. >>> applying to college is not like it used to be and here at george mason, they're accepting video applications. i'm beth parker. we'll show you some of them coming up. >>> and the indian military has a new weapon against terrorism. the world's hottest chili. after a few tests, the military's decided to use the ghost chili to make tear gas like hand grenade. it's been accepted by guiness world records in 2007 as the world's spiceyiest chili. i love economics study group. because every week, we start things off with ten dollar pizzas from pizza hut. yeah, it's insane. any pizza, any size, any crust, any topping is just ten dollars. meat lover's, supreme pan pizza...whatever we want. it's crazy. ♪ what's even crazier? ♪ i'm not even in economics this semester. [ male announcer ] right now, any pizza at pizza hut is just $10. any pizza, any size, any crust, and any toppings -- for only $10. only at your pizza hut. >> has someone asked you to sit down with a pen and paper and explain who you are? it might be tough. that is what kids are asked to do when they apply to college. the proce

>>> president obama came out swinging at george mason university as he enters the final leg of a 13-month marathon to get health care insurance reform signed into law. the house is expected to vote a measure passing the bill sunday. tom fitzgerald has the latest on sunday's show down. >> reporter: in campaign mode, president obama on the hard sell friday. >> not only can we afford to do this, we can't afford not to do this. >> reporter: touting his $940 billion effort to reform the health care system. >> our cost cutting measures would redupeople's prem combrums and here -- premiums and here is the bonus, it brings down the deficit by one trillion dollars the next two decades. >>> democratic house leader now appear to be close to the 216 votes they need to pass the bill. it will require everyone to buy coverage and fine those that don't but prevent insurance companies from dropping people with presifting conditions. >> this legislation is going to be enormously important for america's future. >> reporter: the debate waging in washington was evident outside george mason patriot center with

here at george mason university's law school. it happens to be the alma mater. people here gathered, they were angry over his recent letter to virginia colleges and universities. >> it's rare to see a protest on the campus of george mason university. even more unusual, at its law school. but virginia's attorney general, who is an alumni has struck a nerve here. >> he really is from mason law and it does mean a lot we stand up in front of his own school and say that policy, that attitude is not welcome here. >> they are angry over his letter to virginia's colleges and universities that advises them to remove their policies against dediscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. he says virginia law does not support those policies. >> if our state's leaders are not going to take the lead in trying to protect all the citizens of the commonwealth, then it will be the extremists. >> some protesters here are also angry over his lawsuit against the federal government over the new healthcare law. >> i think it's a shame. i think that change is what we voted for and

george mason counterpunching. george mason! how about this!cinderella. 65-60, mason defeats north carolina! >> in the sweet 16, the patriots shocked wichita state. >> george mason is in the elite eight. >> and now they were just one game away from an historic final four berth. >> everybody was shocked that we beat michigan state, wichita state and north carolina. but you know, when it came up against uconn, they were too big, too athletic, too many nba players on that team. >> i don't remember going through the thought we might lose. i definitely was confident. i think the team was, too. >> still, no one believed in george mason except themselves. surely, mighty connecticut, the number one seeded goliaths in the tournament, would dominate the davidlike patriots. >> through the course of the game we had points where we could have given up but we didn't. we just kept fighting. >> down nine in the second half george mason would go on a run. >> campbell. oh! >> the patriots had a chance to wrap one the game. but missed three free-throws down the s

me, george mason, you won't be disappointed.airfax, virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> speaking of college, nine d.c. high school students got the surprise of their lives today. full scholarships to george washington university. the students received the gw steven joll trackenburg scholarship award today during a ceremony at ballou high school. it's given out to students who excel but can't afford the gw tuition. another recipient will be the first ever in her family to attend college. congratulations to all of them. >>> apparently old man winter is not going out without a fight. a sloppy spring snowstorm is causing headaches in colorado. thousands across the state are without power. the colorado legislature even called off session today. drivers are abandoning their cars. >>> meantime back here at home, that seems like a distant memory. >> thank heavens. that was just four weeks ago that we were still cleaning up from all of that. denver i read 5,000 people slept at the airport. i could hear people talking about denver on m

please accept me, george mason. disappointed. >> we'll see. >>> it was a big night for the caps as they took the ice against the pittsburgh penguins. you don't want to miss the highlights. fox 5 morning news will be back in a moment. (announcer) we're in the energy business. but we're also in the showing-kids- new-worlds business. and the startup-capital- for-barbers business. and the this-won't- hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are our families. and our neighbors. and by changing lives we're in more than the energy business we're in the human energy business. chevron. >>> hello one and all. welcome to the thursday edition of the breakfast. what a night to be at the verizon center. sid the kid crosby versus alex the gate. pens and caps that flat out don't like each other. this one lived up to all the hype. in the third, the caps down a goal and done a man. this is a short-handed situation. took it off the stick of side crosby and goes the other way. look at what he does. a go

