in new york, damon hewitt is director of the educational practice group of the naacp legal defense andducation fund. in 2002, he launched ldf's dismantling the school-to- prison pipeline initiative. before we talk about the issue of guns in schools, i wanted to get your response, damon hewitt, to the nra ad just put out targeting president obama's daughters. >> thank you for having me. i think the ad is a perfect example of how the public debate is so polarized and so driven by a culture of fear instead of solutions. we have to move beyond rhetoric and beyond fear and released her to talk about how we meaningfully keep schools safe? not just school environments, but in our community where we will not have these fears? where we will not be afraid of mass shootings and these assault weapons, which are so rampant in this country today. >> sean burke, which like to respond to the ad that says are the president is more important than yours, then why is skeptical about putting on a secured in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards? do you think this is a pro. ? >> good morni

"hewitt, off, man. leave me alone. "i don't wanna know anything "about little atoms making red sunsets. leave me my sunsets." some people think that if you explain the sunset, you're kinda spoiling it. you know what i'm saying? "i don't wanna know. "i don't know about that little optical tuning forks "and all that scattering and what's left-- i don't wanna know about that stuff." which then tells you--that can tell you why a cloud is white, and tells you why the water is the color it is off of white here, sort of that greenish blue. why? here's my bias, gang. to understand more about these things is to appreciate more about these things. now that's a bias. i could be wrong. and that's individual. i'll give you an example. the person who appreciates music most is a person who understands music, who knows what to listen for. and i think, too, the person who can appreciate the world most is the person who understands most what's going on. what i'm gonna be doing in this course is not telling you how beautiful the world is

check the neighbor and see how hewitt screwed up. [laughter] how did hewitt screw up? come on, check the neighbor. how many are saying, "it looked all right to me." [laughter] come on. how did i screw up? you actually turned it over. yeah. turned it over. well, you gotta- well, for television-- okay, it's got 24 times as much area to feed itself. but what's wrong with that, gang? twenty-four times as much area is feeding how much more cell? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, eight times. oops. that was 24. yeah, it mixed up. yeah, eight times much. four times. oh, now, i mixed up, gang. i'm getting mixed up. it is four times as much total area, because 24 is four times six. four times six, that's why i screwed up. what i'm gonna do? what i'm gonna do? how do we start that? thanks for bailing me out again, lee. what are we talking about-- i'm self-conscious when this camera is on me. the cell is getting bigger and bigger. huh? the cell is getting bigger and bigger. oh, yeah. [laughter] you guys get freaked out with this thing looking at you -how about me, yeah? [laughter] the livi

paul hewitt and george mason were hosting the pride at the patriots center. first half, mason showing patience on the offensive side of things. takes it baseline. mason was up by 8 at the half. how about second half? off the turnover, vaughn, wins. another local score -- gw wins 79-76. >>> all right, off the wall is coming up. it's tradition time. >> finally you make a prediction, and will we see the harbaughs fighting in the super bowl? >> i'm going to tell you who is going to win. the team who has the most points, guaranteed, lock it up. wisdom martin. >> off the wall is next.  >>> yeah, what about that music? you like it? grooving and moving. welcome to off the wall, everybody. let me ask you a question, sir. we are down to the final four. >> okay. >> right. it is known as the national football league. two big games coming up on sunday to get to the big prize possession of the super bowl. who are -- >> 49ers and ravens. you didn't ask the question. you were thinking, get to the point, dave ross. do you see colors i have on? you see the purple i have

southbound lanes after aspin hewitt,d and before the water main work continues.ne getting by. did cause quite a back up yesterday and it may be in place for a good portion of the rush- hour. avenue, waterrgia main work still going on. northboundad over to on the b-w parkway and, after 197, a tree came down on the road. you are able to get by to the right. right now you are ok. cause a backup if to the airport. you may want to take 95 instead. back to you. >> thank you. 5:14, 49 degrees. >> new details on a story we brought you as breaking news on wednesday. on a crash latest that >> on this thursday morning we about,lot to talk is causing weather so many issues. phone is montgomery chief.fire and rescue's >> this is something people need to be aware of. morning. even though the rain has stopped of our area, there is water.tanding there is still actually moving coming across many of our highways in montgomery county. the areas we just left was gold chadly mill. one vehicle tried to pass through and water covered road and the vehicle got stranded. we had to put our

