john esposito teaches islamic studies at georgetown university. >> the majority of muslims would view the ahmadiyya -- the ahmadiyya would either be seen as not muslim, or they would certainly be seen as a very, very marginal group you know at best by most mainstream muslims. >> the ahmadiyya muslim community is a reform movement that grew out of sunni islam. it was founded in 1889, in india, by mirza ghulam ahmad, who claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of jesus and the divine guide, whose appearance was foretold by the prophet muhammad. most ahmadis believe he was the long awaited mahdi, or messiah. >> we believe that the promised messiah has come, as he was promised by the holy prophet so many years ago, 14 centuries ago. he came according to all those prophecies at the right time, and we have accepted him. >> naseem mahdi is national vice president and missionary in charge of the ahmadiyya muslim community usa. he says mirza ghulam ahmad came to bring muslims back to the true teachings of islam. >> according to the prophecies of prophet muhammad, that when the messiah wou

in washington, msnbc political analyst michael dyson, professor at georgetown university. joining us here in new york is joann reed and the managing editor of the grio.com. professor dyson, i want to start with you. you heard in top lines ron paul call himself dangerous to wild applause. and i guess as far as some republicans are concerned, is he dangerous. though his meandering speech sounded a little like a deluded fan taist. >> no doubt. i think his danger lies in the fact that he's willing to take facts out of context to reinterpret ideas and particular understanding of the world according to his quite distorted viewpoi viewpoint. i'm even afraid to praise him

is an advertising company started by a georgetown university student in 2001. native who purchased the local franchise. >> we have a tv commercial. radio station, same thing, three or four stations i listen to. commercial on one, blink, next station every single time. reporter: you can't change the channel. >> you can't help it. got to look at me. reporter: no doubt you've seen them twirling around town. >> state farm, h&r block. reporter: they'll tell you sign spinning is a sport. >> these guys practice at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning sometimes, create their own highlight videos. reporter: and it isn't easy. >> for someone to play football in high school and college, i'd say this is one of the hardest things i've done in my life. reporter: they do drills. can you teach me some of that? i have to warn you that i'm super uncoordinated. >> go to the left, turn it over, there you are right after you started. reporter: there you go. >> there you are. reporter: my years as a majorette finally pay off. practice and personality, the smile is a point, the wave. pay starts

they're not clear about well earlier i spoke to christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university for his take on this and for his take on what we can expect between now and election day take a look. let's let's pick a couple of examples by these lovely men who have been rather tame for the last oh you were killed she drove no more bachmann she's out so let's start first with rick santorum over the weekend on meet the press. it would be saying to the iranians you to open up those facilities you begin to dismantle them and make them available to the inspectors or we will degrade those facilities through air strikes and make it very public that we are doing that the president is done so you know that laid out a red line and if they passed the airstrikes by president certain centaur iran will not get a nuclear weapon under my watch all right here is that rick santorum singing his old song about bombing iran and all that and he's talking about the nuclear facilities being investigated now n.b.c.'s david gregory know is that iran's nuclear facilities are already under the inspection of

end of the week to round things out thank you christopher chambers a journalism professor at georgetown university well these are troubled times we live in despite those positive jobs numbers we talked about a little earlier in the show the economy is still in many ways in shambles and with the presidential campaign in full swing there are of course plenty of ideas being thrown around about how to fix things but few people are offering real think outside the box new ideas so we decided to look elsewhere and we want to introduce you to an american mixed martial artist and political activist jeff monson. all right so if you follow m.m.a. you may know him as snow man he's a two time winner of the a.t.c.c. submission wrestling world championship also a brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion jeff is also a self-proclaimed an artist and he's very outspoken about some of his views about this country and its place in the world just a little earlier he joins me from our miami studio i asked jeff what's his recipe for change and here's what he had to say. for you that work in this country right now you know the

