i am the vice-chairman of the howard university college republicans. >> i am the president of howard the paper in the air and someone will collected. and now we would like to turn this over to the missions of ceremony -- mr. ceremonies this evening. -- the mistress of ceremonies this evening. [applause] >> good evening, however. how are you? we're so excited to be here and you have received us with a warm -- with a warm welcome. german steele -- chairman steel e is excited about doing a tour of this historic institution. another thing step of katherine and emma for the warm welcome. -- another thanks for katherine ann m. up for the warm welcome. you have a lot of distinguished participants here today, in terms of the fact of the. we want to make a couple of the acknowledgments before we get started. the president, we want to say thank you for allowing us to come to your great institution. fis protests -- vice provost, and others, mr. jackson, mrs. reese, very gracious to was outside, mrs. edwards, and we do not want to leave out brian smart whose vision and leadership here as the pres

speaker, i want to honor and congratulate the current howard university president, dr. sydney rebeau, the howard school of university school of law dean and the faculty and staff and students of howard university on this momentous occasion of its 140th anniversary. i urge my colleagues to support this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. thompson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: i rise in support of house resolution 686, a resolution recognizing and honoring howard university school of law 140-year legacy of social justice and its continued commitment to training of capable and compassionate legal practitioners and scholars. it was founded as a private university in washington, d.c. in 1867. the law school opened its doors to its first six students in 1869 and by the end of the first year, it enroll 2d2 students. the first students graduated from howard university school of law on february 3, 1871 an

i was going to school at howard university where he taught. >> you entered howard university when she was 15 years old. >> go right ahead. >> i did. i graduated when i was 19. that year, i needed credit to graduate and i took voice. he was a friend of my father and mother's and so i went to him and said, do i need to audition? he said oh no. he said you just come and take the class. and of course, i did and i walked in and he said well what are you going to sing? and i said sing? which i had not done except in the choir. >> but she sang for him and she went on to many of the great stages throughout the world and she teaches, still teaches today at howard university and i just wanted to salute and thank you for all that you've done throughout the years. you are just a perfect example of elegance and greatness. >> you are very kind. i thank you and it is such a pleasure to talk to you. >> nice being here with you. come back and visit us at 5:00. have a great weekend. we just love you. you are so sweet. >> thank you.

i started out miss black and gold at howard university. then miss howard university, then miss d.c.this is the grand finale and i plan on ending this one very big in a very tremendous way so this is great. this is a nice way to wrap up a healthy pageant career. >> reporter: we should say that you competed as miss black pennsylvania but we're going to claim you as our own since you won at howard and you do work here in the district. you also say you're not a pageant girl but you've had great success so there must be more in this for you. >> it has a lot to do with my love for my community and also my love for god and the fact that i know this very early on in doing package ants that when i would dance for my talent, people wod be moved like to tears and people would write me letters and e-mails and say when you dance or when you speak i feel empowered and i thought maybe i can use this to help people as well. so that's kind of been my niche in doing package ants. >> let's talk about doing that because a lot of people wonder what do people do after the pageant thing. you're a step ahe

a call to action that howard university community is taking to heart.they're passing out fliers and encouraging students to contact their legislators. hundreds gathered today to form a rally. recent college graduates nationwide are struggling to find jobs. craig allen recently spent a week in a hospital and learn how expensive health care can be pureed but my bill was nearly $20,000 and i do not -- how expensive health care can be. >> my bill was nearly $20,000 and i do not have health care. >> on thursday, they will join with students from several other local colleges to hear the president speak at the university of maryland. >> tonight, the new swine flu vaccine is one step closer to reaching the public. the fda approvedç the new vacce earlier today. kathleen sebelius says the first limited supplies could be distributed by early next month. high-risk groups black children and pregnant women will have access to the vaccine -- like children and pregnant women will have access to the vaccine before the rest of the public. metra safety chief says it is i

thank you for convening here at howard university. this first hearing would occur on these grounds, the place for the intellectual and legal strategy for the brown strategy was drafted. charles hamilton houston and charles thompson charted a course that continues to require that our nation expand its citizens access to quality education. their legal calculus, these men defined access as the accountability measure. as you engage in these hearings, you are aware that some what happens believed that the court, building issue of the day it is summarized about which students are scoring higher on standardized tests. the real issue before us is which states, which districts and schools are enabling student achievement. some states and schools are enabling student achievement and some are not. there is a consistent pattern of input variables which have high student outcomes and those that do not. evidence is showing us that the fundamental assumption that achievement-focused education systems is deeply flawed. a recent harvard education stud

