but georgetown's roots go even deeper into history. it's the oldest jesuit university in the country. jesuits are known for a commitment to learning and intellectual inquiry. they've been around since saint ignatius started the society of jesus in europe back in 1540. >> he wanted a group of priests who would not be bound to a particular church or parish or town. he wanted to start a religious order of men who would go anywhere where the needs of the world were greatest. >> so, what does it mean to be a catholic and jesuit university? >> to be a catholic and jesuit university means to be committed to academic excellence, to be committed to exploring one's faith across different faith traditions -- catholic protestant, jewish, muslim orthodox christian, or people who may be struggling to find their faith. >> while most of the 7,500 undergrads here come from catholic or other christian backgrounds, all faiths are welcome. >> actually, right if you go into healy hall, there's the jewish rabbi, the muslim imam, and the head priest all in t

the last time they met georgetown and villanova.r georgetown took down the wildcats. now, at that game john thompson iii said he did not like seeing students from georgetown rush the floor. apparently villanova did not like sealing that also. the wildcats certainly made up for that loss today. crank up the band. seventh ranked villanova hosting 24th ranked georgetown. first half action. down 13 trying to chippewa. lgp, baseline. gets that to fall. he had 15 points. georgetown is down 11. here's where the wheels came off. later in the half nova up 15. hilliard with the flush. a wide open slam there. the wildcats up 14 at halftime. the second nova starting to run away with this game. chris jenkins puts nova up 22 points. they go on to beat georgetown. your final score 69-53. >> working through the press. marcus pos ley to denzel craig for the alley-oop there. that gets the fans at the riley center on their feet. st. bonaventure. skip ahead. rams back within two. jordan burgess drives. somehow gets that to go. beautiful drive. beats th

serve with out of georgetown texas near austin, marsha farney of georgetown to not only increase funding by $300 million, but improve curriculum teacher training and lower student-teacher ratios. in this global economy we live today and tomorrow, students won't be competing for jobs in the workplace of neighboring states but we'll be competing with kids and students from all over the world. mr. speaker, let's do this for texas. let's do the right thing. let's help these children and i yield back my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in rec

. >>> georgetown createing kreighton. georgetown up by 5.mith rivera hits the floor and the three. georgetown leads by 3. this is the three of his own. georgetown up by as many as 14. later in the half this game well in hand. dsr just wants to make sure. game high 24 points. georgetown they cruise past creighton, 67-40. >>> a-10 george washington visiting rhode island. gw loses the basketball here. martin grabs it. gives it up and gets it right back for the huge jam. see that one again. 15 points for martin. rhode island's up 11. later in the half kevin larson usually the low block. but here feel like knocking down a three pointer. gw up 2. rhode island they did take this game late. terrell. nice drive and the foul. rhode island goes on to win over george washington 59-54. >>> 14th ranked vcu with richmond. these fans not going the like what they see in this game. second half anthony took over. defender falls but he doesn't. anthony pulls up for the jumper. richmond's up 7. he was just getting started. had a game high 22 points. richmond sta

. >> on monday georgetown found out they were bumped from the ap top 25. tonight they just responded with lots of tenacity against seton hall. hoyas on the road up in new jersey first meeting against the pirates. georgetown cruising early. up 16. working the ball to copeland. knocks down that three-pointer. georgetown up 22-4. second half. seton hall right back in it. down three now. buries the three. 17 for him. beer tied at 44. hoyas bringing it right back. drains the three, game hdsr. georgetown starts to pull away here. copeland puts it back. 20 points for the fleshman tonight. georgetown blows past seton hall 86-67. >>> let's talk some women's hoops. maryland hosting rutgers. this was a three-man dancing group earlier but he does come back to do the news. first half lauren missing. later in the half maryland loses the ball here but get it right back. shot clock about to expire. throws up a prayer. maryland up in the second terps up lexie brown gets the bucket. coach colter big shot brown. maryland beats rutgers. 16th straight win. now 13-0 in the big

the river stopped and as you know, north of georgetown, it is a very different river. there was a huge tidal marsh and this is the origin of the swamp myth. washington, d.c. was not built in a swap. it is an insult to george washington did think he would locate the capital of the united states in a swamp. it was a very well drained area of ancient potomac river territory. coming down from dupont circle and eventually down to the level of the white house, to where it sits now. very well drained. in fact, if there was a torrential rainstorm in the 18th or 19th century, logs and dead cattle would slow down the creeks. in the 17th century, the calvert family began to provide speculative land grants in the area. so, there were places here plantations if you will although there -- they were not settled at the time named variously -- rome, widows mite, huckle's delight -- [laughter] all of those were encompassed in what became the federal city. settlement took place at the end of the 17th century, and through the 18th-century so that by 1749, when georgetown was founded and s