. >> we have some students here today from georgetown university. one asked a question. as a woman in national politics, do you think your gender has given you a unique perspective? what advice would you give to a woman seeking to enter government service? >> run. [ laughter ] >> i mean, you know, one of the things that i found -- first of all, i think public service is a great calling. you can do wonderful things in a public service career. a public service career can take many different forms. but as someone who has been in elected office, one of the things i encourage, particularly young women to do, and young men. everybody to do. look, running and holding elected office is a privilege. it is serious business. it is something that also has a certain amount of joy to it. the whole process of meeting the people and working with the people you will represent. so, i wouldn't, you know, unfairly to oneself say you are not going to consider running in your own right. everybody in this country has the ability to do that and ought to consider it. it is a wonderful experience

georgetown university released a new study today breaking down unemployment rates of recent college grads by their major. now those with an undergraduate degree in architecture had the highest unemployment rate at 13.9%. art majors were next at 11.0% followed by the humanities at 9.4%, grad with health or education degrees had the lowest jobless rate. >>> the state of maryland is going to demolish the president's residence at the university to make way for a new mansion. the maryland board of public works approved the decision today. the original house was built back in 1956, but it hasn't been renovated in decades and it doesn't even meet current safety codes. the new mansion will cost more than $7 million provide both event and work space for the university of maryland. >>> one more cold night before we start to warm up, but does the mild temperature stick around for the weekend? let's hope so. topper is here to tell us coming up. >>> but first the cancer society's annual report is out, what it says could soon be the top cause of this disease in the u.s. next. >>> in tonight's health al

and the let freedom ring celebration choir features the georgetown university students. >>> finally, fuel is flowing from a russian tanker to nome, alaska, this morning. crews opened the spigot just before sundown yesterday, capping an epic journey of 5,000 miles, hundreds of them through so a special shipment was brought in to make sure that the city gets through what has been alaska's worst winter in decades. if anybody thinks they're cold, look at that. >> very true. >>> of course, speaking of weather, time to get the weather across the nation. new york city, d.c., seeing rain most of the day. boston starts with a wintry mix that switches over to rain. by the afternoon. there will be thunderstorms, strong winds, possibly hail in atlanta and new orleans. heavy snow in the pacific northwest. >> the coldest weather of the season pours into the upper midwest. temperatures up to 15 degrees colder than usual. cooler than usual in l.a., at 59. dallas goes from 75 yesterday to 55. honolulu and miami are near 80. don't even go there. >> we won't think about the fact that we're not there at

published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual worng for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you able to fulfill that mission with the budge case, you know that. >> year's budget. john. we hope for more: the national archives and records administration serves american democracy. i'm going to read to you the very brief mission statement

published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual working for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you able to fulfill that mission with the budge case, you know that. >> year's budget. john. we hope for more: the national archives and records administration serves american democracy. i'm going to read to you the very brief mission stateme

published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy washington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual working for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you able to fulfill that mission with the budge case, you know that. >> year's budget. john. we hope for more: the national archives and records administration serves american democracy. i'm going to read to you the very brief mission stateme

musician bobby mcfarren, students from georgetown university, and members of local church choirs sangt the event. >>> 4:38 is our time now. ahead on "news4 today," hanging on by a thread. the dramatic rescue after an accident left a mother and her daughters dangling over this ravine. >>> plus, new concerns about those full-body scanners we see at the airport. why a new round of tests for tsa screeners has some questioning their safety. >>> our roller coaster road continues in the weather department. we'll have warmer temperatures. >>> weather & traffic on the 1s. good morning, 4:41. back to school with rain passing through the region. moving west to east the last several hours. the radar showing sprinkles in washington and prince george's county, fairfax, prince william and parts of fauquier county. stafford, spotsylvania, charles county, st. mary's, anne arundel and calvert, that area of rain heading east. temperatures in the low to mid 40s most of the region from the mountains, shenandoah valley, all the way to the atlantic beaches. now 45 at reagan national. sunrise at 7:24. shower

democratic strategist of the public relations firm, and christopher is the senior associate dean of georgetown university school of continuing studies, and a conservative commentator. republicans want to act more like the american families. republicans say, well, yeah, that sounds reasonable. but living within our means demands huge spending cuts, and that will directly affect the middle class. are they walking the tight rope here, and what's it going to mean for how our families live? >> well, as you can see, washington has had a great deal of trouble balancing its budget and getting back to the balanced budget that we had when i worked with president clinton. and i think this is very crucial to the middle class outlook. they want the government to spend somewhat less. but they want to make sure that when it comes to making those cuts, that those cuts are made according to their values. so that means if medicare and social security are cut first, they're going to say that's not according to their values. they're going to say, they're looking at their future, they're looking at their kids' future and the