. >> rich: mason plumlee is in to join his brother.

the proposal russell roberts at george mason university. what has been the impact of the wealth of nations? >> guest: teaching a lot of economics along the centuries was published in 1776 really saadi holds on for social science. the combination of empirical work, observation, logic, philosophy, all melted together. it's really an extraordinary work that ascendant norm if impact on scholars in the real world. >> host: professor fleischacker, when we talk about moral philosophy, what do we mean by that? >> guest: well, with which went by it was something close to a because social science in part. that is to say everything today recall sociology, economic, political science, all that would be called up moral philosophy as opposed to natural philosophy. now shofar lasciviously mutated good. but it also meant for him as it does for a the study of whites at right and wrong, good and bad, what human beings are aiming for. and those things are part of his vision of social science i would say. so how groundbreaking was his word? >> guest: it was en

you have to earn it. >> rich: mason plumlee, it stays with duke. and mason will sit down.n. >> dan: and this is another strength of the duke blue devils. they can just keep running these big, big guys in. >> rich: duke has their original starting five back in the ball game. thomas, couple buckets for lance thomas. >> dan: and that's a bonus for duke. kyle singler drawing an awful lot of attention with that dribble into the lane. >> rich: duke already has six assists in this ball game. again, if you just joined us, sylven landesberg, leading scorer for virginia, one of the top scorers in the acc, has not played yet. zeglinski a fall-away three, his first bucket. he had a two for ten shooting night in miami earlier this week. >> dan: that was not an easy shot. kyle singler right there defensively. >> rich: singler whips it across to scheyer. smith. it's a virginia foul. will sherrill with the push. our telecast tonight is on afn, the american forces network, broadcasting to u.s. armed forces serving in 175 countries as well as ships at sea. they're watching around the world,

alan martin, president of george mason university and his family. dr. surely travis is here, thank you. and coach, we were just talking little bit about looking forward to picking george mason in my bracket next year. i love you. i don't know if you remember but i visited this university about three years ago for the first time. this was just the dawn of my presidential campaign. it was three weeks old i think. we didn't have a lot of money. we didn't have a lot of staff. nobody could pronounce my name. our poll numbers were quite low. and a lot of people in washington didn't think it was even worse us trying. they had counted us out before we even started because the washington conventional wisdom was that change was too hard. but what we had even then was a group of students at george mason who believed that if we work hard enough and if we fought long enough and if we organized enough supporters that we could finally bring change to that city across the river. we believe that despite all the resistance we could make washington work. not for the lobby

let me say this, george mason. i don't know how this plays politically. no one really does. there has been so much misinformation and confusion. the climate of the times has been so toxic. people are so anxious because the economy has gone through a tough time. i don't know what is going to happen. i don't know whether my poll numbers go down or up for what happens in terms of democrats versus republicans but here is what i do know. i do know that this bill, this legislation is going to be enormously important for america's future. i do know -- a [applause] i do know the impact it will have on millions of americans who need our help and millions more who may not need help right now all but a year from now or five years from now it may have some bad luck. if they get sick or have a pre-existing condition, if they want to start a company, i know the impact they have on this. [applause] i know what this reform will mean for people like lesley banks, lacing will mom i met to put her daughter through of you or dad's do. her insurance company sent her a letter saying they plan to

the president is holding a rally at george mason university at fairfax this morning. the budget office estimates $140 billion and cut the deficit by $138 billion. the house is expected to vote it on sunday. tom fitzgerald has more. >> i don't know if you guys have been hearing -- >> reporter: that debate health care. at the white house on thursday, the president tried to turn the table on republicans. charge the $140 billion bill will be a budget buster. >> the reform would bring $1.3 trillion in deficit reduction. >> democrats are considering a plan to have the senate's version of health care pass the house, without having members vote on it directly, but it is not clear that nancy pelosi has the 216 votes. >> every vote is a heave left. >> reporter: gerald conley's vote is one of many that nancy pelosi is trying to lift. >> am i concern under i'm always concerned. >> in his first time and up for re-election this year, conley is ready for republican attacks on his support for health care reform. they've offered no alternatives. >> what people focus on process almost

on monday, park rangers found an abandon car in the mason neck state park.hey spent 48 hours for the woman who owned the vehicle but kept running in to dead ends. time was running out and so was hope. that's when fairfax county police called in schnauzer to find a woman here hat the mason neck state park in the dead of night. >> a quarter of a smile -- quarter of a mile and through the trees. >> off he went to the thick brush of the forest. after an hour, he picked up a two-day scent and found her. >> she was out there. she was extremely disoriented. found her. she was incoherent. >> reporter: clearly an overwhelming sense of relief set in for search crews to find the woman alive. >> it's a fantastic feeling. there's nothing like it. >> reporter: the woman suffered from hypothermia but is said to be recovering nicely. in fairfax county, alex trevino, 9 news now. >> the dog recently tracked down a suspect wanted in an armed car yakking in the area. >>> a nanny in kentucky is hailed a hero after risking her life to pull a child from a burning home. the woman w