wasn't pretty at all, in fact, it was classic georgetown basketball, possession by possession. and it came down to the okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. . >>> now, wusa-9 game-on sports with dave owens, brought to you by xfinity. >> it's days like that coaches dread, especially when you are playing an opponent you should handle. and a storm should keep fans from the gym, so it should be quiet. john thompson iii playing depaul. they need this game. smith-rivera averaging 15. look at that. whoo, up high to bowen, georgetown seemed to have the game under control and then robinson went on a napalm alert. he was on fire. danger, three straight threes. two minutes to go, a reverse, georgetown holding on late, it wasn't easy but hold on late and won three co

georgetown st. john the big preview. why the caps need braden holtby to stand on his head tonight and stop the march of the penguins as abc 7 n >> the winter weather didn't stop the new secretary of defense from his first day on the job. ashton carter arrived at the pentagon at 8:00 this morning to start a whirlwind day. scott thuman is live in our newsroom with the challenges that carter is now facing. scott? >> they're numerous maureen. first day at work for ash carter. he's picking up the helm after chuck hagle was pressured out. he becomes the fourth defense secretary under president obama and as you showed he came to work despite the fact that the federal government was shut down and understandably. he's walking into a job with countless serious dilemmas and few easy answers. the one grabbing the most headlines, how to handle the threat with isil and ukraine, north korea iran. daunting list of challenges. now, he was sworn in this afternoon officially by vice president biden. >> i'm honored to rejoin the men and wom

first half georgetown up 5. here's aaron bowen.hot doesn't go become hop kins is there with the follow slam. 12 points. devonte smith pretty jumper. how do you defend that? 12 points in the game. hoyas up 10 at the half. georgetown starting to run away with it on michael jordan's 52nd birthday. monster dunk. the pressure from jordan in north carolina. guess how many points he had. 12. six players scored in double figures. georgetown routs them. >> you said guess, then didn't let us say anything. >> too much. >> ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future that sustains us all. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com ♪ ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet

when corcoran -- he's the man who built and donated the land for the cemetery and georgetown -- he went to paris and waited out the war. he thought it would be more congenial to him. his daughter was married to an eight who was the confederate representative to paris. there was a lot of concern about attitudes compresses session, secession, a lot of traders talk, so congress undertook an investigation and early 1861 and hurt a lot of witnesses and satisfy themselves that while there was a lot of hotheads sing with her going to do when the confederacy to the washington, that in fact there was not ever a major threat to the city. the war was -- well, it was the making and unmaking of washington. i've get to the unmaking part first. would you hit the first -- ok. go to the next one in just a minute, right, go back. i would just explain this. this is the washington, d c end of long bridge at that time. that is 14th street bridge. the . next slide. look what's behind them. who knows what that stump is? washington monument. construction had just stopped and it was not completed until 1864. th

georgetown lead at the half. second half, the hoyas lead. smith throws the alley-oop watch your head. georgetown up why 8. later in the second, the freshman comes through. isaac copeland with the short jumper in the paint. georgetown wins, 68-63. gw has a chance to turn things around against richmond today. first half, the drive come he cannot get it, but kevin larson is therefore the follow, the colonials up 4. second half, kendall anthony hits this 3. gw dropsfour in a row, 56-48. acc, virginia tech, n.c. state. the wolfpack, finishes with the trey. n.c. state cruises 69-63. another big day for gw's jones perfect from the field finishing with 22 points, six boards. the colonials improve to 24-3 with a victory over fordham. the capitals hosting the metropolitan division leaders the new york islanders. the caps looking for four straight for the first time this season. it would take more than regulation. in the first, 1-0 islanders. nicklas backstrom, who leads the league in assists gets another. we are tied at 1-1. in the third, still tied,

he was a rabbi in georgetown for more than 25 years. last week, rabbi freundel pled guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism and faces over 50 years in prison when he is sentenced in may. interesting timing for one event in the district this weekend -- a cannabis expo took place two days after recreational marijuana became legal in d.c. richard reeve is live with the details. a lot of people talking about the "budding" business. richard: that's right, this is the first marijuana-related expo since legalization. it was sold out, a lot of people talking about the new law and making money. this is no ordinary trade show. >> no trade. richard: for the academy -- >> this be ground zero of the cannabis industry. richard: a michigan company is sponsoring the event. no actual marijuana sold here but two days after legalization in d.c., gear, clothing, even instruction manuals are up for sale. did you ever think you would be standing in a marijuana expo? >> never, ever, ever in a million years. richard: two ounces or less are now legal in the district.

