. >> reporter: philanthropy is a way of life for university of chicago senior thomas george, guiding his career goals and investment choices. >> if my money isn't going to be working for something that i don't actlly believin, then i'm not tereed. >> reporter: last summer, george bought a $500 community investment note from calvert foundation. his money is helping finance organizations like growing home. >> so, these are good. >> reporter: growing home's an urban farm that puts the chronically unemployed to work producing fruits and vegetables in one of chicago's poorest neighborhoods. >> community investing is a growing trend both here and in europe. it allows investors to take a financial stake in their communities to improve housing, fight crime and even add jobs. >> reporter: community investing works a couple of different ways. social impact bonds rase pital to aieve aocial al like keeping ex-offenders out of jail. if the program succeeds, investors make money. community investment notes raise capital for organizations that have a revenue component. if the organization makes mone

hello, everyone, i'm george thomas. >> wendy: and i'm wendy griffith.byan officials say the foreign missionaries are accused of distributing christian literature. as gary lane reports, that is a charge that could carry the death penalty. >> reporter >> on monday we arrested a group. we found a print shop in the area in benghazi city. we found 45,000 christian books. >> reporter: the foreigners were reportedly printing pamphlets complaining christianity. the material was mostly directed towards children. but proselytizing in libya is a criminal offense, punishable by death, according to a law carried over from moammar gadhafi reign. >> we are a 100% muslim country. this issue is not negotiable. >> reporter: the four missionaries are in custody in benghazi. the group is made up of a swedish american, an egyptian, a south african, and a south korean. libyan officials allow sharif to speak to the media. he says he was brought here from the moment they arrested him. and that he has been treated respectfully and not abused. he went on to admit the group was i

hello, everyone, i'm george thomas. >> wendy: and i'm wendy griffith. riots shook egypt on the second anniversary of the revolution that drove hosni mubarak from power. more than 60 people died in conflicts between police and rock-throwing protestors. in cairo, police fired tear gas into the largest church in the middle east, where a field doctor was treating victims. they are also protesting the new constitution that they say does not adequately protect women or religious minorities. opposition partrts are calling for a new national unity government and amendments to the constitution. those parties also joined with the muslim brotherhood in calling for an end to political violence on both sides. >> george: egypt's coptic christians make up about 10% of the population. recently the historic church ordained a new leader. pope theodore the second. >> wendy: the new pope says his country men need to love one another. gary lane brings us his exclusive interview from cairo. >> reporter: as egypt's first coptic pope in more than 30 years, he leads a church th

. >> george: and i'm george thomas.ope benedict xvi announced this week his resignation, saying it is for the good of the church. the 85-year-old pontiff says he does not have the strength to continue. it shocked catholics worldwide. it has been 600 years since a pope has chosen to step aside. now the faithful are asking, what happens next. charlene israel reports. >> reporter: the vatican will hold a co conclave before easter to elect a new vote. they will vote to decide who will lead the world's one billion roman catholics. >> the cardinals are going to have to weigh experience and the need for a certain energy. >> reporter: dale herd spoke with religious leaders in europe about the future pope. >> reporter: all of europe is abuzz over hugh the next pope might be, and what this will mean for the direction of the church. >> what do you ask most about the pope with these reporters? what do they all want to know? >> how the future pope should be like. my answer to that is he should be tremendously intelligent, and a pers

killings of young people in prince georges county, you get a total of seven teenagers murdered since the beginning of the school year and six were students. brian. >>> will thomas tonight. an arrest made in prince georges county, what appears to be a random deadly shooting. dwayne williams accused of killing walker at a gas station. walker was pitching gas when williams approached him, shot him several times. nearby offduty d.c. police officer tried to catch williams who tried to shoot him. williams was high on pcp. >>> to frederick, maryland, now, where the county sheriff is holding a public meeting to address outrage. 26-year-old ethan saylor died last month while he was being escorted out of a movie theater. ruled his death a homicide, listing the cause of asphyxiation. the public meeting will be held tomorrow night at crestwood middle school. >>> former congressman, jesse jackson, jr., entered a guilty plea, he schemed to pay $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items like cashmere capes. his wife, sandy, also pled guilty to failing to report $600,000 in income between 2005 and 2011. jackson faces 12 years in prison, his wife, three. >> jackson engaged in

