virginia pounds georgia tech, 82-54 to improve to 9-5 in sec play. >>> staying in the sec, virginia techers of nine in a row hosting florida state today. first half, jumping around, barksdale. rejected in the lane. out to green who sinks his only 3-pointer of the game. led by 2 at the half. second half, florida state rallies. the jam. seminoles cut the deficit to 4. next possession, green drives, pump fake and foul. game high 26 points. virginia tech wins 80-70 for its first win since january 19th. >>> women's hoops, maryland looking to avenge a loss to duke on february 11th. second half, maryland trailed by 17. then they come back. shock clock winding down. thomas, nice to hawkins. terrapins slice the deficit down to 8. two plus minutes left. duke up 11. jones knocks in the 3. she had 15. maryland falls to duke, 75-59. it gives the blue devils the acc regular season title. >>> golf, hunter mayhan. after an off line tee shot, makes amends big way there. he defeats holter. faces kutcher, who defeated day in the other semi-finals. using the wedge on the 6 hole with a tail wind. he's starin

my sister who was going to go to a different school applied to virginia tech and chose a virginia techr school. she is there now. i know there is a new wave of student there. they are not the ones who were there when i was there. people still say to me when i wear my virginia tech t-shirt, were you there? it has been a bad mark on our school. i think there are so many good things that have spawned from that that our school will be known for the legacy we leave afterwards and what we have chosen to do after the fact. host: a question from 20 on twitter -- guest: i have made a full recovery. i think that goes a long way to help my mental and emotional recovery. i can do everything i did before. i went skiing a few months ago with friends. there are some people who cannot do those things, who wake up in the morning and see a different face in the mirror. they are in a different place. i feel really fortunate, really lucky to have the recovery i did. i think it allowed me to get to the point where i can become an advocate for changes in this country and to be able to share my story with pe

virginia tech forced to howl.spite 29 points by green are beaten by nc state in overtime. >>> mike lonnergan and f w on the road. brian bynes the perfect pass to woods. gw out to

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the blast virginia tech tonight. yesterday it snowed and today, no. 1 and no. 2 player is eliminated. androy was eliminated, fabulous route to be tiger woods. a stunning day on the first day of the match play championship. on his way home. he wore a jersey with no. 18, the number of olympic gold medals that he has. he had not played since he was 10 or 12. he hits a few. the eighth ranked maryland women by 25, 30 points and 12 rebounds. d.c. is opening a major retail project. celebrating the completion of the renovation. the shopping venue has new stores and restaurants. they say the pavilion allows to spendthe chance money rather than out. it took about a year. >> i would like to head over there and check it out. >> you might have to wait. maybe not an outdoor cafe tonight. >> it will be a cold one. nothing for tomorrow morning, but some spotty temperatures into

. >> columbine, virginia tech, aurora, newtown, an all too familiar pattern, mass shootings followed by a national dialogue on one of the most polarizing issues in america, gun control, but any attempt to alter our relatively easy access to guns rarely gets off the ground. the last time federal gun control legislation was passed was in 1994, a year after a shooter armed with semiautomatic hand guns shot and killed eight people in an office building in downtown san francisco. the shooter was reportedly able to fire 30 shots without reloading, causing outrage among gun control advocates. >> the 19 assault weapons banned in this proposal are deadly, danchs weapons. they were designed for one purpose only, to kill people. >> the manufacturing of magazines with more than ten rounds of ammunition was banned for ten years. but still, the shootings continued. in 1999, 23 people were wounded and 13 killed at columbine high school. the shooters used semiautomatic weapons they obtained illegally. by the time the assault weapons ban expired in 2004, its effectiveness was questioned. they wrote,