the area is popular with georgetown students. university officials sent out a campus wide e-mail telling students about the incident and urging them to be safe. >> we got an e-mail from campus alert and i remember getting it the next morning. it's not the first time i've heard of this happening. >> campus wide e-mail to be responsible about it. >> at this point, police do not have any information on a suspect description. they say this investigation is ongoing. reporting live brianne carter abc 7 news. >> thanks. a d.c. man is being held without bond after an attempted abduction in arlington. detectives say that a woman stepped out of her apartment in the 1900 block of clarendon boulevard. this happened just after 8:00 a.m. this morning. investigators say that jerome king jumped out from behind a potted plant, grabbed the woman and forced her to ground in the vestibula of that apartment building. the concierge saw the commotion and jumped in to help. king is charged with abduction with attempt to defile. >> time for today's top s

georgetown down 11. later in the half turnovers hurting the hoyas. hill yard comes up with the steal on the break. all the way for the bucket and the fo. he had 15. wildcats up 14 at the break. not much better in the second half. villanova avenges an earlier loss this season to georgetown. the 3. they would put a hurting on the hoyas. 689-53 the final. >>> smart and the 18th ranked vcu on the road against st. bonn venture. burgess attacks the paint. contact and he gets the bucket. no foul called on the play. tied at 71. now, seconds ticking away. marcus posely drives. puts it up and in. second straight game he comes up with a game winning buzzer beater. st. bonaventure takes down 18th ranked vcu. the storming of the court. vcu lose 73-71. >>> for george mason, the bus stops here in philly taking on st. josephs. skip ahead. under 20 seconds to play. doesn't care where he is. spot up! knock it down! cuts the lead in half. 16 points for him. and then patriots with the press but st. joe's beats them in a big way. the dunk and one. 14 points, 11 boards fo

georgetown they're closing out the regular season very strong. hoyas, they have certainly d after the loss earlier this month. that talented freshman class they have they're not playing like fresh men anymore. today, the upper class men that got the job done. fans not letting the little bad weather ruin a good party. i don't blame them. second half faction, this one a close game. and that's when smith rivera throws it up for bowen. they're up by 8. big-time jam by the senior. later on depaul still fighting the state and this game forest robinson 3-ball there. 17 off the bench. it's a 3-point game. how about this? strong move to the bast here. georgetown go on to beat depaul 68-63. they improve to 18-8 in the big east. >>> to richmond. gw on the road visiting the spiders. second half. colonials down 8. here they come. kevin larson the big fellow with good position down low. throws that down. gq within 6. six minutes to play. a four-point game. savage had it going today. 18 points a team high for savage. richmond they were just too much on this day

here is georgetown, the final seconds, needing the three for the win. comes back out no good, 74-71 the final, providence beats georgetown. the patriot center, fairfax, va, vcu at george mason. 26-19, how about that, george mason. after intermission, vcu took charge. the steel, starts the bus, down 95 south they go. vcyu wins by 12. march madness is several weeks away, but syracuse is already the first team out. they have a self-imposed postseason ban in response to an ncaa investigation involving academics that happened in 2007 to 2012. no acc tournament this year, no ncaa, no nit for syracuse. he's players on the roster were not even involved in the allegations, but they are out of the postseason. leon: new information on the breaking news in frederick maryland, emotional reunions taking place right now after a shooting at frederick high school. they were just relates moments ago. the two victims of the shooting incident are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, no suspects in custody at this point. we will continue to follow this breaki

as we head towards march madness, georgetown hoyas say get on the bus gus. time to go philly for a showdown with nova while the caps gear up for the anaheim ducks. now he's >> remember former caps coach bruce boudreau. gabby is back in town tonight with his anaheim ducks ready to play the caps and the ducks are alone at the top of the nhl. braiden holtby will get the night off after getting the win last night in ottawa. this game should have a playoff type atmosphere. ducks have won eight of their last 10 games. alex ovechkin leads the league in goals and has seven goals with eight assists in nine career games with the ducks. robert burton caught up with the head coach a moment ago. >> alex ovechkin, how hot is he right now? >> he's been going good. he's hot. he's scoring 5-on-5 and scoring from tips in front of the net to rebounds. those are the things that make those guys have those runs where they can pluck a lot of goals. >> let's stay with hockey. did you see what happened to rangers goalie henrik lundquist? he took a brad malone 80-mile-per-hour wrist

i'm a freshman in the college here at georgetown. my question is, you mentioned earlier that officer ray moss and officer liu, the assassinates officers in the nypd were both minorities working in a predominantly minority neighborhood. do you think it is part of american law enforcement to try to ensure that the racial diversity of their police forces working in certain neighborhoods are approximately equal to the proportions of racial groups in the neighborhoods they're working in? >> yes. in fact, i don't think it is just a goal. it's actually -- i don't know whether there is a word more important than goal. it is imperative for all of us in law enforcement to try and reflect the communities we serve. big challenge for the fbi. right? the fbi is overwhelmingly white and male among my agent force. i've got nothing against white males. i happen to be one. but i -- the first e-mail i sent to my entire work force was about this topic. i said it is a matter of morality doing what's right and effectiveness. so if you're not sold on the m

