i board ad flight at syracuse university, coming from syracuse university at about 11:15, 11:20 this morning and we were very close, first in line to land at jfk and then in the clouds we were diverted. but it took a while to find that out as they were scrambling where to put us. now we're on the ground. the crew is hoping we can get out of here, saying they need fuel and that flights that have been diverted get priority over those that are going point to point. it's very from us straight. i'm worried because we all remember these horror stories of planes that stand on runways for seven to nine hours. they've just given out potato chips. we'll see what happens here. your weather expert, there's a five hour jfk wait. they said jfk, we'll have to see. that's the latest. >> that looks miserable. we're looking at pictures you're not seeing, but we have pictures of downtown to see the accumulation, the ground completely coated there in the park and the trees have lots of accumulation on i want as well. we're hoping richard you won't be stuck there much longer but, you know, we'll try to k

♪ >> reporter: 270 victims including 189 americans, the largest number 35 all students from syracuse universitylike jeannine boulanger's daughter nicole. >> it is full of memories. of a very special child. >> reporter: victoria cummock lost her husband john, a father of three. >> i pledged to him that i would seek justice for his murder. >> reporter: and burt ammerman who lost his brother tom. >> it's the last chapter for me. i said that i could walk away the day i personally felt that i did everything possible so that my brother and the other 269 people did not die in vain. >> reporter: it was moammar gadhafi's most violent act against america but not his first. two years earlier libyan terrorists bombed a disco frequented by service members, killing two. ronald reagan retaliated. >> this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution, muslim fundamentalist revolution. >> reporter: but george w. bush's white house took gadhafi off the terror list in 2006, after he gave up his nuclear program and paid damages to the pan-am families. secretary of state condoleezza rice went to tripo

authorities say the libyan dictator ordered the attack that killed 269 people, including 35 syracuse university students on pan am flight 103. >> coming up on 4:31, want to switch gears and say good morning to tom kierein. >> before we do that, can we just say, aaron, we haven't had you on the morning show for so long. >> i know. i popped right out of bed this morning and was excited to be here. it's cold, though. >> we're glad to have you. welcome back. >> do you remember where your fleece is? you need it this morning. it's quite a chill in the air as we start off this friday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. right now it's down to just 48 at reagan national. in fact, in much of montgomery, fairfax, prince george's counties, we're down into the low 40s. it's near 50 on the chesapeake bay waters. away from the water inland, eastern shore, southern maryland, northern neck, it's down in the 40s as well. still a bit of a blustery wind in the mountains. shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge also in the mid-40s on this friday morning. over the last 12 hours, we had cloudine

and 35 students from syracuse university were among those 189. victims was theadora cohen. her mother joins he now. >> thank you for having me. megyn: i was a freshman at sir use university and remember this very well and the effect it had on my classmates and family members and in particular the horrifying reports we had about the poor parents of the students like yourself who had to get news like that when you were waiting to look forward to welcoming your daughter home from studying abroad in london. put it in perspective for us today, these reports that gadhafi is now dead. >> i think it's wonderful. it's the happiest day i've had since december 20, 1986, the day before the bombing. and i finally have justice thanks very much to the libyan people, because the governments of the west really were not good. they by and large had policies of appeasement for a very long time. and now this is just a banner day. i cannot even tell you how happy i am to know this man is dead, to see the picture of him dead. he deserved this. he deserved this, and it

so recession tv, pete dominick is the comedian and host of series economic standup at syracuse universityt, what's your take on this new type of reality show? i'm going to be honest with you, i really like to watch horders. because you know what? it's so weird. you're looking in on a slim sliver of society that you just can't stop watching. job liwhisperer, that's quite interesting. >> yeah, well, i like horders, too. but i usually have to clear stacks of newspaper from my tv to see the screen. you know, i'm not sure that this has anything to do with -- well, it has something to do with, but i think everybody thinks, we're in an economic downturn and suddenly it's causing all of these kinds of programs. i'm thinking of the honey meerns and "rosan" and "queen of a day" which were very, very popular shows about people in some economic hard times and those played during good times and bad times. i think one of the reasons we're seeing things like repo games is that it's compelling to watch people, you know, see somebody pull up to where their car is being repossessed, and have a game show as

