here to answer for it, please welcome from georgetown university father thomas reese. father reese, thank you so much for coming. (cheers and applause) father reese, i don't get your problem or the u.s. conference of catholic bishops problems with ryan's budget. jesus said "whatever you do for the least of my brothers that you do unto me." and all ryan is suggest is that we do the least we can. (laughter) it's paraphrasing but it's basic idea. >> i think that's the problem. i mean, jesus also said that we would be judged by whether we fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, clothed the naked. and this budget doesn't do it. we believe that a budget is a moral document. it represents the values of a country, of a nation, and the values in this budget are that we would rather cut taxes for the rich than help the poor and that's simply unacceptable. >> stephen: okay. now jesus did say... (cheers and applause) jesus did say it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. but he said nothing about job cr

the controversy over georgetown university was not far from mind. >> it is shocking. >> those were the words he used to describe the speaker. it was sentiments echoed by other members of the diocese. >> cannot understand what georgetown university is doing. it is not consistent with what they said they are. >> part of the -- she wrote part of the federal health-care law that makes employers pay for contraception. the cardinal publicly rebukes the university president saying, he does not get it. on the university campus today

and guess who came to speak to georgetown university's graduation? the catholic bishops are not pleased. >> i cannot understand georgetown university. >> i think that is silly. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this super pac business may be a case of be careful what you ask for. "at the new york times" ran a story detailing an advertising proposal attributed to a republican super pac that would have tied president obama to his old spiritual adviser and political nemesis, the rev. jeremiah wright. it was submitted by republican strategist, fred davis, but in the end never ran. joe ricketts, founder of td ameritrade, owner of the cubs, who "the new york times" says was willing to pay $10 million to finance the campaign, walked away from it. romney said at first he had not seen the story, and later in the day, he said this. >> i want to make it very clear, i repudiate that effort. i think it is is the wrong course for a pac or campaign. i hope that our campaigns can respectively be about the future and about issues an

still to come on 9news now, a case of the missing clock hands at georgetown university. we'll talk about that. >>> but first, the case is finally moving ahead for the former police sergeant turned murder suspect, drew peterson. we'll tell you all about today's development. >>> the case against drew peterson is moving closer to trial. the former police officer appeared in a chicago court today for the first time in nearly two years. peterson is charged with the 2004 drowning death of his third wife. his fourth wife, stacey, disappeared in 2007. while peterson is a suspect in the case, he's not been charged. attorneys say they hope to begin jury selection for the trial within 60 to 90 days. >>> a second week of testimony is wrapping up at the trial of former democratic presidential candidate, john edwards. he's accused of breaking campaign finance rules by using donations as hush money to cover up an extramarital affair. the court has been hearing a lot of testimony from brian huffman. he helped funnel some of that money from rachel bunny melon of northern virginia. mellon

georgetown is not just a catholic institution.e an open institution. >> reporter: in a statement, cardinal donald wuerl calls the choice of sebelius the most direct challenge in recent history. georgetown's secretary said the secretary's presence should not be viewed as an endorsement of her views. >> the students say they don't even want sebelius to talk about contraception or religious freedom. the sex says she plans to be there. >>> here is a question for you. do those advertisements on the side of your facebook page really pay off? do you pay attention to them? up next, one of the largest advertisers in the nation doesn't think they're effective. details of who is pulling their ads. >> i have clicked on one, i will admit. >>> could the iphone be getting a new look? think bigger. consumer alert is coming up next. we'll have more on that. 3q what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. the more dirt can spread around th

sandra fluk came out of georgetown. some students have invited health and huge services secretary kathleen sebelius to talk at their diploma ceremony. sticking up for dr. tiller the late term abortionist in kansas who was assassinated. author of the new book a faith of our own which exploits how christianity is attempting to influence american culture and politics and fox news religious father jonathan morris the author of the book "god wants you to be happy." so, sebelius, you know her, right? what coonk of her at georgetown. >> students invited her to come, which is true. students don't run the university. in this case it's the jesuits and the board of the university that runs the university. what they are during by inviting the architect and the person implementing the hhs mandate requiring religious institutions to provide abort and contraceptions. they are taking their finger and sticking it in the eyes of the bishop. >> bill: previous segment about the judge and the 10 commandments. you say that the hierarchy who

gathered outside the front gate of georgetown university. they were demonstrating against kathleen civilians speaking at georgetown graduation. outside, protesters were vocal. >> kathleen sibelius is one of the top pro-abortion politicians and the country. the fact that georgetown invited her to speak is a dishonor. >> having spent my entire life in public service -- >> hecklers briefly interrupted the ceremony for the 2010 graduates. two men tried to break in during the speech, but were ushered off campus. demonstrators handed out anti- abortion fliers to families and graduates as they left campus after receiving a degree. >> i honor everyone's opinion. i tried to remain -- >> i think it is very inappropriate for the moment. i cannot even imagine being a student and having to face that. >> during her speech, the secretary told graduates to pursue careers in public service and to not let their critics or opponents define the they are. >> protests have greeted the most powerful world leaders. they're heading to camp david for the economic sum

