george mason as 3-7. it's northeastern by two. >> mark: george mason is going to have to pay close attention to allen and janning because they're very food long ball shooters. >> mike: here is hancock. thought about the three. double-teaming put on by thehuskies. 1020 shoot for george mason. cornelius got the careen screen. he miss as three. the rebound by adako. >> mark: northeastern is doing a very good job limiting george mason just to one shot. that's what you want to be able to do. >> mike: huskies firing from long trieng start. that's their first miss from beyond the arc. that's 3-4. we'll see a lot of that tonight, right? >> mark: you win by the three, but you also can diep by the three. >> mike: morrison doesn't get this jumper inside. northeastern's allen will take it up now with a 2 two-point lead and almost 6:00 gone by here in the first half. >> mike: adako against morrison. good matchup there. adako got hit. he'll have a couple of free throws when he returns -- when we return. northeastern ha

2-5 for george mason. that's a long one there by tate. [ whistle ] >> mike: long rebound, ojougboh. hancock the freshman picks up his second. >> mark: freshmen tebd to think they can get it back in one to po session. they have to chip at it at a time a back at a time. there's no 12-point shot in this game. >> mike: i want to till the first half, it's very early on. nobody is going quietly in any caa contest. i mean, you've seen northeastern be in close ballgames this year. george mason had very tight ones as well. >> mark: both this the experience because they have played a tough preseason schedule and been in enough games where they've been down and fought back to try to get victory. >> mike: bigby, shot clock at seven. it's another three in the corner and that one is no good by muo and rebounded by the patriots. here they come. >> mark: what mason needs to do the last 2:00 of the game, try goat quality possession, -- possessions, gets goods shot and -- good shots and try to go out on a high note. >> mike

he is the president of george mason.reat to see him. >> al: he enjoys the broadcast and look forward to seeing him back here soon. well, misses the shot. byrdsong ter other end to stretch the lead to 6. , great defense by james is madison. i'll say james mason and george all game. >> al: wells for the board. louis on the run with a pretty finish. he is coming off the bench. a nice first step. he has to get to the basket the prior play and finish, that time he is under control. >> al: one under bowles scores for jmu. on wright. wright throws it away. good anticipation by curtis. nice shot. behind the arc. and pulled a trigger there. he know what he is thinking. and on the bench. and hancock. was not easy. and impressive finishes nicely. when does he grow that beard, last night? [ laughter ] >> al: a 12 o'clock shadow. >> glenn: like curt gibson. he would grow a beer in two innings. clean shaven and then look like zz top. >> al: a foul here that will be the third on the patriots. hancock part of the great class giving geor

george mason by 8. battling that. and despite the contact pearson will convert. >> glenn: pearson passed up the jump shot and in. >> al: and hitting 2 3 pointers. back from bowles. off the left hand portion of the window. that's great work for bowles. four assists now. he is a great offensive. >> glenn: well parker saw limb lead him. you have to do because you have to expect to double team his partner bowles. >> al: hancock. and johnny williams. >> glenn: he has impressed me this year, hancock. he has something that's unusual for a freshman. a great off financessive feel to the game. and he has a knack of the game. >> al: and that's a long, long for wells. >> glenn: not going away, al. >> al: not going away. you look at this james madison team they are 10-11 record. 3-7 in the caa. most of the losses have been at the buzzer. and wright answers. , watching them. mason is better defending the perimeter than madison. you can see it. it is ease is i for madison to get to the rim. >> bowles called for traveling. that takes

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george mason trying to stay undefeated. they have work to in the second half to see if they can stay that way. they're 3-0 in league play huskies on their tail. >> mark: they have work to do. it has to start on the defensive enend. it's not danger zone here. you need to -- they need to take care of the ball, but they need to push northeastern from the three-point line because they're shooting well from the three-point line and they have nine turnovers. you look at the three- pointdifference thearks where the lead is right there. >> mike: you heard coach jim larranaga talk about it when we talked to him before the beginning of the half, they have to get to outsite shooters. we'll hear from head coach bill coen has to say for northeastern when we come back. >> mike: welcome back to the start of the second half from northeastern. the huskies with a 12-point lead over george mason. moments oskars we caught up with the northeastern -- moments ago, we caught up with the northeastern head coach bill coen. coach, good first half to

mason was guarded by shegog.aveled. >> robin: one of the things cristy mckinney talked about this morning was limiting the touches to shegog. but if they could not do that, then to double her, to bring the help in. nice example of getting the double-team there quickly. plus the guard coming in down to choke in. >> mike: 18 turnovers now for north carolina. gillespie again penetrating the paint but shegog with the block. her 11th block of the season. looking inside. good defense from mason. shot clock is under ten. good defense by kirstyn wright. that time the offensive board and the put-back from chay shegog. that is what silvia hatchell has been looking for out of number 20. >> robin: good job by shegog to use her strength up coming against lindsey mason. similar in size. shegog had strength on that play. >> mike: speaking of strength. how about april parker. >> robin: classic post screen and then another turnover. >> mike: my goodness. turnovers are starting to build up on the part of north carolina. chay shego