he was one of 35 syracuse university students studying abroad and headed home when moammar gadhafi droveis. >> reporter: the gadhafi death is welcome news. >> i'm happy to say it may be the end of this vigil that we've had. >> reporter: that's how louise roger's family feels as well. they have no sympathy for gadhafi but no hate either. hate doesn't get you anywhere ann rogers said, but accountability did. my 20-year-old daughter didn't deserve to die that way, she said. >> it is the end of this particular chapter. >> reporter: and while these mothers may never truly have closure after losing their children, reno said this portrait nicholas took of himself on a mountain top was a sign to her that he would be okay. it blew out of the plane when it was bombed, traveled across scotland and landed in a

as you mentioned, i'm eric kingson, a professor at syracuse university. also serve the staff to two presidential commissions on social security including the greenspan commission in 1982 and most of my work is on the politics and economics of the aging and now co-direct social security works and co-chair of the strength in social security campaign, which both members present today on issues in the programs have been extraordinary supportive of, thank you. just to summarize main points, and i enter the testimony, the written testimony into the record if i may. there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that provides the assuredty of protection, and nothing's going to replace it in the next 50 to 60 years. it is, as the chart shows, and i can talk about that in q&a, the single most important source of income for the vast majority of older people. for older persons with less than $31,000, i believe, roughly, it provides 75% of the aggregate income going into their households. critical, it's not going to be replaced. former presidents, former congresses were wise t

received his law degree cum laude in 1976 from syracuse university school of law --, college of law ishould say and his undergraduate degree in 1972 from villanova university. also cum laude. since 2001 he's been the sole shareholder in the law firm of robert d. mariani, p.c. he's been an instructor for five years in the union leadership academy program sponsored by penn state university and finally was sole proprietor in his own law firm from 1993 to 2001 and then of course partner in the same firm or similar firm by the name of mariani and greco from 79 to 93. when my father served as governor of pennsylvania he nominated bob mariani in 1993 to fill a cake eans -- vacancy on the superior court. so bob mariani comes to this appointment with great distinction, a long and distinguished career in the law, and i know he'll be a great judge in the middle district of pennsylvania. so, mr. president, i'll conclude by saying i could say more about judge bisoon, i could say more about mark hornak and bob mariani but the record will be amplified by a written record of their achievements. i'm g

he was one of 35 syracuse university students headed home, when pan am flight was blown out of the sky. >> it's still, to this day, how many years later, i still, one can't believe we went through this. >> reporter: qaddafi's death is welcome news. >> i'm very happy to say it may be the end of this vigil that we've had. >> reporter: that's how louise roger's family feels as well. it's about time her mother said by phone. she has no sympathy for qaddafi or hate either. hate doesn't get you anywhere, rogers says, but accountability does. my 20-year-old daughter didn't deserve to die that way, she says. >> it is the end of this particular chapter. >> reporter: while these mothers may never truly have closure after losing their children, elizabeth says this portrait nicholas took of himself on a mountain top was a sign to her he would be okay. it blew out of the plane, and landed in a farmer's field, completely untouched. almost heavenly sign from nicholas to his family to move on, she says. now that qaddafi is dead, they can. >> we're looking forward to seeing now what's going to happen i

it was days before christmas in 1988, 20-year-old woman was one of throw dozen syracuse university students heading home from london for the holidays. today her mother told fox news she has no problem with the news media showing a picture of the dead dictator. >> that picture is wonderful. i'm glad that it's out there. i would like to put that picture on my mantle piece and actually throw darts at it from morning 'til night. listen, if i could, i'd go in there and mutilate his body some more. i can't do that. >> shep: some victims' relatives say this does not give them closure, especially after the release of the convicted lockerbie bomber. you'll remember a scottish court sent him back to libya after doctors said he only had a few months to live. that was more than two years ago. we're told he's still very much alive. >>> a one-time aide to colonel gadhafi says it's about time somebody killed his former boss. in fact, he once tried to overthrow gadhafi himself. you'll hear his story ahead, plus what about libya's huge stash of cash? and where is it going now? and we've been watching fierce