let's look into georgetown. look at that little bit of fog that is over the potomac.is moving southward. upper 50's, low 60's with temperatures. it will feel like summer today mid 80's, humid out there and a 30% chance of an isolated thunder shower and tonight, the humidity will drop and beautiful to mar, sunny and cooler and less humid and doug hill will have the full forecast coming up. >> today is the third and likely final day of a special session in the maryland capitol and the house of delegates will vote on a package of budget measures. the state senate approved yesterday the same legislation which -- which likes taxes on anyone making more than $100,000. it splits teacher pension costs with local governments and puts a tax on certain tobacco products. the house approved the deal, the governor will sign it and recession will end. they will abate -- they could avoid the so-called doomsday budget cuts. ward 5 candidate kenyan mcduffie was picked in a landslide yesterday. he will be sworn in may 30 and will serve the rest of the harry thomas jr. term after he step

they say she persecutes the church, yet georgetown welcomes her. >> the cause of the scandal is that the catholic university inviting a proabortion politician. >> some information on life and why we're here? >> i don't like that. >> well we like life. >> at issue, is the support of obama care. specifically the law that requires employers to provide contraception coverage even if it's against their religious beliefs. >> it really is attacking our religious freedom and our catholic faith. >> university officials say she wasn't selected to talk policy. she is talking about her life in public service and most graduates seem to agree. >> everyone is here for their own reasons, studying different things. i think it's entirely appropriate for her to be here. >> don't let your critics or your opponents define who you are or what you do or why you do it. >> at georgetown, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> a threat of veto didn't keep the house of representatives from passing a $642 billion defense bill today. the bill adds $8 billion to next year's military budget. breaking last year's deal betwe

sandra fluk came out of georgetown.students have invited health and huge services secretary kathleen sebelius to talk at their diploma ceremony. sticking up for dr. tiller the late term abortionist in kansas who was assassinated. author of the new book a faith of our own which exploits how christianity is attempting to influence american culture and politics and fox news religious father jonathan morris the author of the book "god wants you to be happy." so, sebelius, you know her, right? what coonk of her at georgetown. >> students invited her to come, which is true. students don't run the university. in this case it's the jesuits and the board of the university that runs the university. what they are during by inviting the architect and the person implementing the hhs mandate requiring religious institutions to provide abort and contraceptions. they are taking their finger and sticking it in the eyes of the bishop. >> bill: previous segment about the judge and the 10 commandments. you say that the hierarchy who runs g

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>> the first words of the letter was welcome to georgetown. i wouldn't have signed that letter if we didn't want him to speak. that's the point. what you're seeing here is an effort to keep only liberal catholics off -- off catholics -- >> what you're seeing here is not so much the general position, pro-choice, i understand that long debate, the way they put it up, the protest, they don't want her to speak because she supports providing contraceptive services as part of health care. >> what they said is somehow georgetown was slapping the bishops in the face. this invitation went out before that final decision was made. secondly, she has since compromised on that issue and i was critical of hhs before the compromise, and then we were for the compromise. so, yeah, so they have a disagreement. with her on this. they don't apply this rule saying when somebody disagrees with the church on the death penalty. they don't say we shouldn't have invited paul ryan when -- >> does the catholic church view the iraq war as a just war? did that meet the stan

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foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and something bad could happen in the second half. >> hoya's coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. >> it was an emotional game, tense game and that happens in athletics. those tensions, those feelings are not abnormal. >> watching from the sidelines, wong is sure this is no normal basketball game. >> there wasn't a matter of if there was going to be a fight, but when there is a fight. >> it isn't long before wong's premonition comes true. the game is tied at 64-64 in the fourth quarter when jason clark gets in an altercation with two rockets that ends with him on the ground. >> i heard a whistle blow and i saw jason clark on the ground. they started pushing each other. both benches simultaneously emptied. >> the floor erupts into chaos as both teams rush to enter the fray. >> players started picking up chairs, plastic chairs that were on the side of the court. chairs being thrown. >> cameras rolling on the s

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. >> growing controversy over the commencement speaker at georgetown university.he loudest cry about the decision from the washington archdiocese. kendice gibson has more with what students are saying. >> washington's cardinal was in baltimore today. the controversy over georgetown university was not far from mind. >> it is shocking. >> those were the words he used to describe the speaker. it was sentiments echoed by other members of the diocese. >> cannot understand what georgetown university is doing. it is not consistent with what they said they are. >> part of the -- she wrote part of the federal health-care law that makes employers pay for contraception. the cardinal publicly rebukes the university president saying, he does not get it. on the university campus today perhaps are under way for commencement. the students are the ones shocked that this is a controversy. >> i think that is silly. >> the priest, run the university. the students make it. >> thousands packed the washington cathedral today to remember charles colson. he served as richard nixon's speci

that would be news in harvard, yale, and georgetown. e view that catholic charities have to provide contraception is opposed by the catholic church. >> last word. see you next week.

