american airlines engineers and the faa are investigating a crash on the tarmac at dwi thurgood marshall airport. a pushback tractors that an american airlines jet. you can see it right there on your screen. this happened on concourse c. people were boarding a flight to dallas. the accident comes a day after that a man's body was found in a plane at dulles international airport. the body was in the wheel well of a south african airways plane. medicalfax county examiner will determine how that man died. area, the hotel is still closed. this is after a carbon monoxide leak. an employee became sick and wonder room. aromatics to eight employees and one guest to the hospital. emergency crews evacuated the seven-story hotel. , familya look at news and friends are going to say goodbye to a policeman. a moral service will be held at john paul jones arena in charlottesville. his body was found a february 8. people inested six and conjunction with the case. >> we are back on storm watch this morning. right now, 13 states from the dakotas to ohio are under winter weather warnings and advisories. th

breaking news coming from bwi thurgood marshall airport. a spokesperson says a piece of ground equipment struck an american airlines jet at the concourse, damaging the aircraft. the employee driving the equipment was not injured. a passenger on another flight at the airport tells the abc tv station in baltimore that the passengers on the damage to jets were removed from the aircraft. let's turn to another big story, the weather. we can see more snow tomorrow night. steve rudin is tracking the forecast from the weather center. evening outold there. temperatures slowly falling. we are looking for temperatures to eventually fall into the 20's inside the beltway. 31 at dulles. to the north and west of d.c. picking up a little bit of light snow. it's not expected to amount to a whole lot. hagerstown and frederick, those are the areas which get a dusting at this point. this will be out of here by 8:00 tonight, and in our skies will begin to clear and are temperatures will fall. waking up tomorrow morning, 24 to 29 degrees. we have a big warm up o

thurgood marshall served as solicitor general to the johnson administration. hear more from the justice as c-span radio concludes its series on oral history interviews with former supreme court justices. you can hear it online at event or. -- c-span.org. >> coming up, interviews with senator bob corker and senator club which are -- klobuchar. and president obama talked about fuel efficiency standards for trucks. the president ordering new for medium and heavy-duty trucks be issued by 2016. although heavy-duty vehicles of vehicles in the u.s. they account for 25%

and frederick, 11 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall stop 20 of sunshine after a very cold start. we'll have a day filled with sunshine, start to finish, but the highs will be at least 20 degrees below average. 26 to 32, about as cold as it ever gets here at the end of february. we have a storm possible on monday. a lot to discuss when we return. 7 has learned the 91-year-old holocaust survivor killed while crossing a busy montgomery county intersection had just 20 seconds to cross nine lanes of traffic. walker,anski, he used a died when the school bus hit him at the intersection of route 29 silver spring.n he lost his family when nazis invaded minsky 1939, but later joined the russian resistance. he had just spoke about his struggles at the holocaust museum. >> a day of rapid developments in the ukraine. some fear could be laying the groundwork for a new cold war. they raised a russian flag the prime area. russia granted asylum to the ukrainian president, who will address the media to marvel stop all of this as the ukrainian parliament selected a new prime and mr.. -- to selected

it is said that thurgood marshall would have been a giant of law, even if he had never been a supreme court justice. the same is true of justice ginsburg, although she has extended those contributions as a judge. more than any other single individual, she is responsible sexistminating discrimination from american law. how has she done it? one of the constants of her style, extending from the reed dissent has vance been attention to the reality of gender discrimination. this comes from personal showed on, doors that her when she graduated, a determination that writers -- pay discrimination act workers -- at rutgers. she used this knowledge to rebut outdated rationalization thrown up to defend gender discrimination and she relied on it to give the court and understanding of the injustices she was seeking to correct. she returns to the reality of discrimination to show how to apply antidiscrimination principles. herher important feature of approach has been her sensitivity to the role of courts in our democracy. paradoxical for a law reform ran a movement, but it is a crucial part of her