giving mason the lead for good. morrisson, by the way, 15 poin and later in the game, old dominion's ben finney, an ugly wild shot in the lane and goes on the fast break. wright to ryans, pearson finishes it off with authority, a team high 17 points and george mason cruises past odu, 71-55. >> taking on george washington. the drive, extends for the lay- in and foul. misses the free-throw. the bison down, 38-34 and inside to airplane wade and draws the foul and the colonials led. gw pulls away with this one. damion holes a into the lane, banks home 18 points, george washington defeats howard, 81- 63 and improving to 10-3. the others, american beat brown, 76-58. >>> else where virginia tick facing, the governor's cup and jeff all own the steal here. with 23 points, the game went into overtime, even at 80. in o.t., a wild sequence. this is great. to hudson, hits the game- pointer and here comes seton hall, pushes it up the court and kick it out. uses all the rim for this one and getting the 3-pointer to fall. you bette

. >>> george mason starting the leake portion of their schedule. caa will be a walk in the park for mason, taking on old dominion. later, ty stretched their lead, 63-47. the dish, the flush. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. planning how word this afternoon. the slick pass over to thomas. he knows how to make it count. george washington, slicing into the lane, the hard way. he had 18. the colonials turn back howard. >>> virginia tech hokies had to go into overtime tonight to beat seton hall. that is sports. >> old dominion asked george mason telling everyone to wake up. mason telling everyone to wake up. [ drill whirring ] thank you. excuse me, sir! can you tell me which coffee tastes better? "a," definitely. this one. thank you. in a national taste test, more hard-working americans preferred the taste of dunkin' donuts over starbucks. try the coffee that won. excuse me, sir! thank you. start your morning off at dunkin' donuts with a freshly brewed hot coffee. it will clean so deep, she'll never go back to you again. sorry. ♪ love stinks ♪ love stinks,

george mason ended the decade with with a stale performance. a new year off ears fresh start and that's what the patriots need playing in their first game of 2010 yesterday afternoon against old dominion. the coach, faiths looking for their seventh win of the season. one five seconds to play in the first half. check it out. george mason leads 31-28 at the break. second half off the monarch miss. back to morrison for the dunk, remember kids sharing is cing. later in the second half, patriots turn in defense into offense. wright and morrison force the bad shot then wright leads the break, check this out, nice bounce pass to ryan pearson. george mason cruises, 71-55. all right. seth greenburg and the hokies playing seton hall in cancun. harvey drives. lays it up and ties it at 80. we go to overtime. less than a minute to play in o. t. allen throws the pass to ad kins, out front. throws it down. the hokies win it 103-94 in overtime. their ninth win in a row. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish, have a great day. >>> and that does it for u

to college hoops, george mason coming off its worst lost in six years by rad forward. how would the patriots start the new year? their opponent old dominion who defeated georgetown two weeks ago. game tied at 28, cam long to luke hancock gets it at the buzzer. may have been led by 3 at the half. second half the patriots trail by one. mike morrison, the beautiful alley-oop dunk to give mavent lead for good. morrison had 15 points. later in the game old dominion with a wild shot. mason goes n the fast break. shirad wright finishes it off with a team high 17 points. george mason cruises back old dominion 71-55. >>> howard in blue taking on george washington. he misses the free throw. bias on downy 4. lazon croma draws the foul. the cloelans led by 8. then gw pulls away. hol i wills banks home two of the 18 points. george washington defeats howard 81-63 improving to 10-3. the buy son 1-13. the one other local score, american beats brown 76-68. tomorrow afternoon marks the end of the of season for the redskins. changes are expected around redskins park following the season

ol dominion, a dangerous team, taking on a george mason. mason extends the lead. the dish, the flesh. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. welcoming howard into the air arena. he knows how to make it count. collins led howard with 17. islicing into the lane, it's a hard way. the colonials turn back howard. >>> with a cloud of uncertainty surrounding their head coach, the florida gators headed into the sugar bowl against no. 4 cincinnati very focuse urban meyer, may be his last game. tim tebow, definitely his last game. florida goes up 30-3. he throws for 482 yards, runs for 51. he sets the pc as bowl record for total offense, 533 yards. >> the most successful senior class in the scc, and considering the strength of this conference, the guy sitting next to me into a great senior year. he is one of the great singers of all time. >>> mississippi beat oklahoma state today, the final 21-7. >>> mississippi beat oklahoma state today, the final 21-7. >> it's so hard to choose one. you know, during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, tiguan or fuel efficient jetta for pr

