police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of 18-year-old markell ross. he was a student at central high, murdered on his way to school. >> i'm scott broom in capital heights where today police announced it was ballistics evidence that led them to solve the murder of student, markell ross. the alleged killer, trayvon bennett, the gun of 38 caliber revolver, like this one. recovered when police arrested bennett and two others after a halloween night robbery in capital heights. followup tests prove the gun is the same one that killed central high school junior, markell ross, while walking to school nearly two months before. turns out, bennett and his buddies have been terrorizing people in this community since may 31. according to detective, michael straw. >> there's at least four citizen robbery cases that he is involved in at this point. the may 31 case includes a shooting where he is accused of shooting another citizen and a robbery attempt. we believe at the time markell was murdered, trayvon bennett acted alone, was alone, and we believe the motive to

we do not have any property taken from markell ross that we know of. >> ross died for nothing. students from central high school reacted with sadness and anger. >> that happened to me. it could happen to me. it could happen to anybody. >> it's like i'm numb. >> and markell ross' mother is relieved, but bitter. >> i will come to some sort of closure, but it's not going to bring my son back. >> not much of a consolation for markell ross' mother. the community here somewhat relieved that bennett was -- who was involved in sort of a one-man minicrime wave has been behind bars while they investigated this case and this does mean now that four of the six student murders in prince georges county have now been closed with arrests and charges. there are two to go. reporting live, scott broom, wusa9. >> good to get that update. thank you, scott. prince georges county police also announced an arrest in the murder of an elderly woman in capital heights. accused of killing mcintyre, the 71-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home on chapel oaks drive february 9. investigators believe

markell. i am delighted to be here with you. i am especially pleased your highlighting this important issue of employment and work for people with disabilities. i am so glad to take part in facilitating this particular discussion coming on the heels of yesterday's comments. i know you had a wonderful conversation after he spoke. i am the mother of a son with significant physical disabilities since he was a teenager. i have seen firsthand how those with challenges have a much more difficult time getting an education and a job. all they want to do, in my view, is to become contributing members of society. i have yet to meet a person with disabilities who has the capability of holding down a job who would rather do nothing and let others take care of him or her. our son jeff lives in an active community designed for people with disabilities. his work is at a college athletic center in maryland where he spends six hours a week keeping track of student i.d.'s , monitoring security, and the use of exercise equipment. it sounds like a

we'll talk with two leading governors, scott walker, of wisconsin and jack markell of delaware.ith the president and republicans eyeball-to-eyeball who will blink first and our power player of the week, a brain surgeon touches a political nerve in washington. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and hello, again, from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year-and-a-half ago those automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed to be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. but, now, jwith just five days o go there is no deal and the deadline is here. joining us, two senate leaders on budget issues, from oklahoma republican tom coburn and from missouri, democrat claire mccaskill. senators, let's start with the big question, quick question, quick answer, will the sequester happen? will those $85 billion in spending cuts kick in on friday? senator coburn? >> yes, it will and it is not $85 billion, because it is a pro rata portion of that, until the end of the year and it will not be a full $85 billion. >> chr

scott walker of wisconsin and jack markell of delaware. plus, with the president and republicans eye ball to eye ball who will blink first? we will ask our fund panel which side is winning the sequester blame game. and our power player of the week. a brain surgeon touches a political nerve in washington. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year and a half ago is automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed so be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. now, with just five days to go there is still no deal. and the deadline is here. joining us today two senate leaders on budget issues. from oklahoma, republican tom coburn. and from missouri, democrat claire mccasskill. about the sequester happen. will the spending cuts kick in on friday? senator coburn? >> they will. it is not $85 billion because it is a pro rata portionle that until the end of the year so it won't be a full 85 billion. >> chris: but it is go

markell discuss that governors are advocating for various projects. we discussed that governors are advocating for various projects. we are talking about investment in our infrastructure and projects. reauthorization of the secondary education act, restoring the 15% work-force investment act for our governors to be able to work on statewide programs on job training and doing what we think is in the best interests of our various industries as it relates to the work force. we have been doing a lot of work. there is still a lot more work to be done. we look forward to having a productive meeting and having some great speakers so it will be helping lead the discussion. these are the pressing issues facing our nation. we appreciate the governors to have joined us today. thank you for coming. >> will also been joined by the new government of puerto rico. we would be happy to take your questions. >> i was wondering if gov. fallin can discuss the division among the states on medicaid expansion. do think it might lead to people moving states that offering the