. >>> terps trailed virginia tech by 3 at the half.y charge ahead in the second half off a turnover. nick fousch will finish a dunk. the lead grew to as much as 8 points. virginia tech closed that gap, but des wells finishes it with a dunk. the next two games for the terps are at home in college park. >> great. thank hey! hey honey! hey alan. uh, hey.... i'm bob, we talked at the tax store. i did your taxes. i thought you were a tax expert? today, i'm a master plumber. major tax stores advertise for preparers with "no tax experience necessary." at turbotax, you only get answers from cpas, eas or tax attorneys - all real tax experts. ...than h&r block stores and all other major tax stores combined. >>> a french pianist plays a love song to a unique audience. ♪ ♪ >> riched kaite -- richard kaiterman hoped playing the theme to chariot of fire would put get the turtles to come out [ male announcer ] want to make a great car interior? stop looking at car interiors. get inspired by other stuff. yep. yep. ok. sure. why not? woah. touchscreens

my pen represents virginia tech and that mass shooting that occurred on campus on april sixteenth two thousand and seven that morning my daughter emily found me and said mommy i've been shot and thrust my family into the gun violence world you know and how it touched our lives and frankly despite our pain and suffering you know we were one of the lucky ones which is kind of odd to say when your daughter's been shot but she lived and she's alive and well and when thirty two other people were killed. thirty two other families mourned their loved ones because someone got a gun. what was the message that you were sending to legislators yesterday what were you what were you saying. we want legislators to listen to us we want to be part of the conversation we want to stop the gun violence that just i mean it's every fabric of our society you know when children can't go to school when students can't be in a college classroom movie theaters and other places where we live in play and shop you know and lives are touched by gun violence repeatedly day to day to day something is just tragically w

they beat up on virginia tech in a rivalry game. 5 3's in the first half. virginia has now won six of its last seven games. the cavaliers seemed to be in great shape for the big dance. georgetown seems to be a lock. do not forget, duke plays at maryland saturday in a make or break game for the terrapins. a wild season in college basketball. michigan state beat michigan tonight 70-41. >> a crazy season. some times the big plan doesn't work and the perfect life turns out to be not so perfect. so you start fresh. new city. new job. new bank. the's a lot to figure out. so, i switch to suntrust. they moved everything for . direct deposit, even my online bill pay... and suddenlyeverything else just fell into place. switching to suntrust has never been easier. now, our dedicated team will do all the work for you. suntrust. how can we help you shine today? >> a big night on jimmy kimmel live. jessica alba and bobby flay stop by. >> mark zuckerberg is one of the richest people in america and it appears one of the most generous. he gave about half a billion dollars to

among the moms lori haas whose daughter was wounded at virginia tech. >> so i think after virginia tech there was a lot of grieving and a lot of sympathy and a lot of awareness, an immense support for all the survivors and victims and their families, but people realize that that support is not enough. >> moms rising claims to have gotten 150,000 signatures on this petition to congress. >>> senate republicans have blocked chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. they say they want more time to study the speeches hagel gave after leaving the senate in 2008. the former republican from nebraska has sparked controversy over comments he's made about israel and iran. this marks the first time a national security nominee has ever faced a filibuster. >> the death penalty does not make us stronger or more secure as a people, nor does the death penalty make our laws more effective or more just. >> maryland governor martin o'malley continuing his crusade against the death penalty. hearings on capital punishment took place in annapolis today. opponents of the repeal say there ne

i can talk about this issue from the virginia tech experience. i served just up the road from blacksburg, and those wounds linger. they never really heal. one of the things we did in virginia on a bipartisan basis is change the way we captured mental health adjudications in the background check the system. virginia and now is really the gold standard for ensuring that respect for privacy, when folks are adjudicated by a judge or civilly committed with mental health issues, those records are put into the national criminal background check. the shooter at virginia tech had a mental health issues, but unfortunately the records were not. we have to focus on this issue of, as you said, increasing access to treatment for those who need it. many states, unfortunately, have not followed virginia's lead and have not put those records in. that is one of the hold on the background check system. the department has supported grants to states to ensure full compliance. the records need to be comprehensive. but it goes all the way back to making sure that the t