george mason led 30-18 at the break. second half it's the freshman corn kneel just -- cornelius strong. a couple other scores uva wins at nc state 70-62. howard loses to morgan state 90- 58. >>> this week the capitals have a prime opportunity to pad their lead in the southeast division. they currently hold a 14-point lead and have the thrashers on tap tonight followed by tampa bay and florida. the capitals entered tonight's road game at 8-1 against southeast division teams. we start in the first period. no score. the caps in the thrashers zone. they win the faceoff. 1-0 capitals early on. still in the first, the thrashers on a power play but the caps are attacking shorthanded. alexander semi ne is denied but he sticks with t. lenot be denied a second time. that is the first of two goals for semin. he now has 18 for the season. that would be more enough for the goaltender. 39 saves in all, including this beautiful stab in mid air. from there the capitals would just pour it on. nicholas backstrom adds one. 8-1 making a big

. >> coming up tomorrow, brent harris' exclusive interview with ravens receiver derrick mason trying to get back to the super bowl for the first time since the 1999 season. >>> and still to come on "geico sportsnite", how much trouble is gilbert arenas facing? longtime nba veteran tony massenburg weighs in from the player's perspective. >>> captain ovie and the washington capitals taking on the ottawa senators. countdown to face-off right here on "geico sport why is travel these days about what you give up and not what you get? like electricity for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs, and your wingspan, food when you're hungry, and taking off your shoes, only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. learn more at supportyourvet.org. beensuss pnded in-- suspended indefinitely. not the news you want to get hours before you face that dude, lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers. it wasn't going to be the wizards night. we fwhiew that from the get go. lebron with the topple hawk. this was -- tomahawk. this was ridiculous. the

mason runs 71-55. here's jim. >> coach, you told me before the game the biggest question mark about your team and you used the word the ability to sustain. sustain intensity and sustain poise. you guys certainly did that today. >> we really did glen. i'm proud of the kids. had an awful performance on wednesday night and had to take thursday off because of ncaa rules. we had one day to prepare. this is about defense and toughness and rebounding the basketball. we rebounded and defending. >> it seemed to me that coming into this game your goal was to match the intensity of old dominion but it looked like old dominion had to flip the switch and match the intensity of your team. >> well, we have a great support group at the patriot center. our student body and alumni and fans. they came and cheered cheered us on and our student prep band. we have an exciting environment and i think our guys got pumped up and was able to is it not effort. >>> we have northeastern and larry sanders right here on comcast spor

miles was trying to find mason. it leads to a turnover. 14 committed by duke. trying to cut it to 11, maybe 10 with a three. what a move down there. what a drop step move. he has nine. >> mike: he went running right through the double team. that gave booker a little lane. >> tim: scheyer with a pump fake. it's fouled by potter. that was a reach. the fourth on david potter. clemson came out quickly in the second half. cut a 20-point lead to as low as 7 before the answer came from the dukies. >> mike: this is a pretty young team. this is a new environment. the firsts that a new guy goes through. the first acc action is completely different than nonconference. >> tim: speed of the game is far different, no doubt. >> mike: intensity. >> tim: they all remembered the blowout of a year ago. it signaled clemson's resurgence. had many people doubting duke last year. the players remembered that. >> debbie: he remembered most the last time-out of the game. coach "k" had the players stare at the scoreboard. he said he never experienced a loss like that before. >> tim: bett

mason, second half, mason was up 5. the tip to extend the lead to 7. mason increwses 59- 46.es madison best finish of the day, game tied at 66. he passed to ben. the fade away 3. there's your game winner. they win by 69-66. >>> some other area scores for you. american loses its patriot league opener to lee high. navy beats bucknell. >>> the wizards return to their home court tomorrow to host the hornets. while they would like to forget their p.r. nightmare after week there is one thing washington would like you to remember. they can win. the wi zardst upset or land dough at home on friday and sunday will attempt to accomplish winning back to back contests. they can't change the off the court issues at this moment but believe fans can appreciate what happens when the whistle blows. >> if we come out and play hard and we fight and compete, the crowd, the people will respond to that. and will respect that type of energy. >> and in the scenario tiger woods has come to know, adidas issued a statement that it would be evaluating its relationship with arenas based on his recent cond

. >>> george mason looking for their fifth victory in the last seven, leading in the second half. george mason beats unc- wilmington. >>> howard drops to 2-14 with a loss. >>> four washington wizards have been fined $10,000, each for making light of watching gilbert arenas make light of shooting his gun. last night, the wizards tried to make a strong statement, antawn jamison apologize to the crowd. in reference to any merchandise with gilbert arenas' name was gone. playing orlando last night. the wizards cut the lead to 81- 74. now they are down by one. butler off the inbounds, the wizards take the lead, 84-83. then randy foye and hits a high art, the wizards win. they are home tomorrow against new orleans. >>> another award for peyton manning, winning the associated press award four times. manning and the colts have day bye in this week's playoffs after finishing 14-2. >>> pete carroll is allegedly going to become head coach of the seattle seahawks. after nearly a decade at usc and two national titles, it could be a five-year deal to turn around the seattle seahawks. a lot of pe