we saw the new tower at harbor east where leg mason -- legg mason is. then we saw in the greater vicinity we saw some great things as well. a residential project, marnener bay, and here there is a lot going on, not to mention the hotels. >> so perhaps the sun lail is -- sun really is coming out again. >> i believe it is. >> stay with us. john, kerry, and your "sunday gardener" up next. >> you know, a few weeks ago we were in an orange grove and now we're in a banana grove. rollings conservatory here in druid park. this morning we're going to talk about tomatoes. >> that and other things. >> coming up in just a minute on >> good morning, and welcome to "sunday gardener." i'm on john collins here with kerry cavanaugh. >> what's cool about this orchid room is, orchids can be found at your local home and garden store or even your grocery store. they are pretty easy to take care of. mixed in with other plants, they really are very, very interesting. they are much more easy to take care of than people think they are. >> do they need sunlight? >> it is not a h

we at the grand masonic lodge in hunt valley. they are performing at the 10th annual gala here on saturday. their mission is to enhance the children. they have been doing so in a huge wave. they have serviced 265 families. they have been doing it for 10 years. of the year. >> we reach out to critically ill children and their family members to provide unique customized fun activities when the families need it most. >> they have they get away to hershey park. >> we go to the orioles game and get a hot dog. >> this is your main a fund raiser. you have one item from a silent auction. >> we have a michael or signed photo. >> if you of looking for something to do and a great cause, check it out saturday night. let's take a look at hd doppler this morning. it is active to ever west. by saturday night, things will be looking just fine for the annual gala. over to you. >> it is a wonderful organization. they have a lot of good people working for them. i highly recommend it. i think the weather will be just fine saturday. we do have some c

this started monday when rangers found abandoned vehicle at mason state park. they began searching the trails and late wednesday night, schnoz, the dog, located the woman. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: this is one loveable face, unless the person looking back is a suspect that just got sniffed off. the aptly-named schnoz has found some bad guys lately. this week, he saved a life. the harness is the first signal he is about to get busy. >> he knows we are going to work. usually, what we would do is present him with some article we collected at the scene, let him get a smell of it. >> reporter: that's what happened wednesday night at mason neck state park. range jirs found abandoned car near this restroom and for two days had searched for his owner. they tracked down her family, got an article of clothing and schnoz went to work. >> he worked on a trail head, about 100 yards. he took off into the wood line. it wasn't long before schnoz found what he was looking for, the mentally disabled 53-year-old missing woman. >> she was at the base of a tree cover

george mason, when you hear people saying, why don't we do this imcreemently? why don't we help the folks easiest to help? my ser is, the time for reform is now. we have rated long enough. [applause] >> we have waited long enough. and in just a few days a century-long struggle will culminate in an historic vote. plays we've had historic votes before. we have had historic votes in place to make sure our elderly did not live out their golden years in poverty. we had a historic bill in civil rights to make sure everybody was equal under the law. [applause] as messy as this process is, as frustrating as this process is, as ugly as this process can be, when we have faced such decisions in our past, this nation time and time again has chosen to expand its promise to more of its people. nay sayers said social security would lead to socialism, but the men and women of congress stood fast and created that problem that lifted millions out of poverty. [applause] there were cynics that worried this would lead to a takeover of our health care system. it didn't have much sup

we at the grand masonic lodge in hunt valley.hey are performing at the 10th annual gala here on saturday. their mission is to enhance the lives of critically ill children. they have been doing so in a huge wave. they have serviced 265 families. they have been doing it for 10 years. this is their main fund raiser of the year. they have live entertainment and a live a silent auction. there are some nice items you will be interested in. there are still tickets available. check out this, a joe flacco signed a football. there are other items as well. there are some many things that you would imagine for a birthday party. they do things socially for families and try to enhance the lives of critically ill children. they do things like getaways or a vacation. they do normal things such as taking days in the inner harbor. they have a golf tournament and fund-raisers throughout the year. check it out this saturday. as far as the other information , there are many other charities that are involved. if you would like to contribute to a great

diana suctions as mason drives.he family have become unfortunate -- another daughter died of the disease at 13 months old. >> you know what you are prepared for. you know what it is like to bear your child. you know what you want to happen and what you do not want to happen. >> what they do not want to have been has been on the brink of happening for months -- the terrifying prospect of losing a nursing care and their home. an expense they cannot afford on their own. >> it is absurd to assume that she does not need skilled nursing help. with a combination of equipment involved in rescuing her -- >> this is our child. you do not have a choice. keep fighting. you want to give for the best quality of life. >> while they battle to save her, they have also battled insurance companies. the latest? care first blue cross blue shield. even though private nursing was not uncovered needed, they agreed to pay ford, 12 hours a day, seven days a week. that lasted for year. then the bottom fell out. in november, care first alerted

