andrea jaime died at georgetown university hospital after contracting the deadly illness. there was a prayer vigil last night where they remembered her. >> i don't expect -- you don't expect for somebody to just pass away like that. kind of surreal. >> students at georgetown are required to be vaccinated against meningitis. they're urged to call a doctor or health services immediately if they experience any symptoms, especially a high fever. >>> a new report shows your children may be struggling with state exams. the virginia department of education says 30% of public schools failed to meet standards this year. that is the highest level ever in virginia. to get full accreditation, more than 75% of students must pass the state's reading and writing test. 70% must pass the math, science and history exams. there was downgrade accreditation received this year. >>> the u.s. army corps of engineers will begin testing the installation procedure for a new levee on 17th street. the levee would consist of a concrete barrier crossing 17th street in the event of high water. the $4.5 m

police department and the criminal was caught. >> reporter: the georgetown university police chief says the new live safe app has generated dozens of tips and led to one arrest so far this school year, peggy fox, wusa9. >> colleges in 18 states have signed onto the live safe app which is based in rosslyn. >>> an important fixture on capitol hill, life being restored. remember this place, frager's hardware? you also remember it burnt to the ground. the store will rebuild at its original location on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. a d.c.-based company will buy the property and lease it back to frager's and the business will continue to operate out of its three locations it's in right now until that original space becomes available again. >>> residents of a ft. washington neighborhood have been wondering for months whether they will keep our lose their homes until last night when they were told their fate. >> we knew it could go either way. >> reporter: up until the county's e-mail miles cousin held out hope he would be able to stay in their -- miles cullen held out hope he wo

. >>> the apparent chilling final tweet of a georgetown university student who passed away from what school officials say was meningitis. andrea jaime was a nursing student and four days ago on twitter she said 105 fever, i think i'm dying and this is what dying must feel like. hours ago on campus students held a prayer service and were stunned her life was cut so short. >> i heard ambulances outside and that happened regularly. people go to the e.r. every once in a while, but it's rare it's something serious enough to cause someone's death. >> saddened by it because she's a very young student. she's only a sophomore, i believe, and, you know, it happened all so quickly. >> my heart goes out to her family and her friends. >> andrea died at medstar georgetown university hospital. we don't know how she contracted bacterial meningitis, but the school said proper precautions have been taken and no one on campus needs to worry. however, meningitis can be contagious. concerned students should visit the student health center and it's easy to confuse it with the flu, so the more common signs

. >>> meningitis killed a georgetown university student. the warning just sent out to all of the students. in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. >>> that was epic. yeah. i think it was. bryce harper tweeting last night about the big win for the nationals. clinching the nl east title. in the photo you see his d.c. fire helmet. he thanked them for that helmet, too. >> i love the love. the d.c. fire and ems department returning the favor saying thanks bryce harper for repping our department. the nats clinched the nl east in atlanta. huge party. >> in atlanta. which is big. >> it's huge. >> it's atlanta. >> i know. for the last x amount of games since 2012, atlanta has been winning a lot of games against the nats. this

ey, an expert from georgetown university in washington. coming up, politics and space travel collide. how about relying on russian jet engines to get you around the space station? not likely, not unless you are going to depend on boeing and elon musk's spacex. shopping is a crowded field. we have the chief executive of sprouts market, who says he's doing things differently. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. right now, there is only with for the u.s. to get to the international space station, and it runs right through a russian jet engine. that is about to change. awardedday, when nasa contracts to boeing and spacex to build a new spacecraft and rocket. joining me is michael lopez allegory, the commercial -- the president of the commercial industry and also joining me is dale ketcham, chief of strategic alliances at this eighth florida. michael, i will begin with you. in your role, what is your response to this contract? i guess it will be worth about $7 billion eventually for boeing and for spacex to rely much -- rela

he comes to us from georgetown university in washington, d.c. he recently returned from sierra leone to treat victims of ebola and will be heading to liberia later this month. dr. lucey, thank you for being with me. what is different about this i'll take -- this outbreak of ebola over previous outbreaks? >> the primary difference is that it is a urban ebola as well as rural ebola. the past 25 outbreaks since 1976 in effort have never involved large cities. now it has come to large cities, the capital of three countries where it has become epidemic and continues to worsen dramatically each day, each week, each month. >> it is the kind of global virus that gets dealt with when it's contained in the area in which it is currently being diagnosed? or in those instances when it moves to different continents, different cities? >> first, we need to do our very best from an international point of view to contain, and then to stop this ebola virus epidemic in the region in west africa where it is still limited at this time. but there is that risk that it