hand and specifically, there is a great program as of you may know that is led by my haney at syracuse university and is called entrepreneurship boot camp for veterans with disabilities. there is a companion effort that deals with families and represents a consortium of universities that are devoted to make entrepreneurs out of veterans with disabilities and their families and make them successful. if you don't know much about it, i would encourage you to learn about it. it provides some of the flexibility that we think this population needs to not have necessarily typical career with wal-mart or anybody else but they would want to start and on their own business. i heard some discussion about my good friend barbara bandell and the work she is doing. it is very important to us as we go forward with our work in this space. one thing we realize is that we must take away any of the hindrances four leaders and hiring managers. with the support of her network, advising her people -- our people and some of the issues they may confront as managers, we think that is an important effort. the work in the c

he's now the dean of syracuse university's maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs. richard haass, your reaction to what the president just had to say. did today's outcome justify, vindicate his decision to intervene? >> i don't think so and i don't say that to be politically critical, if you will. i don't think the case for intervention was overpowering. but more important, as significant as what it is we may have accomplished up to now, the biggest question is how libya plays out from this point on. and margaret, history will judge this very differently if say in two or three years libya looks like a successful thriving democracy, a market oriented country, that would be one possible outcome but at the other end of the spectrum is obvious a libya that looked like a failed state where sectarianism and tribalism took over and people who agreed on ousting the old regime can't agree on much else, with all the weapons in the country falling into the wrong hands and so forth. so i think some of of his history's judgement will depend on how libya looks not today but two,

>> he was at syracuse university. he got a bunch of wants to go there, and these generally well.he, you know, he is studying international relations. he wanted to be enacted during a school, so he getting accepted into this academy. the current principal tickets set shots, which for really handsome. i think he got some additions with them. he dreamt of being an actor, but now i think he is very political. he was mr. free tibet at the high-school, and i'm sure that he is boeing said, you know, still be very active with tibetan causes, and sure he is touring and syracuse. jessica is also doing really well. see is that drexel. the business and engineering program. i think she is still with her high-school boyfriend. no. [laughter] sorry. whoops. gossip. the seas during great, and see just as mr. reich -- to be a reference for her for a job interview, so that's the kind of thing -- did not, that's the kind of thing i definitely want to do more of. i can do little things like that. it's easy for me and fun for me. she's doing really well. >> hello. behind a pole. my question is actual

>> he is at syracuse university. he is -- he got a bunch of loans to go there and he's doing really well, and he -- you know, he's studying international real estates. he wanted to be an actor during high school so he got accepted into this adler academy. the current principal, her husband martin took head shots, and he dreamt of being an actor, now he is very political. he was mr. free tibet at the high school, and i'm sure that he is going to 'still be very active with tibetan causes and i'm sure he is doing that at syracuse. he is doing all right. [inaudible] >> jessica is also doing really well. she is at drexel, and she is in the business and engineering program, and i think she is still with her high school boyfriend -- no. sorry. oops. gossip. never mind. >> oh, she is doing great she just asked me to write -- to be a reference for her, for a job interview. so that he had that's the kind of thing want to do more of, now that the book is done, i can do little things like that and it's easy for me. and she is do

i am a professor of syracuse university and i also serve as a staff to put to presidential commission on social security including the greenspan commission in 1982. most of my work is on the politics and economics and now co-director of the social security work and the co-chair of the strength and social security campaign which both members present today to summarize main points and enter into the written testimony to the record if i may there's nothing to absolutely nothing that provides the a shorty of protection, the widespread protection of social security. nothing is going to replace it in the next 50 years, 60 years. as as that chart shows and i will be happy to talk about that in the q&a the symbol most important source of income for the vast majority of older people, for older persons with less than $31,000, i believe roughly. it provides 75% of the aggregate income going into their households. critical it's not going to be replaced. former presidents, former converse were wise to establish the cost of living adjustment, and it is my hope to maintain the cost of living adjustm

among the dead were 35 students who were studying abroad for syracuse university, and i'll never forgethat gripped the campus just as everybody was getting set to head home for winter break. eventually, gadhafi decided to hand over two libyans for trial in the bombing, one was acquitted, one was convicted. and in latest years especially after the capture of saddam hussein, gadhafi trying to repair his image, offering to give up his country's wmd program, but none of that matter today people of libya who had decided they had had enough of this dictator's 42-year reign. jenna: you said you were a student at syracuse, and that was the university, obviously, greatly affected by, well, pan am 103. tell us again just what that was like. it's something that we can't forget, there were, obviously, americans on that flight that died that day. >> reporter: it's true. i mentioned 35 students. they were studying abroad, most of them in london this a semester abroad program. i didn't know any of them, but the entire campus, of course, was affected by this tragedy. it was the end of the semester, we