but the chief executive officer was george mason. when it was formed with the merger of nash, george mason shortly thereafter passed away and the board elected my father to become president the stock went down dramatically think it dropped to about $5.50 per share and a couple years it was trading at over $90 per share. i am pretty proud of the job that he did he could turn the company around and short the financial base and get out the products people wanted. that allowed him too obviously save a lot of jobs and create a successful enterprise but i am afraid the rambler that he to be and is gone but the jeep is still around it is different from when he ran the enterprise. >> host: one of the things from the start of the book you said when your dad was running he characterized the campaign like of miniskirts short and revealing and you say your campaign in 2008 was longer but also revealing. what did you learn? >> to learn a lot about just how challenging it is to be in a presidential campaign. there are mistakes made as well. i was

wednesday they were called to mason park. they found an abandoned car but couldn't locate the owner. this bloodhound is snamd schnoz. he was able to find the missing woman who was suffering from severe symptoms of hypothermia. >> it's a fantastic feeling. it's great to take their innate ability to hunting humans and locating people. it's the most rewarding feeling you can achieve in this line of business. >> handlers for the canine unit expect schnoz will have a long and productive career. >>> we'll show you dogs that behave differently. a police officer in chattanooga was filling out a report last week when he noticed his cruiser was shaking. winston, a pit bull mix and two of his buddies managed to rip off a section of the bumper of the car. they were also going after the tires. the officer had trouble stopping them. he said he used taser and a chemical spray. winston finally was released to his owner yesterday. a judge sentenced winston to obedience classes and good citizenship classes. >>> so, veronica, boy, it is going t

you are looking at protesters at virginia's george mason university. they are protesting their state attorney general ken cuccinelli who was speaking at an event at george mason inside. when virginia's new governor was elected in november, the party treated him as a candidate with hope for the future with instant national stature. who could appeal to moderates not anything he did or stood for but he looks very moderate or something. since taken office in january, governor mcdonnell and his attorney general have worked hand in hand to drag virginia back, back, back out of the 21st century. between them, they have rolled back protections against discrimination against state workers. the attorney general has tried to force colleges and universities to drop anti-discrimination policies and same-sex workers could not get health benefits in virginia. and now they are teaming up to kill health reform for rest of virginians. mr. couch necessarily -- cuccinelli seems to be intent in getting famous over these activities. mr. cuccinelli is filing his own lawsuit

he was on the phone from his limousine after a campaign style rally of health care reform at george masonniversity before he got back to the white house, more calls last night and this morning, he has phoned or met with 60 members of congress, delivered about 50 speeches on health care reform and made it the subject of more than a dozen saturday internet addresses, uma. >> uma: what about the polls showing strong republican opposition and warnings that democrats will pay come the fall elections? >> well, privately, the white house is telling democrats that republicans are going to use the health care, the divisive health care debate against them in the fall elections anyway, so they might as well pass the bill and get something for it and there are even reports the president has told the one or two lawmakers privately that the fate of his presidency rests on passing a bill this weekend. the white house won't confirm that, nor will they deny it, but pundits say that the president says he doesn't know the politics of the issue, but he says passing a health care reform is the right thing to

. >> reporter: george mason university professor michael fontroy says these may be unprecedented times. members of congress threatened, called racial or homo phobic slurs. >> they have to continue to shout down this kind of stuff. i do not think people who engage in this activity should be able to do so in comft. >> reporter: he says political parties shouldn't take comfort. it could alienate those all important independent voters. that's important as the parties head into the fall elections. meanwhile it seems the security threats could become the basis of a political fund raising appeal. >> roz plater live in the newsroom. thank you. >>> the final vote on the health care bill has passed and president obama will sign the bill into law next week. the house sent its final approval to the president's desk just a short time ago, about two hours by a vote of 220-207. there are now better benefits for seniors as well as low and middle class families. republicans are vowing to repeal the overhaul but they needed two-thirds majority to do it. >>> new changes to the u.s. military's don't ask d

when american motors was formed with the merger of nash and old names, george mason shortly thereafter passed away and the board elected my father to become the new president of the company and the stock went down dramatically when that happened and i think it dropped to about $5.50 a share and a couple of years later it was trading over $90 a share, so i'm pretty proud of the job that my dad did, he was able to help turn the company around, shore up its financial base and did the product sells people wanted and that allowed him to obviously saved a lot of jobs and create a successful enterprise but i'm afraid that the rambler he vigorously championed is now gone. jeep is a round, but in hands that are different than when he was running the enterprise. >> host: one of the interesting things about this is at the start of the book use it when your dad ran for president he characterized the campaign in humorous terms of being like a mini skirts, short and revealing and then you say that your campaign and 08 was a little longer but also revealing. what did you learn? >> guest: you'll learn