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. and now, the program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i promise you three great people, and three great people i have for you. linda gasparello, who, secretly i can tell you, actually broke the light bulb. i took the blame. i was being gallant, but actually, she did it. and from potus radio, the politics of the united states for people of the united states, joe mathieu. >> i tried to catch the light bulb. >> you are lucky you did not. anyway, that program is a mainstay of sirius xm radio. i'm very glad to say that the audio of this program is played at 9:30 a.m. on saturdays on potus on 110 and 130 sirius xm radio. and we're very glad to have back george wilson because he gets up every day and looks around the corridors, talking to people finding out what is going on. i know what your up to, trying to find out what is going on. and you are now the host of "gw on the hill," which is bein

this event took place at howard university in washington, d.c., one of the country's historically black'm the vice chairman of the howard university republicans. >> i am the president of the democrats. >> we would like to thank you to the town hall meeting this evening. first and foremost, i would personally like to congratulate chairman steele on being the first african-american to lead the revolt -- the republican party. [applause] i am truly honored to participate in this historic event. tonight gives us the opportunity to come together as a community regarding political affiliations. although we may not share the same views are agree on certain issues, we will like that constructive and civil discussion tonight where everyone is treated with the utmost respect. >> for the question and answer portion, questions were already submitted. however upon entrance, if you were given of like sheet of paper were you were able to write down your question. if you are finished writing, please raise the paper in the air and someone will collected. thank you. now we like detained -- like to turn th

. >> republican national committee chairman michael steele from howard university in washington, one of the nation's historical black universities. it is one hour and five minutes. >> good evening, i am the vice chairman of the howard university college republicans. >> why in the president of howard university college democrats. >> -- i am the president of howard university college democrats. >> i would like to congratulate chairman steele on being the first african american to leave the republican party. [applause] i am honored to participate in this historic event. tonight gives us the opportunity to come together as a community, regardless of political affiliation. although we may not agree on certain issues, we would like to have a civil discussion tonight where everyone is treated with upmost respect. >> for the question and answer portion, questions were already submitted , but you were given a white sheet of paper where you could write down questions. please raise the paper when you are finished writing and someone will collect it. now we would like to turn the stage over to th

thank you for conveni here at howard university.is first hearing wouldccur on these grounds, the place for the intellectual and legal strategy for the brown strategy was drafted. charles hamilton houston and charles thompson charted a course that continues to require that our nation expand its citizens access to quality education. their legal calculus, these men fined access as the accountability measure. as you engage in these hearings, you are aware that some what hap@ens believed that the court, building issue of the day it is summarized about which students are scoring higher on standardized tests. the real issue before us is which states, which districts and schools are enabling student achievement. some states and schools are enabling student achievement and some are not. there is a consistent pat of input variables which have high studt outcomes and those that do not. evidence is showing us that the fundamental assumption that achievement-focused education systems is deeply flawe a recent harvardducation study found that test

>> a howard university student led the march. demonstrators sent leers to the white house to push for a national summit on gun violence. >>> we want to show you where there was massive flooding other than in dundalk. >>> plus, a surprising arrest in the california wildfire charges. >>> what caught a whole lot of people off gard. >>> what's up in weather? >> i think we're going to have great weather and great football weather. >>> good weather for football tonight. high school football action for you. jim, all he wants to see against the rams is steady improvement. the nationals battle it out until the last out. what a good game >>> the man who police say carjacked a woman and led the police on a two-state chase. it began in virginia. he carjacked a woman in a target parking lot. he crashed in prince george county and got away. the women inside the car was not injured. >>> we are learning details about a man accused of killing a yale student, annie le. there are reports, the suspect, raymond clark, was a controlling person and oft

let's start with a couple of stops on the weatherbug network. 57 degrees at howard university. the dpoints is down to 46. it gives you an idea of where we are generally heading. 52 degrees in ashburn. the air is dry. 56 degrees in fort washington. their high was 66 degrees. we hit 70 officially at reagan national airport. 75 is the average. 93 is the record high set back in 1954. the pollen counts is elevated for mold spores. all we can do is report what they tell us, but if you are allergic to either ragweed or mold spores, it was a tough day for you. temperatures dropping into the 50's. clouds will help keep the temperatures from falling too far. it will be a cold night and a cool start to the day tomorrow. temperatures in the 40's and 50's the father you get to the west. the prevailing pattern is to keep temperatures low for the next coming days. a couple of showers are pivoting through this airmass. it is possible that through the day tomorrow, a couple of these showers could come down. mid morning, afternoon, it could be up to 18 miles per hour wind gusts. a bright, sunny