. >> we turn to a campus on alert tonight because just hours ago, georgetown university announced a student died, an apparent case of meningitis. we don't know what type of meningitis the student had. tom roussey is live on campus tonight. >> a lot of them are taking it very hard. tonight, they held a vigil for her. not only is this upsetting, it is also very worrisome as well. passionate,s very charismatic. page shows facebook a smiling young woman, a picture of perfect health. they's ago, that is what she appeared to still be -- days ago, that is what she still appeared to be. >> shocking. inshe was a sophomore nursing and health. friend said she wanted to be a doctor in the army. >> i think it is a little bit scary given that most of the symptoms are close to the cold. the school says it is waiting for test results to see what type of meningitis this may have been. the school took steps to protect steps who were in close contact with andrea. >> we need to appreciate every moment. >> she was a hard worker who motivated others. .he will be missed greatly >> we spent so much time together.

taking you back out, eileen is back >> test results confirm a georgetown university student meningitis.erial andrea jaime died tuesday. the school is working with from the c.d.c. to make sure anyone who had received act with her antibiotics. georgetown sent a letter to tudents and parents trying to reassure them but parents remain concerned. >> i don't know much about it contain it.hey can inaudible] school says there are no other reported cases of meningitis. through nsmitted personal contact lake sharing drinks or kissing. developments in the battle against the ebola outbreak. of sierra leone is taking measures to foil the spread of the disease. is holding a three-day slutdown. tarting today its six million people will be confined to their homes while volunteers search those o house to find infected and distribute soap. figured to kill more than 2,600. thursday flight landed after an engine caught fire. passengers recorded the months cabin with cell phones. with smoke filling the cabin the turned around and landed safely at long beach airport. >> it makes you think about life. on the groun

she graduated -- at georgetown university school of foreign service. please welcome emily miller. [applause] >> it's always hard to follow a big ask but i know you can do it. >> i am talking about guns. that always brings out always brings outages. thank you for having me. i might be here and so honored to be in the presence of all you guys. i miss -- i wish ms. schlafly was here she says such an example for conservative women for those of us out there fighting for her. as i said i'm talking about gu guns. on the cover of my book i have myself covering a gun which is my own gun. .. and got around the corner and found him stand outside of about 15 other men then melissa and the cme. and that turned in quickly ran back. and to become an thing now. the license plate and so that's where i walked into. and by the grace of god i was not heard. killing to bet that was terrified. what if god forbid they act out. and so if you just don't know. the first time in my entire life i have a chance to defend myself i took my friend's dress. try to barricade myself. at the washington times was fin

if not, it will become endemic there. >> a georgetown university student died from what they believee been meningitis. her name is andrea jamie. she was a sophomore in the nursing school there at georgetown and georgetown is waiting for confirmation she did, in fact, die of this but we know there have been outbreaks of meningitis in our universities. princeton was one where they did a vaccination against the students after the fact. how concerned are you about this? >> meningitis, particularly bacterial meningitis, the real concern here, is incredibly contagious and can be deadly. >> is viral easy to treat? >> viral meningitis is seen in younger people. it can occur in adults but you usually treat symptoms and don't see deaths from that. >> that's the good one if you're going to get it. >> exactly. >> bacterial, how do you treat that? >> you want to diagnose very quickly. i would begin antiobiotics almost immediately. when we were training in internal medicine, we were taught if you think there's meningitis, give antiobiotics quickly, immediately and then do the diagnostic test at th