. >>> well, money is no longer a problem for a chef and business owner from prince george's county. tamara thomas runs a candy shop. she just took the top $10,000 prize on the food network competition "sweet genius." pat lawson muse has more on what thomas is cooking up now. >> the bubbles are just on top of each other. >> reporter: in the kitchen of her canned shop, 39-year-old tamara thomas is making lollipops. >> so it's a beautiful grape flavor, then we'll add a bit of lime. >> her lollies are special, many gursing with unexpected flavors. >> chock las, chili powder, cinnamon s. alternates vanilla -- a little vanilla and we top it with paprika. >> chocolates filled with blew berry jam and sage, and strawberries and basil. >> i love pushing the boundaries. >> reporter: it's that sense of culinary adventure that earned her a spot on the food network's reality tv show "squeet genius." >> it's hard to grasp. >> reporter: competitors had to create three desserts. >> third is chock lat, second is candy, third is cake. >> reporter: her journey actually started years ago when she decided to give up g

let's bring in nbc news vatican analyst george wigle and father thomas at georgetown university. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. george, you have been on air all pretty much throughout the day. your initial reaction to this news, especially knowing what the pope said two years ago? >> i wasn't surprised at the fact, tamron. but i was a little surprised at the timing but the more i think about it during the day, the fact that the pope has done this in such a way that the college of cardinals will be meeting during lent, a traditional season of reflection, self examination, examination of conscious, if you will. in the church. in order to give the church a new pope in time for easter. seems rather an appropriate bit of timing to me. >> absolutely. when you think about it in the context of the calendar and that holy week. cardinal dolan of new york, of course, had to say this morning, as well, being surprised by the news. >> my appreciation for him, which was already high, is enhanced a bit because with this sense of realism. that he has such an esteem for the office of

believe it or not, george washington was the richest president beating out thomas jefferson and teddy roosevelt by several hundred million dollars. >>> coming up, a half-court shot worth much more than three points. >>> and four adorable lion cubs make their debut at a seattle zoo. >>> what would you do if a stranger slapped your baby during a flight? it happened. now an idaho man faces charges, next. >>> take a look at this. this is a shot of the empire state building here in new york city last night bathed in red, white, and blue in honor of our commanders in chief past and present on this president's day. >>> okay, now some stories that caught our eye this morning. in north carolina, a 40,000-gallon ethanol tank burst into flames. officials believe the fire erupted from an explosion sparked by lightning. the blast rattled homes about two miles away and forced over 70 firefighters to battle 2 to 3-foot flames before the fire was extinguished. >>> in minneapolis a baby is recovering from a horrific attack. the 19-month-old was allegedly called the "n" word and slapped enjoy a passeng

georges county. let's begin with will thomas who is down in the newsroom. >> good evening, not only have police made five arrests in the murder of charles c.j. walker. they provided us mug shots and other killings very soon. tonight, here's how we are going to lay it out for you. we'll start with the arrest and c.j.'s murder, then we'll talk about a shooting last night where two more teenagers were killed in prince georges county. >> five arrests, all of them charged with first-degree murder. who pulled the trigger? police aren't saying yet. but someone shot charles c.j. walker in the back monday afternoon as he was trying to run away during an attempted robbery. >> all five are at the scene. all five were in the suspect vehicle and all five participated in the murder of charles walker, jr. at this time, we are continuing to investigate and to determine which one actually pulled the trigger. >> the murder suspects, 20- year-old derek green from alexandria. 18-year-old witner from temple hills. 23-year-old lives in southeast d.c. 21-year-old williams from oxon hill. and this 21-year-old, kevin smith,

george washington was not only the first but the richest president beating out thomas jefferson and teddyseveral hundred million dollars. >>> coming up, a half-court shot worth much more than three points. >>> and four adorable lion cubs make their debut at a seattle zoo. >>> what would you do if a stranger slapped your baby during a flight? it happened. now an idaho man faces charges, that story next. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] why is kellogg's crunchy nut so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yummy. [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious! in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take int

the concluding presentation will be by thomas hazlett repressor of economics at george mason university and one of america's most penetrating and prolific scholars of telecommunications policy. professor hazlett was tom's colleague and friend during the latter years when tom was a distinguished visiting professor at george mason and an active participant in professor hazlett's information economy project. for more information better speakers they will speak in turn beginning with henry gold erred. [applause] >> thank you chris. thank you very much market. it's an honor to be on this panel with my old colleagues and friends. it's a little odd to be on a panel in which the youth point of view is tom hazlett. [laughter] but be that as it may i have the leadoff speaker, presenter and my preface is to discuss the significance of tom whitehead's career. in short, why should anyone care about his papers let alone want to read them? well he had many accomplishments i want to focus on the ones that not only had a profound influence at the time but also made a contribution from which we benefit t

george? >> okay, david, thanks. >>> let's get more behind all this. clifrts dorner posted 1,000-word manifesto online. pierre thomas has more on that. >> reporter: good morning, george. authorities said that christopher dorner is their worst nightmare. dorner a former navy reservist is an expert maxman. he claims to have explosives and a rifle capable of slicing through armored cars from long distance. >> you have a trained member of the military who's taking that experience and terrorizing this entire region. >> by all accounts, the 33-year-old led a normal life. >> was always smiling. always positive and upbeat. the kind of person that yo would want as a friend. >> reporter: dorner joined the military and later the police out of a sense of honor. investigators believe behind the smile is a burning hatred for the lapd which he called corrupt and racist. his battle began with 2006 shortly after he became a cop, when he says that he witnessed a female officer using excessive force. for years he appealed the decisions. sources say that he recently snapped after exhausting all avenues to get his good name back. >> you