for your senseless choices. >> according to a codefendant in the robbery case, bennett tried to rob markell ross before shooting him. >> people fed up with youth violence are speaking out tonight. debra is live in forestville to explain. debra. >> this event is organized by several radio stations and calling this a state of emergency. after basically six prince georges county public school students were murdered within six months, people here at this town hall moting tonight say this is absolutely an emergency meeting. again, it is going to be from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight and it is organized by several radio stations. they are expecting 500 people to pack the instituteland recreation center in forestville and it is organized by the radio one washington family. that's 93.9, wkyf, and several other stations. an opportunity for people who live here to talk to the real players who have real muscle in ending this violence. leaders from prince georges county like police chief, mark mcgaw, and walter kirkland. listen in. >> i'm sorry, it sounds like we're having a problem with that sound bite. i talk

host: covenant jack markell -- governor jack markell and the chair of the national governors' association. that is the room where all the action will be taking place later on this morning. can he place later on this program, we will have a discussion on domestic drones. hollen next guest will talk about some of the things -- to our next guest will talk about some of the privacy concerns with rooms. we will talk about the president also proposed a first on mapping the human brain. that discussion is coming up as "washington journal" continue it. -- continues. >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest winnows in the colonies. -- widows in the colonies. meet martha washington in the first program of c-span's new weekly series, "first ladies, influence & image." we will visit some of the places that influenced her life. b. parts of the conversation with your phone calls -- be part of the conversation on martha washington with your phone calls and tweets. >> it is pretty accurate they do not play by the rules. they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. americans tend to be a lot more leg

very solid today, as well. >> ian: markel starks. out of georgetown prep where he was coached by the former hoya. duane bryant. a foul called out front. 1:46 to play. 1 and 1 coming up for the hoyas. john thompson jr., long time head coach of the georgetown hoyas. and a frequent guest of his son here for home games. >> clark: and i think on occasion a quasi-assistant coach. >> ian: i would say that's a fair assessment by you, special k. at the very least, a sounding board. >> clark: exactly and what a great sowning board he -- sounding board he is, the big east memories we chronicled at halftime, john thompson ii. >> ian: and it's bourgault, too long. and garrett inside blows the lay-up. poked around. georgetown now with 1:23 to play. bourgault called for the foul on smith-rivera. >> clark: well, a good solid home win here for georgetown. st. john's has a tough schedule coming up. but opportunities if they can put together some wins to build a tournament resume. >> ian: meanwhile, georgetown has been in the n.c.a.a. tournament five o

a heavy dose of otto porter with some marvelous moments courtesy of markel starks sprinkled in. from georgetown prep to georgetown starks has steadily improved every single year. we pick it up in the second half. hoyas up by eight. turns it over. check out the passing. the big men are doing the pass. not too shabby. georgetown on top. 51-41. couple plays later markel starks from deep. >> wow. >> 26 feet. 16 points for starks in the game. the hoyas starting to run away with it. under four to go. starks goes baseline here. finds otto porter. look at this. yep. everything was going tonight for otto. he had a game high 21. the hoyas win their sixth straight, 63-55 in the final. women's college hoops. >> the numbers don't lie. consistency is what it is. in that respect it's time to win. i mean, i can't emphasize that enough. i think everybody's mindset is it's time to win. >> time to win. all right. women's college hoops. brenda freese looking for her first win at duke in nine tries. second half terps down by one. khloe hits the three. big shot by the freshman. terps with their only

the case of markell ross, after saying earlier this week, there would be an announcement in that case today. police revealed a suspect is under arrest. a source tells wusa9 that the suspect has been held on an unrelated charge for some time now as investigators made their case. >>> we now know that electrical problems caused that deadly fire in glenn arden and killed a father and two young children. darryl price, jr., his eight- year-old daughter, tonya, his four-year-old daughter, all of them died early thursday morning. an 11-year-old girl is in the hospital with critical injuries. two others suffered smoke inhalation and fire investigators call it a tragic accident. >>> a plan to dramatically change highway financing in virginia is one step closer to reality tonight. the house of delegates approved a measure today. now the senate still needs to vote and governor bob mcdonnell put transportation issues at the forefront of his agenda. the measure in question would replace 17.5-cent gallon gas tax and a 6% levy on diesel. >>> still ahead, the option to opt out when it comes to pepco's