police department and the criminal was caught. >> reporter: the georgetown university police chief says the new live safe apps that generated dozens of tips and led to one arrest so far this school year, peggy fox, wusa9. >> so far colleges in 18 states have signed onto that live safe app which is based in rosslyn. we did have some difficulty using the app walking feature with our verizon phone, but the at&t had a better signal and it worked just fine. >>> the national zoo was back open tonight after a construction worker struck a gas main. zoo officials evacuated visitors immediately. no animals were hurt. the gas in the area has been shut off and repairs are currently underway. >>> for some great weather this weekend, first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now from the weather terrace with more we can expect, light entering the weekend this way, top. >> as gloomy as yesterday was, it's spectacular this evening. a lot of folks going to the high school football game. we're looking at temperatures mid-60s to mid-70s, pretty much across the board. so cool enough

georgetown, virginia tech and vcu are among several universities in our area that have signed on to use the live safe app. it lets students text directly to law enforcement. it has a gps walking feature which lets students ask others to watch them to make sure they reach their destination. >> at 36th and o right now and now he's going to come back. >> all right. >> we can chat back and forth while he's walking. >> reporter: so if we didn't know where chi was and were concerned about him, we could watch our phone and make sure he gets to his destination on time. >> absolutely. and if we had any concerns, we could dial 911 directly or text back and forth to make sure that he was getting here safely. >> georgetown university police chief says the live safe app has generated dozens of tips and led to the arrest of a man who exposed himself. >>> a former prince george's county police lieutenant facing sexual assault charges is dead. authorities say john warhurst died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his body found at a park in anne arundel county. the 21-year-old police veteran was charged

in from northwest washington where georgetown university is reporting a student who died days ago had contracted bacterial meningitis. died tuesday. the university had been waiting on testing to determine what sort of meningitis she had. is university reports it working with the cdc tonight, and right now, her case appears to be isolated. no additional cases have been reported. >> developing news at the charlottesville where police are coming through surveillance video, going frame by frame searching for any kinds of clues leading to hannah graham's whereabouts. officers zeroed in on a person of interest. they have a description, but they say they need your help. robert lyles is live in charlottesville. how is the community doing? >> to put it simply, hannah graham's disappearance has stunned the city, so much so that a tidal wave of students filled this amphitheater with one phre on their lips -- bring hannah home. today. came forward >> there is always hope. homecoming has arrived among early at the university of virginia. hundreds of cavaliers hold a candle in one hand, and in the

. >> heavy hearts tonight at georgetown university after a student died in an apparent case of meningitis. >> i know she was in fraternitiys. she was a really nice girm. girl. everyone's going to remember her. >> she was 19 years old from miami. would have graduated 2017. she died after contracting the deadly illness. >> i can tell people are really sad about this. sending their prayers and thoughts. >> tonight a prayer vigil was held on campus to help students deal with the loss. counselling is available to students. >> it's just sad. you don't expect somebody to just pass away like that. it's kind of surreal. >> students were told about her death through a campus-wide e-mail and were told to keep their hands washed to avoid spreading the illness. students are required to be vaccinated. >> it's scary because you don't know how to act or react or what protocol to take. >> now the university issued a statement saying proper medical precautions have been taken and that students don't need to take any additional action. but if they are concerned about their health they are urged to visit the

also thomas and also a form erma arena that served in afghanistan and currently senior at georgetown university. thank you for being here. will, you joined at 17 and why did you choose to enlist? >> it was an informed decision. i took eight months to decide. i talked to a t lo of people, and talked to family and did the early stage networking opportunities. that helped me i think to make a decision i was happy with. it was an early age for sure. i was 17. i had my family's support. >> is military a tradition in your family? >> it is not. >> are you an anomaly to enlist without the military tradition? >> people understand that service is part of the culture and what is important to them and taking action is important. >> thomas, a lot of generalization of who joins the military and kids looking for a way out and what type of americans do you see joining after high school? >> i joined back in 2006 and shipped to boot camp in 2007 at the height of the iraq surge. i was in the infantry and the marine corps and all walks of life, a kid with a master's degree and american wrestler and coming from tha

the leaders from georgetown university and nay are here. it will combine communication, persuasion, decision making and coalition building with examples and case studies from the four presedencies. they will gain insight from the former presidents and those who served with them and develop practical skills they will apply during and after the program. they will learn from leaders in other sectors as well as faculty from the universities affiliated with each center. they will learn from the people at the centers to get the first hand look at the resources of the four museums and libraries with the stories they tell. they will build upon their already proven track record of success to achieve significant and measurable good in their community and future work. they will also bond together and learn from each other as mentors, resources and partners to advance their own personal leadership projects and help each other with the challenges they face. and importantly this program is at no-cost to the participants thanks to supporters. it is now my