maryland 15, georgetown 23. west virginia 15 playing well. if you're above 50, you're a bubble team. so george washington on pins and needles right now. if all the caps were -- >>> if all caps were playing like goalie braydon holtby, the red rockers would be in good shape. holtby has yelled just one goal in four games. some are starting to whisper mvp. anaheim coming to the phone booth. bruce boudreau, that will be interesting. he'd love to knock off his former team. ducks have the best record in h guest tonight for the caps. >> we got a good team coming into our barn. we got to make sure we come out and kind of empty the tanks and go after them. >> they're a good hockey team. we have a big challenge. this is where the 7-11 going back. it's mentally tough and will take a couple days. >> got to love hockey players, into their barn tonight. >>> maryland quarterback caleb roe applying for a medical redshirt. randy edsall thinks he will get that medical waiver. it would give him a sixth season. he'll be starter next year. a lot of good stuff, of

cats will wear these uniforms to honor the championship team that beat georgetown. penn and cornell inith ka and penn wins. herb magee gets another crack at it tomorrow. philadelphia university hosts post university asthma gee looks for career win 1,000. he knows it's only natural for his players to try too hard to get that milestone. >> i talk to them about that relax don't worry about it and play basketball. we have to remove anything from their thoughts and concentrate open the game. >> you will get it eventually hopefully tomorrow. >> he deserves it thank you sir. >> hundreds of folks kicked up heels at a great event at tioga-nicetown section. lot of folks predict in pink, red and shout-out to upcoming valentine's holiday it offers folks were enter enter lec tuille and physical disabilities. >> "action news" continues at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a great >> dicky: from hollywood it's “jimmy kimmel live!” tonight -- channing tatum. from the houston texans, j.j. watt. and music from zz top. with cleto and the clet

georgetown guys shot 1 of 17 from deep. villanova, josh hart. villanova pays back georgetown. all right, let's take a trip around the area. tough year for buzz williams and the hokies. but adam smith, he had a nice pump fake and drills the 2. he had 19. but what a nice back door cut here by monte brandon by the flush, 21-36 at the braining. and did i say there was a guy named monte brandon in the game? off the steal, formula 409. brandon with 26. florida state holds on, 73-65 over tech. all right, this game just finishing up george mason on the road against st. joe's. with the dunk here. however, st. joseph's coming down the stretch. aaron brown, what can brown do for you? aaron brown can fire it, can fill it, and st. joe's gets the win down in the stretch. baylor at west virginia today. the bears going into morgantown and pulling out a morgantown sized can on west virginia. rico gathers. rico, the baby hook in the lane. baylor up 23-3. and leads to an o'neal's flush. west virginia blown out. 87-69 at home. that never happens. i'm in navy basketball. you remember my favorite h

providence sweeps georgetown for the first time since 1994. >>> george mason hosting vcu. patriots doing the best they can to keep it close. jackson buries the three. cuts the deficit to five. the rams too strong, too deep. cox with the steal, throws down the one-handed jam. vcu wins 72-sick. >>> american hosting loyola. a good night for derek's eagles. >>> the maryland terrapins recent movement to scoop up local talent was met with some success today. the highlights include offensive lineman bullware, and adam mclean, and isaiah davis whose brother shawn is already a safety for the maryland terrapins. >> i'm thrilled about this group. it's a great group. when you guys get a chance to meet them in june, in august i think you will be very impressed with them. >> but it wasn't all about football today. student athletes from a variety of sports joined the celebration including these two young women. mad dee watson is headed to east carolina university. >> without my family or friends i don't know how i would have made it, to be honest. it's such a stressful process trying to

live here in georgetown i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> thanks. >>> d.c. mayor muriel bowser has declared a cold emergency and road crews are on alert. and george washington canceled the 10 k because of the cold. >>> developing tonight, a fight in a bathroom between a police officer and the prisoner he was escorting shut down part of dallas/ft. worth international airport. happened just after 6:00 our time. during the scuffle the officer fired a shot hitting the prisoner in the hand. >> doesn't look like we had any impact to flight operations or anyone other than those two men inside the bathroom when the altercation occurred. >> both were taken to the hospital for injuries suffered in the fight. all the terminals are open although the area around the bathroom is still closed off. >>> new at 11:00, a search for four men who may be connected to an armed robbery and assault on metro. transit police release these pictures of the men. the robbery and assault happened just after 10:00 thursday night at the tenleytown metro station. investigators say they don't

a 20-point loss to georgetown just 18 days ago.t's the only game nova looked bad in and now they're looking for redemption. jay wright's sad lost 78-58 in their worse defense less performance of the year. hoyas shot 51% from the field and 50 from the three-point line. the players and coaches know what they have to do to win tomorrow's matchup and it ain't pretty. >> we want to set the tone defensive and mack sure we play a tough scrappy game and make it ugly. we'd rather wip ugly instead of pretty. >> it's always been our motto. we've gotten a little pretty when we're -- we had some games we just came out and shot lights out and they always looks good, but when we were shooting lease out we kind of lost or defense intensity. so we really like it to be pretty offensively and ugly defensively. we haven't put that altogether yet. >> can you have beth. >> yeah, you can have both. >> catch number four nova pay back against 24th ranked georgetown tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. right here on fox 29. >>> now, nba chris paul getting flack for callin