. >> this was the fourth time the president visited george mason university. the first, three years ago just three weeks into his presidential campaign. the president said he didn't have a lot of money or staff back then and nobody could pronounce his name. the house was slated to vote on that bill sometime today. the fate of health care reform now depends on a few waiverring democrats and one of those at the type of this show's taping, freshman democrat conolly of northern virginia. he insists he's undecided about the current package. his office has been bombarded with phone calls and visits from people on both sides. >> reporter: jerry conolly is still wearing his st. patrick's day carnation and still working for the massive health care reform bill. he's one of just five democrats now who can decide the fate of a package that could shape the future of the obama presidency. >> my view, maybe because i'm new around here is naive, but my view you don't buy something sight unseen. >> reporter: a handful of protesters pushing him to vote no but suspicious that he

one last public rally for the bill, at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, where the president expressed determination. >> right now, we are at the point where we are going to do something historic this weekend. that's what this health care vote is all about. >> reporter: and before this university crowd, the president described the vote in the starkest historical terms possible. >> we've had historic votes before. we had a historic vote in civil rights to make sure that everybody was equal under the law. >> reporter: unlike the three other rallies he's held in the last couple of weeks this was not aimed at targeted local members of congress. it was designed to convey momentum and energy, to all house democrats. it was a pitch they will hear tomorrow when the president travels to capitol hill to speak to the entire democratic caucus. >> when we have faced such decisions in our past, this nation, time and time ain, has chosen to extend its promise to more of its people. >> reporter: there are roughly two dozen members of the house whom the president is targeting in his full cour

legge mason helped the maryland index. sandy spring is offering common stock to repay its tarp fun. it may be ahead of the curve when it comes to paying back taxpayers. hundreds of smaller banks around the country have not returned any of the bailout money. a government relations summit is being held. less of us are traveling south of the border with violent clashes between mexican drug gangs and an employment here at home are reasons. i am reporting for wbal-tv. >> another check on weather and traffic straight ahead. >> stormy seas put a damper on a competition that was already challenging enough on an australian beach. >> do not forget to e-mail us your answers to the water cooler question of the day. do you think overhead signs providing real-time traffic updates is a distraction? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> take a look at the winning lottery numbers from last night. hope you had them. >> another accident. the first at route 100 and telegraph road. all lanes are closed on the westbound direction due to an investigation. take 34 or 175 as your alternate. a

yesterday, president obama told a crowd at george mason university that something historic would happen this weekend. >> and if you believe that it's right, then you've got to help us finish this fight. you've got to stand with me just like you did three years ago and make some phone calls and knock on some doors, talk toour parents, talk to your friends, do not quit. do not give up. we keep on going. we are going to get this done. we are going to make history. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi, meanwhile, is going over a democratic representative's amenent. it tightens restrictions on a federal ban funding abortions. as many as 50 democrats could drop their support of the bill if that amendment is included. >>> well, democratic leaders are still trying to round the 216 vote es needed to pass the bill. our sister network cnn's latest count say 30 democrats plan to vote no. multiple sources have told cnn that democrats have more than 200 yes votes, 29 have not decided how they will vote yet, and 15 have not responded. >>> republicans, meanwhile, have vowed to do everything they can to kill

mason is a free agent this year as well >>> one, imagine this a while back. i ran into michael phelps after the show shaq versus. he swam against phelps and michael says he was a great guy. >> that's good to hear. >> yeah, it is. >> you can never tell about what you see on tv. but he says that. and we hope that shaq station on the scene and he's able to entertain us for a long time to come. phelps is a pretty big guy and he kept looking up. and the. theo. thing. and the terrellowenss thing. john? let us know. [ indiscernible ] >> flacco, 75-yards. >> yes, it would. >> we'll look at the forecast today. i'm not sure if people are quieted down about it. it's great when i call for the graphic and leave this in the weather center. in the meantime, enjoy the beautiful colors. high temperatures today, pretty much clear skies as you saw around 47 degrees. the day's getting longer, and the temperature's getting warmer and spring is three weeks from today. and coming up, patrick and oliver are joining us from "rules of engagement." >> that's oliver. and we'll talk abou

. >> chen yes mason is saying we're talking about money going forward. why do you need to know how the money was spent in the past. he says, if you don't tell us thatwe see you spent it in an economical fashion, how are we supposed to know you'll do the same with the state's money in the future? >> tammy, your thoughts here? >> calle . >> caller: do you think we would get the state's money for an average person? she's a very high-profile case and getting all these, you know, high people, bowden and -- >> henry lee. you name it. that's a great question, ryan. people think, come on, if that's me in her shoes, i'm not getting the best of the best aroundhe country. i would be lucky to get an expert in florida itself. >> a great point. the defense will argue, first it's a death penalty case. she's in the public eye, yes, and if she doesn't have the top experts, everybody she needs, she will say i didn't have counsel provide me with the kind of defense i needed to get a fair trial. the other thing they may say is because i am a public figure and there's so muc