tonight georgetown university pride board plans to talk about a student assault two weeks ago on m street. a student was walking at 1:30 in the morning. a man came up to him, made a derogatory remark approximate his perceived sexual orientation. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on campus >> a man is facing charges for murdering this young mother with four children. conyers was found dead 10 days ago. two of her children were in the apartment at the same time. police are not saying whether the two knew each other >> the trial for the accused boston marathon bomber will not come here to d.c. a judge says there's no reason to believe that tsarnaev can't get a fair trial in massachusetts. the defense attorneys wanted it to be moved saying he couldn't get a fair trial in boston. he is accused of working with his brother to detonate two bombs at the finish line of a marathon in 2013. >>> the formation of a new state ethics commission. the "washington post" is reporting that the commission will focus on campaign finance reform and nonpartisan redistricting. it comes less than a month after bob mcdonn

she graduated from georgetown university school of foreign service. please welcome emily miller. [applause] >> thank you for coming. always hard to follow a big act but i know you can do it. >> i think i can do it. i am talking about guns which brings out interest. thank you for having me. i am honored to be here and present with all of you and i wish ms. slots was here but she is here in spirit and set such an example for conservative woman that we are still fighting for. i am talking about guns. and on the cover you can see me holding my own gun. three years ago this month i had never shot a gun in my life. i had never even thought about shooting a gun. i definitely had not thought about owning a gun. but what changed me and my p perspective on this issue which has become a big issue in the nation's politics is personal. i was the victim of a crime. i was dog sitting for friends in washington and i don't know if you are visiting her staying here for internships this summer you have probably seen we have a lot crime in washington, d.c. i was dog sitting and walked out of the hou

joining us for that conversation, professor of security studies at georgetown university.irector of the center for middle east studies, and senior fellow at the center for american progress. if we were to poll all of the people we saw at that table and ask them about what they saw after this was all over, many would have mutually contra drikry versions of a post isil middle east, but they would agree they want that organization gone. >> that's right. >> is that enough? >> sit enough in the short-term, and here is why. every member of the coalition has a different agenda, different capabilities and different restraints, but they all face a common threat, and to the extent they recognize that threat as being real, credible and the extent the united states can play the role of mediator, they all share a common interest in confronting this adversary. >> joshua is there a enough of a track record to make us believe many of these countries can set aside their own differences to work on this challenge? >> iraq seems to be quite doable. the problem is in syria. very few partners i

. >>> georgetown university revealed a student died after apparently contracting meningitis. that victim, andrea jamie was asophomore in the school of nursing and studies. the student affairs says proper medical precautions have been taken. do not need to take any additional action at this time. >>> and again, our tribute to the victims of the navy yard shooting continues. but first, topper is looking ahead. top. >> high temperature 80 today. low humidity. here is your future cast. if you're going to take a walk. 68 by 10:00 downtown and low 60s in gaithersburg, leesburg, and manassas. we'll tell you how low they will go and look ahead to the upcoming weekend. >>> richard will always be one thing to his family. >> i want him to be a dad. >> the 52-year-old worked security at the navy yard, served in iraq, a former maryland state police trooper and above all, was a protector for many years to his wife, tracy, and daughters heather, meegan and mady. he loved his country. you know, millions of people have saved with progressive, so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings.

professor of law at georgetown university at this point. and an author of important articles and books on the relationship between the congress and the judiciary, a subject little attended and important. >> he has been gone since 2003, but how did you get interested in the first place in the subject between the judiciary and the courts? >> i got interested in it most generally because of my concern with the way that the branches of government interact. i have done books in other areas. the key point, i think, was in 1994, frank kaufman, the chair of the committee branch under the judicial conference, which is one of the committees of the conference that consists of the chief judges of the circuit and the district judges. and they work on administration of justice issues. when judge kaufman who chaired that committee asked me if i would assist him and designing an agenda for research of relations between the courts and congress. that is how i really got into it. because i have the political science background, i was asked to work with him on