. >> 189 of them were americans including 35 students from syracuse university who were returning fromn, whose older brother, john, was killed in a bombing and also susan cohen who lost her daughter theodora. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, susan. brian, let me start with you. you were aware and when he heard and what were you doing? >> i just dropped my kids off the bus to school. my wife called me and said gadhafi has been killed. i had been fantasizing about this moment for 20 years. i was wondering how i would react and i think the one reason why it was more excitement rather than just simply satisfaction was the fact that i knew it was tied to the freedom of the libyan people. it gave it more significance and more meaning rather than just justice, it was tied into the end of tyranny and the libyan people. >> the fact it was the libyans who did this and not the americans or he wasn't tried in court, you wanted it done this way? >> i think the story had to end this way. it's a little bit of poetic justice. i think my fantasy was always

our thoughts are with you and all those other families, all those students from syracuse university who were on their way home from the u.k. after a semester abroad who were killed in that flight, pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland. our thoughts are with you today. we're glad you feel sense of satisfaction. thank you so much, burt for being with us today. bill: what a remarkable man. what a remarkable day. a lot to keep track of right now. we're waiting on hillary clinton. she is being interviewed at the moment by our own-goal goal. you will hear that moments away. wendell goler. question whether or not she can confirm this. it is not clear at the moment what she will tell goler, but you'll hear that in a moment. while we're on the air foxnews.com. there is continuing coverage of all details and history and timeline. you will find so much valuable information on our website right now. do that while we take a commercial break. we're brac in three minutes here. on "america's newsroom." meantime waiting on more statements, and you will hear about that right after this. bill: just crossing

i am calling on behalf of my fellow students from syracuse university, who were victims and that lockerbiebing. 25 years it has bent. all the evidence points to gaddafi. if gaddafi is behind the lockerbie bombing, why waste our money on a murderer? i leave it to your guest host. guest: i am not sure how we wasted our money on a murderer. we wasted our money on getting rid of a murderer. i cannot regret that. host: it was a question that came up last week. the secretary of state was in libya just before the capture of gaddafi. i am suspicious that hillary clinton was there two days before the capture and killing of gaddafi. guest: it was pretty obvious that he was going to be captured or killed soon. there were down to the last square meters that he controlled and -- in sirte. my guess is that the secretary of state knew that. she may have known a little bit more than that. i do not know what there is to be suspicious about. this is in the cards. it was going to happen sooner or later. it happened sooner, in this case. host: your reaction about a new book about condoleezza rice. secretary r

graduated from lemoine college with a bacher science degree. 15 years later she graduated from syracuse universityew york on behalf of the upstate medical university. for 13 years she served in that capacity until 21 when she took a leave to run for congress into this a heckuva fight, let me tell you. they're out there to stop her and we are delighted she made it through. she has donated her time and experience as a pro bono attorney for the central new york women's bar association and has six grandchildren and 11 grandchildren. please welcome, congressman annemarie burkle. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. it is so good to be here. it's like coming home whenever i'm in a group of folks like yours does. it's so energizing. you are america. your send the values of america and i want to encourage you and i want to thank you for all you do. you're on the front lines every day fighting the fight, trying to get our country back on course. thank you for what you do. it's an honor to stand before you today. i ran for congress because as the mother of six and a grandmother seemed to 12 children, i fe

. >> a lot of the kids i know have end up at the university of vermont, a couple kids within syracuse, and there have been repeat schools that now know what it means to get an international high school student. i think that -- okay. >> thank you so much. thank you for brooke for an inspiring conversation. thank you for coming. brooke will be signing copies of her book and she'll be right over there signing, and we'll play a little movie. maybe brooke can say something about what it's about and also play some special music. >> okay. this is a video that diana castro, who works at the school, made for the class of 2011's graduation ceremony, and it's just goofing around but it's fun so we'll play that. >> oh, oh, and then we're going to play some music that you just have to pretend you're 18 to really get into it. it's an international high school prom mix so you'll hear some chinese, mandarin, hip-hop, and reggae, and lady gaga, just pretend you're at prom. okay. [applause] >> brooke hauser reporting on the international high school in new york city to find out morning visit the author