his name is cheney mason. he's one of the most respected defense lawyers in the state of florida. death penalty qualified, orlando-based, covered many cases. nancy, you and i on court tv followed many of the cases he covered. he's now a member of the defense team. >> and i understand he's hopping onboard pro bono for free. >> that's right. he's very close to retirement, and he decided he wanted to do the case. he said in a press conference he wanted to do it. he thinks it will be fun. he doesn't have to do this case. he's had a very, very long career, but he wants to get involved. >> let's unleash the lawyers. joining us tonight, expert in florida law, bill sheaffer, former prosecutor, wftv legal analyst. renee rockwell, veteran defense attorney, handling felony cases out of atlanta. and out of new york, practicing in multiple jurisdictions, along with the other two lawyers, mickey sherman, defense attorney, author of "how can you defend those people?" first to you, sheaffer. surprised about the turn of events today? >> absolutely not surprised. and i'm going to tell you something

, our neighbors to the north continue raking in gambling dollars without any competition below the masonline. slots approved in maryland in 2008, but the state has not seen a dime can you come into the coffers. joel d. smith reports pennsylvania is not waiting to up the annie again. >> those playful bells and beeps are the sounds of losing and winning for gamblers. and the sound of profit for pennsylvania. >> telephones millions of dollars were returned from hollywood casino and, of course, we have seven casinos in the state operating right now. same sounds expected to be in maryland by now. but instead. expected locations like arundel mills mall remain without a single slot machine. but that sounds like success for slota proponents. >> the only way we have slots passed in the first place was through defeat. >> thousands signed the petition to have it revisited during the general election. and now cordish is questioning the signatures and suing the board of elections. >> for every day of delay, right now, in terms of putting slots at arundel mills, the state and the education trust fund

. >>> reporter: health care reform took center court in george mason basketball court arena friday. in the midst of march madness, with an effort to reform health care, time was running out and opponents are trying knock the ball away. >> are we going to let the special interests win again? >> reporter: the vent came as house democratic leader appeared to be closing in on the 216 votes they need to pass health care reform. >> i know this will be a tough vote. i know that everybody is counting votes right now in washington. >> reporter: republicans say the $940 billion bill will be a budget buster. but the president countered with an independent report saying it will reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion over the next two decades. >> not only can we afford to do this, we can't afford not to do this. >> reporter: but even before the doors to the patriot center were open, the dividing lines were clear as both sides of the health care debate made their voices clear. >> health care for all. >> kill the bill. kill the bill. >> reporter: protestors against health care reform staked out an ar

and then wednesday night, they became life savers when they found a woman missing for two days in masonming up, i'll tell you more about the secrets of their success and why the canines have become an important part of their crime fighting arsenal. >> thanks, julie. >>> we have more breaking news this afternoon out of prince georges county now. prince george county police and fire are responding a serious crash in upper marlboro. these are live pictures from chopper 4. police say a vehicle that had hit a tree is -- has trapped the three occupants of the vehicle. two teens are injured inside the vehicle. they were medevaced and an adult female was taken to the hospital again. this is breaking news in upper marlboro. one of the occupants is said to be in grave condition while the other two have very serious injuries. we'll have more on this breaking news story as we get it in our newsroom. > much more ahead on news 4 at 4:30. the scandal continues. >>'ses of sexual abuse against children in the catholic church and why some are pointing blame at the pope. >>> a horrific turn of events alon

there is one public university here, but a family that lives in virginia would have george mason, james madison, you vuva d others. what mrs. norton and congressman davis created was a program that would pay a student up to $10,000 a year to go to any public university in the country to offset be out of state tuition rate -- offset the out-of-state tuition rate. there is another program that matches that called ddc -- called the dc college break. don gramm of the washington -- of "the washington post" provides a great deal of support for the district of columbia residents. it is a great program. >> if you are a kid in the district of columbia, you have a lot of good things. >> there should be no student in the district of columbia that can say that they cannot afford to go to college. there are plenty of scholarship support programs have plenty of opportunities for a student to go to a really great institution like trinity, but also like some of the private and public institutions in this region. >> what percentage of your students comes from the district itself? >> 40% of the students

reporter: one is patrick michaels, a climotologist with the cato institute and senior fellow at george masonuniversity. he says the revelations confirm what he's long claimed: that i.p.c.c. reports reach pre- cooked conclusions. >> the problem with the himalayan glaciers was such an obvious error that the climatologist listed as the first author for that chapter would have clearly picked it up if his eyes saw the number. so we can only assume his eyes did not see the number. and that is very telling. it shows the i.p.c.c. process was allowed to get very, very fast and very loose. >> reporter: for michaels, what's needed is more transparency. and the place for that is on the internet, where information flows, studies are put forward and facts are checked by all kinds of people, obviating the need for a group like the i.p.c.c. >> i don't see why we need it. i do not see why we needed a fourth assessment report. the purpose of the i.p.c.c. was to provide the background for a framework convention on climate change. it morphed into a totally different purpose as far as can tell, which is to cheer