the famous four corners offense against georgetown. in 1993 that was the chris webber game. chris webber of michigan called a time out his team didn't have helping to give dean smith his second national championship. countless acc championships, a number of final four appearance. dean smith was also instrumental in integrating the game of basketball in north carolina and in the south. den smith was 83 years old. >>> shifting gears we want to get up to speed on that snow that's begun to fall in parts of new england. another winter storm that could dump a foot of snow or more on parts of that battered region that's been hit so hard the past few years. keith carson joins us live from portland maine. i don't see snow there, but i guess you're expecting a lot. >> it did snow from midnight through this morning, we had a

the tapings occurred at a ritual bath at a georgetown synagogue. so far freundel charged with six counts of voyeurism. we'll be in the courtroom today. watch for the nbc news coming through our nbc washington app later today for any breaking updates from that hearin >>> and right now the u.s. postal service is negotiating a new contract. back to richard jordan for that. good morning again. >> hi barbara. good morning. the negotiations starting today, expected to take a few weeks and a postal worker's union getting star is a frort actor danny glover. >> i come here as the child of postal employees who worked their most all their entire life as employees of the u.s. postal service. and i come here as their son, and i also come here as a customer. >> glover says he even worked briefly for the postal service. the union wants to expand postal services including notary and licensing services.

. >>> villanova getting another shot at georgetown after losing to them last month. the game. georgetown on the miss. pass by j'vonne pinkston looks like a quarterback on this one. josh hart makes the basket. nova up by 12. darren hilliard with the steal goes coast to coast and lays it in. he had 15 points on the day. more great defense by nova and more great play by hilliard. another steal, goes coast to coast yet again. this time he makes a tough basket and is fouled. georgetown no match for nova today. 69-53 the final. >>> the sixers back home tonight where they've won three in a row hosting the charlotte hornets at the wells fargo center. last night they were on the road in boston. it was the first nba game for penn state product tim frazier. he had a great game gets the assist here on the mccaths dunk. five points and 11 assists for frazier. sixers had no answer for jared sellinger. the sixers lose 107 to 96. they've now lost 98 a row on the road. >>> okay. winter weather got you down? check out this view from tories pines at the farmers insurance open. beautifu

meanwhile, the blue jays are ice cold and georgetown took advantage. the g town goes on to win 67-40. g and rhode island in a nailbiter. -- gw and rhode island in a nailbiter. gw loses 60 9/5 -- 69-55. some early action this saturday in montreal. montreal goalie carey fife was on fire. multiple opportunities to score but could not get past them. braden was also outstanding. a good look. he has 29 saves today. montreal has some numbers right here. they only a goal of the game. round three of the way for managing open. the ball would eventually roll into the cup and fans start throwing beer cans, no flowers beer cans. i guess it makes sense because it is super bowl weekend in phoenix, arizona. george mason falls to duquesne. dugan virginia was everything we hoped for. >> except the final score. [laughter] exactly. couric's a woman who spend -- >> a celebration tonight for a woman who spent decades helping the less fortunate. mother mary read celebrating her 90th earth day tonight. more than 40 years ago, her husband founded the soup kitchen in northwest.

he is introduced by georgetown university president john de goia. this is just under an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage john j. de goia, a edward montgomery and james comey, director of the federal bureau of investigation. [applause] >> good morning and welcome to gaston hall. it is a pleasure for the university to host this important conversations this morning. i wish to thank members of our georgetown community and gas from the fbi who joined us for today's event. we are gathered here to hear james comey offered his perspective on questions of law enforcement and race. topic that demand our most careful and serious attention as a nation as members of the community. this is that topic whose importance and urgency has been exemplified in the events from ferguson, missouri to cleveland ohio to staten island, new york and communities across the country. at this current moment when the country seeks to greater understanding, renewed sense of responsibility for one another, stronger mutual trust, we are grateful for this opport

in the 1st half georgetown gets out on a 9-0 run or make it 11- 0. hopkins cleans up the rebound and stuffs it home. hoyas up 10 at the break. 2nd half nice entry pass. it's slammed home, 12 points in 19 minutes for the hoyas center. georgetown had balanced scoring, six players in double figures. hoyas roll 79-57. after the game jt3 pretty happy with his team's balanced production. >> josh commands attention and we've got guys that can make shot. so as the years progress, we're getting a little better. we still got a ways to go. >>> the washington capitals and pittsburgh penguins gave us a big reminder these two teams really don't like each other very much. the caps went from the west coast to the east coast with one day off. so maybe they were a little grouchy. watch the scuffle tonight, lots of goals. it was a good 1. ovechkin and the caps looking to stay unbeaten against the pittsburgh penguins. 1st period on the power play, pittsburgh turns the puck over to the great 8 who comes in alone. marc-andre fleury gets goal no. 37 for ovie. steve downie