in the aspen hill area, georgia avenue at hewitt avenue is the water main work. the southbound side right there. only the left side squeezing by, just like yesterday. back to you. >> thank you. two people are dead after the severe storms swept through parts of the southeast. >> look at this video. a tv station carried a funnel cloud 60 miles northwest of. >>-- of atlanta. it ended up destroying several homes and businesses and cost around 18 wielders. look at that. >> we are waiting to learn if the weather led to problems with an airplane at reagan national. we are told the flight did land without incident wednesday night and that no passengers were on board, just crewmembers. nobody was injured. >> united been surprised by a certain buzzing of yourself on wednesday night. part of a wireless emergency alerts which was launched last june by the national weather service. the system sends a text message to people in areas where there are severe weather warnings. >> in the day ahead testimony resumes in the trial of a man accused of killing an arlington health club o

john hewitt, chairman and ceo of liberty tax. david? studio is looking up at that list of deductions. that is a good segment. we'll put the list up on the facebook page. you don't want to miss it. sure there was a deal on the fiscal cliff but while major tax cuts were put on a temporary hold they're still a very real possibility and that will impact jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs. more on that right after the bake. >>> your paychecks are a little smaller now thanks to that cliff deal. that is already taking a bite out of restaurants. we'll tell you who is already feeling the pain. that is coming right up. ♪ i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured

between aspen hill road and hewitt avenue. we'll head over to tom and check our warm forecast. good morning, tom. >> right now, we've held in some of the warmth from yesterday. temperatures around the region are hovering in the upper 50s in prince george's county to near 60 degrees. near 60 in washington. 50s montgomery county. much of northern virginia, including arlington and fairfax counties are in the 50s right now. through the morning hours, a bit of a blustery southerly wind picking up. a little sun in and out. in the mid 50s by can 8:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m. should be in the low 60s. into the afternoon hours, we'll have thickening clouds moving from the west. temperatures soaring into the low 70s. between noon and 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. then it's going to drop as we get toward 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. wind will get gustier. strong storms likely between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. coming through. some of the storms could produce damaging wind and we'll keep you fully informed as this situation develops through the morning. my next report in ten minutes. back to you. >>> tom, thank you.

so he's had this problem where he can't please conservatives like hugh hewitt because they want him tompion real conservative principles but he can't get re-elected in his district, and republicans can't win on a national level if they champion those same values. i think right now boehner has chosen to just go quiet and sort of back away from the debate. >> dana, if you exclude his re-election as speaker, tomorrow marks the four-week anniversary since he made a public appearance. in that time the president of the united states no less has made 11. is there a strategy behind the retreat of the happless speaker? >> the problem here is for he goes out there, he's going to find all these daggers in his back from his own membership. so that's why he's been rather quiet now. he's meeting with -- privately with his members down in williamsburg at a retreat right now. it's a problem overall for the republican party because they don't have a very clear leader. it's not clear exactly what policies they would pursue other than saying no to whatever the president is pursuing. now, they're still go

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. >>> all right, george mason's paul hewitt barking at the refs today.ore, this time a disher. 41-23 patriots at the half. later though this is more like it, leading the team in scoring. he's not camera shy. right at our man chip. george mason wins 57-46. >> for some reason, we ran out of gas at the end of the game. why, i don't know. so we've just got to keep doing what we've been doing most of the year which is defending. keep guarding and finish games strong. >> our final stop tonight, virginia tech hosting wake forest. nail biter. robert brown, short jumper in bumper to bumper traffic. they hold on to win 66-65. >> ravens, right? >> i'm thinking ali frasier when you talk ravens, patriots. >>> weather tomorrow will be another nice day, though not quite as warm as today was. >> thanks a lot. see you back here tomorrow. bye.