. >> good george mason pulling away from unc-wilmington. george mason has won five of their last seven. >>> how or drops to 2-14 with their loss to morgan state. -- howard dropped to 2-14 with their loss to morgan state. >>> the redskins got to the nfl playoffs tonight, sort of. joe thighs men and joe gibbs were and the tv booth, could reminding us of the good old days at rfk stadium. mark sanchez, to dustin keller. the jets' lead 14-7, looking to pull the upset in cincinnati. the bengals got back in the game. fourth quarter, said rick benson, right side, finds a hole. 47 yards. the crowd back into it, the bengals back into it. cincinnati with a shot. not anymore, carson polymer is sacked. -- carson polymer is sacked. >>> peyton manning becomes the first player to win the associated press' nfl mvp honors for times. manning and the colts have a bye after finishing 14-2. >>> long time usc coach pete carroll is going back to the nfl to become head coach of the seattle seahawks. the cowboys just at the eagles, 34-14. philadelphia loses. have yo

mason improved to 7-1 in conference play. 12-7 overall.f the alley oop to stud freshman take favors. that's what the jackets do best. they run by 7. favors not done yet. it was so nice the first time tech tries it again. favors led the jackets with 17. they were up by 6 at the break. but the tigers roar back in the second half. trevor booker throws one down himself. tigers went on a late 8-0 run to tie it up. 5 seconds to go, still tied. jackets with the last possession, and booker fouls zach peacock. peacock makes both free throws. and tech goes on to win the final 66-64. >>> other college news at the advice of his doctor, yukon's jim calhoun is taking a medical leave of absence to address some temporary medical issues, none of which involve any previous conditions, according to his physician. at 67, calhoun is a three-time cancer survivor, many who is expected to give more information in the coming days, but a school spokesman says it's neither heart for cancer- related and he will not need to be hospitalized. the associate head coach wi

george mason hosting unc wilmington pick it up in the second half. brian pearson.for the dunk. morrison had a team high of 15 points. understand five minutes to go. pearson knocks the ball loose. tate gives it back to pearson. george mason go on to win it 59-46. 14th straight conference victory at the patriot center. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> whoever said you shouldn't play with your food forgot to tell that to some folks in colorado. they threw up their fruitcakes. in the 15th annual great fruitcake toss. not a mere exhibition, it was a competition. the fruitcake slingers were judged on distance, accuracy and even catching. they had to bring their own fruitcakes which had to contain which is fantastic. we'll have them over for a friday night pizza. it's just our way of entertaining without going out. this is where all the magic happens. this is where i knead the dough, make the pizza. by using my card, i get the specials, the real deals, and it saves me money. the win-win is that we get to visit with our friends, the kids

george mason takes care of james madison 70-68. these are the standings today. updated standings today. it is now george mason. sole possession in first place. ole u north eastern at 9-2. rexle 7-3. dragons will not play. scheduled game at william and mary postponed. they got worse snow than we had here. they'll play tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. after the women's game. it is vcu tied with william and mary six and four for the fifth spot. top four get opening round bi in the c.a.a. tournament. >> i'd like to see the bottom of the conference get wins and raise the level of the c.a.a. boy is it going to be a fight at the top. you can see jenning's coming in. hard to believe drexel has a lead on william and mary. they were so good in nonconference play. >> take a look at the shooting numbers. again, vcu with three double figure. led by sanders by 11. he only played a limited number of minutes on the first half. sander with 12 minutes. all that production on the first stanza. vcu bench outscoring georgia state 16-8. big number is not the efficiency but the quantity at the s

george mason off a 27-point loss. old dominion, 71-55. >>> elsewhere, carl hobs andw hosting howard and foggy bottom. in the blue jerseys, mike phillips, drives and extends for the lay-in and the foul. he would miss the free-throw, the bison down, 38-34 and hollas into the lane, banks on two of his game high, 18 points. george washington defeats howard, 81-63 to improve to 10- 3. the baseon, 1-13 and american beats brown brown. >>> >> more coming up on geico sports extra at 11:15, including a word from dave ross who is nice and warm with the skins in california. >>> we're jealous, right? >> oh, yes. >> thank you, lindsay. >>> taking it to the storm force for more on the top story amount live look outside on a blistery cold and windy night. a wind advisory in effect right now. gwen is coming back with a look at the next five days and the tumbling temps after the break.  ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes ar

george mason improves to 7-6 overall. virginia tech playing seeton hol in cancun.t many atkins, out front all by his lonesome. throws it down. the hokies go on to win it 103-94 in overtime. it's their ninth win in a row. and the redskins py their season finale today in san diego. have a great day. >>> a wacky preview of 2010 and an up close look at the natural world. here's joe krebs now with this week's "kidspost." >> this week on kiss"kidspost," dates to know and queen of snow. tracy grant, good to see you again. >> good to be here. happy new year. >> se to you. it seems like the new year is all wrapped up, but really they're just getting started. "kidspost" knows lots of kids get calendars as holiday presents, but every year we like to point out some of the lesser known holidays. so we do that in monday's "kidspost." for example, february 7th to 13 is jell-o week. eat as much jell-o as you can. and march 17th through 13th is celebrate nor name week. we celebrate tongue twister day, no socks day, and haunted refrigerator night. >> yes. october 30th is haunted ref

