to mark eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. there will be tributes and exhibits. the events will include a 3.2 mile run to honor each life lost. 32 people died in the shootings. >>> new security changes at the white house could be approved today. the news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. it calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside of the white house. the changes are in response to that frightening incident where a man made it over the fence and through the front door before he was stopped. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on the changes today. >> and that fence is clearly inadequate. it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call -- >> the national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> you may have the day off work today as the district is celebrating emancipation day. today is the day that slavery shington, d.c. there's a parade d

in december of 2012 one of the riders lost a sister in the massacre at virginia tech. >> i learned a lot about our gun laws and what to do to prevent tragedies like this from happening and washington hasn't done enough since then and since sandy hook to keep us safer and prevent the tragedies. >> the group then got back on bikes to meet with lawmakers. this is the third annual sandy hook ride. >> winter is finally giving way to some spring weather and it came just in time. the nationals new baseball season has also arrived. and there are some changes to the fan experience. tom sherwood looks at what's in store when you head to the park. >> the most obvious change new metal detection gates for all fans mandated by major league baseball. inside promoting star wars day for july 19th one of the on and off of the field attractions this year. it's attention to lots of detail like the 1,000 square feet of new grass for the players and new clothing lines for military and college fans. and special beer among other attractions targeting individuals, families and ticket buyers at any price rang

the experiments will developed by undergrads at virginia tech and several other schools. the launch is in wallops island in virginia. the launch was postponed because of the weather. and we'll be waiting to here whether a launch will be attempted in cape canaveral. it's scheduled for 4 to 10 a.m. it's includes experiments and espresso maker and the italian astronaut is going to wait another day for the good stuff. >> first things first get our coffee. then we'll move on. >>> wee wonder what kind of weather we have today. >> i get a feeling we're in for a little bit of a cooldown. >> yeah. the same front heading out is going to be heading out where the launch is going to have. they have only a 50% chance of getting it up. getting some light rain moving in from the west and it's moving right into the metro area right now. so a little sprinkle activity in montgomery and fairfax county and points west. we'll have wet roads for the morning commute. right now we're in the mid 60s. during the 50s in the afternoon. we could get moderate to heavy downpours noontime into late mid af

on vine and it plays over and >>> today virginia marked eight years since the fatal shooting of virginia tech. the events will include a 3.2 mile run to honor each life lost. 32 people died in thes. >>> it turns out traffic doesn't just cost you time and frustration. if you want to avoid it sometimes it costs you cash as well. julie carey told me about this situation in the first four traffic center this morning via twitter and then an e-mail. look at the toll on the beltway express lanes. julie tweeted she paid $13.40. we kept an eye on the toll after, that it went up past $14 to get from the springfield interchange to maryland during rush hour. the express lane tolls rise as volume increases to keep the lanes as traffic free as possible. you can always tweet me at first 4 traffic to let your friends and neighbors know about any issues as long as you do it safely. >>> gorgeous day under way, your weather headlines for this thursday april 16 mild afternoon on the way and a few showers likely moving in. now it's not going to be until late tonight and then we're setting the stage for a summer-l

his funeral in colonial beach. >>> today marks the eighth anniversary of the virginia tech shootings. memorial candle was lit at midnight on campus. a moment of silence is scheduled for 9:43 this morning. a cookout will be held on campus. virginia senator tim kaine also plans to use the anniversary for a call for stricter gun safety. he'll deliver a speech on gun safety from the senate floor this afternoon. in 2007 the shooting killed 32 students and faculty members. in their honor there will be a 3.2-mile remembrance run set for this weekend on saturday. >>> the district is celebrating the 153rd anniversary of d.c. emancipation. after a prayer of breakfast the parade begins at 11:00 a.m. down pennsylvania avenue. at 4:30 this afternoon you can join eric benet and doug e. fresh and others for the emancipation day concert at freedom plaza. the event wraps up tonight at 8:45 with fireworks. >>> here's your seven-day forecast. today upper 60s. very similar to yesterday. a few stray showers off to the west and farther south you go. really pretty light. tomorrow a better chance for some sc

. >>> tuition at virginia tech is going up.tors voted for a $500 hike to undergrad tuition on monday. room and board will thousand cost $300 more. tuition for graduate students is also going up. virginia tech says the hikes are needed to cover a $6 million loss in state funding. >>> imagine this a massive construction project coming in under budget. you don't hear that very often. that's exactly what has happened as the woodrow wilson bridge has been rebuilt. according to the "washington post," the project has cost $86 million less than the 2010 estimate. the final tab for the 13 year project was just under $2.4 billion. so how it they save all that money? a project manager says he met regularly with agency officials to avoid any surprises. >>> new this morning, some chesapeake bay baechs will be getting more sand. but virginia pilot reports the project is part of a federal funding earmarked after hurricane sandy. norfolk's share is about 5.5 million. about 7 miles of beaches there will be widened by 60 feet, this starts in nov