[applause]>> now, governor jack markel delivers the annual state of the state address, talking about education, gun safety. this is about 40 minutes from the statehouse in dover. >> i am looking forward to hearing your address. >> lt. governor denn, members of the 147th general assembly, other elected officials, members of the judiciary, members of the cabinet, our state employees, carla, the people of delaware. to our new legislative leaders, president pro tem blevins and speaker schwartzkopf, congratulations.[applause] february 18 thank you for inviting me to address you today. forty years ago, korea was widely considered to be a third world country, having barely begun to rebuild from war recently, a korean poultry company purchased allen foods in sussex county and saved hundreds of jobs. this is the world we now live in. evraz of russia owns the steel plant in claymont. german-based fraunhofer plans to expand its research and development in newark. companies from many other countries are important employers throughout our state. this is the world we now live in. around the countr

i am jack markell, the governor of delaware. [applause] what a great way to get this meeting off to a good start. the chair of the national governors association, i want to welcome you to the 2013 nga winter meeting. may i have a motion for the adoption of rules of procedure? thank you/ all in favor? part of the rules for and a governor who wants to submit a new policy will need a three fourths vote to suspend the rules to do so. please submit by 5:00 p.m. on sunday, february 24. i want to thank governor mary fallin, the vice chair, for her leadership. [applause] i want to take this opportunity to welcome our new as governors. there are seven of them. the governor of indiana, the governor of montana, governor bullock, the governor of new hampshire, the new governor of north carolina, the number corey -- governor mcquarrie, bernard -- auburn or garcia. and the new governor of washington state. [applause] congratulations to all of you. we are delighted to have you here. i also want to recognize our guest from the white house with

sayjust hours ago, police they found the killer of one of one of the -- victims markel ross. parents are concerned. >> a packed house in this auditorium tonight. people came here because they wanted to bring an and to this disturbing trend. the continued killing of rents george's county students brought hundreds of people to a rec center to discuss the spiraling problem. six prince george's county teens killed so far this school year. to just last week, including charles walker, apparently shot during a robbery. . he isove him dearly precious to us. can only grieve for her former students. others called for an end to violence and guns. >> you see what i am saying? that is what they get. >> law-enforcement officials made made an appeal to parents. >> we need your help. >> the vast crowd of many adults were in the', few target age group, teenage males. kimberly matthews came out with concern for answers. he rest were waiting for something. at i was waiting for resolution that i have not gotten. the part ofon on some tonight and also fear. fear that if something is not done to s

joe saunders was one of the markell stories -- was one of the remarkable stories of the 2012 orioles season. \ he agrees to a one-year contract that could be worth $7.5 million with the seattle mariners. the orioles resurgence, the ribbon superbowl. pretty good time -- the ravens super bowl. a pretty good time for baltimor. >> [laughter] does that mean it was a close call? hd snow showers out there tonight. some of you might get some snow in harford county and cecil county. 37 tomorrow. winds will gust over 40 tonight. we could get some snow next week. wednesday would be the day. >> that is all for 11 days tonight. [captioning made possible by constellation energy g)w >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- host of this year's academy awards, seth macfarlane,

but as of markel, yeah, he took an innocent person's life and he may feel bad about it.on't know. >> reporter: elizabeth ross said her son had dreams of doing creative things with his life. he loved to dance, run track, even model. >> he said i'm not going to be living with you and i said fine. i don't want a bunch of old kids living with me. he said that's not going to be me. he always had big dreams. >> reporter: dreams that died at the hands of a man with a gun. marckel ross was killed a little over two weeks after amber stanley was shot to death inside her kettering home, two very troubling murders that left a community on edge and in fear. in the fox 5 newsroom i'm paul wagner. >>> the other case police say they've solved, the murder of 71-year-old geraldine mcintyre found stabbed to death inside her capitol heights home earlier this month. investigators believe 46-year- old james alphonso ward killed mcintyre while burglarizing her home. the two were neighbors. it's believed mcintyre may have even been helping ward by giving him food. >>> tonight the frantic 911 ca