. >> virginia produced some of our countries most noticeable leaders, people like mason and jefferson and george washington. is a something about the state itself that brought out great leadership in people? >> i don't know about great -- if there's anything about virginia's self that brought a great leaders. i know what a lot of people forget is the importance virginia played. we were the biggest most prosperous, we were the largest colony of the 13 colonies. i think a lot of folks forget that. including my students. they are almost oblivious to the fact -- there's a phrase they used to use. virginia was the bomb they used to say. we were it. i guess our sheer size contributed. i'd like to say there was a special quality about virginia's. i've been here 20 of myself and i love the state, but i really couldn't account for what it was, what cause, you know, why virginia. i will say though, you are right, the names you mention. washington, the father the country. jefferson is the father of the declaration. and of course, later on he will have mattison and mason, important leaders and ot

. >> virginia produced some of our country's most notable leaders, people like mason and jefferson and george washington, is there something about the state itself or the free revolutionary context that brought out a great leadership and people? >> i don't know about great -- anything about virginia itself that brought up great leaders. i know what a lot of people forget is the importance of virginia played. we were the biggest most prosperous, we were the largest colony of 13 colonies and i think a lot of folks forget that including my own students. they are almost oblivious to the fact that -- there is a phrase, virginia was a bonnet, they used to say. we were its and i guess our sheer size and you did. i like to say there was a special quality about virginia. i've been here 25 years myself and love the state, but i couldn't account for what it was, what costed and why virginia -- i will say you were right the name to mention. washington, father of the country, and jefferson fathered of the declaration, and later on you have madison and mason, and foreign leaders and other political

and later on you have madison and mason and important leaders of another player's. virginia did produce great leaders for sure. >> what your everyday virginians think about british and the revolution and? >> well, it depends. of course you're going to have some tory or loyalist support, but it wasn't so great here in virginia. as many as in new york where you found quite a bit of loyalist support. and that's what my book focuses a lot on, more of the every day virginian. i have a lot of quotes on the. what i think is the is it you can see, as you see the whole dispute kind of percolate and develop, more and more everyday virginians buy into what their leaders are saying, that their rights are threatened and that they may become absolute slaves to the people 3000 miles away in england. so you read the virginia gazette and such like that, and you get the -- were at a disadvantage. were always at a disadvantage as researchers, because there's not a whole lot of material of everyday virginians. that's difficult. so almost every book you read about is goingo

sanders had a career night. 20 points. 20 rebounds against george mason. >> bizzel all day. left side three. weak side rebound. bcu. now out there for georgia state. there will be a whistle and foul right of the lane. we have a 4-2 score. it should be a 4-4. with 16:28 to go first half. head coach of georgia state trying to work the far sideline official and a change of a call went from block to offensive. that will go in georgia state's favor. >> sanders got that all out there. little bit of elbow. as a result that's normally automatic offensive foul called. sanders earlier this season missed a game. suspended against the university of delaware. s that a rough play there. normal inside game certainly the crowd doesn't like it. >> sanders said after his suspension he has grown a new appreciation for basketball playing each game like his last. >> he sure seems like it. you cannot play any better. 9-9 he's averaging. he's shooting 70%. with his race fans, defense just can't challenge the shot. >> i think they are reversing the call again. both officials are sideline chatting w

. >> john, george mason university. what can you say about rand's relationship with the other great women of her era, rose wilder wayne and rose patterson, personal relationship if any and influence one way or another. >> this is a sort of pet project of mine and i almost stopped writing about ayn rand and writing about these through my dissertation advisers for. and i have now been working on the rudiments of the article that kind of brings the three together. i think that patterson's influence on rand has been underestimated and under appreciated because their initial counter is lost to history because it was mostly verbal or oral. i see so much in paterson that is in rand. she used to say a equal say and reason being important. all the ideas about the philosophers go right into rand. in terms of leyna i find they had a long epistolary relationship and had a long argument about religion in part of the ways. on a detailed this in some depth in the book. what's interesting to me about leyna and rand the of different way