a daytime high 79 at howard university. alexandra made it up to 78. currently it is 76. the almanac page shows the daytime high at reagan national about 10 degrees higher than yesterday. the record was 94 degrees back in 1925. holding in the upper seven's to lower 80's, looking for a cooler air and heading to the north and east. new york city reports sent at 76 degrees, but high pressure will influence our weather for the next couple of days. it looks like a repeat performance for the day on tuesday, and then a cold front will arrive on wednesday, giving us a chance for showers and cooler temperatures. a lot of activity to the south of us. nothing that will impact our forecast for tomorrow. a high around 80 four ocean city. plenty of sunshine for the day tomorrow. warm temperatures once again. high pressure over the great lakes region will slowly move up to the east and we will look for another nice day on tuesday. mostly clear for the overnight. temperatures dropped in the suburbs to the lower 60's. matt afternoon, that afternoon i will be in the mid 80's, with lots of

it is the youngest -- he is the youngest student at high -- howard university. he is majoring in political science. he helps to complete his undergraduate work in two years and then tackled rescue. he is 14 years old. he says as big opportunities come his way, he will not shoot them down. >> i would not knocked down the offer to be president like barack obama. >> he is one smart kid. he will be living on campus to take advantage of the entire college campus. he hopes to attend law and medical school. some stiffness in connecticut -- it was a day to remember. as parents and students waited for the school bus, they saw a black bear in the neighborhood. animal control officers said the bear wandered into the woods eventually. >> i bet they could barely wait to get into the school bus. >> good one. here is a look at the winning lottery numbers of last night. good luck. towels, sheets and then there was the stuff he wanted... like a new microwave. and because of walmart's unbeatable prices, we were able to get it all. ...and then some. set them up for success-- for l

this took place at howard university in washington, d.c., one of the country's historically black universitiessonally like to congratulate the chairman ste ele being the first african- american to lead the republican party. [applause] >> i'm truly honored to participate in this historic event. stein gives us the opportunity to come together regardless of political affiliation. although we may not share the same views, we would like to have a constructive and civil discussion tonight where everyone is treated with the utmost respect. for the question and answer portion, questions or already submitted. upon engines, you are given a white sheet of paper were you able to write down your questions. when you are finished writing, raise the paper in the air and some will collected. now we would like to turn this over to the master of ceremonies. the director collisions for the republican national committee. >> good evening. how are you? we are so excited to be here you have received us with a very warm welcome. chairman steele is very excited about doing a freedom tour. i would like to just say anoth

the backstop, beltsville 67, high of 80 degrees on the campus of howard university, 74 degrees, the high was 81. at 70 degrees rockville, 67 woodbridge, 70 degrees downtown washington. at 63 degrees front royal. you think i would know my towns better after doing this the 30 years. it just thinking out loud. it does not get very hot, tomorrow will be warmand 80's, and then -- in the 80's, and that it cools off. weeds and mold spores are in the moderate category. 68 degrees bowie, very comfortable across the region. the entire eastern two-thirds are enjoying a cooler than normal late evening. the push of air out of the south will warm us into the 80's. a couple of things working against this warm weather pattern. showers and clouds moving north from the gulf coast, a cold front from new england. the combination will keep us cloudy and cool wednesday through friday and probably into the weekend. i did not think the moisture will do much, but the cold front is what we will keep an eye on. as that approaches, it will eventually push to the south. sunshine, but essentially clouds. the low 80's

