it keeps making new universes and the way it makes small universes is small and hot and dense like oursis. the idea is that we are aibaby universe of some quiet unassuming universe that came before. to really put this in perspective, though, that's what happens if you start with this empty space, this protouniverse and let it move forward in time but you can ask well, what happens if you let it move backward in time. where did it come from? the answer is because the underlying laws of physics are completely symmetric they don't know the difference between the past and the future exactly the same story happens toward the past. you make more universes -- more and more universes as you go to t equals minus infinity. the infinitely far past but those new universes have an arrow in time pointing in the opposite direction. so if time runs this way, you start with a nice quiet universe. you bubble off more universes that have an arrow of time pointing that way but you bubble off more universes that have an air of time pointing that way. the whole shebang is completely symmetric. there's no ove

keeps making new universe is. the way is to start them all hot and dense like ours stood. the idea that we are a baby universe of some quiet and unassuming universe that came before. too really put this into perspective, that is what happens if you start with and the space and pro universe and that it move forward in time. what if you want to move backward in time? where did it come from? because the underlying laws of physics are symmetric he doesn't understand the difference between faster future it is the exactly the same story you make more universes' eshoo go to the infinitely far past. but those new verses have the arrow of time pointing in the opposite direction so if time runs this way you start with a nice quiet universe and pilaf that have arrow of time pointing this way but you also have bubble off that go that way the shebang is completely symmetric there is no overall direction of time that you put in by hand in the rises naturally from the loss of 66 -- physics. that is cool and addressing to think about. why should we care? they are legitimate questions and i

we are at the center of a new universe. we got into that somewhat but are we equipped for that set snup. >> we are in it. whether we are equipped or not and the fact of the matter is we now understand this enough and we tried to make it clear enough in the book, every religion explains where people came from. how the world originated and so forth but basically they use the story that was prevalent at the time that religion began which means most of these stories are very limited. >> are you saying that there is no other? no all together other? >> other? >> other. you know, heaven. are you saying that? are you saying that we are inside the other? >> we are inside the universe. and the universe is expanding and we are all evolving with it. now we are extremely unusual beings because we can talk about exractions perhaps no other animal each understands the idea of exractions. but we can talk about it by using met force and the met force we use, for example, heaven and a metaphor and divine is metaphor call. ways we try to conn

a new study from the university of south florida is following 1500 elementary school students.ear hats when they're outside. the other half are not. after one year the group with the hats seems more likely to wear them. >> now we have a second year of data. we're still analyzing it but we are actually starting to see some skin changes in the second year that weren't evident in the first year of data. >> researchers will continue following the children so you can affect more information in the future. >>> the teenage years and risky behavior seem to go hand in hand and a new university college london study found risk taking peaks in adolescence. the age most risky behavior happens some 14. they include things like drug use, reckless driving and unsafe sex. >>> coming down on -- cutting down on risky behavior and drinking could mean raising prices on cheap booze. a new study claims raising prices on less expensive alcohol can prevent thousands of deaths and trips to the hospital each year. the heaviest drinkers tend to gravitate toward cheaper booze. the theory is forcing them to

house of representatives would set a new universal bag size that the transportation security administration at the security check point. >> it's time for legislation to put teeth into the carry-on bag regulations that are not being enforced and that are causing injuries, causing security concerns, causing safety concerns. >> reporter: not all travelers are on board with that idea. >> i think it's a little overstated, a little overblown. i think -- people seem to get by just fine. >> reporter: a group of flight attendants made their rounds on capitol hill this week trying to lobby for support for this bill which has been referred to a house committee. a democrat from illinois is sponsoring it. the office issued a statement saying the bill is needed for reasons of safety and fairness so the last person on board a plane isn't forced to check a bag. >>> scammers could be targeting your house thanks to the u.s. census. the forms are ripe with information that could help someone steal your identity. to stop the scammers, the census recommends you fill out the form received in the mail. if a perso