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. >> and you pointed out earlier, george, that justices alito, scalia and thomas did not walk in. we assume they're not going to be there. and justice scalia said he had a speech tonight, couldn't make it, but said it's turned into a childish spectacle and so he didn't intend to come. i want to go back to jon karl. jon, they had something called date night two years ago. there was going to be a great attempt to link arms, to show some solidarity, to get work done together. is it still happening tonight? >> well, i've got to tell you, diane, it's almost a thing of the past. not entirely. for the most part, the republicans are sitting on their side, the democrats are staying on their side. but there are some notable exceptions that i'm noticing as i look down into the chamber. first of all, you see senators lindsey graham and john mccain. two of the biggest headaches for this president, especially going into the second term, but sitting between them tonight, you will see senator chuck schumer, the number three democrat in the house. he wants to craft an immigration compromise with r

george washington started it in 1790 with a personal appearance. in 1801, thomasjefferson decided he would send written notes to congress. jefferson claimed the ceremony was too kingly, too british. ed the colleagues said he was ashamed was historic his squeak. woodrow wilson's speech came into his own when hair harry true man doctors he appreciated the showbiz potential. a smiling president offering a outstretched hand as he enters the chamber. it's a major motion picture. on the plus side there have been a few, very few, magic moments in past state of the union addresses such as president kennedy's 1961 pronouncement to land a man on the moon, and george w. bush's reference to axis of evil. two years ago there was the business of supreme court justice samuel alito who said not true as mr. obama attacked the decision on campaign finances. when has truth ever been a concern in this extravaganza. lastly, who can forget bobby jindal and his awkward delivery of the opposition remarks in 2009. undaunted he's working on public speaking to recapture eligibility for the

thomas jefferson worth 212 million. his father left him 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves. and the richest president ever, georgehington, $525 million, his salary was 2% of the u.s. budget back in 1789. the only current president on the top 20 list bill clinton whose net worth is estimated at 55 million. we'll be right back. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® i

prince george's county state's attorney angela also brooks and montgomery county police chief thomast to speak at the event. it comes on the same day that president obama travels to minneapolis to push his gun control legislation. the gun control debate came up during the super bowl. this commercial ran here in washington during the game. the ad ran at the beginning of the third quarter last night. it shows the nra's executive vice president after the shooting in columbine high school in 1999. he supported closing a loophole on background checks. the ad was paid for by the group mayors against illegal guns co-chaired by new york mayor, michael bloomberg. >>> 14 before the top of the hour right now. you better believe it's going to be a fun couple of days in baltimore much the city is celebrating the ravens super bowl victory. >> you know, that celebration really started minutes after the game ended last night. fans poured into the streets in baltimore's federal hill neighborhood. we are not hearing of any arrests at this point. but there have been reports about damage to cars and bui

. >> police say thomas matusewitz gunned down the two women and exchanged gunfire with police, before fatally shooting himself. >>> attorneys for george zimmerman will be back in court tomorrow. zimmerman isn't expected to be present as his legal team discusses possible motives. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for shooting arm -- unarmed teen tray von martin. zimmerman said he acted in self- defense. his trial begins in june. >>> time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of baltimore sun. >>> wrapping up new york's fashion week with a look at highs and lows from the runways. >>> how towson university's men's basketball team has turned around the program in historic fashion. >>> more reports from sarasota, as the orioles pitchers and catchers take the field. for these stories and more, remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> ballet, breakdancing and freestyle. "flashdance: the musical "it is a dancer's dream. the musical comes complete with some unforgettable scenes from the hit movie. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: the 1980 story of a

george, that we're watching. explain to us the process of what happens after february 28th. >> well, thomas, we're actually all waiting to find out, because as you noted at the beginning this hasn't happened in 719 years, so there's no playbook ready to go. the pope made a manifestation of his will today, indicating that as of 8:00 p.m. rome time, february 28th, he is no longer the pope. so that's that. i don't think there's going to be any ceremony marking this. he has indicated that that is what he has decided, and in the law of the church, that settles the question. whether the cardinals, who i suspect will be going to rome within the next several days, decide to have four or five days of formal consultations before they lock themselves up in the conclave to elect a new pope, we -- -- for this man who has often had a hard time with his public image, who has been the victim frankly of a cartoon presentation of himself by many of his enemies, but whom people seem to have come to understand as a man of god, a real pastor, one of the most learned men in the world, and someone who had a unique capacity to make the chris

george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >>> let's turn things over to a neighbor who says he heard all this gunshot. joining us live from santa cruz on the phone, thomasu for being with us. you say you're located across from the apartment building where you heard the gunfire. tell us what you heard. >> well, i mean, i watched the cops stay posted for a while with their weapons and some movement but suddenly there were dozens of gunshots in about a six or seven second period. this seemed to be happening on the