. >> christopher swift professor at georgetown university, thank you.here has been a little bit of news on capitol hill today. and the president said this morning in tampa that there has been no detection of direct threats by islamic state against the united states homeland. but the new york police commissioner says that isil is using special media to recruit fighters. lisa stark joins us with the latest on that. lisa. >> david this was a report of the house homeland security, we heard from officials in the administration, including the fbi director, and he and the department of homeland security secretary said they are very concerned about this recruitment. on the internet. they are concerned about what they colon wolf attacks here in the united states. here is the fbi director talking about that this morning. >> it's no longer necessary to meet someone in al-qaeda to get training and inspiration to attack here in the united states. these are the home grown violent extremists that we worry about who can get all of the poison and training they need to k

my name is zi from georgetown university. my question is that on nongovernmental exchanges between japan and korea, you emphasize in your speech the common confusion tradition between the two countries. and i believe in the past decades there's been many exchanges between intellectuals, scholars and students, who emphasize on this common heritage. so my question is could you splees speak briefly about the cultural and educational exchange initiatives between the two countries, and do you believe this could lead to a foundation for a perennial understanding on concord between japan and korea. >> one more question over there. >> thank you professor park. i am with hong kong phoenix tv. you mention in your concern regarding the relationship, could you elaborate more what exactly the concerns are? and as we know the u.s. has pushed back to this new proposal, and they are asking for the details. so is it in the south korea interest to see the united states and china confronting difficulties to establish this relationship? thank yo

. >>> a former georgetown university student pleaded guilty to possessing the deadly poison ricin. prosecutors say 19-year-old daniel millsman who is from bethesda cooked the ricin up in his dorm room after doing research on the internet and watching episode of breaking bad. millsman will be sentenced in november. under a plea agreement he face between one to two years in prison. >>> tonight it appears the majority of lawmakers do support arming and training modern syrian rebels in the fight against isis, congress rushing to pass the measure before their two month recess the end of this week. the vote would likely be included as an amendment to a spending bill congress has to pass in order to keep the government open until mid- december. tomorrow the senate armed services committee will hold a hearing on u.s. policy toward isis. >>> tonight the first step in the president's broadened mission against the islamic extremists. american fighter jets launched airstrikes in iraq yesterday and today to help iraqi security forces fighting the militants. those forces asked for help when they

the leaders from georgetown university and are here with us as well.suasion, decision making and coalition building with examples and case studies from the four presedencies. they will gain insight from the former presidents and those who former presidents and those who served with them and develop practical skills they will apply during and after the program. they will learn from leaders in other sectors as well as faculty from the universities affiliated with each center. they will learn from the people at the centers to get the first hand look at the resources of the four museums and libraries with the stories they tell. they will build upon their already proven track record of success to achieve significant and measurable good in their community and future work. they will also bond together and learn from each other as mentors, resources and partners to advance their own personal leadership projects and help each other with the challenges they face. and importantly this program is at no-cost to the participants thanks to supporters. it is now my pl

she spoke by internet at a georgetown university conference on ebola. after her remarks, a panel discussed the disease's economic impact in the african countries affected. >> morning, everybody. [inaudible] director of the program here at georgetown and a longtime economic adviser to president sir i have -- sir leaf and others in the government of liberia, and i think we are ready to go. i know we have a connection. there we are. good afternoon, madam president. thank you very much for taking the time to be with us here this morning in georgetown. we have a crowd of a couple of hundred people here that are very appreciative of you taking the time to join us today. so, first, i just want to thank you for taking the time to be with us this morning. >> good afternoon, steve. i'm very glad to be here. >> we just, we know your time is very short -- >> [inaudible] i said, good afternoon and then corrected myself because i know it's morning there. [laughter] >> that's all right. [laughter] we know your time is very short, and we just wanted to ask you a couple