you're a professor at new york university. and you're the first administration -- the first bush administration. tell us what you did. guess i'll well, i worked at the head of the research department. i was a assistant secretary for education research and improvement. and what made it attractive to me as i was approached by lamar alexander was from the secretary and he said we want to do something about academic standards. i boast you're very passionate about things like english and literature and history and geography, civics, the whole range of liberal arts and sciences. and i thought jesus was to get the conversation going in the country about improving what kids learn, this would be very important. so i was in d.c. and the government for all those years. >> host: we don't have a lot of time and there's a lot to talk about in the book, so what i'd like you to tell us a little bit is what prompted you to start writing the book? when did she say i've got to do this? >> guest: i guess it was about three years ago i realized i

a research team at new castle university found seaweed reduces fat intake by 75%.iber stopped the body from absorbing fat better than most antiobesity treatments currently available over the counter. >>> check out this intergalactic star factory. ooh. astro physicists say this shows a galaxy in a growth spurt. the galaxy 10 billion light years from earth is making new stars 250 times faster than our own home, the milky way. >>> and at least one member of the international space station crew is ready to trade his space suit for a snorkel. a flight engineer took this picture of the blaahamas and posted it on twitter saying i just want to dive into the bahamas. that brings us down to the wire. dive into the bahamas. >>> what we will miss the most when the health care reform debate is finally completed and is finally over is the tendency of those on both sides of the issue to say, i don't know, over state their case? our top three today the most outrageous moments in the fight over health care reform and we begin, number three, with sarah palin. >> we're going to be su

this is exciting news to this university of miami neurologist. >> any evidence from mice is promising. still a ton of work needs to be done. at least it shows a glimmer of hope. >> reporter: and this was the second such cell phone study in a month with such promising results. >> in december 2009 in the "journal of the national cancer institute" it showed a study that followed 60,000 individuals over five to ten years. this study showed no increased incidents in brain cancer. >>> if you are running to the pizza shop this weekend you want to see this taste test. domino's is out with a new recipe after getting harsh criticism for the old recipe. a new cust, sauce and cheese, but will it win our taste test against pizza hut and papa john's? liz crenshaw has more on how the new recipe did. >> reporter: very rarely does a company trash its own product in its ads. >> domino's pizza curust is lik cardboard. >> reporter: domino's rallied, created a new ad and pizza recipe. >> new cheese. >> reporter: can it win a blind taste test? we are taste testing it against pizza hut and papa john's. we w

new york in 2005. sadly. i would like to say that unpaid maternity leave was the least of my problems as a pregnant woman at the city university of new york. lots of things happened because i had the baby not in june, july or august as an extracurricular activity when i'm not teaching. i had the baby in april and this threw everything off. it wreaked havoc on my 10:00, on my psyche, my general finances. i won't go into the whole sob story. my friends were here know the sob story so i'm not going to do that but needless to say, i do have to say this, i have a wonderful colleague who as we speak is on a paid maternity leave at the city university of new york. things have changed. i would like to think my misery had something to do with it because i wasn't so quiet about it. as you guys can tell i am not really over what happened to me as a pregnant person. and i'm not sure i'm ever really going to totally get over it but i do think you get to a point, when you are tired of feeling bad, tired of feeling like a victim and you want to do something productive for other people. it was right about at that stage that i decided whatever

been accepted to several universities including a 90 thousand dollar scholarship to howard university. >>> new details emerging tonight after a plane crashes into the south refer in edge water. the pilot 76-year-old richard dryer survived the accident thanks to fast acting witnesses who mrubingtd him from the sinking plane. >> we notice the guy actually just his head was sticking out of the water like in the distance so we rowed over to him and made sure he was the only one there and he wasn't injured and ended up pulling him up on the boat. >>reporter: state police say mechanical problems are most likely to blame for the crash. thursday crash is the third accident in the past month involving planes arriving and departing from lee airport. >>> man charged in the hit-and-run death of mcdaniel college student sentenced to continue years. convicted of neglect manslaughter thursday. bid struck and killed thomas low february 2 thousand 9 t.he was convicted through an alford plea meaning he didn't admit guilt but admit there was enough evidence for a guilty verdict. >>> core changes to toughen up se