. >>> paul hewitt and george mason trying to hand northeastern their first conference loss. first half action, mason down six. second half, northeastern still up eight. joel smith inside to spencer for the dunk down low. 14 points for him. huskies up by 10. they wouldn't look back. joel smith buries the three. northeastern win it 71-51, snapping mason's three-game winning streak. >>> coming up on "sports final," we'll have reaction from a joyous cap's locker room after their first victory of the year. and golf season is upon us. tiger is taking over at torrey pines. and just wait till you see what they're doing now. that's all on "sports final" in just a few minutes. so a big win for the caps. they're on the road in ottawa and toronto. >> jason, thanks. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt. we've perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and melted cheese. all piled-high on freshly baked bread. taste one at your local subway today! subway. eat fresh. >>> checking back i

i'm also tracking a water main break between aspen hill road and hewitt avenue.ng two lanes. >>> danella, thanks so much. we'll check in with you soon. talk about wild weather. it feels like springtime and hasn't been this warm in january in d.c. in four years. before a stormy night. tom kierein is here to tell us more. >> at the controls of this roller coaster ride. >> the parks and playgrounds were busy. there were long lines at the teeter to the oe eoe eor to tho. >>> since then, we've kept the warm air in overnight. temperatures around the regions are in the 50s. much of arlington, fairfax counties in the 50s as well as all of virginia and all of maryland. as we look at what's been happening over the last several hours. clouds moving in west to east. breaks in the clouds. see a little bit of that moon in the western sky. there is a risk of severe weather. all of virginia, the district, most of maryland. chance of severe storms coming from this line of storms. that is going to begin to move our way coming out of the west and sweeping east out of the ohio valle

all right, how about some college fastball, tough game for paul hewitt and his george mason guys.ortheastern keeping it close then pulling away. part of a 14-26 run. geern goes on to win 84-74. one final note, head coach bill o'brien, not going to the nfl. he will stay >> a bad football call can bother even the youngest of sports fans. the ref called for a first down in the outback bowl. it looked like there was still space between the ball and the first down pole. a south carolina fan let his 6-year-old daughter break it all down. >> yep, it's close to it. but is it touching it? >> no. >> are you sure? >> the football is really not touching that. it's really not. because it's closer to that. >> easy enough to see, right? don't worry, south carolina ended up >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- arnold schwarzenegger. from "pawn stars" rick harrison and chumlee.

the red poppy art house is supported by the san francisco foundation for the hewitt foundation for grants to the arts and through their support we pay basic stipens to the core staff who work to orchestrate the crafty volunteers that help to make all of this programming possible. >> work is not without challenge and conflicts and we have struggles with noise as being an issue. with one of our neighbors who is here tonight. and we see this hearing as a catalyst to help us move towards a better arrangement with her. the red poppy art has come to be identified with the residential community that surrounds it, it is important to us that we remain visible as a beacon as cross culture exchange of activity and as an example of the transformative power that can be born in small and intimate spaces, i thank you for your consideration. >> okay. do we have questions from the commission? >> i do. >> so, i have been to the red poppy art house a number of times to see artists. it is a very cool space. very cool. and i recognize that what your community involvement is, and i think that you are an import

tour title since lleyton hewitt in june two thousand and ten time a british head of the way is this transfer on. and on sunday american russell henley won the slightly open in hawaii by three shots becoming the first ricky to win on his p.g.a. tour debut for twelve years going into the final day twenty three year old henry had shared the lead with fellow knew the scot langley on seventeen on the par but henley seize control from the office thinking a birdie at the first before finishing with an historic sixty three he's twenty four under par two hundred fifty six smash the tournament record by four shots and was the second lowest score for a seventy two whole event p.g.a. tour history now moving on to basketball where tesco must get extended their yearly unbeaten run to eight games after triumphing ninety points to eighty three at home to german champions bursa bosket in game three of the top sixteen while the reports . going into the match on a seven game unbeaten run few might have doubted cska moscow would let their impressive euroleague streak and in game three of the top sixteen especia

