and also, my thanks to jay edwards and all of the work that they do in the northern water front area and i want to recognize lisa, from the office of workforce and economic development and i don't think that i know your title, but i think that it is cbd czar and she has worked with us with respect to the cbd and soon to be. >> and while troying is getting set up there, troy is a fascinating guy as i hope that you will get a sense of today, but he has been with the fisherman's wharf district for about, almost five years, and for the last coming up on 3 years, he has served as the executive director and so he will be celebrating the third anniversary in that role in another month or two and before that he was a manager i believe of the marketing sector and now, of troy's responsibilities, he over sees the cbd market research work and the brand and destination marketing and the sidewalk operations and beauty and emergency preparedness and they just won an award which i reported on and they were recognized for their work in the area of community preparedness, and the nert program. and th

jay jupiter. how would you compare edward snowden and the current wiki leakers to the disclosure is going on back then? are they more dangerous, more valuable? how does that compare? >> thank you very much. >> one of the huge differences is it is a different situation when some but he is providing espionage to the soviet union and that information is secret and remains secret. and, some of you is leaking to the american public, or to the public of the world, there is an and or miss difference in the motivation and the consequences. -- and enormous difference in the motivation and the consequences. >> let me add about the snowden revelations. snowden -- if snowden's only concern was to reveal domestic surveillance, which i think is a valid thing to be debated, much of what he released was highly valuable foreign intelligence programs that have nothing to do with domestic surveillance. therefore, i would say, it was very damaging. i certainly don't share the admiration that quite a few people have for snowden, even though domestic surveillance is a valid issue for debate. >> thank you, mark. yes, s

jay gray joins us live in the campus. >>> maryland congresswoman donna edwards opened her run for senate today online. she launched a campaign website and released a video on youtube this morning. she represents parts of prince george's and anne arundel counties and the u.s. house. she's running for senator barbara mikulski's seat who is retiring next year. >>> drones flying in the sky. the argument over who can give them the green light to take off. >>> a trail blazer remembered. solemn good-bye to a lead we are strong ties to our region. >>> plus a college town immersed in controversy. why the town's mayor says he's actually ham pi >>> a trail blazer a remarkable man, a self-made legislator who inspired others to serve. just some of the word used today to describe the life and legacy of former u.s. senator edward brooke. lawmakers, dignitaries, family and friends attended brooke's funeral this morning at the national cathedral. brooke was the first african-american senator elected by a popular vote. he represented massachusetts for 30 years, but he grew up here in washington attended dunbar high sch

book to give you a general sense of the lay of the land, and then jay will be joined by two of my colleagues mark colabria and chris edwards, and they will for a few minutes give you some impressive -- their impressions of the book, and then mark jay and chris will have a conversation about the spread of political corruption in america and our book "a republic no more." so i'm going begin by getting administrative stuff out of the way. i'll introduce everyone you will be hearing from and then we can go straight to our event. jay cost is an elections analyst, political historian, and pundit who writes for "the weekly standard." if you read "the weekly standard" regularly you will know jay's work well. he rote for the horse race blog at real clear politics. and he had an earlier book "spoiled rotten. how the politics of patronage corrupted the once noble democratic party and now threatens the american republic." cost received a b.a. in government from the university of virginia, as well as an m.a. in political science from the university of chicago. in 2005, while working on this dissertation at the university of chicago, co

county delegate the jay walker says he's exploring a potential run for congress, but he's not the alone. he says he may run for the u.s. house seat that will be left open by donna edwards. edwards is running for barbara mikulski's seat. the former lieutenant governor and states attorney glenn ivey have also announced that they are running. >>> maryland's house of delegates plans to vote later today on its own version of governor hogan's $40 billion budget. the democratically controlled house made significant changes to hogan's plan. the house version sends more cash to schools and reinstates pay raises for government workers. hogan had proposed serious cuts in both areas. the house plan cuts the state deficit by 85%. hogan's budget would have eliminated the deficit. >>> today in the area as to say stories about his father. martin luther king iii will speak to students in pa toe making. tonight at 6:30 he will address a community discussion at cabin john middle school. that event is open to the public. king is the eldest son of dr. king. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.. >>> right now at 5:00 a.m., some spring snow. you heard it right, h

jay cost for coming in today. i would also like to thank my colleagues mark calabria and chris edwards once again have reminded me that it's a good thing to have good colleagues. i would like to thank you all for coming. now we're going to go to lunch. the lunch will be held on the second level. you go up the staircase to the conference center. restrooms are on the second floor on your way to lunch just look for the yellow wall and thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. ..

the rise of american political corruption" and i think it's author jay cost for coming here today and i thank my colleagues, chris edwards, it is a good thing to have good colleagues. i would like to thank you all for coming. now we will go to lunch which is held on the second level, the staircase in the conference center. restrooms are on the second-floor on the way to lunch, look for the yellow wall. and thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> this is booktv on c-span2, a television for serious readers. prime-time lineup tonight at 7:00 eastern. princeton university professor robert george talks about his book conscience and its enemies. at 7:45 karen pageant reports on the c i a's secret involvement in the u.s. national student association during the 1960s. at 9:00 david phillips comments on the relationship with the kurds and the current situation in syria. on afterward at 10:00 p.m. eastern chill was a prize-winning historian eric voter talks about securing freedom for fugitive slaves during the mid-19th century. we wrap up the prime time lineup with the national book critics circle awards. it a

into this particular case, are out there jay cost with a few general sense of the lay of the land. mycobacteria and chris edwards and they will for a few minutes give you some impressions of the book and then work how much a increase will have a conversation about the spread of a little corruption in america "a republic no more." i look at the administrative staff at the way. i'll introduce everyone you're hearing from them and go straight to our event. jay cost is a politically historian and pundit who writes for the weekly standard did indeed if you read the weekly standard regularly, you know jay's work very well. he previously wrote for the horserace blog and real clear politics. some of you may remember those days. he had earlier book, spoiled rotten. and now threatened the american public. koster seemed to be a government for the university of virginia as well as m.a. in political science at the university of chicago. in 2005 were working on a dissertation that university of chicago, costa joined the staff of real clear politics and became a writer at the weekly standard in 2010. although his education bac

jay walker says he is exploring a potential run for congress, but he's not alone. he says he may run for the u.s. houts seat that will be left open by democrat donna edwards.ards is running for senator barbara mikulski's seat. two former prince george's county delegates, former lieutenant governor and former prince george's county state's attorney glenn ivey have also announced they are running for mikulski's seat, as well. >>> and a vote on larry hogan's budget today. the democratically controlled house moo significant changes to hogan's plan. the house version sends more cash to schools and reinstates pay raises for government workers. hogan had proposed serious cuts in both areas. the house plan cuts the state deficit by 75%. hogan's budget would have eliminated the deficit. hogan says he's willing to compromise on pass the budget. >>> president obama is floating the idea of making it mandatory to vote in the united states. the president made the comment in cleveland yesterday. he says the u.s. should be making it easier, not harder to vote. the president is noting that countries including australia have mandatory voting. he says if everyone voted in th