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announce charges next week in the september 11 murder of 18- year-old central high school senior, markell ross. the murder of 15-year-old suitland freshman, charles cj walker monday was solved in 48 hours. it was less than a week in the case of friendly high school junior, marcus jones, who was shot to death in january. in each case, twitter was alive with tributes to the victims and within hours of the deaths, information was flowing to investigators. >> four of the six cases will be closed thanks in no small part to social media. >> prince georges county police capitalized. also a text address. and a reporting system online in each case, information can be sent unanimously without ever having to talk to police in person. which is just the way many kids want it. scott broom, wusa9. >> now we have posted all the tip numbers, texts, and web addresses on our website, wusa9.com. the federal government wants its money back from the cyclist, lance armstrong, and file add lawsuit to get it. the u.s. postal service paid $30 million to sponsor armstrong's racing team. a federal official tells u.s

markell ross walking to school, somebody shoots him. has something changed? >> you know, something has changed. we haven't transferred the proper values, if we are honest about it, to cheese children. things have grown progressively worse over the years. but there's something wrong in terms of that child's values. we haven't been honest about it and i think it's catching up. as well as glorifying violence. you sit home all day and watch violent video games and think it won't affect you, you should think again. >> what is it now? why are these kids shooting each other? >> it's the violence. it's glorifying violence. many sit home all day and play violent video games. sometimes even with their parents. they stand in line to buy tennis shoes before the store opens. you stand in long lines and we teach our children that these are items that we should glorify and value in a way that is inappropriate. >> now, as someone who is a part of law enforcement, what can you say that you guys are doing that is working or not working? >> the frustrating thing is law enforcem

scott broom with the latest on the september murder of markel ross. >> i'm scott broom. it was here where they began to galvanize the epidemic of teen violence. >> and they are making progress in the homicide investigation and that we will have a significant announcement next week. >> i guess that i will come through some sort of closure, but it will not bring my son back. >> reporter: that's the mother here today. >> it is like i'm numb. >> reporter: who says that she is quietly reliving the horror of her son's tragedy. >> this is a memory case. >> reporter: as three more prince george's county students have been murdered since being shot at central avenue. it would appear to be a robbery. >> oh, i just feel sorry for their loss. i can't grieve for my own son. as you see that every day, there is something going on and i'm saying to myself that this is so sad and that something really has to stop. >> reporter: telling me that there is just two weeks after the murder here and that his younger brother was held up at gunpoint for only $2. and as he was walking home from mcd

warming up markell. he's about to. he lines up the 3 from the top of the key, but no team led by more than 6 in the first half. tied at 3. otto porter, yeah. that gives the hoyas the largest lead of the game. eli carter, welcome back carter. the rainbow 3. he shot nine three's. 80 seconds to go. porter, you can do it, put your back into it. and otto goes for 19-14. georgetown wins its fifth straight, 69-63 over the scarlet knights. >> 14th ranked butler. talk about a tough game today. that's the butler bulldog. cameron woods, it's a dog's life right there. how about a facial with a strong finish. gw's isaiah led the colonials with 14 on the day. this game was a three-point game. butler, rodney clark tastes the rainbow down the stretch. game high 14. butler pulls it out 59-56. >> these guys have a lot of character and heart and i wish we wouldn't get down so much. it happened a lot. but we are playing really good teams. so we haven't packed it in yet. i was amazed. shoot 27% to even be in the game. >> almost pulled off

jersey, second half, georgetown rutgers, wally rescueds blocked by mike hopkins into the hand of markell stocks but it counts, 51-48 rutgers, and later georgetown leading, rutgers trying to catch up. it's another rejection. eli carter answers an unanswered prayer, and how about this in atlantic, miami against north carolina tonight and look shane's dad, baseball hall of famer, barry larkin and his mom lisa, lebron and dewayne, look at that play. now let's get to our own backyard for a moment. literally outside back room news room door. northwest baltimore city, the division one national championship, men'sly owe greyhounds, the lacrosse -- lie owe will greyhounds, loyola university of maryland, preseason number one. they're picked to defend their national crown. >> so >>> a snow man in ohio stands the test of time. he made him the day after christmas. here's the first picture, his slow demise over the course of ten days, the 6-foot snow man started melting away in an unusual way. he started leaning completely to the side. the leaning tower of snow. his long bow finally ended when his fac