fellow at the brookings institution, a columnist for the washington post, and a professor at georgetown university. welcome to you all, and happy new year. >> happy new year. >> e.j., the iowa caucuses take place in just a few days. what do you see there and what is the role of religious conservatives in the republican campaign? >> well, in the iowa republican caucuses religious conservatives always play an important role. and what's been striking for most of this campaign is how fragmented they've been. there's been a real argument among them about who the better candidate is. there's no national champion as we talked about last week, mike huckabee, four years ago really emerged as a unifying candidate for christian conservatives. some of that also i suspect has to do with other forces in the republican party. there is the tea party which includes a lot of evangelical christians, one should say, but is a kind of different thrust and you have a campaign built much more around economics and the role of government than around the issues that specifically inspire religious conservatives, such as abor

in this building in the 1950s, way down in the basement, when i was working on a thesis for georgetown university for an m.a., which in those days required a thesis and there was stuff in those archives that was credible and i advice you if you have any serious historic research to do do at least part of it in this building. i'm going to start with the berlin wall. and what berlin was like in 1960 when i went there. you can see there, west berlin is pail white. east berlin is matching the contours of east germany and the checkpoint charlie which i'll talk about and then, of course, the other checkpoint bravo with which we use only one time in this particular exercise. the berlin crisis began in 1958, when krusef said sign a peace treaty for berlin and germany and 5u8 the rights that the allies have enjoyed will pass to the gdr, the german democratic republic because they're the ones who are suffering in berlin and what he called the gdr. and if they do not agree, if the allies do not agree to sign that then i will sign the treaty with the gdr and they can impose their rules on whoever wants to co

bush and currently a professor at georgetown university in chicago we have david faris he's an assistant professor of political science at roosevelt university all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's see what's happened in egypt a year on. the iconic séance of the egyptian revolution shook the middle east and the west by the magnitude of the events and the dramatic changes that followed it tolls started with a day afraid when thousands suffer gyptian took to the streets of cairo with a very clear intention to end to the thirty year rule of their leader hosni mubarak the most fail is stood their ground in the thick of the. deadly clashes until their primary demand was met the political turmoil cost egypt hundreds of lives and an economic turndown however didn't give into mubarak's reforms right through the crowd made it clear it could no longer accept the status quo and it took them eighteen days of protests to get this message across finally mubarak stepped down nevertheless overthrown leader left the

when i was working on a thesis for georgetown university for an m.a., which in those days required a thesis. there was stuff in the archives that is just incredible. i really advise any of you who have any serious historical research to do, to do at least part of it in this building. i'm going to start with the berlin wall and what berlin was like in 1960 when i went there. you can see there, west berlin is pale white. east berlin, i guess, is matching the contours of east germany. i'll talk about checkpoint charlie and the other checkpoint, bravo, which we used one time in this particular exercise. the berlin crisis began in 1958 when khrushchev issued a challenge to the west. he said, i want you to sign a peace treaty for berlin and for germany and when that peace treaty is signed all of the rights that the allies enjoyed will pass to the gdr, the german democratic republic, because they are the ones who are sovereign in berlin and in what he called the gdr. if they do not agree -- if the allies do not agree to sign that, i will sign the treaty with the gdr. the gdr will impose its

why people around the world hate them so some food for thought there and earlier i spoke to georgetown university journalism professor christopher chambers and when this story first broke officials were very quick to condemn the video but we realize not a lot of americans so i asked him if this is a litmus test for where we are as a society here's his take. yes and no i mean first of all i have many friends who are current and i'm proud to say current and former. officers the united states marine corps and to a person and these are people who have graduated top of their class at annapolis have condemned this not because they love the taliban but because you saw one of the comments i was trained better than this i'm a professional my job is to go on call santals me to do do my job as a professional and then get out there attitude is that this demeans you know their mission this demeans their training because if somebody does this they're capable of anything i think it's a good point i think that it's something that not a lot of people and media outlets are talking about that this actually makes it