i was looking for the hand hell -- jurick i'm from georgetown university, also in afghanistan for 16 months. i appreciate the fact that even though you painted a grim picture of what is happening in afghanistan, but there's a lot of progress, like you just mentioned. that's going on. my question to you is, even let's say the scenario, the situation becomes unstable, but don't you think afghan people are different now because the young people, there's a media there, free press now, young people who are very educated and going toward a democratic transition? so it's going to be different. they're going to stand up for themselves. i'd like to get your view on that. >> that's a very good opinion, and in the cities that's absolutely true and that's the promise of this election, this year, is you're giving people the space. young people, when win say young, we talking people in their 20s in and 30s in who want to build a better country, and even the campaigns reflected that. these guys i've known for years are operating like you imagine an american political operative to operate. that's an

you always land on your feet. >> at 19, he launched his own cigar company while attending georgetown universityold the country to j.r. cigars but took away so much more. what did you learn from that experience? >> wow. i learned so much. integrity. honesty. simplicity. from the way you price to the way you communicate to your customers. and just it was a very easy way to do business because it really tied into who i am. >> reporter: next came coffee. during a visit to nicaragua, a family friend asked martin if he could consider importing his green coffee beans because he couldn't feed his family with what the local mill wanted to pay for his crop. >> farmers, just to get an opportunity to harvest their own product need money. well, banks typically won't loan to them. who will loan to them? the people who buy from them. they lend them money at 18, 25, 30% interest and make them commit their harvest to them at a rock bottom price. they want the farmers to be poor. they get cheap product. it's something that i believe needs to change. >> reporter: martin cut out the middle man, started importing,

my name is evert bellmy, i'm anned a junket professor at georgetown, university law center. i would like to ask professor kendrick, could you please tell us how alone is got to the supreme court? what's the procedural history of that case? >> so this is a case that arose in the third circuit. mr. alonis, he was in the process of splitting up with his wife or moving out from the family home and he made some threatening statements on facebook about a co-worker and got fired for that and was continuing to make more threatening statements online, most of this is through his facebook account. so he eventually is charged mostly it's about the statements about his wife, although there are some other statements -- there's one about how much -- how many kindergartens are nearby and now i'm getting into the statements, right? and with one weapon, how much damage you could do at a kindergarten, the only question is which one, these sorts of things. >> the fbi agent, too. >> yes. >> he mentioned the fbi agent on facebook. >> yes. as people began to investigate him, he began to pile on a

the leaders from georgetown university and nay are here. it will combine communication, persuasion, decision making and coalition building with examples and case studies from the four precedenci precedencies. they will gain insight from the former presidents and those who served with them and develop practical skills they will apply during and after the program. they will learn from leaders in other sectors as well as faculty from the universities affiliated with each center. they will learn from the people at the centers to get the first hand look at the resources of the four museums and libraries with the stories they tell. they will build upon their already proven track record of success to achieve significant and measurable good in their community and future work. they will also bond together and learn from each other as mentors, resources and partners to advance their own personal leadership projects and help each other with the challenges they face. and importantly this program is at no-cost to the participants tha thanks to supporter

paul almeida and michael o'leary from georgetown university who are here with us as well. the program will combine the study of leadership skills like communication persuasion decision-making and coalition building with examples and case studies from the four presidencies. participants will connect with the best minds in the science and leadership gain insights from the former president and those who served with them and develop practical skills that will apply during and after the program. they will also learn from leaders and other sectors as well as in the stat -- distinguished faculty from universities affiliated with each center. participants will visit and learn to give them a first-hand look at the resources of the libraries and the stories to tell. the presidential leadership scholars program is at the stage iv the participants to expand the scope of what they believe is possible, to build upon their already proven track record of success to achieve significant and measurable good in their community and in their future work. they will also bond together and learn f

and from washington, d.c, charles king, professor of international affairs at government at georgetown universitythank you both for joining us on al jazeera america. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> before we go, let's look at events coming up in the week ahead. on monday president obama will award two medals of honor one of them posthumously. awarded during a ceremony at the white house. on tuesday, the scientist united nations general assembly will be opened in new york. be delayed for the climate summit. president petro poroshenko has been invited to appear before a joint session of congress. regarding russia and ukraine. coming up. rock and roll with a very unique twist. can literally reprogram her mind >> we can modify emotional circuitry >> is this a miracle cure? or an ethical nightmare? >> there's a lot of mystery right now... >> rewiring the brain an america tonight investigative report only on al jazeera america deaf >> trafficked labor on the front lines? >> they're things, they're commodities... >> we go undercover... >> it isn't easy to talk at this base >> what's happing on u.s. bases