among the moms, lori haas, whose daughter was wounded at virginia tech. >> i think after virginia tech there was a lot of grieving and a lot of sympathy and a lot of wariness, an immense amount of support for all the survivors and all the victims and their families in particular, but people realized that that support is not enough. >> moms rising claims to have 150,000 sings on its petition to congress. >>> virginia's tebow bill gets sacked. for the second straight year virginia's senate has voted to stop the bill that have with allowed home school kids to play sports for public schools. those who support the bill say their taxes pay for the options but opponents say it wouldn't be fair. the bill's name references nfl quarterback tim tebow would was home schooled in florida before he won a heisman trophy at the university of florida. ,a virginia couple has an awful lot of reasons to love valentine's day this year. they bought that winning $217 million powerball ticket, and today they picked up the check that will probably change their lives. kristin fisher met one the lucky couple. >>

she's recovered as has the 17 other students shot at virginia tech.eis re-resalient bunch of young people. >> john: i thank you for your service on this very important issue that affects all of us. if you care about american lives you're on this side. john rosenthal and lori haas, whose daughter emily was wounded in the 2007 massacre at virginia tech. to both of you thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> john: what a pleasure. everyone stood up and cheered for voting rights, not quite everyone. that's next. people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! ahh ! finally, there's cepacol sensations. serious sore throat medicine seriously great taste. plus the medicine lasts long after the lozenge is gone. ahh ! mmm ! cepacol sensations. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." it's tame for the thing of--time for the thing of the day. it's correction of the day. once again this is live tv and these things happen. while ad-libbing about the pope at the end of monday's f-bomb segment, i accidently said this. a

when the mental health issue is so important because in the case of virginia tech, tucson, and colorado is an issue in all of those killings. >> can i ask you specifically what gave you the sense that the portions of the feinstein 3 gb support on the feinstein amendment had diminished? >> i think there was information came out in the meeting that would make it less supported. let me back up a little bit. i will be very clear with you. i feel an outright ban is going to have a difficult time passing the house of representatives. that would keep it from becoming law. when you have five or seven democrat senators from rural come fromt seem to be v second amendment state, i think that is a tough goal in the united states senate. the publicity of the feinstein amendment has been very positive up until now. the polls reflect that. i thought the hearing detracted from the bill to some extent. >> some people think this reaction to newtownc for congrs to take, some gun rights advocates believe that you cannot legislate this problem away. any legislation would not have prevented newtown. do you

. >> college hoops today, virginia hosting georgia tech. g to avenge an earlier season loss. 1st half, they go inside to justin anderson. the grad all alone for the jam. he had 11 points, virginia up three. later in the 1st half, turned it over. georgia tech's anderson on the steal. nice passing side to akeel mitchell. virginia led by 12 at the half. in the 2nd half, mike toby dials one up, misses but look who's there. mitchell there with the follow slam. he had a game high 18 points. virginia pounds georgia tech, 82-54 to improve to 9-5. >>> freeze and maryland looking to avenge a loss back to duke. 2nd half is where we start. maryland trails by 17. thomas inside to hopkins. the terrapins able to slice the deficit down to 8. two plus minutes left. alexis jones burriss the three. she had 15. maryland falls to duke 79-59. the blue devils have a regular season title. also in men's hoops tonight, virginia tech and florida state under way as we speak at the 28- 26. tech leads. >> thanks, scott. >>> one laserwort. >> well, we've got plenty of sun

bill where ours will very much mirror what virginia has done, and i suppose it was the tragedy of virginia tech that propelled virginia to move forward on that more quickly than perhaps we had. >> garrett: governor hickenlooper, before washington and the congress now the president's three dominant ideas-- assault weapons ban stronger than one that expired in 2004. a ban on so-called high-capacity ammunition magazines. and background checks, universal or as close to that that can be achieved. do you think all three are a must-have or could you live with one or two of those ideas? >> certainly our highest priority has been mental health issues and addressing that. >> garrett: outside of gun control entirely? >> just to make sure you don't put guns in the wrong dismandz that we beef up-- we have five 24/7 emergency centers. we have the opportunity to make sure that people who would do harm to themselves or others don't get guns. i think universal background checks are the highest of those three remaining just in the sense that we did 320,000 background checks just through gun dealers and gun shows