media in their years of mirror on what what we've become so such a very good point as always georgetown university who learn a lesson professor chris chambers thanks. quipping on i want to talk about another story about the mainstream media and its masters in this case i'm talking about a defense contractor an oil rich kingdom in the middle east and a popular washington based news organization so here's what happened on november thirtieth the washington times published an op ed under the headline bahrain a vital u.s. ally backing protesters would be try a friend and harm american security. so this was written by vice admiral charles moore formerly commander of the navy's fifth fleet based in bahrain the author is now regional president for lockheed martin which over the past few years has done millions of dollars in business with bahrain and the op ed was placed in the washington times courtesy of cindy this international a lobbying firm representing the kingdom of bahrain so why is the kingdom lobbying you may be wondering well considering the vast human rights abuses the anti-government protests

where we are today michael kazin knows that better than anyone he's professor of history at georgetown university and he wrote the book literally on william jennings bryan he wrote his biography he also is author more recently of american dreamers how the left changed the nation thank you for being on the show today welcome to capital account great to be here let's talk capital let's go back because i want to talk first about this issue of hard money versus easy money so let's go back to william jennings bryan and eight hundred ninety six he's advocating for by metal ism he grabs on to this free silver movement which was already a popular movement why did this resonate with him and with people who he's from nebraska which was then sort of way out of the mainstream still is in many ways it was a state primarily farmers wanted low interest rates for all the things they had to buy to be the crop in. also they saw the big bankers in the east who wanted to gold standard who follow the lead of great britain which was the most powerful economy the world the time which is on the gold standard they saw th

according to the report from georgetown university. the first -- the worse major, architect.a 13.9% unemployment rate. art majors have an 1.1 -- 11.1 unemployment rate. the bet, math main as with about 7%. >>> a new forecast says housing prices are expected to stableide and in some cases increase -- stablize and in some cases increase. this compares to a 4.7% drop in the bay area. >>> in still i -- in the silly could con-- in the silicon valley, they are comparing that rate with a% lot drop last year -- with a 2% drop last year. >>> the going bridge will celebrate its 75th anniversary in may. organizers will announce the events to mark the sell brace, including the golden gate fet val during the memorial day weekend. there are plant to renovate the bridge and improvements too the national park lands on poengt sides of the bridge -- on both sides of the bridge. >>> 7:37. let's see how traffic is moving in and around the bay area. hey, sal. >> hello, tori and bay. of course you are gonna see some routine slowdowns. i got a tweet saying that the 80 freeway -- i'll talk about tha

lieutenant colonel gary solis was a lawyer in the marine corps and now teaches at both georgetown and george washington university law schools. and retired captain bing west, on active duty during the vietnam war, later served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. welcome to you both. the reason i made that comment about likely sentences, this still has to go up one administrative level if i understand it. colonel solis, here you had 24 iraqi civilians killed. all these cases went on and on and basically no one served any time. what is your assessment of this judgment today? >> this is a pathetic conclusion to an outrageously inept prosecution for a horrific act. no one can be pleased by the outcome. certainly the united states ends up looking terrible. not to mention 24 dead bodies and no time anywhere in the process. >> warner: professor west, what is your assessment of this?

a body was found today near the canal road entrance to georgetown university. >> this is why this is so troubling for students here at the university. that is a coroner's van. that is a wooded area woodedcanal road. as the pan over uc the detectives and the police. they have been here all afternoon. those are dormitories right there. obviously, a disturbing discovery. the call came in around 2:00 p.m.. they called police and police say they found a man and dead inside one of those tents. sources are telling us they do not expect foul play. they are considering the weather. last night to the wind chills were in the teens to mid 20's. hyperthermia is a possibility. they will do an autopsy to discover the exact cause of death. students have been driving by and walking by all day. >> this is not something that happens around here very often. we are pretty surprised. >> as we understand from sources, the man they do believe was homeless. there were two other homeless people living in the tent. they are being interviewed by the police. this is media night tonight with the georgetown hoyas.