. >>> georgetown university student dies after contracting meningitis. was a sophomore from miami under going treatment for that disease which attacks the brain and the spinal cord. they are looking at test results to determine the exact cause of the death. no other cases have been reported at the school. >>> the amount of americans with a pot belly or beer gut increasing. centers for disease control shows the average weight sur come frens has increased almost two inches since 1999. even though weights are growing the obesity rate hadz stayed the same. doctors say this is the most dangerous type of fat to have as it increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke. >> you may have heard of slender man the fictional on-line character that allegedly inspired two 12-year-old girls in wisconsin to brutally stab their classmate 19 times. many parents in the town raising eyebrows after learning a slender man halloween costume is being sold at local stores. witi reporter jenna sack has more. >> it is horrible. >> the stabbing of a young girl aed alleged

. >>> on wednesday, georgetown university hosted a discussion on turkey's role in combatting isis. a day after u.s. launched air strikes against isis in khorasan in syria. this is just under two hours. >>> good afternoon. welcome to the institute for turkish studies. i would like to well yom cow to a timely event. trying to build a coalition in its fight against the islamic state and turkey's expected to play an important role in there. and if you're following the news, prime minister erdogan just yesterday signaled that turkey might become part of the military coalition. so now there's a huge debate on what exactly turkey will do. so we have a great panel today, and without further ado, i would like to turn it over the my colleague, the director of the institute for turkish studies at georgetown university. again, thank you all for coming and welcome. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everybody. i won't be long either. i'm the director of the institute of turkish studies which is based here and once again thanks for making the time to attend this critical panel. ill like to say this

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. >> we have here abraham, conflict resolution professor at georgetown university here in qatar. this catch most people by surprise? >> to a certain extent, yes. they were surprised for which this movement by the houthi to take over the capitol of this stage. the tension was always there, and there were some speculations by observers of the yemeni political scene. we expected some time for thi this--to take this, but the houthi have surprised everyone. and launched this large scale taking over of the government institutions and of the. >> would it be fair to say that they wouldn't have been able to do this without the encouragement or help of an outside ally, and most people are pointing at iran as the most likely country. >> well, in my view there are three major factors that contributed to help the houthi to be successful in this movement. one is the support, actually, and the other is the close alliance with former president. that has been also on the table, and this close alliance has strengthened them magnificently. and in addition the third factor is the nature of the deman

. >>> georgetown university pride board plans to talk student assault on m street two weeks ago.e was walking at 1:30 in the morning with two students. a man came up and made a remark about his perceived sexual orientation. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. >>> today a woman is expected in court to face charges in the murder of her own mother in spotsylvania county. she is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. her mother nancy was found dead in her home may 18th. she was a nurse at washington medical center. another woman, christina brown, is also charged in the case. >>> the woman punched repeatedly by a california highway patrol officer settled her lawsuit. you may remember this video punching her on the side of the highway back in ju. that officer settle -- rather, the woman settled with the chp for $1.5 million. as part of the settlement, officer andrew must resign from the california highway patrol. >>> the wildfire situation in california went from bad to worse. at least 10 major fires are burning. and the biggest of them near sacramento just tripled in size. king fire stretc

. >>> and new stud fry georgetown university finds children of higher income families who experienced divorce have a bigger spike in behavioral problems than children in lower income families. researchers also say a child's age when parents separate plaza key roll in behavior with the most vulnerable between three and five years old. how much, scientists say, they're not sure why children of high income parents act out more after separation. >>> does the smell seem to linger after your workouts? probably your clothing. it is not necessarily you. a study says those popular polyester work out clothes made it keep you cool are harboring your funk. saying odor causing bacteria actually gross better on polyester than cotton. this study researchers collected t-shirts from 26 people following a work out. they found that the polyester clothing stunk more. dry cleaners says there are some things you can do to help. >> the polly ester clothing, have to maybe sometimes wash it twice, or put more chemicals in there to get it clean. >> a lot of people do request that we add souveniers, or extra so