anyone, especially virginia tech. >> and no game is easy. league is so much better than last year and i didn't think it was close. i don't think it's close how much better. i know there is no north carolina, i keep saying it and there is not a bad team in our league, especially at home and that is -- and sometimes it can show up and win. >> the caps have the fewest points in the nhl stuck on 5 and they will try to breakthrough against the penguins. ironically, the caps got their sixth point of the year last year in pittsburgh. the difference, that was in the third game of the year and tonight, game 10. the caps 2, 7, and 1 on the season and with a physical meeting four days ago. surrendered a hat trick in the 6-3 loss is come tonight, michael noibert is in goal for the caps, 2-0 and 2. the puck drops at 7:00. >>> monterey bay off of the coast of pebble beach and that is the site of at&t pro-am and lying up this punt. a little stereo too strong on this one and playing with that notre dame coach and this is about bill murray, anyway and russel

virginia tech hosting georgia tech and the hokies miss the first 10 shots and scoring the basket seven into the game and that is 11-3 and forces the shot and on a break. the hokies were trailing 37-18 at the half. that is not good. the success half, and they do better, on a 15-1 run and led by eric green, scoring 9 points during the run and cut the lead to 11 and had to be hill off of the bench. the nation's leading scorer, losing straight 54-64. >>> and the tour this week, pebble beach, one of the world's most beautiful places. actor bill murray is a fan favorite after hitting the drive on the 15th hole and showers the gallery with some goodies, making the gallery the peanut gallery. also, last week, phil mickleson won the phoenix open and he was not so sure. searching for the ball and slips on the rocks and that has to hurt. one-under on 11 shots back. to the third straight, 4-under and 12-under and tied for the lead. >>> coming up, how basketball is offering students a chance to earn varsity stripes. next.  . >>> in 2008, maryland passed the fitness and equ

it didn't change after virginia tech, columbine or aurora. we talk a good game but nothing happens. >> we've never seen our president this committed to this issue, any president. so i really believe something will change. >> i do, too. i think it's time and we will get this done. >> lori and stephen, thank you very much for being here with us. >> thank you. >>> 6:10 now. morning investigators are looking into what could have caused a deadly house fire in charles county, maryland last night. it started around 10:30. the firefighters were able to put it out in 30 minutes but one of the people who lived in the home was not able to make it out. the victim according to firefighters is believed to be an elderly woman. one firefighter was taken to the hospital and treated for minor burns. >>> the university of maryland held a memorial last night for two students who were killed in an early morning murder- suicide. police say 23-year-old dayvon green set several fires at his home on 36 rght deceit in -- 36th street in college park. when his roommates

holmes norton invited the mother of the 2010 deadly capitol street shootings, the father of the virginia tech massacre will be virginia congressman jerry connelly's death. and the first lady invited the mother whose teen was killed by a handgun days after she was killed -- days after the inauguration. and a shooting survivor, he has been a representative gabby giffords and what topics will you like the president to address and why? is any john the conversation on the facebook page and search for my fox d.c. >>> and the president's state of the union address leave here and that is at 9:00 and let us know what you think about the speech as we move forward. >>> and president obama expected to announce the return of 34,000 troops from afghanistan in the next year. two people familiar with his remarks say the president will make the announcement during his fourth state of the union y finish the ht and plans war by 2014. and 66,000 troops are in afghanistan and from 100,000 in 2010. >>> the rally was scheduled by the american federation of government employees as part of the 2013 legislative confer

. >> all right, virginia tech's eric green, your nation's leading scorer. he had 28. but marcus hunt with a tidy bowl man. tech wins easy, but the story was at the end of the game. back to virginia tech, suffered from dehydration. the school though, saying he would be okay. that is good news. i'll never want to see anybody get hurt like that. needing a new resume building. delaware on the move. devon, he knocked down 22. jog mason loses by 7 on their home court. they are 14-10 overall. >>> spring training begins next week and we will -- i will be in florida. next week, already geo gonzalez. the team announcing he will pitch for team u.s.a. at the world baseball classic. he'll miss a few weeks of spring training because of it. roger and the nats will play. he will play for the netherlands. john wall is making a difference. one of the up and coming stars, proving why he is one of the up and coming stars in the league. i caught up with him earlier this week and you can see that full interview on wusa9.com. he talks about how the criticism has driven him. you can see the