new york. these story are hitting my hot buttons tonight. universal health care is the law of the land. while the presidents and democrats are making history the republican party is becoming more extreme, more on that in just a moment. >>> and new numbers show the party of yes is making big gains on the pearty of no. the man in charge of holding the house, congressman chris van hollen, will join me in a moment to talk strategy. >>> and president obama, and house speaker nancy pelosi just pulled off a remarkable achievement. doris kearns good win will be here to rate the role of obama and nancy pelosi. is she lbj in a skirt? >>> and one other question i wilt pose tonight. with all the hate speech that's going on, why do democrats even go on fox news? they don't tell the truth. but first, here's the hot story tonight. of course, that's got the country fired up. listen to this very closely. it sounds great. universal health care is now the law of the land. president obama signed the senate health care bill today into law. i think vice president joe biden, he stole the show. he put it exactl

new chocolate cheerios with a touch of delicious chocolate taste in every bite. >>> attention wizards, the hogwarts school will open its doors this summer in florida. universalos new traction will allow visitors will allow visiters to step into harry potter's world. fans will go through the gates of hogwarts which have been reproduced down to every last speck of moss. >> islands of adventure lends itself to this kind of story telling. it was a perfect brand spot and a perfect location to bring it to life. >> the grand opening it june 18 but it will open by park guests who buy a special package on may 28. >>> if you want to live longer there are steps to take to improve your health. coming up now. >>> abc 2 news at 6. >>> we're following breaking news out of baltimore county tonight. a fire in dundalk leaves one person dead. it happened in the 7400 block of old battle grove road. sheral is on the scene. >> reporter: still no word on a cause but police and fire investigators have been on the scene well over 3 hours after this fire started on this small shore home. the damage is contained to the inside. if you look at the outside there really is no apparent dam

universe." she's now writing her second book called "knocking on heaven's door:" and kyle cranmer, he's an experimental physicist and assistant professor at newk university. he's among the 10,000 scientists who have contributed to the large had ron collider project. i begin with the big picture. >> we're trying to understand what stuff is made out of. what is at its core and what are the forces that drive their interactions as the smallest possible energies. it seems complicated but we're trying to get to the point where matter is at its simplest what are the fundamental elements and how do they interact? what underlying the standard model, what we know about particle physics today. if you look back in our understanding of matter, you start with your table, you go and see it's made up of molecules and at toms. those atoms are aren't fundamental either, there's nuclei around them. and those nuclei aren't fundamental. but what's really important about that inner structure is that it's obeying... telling us completely new laws of physics we didn't know were driving things at bigger scales. we wouldn't have known about quantum mechanics unless we

[applause] >> howard bloom, a visiting scholar at new york university is the founder of the international paleopsychology project. in his previous career as a music publicist he worked with run dmc and kiss. for more information visit howardbloom.net. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televise the coverage. >> 31 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. today we've expanded your access to politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history through multiple platforms, television, radio, and online and capable television's latest gift an extensive free video archive. c-span's video library. >> while researching his book "the prohibition hang over: alcohol in america from demon rum to cult cabernet" he began giving temperance tours. and how it led to prohibition to 1920 and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. >> first of all, what is prohibition and how did we get it? >> it started actually in january 16th, 1920 with -- once the 18th amendment was ratified but it was pa

from new york university and his jd degree from the new york university school of law. rning to our next panelist, i am certain most of you know judith kaye. prior to her new career as litigation group. you are under understandably aware her career has been distinguished by many. the first female partner in the law firm she worked in prior to becoming a judge. indeed, she was the first woman to ever serve on new york's highest court and she was the first female chief judge of the court of appeals. she served as a chief judge of the new york court of appeals for 15 years until her retirement, so to speak-- yes, in 2008. she gained a national reputation for her groundbreaking decisions and her innovative reforms to the new york court system, including changing the jury system and establishing community and problem-solving courts. her reforms have been implemented by many other state courts in our and are internationally known. john whitman, the current chief judge, was quoted in the new york state bar association journal as saying quote, chief judge kaye's legacy demonstra