american airlines is trying to determine what caused a tow car to hit and damage a plane at bwi-thurgood marshallirport. look at the pictures taken by a passenger. the accident happened yesterday afternoon as passengers boarded a flight to dallas. the tow driver was taken to the hospital where she was treated and released. the passengers had to get off the plane. they were rebooked onto another flight. >>> and new this morning, secretary of state john kerry is accusing syrian president bashar assad of holding up peace talks to end his country's civil war. >> and it is very clear that bashar al assad is continuing to try to win this in the battlefield rather than come to the negotiating table in good faith. >> peace talks between syria's government and opposition leaders just ended with no progress toward peace. syria's foreign minister blamed the u.s. for creating what he calls a negative climate of dialogue. >>> president obama's publicly praising the university of missouri's football player who recently announced that he's gay. the president made those comments during an interview with former n

lawyers who get famous for taking on pro bono clients, helping people who don't have much access, thurgood marshallind of thing masters the reverse. he finds the most powerful forces, he's their number one lawyer and he goes after their opponents. he went after the working family's party. he's been crushing them. he's a thousand dollar an hour lawyer for some of the richest corporations in our country. >> he came after you guys, he said what you guys were doing was illegal. you were abusing campaign finance laws. >> yes, the loss of investigation. the u.s. attorney, none of it was true, it was day for night. the new york post wrote scores of articles about this, the whole thing was essentially fiction. but he's so deep pocketed we had to pay him to go away. it was a nuisance lawsuit that was cheaper to settle than pay our lawyers. he could claim another notch, he's trying to get one. i think we can all predict two things about his work for governor christie. taxpayers are going to spend a small fortune paying him. he's not going to find any wrongdoing by the governor. it's not an independent invest

. >> thurgood marshall served from 1965 to 1967. hear more from the justice as concludes the series of oral history interviews with former supreme justices friday at 4:00 on 91.timewashington on c-span.org. >>> next, form israeli the u.s., michael oren, he talked about the threat by he middle east posed iran's nuclear program, what's next for u.s. policy in the region? this is hosted by the atlantic council. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> a great pleasure to welcome you all this afternoon. this event welcomes the first public event around the international und security of the council. there are a lot of reasons why atlantic council were to bring israel's foreign ambassador to the u.s. starting february 1. we're getting him here shortly after he began at the council. the press release we si ulated late in january, said the following, quote, oren brings to the council a picture of the top historian's knowledge. highest level diplomats. and the best-selling author's skills. you'll see a taste of all of that in his opening and the q&a

[laughter] more in the did you know term whenin the 1987 she served for justice thurgood marshall, she was a regular reliable guard in pickup basketball games played on the of ourr -- top floor marble palace, the highest court in the land. she showed how sharp -- how far she would go to foster collegiality. under the tutelage is of justice scalia, she became a fearless hunter. the personal trainer with whom she boxes has been my physical 1999ss already and since -- fitness guardian since 1999. folk cross best job combination on the federal bench. elena accomplished in a made -- an amazing feat at harvard law school. didn't -- students once discontent began to like the place. how did she manage the transformation? not so much by fundraising and constructing new buildings, although she was champion at both. in her own words, i looked around for little things i could do, things that don't cost much money, don't take too much time that you don't have to have a faculty meeting to do. among things that fit that bill, she discovered you can buy more students happiness per dollar by giving peo

praised then white diversity that thurgood marshall brought to the supreme court. noting that he brought to the conference table years of that wase in an area of vital importance to our work, experience that none of us could claim to match. justice white was right. it matters where you come from. judicialently, the nominations process was largely held hostage to an intransigent republican minority that look for any excuse to block president obama's efforts to nominate federal judges. it is unsurprising, in those circumstances, that the president and the majority of -- senate graduate gravitated towards nominating corporate lawyers and prosecutors that even the most conservative senators could not object to. but that has changed. refusalrre republican not to confirm any judge to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, anyone, regardless of circumstances, lead them to eliminate filibusters on judicial nominations. with this change comes an opportunity. an opportunity to build a federal bench that reflects the best and the brightest from every corner of the legal professio