prepared -- the background check laws following the murders at virginia tech. did those laws work? just last july, it was given mixed reviews. only a handful of states have taken seriously the responsibility to share mental health records. and i'm pleased that taxes has been highlighted by the gao has outperforming other states in this area, but we have a long way to go. i think there are areas where we can come together right now, examine the nexus between gun crime, violence, and mental health care. i'm willing to listen to serious ideas, not just window dressing, to come up with solutions. capt. kelly, i noticed in your testimony you alluded to part of what i talked about, which is the fact that at the time in arizona their 121,000 records of disqualifying mental illness for people in arizona who had not been subjected to background checks because the state had not send that information to the federal government. could you expand on the significance? >> in the case of jared loughner, a person who shot my wife and murdered six of her constituents, he was clea

a court hearing that involves two of the victims of the virginia tech shooting. they're arguing that the appeal should be heard. this stems from a lawsuit the victims' families won against the state. they say their daughters could have survived the 2007 shooting spree if virginia tech alerted the campus earlier about the gunman. a judge later upheld the finding but reduced the damages. >>> a united nations agency proposing stricter safety guidelines on the batteries. that proposal would eliminate exemptions allowing large lithium-ion batteries to be shipped on passenger planes. the batteries are susceptible to short circuiting and catching fire. boeing recently tested new batteries in the 787 dreamliners after a series of battery-related problems last month, including at least two fires. >>> we continue to track breaking news out of prince yor george's county where a death investigation is under way. >>> a city worker's vacation is making life a little tough for people on long island following last week's blizzard. >> more winter weather in our >>> astronomers sa

virginia tech has her school.he is there now. i know that there's a whole new kind of wave of students there now, they are not the ones that were there when i was there but people say did you know anybody and unfortunately it's been a bad mark on our school but i think there are so many good things that have come from that. that our school will be known for the let we leave after words and what we have chosen to do after the fact. >> host: a question on the twitter page. how are your injuries today? hopefully you have made a full recovery. >> guest: i have. and i think that goes a long way to help my mental and emotional recovery. i can do everything i did before. i went skiing in jacksonville wyoming a few weeks ago. there are some friends who can't do those things. a week and the morning and see a different face in the mirror every day and they are kind of in a different place. i feel fortunate and lucky to have the recovery that i did that allowed me to ultimately get to the point i can become an advocate for s

they'll go to virginia tech, first. the hokies came out on fire in this one. knocking down the 3 right there and the hokies led out of the gate 11-0 at north carolina. but second half, it is james michael. game high 22. overtime we go. tied at 55. freshman, marcus abe scored 19. tar heels outscore. he is 17-5. extra time to win, 72-60. how about paul hewitt. here he is on the road against james madison. patriots off to a great start. corey edwards going to knock down the three here. mason raced out to an 11-0 lead. but in the second half, the lead is down 3. mason will respond when he will take it. team high 22. mason over madison, 74-63 to sweep that season series. jets jones hosting fayette early in the second half. he will hit the jumper in the lane. season high 24. led by 17. wouldn't you know, they would fall behind by one, but leading by two, and the floater gets it. au beats lafayette. they won 10 of 11 in that series. third round of the phoenix open. this is phil mickelson. a stadium feel. the fans are always routey. guess what? they are really routey

virginia steam rolls virginia tech 73-55.onzalez spoke out for the first time denying using perform many en-- performance enhancing drugs. the only explanation he gave is his father was once a patient at the clinic. we'll bring you live reports starting at 5:00 p.m. have a great day. >>> it's called the reinvolving door syndrome and it's costing americans millions of dollars in repeated hospital visits. how can you avoid that coming up. >>> more reaction from local lawmakers to president obama's state of the union address. at 5:25, let's go to monika with what's happening on the roadways. >>> there's construction work in sterling right now. alternate lane closures on the eastbound side of route 7 near sterling boulevard. i'm happy to say, look at 395. looking great. no problems to the 14th street bridge right now. well be back with more news, weather and >> wednesday is here. we're glad you're waking up with us. 5:28. good morning, monika. mr. bernstein says we're going to get soggy later this afternoon. >> will be a little s