take a look at a brand-new quinnipiac university poll out just this morning.a hypothetical congressional race a generic republican candidate has the edge over a generic democrat 44% to 39%. trouble brews for republicans when the tea party is factored in. the democratic candidate would get 36%. the republican would get 25%. 15% for the tea party. brendan steinhaweser is the grass roots director of freedom works, committed to lower taxes, smaller government and dick army cochairs that organization. brendan, when we're talking about what happens this fall, are you more likely because of poll numbers like those to encourage and support republican candidates than to fight your own tea party candidate? >> i do think that the beginning of the tea party movement essentially was a rejection of big government in both parties. and as the movement took to the streets, it was protesting policies. but as it began to look at the elections, i think this movement is very sophisticated. i think the vast majority of tea party activists will go to the most fiscally conservative c

a new quinnipiac university poll shows that most tee partiers are closely tied to republicans, not democratschris alizza is "washington post" reporter and author of "the fix." let's talk about the quinnipiac, chris. it shows basically the tea party movement is made up of people who are more closely tied, consider themselves republicans, if you look at the numbers? >> you know, andrea, i don't think we should be surprised by this. this movement grew out of sort of a backlash against president obama on the economic stimulus package and obviously on health care and the town hall. i don't think it's terribly surprising. i think if you're a republican strategist, you have to realize this is a big group of people, a big passionate group of people that you need to bring under the republican party umbrella more than they have to date. i was at a meeting recently with hayley barbour. he essentially said we have to find a way to convince these people that we share their values. they need to be with us in these mid-term elections. mid-term elections are a lot about turnout. it's about turning out the m

you're a professor at new york university of. did you were in the first administration of george h. w. bush and tell us what you did 51 i worked as head of the research department and assistant secretary for research and improvement and what made it attractive to me i was approached by the undersecretary who said we want to do something about academic standards. i we spoke passionately about english down literature and history and geography with a whole range of liberal arts and sciences. i that we can get the conversation in going about improving white kids learned it would be important so i was in washington d.c. for almost all of those years. . . high-quality education. my eagle was always how we get the high quality education, the education where all kids are getting what i would want for my own children which was access to ports and foreign languages and history and the literature and science and so forth. and it seemed to me these might be the means to that end. when president george w. bush announced no child left behind, she got overwhelming support from democrats and republ

all the web universe news. >> the whole world now knows. >> we've been celebrating all day. and if i am correct, you're just three years away from being able to take part in that socialized medicine that we have. >> let's hope that doesn't go forward. let's talk a little bit about this medicine and health care reform. >> talk about -- i'm talking about medicare. >> let's talk a little bit about what has now happened. history has happened, as you know. we spoke not that long ago. you didn't love this bill, to put it mildly. but you wanted everyone to vote for it. it is now about to become the law of the land with president obama's signature tomorrow morning. it will be the law of the land. what do you think? >> well, i think great. as i said on your show last week, i wanted people to vote for this in congress. but i'm saying that with many, many reservations. i believe this bill is two steps forward and one giant step backwards. the two steps forward are a number of really good things in this bill in term of six months from now insurance companies won't be able to deny childr

salisbury university says the new scholarship will support students working in social work who want to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. the scholarship will be given out next fall. >>> the doors could be closing at a popular baltimore nightclub. baltimore city police issued a notice for a padlock hearing on club uzo, police say it was a magnet for violence, sighting a triple shooting that took place last week. the hearing is april 24th. >>> people have wondered with former governor bob ehrlich will make a run for his old job. he is talking about the speculation with wjz. >> i can't confirm or deny any date today. >> you're not denying? >> i cannot confirm or deny. i've always wanted to say that, by the way. >> i haven't given it a lot of thought. we're focusing on jobs, job creation and improving conditions for businesses to create jobs. it's childish. clearly people with different view. >> reporter: despite all the hedging sources tell wjz ehrlich will run for governor taking on current governor martin alley. ehrlich is expected to make the announcement april 7th. >>> t