. >> thurgood marshall served as solicitor general to the johnson administration from 1965-1967.hear more from the justice as c-span reader concludes its series of oral history interviews with former supreme court justices later today at 4:00 eastern in washington at 90.1 fm, online at c-span.org, and nationwide on xm satellite radio channel 120. >> the ringing of the bell announces the opening on thanksgiving day of the 22nd annual sale of christmas seals spent this declaration of human rights may well become the international magna carta of all men everywhere. >> the equal rights amendment when ratified will not be an instant solution to women's problems. >> i'm trying to find my way through it and try to figure out how best to be true to myself and how to fulfill my responsibilities to my husband and my daughter, and the country. >> what they may not have imagined looking at the white house from the outside is that it's actually a very normal life upstairs. i tried to bring the low bit of michelle obama into it but at the same time respecting and valuing the traditions that is

in the professional diversity that thurgood marshall brought to the supreme court noting that he brought to the conference table years of experience in an area that was of the vital importance to the work and experience that none of us could claim to match. justice right was right it matters where you come from. until the judicial nominations process was largely held hostage to an intransigent republican minority that looked for any excuse to block president obama's efforts to nominate federal judges. in the circumstances the president and a majority of the senate who gravitated towards nominating the corporate lawyers and prosecutors that even the most conservative senators could not object to. but that has changed. all of the refusals do not confirm any judge to the dc circuit of appeals. anyone regardless of classification or professional experiences led the senate to eliminate the filibuster is on the judicial nominations and with this change comes in opportunity to build a federal bench that reflects the best and the brightest from every corner of the legal profession. an opportunit

. >> thurgood marshall served as -- fromr general in the 1965 to 1967. friday at 4:00 eastern. president barack obama ordered administration officials to start setting new fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy trucks by marched 20 -- by march 2016. the president spoke at a safeway distribution center and upper middle bro, maryland. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good morning, everybody. it is good to be here. i want to thank jack jacobs and all the partners at safeway for having us here today at this busy distribution center where delivery trucks get everything from doritos to diapers where they need to go. by the way, i have a soft spot heby the way, i have a soft spot for safeway in my heart because some of you may know i went to high school and lived with my grandparents -- our main grocery store was safeway. [applause] my grandmother would send me out to go shop at safeway and everybody treated me very well so i very much appreciate the good work you guys do. i want to thank all the workers and business people and labor leaders and

jackson young, the national urban league president, legal pioneers charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall and their honorable president, mark s. tillman. alpha alpha kappa sorority founded and boasts congresswoman sheila jackson ee, felicia rashard of the "cosby show," core receipta scott king and their attorney, carolyn stewart. kappa fallal if a kappa, among their notable achievers are michael, c.e.o., john w. thompson, civil rights leader, abernathy, founding members of the black caucus. congressman sanford bishop, william lacy clay, john conyers, alcee hastings, benny thompson and hakeem jeffrey and wendy -- william randy bates. . omega sci-fi at howard university. they include asusstant house democratic leader james clyburn of south carolina, congressman hank johnson of georgia. nasa administrator charles bolden. comedian bill cosby. dr. charles drew whose medical research in the field of blood transfusions led to the founding of the blood bank and dr. andrew ray. delta sigma theta, founded in 1913 at howard university. delta count as sisters my esteemed colleague and chairwoman of t

[laughter] more in the did you know term whenin the 1987 she served for justice thurgood marshall, shewas a regular reliable guard in pickup basketball games played on the of ourr -- top floor marble palace, the highest court in the land. she showed how sharp -- how far she would go to foster collegiality. under the tutelage is of justice scalia, she became a fearless hunter. the personal trainer with whom she boxes has been my physical 1999ss already and since -- fitness guardian since 1999. folk cross best job combination on the federal bench.

. >> thurgood marshall served as solicitor general to the johnson administration from 1965 to 1967.hear more from the justice at c-span radio concludes the series of the oral history interviews with former supreme court justices later today at 4:00 eastern in washington at 90.4 fm and c-span.org and nationwide on satellite radio channel 120. >>> congressional budget office director doug elmendorf defends the newly released minimum wage report calling it a balanced and consistent with many other economists thinking the report finds that the minimum wage is increased it would raise family income levels but also cost jobs. david cook the monitor bureau chief moderates the hour-long conversation. thanks for coming everyone. our guest today is doug elmendorf director of the congressional budget office and this is his fifth visit in the group. mr. elmendorf became director in 2009 and brings a background to the assignment. his undergraduate degrees from princeton, his master's and doctorate in economics from harvard, before being named the cbo director from our guests talk at harvard and

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