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now the program host a nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. >> hello again and thank you so much for coming along. i promised you a great panel, and i have a great panel for you. claude salhani of the "middle east times, who has a new book out, "while the arab world slept: the impact of the bush years on the middle east." that should take us through the whole program. i am joined by my old friend george lobsenz, editor "the energy daily," which i was happy to be associated with. gil klein, nice to have you on the broadcast. we are joined again by michelle jamrisko of the "kyodo news, the japanese news agency likely associated press in britain. and she does write in english. well, she is very clever, so maybe she writes in japanese as well. i do not know. i have always been fascinated by japanese translators doing the translation. it is very difficult, but there you are. claude salhani, what are we going to do in the middle east? your book, does

howard university down at florida a&m. this is kris pulley over the middle to kevin elliott. and that is a tackle that the bison needed to make. 46 yards. howard falls not like the redskins. it's 48-10. the mystics opened their playoff run tonight against the indiana fever. let's go down and show you the highlights from the game. it was a dooz ee. wait a minute. the mystics had to move their playoff game to college park tonight because the walking with dinosaurs arena spectacular was at verizon center. is this me or does the wnba need to get another marketing firm. because game two could be at the marketing club. [ laughter ] >> no respect. >> tee about it. get tog play. this is langhorn. she had 18. the fever got hot in the 4th. kaity douglas hits the three to put indiana for good. 88-79. game two is saturday. hockey tonight preseason opener for the caps. up in buffalo. ovechkin sat out but the caps took care of business anyhow. brian buries that goal and the caps win. yes, it's hockey season. can you believe it. 4-3. >> i can't believe it, no. >> i know. with 95 losses, i t

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howard university at florida a &m. in for the touchdown. howard loses 48-10. there is a look at your sports. >> thank you. >>> 5:24. time for the latest headlines in business news. >> linda bell joins us live. >> happy friday. we're watching it shares with very closely of palm. they are out for a sales forecast. for the year, the forecast tops estimates. customers may be warming to the touch screen device. the federal reserve may move to control policies for thousands of employees. it is part of a plan to limit the amount of risk taking, especially at the top institutions. it would require a vote by the fed board. as for trading, stock index futures are indicating a lower open. that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda bell. doug and alison, back to you. >> linda, thank you very much. 5:25, but 65 degrees. >>> still to come, some good news for college students. financial aid could be on the verge of a dramatic change. how the house plans to get you out of debt. >> a new player in the debate over health care reform that

. >> my name is alvin thornton, i'm the chief academic at howard university. i want to welcome all of you to hord university. i want to eent on behf of our president a welcome to each of you and to the other organizations who have assembled themselves around this most important national issue. i also want to extent thanks on behalf of our president to those who have aeed to come and testify on this great issue of national significance. the great son of our nation would be very proud as led by the aspen institute and the work that's being engaged in and those who are testifying. just several feet from here marshall did the great work that led to the ground breaking sport of educaon decision and the expanded the umbrella for our children. and created the cultural and educational landscape that we're not trying to enrich. here in our law school charles houston and other working with scholars here created the brown jurisprudence. we all appreciate the fact that this is the starting point at which our nation has been engaged since. the discourse that has flown, but

howard university avoided the flu bug. there are no reported cases on campus. >>> did you know swine flu germs can survive on surfaces from two to eight hours? think of how many public surfaces you touch in one day. local transit official plan to clean more during flu season. metro officials plan to clean buses and trains twice a week. the potomac and rappahannock transportation commission plans to disinfect bus poles and seats once a day. >>> a tribute to the victims of 9/11. >>> flips, twists and turns. have you heard about cavelia? >> the battle is on. who wins favorite pizza for the next acamic ye?ye >>> welcome back. i'm keith garvin. >> i'm wendy rieger. the shuttle returns, the long trek home for "discovery." he'll inis in, paula is out. new concerns as metro's safety record takes another hit. >>> we begin this half hour with a call forvierce on the eighth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. julie carey joins us from arlington near the pentagon with that story. >> reporter: as is customary on the 9/11 anniver

. >> i'm volunteering because, obviously, i support the health care reform, and at howard universityhave students for health care reform organization. >> reporter: she'll be there for the president's speech at the comcast center. a health care rally open to the public. >> definitely crazy. >> reporter: a few campus republicans plan to show up and show respect. >> i follow the actual procedures that are going on within the government very closely, so i understand exactly what's going on, and i'm not just listening to the news reporters or different talk show hosts. >> reporter: the president comes to college park on the heels of the senate finance committee chairman's announcement that he has a health care bill, if not republican support. democrats say it wasn't for lack of effort. >> they didn't want public option. it's not in this package. they didn't want an employer mandate. it's not in this package. >> reporter: what is there? an $850 billion bill, a requirement to carry insurance, no income tax hike. rather, drug company fees. and no exclusions for pre-existing conditions. and n