. >>> plus villanova seeking some revenge today against georgetown. jeff will be here to tell us how they did. >>> but first a police officer's body cam captured a rescue from a burning car. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >>> former olympian and reality star bruce jenner was involved in a crash that killed one person, and in california today. these are pictures of the reckon pacific companies highway in mal will buy. investigators confirmed jenner was inside one of the vehicles involved in the three car crash. a according to tmz jenner says he was being chased by the paparazzi when he rear ended a white car that was push into on coming traffic. witnesses say woman driving the white car was killed. abc news is working to confirm those details. jenner was not injured. >>> new dash cam video revealed a dramatic rescue in florida. investigators rush to the scene of this accident to find a karen gulfed in flames on the side of the road with the driver trapped inside. two sheriff deputies then risked their lives to pull the man

georgetown no match for nova today. 69-53 the final. >>> temple visiting memphis.he owls struggle in the first half h monster second half. good defense temple with numbers jesse morgan making the basket to tie it at 54. time winding down in the game. memphis with the big basket right here by ken drop johnson. lays it in and memphis will take one point lead but back down the floor comes temple in a hurry josh brown for the jumper which is good. okay. memphis has one last chance with that miss, temple wins it 61-60. >>> hornets visiting sixers tonight. sixers won three in a row at home trying to mack it for for the first time since march of 2013 and they were with mcw for a second great game. pick up the act in the second half. sixers on the break. nerlins noel with the slam. he had a good night. 12 points, seven boards. hollis thomas one of the hot hands for the sick sorry on the night. nailing the three. he had 18 points. but this night is going to belong to robert covington. right here hits the three. he had five, threes on the night night. led all scorers with 22

maybe you didn't know this, he actually went to georgetown university.le he was there, he worked has way through school at cay fa in georgetown. this weekend they are having a local cheering section viewing party for bradley cooper. rooting for him hoping he brings home the oscar. and helping out a great cause, bradley cooper of course was in town in january for "american sniper" premiere and the cause is dog tag bakery. which is a new bakery in georgetown that actually helps veterans returning from the battled field bet in the work force and they partner with georgetown university to get them some further education whether it's a master's degree, some business classes helping our veterans who served the kuhnty get back to work. it all comes together. cooper veteran, georgetown. from the 94.7 fresh fm studio, i'm tommy mcfly on wusa9. guys? >> great cause. give them soft business. >> i just did some business can dog tag bakery. they have a good weekend tommy. >>> virginia's former first lady heads to court today for sentencing in her corruption trial. >>

georgetown. what about rise bakri?e name if you know anything about gluten-free baking hard to get a gluten-free item to rise. it's in adams morgan doing baked goods grut ss gluten-free. >> and fresh baguette? >> opened a couple yearation. traditional french breakry one by a by no eyesed to work at the french embassy. order the baguette. only serve bread no more than a couple hours old and all the favorites from macaroon to ka nillies, a long list in "the washington post." >> lot newplaces to try. get ready and work out later. >> we'll have to do that. thanks. >> thank you, barbara. >>> of course if you missed any of those names you can find them in "the washington post" and, of coursance on our website, nbcwashington.com. >>> this morning i want to introduce to you a new "wednesday's child" who didn't get a lot of attention as a little guy. he's come a long way. you're going to see that. meet 9-year-old xavier. >> reporter: hi xavier. hi. may i sit down? may i sit? xavier was in his classroom when i stopped by his sch

i'm a freshman in the college here at georgetown. my question is you mentioned earlier that officer ray moss and officer liu the assassinates officers in the nypd were both minorities working in a predominantly minority neighborhood. do you think it is part of american law enforcement to try to ensure that the racial diversity of their police forces working in certain neighborhoods are approximately equal to the proportions of racial groups in the neighborhoods they're working in? >> yes. in fact, i don't think it is just a goal. it's actually -- i don't know whether there is a word more important than goal. it is imperative for all of us in law enforcement to try and reflect the communities we serve. big challenge for the fbi. right? the fbi is overwhelmingly white and male among my agent force. i've got nothing against white males. i happen to be one. but i -- the first e-mail i sent to my entire work force was about this topic. i said it is a matter of morality doing what's right and effectiveness. so if you're not sold on the mor

georgetown university and dr. charles grob from the ucla school of medicine thanks. >>> next, if reading the news and watching the news isn't enough for you, an evolution in gaming wants you to experience the news virtually, that is. >> not even resisting. ♪ ♪ welcome back. ♪ >>> welcome back. the immediacy of news coverage exposes viewers from the comfort of their living rooms. does too much information running around in your brain ultimately desense ties you? a new type of gaming called news gaming aims to increase your empathy by putting you at the scene. with us from los angeles is the nadadaly pena with a group that experiences in virtual reality story telling. people real available with video games. the action looks real. you had created virtual reality around news stories. >> my background wasn't a traditional correspondent. i was a journalist for "newsweek," made documentary films. i felt like gaming environment e really visceral dueality . >> giving people the ability to be on scene, more raptly than read