jack markell, a democrat from delaware, welcomed to the white house along with other governors over thewhite house putting a list out of how states will be affected by spending cuts. what they say will happen in delaware. 2,000 fewer students will be served in schools. about 2,000 civilian department of defense employees furloughed. $201,000 less for senior seniors. 380 children will receive vaccines, fewer. and 1,800 fewer hiv tests and 100 fewer domestic violence victims serve. >> we feel the economy is starting to come back, and right at the time where we would like to see it accelerate, this could really put a slam on the brakes, that's the biggest issue for us. >> gdp, the biggest issue. some say it won't be affected much. but some republicans say that president obama is painting a doomsday scenario, saying it will be worse than it actually is. this is tom coburn speaking on fox news sunday. >> senator coburn, is the president exaggerating the impact of these cuts? >> absolutely. and you see that the typical setup of the strawman. what sequestration is, it's a terrible way to cut s

national governor's association chair jack markell says the president is not bluffing.moments. ashley: plus another spike in gasoline prices. they're up 20 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. we'll see what is causing the spike and whether drivers will see any relief anytime soon. lori: time for the stocks now at the top of the hour. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange as we do every 15. nicole. >> the fear index continues to move higher. the dollar continues to move higher. i should have requested a 10-year bond because obviously that is something the yield is dropping. it is 1.88%. that is something the traders brought to my attention. you can see the nasdaq down one-third of 1%. the s&p 500 down 3/4 of 1% on a the same day where the dow made five-year highs. a complete turnaround. couple things going into effect. i want to talk about the fact that we're getting it tally vote and the elections could affect austerity measures. everybody is watching washington, ben bernanke, the sequester. these are things on the forefront here on

later in the 1st half markel starks tips the rebel ahead to porter. he takes it the distance, georgetown up 10 at the break. 2nd half starks, moving to his right and hits the floater over the tall trees in the middle, starks with 16 tonight, hoyas up 10, less than five minutes left. starks to a cutting porter draws contact, gets the bounce. he would convert the three- point play. he had a game high 21. georgetown beats marquette tonight 63-55, both teams 8-3 in big east play. afterward the coach with high praise for mr. automatic otto porter. >> he's one of the best players in the country. he's consistently shown that. he's someone that takes pride in and excels at every aspect of the game. >>> women's hoops seventh ranked maryland on the road against no. 5 duke. the terps trail the entire 1st half. in the 2nd freshman katie rutan hits the three. this game belonged to chelsea gray. she lays the break, scores two of her career high 28 points as maryland falls to duke 71-56. >>> coming up alex ovechkin is starting to ramp things up for the caps. we're b

in prince george's county are ready to announce an arrest in the death of a teenager. 18-year-old markeloss was killed as he walked to school. >> right now president obama is speaking to the nation's governors at the white house. it's no surprise that the big topic of conversation at this week's meeting of the national governors association is the looming sequester trags. congress has until thursday to reach a deal before billions of across the board spending cuts kick in. that's a live picture of the president speaking. the proposal includes asking states to allow veterans to receive licenses or credentials based on military experience. >> we want to make it easier for those who were medics or drivers in the military to oh get new jobs as paramedics, nurses, physicians assistants or truck drivers. >> mrs. obama added that these initiatives will help the more than 1 million service members set to come home and begin their transition to civilian life. >> right now we are leash learning how the sequester will affect air travel. tony has details on how it will affect the nation's airports.

and then tomorrow, just to whet your appetite, get here bright and early because governor markell has a date along with the other democratic governors or maybe other governors as well in the white house with president obama. so we're going to start bright and early at 8:30 with a keynote from governor markell, then we'll have a 9:30 meeting with the author of "resilience: why things bounce back." and a terrific panel on lessons and resilience, adapting to extreme events and sea level rise. we'll have a lunch discussion with the deputy associate director for climate change adaptation at the white house council on environmental quality. they've just recently put out their adaptation plan for public review, and then finally we're hear from governor malloy from connecticut, a state that should know about resilience given all they've been through. he will round out our day tomorrow with a closing keynote at 1:30. so now, on with the show. kate. >> thank you, vicki. good morning. >> morning. >> morning. >> i'm kate, i'm the research and policy director for the georgetown climate center, als