well, howard university gets burned by florida a&m's punt return wizardry. the nats have a golden glove moment courtesy of ryan zimmerman. dan hellie wraps it up in your sports minute. >> good morning, everybody. your sports minute starts with the nationals. once again the phillies, their pitcher oentd the nats batters. last night it was cole hamels who took a perfect game into the sixth inning. hamels struck out ten before his perfect game was broken up. ryan zimmerman made the catch of the week on a foul ball. sacrificing his body, going over the tarp for the out. certainly gold glove worthy. but in the end, it wasn't enough. the nationals lose to the phillies 4-2. >>> howard down in tallahassee taking on florida a&m. it was not pretty for the bison. howard punting, and how about this for a lucky bounce? leroy van, fumbles it, gets it right back, races to the far sideline and the little dude can fly. 5'9" and he's gone. a 66-yard punt return, his second punt return for a touchdown in the game. a&m downs howard 48-10. >>> on the hardwood, mystics at comcast

. >>> howard university is receiving an historic grant to help preserve the school's history. today federal officials, including secretary of the interior ken salazar, joined universitied administers to announce the grant made possible by the american recovery act. 20 black colleges are getting federal aid to make repairs and improve historic buildings on their campuses. >>> you might be interested in learning the coldest place in the solar system is not all that far from where we are sitting right now. craters on the south pole of earth's moon have been considered to be the galaxy's new coldest spot. scientists measured those temperatures minus 40 degrees celsius. the moon is getting colder. it is colder than pluto which used to be the coldest place. the temperatures on pluto only go down to as much as minus 230 degrees celsius. >>> japan's unmanned space freighter is docked at the international space station. it took the freighter only a week to get there. an astronaut onboard took these pictures using a robotic arm. the freighter can haul up to six tons of food and supplies

howard university was down at florida a and m. over the middle of kevin elliot and that's a tackle. howard falls to the 48-10. >>> turning our heads to baseball, the nationals in philadelphia, it was a one-run game and ryan zimmerman kept it that way. on to the tarp and he reels it in. that is your gold glove at third, there you go. unfortunately, tyler will load the bases after that. allowing chase utley to score. nats go on to lose this one 4- 2. >>> and preseason hockey up in buffalo. ovechkin and many of the stars sat out. the caps took care of visits anyway in overtime. caps win it 4-3. >>> from furloughs to possible layoffs, it has been a hard year for employees, and congress approves the bill which overhauls the program. we'll have the details when 9news now returns. looking to save more? use your giant card and get double the number of deals. like capri sun juice drinks 10-pack, a weekly special at $1.99. kellogg's pop-tarts, a multiweek real deal at 2 for $5, and other great deals. enjoy more savings, only with your giant card. want more for your money? use your giant card

>> a howard university student led the march aimed at addressing the number of young people killed by guns. demonstrators also sent letters to the white house to push for a national summit on the issue. >>> president obama is rejecting claims that race is playing a factor in the health care debate. some democrats, including former president jimmy carter have maintained that race motivating some republican opposition for the president's health care reform. the president told "meet the press's" david gregory this issue has been playing out since before he even entered the white house. >> argument that's gone on for the history of this republic sxlik that is what's the right role of government and how do we balance freedom with our need to look after one another. i talked about this in the joint sessions speech. this is not a new argument. it always invokes passions. >> vice president biden is expected to dive into the health care debate this week. he will deliver his first major address on the issue tuesday to the national association of insurance commissioners. >>> and you can see davi

and howard university, they have five reports of the flu. we did make a call to them, but we have not heard back. >>> coal is the dirty activist, they called for cleaner energy sources. they point to the plant in alexandria as a leading polluter. critics blame the coal strip mining for the destruction of appalachian mountain tops. >> they were blowing up the mountains for them, blowing up the mountains of virginia and just pushing the debris into the streams destroying the clean waters that people depend on. >> reporter: and again, the local environmentists, they are are on a push for cleaner renewable energy sources. one example that they gave is wind power off the coast of virginia. >>> virginia's democratic candidate, picked up an endorsement today from the former republican governor. they have backed up a number of democrats in recent years, including president obama. for instance, supporters of them, gathered at the metro this morning to hear the announcement and more about a key issue. >> transportation, that is a statewide problem. an