you are not solving the problem that occurred in aurora or virginia tech. that democrats and other people that want to remember the victims of newtown, connecticut, not just think that universal background checks are going to solve the problem here. they won't. the fact of the matter here is as tim and others have pointed out, you have got 60% to 70% of the public that support a ban on these large capacity magazines and on assault weapons according to pew. the idea that we would let a minority in congress thwart the democratic majority will by use of process seems to be mildly obscene to me and it's ultimately a question of how effective organizing for america and the other grassroots capabilities we've talked to can be. what they've got to be able to do is overcome this obstructionist impulse by a minority thwarting the public will because the public wants not just background checks, they want a lot more than that. >> i pray so. julian epstein and tim dickinson, thank you. >>> next, in tagg they trust. are republicans looking for another romney to run? sta

host: how did it change the virginia tech campus?uest: they expected people to transfer and not have a large incoming class, but the opposite happened. and my sister was going to go to a different school applied to virginia tech and chose it as her school and is there now. i know there is a whole new wave of students, not the ones that were there when i was there. it's kind of been a bad mark on our school but there are many good things that have spawned from that and we will be known what we have chosen to do after the fact. host: how are your injuries today? hopefully you have made a full recovery. guest: i have. i can do everything i did before. i went skiing in jackson hole, wyoming. but there are some people who can't do these things. wake up in a morning and see a different face and i feel fortunate and lucky to have the recovery i did which allowed me to get to the point where i can become an advocate and share my story with people like you and your viewers. host: why do you think we have had a series of mass chootings, whethe

families of the virginia tech at the curve will appear a hearing before the supreme court. the family won a lawsuit saying they could have survived if the campus have alerted students earlier. damages were sharply reduced against the state. both sides are appealing. >> you may want to check your freezer. >> as we is launching a massive recall after consumers say they found pieces of glass in some products. we will fill you bet on the meal the fact that what to do if you have them, straight ahead. >> a storm coming from the south brings a chance >> coming up at 6:00, a police trainee was shot in the head during an exercise in owings bill. we will have a live report a group pushing for the governor and mail -- governor and mayor to come up with a policy about who gets a prize seats at the football games. >> in honor of abraham lincoln's birthday, a letter was on display signed by president lincoln and secretary of state william seward in 1863. appointed william gramm of new jersey as the council of the united states to keep town, south africa. the priceless document was given

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my pen represents virginia tech and that mass shooting that occurred on campus on april sixteenth two thousand and seven that morning my daughter emily found me and said mommy i've been shot and thrust my family into the gun violence world you know and how it touched our lives and frankly despite our pain and suffering you know we were one of the lucky ones which is kind of odd to say when your daughter's been shot but she lived and she's alive and well and when thirty two other people were killed thirty two other fan. well it's more and their loved ones because someone got a gun. what was the message that you were sending to legislators yesterday what were you what were you saying do. we want legislators to listen to us we want to be part of the conversation we want to stop the gun violence that just permeates every fabric of our society you know when children can't go to school when students can't be in a college classroom movie theaters and other places where we live in play and shop you know lives are touched by gun violence repeatedly day to day to day something is just tragicall

our next work is a virginia tech shooting survivor who was at the hearing today, and comes us to fromton, d.c. colin as always welcome inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> michael: so you were there today. what did you make of the proceedings? >> i think the hearing went on to close to four hours. it was a tough four hours where we heard some very disrespectful comments and some on-point testimony. we heard talking points coming from the republicans on the committee, that this is now too soon to talk about this legislation, which they say after every tragedy. and hearing that live in person was really difficult to hear but at the same time we also heard some very compelling testimony from the father of a young boy who was killed in newtown from an emergency room doctor who treated some of the patients, who showed images of what these bullets do. we heard from the mayor from philadelphia who talks about the daily occurrence of violence in his streets. but most of the people in the committee were really motivated. >> michael: you know, colin after what you went through in