southbound between aspen hill road and hewitt. that is where we have the water main break.eft to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> service on the green line is back to normal finally after a messy rush hour commute. the green line experienced power problems causing several delays and leaving people stranded. some passengers even walking through a tunnel to get out. karen gray houston has the story. >> reporter: d.c.'s fire trucks and ambulances converged on the anacostia and navy yard stations in the middle of the evening rush hour. there was smoke in the tunnel. metro called firefighters. power was cut to two trains that. left a lot of riders stuck. >> and the next thing we know, the train conductor got over the airways stating that it was a fire on one of the tracks and metro is speedily working to get it together. >> tamara phelps was traveling with her two young children. >> we were on there. women started passing out. somebody had an asthma attack. >> reporter: passengers were sitting in hot, dark trains not getting much direction, they

paul hewitt and george mason, the patriot center. start in the first half.k at this good ball movement. taking their time. he will go baseline and finish. he led all scorers. led 21-33. second half, mason finishes off hofstra 56-46. it was a sad day in the world of baseball. sam usual has passed away at the age of 92. he was a three-time mvp and helped st. louis capture the world series. sad news out of baltimore. >> lindsey, weaver was a hall of fame manager with the orioles. weaver died in a caribbean cruise associated with the team. the fiery manager led the orioles to four world series, winning one. and martin o'malley released this statement. he said i am saddened to learn of the passing of earl weaver. one of the greatest baseball managers of our time. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. >> 1868, i should say, he also grew up with him in the minor leagues. he said something really great. nobody managed the ball club or pitching staff better than earl. he was ahead of this time. i will miss him every day. that is a listening time and a good fr

southbound georgia avenue between aspen hill and hewitt, only the left lane squeezing by at the sceneis water main break. northbound, your lanes or open. that's a check of -- your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> ate warping to drivers in the district. starting today, you will get slapped with a ticket for crossing into the bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. mayor grayished the emergency order months ago making u-turns across bike lanes illegal in an effort to shut down on accidents. some helmet cam video shows how bad appear accident can happen in a flash. one man had a driver pull in front of him just yesterday. >> i was literally right beside his door and i had to slap on his door to stop him from making the turn. >> up until now, drivers making those illegal u-turns got a warning. starting today, they get a $100 ticket. >>> in maryland, governor martin o'malley's state of the saturday address. he called on state lawmaker to re-enact a ban on assault weapons. it was the center piece of a long list of priorities for the general assembly which include

paul hewitt and george mason patriots hosting the hofstra pride at the patriot center.alf, good ball movement. wright is going to get the nifty baseline lay-in. mason led 31-23 at the half. right now, mason leads by five, midway through the second half. >>> other local scores, au lost to holy cross 79-60. right now, georgetown leads south florida at the half. >>> it is a sad day in the sports world, as the earl of baltimore, feisty hall of fame manager earl weaver has passed away at the age of 82 while on a caribbean cruise. weaver, whose statue stands at camden yards took the birds to the world series four times over 17 seasons, winning one title in 1970. >>> and talking more about baltimore right now, the ravens are preparing for their afc championship matchup against the patriots tomorrow night. the same two teams met last year in the same game, with new england winning by three. this one is in foxborough, where the patriots have never lost with a super bowl on the line. but how in the heck do you stop tom brady? >> hire tanya harding. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. w

of us love sweets, love chocolate; so it's no surprise that long time friends jerry wolf and helen hewittld eventually go into business together creating all kinds of chocolate treats. we do have chocolate pretzels, we have chocolate gummy bears, chocolate cookies, chocolate potato chips; everything's better with chocolate on it. this is our number one selling pretzel. that is our toffee covered pretzel. you have to get yourself a bigger bite there. i have to get myself a bigger dress i think. okay so you get the point. they can coat just about anything with their smooth and creamy chocolate but when they first started out it was all about the popcorn and that's our signature. we have so many different kinds of popcorns. i mean we have a peanut butter lovers popcorn, we have a movie madness popcorn, cherry almond, and we're always experiment new ones, so it's fun. this is our number one selling popcorn, it's called celebration. what makes it so popular? people just love the salty, sweet taste. isn't is great? we have a blend of chocolates, we have some candy coated pieces, we have a littl

