally picks it up. strong to the cup. bumped! reed is going to the line! [ cheering ] >> bob: great defense by auburn. as soon as the ball was given up by wall, they were going to trap the first receiver. right here. bledsoe, against the ten second line. everybody on the floor. great hustle right here by sullivan. reed gets to go to the free-throw line. >> carter: dewayne reed had two shots. [ cheering ] >> bob: teammates don't have are to foul. -- don't have to foul. >> carter: an auburn team that's 0-2 in the sec. eight losses on the year, including to ucf, troy, sam houston state. >> bob: that is ancient history now, my friend. the

she and the then future president were students at georgetown in the mid 1960's, where she gained fluency in russian and earned bachelor and masters degrees in languages. melanne also met her partner in life at georgetown, philip verveer, but theology class brought them together. philip too has ambassador status in the obama administration. the asked who ranks higher in the two-ambassador family, husband phil, their two children and two grandchildren, i am reliably informed, would give the same answer. she's the boss. their widely shared appraisal of melanne's white house role is this. no first lady staff ever had a political operative of the caliber and experience of melanne verveer. critics could point to no flaws except possibly one that would hardly disturb bill and hillary clinton. melanne has a tendency to be just a little late, just as i do . among posts that equipped her fer home run white house work and now her current mission, she coordinated civil rights and urban affairs for the u.s. catholic conference's national office, served as field manager for common cause, was legislati

my name is will hall, and i represent georgetown university -- i am an adjunct professor at the conflictef services and the wilson center for a i think is an important family discussion. as was mentioned, a work for the environmental protection agency and they are supportive for me being here, but anything i say is not going to be reflective necessarily of the officials of the agency. my second additional hat -- like ken, i was a peace corps volunteer, not quite so long ago, 20s ago, in congo -- zaire at the time. i remember very well the women and children climbing long distances, uphills usually come to get water from springs, and what i captured off might roof in a drum, and i was using it for bathing water. i come here today as a human being who is deeply concerned about the state of the environment on our planet and the consequences for our people, our fellow travelers. i think this kind of discussion is a good step forward in dealing with those issues. reviewing the twitter conflict documents -- the water and conflict documents brought up some ideas for me. i will go into those in

i like georgetown, some are overboard i think they are fit i like monroe but he floats.saw a guy give credit where it is due. and drifting and the 3 point line. what are you doing. old man must have been going nuts. this he he could not find him. >> i think the flaw with the team is death. they don't have -- coming off the bench that you can count on but you have a chance to get to the sweet 16. but after that you have to get contributors off. i'm surprised they cannot get them the ball more. >> and i was disappointed. they could not get the penetration. they are playing there. ad see he what happens when they come to dc. they will. and calhoun on the win list. something ridiculous. and they found themselves. they are a good team. they played the toughest schedule but to beat texas that surprised me and it was coming off a loss itself. but you know uconn is talented. george is an experienced coach i'm not surprised they are making a move now. let's talk terps. against miami acc start. see what happens there. but they need 9 or 10, they have not done it so far in the resu

adams morgan, georgetown, the pin quarter, the u street corridor, the city business district, main avenued water street southwest and the national mall a part of wisconsin avenue from van ness to western. the began rollout was in the water front area home to the seafood wharf where many are outraged. thanks to the sluggish economy, business here is already slow. >> our regular customers don't come in like they used to. they can't afford it. and they don't need extra parking to pay for it. >> reporter: and the free parking on saturday will definitely hurt. >> people from out of town, why do they want to come to city any more. they have to pay a parking fee. you have to have a draw in for the customers. >> reporter: d-dot says the changers are not just about money, but encourage folks to take public transportation but some businesses say the trickle down affect will hurt them. >> here at the wharf, year just struggling to survive. we're totally against it. >> reporter: now this may not make you feel a whole lot better, but even at $2 an hour it's less than other cities. $3.50 downtown in sa

a professor from georgetown school of foreign service is our guest.e from the nation's capital, this is "washington journal."