one of the mothers from virginia tech was really strong.e said is real courage is not standing up to the nra. real courage is standing in a classroom as a kid, as a guy comes through with a kbun and starts shooting all of your classmates and having the guts, as her daughter did, to get on the phone and talk to the police and bring them to the site. that's courage. >> 92% of americans say they support background checks. >> i absolutely agree. and we need to -- we need to let the gun owners across our country need to let their senators know where they feel and let their congress know stand. i will vote for you and i will would recollect for you. but you have to pass this legislation. >> now, you've been petitioning the ewe began that parliament to end the bill. tell me how it's going and how viewers can get involved? >> it's the anti-homosexual bill which would make it punishable by life in prison without parole on the first offense. we have a valentine's day kamt pain, it's valentine's day today, and just go to the rfk center.org web siet an

a nail biter between virginia tech and carolina state has they run the last five seconds of regulation. he misses on purpose. eddie comes from nowhere with the rebound and put it back in. lorenzo brown at the top of the key misses, so we go to overtime. they turned over three times. he loses the ball. the wolfpack were able to run out the clock and they did, 90- 86. george mason this evening welcoming georgia state. mason got blitzed. he scores the hard way. georgia state wins 78-60. their first whenever -- their first win ever at george mason. raw files soriano, one of the last to arrive after working out some of these issues. they are determined to have a pocket full year -- have a good full year. >> stephen strasbourg went to all the exercises to do with the other stars. when i caught up with him, one- on-one, he said his personal goal was to pitch at least 200 innings. even his manager tells you that that attitude alone will do wonders to help his game >> -- is game. >> shutting down hurt him as much as anything. he looks great. >> i think it will be a fine year. hopefully, all of

my sister who was going to go to a different school applied to virginia tech and chose a virginia tech as her school. she is there now. i know there is a new wave of student there. they are not the ones who were there when i was there. people still say to me when i wear my virginia tech t-shirt, were you there? it has been a bad mark on our school. i think there are so many good things that have spawned from that that our school will be known for the legacy we leave afterwards and what we have chosen to do after the fact. host: a question from 20 on twitter -- guest: i have made a full recovery. i think that goes a long way to help my mental and emotional recovery. i can do everything i did before. i went skiing a few months ago with friends. there are some people who cannot do those things, who wake up in the morning and see a different face in the mirror. they are in a different place. i feel really fortunate, really lucky to have the recovery i did. i think it allowed me to get to the point where i can become an advocate for changes in this country and to be able to share my story w

virginia tech. marcus page to go over. -- too k over. they win 72-60. second half.ishes it to jonathan. they win 74-63. for more nfl award recaps, adrian peterson has peyton for mvp and opposite in opposite player for the year. year.sive player of the i thought he deserved it. thank you. it might sound like a fun job depending on your interest, but the state of washington was a marijuana consultant. the state of washington was a marijuana consultant. we will tell you a turkey-cheddar-bacon in the afternoon, or a tuna salad when the job is done,

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according to rival.com, virginia tech classes rank 22nd in the nation. virginia at 27, and maryland at 31. so they all did fairly well, especially maryland got late pushes and able to, you know, sign the guys that they wanted. we'll hear from some of them coming up at 6:00. >> exciting for the parents, too. >> no kidding. >> coming up at 6:00. >> this is bruce johnson and mayor vin vincent gray says he wants to spend money on affordable housing. it's not enough. i'll have that story coming up. >>> and ashley judd in the mud. the actress taking a shot from the right even though she is not a candidate for anything. >> but first, pooch protection, we'll tell you about a mandatory move requiring dog owners to insert requiring dog owners to insert microchips in their pet. announcer: cbs wednesday, a csi event. i'm looking for d.b. russell. announcer: a crime in vegas... taylor: where is she? how well do you know christine? i love this woman. announcer: ...ends in new york. ♪ i follow you down... i'll call my team. ♪ through the eye of the storm... ♪ taylor: yo