>> our first letters were welcome to georgetown.t to keep only, if you will, liberal catholics off -- >> the issue at hand is not so much her general position which is pro-choice, and i understand that long debate, the way they put it up is they don't her to speak because she supports contraceptive services as part of health care. >> and what they said is that georgetown was slapping the bishops in the face. we were critical of hhs before the compromise, and then we were for the compromise. so yeah. so they have a disagreement with her on this. but they don't apply this rule, saying when someone disagrees on the death penalty, they say we should not have invited paul ryan. >> does the catholic church view the iraq war as a just war? did it meet the standard? >> the church and the vatican were very critical of the iraq war. if it's a catholic university, a university should be a place where a people of a variety of views, including catholics, get to present their positions. i invite people who disagree with me to my classes in george

. >> sometime it will clear the traffic jam in georgetown. you have a good christmas, dear. >> fenty you. >> good night. >> you spent a year with her after the assassination and she did not want to look at the white house again. >> she had a difficult time. very emotional for. she moved out into georgetown and she did not want to go by the white house. >> she went back for richard nixon. >> eventually. it was -- i cannot give you a year. it was one a portrait was unveiled. -- when a portrait was unveiled. >> you were 28 and she was 31. what are we hearing in this audiotape? is it accurate about either one of their personalities? >> i think is accurate for both of them. that voice of hers is unmistakable. that is her. that is the way she talked. that is the way she acted. it is also president johnson. he was all sweetness and light when he wanted to be. and it was different when he did not want to be. that was him, the way he was. >> who named this book, "mrs. kennedy and me"? >> it was lisa mccoven. she is a fantastic writer. you should talk

that will be news in harvard, yale pnceton,nd georgetown.als and charities have to provide contraception and that is opposesed by the catholic churcrch. >> thahank you. see you next week.

camp david, the white house. 3307 m street in georgetown. the harriman house in georgetown. another house across the street. a lot more than seven. >> why did she need all those different places? >> well, they left 3307 m street in georgetown to go to the white house, and then they sold it. after the assassination and she had to leave the white house, she didn't have a place to go. ambassador harriman offered his house for she and the children to live in, and they moved there and the harrimans moved to a hotel. then the house across the street became available, and so she bought that house. then over the course of time, the local bus company owner decided this would be a great tourist attraction, and he started running tourist buses by there, and we couldn't stop him. we tried. he refused to stop. and so she finally decided it's time to move, and she decided to move back to new york city. and so we went to new york, and she found a place at 1040 fifth avenue. so that was another residence i forgot to mention. on the cape, they owned a house in the kennedy compound. but it go

georgetown is not just a catholic institution.are an open institution. >> in a statement, the cardinal calls the choice the most direct challenge to religious liberty in recent history. georgetown's president says the secretary presence should not be viewed of an endorsement of her views. >> that was karen gray houston reporting. the students want to talk about contraception and no intention of withdrawing that invitation. the secretary says she plans to be there. >>> the parents and friends of exgays group is suing the montgomery county superintendent for sexual orientation dediscrimination. claiming people can choose to be heterosexual instead of gay. superintendent joshua star called the message reprehensible and deplorable. the district says it had no choice but to distribute those players because any nonprofit is allowed to send home papers with students. the school is now reviewing the complaint. >>> maryland lawmakers wrapped up their special session today by passing a new budget, which includes higher taxes. affects indivi

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instead, georgetown merely replaced the stolen hands. i guess it's money.niversity is looking for the culprits and if they are caught, they could be suspended or thrown out of school. >> i think they will lay low until may 18. >> graduate and get out of town. >> let's talk about this rainy weather. >> well, your grass needs it. some showers north of town. we have one more chance tonight and tomorrow. i think you'll like the way we finish the week. we'll finish the week strong, my friend. let's have a live look outside. it is brought to you by michael and son. temperatures still 73. we have been stuck on 73 downtown. winds out of the south at 11. pressure is still falling. and really for the most part, it's going to fall or remain steady until we get through the front about this time tomorrow night. all right, let's talk about the satellite picture, radar combined, you can see where the front is. it stretches across much of the eastern united states and it's going to move very slowly eastward. it is still to our west. in fact, west of garrett county. it's ju