. >> george mason university. what can you say about rand relationship with the two other great women of her era, rose wilder lane and isabel paterson, both personal relationship, if any, and intellectual influenced one way or the other? >> so, this is actually for the pet project of mine, and i almost stopped writing about ayn rand and starting writing about these three. and i have now been working on the rudiments of an article that kind of brings these three together. i think pattersons influence on rand has really been underestimated and underappreciated because i think their initial encounter is lost in history because it was mostly verbal or oral. i see so much in paterson that in rand. she is, talk about reason being important. all her ideas about the fosters, they go right into rand. in terms of lame, i find it did have a long relationship, and that was in had a argued about religion and parted ways that i detailed this is summed up in the book. what's interesting to me about laying and rant is to have suc

and with respect to derek mason. clayton has not been that guy. they could not hurt anybody. >> that's right and your offense changes if you have a deep threat. ma that. of ll e team had. you have a good nfl quarterback. >>> it is never too early to handicapping your favorite basketball team. get insights before the madness starts. washington post live weekend returns. a brgen fi'm k, daug sch is awa oula vnven me plr al d meat pareouse. ing ally y hu def p ths m sc ld w ure he i s tls oon way the. i kat t a p donw also. i was reading in california, we have the state legislature has passed a special week celebrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> it is january you can feel the madness intensifying to the surprising cavs and this area is booming. and breaking down the area teams. >>> you know hoops in the area you grew up around here. virginia is doing it and we'll see about maryland. this is hard to beat. >> no question. and i think they have a chance to make the tournament, that will make it happy. i owe it. >> and a couple with the terps and to help t

we will hear from the manager of google books and media and information professors from george mason university of california. this discussion from the annual meeting of the american historical association in san diego is two hours. >> hello to everybody. thank you for coming. i am shawn martin from the university of pennsylvania and executive director of the history of computing and we are happy to be cosponsoring the session with the research association on is google good for history which is an engaging and interesting topic and i hope you already have questions in mind for discussion. we have a three great speakers who will be talking for 15 minutes each, may be a little bit more. they will talk in that order and we will have time for questions at the end. without further ado i will introduce our three speakers. the first is daniel cohen, associate professor in the department of history at george mason university and director of new media. his research is european and intellectual history and the history of science and most notably for this group he is co-author of digital histor

mason plumlee the putback. zoubek over the back. against devin booker. he knew it.econd. >> mike: kyle singler, to this point of the game, has been the most effective offensive player. everybody else struggling from the floor. >> tim: noel johnson finally got that hoop. they went 6:00 without a bucket all together. that being the case, they only trade by six at that point, 12-6. so duke has not been lighting it up either. stitt lost it. defensive pressure from nolan smith. the cat list there. nine turnovers for the tigers. >> mike: a solid job. he's arguably the best perimeter defender. he has the quickness and size. stitt and young a little bit undersized in the back court for clemson. >> tim: nice runner there by singler. >> mike: he carries them off. that sets up the drive. >> tim: largest lead now of the evening for duke. it's up to 15. hill was the sharp shooter. he's not able to get that one to go. here's nolan smith, moving it right at stitt. and a foul. >> mike: stimith is great at keeping you on his hip. >> tim: it seems we only just started. but coming up

and with respect to derek mason. clayton has not been that guy. they could not hurt anybody. >> that's right and your offense changes if you have a deep threat. ma that. of ll e team had. you have a good nfl quarterback. >>> it is never too early to handicapping your favorite basketball team. get insights before the madness starts. washington post live weekend returns. the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >>> it is january you can feel the madness intensifying to the surprising cavs and this area is booming. and breaking down the area teams. >>> you know hoops in the area you grew up around here. virginia is doing it and we'll see about maryland. this is hard to beat. >> no question. and i thi

council voted to legalize the union and the first below the mason-dixon line. that doesn't become law until congress votes later this month. >>> the former president of howard university has died. james cheek was president of the school for 20 years from 1969 to 1989. during that time the school expanded, adding the law school and the divinity school. president cheek increased student enrollment and the budget grew to ten times the size. he was awarded the presidential metal offreedom. he was 77 years old. >>> here is a new one. a jar full of donations for one family swiped by a man in virginia, police say. now he said it was all a misunderstanding. >>> plus the failed christmas day bombing attempt. the president takes percent of the blame but how will that play out in the coming weeks? chris wallace will tackle that and more on fox news sunday. we'll get a preview after the break.  i know. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turn over mmm hmm, i know it's sort of my weakness - i always keep it in the house well, that and boston crèm

marriage making the nation's capital the sixth jurisdiction to allow such unions and the first below the mason-dixon line. it doesn't become law until congress wraps up a 30-day review later this month. >>> the former president of howard university has died. james chi was sprpt for '69 to 1989 in that time the school underwent major expansion including the law school and divinity school. president cheek increased enrollment adds the budget grew -- and the budget grew nearly ten times since he took the job. he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. he's dead at the age of 77 after a long illness. >>> senator harry reid apologizes to president obama but you might be surprised to hear why. >>> newly released 911 calls shedding light on the death of socialite casey johnson. >>> led lights are good for the environment but we'll explain why they're causing problems on the roads, especially in bad weather. stay with us. we're just getting started. wow, is this... fiber one honey clusters? yes. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i as