lawyer and i'm going to defer to the judge, who is a great lawyer, but i have watched a lot of perry mason episodes on tv and i'll tell you, with all due respect, i read that portion of the bill where it was clarified and even an idiot like me can understand it doesn't take effect immediately. its clear, over a period of time, 2014. i'm thinking, well, i mean i understood that and i'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. >> what are you going to do? sometimes you get too many lawyers in the mix. >> neil: i'm not beating up on you and you mean the best of intentions but a lot of your colleagues apparently didn't read this and they're standing by something that could be different than the way it was sold. >> again, i think you're bringing up an issue that some people are concerned about today but it will be fixed shortly. >> neil: so you think italians limits -- it's limited to a couple of items? it's like they unearth problems you have in school and more problems come out. that was my entire school years. what new are we going to uncover? >> you know, look, people have talked about the passag

that's when police called in the dog to find the woman here at the mason neck state park in the deadf night. >> a quarter mile, worked through the trees. >> reporter: a few rips of cloth that belonged to the missing woman and off he went this to the forest. after an hour he picked up the two-day scent and found her. >> she was out there. she was extremely disoriented when we found her. she was incoherent, clearly. >> reporter: an overwhelming sense of relief for the search crews to find the woman alive. >> a fantastic feeling. nothing like it. >> reporter: the woman is said to be recovering nicely even though she suffered hypothermia. alex trevino, 9 news now. >> the bloodhound recently tracked down a suspect wanted in an armed carjacking in the springfield also, as well. >>> thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. howard bernstein is still recuperating but meteorologist lynnette charles is joining us this morning and she gets our week started off with a good, bad, in between forecast. >> exactly. it is not that bad because the rain wrapped up last night but it is still to the

like perry mason-esque in there. the -- i thought gilbert's lawyer did his best to poke holes in the prosecution's sentencing statement. the prosecution rebutted for a couple of minutes. surprisingly itas -- surprising there wasn't more back and forth. it was essentially all of gilbert's lawyer shooting down the prosecution's statement and i happened to be in an overflow courtroom where i could see his fiancee and she put her head down when the sentencing happened, a huge sigh of relief, i think, on her part when she realized in fact there would be no jail time for gilbert. >> repter: arenas' lawyer spoke for nearly an hour. we'll have a lot more coming up in a few minutes. guys? >> dan hellie, thanks, dan. >>> the reaction from fans tonight is mixed about arenas' sentencing. john shiver has more. >> reporter: opinions are split right now as to whether the judge handed down a good sentence with gim bert arenas. one thing many people are agreeing on is that fans say arenas made a bad decision bringing guns into the ar

you are looking at protesters at virginia's george mason university.hey are protesting their state attorney general ken cucinelli who was speaking inside. when governor bob mcdonnell was elected in november the party treated him as a candidate with instant national stature. who could appeal to moderates not anything he did or stood for but he looks very moderate or something. governor mcdonnell and his attorney general have worked hand in hand to drag virginia back, back, back out of the 21st century. they have rolled back protections against discrimination against skatate workers, universities to drop anti-discrimination policies and same-sex workers could not get benefits for their partners and now they are teaming up to kill health reform for rest of virginians. beyond the lawsuit filed by 13 other state attorneys general mr. cuccenelli is is filing his own lawsuit with the backle of governor bob mcdonnell. the relationship between an attorney general and the governor is fascinating. it is fascinating between ed rendell and his state's attorney gene

i'm jessica, george mason university. can you speak a little bit -- you did just touch on it a little bit. the connection with on the one hand ownership of the federal reserve and the connection with this and the fight over the federal reserve, and as well as john perkins in his book, talks a lot about the military industrial complex in connection with private industry, and traces quite a continuity from world war ii onward so if you could weave those into your story. >> going backwards, the military industrial complex, it became a lot more powerful in 1993. just after the end over the cold war and this is one of the works of the clinton administration. and what happened is that there was a secretary of defense perry brought in all the different people who were running the defense corporations at that time. they said you guys have to merge. there's just to many of you. it's confusing us. it's creates waste in our offices. of merge. so they went from more than 100 companies down to about five really big ones. and those fiv

care in america with your help. ( applause ) >> holman: president obama's appearance here at george mason university was the public part of the final push leading up to sunday's vote. behind closed doors, mr. obama continued to press wavering democrats in meetings and calls this afternoon. one lawmaker he won't have to call, ohio's john boccieri, who became the fourth house democrat to say he'll switch his vote to yes. >> a lot of people are telling me this decision could cost me my job. there's been a lot of lies and fear-mongering. this town is wrought with that these days, but i'm standing up today and i'm doing what i believe in. >> holman: but other democrats were proving harder to convert. michigan's bart stupak leads a dozen anti-abortion members. he reiterated today they want stronger restrictions to make sure there's no federal funding of abortion. >> if they had the vote today, i'm still a "no" vote. i mean, you know, a lot of promises are made around this town. you've got to lock them down. and there has been no lock-down yet. we're still negotiating. >> holman: republicans uni