i was over at georgetown. when i got near 20th street a fellow came up to me and said if you let me look at those dispatches i will give you $100. we can go in here. nobody will know. i said i wouldn't do it for less than $200. he handed it to me. i put out my hand. but i had my revolver with me. i handed him over. he was from richmond and worked on a newspaper. he was a southern spy. lincoln had heard of what i had done. he sent for me. he asked where i was stations. he said i'll be your personal orderly. then we will have one responsible head. that made me very close to him. i became like one of the family. i only worked two or three hours a day. the rest of the time i amused myself. i was always with him. i went with him everywhere. i had on my citizen clothes. i used to wear them. he said put on your uniform and ran along. of course i sat back with him just like an orderly would act. he did not expect me to stand 15 paces behind him. kelly asked did you hear the speech? yes, tell me about it. tisdale said

former georgetown hoya, vernon macklin starts at center. dan warner and alex tyus are the forwards.for the wolf pack, the hub of this team is in the middle. tracy smith, outstanding junior. fourth in the acc in scoring and rebounding. flanked by gonzalez and williams. scott wood, the freshman, and the senior, dennis horner fills the other forward position. when we come back, we've got today's tipoff. these clubs played a great one in gainesville a year ago today, won by florida by two. the rematch, in raleigh is next, on acc sunday night hoops. [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event. now through january 4th. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. ♪ >> bob: welcome back to raleigh, everybody, as we get set for the start of the florida/nc state game. the gators have been introduced and now the wolf pack being introduced to this crowd here at the rbc center. the last time the gators played here was in the 2004 ncaa tournament. a first round loss to manhattan. a gator ball club that opened its s.e.c. conference play in nashville against vanderbil

satisfied with t looks of it and was about to lve when o prucer came out of kennedy's house in georgetown sa, "the senatorants to doit over ain." i said, "we can't it over again, for hven sak," we ilt it up as an interview that was totally ad libbed,ow he knows the questions. that's not fair. we did it with nixon last week who didn'tsk to do it over. he said "he sists. that's the only thinwe can d iso it over." i asked permissi to speak to the senators. i went upstairs, he was lying on the bed in a room that looked like harvard college dormitory om, pictures of football players, harva players, i hoped, on th dresser,nd i assumed it was john pickup mes kind of thin -- i don't know- but at any rate, i went in and i pleaded with him t do it over and he said, "no, we're not ing to do it or." >> crlie: you pleaded toeave it as its. >> he insisted "we're going to it ove" >> chaie: his problem is he didn't like the waye was sittinin the chair. >> he said that it was because was sitting in the chair -- we hadim place in asoft chr where he was all doubled up and looked bad. you kn that wa't it did

satisfied with the looks of it and was about to leave when our producer came out of kennedy's house in georgetown and said, "the senator wants to do it over again." i said, "we can't do it over again, for heaven sakes," we built it up as an interview that was totally ad libbed, now he knows the questions. that's not fair. we did it with nixon last week who didn't ask to do it over. he said "he insists. that's the only thing we can do is do it over." i asked permission to speak to the senators. i went upstairs, he was lying on the bed in a room that looked like a harvard college dormitory room, pictures of football players, harvard players, i hoped, on the dresser, and i assumed it was john in pickup games kind of thing -- i don't know -- but at any rate, i went in and i pleaded with him to do it over and he said, "no, we're not going to do it over." >> charlie: you pleaded to leave it as it is. >> he insisted "we're going to do it over." >> charlie: his problem is he didn't like the way he was sitting in the chair. >> he said that it was because he was sitting in the chair -- we had him placed in

georgetown, texas, next up. barbara on our democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call.h's and congressional branches have proposals they put out about getting back from the big banks on wall street', unwinding these things instead of bailing them out, sounds like a good deal. charge them a fee,:ocharges and taxes on the big bonuses and no bailout. i think our government should look into the fact that all of these banks manage to fail at the same time, which brought all of the pressure. they need to take more responsibility to follow up and see where this unwinding needs to take place gradually instead of a lot once. host: i want to show you the style section of "the washington post." former msnbc and fox host tucker carlson -- the headline of this piece. his new website, the daily caller. a look at the new website been put together by tucker carlson which debuts today. one more call -- carl from augusta, georgia. on the republican line. caller: this is a dog and pony show. what they want to show the rest of the world is we are still the most wealthy nation, and we can s