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in the meantime the dean of the university of school of medicine will serve as acting president until july when the new is scheduled to begin. there could be more rumbling when a senate press appropriation submity is scheduled to review the budget here at the university of baltimore. we will have to wait and see what comes out of that. joel d smith, back 4 fox 45 morg news. >>> the archdiocese says over the past decade some schools have lost more than half of their enrollment for kindergarten through 8th grade and costs have gone up over that time. as a result, the archdiocese is expected to close some schools and merge others. on wednesday the archdiocese plans to tell teachers, parents and students about their plans to reorganize the system and how their school will be affected. >> st. ambrose church as well as the school is the beacon of light in the park heights community. that would be a sad day when that happens if it that happens. >> since 2002 the arc archdiocee has closed 16 schools. 227,00227,000 baltimore studente educated in the catholic system. >>> baltimore city is getting back to its nor

researchers at the university of new york and england, found that children uved their arms and legs morethey listened to music then just talking. doctors say that the results can help diagnose early problems. >>> yesterday it was about celebrating all things irish. this morning it is all things german. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. and did you know that 40 million americans claim to be of germ and decent. albert einstein, fred astair and babe ruth were germ man. why isn't there a german- american museum. well now there is. it is opening on sunday in d.c. and we are getting a sneak peek today. because that's how we roll here on fox 5 morng news. and we're going to give you an over view of the space and talk about how they decided on the space and how they we about designing it and the things you'll learn and see while here and w

e albert the dean of university of maryland school of medicine will serve as acting president until july when the new president actually begins and more questions could be raised today in annapolis, that is when a senate appropriation committee is reviewing the budget of the university of maryland baltimore. live here downtown joel d smith fox 45 early edition. >>> rising costs and lowering enrollment could force some schools to close their doors. costs have gone up over that time. as a result, the archdiocese is expected to close some schools and merge others. on wednesday, after th archdiocs to tell parents, schools and teachers about plans to reorganize their system and how they will be affected. >> that would be a sad day when that happens. if that happens. >> since 2002, the archdiocese has closed 16 schools. 227,000 baltimore students are educated in the catholic school system. >>> baltimore city is finally getting back to its normal trash collection. after last month's snowstorm pickup resumed in some locations but beginning tomorrow trash will be collected at all regular locations. recycling

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it feels like we've been here before, but this time now we are days away from a vote on a health care reform plan that will eventually affect all americans. right now, the news has to do with how they're doing it. a trick of legislating called a card trick by its critics. the white house senses it's getting close. they are pushing members of congress hard. the president said today it doesn't much matter to him how the vote comes about as long as it's a yes vote for his health care plan. we begin tonight in washington. kelly o'donnell on capitol hill watching it all day. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the numbers help us tell the story tonight. democrats need 216 votes to pass health care reform. they don't have them yet. they promise they would post online for 72 hours the final bill with all of the changes. they don't have that yet. and of the 37 democrats who voted no last time around, most of them come from districts the president did not carry in his presid

she has taught at new york university and columbia. she was nominated to the west district court for the southern district of new york by president h. w. bush and to the u.s. court of appeals by president clinton where she served until she was nominated to supreme court by president obama. she was awarded as a our honoree of the year. please join me in welcoming justice sonia sotomayor. [applause] >> the baroness hail of richmond is a justice of the supreme court of the united kingdom. in 2004, she joined the board of appeal and she was the only woman to have ever been appointed to that position. she served as a law lord until 2009 when she transferred to the new supreme court of the united kingdom. she graduated from cambridge at the top of her class. she was a professor of law at the university of manchester and remained in academia. she was the first woman and the youngest person to be appointed to the law commission. she became a queen's counsel. she became a judge in the family division of the high court of justice before being app

and still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. two university of chicago ph.d.s say they were attacked by plain clothed police officers. see the video. and you decide for yourself. >>> talk about caught on tape. a news anchor takes a spill while live on the air. how she handles the goop. >>> another state looks at laws on texting sexually explicit pictures. >>> and it definitely doesn't get much better than this. >>> hundreds of thousands of chickens may be euthanized after a massive fire at an egg farm in ohio. firefighters from 16 companies battle the fire overnight and into this morning. they say the fire began at a storage building on a farm. the egg packing materials contributed to these stubborn flames. >>> an oklahoma woman was arrested for dui, nine times. margaret crisp has been ordered into alcohol rehab several times. but then she always relapses. she's been order to do community service and pay fines. luckily, nobody has been injured in any of the accidents related to her dui arrests. >>> two highly educated men in illinois say they