figure i describe in the book, had a remarkab speech delivered here in washington, june 5, 1965, howard university. a speech called to fulfill these rights. , not from the equation of independent. with the first line it is quote the earth as a home of revolution unquote. d what lyndon johnson described in that speech based on research and analysis provided by moynihan it would help draft him, it was that while the country had cured or salt to a great extent the legal injustices of jim crow segregation, it had not solved the social question, economic questions of inequality. and the government wld now try to dohat through a rash of programs. and there was so much interest in this speech, it was the most celebrated probably since eisenhower's great speech the soviet union in 1953, i think it was ear that everyone wanted to see the report that moynihan had written. so the white house leaked it. and is spoken very direct blunt language about the condition inner-city families in america, and used a phrase tangle of graphology, which moynihan had actually barred from a gre afrin-american social scientis

bill cosby and other panelists including naacp president and it is this sunday live from howard universityn msnbc at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> still to come, friendly, short tempered and a control freak. friends are revealing new details about the 24-year-old lab technician charged with murdering yale university grad student annie le. >>> is the big chill starting to thaw on senator max baucus' health care bill? word a number of democrats are beginning to soften their position. >> inside the house that jerry built. taking you live to arlington, texas, where the new cowboy stadium dubbed the eighth wonder of the world is gearing up for opening day. [ thud ] [ woman sighs ] [ horn honks ] [ sigh ] a lot goes through your mind after an accident. but with liberty mutual, insurance issues won't, because we offer unlimited rental coverage, new car replacement, and accident forgiveness to help ease your mind. and that's our policy. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ so blessed with inspiration ♪ ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers

and harris was a student at howard university that wrote about civil disobedience.ns to be a white former senator from pennsylvania. but he read about gandhi, and we got us in trouble with thurgood marshal. here for 40 years he had breaking down of the legal barriers, and in 1960 a group of up-starts want to take it on our own and decide to be civil disobedience. i mean my parents almost put me out over that. but it took us just about a year before constant motley and all the same lawyers across the south, wiley branton, arthur shores, all of them. when you see a picture of martin luther king doing anything, you see a picture of a naacp lawyer. and so we have not had a segregated, divided movement. we have had a united front even when we disagreed. look now where we go from here, the two things i want to focus on is getting everyone a bank account, and voting on the weekend. on the almost 200 nations that vote, we are down in the lower third. but all of those where people vote, 70-90%, they vote on weekends. they don't vote on workdays. now we in georgia can vote fo

it is not lost on me that the building next door to hear is named after a graduate of howard university and the father of the heart -- fathe of the harlem renaissance. it is apropos we are here. why would a charter group go and take over one of the biggest drop out factories in the country? a little bit about that high- school -- it opened five years after the watts riots. it just celebrated its 40th year anniversary. we enacted no child left behind withhe majority of the teachers. a school the was supposed to bring hope after those riots, if you look at the statistics and facts, approximately 60,00 people attended a high-school in those 40 years. this is what is at stake with our work -- 60,000 people, if you can imagine them all coming together in one place, let's say dodgers stadium was filled with 60,000 people. if you got onhe p a system and said despite general statistics available, you said leave the stadium if you did not graduate from high school. 40,000 people would have to leave. now you have a stadium with 20,000 people where there was once 60,000. if you got on the p a syst

essp cas re a a aet th ses university of maryland whe h fnvetoniy uitrers georgetown university reports 12 cases, and howard and american universities report no cases. and health officials are not testing patience for swine flu, but treating every case as if they do have the virus. students are being encouraged to go home if they feel sick. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i am perfectly fine. >> if you come in wearing a mask, we will know to clear the way. >> yeah, that's right. >> the weather has been rtdank. and the flu loves the cold, damp weather. things are improving, i am happy to say. the sky watcher camera shows the sky brightened a bit. blue trying to show through here and there. mostly there and not here. you can see the gray sky over the potomac. the rain ended in washington now. right now at reagan national, it's 70 degrees. and half an inch of rain, about 6/10 of an inchelow average. we need more rain, even though each day we had precipitation. and the last linring rain that affected the region is now into far southeastern prince georges county, and a ban of light rain that continues to go south and