before tip time tonight, a quick stop by georgetown university. >> his team is number 11 in u.s. this year. >> that's joe coolly, an american, he lived in shanghai for five years and he has been a driving force in making this trip happen. and what a trip it's been. 14 1/2 hours. from china then to buffalo then to pennsylvania and williams port. last night they landed in d.c. >> u.s.a. is a great country. a lot of people like basketball. >> get a chance to experience and learn different things about different people and different cultures. and that's it for me. it's a growth process for all of us. >> what an ironic meeting when you consider the hoyas ugly brawl this past summer. the visit wasn't specifically an attempt to smooth over relations stemming from that incident. it's huge. the chinese embassy is planning on sending a large contingent. >> this is where they're going to play tonight. small private institution right here in northwest. it's small. that gym gymnasium only holds 400 people. >> i think it's a cool opportunity for our kids to sort of expand the diversity angle a

georgetown university came up with the best majors for college grads. researchers found graduates with fields in health and education faired better than those with degrees in arts or architecture. you will find a job quickly, if you are on a specific career path and there's a strong demand for engineering, math and computer science graduates. >>> stocks closed today. the strong jobs report was not enough to offset worries over the european crisis. the dow was down 55 points. the s&p 500 was down three and nasdaq up four. despite slips, all three major indexes are ending with strong gains. barbara? >> the up tick in the employment rate became an issue in the race for the white house. steve handelsman has the latest for us. how did they greet that news? not such good news for the candidates, huh? >> reporter: not with wide open arms, that's for sure. good evening from new hampshire. none of the candidates in this race gave credit for the economic news to the democrat they are competing to run against. as the better jobs numbers came out, mitt romney was c

speeding tickets in the span of eight days thanks to a new speed camera on foxhall road near georgetown universitykets cost between $125 and $150, and he wants to help other people avoid that same fate. in addition to putting the warning in his newsletter, he also hired a man to stand there with a sign telling drivers to slow down. tracy says he simply hopes to help save people some cash. >> i literally hope i save the neighbors about $10,000, and maybe they'll -- $150, you can buy a lot of food at chef geoff's for 150 bucks. >> tracy says some of his employees and guests have also received speeding tickets from the camera. it's one of nine new speed cameras installed in the district. you've been warned. >>> today, virginia residents can start taking care of their dmv concerns on the go. the new mobile customer service van will be parked near the front of the fairfax county government center today from 9:00 to 4:00. virginia drivers can get renewed or driver's licenses, vehicle titles and license plates. you don't have to go to the dmv building you're seeing now. >>> today hundreds of protesters w

you say -- "there is one good thing about the news, ali just bought harvard and georgetown university, or buried them up to their ivy in 40 million." why did he get your attention? >> he went out to conquer the public-relations world. he talked about having mistakenly -- he talked about the need not to go about giving money to suicide bombers, or passing off a huge sums to rudy giuliani, only to be rebuffed. and he has gone on to fame and fortune as a great stockholder in fox news, and he just bought a chunk of twitter. >> is there anything wrong with that? >> this is about influence and we don't see certain stories on fox news. at one time after the famous riots in paris, the crawl across the bottom of the screen, he bragged in a public address, that he asked for this to be changed from muslim to youths. >> what is the difference between that and when you worked at the washington times, all of the influence sun yung- moon had on that newspaper? >> if you have a saudi prince, part of the royal family of saudi arabia who has bought one of the largest news franchises in the world, you h

. >> this is an advertising company started by a georgetown university student in 2001.ve who purchased a local franchise. >> do you have a tv commercial? >> i have a dvr and fast forward through it. i change the channel. radio station? same thing. commercial 1, blink, next station. blink, next station every time. >> you can't change the channel. >> you can. you can avoid this, see me while i'm waiving? you can't help it. >> reporter: no doubt, you have seen them twirling around town. >> hh greg, harris teeter, state farm, h&r block. >> they will tell you that sign spinning is a sport. >> if you have the practice, two, three in the morning sometimes. make their own highlight videos. >> and it's not easy. >> for someone to play football through high school and college, this is one of the hardest things i have done in my life. >> they do drills? >> freeze. >> here? >> absolutely. >> i have to warn you that i am superuncoordinate. [ indiscernible ] >> huh? >> hand it over. >> what you started. >> there you go. >> ah. >> there you are. >> all of my years as a major generalio