georgetown man handles the red storm. kentucky continues toroll, beating tennessee. back by popular demand, sergeant blake johnson, a local hero and household name, he knew there was not much time left. he let this fly from half court game-winner, at the buzzer. start the celebration. that play went viral after it aired on abc 7 news. his day job in the army makes him a hero, but this was something special. >> everybody was like, you are on espn. it's just nice to play a team sport again where you are equal with other people. it was just good to get back into the competition. >> sergeant johnson told us today he hopes to be deployed again. he said there is no replacement to the camaraderie he feels when fighting alongside his fellow sh soldiers. >> that is great. >> way to go. ok, this is quite a story. you never know what you will find at a thrift store. >> lots of people watching the school delays and closings, the top trending story at wjla.com. a train derails sending cars into the river. and steve's forecast for the week, including another winter weather system

i had actually met bill clinton when he was, i went to georgetown university for the conference on atlantic discussions, and i was a first glassman at west point, and i had gone down there, and it was the last -- first glassman -- classman at west point, and i had gone down there, and it was the last thing is going to do before becoming a rhodes scholar, and this girl said our you from arkansas, and i said yes, and she said there is somebody here from arkansas, and he is bill clinton. and i sit idle think he is from arkansas, and she said he is from arkansas because he talks about watermelons and stuff like this. [laughter] you are in high school and things like that and you know people who are good enough to get to a school like georgetown so an hour later this young guy comes up to me and he is escorted by a young lady on each arm and he says, i am bill clinton, i am from hope, arkansas, and we talked for about an hour, and i was incredibly impressed. afterwards we talked again, and he said, what are you going to do? and i said i would trail for roads -- try out for rhodes, and then if th

use a former teacher at georgetown and towson university's, as well as the university of maryland. -- he is a former teacher at georgetown and towson universities as well as the university of maryland. >> a lawsuit against the ferguson, missouri, police department may be in the works. cnn alleges that the will allege racial discrimination. the due year jay will follow suit if ferguson does not make changes on its own. federal charges are not expected against officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of michael brown last year. >> the search for a pair of bank robbers that targeted a bb&t bank this afternoon, then the wells fargo in sterling. during that incident, one suspects threaten the teller with a gun. the fbi is investigating if they are tied with other bank robberies. if you have information, contact the authorities. >> a prince george's county man is accused of soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex. investigators say that 21-year-old vincent hill sent explicit messages to the girl using a messaging app called kik. she went to the police and an undercover officer stepped into

. >> georgetown planners are looking to the future.ey're work on dozens of options to improve how you get in and out of that neighborhood now. >> and plans include extra circulated routes bike plan and there's something getting a lot of attention. caroline tucker explains. >> you may have to look up to see what d.c.'s next transportation option might look like. >> what's great about the gondola technology is there's a car coming by every 10 or 11 seconds. >> you heard that right. a gondola. those cable cars seen on ski slopes. >> kind of like a single metro car. but swinging on ropes. >> i may consider it. >> this one would connect rosalynn to georgetown. >> it would be fun and interesting. it would be affordable. >> the georgetown business improvement district has already raised $130,000 from businesses on both sides of the river. that's about 60% of the money needed to study if this could work. they are asking d.c. and arlington county if they could chip in the rest. >> we think it's a really good regional partnership. >> don't expec

i'm a freshman in the college here at georgetown. my question is, you mentioned earlier that officer ray moss and officer liu, the assassinates officers in the nypd were both minorities working in a predominantly minority neighborhood. do you think it is part of american law enforcement to try to ensure that the racial diversity of their police forces working in certain neighborhoods are approximately equal to the proportions of racial groups in the neighborhoods they're working in? >> yes. in fact, i don't think it is just a goal. it's actually -- i don't know whether there is a word more important than goal. it is imperative for all of us in law enforcement to try and reflect the communities we serve. big challenge for the fbi. right? the fbi is overwhelmingly white and male among my agent force. i've got nothing against white males. i happen to be one. but i -- the first e-mail i sent to my entire work force was about this topic. i said it is a matter of morality doing what's right and effectiveness. so if you're not sold on the m

it is friday, and it should be a great weekend in college basketball. 24th ranked georgetown wins in philadelphia with the date for villanova. the hoyas beat them in january. the only team to make them look bad all year. her georgetown win will pull the hoyas within a game of first place in the big east. >> we know that philly is going to be tough. we have got to be ready for a hard game. that is what we expect. >> we are hungry for another win. i know it will not be that big of a difference but i know we are ready, we are ready. >> it was another gorgeous day at tory pines in southern cal. our shot of the day. par 4, second shot, fifth hole. watch it stay on target. hit, roll and bang. the eagle. but he missed the cut bye one. phil mickelson wins 74-72. tiger woods withdrew. mickelson missed the cut. when was the last time that happened? >> they both love that course. >> they have both been successful there. >> that is killed. coming up, meet the man with the worst commute in america. he walks 21 miles to and from his job. >> but thanks to some generous gifts, he will never have to