was doing studies on -- he did all the intelligence studies on africa as an oss assignee from howard universityt everything you see at the united nations, ralph bunch wrote. i contend, i can't document it, but i contend that ralph bunch did the intelligence in north africa that helps the tuskogee air men to be successful. we don't know the history, but ralph bunch said to martin luther king and me, the problem is too much you do is public. if you will succeed in this business, you have to keep most of it under the water. and ralph bunch never -- in fact he tried to turn down the noble prize, when he came to atlanta in 1964, we couldn't give him a hotel room. here is a race man that i think had more impact on this nation than anyone knows. and we don't know enough about him. i was fortunate enough in fifth grade to go and see thurgood marshal and alexander tuoru plea the case for teacher's salarys in louisiana 778÷in 194. there was a series of victories, and there wasn't a separation of legal defense fund, it was all naacp back then. and there was a systematic break-down of all the laws that aff

host: why would someone go to your clinic as opposed to johns hopkins or howard university?uest: we are cheaper, firstly, but the important thing on primary health care is to keep people out of the hospital so they don't go there inappropriately. the hospitals you mentioned are all excellent and provide great care. getting care to people at the right time and place. the community health center, and environment on primary-care basis, it is where people should get the preventive care. then one must go to the hospital there is a continuity between the primary care and hospital. the common use is that of the emergency room. it is not a standard, ongoing system of care. it is a very costly process. host: for patients to go to your clinic, one of the 30 in washington, d.c., how many have insurance? guest: probably about 3% have private insurance. some would have medicaid or medicare coverage. the district of columbia is quite generous. it has the alliance program. many of the people who come to us are economically challenged as well as socially challenged. unity can provide not on

many transferred to other local schools into well she graduated from howard hill university and oxford and now she's making a name for herself in hollywood. >> we'll sit down withter age henson coming up. holly. >> reporter: i'm going to sit down with this whole bowl of fried goodness. one of the greek specialties that will be served up this weekend at the greek festival as we are live this morning at st. constant teen and greek orthodox church. coming up, a greek cooking lesson all for you. it's coming up next. stay with us. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury. it's how our children access education. it's how we find jobs, discover information, and connect with family and friends. it's the spark that drives innovation, creates investment, and builds a stronger economy. to shape a better tomorrow, at&t is investing in america's future - working to create an internet that's smart, mobile and safe. last year at&t invested more than any other company in the u.s. and we're continuing

host: why would someone go to your clinic as opposed to johns hopkins or howard university? guest: we are cheaper, firstly, but the important thing on primary health care is to keep people out of the hospital so they don't go there inappropriately. the hospitals you mentioned are all excellent and provide great care. getting care to people at the right time and place. the community health center, and environment on primary-care basis, it is where people should get the preventive care. then one must go to the hospital there is a continuity between the primary care and hospital. the common use is that of the emergency room. it is not a standard, ongoing system of care. it is a very costly process. host: for patients to go to your clinic, one of the 30 in washington, d.c., how many have insurance? guest: probably about 3% have private insurance. some would have medicaid or medicare coverage. the district of columbia is quite generous. it has the alliance program. many of the people who come to us are economically challenged as well as socially challenged. unity can provide not

i was a legal inturn at the ite house, a second-year law student at howard university.for me, thehance to serve the kennedy administration and to meet all three kennedy brothers was a remarkable, inspiring part of my early career in public service. i had the for the national to -- i was for the not to have the serve of senator kennedy again when was unrunning for reelection for state conservator of the state of illinois. i was up for reelection and i had a major fund-raiser rmingt i needed a big dw to come and help me raise funds. someone said, well, there is a senator from massachusetts named ted kennedy. he'll come help you. i said, no. no senator of his caliber would come down to our capal for a fund-raiser for a person who is running for state comptroller. needless to say, mr. president, i contacted the senat's office office. without hesitation, senator t kennedy appeared at the fund-raiser at the united states capital to help me retain my seat as state comptroller. and during that same time we had a little agedy take place that evening. for my 15-year-old son in ch

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howard and american universities have reported no cases. >>> in college park, health officials are not testing patients for swooi. rather they're treating every case as if it is infection with the h1n1 virus. students will flu-b like symptoms are encouraged to go home or to isolate themselves. >>> it was a lesson plan from the president. president obama gave a speech -- >> you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. you've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it. >> president obama gave a back-to-school speech at wakefield high school in aoss the country.y televised in among them lehigh school in springfield. >> every day you go home after school and your parents are always on your case trying to push you to do your best. it's not very often that the president of the united states actually comes on television speaking directly to the students. i think that was something great. >> some schools in our area decided not to show the speech after conservative groups protested, they claimed the speech would be politicized. the president did not touch on any hot b