we'll be talking to scott walker and jack markell or delware and have to ask marcel about joe biden'ssuggestion that joe biden should get a shat shot gun and start blasting aim from the balcony. turns out it's against the law. >> shepard: it is. i was reading on the blog you were dancing around the idea of mitt romney becoming a contributor here. >> i wasn't, that wag somebody adding up two and two and coming to seven. he is not going to work at fox news. >> shepard: just cure you get all internal information from the blog so i figured i'd ask you. chris, have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> shepard: an up and coming rapper was among the victims of the shooting and car cabrera crash in the heart of the vegas strip in front of the bellagio. we have cell phone video that shows the fiery aftermath. the police say the man was driving the maserati when somebody pulled up in a range rover, just opened fire. the sports car slammed into a taxi, which exploded in flames. the cab driver and a passenger also died. the rapper went by the name of kenny clutch. his father says, learning your son

here is jack markell speaking directly to president obama. >> you're probably jealous of the first ladyy fallon's trainer. while you, on the other hand, deal with leader reid and speaker boehner. >> during an appointment at the white house last year, the first lady gave fallon some fitness tips. >>> the president did some social towel snapping, if you will. >> i want to say thanks to you for being on your best behavior last night. i'm told nothing was broken, no silverware is missing. i didn't get any calls from the neighbors about the noise. although i can't speak for joe's afterparty at the observatory. i hear that was wild. >> well, next the "sideshow" meets the oscars. it comes as no surprise that the iranian government is not jazzed by the movie "argo." the movie is all about how they were duped into believing that their country was being used for a hollywood movie when the whole thing was really a cia operation to free six american hostages. all the same, the results of the academy awards were reported by the iranian news agency including that "argo" had won best picture. do you n

ucla and usc markell walker off the defender throws the ball over the backboard, somehow it falls forvideo from the mount carmel cyo basketball game in san rafael saturday. vern glenn's camera rolling when the ball gets stuck and settles right on the rim. that day face gravity. two shots of the show of the day that defy gravity tonight. >> did you just throw jennifer lawrence under the best? >> she was fantastic afterwards. >> excuse me. i just had a shot. >> fantastic. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com hat flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. look, if you have copd like me you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney

i am governor jack markell, of delaware. i serve as the chair of the national governors' association, joined by other governors. we had what i believe that a productive conversation with the president. he heard from governors of both parties about their concerns about the sequester, and about their concerns about the effect on the economies in our states. he shares those concerns. we talked about other issues related, largely, about the economy. his belief that continuing investments in infrastructure, are incredibly important, something that each of us in our own states can very much right to, because we know we cannot have a strong economy going forward if we do not have a strong infrastructure. we talked about everything from marketplace fairness as a tax issue to work force the element funds, where so many of us find we are spending so much time to put people to work in our states, it is one of the most frustrating conversations we have with the businesses and our states who say they have vacancies, but not people with t

the nga chairs delaware governor jack markell and vice chair is oklahoma governor mary fallin.we expected to get underway in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> again, we are live for the start of the closing session of the national governors association meeting. their final session is today, and attendees will be hearing from tv personality dr. oz here, and they will be talking this morning about ursula policies versus government responsibility and personal responsibility. the senate and house are back from the presidents' day recess today. the senate gaveling in ftp infusion. they will start with a reading of george washington's farewell address. after that, the senate will be in morning business. that will last until 5 p.m. at that time senators will debate nomination of robert back row of oklahoma to be u.s. circuit court judge for the 10th circuit. then at 5:30 p.m. the senate will vote on the confirmation of that nomination. we could see work on chuck hagel to be the next defense secreta

. >> rose: some say that the reason you had to rush it was because of the markel licence was expiring, yes. >> rose: and that was one of the motivating factors. >> yes, that happens. yes, we had deadlines. you know, we went through-- . >>ose: was it an untenable situation from the beginning. >> no, it was a beautiful situation from the beginning. >> rose: but edge and bono were not always there, because they were off touring. >> no, they were there, as we were creating the show they were there i traveled to ireland or to france. they came here. we worked on it. and it was a very, very positive experience. it was excitingment and everybody, producers, everybody was thrilled about, well, i done know if everybody was. but the people who i met. >> evidently not. >> well, no in the beginning people were excited. you don't get all that moy to go build the sets and do it if people don't believe in what are you doing. >> from the beginning. >> yes. >> i can tell you more in bono an -- >> yeah. and you know the thing is that when are you creating something that wasn't a normal broadway musical