[applause] >> howard bloom, a visiting scholar at new york university is the founder of the international paleopsychology project. in his previous career as a music industry publicist mr. bloom worked with such artists as michael jackson, case, ac/dc and run d.m.c. and founded music and action enterprise. for more information, visit howardbloom.net. >> we are here at the conference talking with david about his new book, silent cal's almanac. >> the book is about the silent president who is actually very quotable and he compressed the conservatism and americanism into a few well chosen words primarily talking about something of sycophant to this day the importance of low marginal tax rates for creating investment for creating prosperity, for making the american system work for the average american because when he was in vermont he saw how his father would go around to collect tax money from people and he replaced it came from ordinary key will by the sweat of their brow and should be collected wisely and no more than was absolutely necessary. taxation he said in excess of what was necessar

the mission of this new university focused on building a better arizona through access, quality and self-discoveryasses commenced on october 1, 1891, with a small group of 32 students from the surrounding region. the school instantly became a symbol of pride for tucson, arizona. from these humble beginnings, the university of arizona has grown into one of the most prominent universities in the country. the student body contains over 36,000 students, including almost 7,000 graduate students. students are enrolled in 122 undergraduate degree programs, 217 graduate programs, and three professional schools. the university of arizona has gained national accolades for its breakthroughs in science and technology. the university scientific research and development program ranked 15th in the nation by the national science foundation, played the leading role on nasa's phoenix mars mission, which led to greater understanding of the red planet. for all these accomplishments, the university of arizona is also known forist athletic dominance. the 500 student athletes of the university of arizona compete in over

state, we turn to douglas muzzio, professor of political science at baruch college of the city university of new york. professor muzzio, tell us, what is the significance of charles rangel's decision today to step aside, even if temporarily? >> as he said in his statement, what is does is it precludes a bitter fight to remove him permanently from the chairman manship and have the democrats actually have to defend him, and therefore, endangering their reelection or election prospects. the narrative would have been here you have the head of house ways and means committee not paying his taxes. the national narrative would have been they are corrupt, meaning the democrats, and they are irresponsible. >> charles rangel succeeded adam clayton powell in the seat that he holds in congress. how large a figure has he been on the new york political scene and also in the house of representatives? >> he's been a giant. he's been a 20-term, 40-year member of congress. he's the dean of the new york delegation. he has had much power in washington, assuming the chairman manship of what is really the most powerfu

i am a professor at the university of new mexico, which i hope you won't hold against me. [laughter] >> i am the executive director of the western writers of america. and our topic today is indeed the american west, and history as a seller. this particular session is sponsored by the alliance bank of arizona. we want to thank them, and the presentation will last approximately an hour. and we will go about 40 minutes. will open it up for question. if you do have questions, you need to come up here to the microphone and ask your question at the microphone. so i will give you kind of a high sign and you can form a line if you want to. and we need to do that, because we want to welcome c-span2 hour session. they are broadcasting this today. and we of course are internally grateful for c-span and all they do to keep the book a lot and literacy alive and especially american history alive. in our country. and so we welcome them. at the conclusion of our session, please join us in the office at the signing area, which is area one. and it is 10 to be. we ate may want to write and w

according to one resent survey, 17 of the top 20 universities worldwide are in the united states. a newk argues that protecting this advantage is vital to the future of our economy and our society. the book is called "great american university: its rise to preeminence, its indispensable national role and why it must be protected." joining me now, the author, jonathan cole. he's a professor at columbia university where he served as provost and dean of facultys from 1989 to 2003. i'm pleased to have him here at this table. welcome. >> rose: great to be here, charlie. >> rose: congratulations. we could just talk and i could take these three questions and we could a great conversation about american universities. it's something we do well. >> it certainly. is undoubtedly we have the best system of higher learning in the world. i think very few educated americans actually understand why we have that 80% of the top 20 universities in the world. and part of my book is to try to explain to them what it is that produced these great institutions. >> rose: explain to me. well, most people when the