>> well, we can go back if we want to all the way back to george washington if we want to go far enough back. so we all know even before thomasrson and how we became a country. >> i have no idea what that guy is talking about. nullification became a thing of the past legally in 1833, which is why plenty of people are saying the move in alaska is unconstitutional and will never, ever be enforced. >>> remember this? >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks, and they brought us whole binders full of women. >> well, if you thought binders full of women left the scene with the rest of 2012, you didn't catch "jeopardy" yesterday. >> here are the categories for you. hugo awards for science fiction. 1990s music. world place names. funny things people say. a bunch of stuff. potpourri really. and a binder full of women. >> a binder full of women for $400. >> she's the 111th justice of the supreme court. keith? >> who is sonia sotomayor? >> yes. >> $800, binder full of women

they didn't like the word no, so they walked across the street, thomas jefferson, patrick henry and george washington and several others and they wrote a resolution that changed the world. a resolution that said that an attack on one colony was an attack on all of them and called on the first congressional continental congress. that congress as you know would meet, as mr. gohmert pointed out when they couldn't agree on anything else, one thing they agreed on was opening with prayer. second congress they had a second committee, and they wrote a declaration that would birth this country and we are proud in virginia, and the author was thomas jefferson. and said he didn't write any new ideas of principles but concepts that he heard from pulpits across the commonwealth, concepts that said this, our rights didn't come from any act, any king, any committee, but they came from the creator himself and if they came from him, they could never be taken away. they won the war and the freedom and in 1812, in that war, francis scott key pened that great poem that national anthem and he wrote what is rig

george herbert walker bush didn't care that much about the supreme court. that was not his issue. the souter seat came up when the berlin wall was coming down. the following year he nominated thomas. >> he didn't say i will nominate someone that was a moderate swing vote. the conservatives thought they were getting one of their own. >> souter's decision was clear. if you go to ginsburg, sotomayor, kagan, they're as promised. >> who would obama appoint. >> i think did you val patrick is a -- duval patrick. janet napolitano, former governor of arizona. >> the last would be probably last controversial of the three, janet napolitano because republicans have had it in for her -- >> after the speech at the convention. >> clear partisan. that would be pretty controversial. if obama goes the judge route. i think goodwin lou. >> he was filibustered. it is different to filibuster someone for thh supreme court. you really have to talk. the way the senate works, i mean, it is so completely dysfunctional is that a senator who objects to who is going on said i'm going to filibuster and they just simply give up. a supreme court is such a high-profile kind of vote that the senate would simply wa

george washington was of course the first president. john adams was the second president. by the time we got to the third president, thomas jefferson, jefferson thought the whole speech to congress thing was actually a little showy. made the president too king-like for his taste. so jefferson decided to meet this particular constitutional obligation in writing, rather than by giving a speech. that tradition held sway for more than 100 years until 1913, when the speaking tradition of the state of the union was revived in what was a controversial move at the time by president woodrow wilson. so wilson's innovation was really i guess the major innovation in this ancient ritual that we have as a nation. the return to it being delivered in speech form, which happened in 1913. the only other major innovation that we have had over the centuries started in 1966. that's hen the party that is not the president's party started giving, in effect, a rebut toll the state of the union. the republicans started it when lbj was president. they started it in 1966. the top republican in the house and the top republican in the senate, everett

thomas, is in los angeles with the latest on that. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. authorities say christopher dorner is their worst nightmare. a one-time police officer with military training gone bad. in short, lethal. dorner, a former navy reservist, is an expert marksman. authorities are especially worried because he claims to have explosives and a .50 caliber rifle, capable of slicing through armored car from a long distance. >> in this case, you have a trained officer, a trained member of the military, that's taking that experience and terrorizing this entire region. >> reporter: by all accounts until recently, the 33-year-old led a normal life. >> always smiling. very positive. very upbeat. the kind of person you would want as a friend. >> reporter: dorner appears to have joined the military and later the police out of a sense of honor. in many photographs, he's seen in uniform with a warm smile. but police say behind it is a burning hatred for the lapd, which he calls corrupt and rayist. his battle began in 2006, after he became a cop, when he witnessed a fe