but then they get below the mason dixon line, alabama and mississippi, and that's when all hell breaksoose. one day joe lewis is using a telephone on a army base in alabama. a white officer, a white guard tells him that he should be at the phone booth for black soldiers. the, lewis gets upset, young sugar ray robinson -- known as walker smith in the army -- thinks that the officer is going to hit joe lewis. and sugar ray, like a panther, jumps on the white army guard, and there is a tussle. now, why anybody would want to tangle with joe lewis and sugar ray robinson on a army base is unimaginable. >> host: well, it says something about the times. >> guest: right, it does. and so they're both taken to an officer to be disciplined, but now the army has a pr nightmare on it, at it throat. what if the two black public relations figures who were being engaged to tour the south are arrested because they oppose segregation, segregationist policies? and so the army backed off and didn't press any charges. but it really, i think, cut to the bone of who each man was. joe lewis was willing to acce

security, homeland serity and terrorism from: kebutton, director of the ceer for transportati at george masonformer terrosm specialist at the national securitcouncil during t clinton administtion, he's now with the council on foreign relations; and cla kent ervin, former inspect general for the partment of homeland securit in the bush administration he's n director of the aspen instute's homeland security progm. mr. ervin, just a few moment ago the white house issued a statemt or issued a statement that t president reportedlyç said his folks th he met with, in other words, hiseam, his 12 folks that were there, and the esident saidç this. quote,his was a screw-up that cld have been disastrous. we dodged bullet but just it was averted by brave indivials, not because the system worked, and that is n acceptable. while there willçe a tendency to finger inting i will not tolerate i whato you make of that? >> i thinkhat's absolutely ot on. the president s exactly right to say that. he has said essentially the public statent. you can'fix a problem until you acknowledge it. theç president hasaid t

fellow at the new america foundation; and historian and newshour regular richard norton smith of george mason university. cynthia, i'll start with you. how has reality matched up with expectations a year later? >> well, the expectations of the president were impossibley high. many people were absolutely euphoric, if you the inauguration a year ago. the honeymoon was very, very brief because the president had a very tough set of problems. the economy especially still dogs him. he has not been able to solve those problems as quickly as many people had hoped. some disappointment has set in, in some segments of the population. >> brown: we'll come back to some of the specifics. riehan salam how do you see it in a general sense, the expectations versus reality. >> i think the president has some things to be proud of. he was faced with a number of very daunting challenges on the foreign policy front and on the domestic front. in areas like education reform, for example, he's made a good deal of progress. but on his central domestic policy initiative, the health reform effort, i think there were ver

homeland security and terrorism from: ken button, director of the center for transportation at george masonformer terrorism specialist at the national security council during the clinton administration, he's now with the council on foreign relations; and clark kent ervin, former inspector general for the department of homeland security in the bush administration. he's now director of the aspen institute's homeland security program. mr. ervin, just a few moments ago , the white house issued a statement or issued a statement that the president reportedlyç said to his folks that he met with, in other words, his team, his 12 folks that were there, and the president saidç this. quote, this was a screw-up that could have been disastrous. we dodged a bullet but just it was averted by brave individuals, not because the system worked, and that is not acceptable. while there willç be a tendency to finger pointing i will not tolerate it. what do you make of that? >> i think that's absolutely spot on. the president was exactly right to say that. he has said essentially in the public statement. you c

over there jazz is stronger than the masons, just like a religion. >> they go in for it big, huh?hey love it. >> he was the single most important figure in jazz in the 20th century. >> q&a tonight. terry teachout on louisÑi armstrong on c-span. up next "washington journal." today the guests include linda feldman of the christian signs monitor and david hawkings. they talk about politics and the latest news. then jacqueline o'neill of the institute for inclusive security talks about the role women play in muslim countries. then a former c.i.a. intelligence officer looks at al qaeda's determination to acquire weapons of mass destruction. "washington journal" is next. . >> good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on sunday the last day of january for 2010. dozen president obama need a republican congress? will washington and the administration benefit from republicans in congress? is there more balance when one party doesn't control both the executive and legislative branches? we will take your calls on that. >> we are also on online. you can e-mail us. and twitter. you can a

he has taught at george mason university and catholic university. for more information, visit heritage.org. >>> coming up next, book tv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and the author of a new book. this week will street journal economics editor david wessel talks about his book "in fed we trust." in the book mr. wessel looks at the will played by federal chairman ben bernanke following the 2008 economic collapse. he discusses his book with allyson rivn current senior fellow at the brookings institution. >> host: hello. i am alice rivlin, and it is my pleasure to be talking to david wessel about his book, "in fed we trust" been bernanke's war of the great panic which actually has a second subtitled, not every book has to subtitles, david. how the federal reserve became the fourth bank of the branch of government. it's a fascinating book. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i loved it, and i think i should make that clear. at the outset, you take the readers step by step through the crisis of the last couple of years from