fridge steps back at rutgers and the maryland women and georgetown men. both in huge games. and i'll have a preview coming up next in sports.xñaó5Ñ >> let's start with women's basketball because there is a huge game tonight in college park. pick up the kids, buy some hot dogs as rutgers at maryland tonight. this is a fantastic matchup. great entertainment for the family. rutgers has won six games in a row and hasn't lost since maryland beat them january 15th. hold on the lady terrapins have won 15 straight and trying to become the first big 10 team to run the table since the 1980s. this is a classic offense vs. defense matchup in college park. >> it's been a lot of hard work and i don't think anyone could have envisioned, you know being fifth in the country at this point after how much we lost with the three starters and five seniors fortunately -- i mean every game is a battle and fight. we've loved every moment of it. >> brenda freeze from the university of maryland. georgetown men play in seton hall and this is a critical stretch run towards march madness. trying to chang

the georgetown university hockey team out on the frozen c & o canal. >> we're playing a little pond hockey. >> reporter: a 5-month-old labrador named henry. >> he loves the cold, the snow, anything. >> reporter: but most of the rest of us are freezing. the malanis are visiting from puerto rico. >> it's frigid. >> you have to have make a lot of cents to live here. >> reporter: what's the temperature in puerto rico now? >> 80 degrees. >> reporter: this morning's record low 5 degrees at reagan national airport breaks the old record of 8 degrees set back when grover cleveland was president. >> show me the money. >> reporter: terry mcguire was in theaters in 1996 the last time we hit 5 degrees. >> people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. i'm not a shook. >> reporter: and richard nixon was still in the white house the last time we broke a record low temperature in february. rails cracked by the cold left people jammed on the platform at falls church. a water leak at l'enfant shut down the power and may have contributed to the crush of passengers at judiciary square and

the georgetown hoyas had about a week off in between games after a tough stretch.onight they get back to make that final push for the ncaa tournament and it begins with st. johns, the first time these two met this season, the hoyas riding a four-game conference win streak the first time in two seasons really finding a surge bringing them in for a tie in the big east. they're only 2 1/2 games out of first. there is an outside chance with five games left they could possibly still win the regular season conference title. let's look at their resume now. the hoyas are 16-8, 8-5 in the conference. now they're 2-6 against the top 25 teams but don't have any major losses on the schedule which helps in their favor. joining me now at the verizon center, you know his face and definitely know his voice, gus johnson. we appreciate you taking some time out. big game with the hoyas tonight. where do they stand now in terms of making the tournament? >> i think they're in good shape, but it depends on how they finish. the hoyas have to finish strong. stuart mandel has them getting

at georgetown university. in his address, one of the nation's important law enforcement officers offered what he called hard truths. >> much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias. many people have unconscious racial biases and react differently to a white face than a black face. in fact, we all - white and black - carry various biases around with us. >> a few weeks ago the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, at a time of racial tension in his city, talked about different conversations about race inside his own mixed race family. >> for so many of our families there's a fear. i had to worry over the years, elaine has had to worry is dante safe. there are so many families in this city that feel each and every night "is my child safe?" and not just from some of the painful reality crime and violence in some of our neighbourhoods, but safe from the people they want to have faith in as their protectors. >> the reaction to that speech, from police unions, commentators and political adversari

in their 1985 throw back throwing them down against georgetown. ryan from three. they shoot 50% from beyond the arch. as many as 24. runaway with darren hiliard with the finish. 'nova wins 69-53. >>> what a finish in the temple game! fran dumbfy fired up. owls didn't have the lead until final minutes. up one nine seconds left ked rick puts them down one six seconds left josh brown for win got it. only basket of the game. temple wins 61-0. fifth straight. >> the hawk will never die. today against george mason deanne dray flapping his wings too. his third straight double, double also nice assist. st. joe's wins 58-54. >> brutal snn delaware for blue hens against northeastern. they're not feeling at blue. maurice jeffs and then penn losses by 7. drexel wins fifth straight. we'll be right huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, di

. >>> two carjackings just minutes apart, both in broad daylight and both ne the heart of georgetown pole ll us two people in a car approached a man sitting in his car near 26th and p streets and pointed a gun at him yesterday afternoon. that driver sped off and wasn't injured,j minutes later the same thing happened to a woman. she w carjacked at 31st and p streets near wisconsin avenue. park poli arrested one guy. the goert >>> the clo is ticking fast with thousan of local jobs hanging i e balance. and it comes at a time of some fast-moving developments all over the world. >>> he is the subject of a blockbuste oscar-winning movie. now a plane washington to give the amic sniper a huge honor. >>> plus,sa plenty of snow today andwi see some tomorrow t >>> two peoe were struck? >> yeah. they both -- they just laying there. >> okay. let's stop kwhining. let's stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> that 911 operator is now off the job. the call was placed earlier this month from the bw parkway. the operator could be heard telling t teenaged girl to stop whining. her father was dyin