i'm talking about nancy mason for sending me this basket of whoopee cushions. your attention so that now you can think about buying sandridge, which i think could be a real home run. stay with cramer. >> welcome to "mad money"! welcome to cramerica. i'm here to teach you. i'm here to entertain you! >> not here to make friends. i'm here to try to make you money. >> i'm so mad. are you mad? >> i'm mad! >> oh, don't be mad. >> mad! >> we just want to congratulate jim cramer. jim, congratulations on your fifth anniversary at "mad money." >> five years on television is like an eternity. very few people can pull that off. >> mr. cramer, before "mad money" my life was not great. i was still spending confederate money. >> hey, jim, congratulations on five years of "mad money" on cnbc. but more importantly, for still having the sexiest elbows on tv. >> i have to say, jim, you make me seem downright boring. >> who else could rattle off those numbers and opinions while prowling around the set, taking telephone calls, throwing props, ringing bells? >> i just don't know how

. >> reporter: and now new research done by george mason university reveals that the national mall contributes an estimated $3 billion to d.c.'s local economy annually. and the cherry blossom festival, $126 million. >> spending in hotels, eating in restaurants and bars, rental cars, souvenirs, t-shirts, whatever you can think of. >> reporter: and while enjoying the gift of blossoms, never gets old for washingtonians. for thousands of americans and people who are new to the city, it's like a present. >> you get people from all over the world to celebrate really a gift that was from the world to the city and the country itself. so that whole global aspect of it i think is very attractive. >> reporter: now, the festival kicks off this saturday. it runs through april 11th. you've got to come down here. it is absolutely just like the best time of year in washington, d.c. i'm tracee wilkins live. back to you in the studio, barbara. >> just hold the rain back this weekend. i think tom said we'll have at least one good day. we'll talk to him about that coming up. >> reporter: i hope so. >> thank you,

the cato institute and serving on another board including the institute for justice and the george mason law school and the federalist society. these take a good bit of time as does public speaking and writing much shorter pieces, opposite articles for magazines and la reviews. >> grassley whether you're currently reading? >> and for a leading the biography of ayn-rand call the goddess of the markets and is quite a good book. i am enthusiastic reader of the ayn-rand writings and this is one more in the series, and finding a very enjoyable. >> thank you very much for your time. >> amity shlaes de syndicated columnist for bloomberg and dean baker, co-director of center for economic policy research discuss the current economic situation. this hourlong program whi

he was making calls yesterday on the way to george mason university in northern virginia where he had a big rally. he's also been doing some one-on-one meetings, and he's going to be on the hill later today and the pitch basically was laid out at this rally yesterday where he's urging his fellow democrats to put politics aside and do what he believes is right. >> it's a debate that's not only about the cost of health care, not just about what we're doing about folks who aren't getting a fair shake from their insurance companies. it's a debate about the character of our country. about whether we can still meet the challenges of our time, whether we still have the guts and the courage to give every citizen, not just some, the chance to reach their dreams. >> reporter: but the message of putting politics aside doesn't always resonate with some of those wavering democrats, especially from conservative districts facing re-election in november and very worried about republican charges this is going to cost too much, the government is going to have too much of a role. what the president is t

was in the air force, is in the air force and also a researcher and professor of nursing at george mason university, who had done a pretty comprehensive study of this very question, looking specifically at mothers deployed and how that affected their family. and so if you go and search around for the i think it's a great interview. >> i'm sorry i got here late. i had good intentions of the year on time and i wanted to hear everything. also, i watched the show army wives, and i'm so anxious and waiting for season four to come out in november. -- april, so i can find out if one of the characters i really like, if she made it through who is a lieutenant colonel, if she made it through the ambush or not and she's okay. also, i read an article in good housekeeping conduct unbecoming, about women not getting the help they need during rape cases are women not getting good care in va hospitals. did you have anything to interview on those things, situations? >> many, many women i spoke with talked about the high incidence of soldier on soldier right on their thoughts, forward operating bases. the

. >> hello, george mason! >> yes, i will be voting yes for the bill. >> right now we're just getting votes to pass a bill. >> and in just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate in a historic vote. >> we're about 24 hours from r armageddon. >> tomorrow will be a sad day for me as i cast a no vote against something i believe we need. >> i will be a proud supporter of health care reform. >> clearly we believe we have the vote. >> we feel like we've been pregnant for 17 months. let's get on with it already. >> we have been kentucky baiting health care for decades. it has now been debated for a year. it is in your hands. >> here to look ahead to today's vote and the high stakes politics surrounding it, house democratic caucus chairman john larson of connecticut and the house republican conference chairman, mike pence of indiana. gentlemen, thank you both for joining me. >> thank you, candy. >> state of play. where are you. 216, do you have them locked in? >> this is a historic day and we are happy warri