university of vermont. a couple kids went to syracuse. and they've there have been rept schools that now know what it means to get an international high school student. i think that all --... week where people ask of themselves, boy, how did things get any worse. our speaker tonight is an expert about having to get -- how things to get terrific the worse and more specifically how to keep them from getting significantly worse. that is his value added as we said to the very important discussion of nuclear war, nuclear accident, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, avoidance thereof. yesterday former republican senator from oregon, mark hatfield died, almost the last of a vanished race, a liberal republican. and in reading his obituaries i was always cognizant as a young man that hath filled was elected to the senate back in 19 qaeda 6870 as an anti-war republican, introduced legislation to end the vietnam war co-authored by george mcgovern, but what i either had not known or had totally forgotten, the obituary made clear was that hatfield h

>> university of colorado and syracuse. >> deb olin n unfeater, the weir i fell in love and joined the war joinings here at the texas book festival. live coverage continues. in a few minutes, a panel on american debt, and after that, there's a panel on fresh water and dana priest will be joining us. the state capitol is about two blocks from where we are now. you can see the crowds here, this is 5 two-day fest call, all weekend this is happening, 250 authors down here in austin talking about their books, ect., and booktv tent live today and tomorrow, and we will be back in just a few minutes with our live coverage. >> what i found again and again and again while i was researching this book is that not only was garfield's life, nomination, and brief presidency full of incredible stories, but the people who surrounded him were also unbelievable. you just couldn't make them up. first, of course, charles, garfield's would be asass sin. you can tell with a deeply, dangerously dilutional man who was deeply intelligent and articulate. if you read nearly any other account of garfield's assassi

university? >> i do not know, and that is a great question. i do not know if eugene v. debs had any kind of influence on indiana state. i am curious not to find out. >> syracusew york, go ahead, please. >> i am a uaw worker from upstate new york. i think the problem was that at the time you had eugene debs, -- you got the socialist party and had the socialist workers party and you had the american federation of labor. they never saw eye to eye. you never had a unified worker'' movement in this country. that was his problem. he was never able to achieve this goal. thank you very much. >> the caller is absolutely right. it continues among the president day with the split. debs was after a working-class movement where you erase the lines that divided skilled workers from unskilled workers. the american federation of labor was very tightly organized. it was a very different kind of approach towards representing working-class interest. they did not see eye-to-eye continuing into the 1930's. >> debs campaigning for president can 1920. during the wilson administration, twice he putr clemancy papers. why did wilson say no? >> it is a little complicated. wilson was op

university? >> i do not know, that is a great question. i do not know if eugene v. debs had any kind of influence on indiana state. i am curious not to find out. >> syracuse, new york, the head, please. >> ibm dain -- i am a uaw worker from upstate new york. you got the socialist party and the socialist workers party and the american federation of labour. you never had a unified worker'' movement in this country. that was his problem. he was never able to achieve this goal. thank you very much. >> there was a huge -- the caller is absolutely right. there is a split between -- debs was after a working-class movement were you embrace the lines that divided skilled workers from unskilled workers. the american federation of labour was composed of very tightly organized. it was a very different kind of approach towards representing working-class interest. they did not see eye to eye continuing into the 1930's. >> debs campaigning for the president can 1920. why did wilson say no? >> it is a little complicated. wilson was open to the idea initially, it seems. as a way to clear the air. he had a stroke. he seemed to lose his moral compass, many people felt. this

i am a professor of syracuse university and i also serve as a staff to put to presidential commission on social security including the greenspan commission in 1982. most of my work is on the politics and economics and now co-director of the social security work and the co-chair of the strength and social security campaign which both members present today to summarize main points and enter into the written testimony to the record if i may there's nothing to absolutely nothing that provides the a shorty of protection, the widespread protection of social security. nothing is going to replace it in the next 50 years, 60 years. as as that chart shows and i will be happy to talk about that in the q&a the symbol most important source of income for the vast majority of older people, for older persons with less than $31,000, i believe roughly. it provides 75% of the aggregate income going into their households. critical it's not going to be replaced. former presidents, former converse were wise to establish the cost of living adjustment, and it is my hope to maintain the cost of living adjustm