she has taught at new york university and columbia. she was nominated to the west district court for the southern district of new york by president h. w. bush and to the u.s. court of appeals by president clinton where she served until she was nominated to supreme court by president obama. she was awarded as a our honoree of the year. please join me in welcoming justice sonia sotomayor. [applause] >> the baroness hail of richmond is a justice of the supreme court of the united kingdom. in 2004, she joined the board of appeal and she was the only woman to have ever been appointed to that position. she served as a law lord until 2009 when she transferred to the new supreme court of the united kingdom. she graduated from cambridge at the top of her class. she was a professor of law at the university of manchester and remained in academia. she was the first woman and the youngest person to be appointed to the law commission. she became a queen's counsel. she became a judge in the family division of the high court of justice before being app

university. karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00. >> okay karen. police identify the man shot and killed last night in east baltimore. 20-year-old michael holt killed after shot in the 2600 block of grogan avenue. police found him shot in the chest. they have no suspects and no motive tonight. >> and the number of murders in the city of baltimore is down. this time last year, 49 people were killed. in baltimore. so far this year, 36 people have been killed. >> new information tonight about the man responsible for a murder-suicide in carroll county. melinda roeder said court documents were released earlier today along weigh chilling 911 call. >> i am so scared. please, help me. >> a frantic hailey swift dialed 911 on march 16 to report her ex-husband had broken into her home and shot her fiance in the family room. and then himself. >> he shot my fiance with a shotgun. >> okay. okay. >> ma'am. >> might be somebody else. >> she feared he might not be alone. >> my ex-husband's car is running. >> worried about the safety of her her sons. >> she may have

the head of the university system tells 11 news he not only supports an increase, he thought it shouldave happened sooner. >> during this period we have gone from having the sixth highest tuition in the nation to the 20th highest tuition. so this has been a very good period for our students. >> that's chancellor william kerwin. last year when lawmakers decided to freeze college tuition for the fourth straight year, the chance ler accused lawmakers of eroding the quality of maryland's universities by depriving them of revenue that would come from raising tuition. >> tonight catholics across ireland are reacting to the pope's apology of victims of child sex abuse in the church n a letter the pope said he is truly sorry for the harm done to generations of irish catholics who were abused. despite that apology, some say some catholic says they are disappointed in that letter. >> we still have our cardinals in ireland and they are the ones that are having the problem and just pushing it under the cab. >> the archbishop of dublin defended the pope from critics who said the pope's letter had n

at the same time, we should also invest $100 million in our state universities in new florida, as a downto increase degree production in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. and strengthen florida's future. [applause] community and state colleges have been the workhorses of our efforts to provide access to higher education across our state. we should invest $67 million to help offset the tremendous enrollment growth in these programs over the past several years. [applause] and finally, i will keep a strong focus during this session on fighting public corruption. i have proposed measures for at least one very important public agency, the public service commission. it creates more transparency and fairness in their deliberations. i believe the commissioners should function more like judges. and we can achieve this by making sure all communications, commissioners have with those they regulate is open and transparent. and it includes the public -- [applause] you can applaud that. that's the right thing to do. [applause] it will improve the public's confidence and give those

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. in this era of government money propping up banks and car companies, and in the wake of new health care reforms, tonight there's a new approach coming to help struggling homeowners who are at risk for losing their homes. the government's been trying to do this since the bush administration, without success, but for the first time the government will help shrink the actual mortgage. the problem is it's angering some of the homeowners who lived by the rules and paid their mortgages despite hard times. now, as you might imagine, they're wondering why their tax dollars should be used to rescue their neighbors who are overextended and in trouble. we begin tonight with diana olick at the white house. >> reporter: good evening, brian. americans have collectively lost more than $5 trillion in home equity. under pressure from borrowers and using big banks as a model, the government announced a plan to get some of it back. it's an acknowledgement that the $75 billion mortgage bailout has fallen

universities. additionally, u.s. news & world report ranked l.s.u. as the 16th most popular university in the nation. i extend my congratulations to louisiana state university on its 150th anniversary and wish all its faculties, staff, students and alumni continued success in their endeavors. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: i verve. the gentleman from the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. thompson: it's my honor to yield to my friend from louisiana, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. cao: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise to honor louisiana state university, which is celebrating 150 years of academic achievement to the state of louisiana. this celebration marks the culmination of many goals of louisiana state university. after they reached the end of their second major capital campaign before l.s.u. campaigned, and their a