northwestern university and charles contain, professional of international affairs and government at georgetown university. professor, 40 years ago, when the u.k. was 260 years old, in your thesis at harvard, you wrote about derolution. what prompted your interest in that subject years ago when very few thought about it. >> at that time, in the mid 1970's, north sea oil had arisen as a prospect for economic recovery for the scottish people, and of course for the british peel, as well. it did stimulate a lot of political dialogue at the time, too. i think it gave some incentive to the scottish national party, which had been around a few decades but hat not taken off to make the economic case for independence, because that always had been the political platform in the scottish national party. as a student at that time, i thought that this was a very dynamic and interesting development in a country that we presume would never have broken up, and in fact, i did study it rather intensively, and looked at the issue of devolution. >> what is the benefit to the people of scotland for breaking away from the united

joining me is a professor at georgetown university, michael erik dyson.ays good to see you even on terrible stories like this. >> always grade to see you. i have not seen you since your nupt yuls congratulations. >> every time there is a lead someone from the nfl gives a carefully worded statement and in their way econservativically denies being party of any of it in terms of robert mueller leading this investigation. are you confident this investigation will turn up anything and be independent? >> not at all. look, you've laid out the predicate for my suspicion and skepticism. this man has been intimately linked at some points to the nfl. now they will count bier saying but he also helped people -- he negotiated i think the television deal with directv. but on the other hand, you know, he's been on the other side. but he has been cozy with them. having been cozy with them that means he's not going to exact the kind of toll on the nfl that is deserving here. the point is how do we get an independent person? let's let someone outside the nfl and not associ

. >>> georgetown university is offering antibiotics to any student that came into close contact with a sophomore who died of bacterial meningitis. andrea jamie died after contracting the highly contagious disease. the university says close friends have already received antibiotics. they want to make sure that anyone else who may have had contact with her is protected. meningitis is transmitted through sneezing, coughing, kissing or sharing utensils. >>> a local teen allegedly tormented for months by a man she met on facebook. we'll tell you who finally tipped off police. >>> they were not waiting for iphones. a surprising turnout as hundreds of ravens fans lined up with one common goal. >>> allegations of bullying inside a high school but this time the principal may to blame. details behind two lawsuits and why she is still on the job. >>> and you wouldn't know it to look at her, but 25 years ago -- maybe that hair will tell you -- she stepped into nbc. the rest is history. tonight, we are celebrating a milestone in doreen's career. a few surprises along the way, as well. doug? >> i l

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that's a message to analysts like frank solufo who studies propaganda at georgetown university. >> theyrying to project a power that they arguably do not have. >> reporter: without under playing the real threat that is likely true. the isis army pushes shocking videos like this one showing a syrian jet they claim to have shot down. but that doesn't mean they could handle a head-on battle with coalition forces so what is the goal? >> one, to try to recruit and radicalize others to their abberant cause, notably westerners. it's also an intended to signal fear to the audiences they're trying to communicate to in this case, the united states. and it's also being used to fund raise and to ultimately try to incite some of our home grown jihadist threats. >> reporter: there's one other goal, getting people to share it on the internet. spreading the message to audiences far beyond the reach of isis. in military terms, that process is a force multiplier transforming what could well be a cheap movie made by one person with a laptop into something much more menacing. tom foreman, cnn, washington.

austin put his law degree at georgetown university on hold because he was tired of reading reports on couldn't be verified because it was too difficult for journalists to work there. he went deep into some of the most dangerous parts of the country and delivered award-winning reporting. >> i do not accept that he is missing. i have lived in a place where he's coming home. >> how do you sustain that optimism? >> i don't have to sustain it. it's the most beautiful miraculous gift that god is giving me every single day. i do not have to keep hope alive. it simply encases me. >> for marc and deborah tice, the last two years have been agony, waiting for news of their eldest son austin, an ee dpal scout, captain in the marine corps core, and fearless journalist. austin was taken outside damascus in august 2012. this chilling video released weeks after his capture, the only sign of him since. >> oh, jesus. oh, jesus. >> what was your reaction when you first saw it? >> i don't even remember because i went into physical shock. >> nothing could have prepared the tices for the horror of the exec