but that mason had faith. that if he or she lay dead zone, something would happen.and i think we're at that stage now where we got to lay the stones. you let your so that i play my stone. i'm often struck by how lucky we are that george washington didn't try to write pamphlets. [laughter] >> tone painted and try to lead armies. each of them follow their own passion and talent. and martha washington organized women to make those for the men. but they all use their own individual passions and talents headed for the same destination. and they got the. we need to do that now. so whatever your passion, your talent is, follow it. use it. go for it, with all the gusto you possibly have got. you don't want to be -- you want to be burned at the end. and all of our passions and then we'll all be pains in washington's and move, but let's all move in the same direction of creating a sustainable just an peace world. let's all move in the direction of creating a world for my grandson. thanks. [applause] >> and we will get there. there. we will get there. >> next question. >> i en

the first is daniel cohen, associate professor in the department of history and art history george masonuniversity and director of the center for history and immediate. his own research is in european and american intellectual history and history of science and most notably for this group he is co-author of digital history guide for gathering preserving and presenting the past on the web from the university of pennsylvania press. no personal connection there i can assure you. our second speaker is paul duguid, adjunct professor of information at the university of california berkeley and professorial research fellow at queen mary university of london and visiting fellow in business management at york university in the u.k. at also honorary fellow for the institute for of abortion and enterprise management. his current research focuses on the history and development of trade marks and again notably for this durham he's written to articles about google and the issues of google raises for history in particular one inheritance or loss brief survey of google books and first monday in and also

in all conversations from george mason university bald joined the research faculty of george mason following his retirement from the air force as commander of the eighth there force and u.s. strategics commands global trek component bald was responsible for nine wins and one direct reporting unit with two to 70 aircraft and 41,000 active personnel. general elder was the first commander of air force that would operations and led the development of the cyberspace mission for the air force. he possesses combat experience as an air operations operations center commander with 83 combat flying hours and is what senior staff positions in washington, europe and the middle east. general elder served as the commandant of the call which and how serves a doctorate from evin dee dee to university of detroit and as we to moderate the panel. bob, thank you very much. >> welcome the group was talking as he walked back in that one thing that came this morning is we are a longer competing with panel a neither did they have to compete. what we are trying to address is a kind of thorny issue between cyber prote

. >> we heard of the importance of meeting characters in contemporary culture, like perry mason, where they lead you in a career direction. would reduce say to someone even now contemplating a career in the law? >> i had not anticipated that question. " i tell people in selecting careers of all is to pick the career that every day gives you some joy in the tasks that you are doing. that sounds simple, but it is very hard. if you like working with your hands, then finding the career that led to do that. that will give you joy. if you like figuring out puzzles and things of that nature, you might like computers. that will give you a moment of joy each day. if you like thinking about problems that people are having and you like reading in a way to solve those problems, as opposed to sitting in their room and working them up with the person, then you might like to be a lawyer. you can sit in a room and help people talk through their problems and give them a framework to do that in or you could be a judge, like i am., and read about their problems and look through books and figure out how t

victoria mason was back on her job the next day.uble paying her bills after getting laid off in march. back to sam. is that fantastic? >> it's a different attitude. when you're a lottery winner. it's whatever. i don't need to. let's get live shots out of the way here. we're talking about the cold weather when you wake up, chances are you're a little chilly like boston this morning. almost a foot of snow this weekend. you just couldn't get out of that back door low. atlanta, 18 degrees. 18 degrees yesterday as well. 37 for the high. you're normally right around 52. it's slip and slide in atlanta. anything that looks wet is not wet. it's a solid sheet of ice there. by the way, the cold temperatures do stick around for a while. look at the 9 below in minneapolis to 45 in miami. it's just about everywhere. it's a reforcing shot of cold air later in the week. it's deep in the south so that cold air will hit just about every place. even where we think will be a deep south snowstorm. we're talking about that a >> a very good morning. look

if you're headed over over to georgia mason, that's where we have the crash in order to get through.o. 395, northbound. i think that's as you go minnesota from the -- as you go from the pentagon, out to constitution avenue. 66, not a bad ride this morning. heavy and slow to the beltway. a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you so very much. now that it's 2010, you should start to get your 2009 taxes in order. before you file your return, there's new law changes you want to know about to make the most of it. hi, everyone morning. highway new year to you. a dot people don't want to think about it, but we will start getting tax items in the nail. always be the bestest in the deductions and highlights that people should be aware of. >> the american recovery tax act passed this past year. there's so many significant tax changes that will aelect most people. he biggest is the first time home buyers credit. >> reporter: uh-uh. >> this is a notable first-time credit. it was so notable, it was expended last november -- extended last november. it's for the home buyers who purchase a