. >>> topping the news at 4:30, the university of alabama professor accused of gunning down several colleagues was in court for the first time yesterday in huntsville. amy bishop was denied bond. there is still a lot of questions about a woman who appears to be very gifted but very troubles. >> reporter: it wasn't long ago, harvard-trained neurobiologist amy bishop was working on an invention that some say could shape the future of research. now, handcuffed, charged with three counts of capital murder. the mother of four spoke not a word. >> she didn't say anything the entire time she was there. and it was almost as though she was searching the courtroom looking for a set of eyes she could make contact with. there were moments where he was stoic looking, and there were moment where is she was wiping away tears. >> reporter: it's the first time bishop has been seen since that february day, when during a faculty meeting at the university of alabama huntsville, police say the professor stood up, pulled out a gun and started shooting those around her. three of her colleagues died. three more, woun

news. so i'm sort of release. >> host: we just spoke with chairman boucher and one of the issues he raised was the universal service fund. and he says that it will probably be necessary that uss funds go toward broadband deployment rather than landline telephones. you agree that? >> guest: i do. in fact the plane here talks about reform in the universal service fund. analysts know that when we started with telephones the rural parts of the united states couldn't get phones. there was a tax to help everyone provide the extent of the government to give back money to provide telephones for the rural part of this country. for now the question is do we need to change that? and i think we do. we need to really, shall we say freeze the cost for universal funds for telephones and concentrate on broadband. not to get broadband omnipresence, i'm not sure that the way we are going is the best way. now peter, the report, this plan that came out shows that 95% of the households in america have access to broadband and two thirds of those have high-speed. one third decided not to have access. so were down to about 7 milli

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it can now be said the debate over health care reform has gone too far. it's now veered into threats of violence and tonight ten democrats who's been threatened are under increased security. the rise in tension and political division has been months, years in the making. sunday's party line vote in the house sent it over the top. what amounted to a huge victory for the white house was instead a rallying cry for the opposition. and today, there were calls to calm down the anger. we begin here tonight with nbc's kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. there is a sense of alarm here tonight and there is caution about what should happen next. there are members of congress who have requested extra security and the u.s. capitol police tell us they have provided security briefings. leaders of both parties are treading carefully publically condemning threats and vandalism, but not wanting to have attention encourage other attacks. >> we have bee

at george mason university, fairfax, virginia, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> another crucial issue for americans, lack of jobs. some republicans lawmakers believe a crackdown on illegal immigration is a solution. 40 lawmakers are creating a caucus called reclaim america's jobs. >> 15 million people are out of work. yet we have almost eight million in the country working illegally. that means if we were just to enforce immigration laws, we could possibly cut unemployment in half. that is significant. >> the group accuses the obama administration of being too lax on immigration enforcement. >>> people targeted a d.c. council hearing. a federal program designed to use fingerprints is at the heart of flap. the d.c. police chief supports it. >> reporter: d.c. police do not ask anyone arrested in thecity about immigration status. it has been that way for years. under a new program under consideration, the fingerprints of people arrested for certain crimes in the district would be shared not only with the fbi but with immigration as well, a policy many in the latino community find deeply trou

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increases support for minority serving institutions, including historically black universities to keep them as strong as ever in the new century. education and health care are two of the most important pillars of a strong america the got stronger this week. this does not represent the end of our challenges were the work that faces our country. they do represent real and major reform. the show that we are a nation still capable of doing big things. they prove what is possible when we come together to overcome the politics of the moment and push back on special interests, look beyond the next election, and do what is right for the next generation. that is the spirit in which we continue to tackle the greatest common tasks. rebuilding the economy, revitalizing jobs, the american dream renewed for all people. thank you. >> i am senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. earlier this week, the president signed a massive health spending bill that has been described as his start. democrats in washington may measure history by how expensive and interests of the bill is. most people outside washington see things differently. in