. >>> the catholic archdiocese firing back at georgetown university's president. the feud is over graduation speaker kathleen sebelius. the health and human services secretary played a key role in the new birth control mandate that employers including most religious ones provide employees with contraception coverage. on monday, the president of georgetown said the archdiocese was upset with sebelius over the birth control controversy. the archdiocese says that the president is missing the point. the real concern here is violating religious freedom and issued a statement saying, "the selection of a featured speaker whose actions as a public official present the most direct challenge to religious liberty in recent history, the fundamental issue with health and human services secretary mandate is not about contraception." >>> a small catholic college in ohio says it's dropping health insurance coverage for students. the franciscan university of stubenville says it does not want to comply with the federal mandate that the plan provide free birth control. the school is

georgetown's president says thee secretary's presence should not be viewed has an endorsements on the views.d >> the students say they don't want sebelius to talk abouts contraception or toreligious freedom, and have no intention of withdrawing the invitation.ii the secretary says she plans too be there. big story, the fatefat of john edwards will be in the hands of the jury. the defense rested afteraf presenting evidence.en the focus seems to be on who di not take the stands whoever. -- stand how ever.ve >> reporter: hi, the defense really had a lineup of potential witnesses for today, including john edwards himself, hiss mistress, rielle hunter, his daughter kate edwards and his former aide who was the prosecution's key witness. the defense threatened to callca him back and potentially face an grilling examination by tithe defense, but they rested their case today without any of the witnesses taking the stand: john edwards arriving with his parents in tow.re they relations the case without cantlling the ascandidate or his mistress to the stand.sta >> it was a smart move to the te pu

. >>> at georgetown university today, the keynote speaker found herself loudly interrupted. a handful of people heckled secretary, kathleen sebelias. she was delivering a speech. >> having spent my entire life in public service -- >> outside, about 20 other people protested her appearance at georgetown. they call her a proabortion politician and say she has no business speaking at a catholic institution. a spokesperson for georgetown says the school invited her to speak not about government policy, but about her life in public service. >>> after the break, can you imagine the heart ache involved in planning your own child's funeral? >> we'll take you inside a program aimed at saving troubled teens. >>> plus, a beer company forced to take down an ad because of a drug reference. we'll show you how the picture came out next. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 76 today, just about average. weekend looks okay, we're making some changes. we'll show you the weekend weather. upper 40s and 50s to startment and 50s and 60s by 8:00 and very nice by 10:00. 66, 72. we'll tell you which

georgetown university journalism professor chris chambers here to discuss and press column him a moral column self righteous or whatever but unfit to run a corporation well when you look at the profits and the operations across the pond across the atlantic and here you know that merged into this hacking scandal you know he was using you know they've uncovered you know this reams of evidence showing that you know news of the world a lot of the other media outlets media properties he owns over there were doing you know you know everything from shady to out not illegal things to get that advantage so i mean you know there's a there's a history here of using short cuts both kind of you know little little tiny moral short cuts to major crimes to build the same pyar and really what has happened is that the equivalent of our you know house judiciary committee has basically you know given him and his stockholders something to think about with this decision so you know this isn't anything new for him you know he'll weather the storm because like all you know. zillionaires they will but you know

>> the demonstrators were upset that georgetown violated catholic doctrine by inviting sebelius to speak to a graduating class. she supports abortion rights and contraception coverage. during her speech sebelius quoted president kennedy's views on church and state. >> kennedy talked about his vision of religion and the public square and he said he believed in an america and i quote, "where no religion body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populous or the public acts of its officials." >> georgetown says the school invites a wide variety of speakers and students in the schools public policy institute chose sebelius. >>> a man who stabbed 14 people killing five of them knew what he was doing according to mental health experts. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> elias abuelazam had a lack of empathy for his alleged victims. jurors have heard all the evidence of abuelazam charged with a 49-year-old in the summer of 2010. he tried to flee israel because he didn't want to be caughtful closing arguments are expected tuesday -- caught. closing arguments are ex

i married a georgetown law grad. i'm a hoya mom, the mother of a double georgetown graduate.so in my family, hoya comes second only to rock chock jayhawk. [laughter] and i was really delighted to be invited to speak to you, the public policy graduates. having spent my entire life in public service -- [inaudible conversations] i spent my entire life in public service. [laughter] [cheers and applause] and what i know is that you've chosen the most challenging, frustrating, exciting, consequential and rewarding career there is. and today i want to just share a few lessons that i learned along the way and, hopefully, they'll be useful as you begin your careers. i started out as an unpaid volunteer. my dad got into politics when i was 5, so for most of my childhood i spent days in the fall putting up yard signs and going door to door. actually, the more accurate term might be forced labor. [laughter] there wasn't a lot of choice in that matter. it was only later that i discovered that lots of families were going to football games and picnics while i was attending political rallies

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