there's a study by ann hewitt that found that health care premiums in america in general are going up% across this year. time to jump in one more, planning to buy a new car this year, expect the prices to jump a little bit more than they have in some other years, including more than $1,000 for some models out there. now, here's what i want to you know. i have a link for you, up on my page, facebook and twitter, that traces you through a already of these plod ducts that are going to cost more and next hour, i'm going to be here with the opposite. i'm going to show you new technologies, including new apps and some other thing also you are not familiar with that will help you save money this year. so for those of how have the goal in 2013 of saving money, despite all this, we can seriously help. martin, i promise i will be back with that. >> we will hold you it to it. josh levs, thanks very much r. >> you got it. >>> facing freezing temperatures and deadly bombs, syrian refugees, many children, are struggling to survive the coming months and they are looking to turkey for help.

be squiring about the city in his chauffeur driven limousine with a police officer by his side and hewitt have he would have a cup of vodka in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand. and the keys to the city and -- in the trunk of a car. he was really to me when i set out to write a book about him, he was the embodiment of american politics, the good and the bad and he was in providence which is one of america's oldest city really embodies the american story. buddy grew up with the privileged background as an italian-american. he grew up in the neighborhood of providence, and all providence, an and olga tiant enclave and he went to moses brown, kind of the waspy private school on the east side near brown university. he became a lawyer. he became a prosecutor, prosecuting mobsters. he became a republican and a democratic irish city and then he ran for mayor in the 1970s, 1974 and he basically upset the providence democratic machine and he became this italian-american republican mayor in the 70s. he attracted the attention of the white house at the time gerald ford was president jerry f

this is george mason paul hewitt and right now george mason is good.her big win last night. this is sherod right. the patriots up by 7 at that point. second half all mason. allen underneath for the easy lay in. and mason wins 77-67. they have won 20 straight in the series. patriots second place in the caa. how about this. miami taking on number one duke. they ran a clinic on the duke. the number one team . mike doesn't even want to watch. they storm the court down there in miami. number one is done. duke gets blown out. 90-63. >> what? >>e down by over 30. miami is coached by jim larinega doing big things down there. that's the good news. the bad news is maryland plays at duke saturday. when you see coach k going like this you know he's going to have them ready to play. you hate to see a mad team. >> that's domination. all right. thank you , dave. >> thank you. very professionally done. >> io . now some redskins are dooped by a fake woman. coming up, how the team stepped in before anyone was catfished as they call it. >> ♪ oh, say does that star spangl

i'm hewitt shaw, president of the city board of directors, and i'm delighted to introduce to you today the president effective january 1 ceo of humana inc, a fortune 100 managed health care and health insurance provider and add min straiter serving over 11 million customers in the united states. over the past four years, and into the recent election, the issue of health care has been at the center of our nation's great policy debates with implications beyond the health care industry packing our large -- impacting our larger fiscal policy and social concerns. we are fortunate to have with us today mr. brussard to share insights on the developing policy. prior to joining humana in 2011, he was an executive with the corporation, and before that, u.s. oncology. large producers and providers of health care products to major health care institutions. with that background, mr. brussard brings to the podium today a broad perspective on the health care issues facing the country. he has an undergraduate degree from texas texas a&m, and mba fm university of houston. we look forward to your commen

"hewitt, off, man. leave me alone. "i don't wanna know anything "about little atoms making red sunsets. leave me my sunsets." some people think that if you explain the sunset, you're kinda spoiling it. you know what i'm saying? "i don't wanna know. "i don't know about that little optical tuning forks "and all that scattering and what's left-- i don't wanna know about that stuff." which then tells you--that can tell you why a cloud is white, and tells you why the water is the color it is off of white here, sort of that greenish blue. why? here's my bias, gang. to understand more about these things is to appreciate more about these things. now that's a bias. i could be wrong. and that's individual. i'll give you an example. the person who appreciates music most is a person who understands music, who knows what to listen for. and i think, too, the person who can appreciate the world most is the person who understands most what's going on. what i'm gonna be doing in this course is not telling you how beautiful the world is