the papers of john stennis, at mississippi state university, margaret smith in maine, howard baker and dole have recently opened centers in their states. they're gradually opening up their papers. >> if some young person came to you and said that you were the senate historian for 48 -- 38 years. if they want the job, what would you recommend? >> it depends on how young the person was. i would ask them if they enjoyed reading biographies. >> but say they are into history and they are in college and they really want this. this is not just a pipe dream. what should they do? >> read, read, read. right, right, right. -- write, write, write. we like people who have an interest in civics and government. i remember, as a teenager, going to the meetings of the board of aldermen in my town of melrose, mass. and being fascinated with what was going on. that is the most elementary level. take it on up to the senate. >> so, was it a good job? >> it was a terrific job. it was the best possible job. i really had mixed feelings about leaving it. >> what are you leaving? >> the numbers add up. i have b

universal coverage. he is not going to be able to say under any scenario out there everyone is covered. go ahead, howard. >> he is going to be able to use the word universal as it applies to some mechanism by which people will be required to have coverage. to answer the question about the broken campaign promises, my sense of this white house and its political strategy is this. they want to say at the end of the day they did something historic. it is going to have all kinds of asterisks and footnotes. >> you bet. >> but they are going to say it is historic. barack obama is a historic figure in and of himself. his election is historic and he is doing historic things. pay no attention to those campaign promises. they are minor details he made. that is what their strategy. >> the hot-button issue is the public ops. let's look at how the president will talk about the public option tonight. he was in speaking to the labor groups on labor day weekend and had one sentence about the public option. was soft approach to it and, chuck, it doesn't take a mind reader to figure out there is no veto threat over the pu

howard county health officer dr. peter bielensen and his daughter. >> we had almost assuredly h1n1, typical flu-like symptoms, 101 temperature, body aches, cough, lasted for five or six days. >> reporter: at its peak the university of maryland college park had almost 100 students report flu-like symptoms in a single day. but now that number is down to less than a dozen per day. and they are also recovering in a matter of days. >> it clearly is quite widespread but it's nowhere near as severe as people had feared. >> reporter: still on this day the state's deputy health secretary frances phillips is cautioning the public not to let its guard down. >> now certainly like the doctor and many others able to recover very promptly that is great. but you can't tell who it is that is going to have serious consequences. we know that pregnant women, we know that children, people, adults with serious medical conditions, these are people who very easily can run into serious trouble with this virus. >> reporter: adding to the state's woes for weeks health leaders have been calling on those waiting for the h1n1 vaccine to become available in mid-october to go ahead and get their regular flu shot. maryland is now bracing itself

university of maryland just outside of washington this cominghursda am nkueivirahankou big questis i t qug hesti i the heah fusoctedef moocrnin mornins "meet the press." among guests senators durbin and cornynnd howard dean and newt girich >>> and now to t desperate search for a missing bride-to-be. annually le a ph.d. candidate at yale in new ven, connecticut, was supposed to get married tomorrow. now there's no wedding, but ere is no evidee that norts say may be cnect to her disappearance. nbc's mike taibbi has e latest. >> reporter: whilehe fbias cautious today saying it's still not known what happened to her, a police source in new harch has told nbc news that bloody clothes and other evidence were recovered today at the building where annie le w last seen. evidence that points t the strong psibity of foul play. the search for evidence and witnesses haseen intense. the fbi working with dozens of cities, state, andale university police to determi what kind of missing persons case they have been probing. foul play or just cold feet? in a press conference late today, caution. >> we are t in a position today to conclude whether this is a missing persons case or whether criminality is invoed. >> repo

boston allen schroder, professor of journalism and northeastern university, i am pleased to have all of them here. let me begin with howard kurtz. tell me what you think the media strategy is, howard. and does it is a a lot about the media or does it is a more about this president? >> i'll give you a strategy in one sentence, all obama, all the time. and look, the media may do stories about the president being overexposed but nobody is turning down those invitations. it's really striking. he doesn't have to go on five sunday shows. cojust do meet the press or face the nation. and make news with whatever he has to say. but in every opportunity whether it's the four prime time news conferences, the joint address to congress, the address to a joint session of congress in prime time, and now doing the road blocking thing on sunday morning, this white house and this president seems to delight in cranking up the volume. some would say to ear splitting levels. >> okay, but is it because he is so good at it or is it because he lives in a new media world that no other president has lived. >> well, he is a very good communicator an