. >>> today marks the eighth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. a moment of silence was observed on the blacksburg campus this morning. a lunch time cookout is under way on campus right now. virginia senator tim kaine will use the anniversary to call for stricter gun safety. he'll deliver a speech on gun safety from the senate floor this afternoon. the shooting back in 2007 by a deranged gunman killed 32 students and faculty members. in their honor, a 3.2-mile remembrance run is set for this saturday. >>> this is emancipation day here in the district. there are a number of events in the city observing the measure that ended slavery in washington back in 162. after a prayer breakfast this morning, there was a parade down pennsylvania avenue. and at 4:30 this afternoon, eric benet and doug e. fresh will gather as well as others for an emancipation day concert on freedom plaza. the evening wraps up with fireworks tonight at 8:45. >>> a former maryland state delegate conducted of a drunken boating accident is being ordered to help one of his victims. d

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it marks eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. there will be remembrance events on campus including tributes and exhibits. it will include a 3.2 mile run to honor each life lost. >>> an ethics reform vote delayed. virginia lawmakers will meet tomorrow to rework a bill that limits gifts they can receive from lobbyists. they say the bill as it's written now could mean a $100 lifetime limit in gifts. i hope you followed that. >>> a judge is refusing to stop a woman's college from closing the doors. sweet briar college said it was closing last month. yesterday, a circuit judge did issue an injunction and it forbids the college from spending any charitable contributions for 60 days. an appeal is expected by opponents. >>> a possible presidential contender is heading to virginia for commencement remarks. former florida governor jeb bush will speak at liberty university in lynchburg. it was found by pastor jerry falwell who touted bush's education work. bush had faced criticism for his support of common core education standards. liberty i

and today, the virginia tech community is marking a grim anniversary. on april 16th 2007 the student killed 32 people on campus before killing himself. it was the deadliest shooting spree in modern u.s. history. a moment of silence was held at 9:43 this morning followed by a community picnic. at midnight last night, a candlelighting ceremony was held. at 11:59 tonight there will be a candle extinguishing ceremony. first degree murder conviction for patriots tight end aaron hernandez and still more legal troubles to come. he's also facing double murder charges in boston and civil lawsuits related to those killings. he's also being sued in florida by a former friend who says hernandez shot him in the face after an argument. just yesterday, a jury convicted hernandez in the 2013 killing of odin lloyd. lloyd was shot six times in an industrial park less than a mile from where hernandez lived. coming up on abc 7 news at noon video you must see. a wave sweeps away a vacationer in ireland. how she was saved. and a bizarre murder-for-hire plot busted. the stran

history on april 16, 2007, seung-hui cho shot and killed 32 people at virginia tech university and injured nearly 20 more, after that rampage he tushed the -- turned the gun on himself in the years since the shooting some survivors have become advocates for gun control and improved campus security and one of the victims an air force rotc cadet was posthumously given the medal of honor for barricading class made air force also being honored this week. [ bell ringing ] >> yesterday morning, bells tolled three people died and others were injured an 11-year-old boy from martinez even though he's recovered his injuries may have affected his growth. >> he feels he's not as big as some of his peers and we wondered if that did that affect his development, or he's behind because he was recovering physically for so long. >> aaron his father and a sister were all waiting at the finish line waiting to see his mother finish the race when the bombs wept off his father testified against the suspect and could face the death penalty. >>> former new england patriots player aaron hernandez waking up in priso

patrick has history degrees from shepherd college and from virginia tech. he's worked as a seasonal employee and probably, as many of you know patrick has written numerous books related to that campaign and other aspects of the war. several pamphlets. the 30 millionths about lee's surrender, cemetery at aplamatics. probably his most important work is we came to fight, a history of the fifth new york volunteer infantry. he helped finish the vortex of hell. that's a great book to have. both of those. patrick's book and the one he helped brian finish. he's very heavily involved in battlefield preservation, set up the fund with the preservation trust. his talk today is the battle fury and the last to die patrick schroeder. >> thavngs, david. i know you're already probably tired of seeing me. we made a high school trip i think it was 10th or 11th grade and went down to tour aplamatics and met ron at that time and i started volunteering in the park on the weekend. and then in 1985 he let me know that the fella was going back. the right of the graduation, i packed

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman virginia tech for one minute. >> mr. speaker as a proud graduate of duke university's graduate school, i rise today to honor the duke men's basketball team and their coach mike krzyzewski, who recently won the ncaa title. mr. lipinski: the 2015 duke basketball team was led by veteran senior guard quinn cook freshman chicagoan jalil okafor named a.c.c. player of the year and was a unanimous all-american selection. coach k led the team to 35-4 record and a national tightle with a heart fought victory over wisconsin in the title game. coach k, has won more men's basketball games than any coach in history. over 1,000. including 945 and five ncaa titles at duke. as all college basketball fans know there is no place to see a game like cameron. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me today in recognizing the outstanding achievement of the 2015 duke university men's basketball team and coach mike krzyzewski on winning the 2015 ncaa tournament championship. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose

the virginia tech community marking a grim anniversary. the 2007 campus shooting rampage.a judge has ordered a former delegate to reimburse a man he injured and a boat crash. he is expected to receive ♪ spread your wings across the universe it's your time to it's your time to shine ♪ ♪ there's a light inside of all of us ♪ ♪ it's your time to fly fly ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> the world exclusive first look at avril lavigne's music video, "fly" being shown at the special olympics. >> something close to the singer's heart. this song was inspired by those children she met through the avril lavigne foundation. >>> so i think we're doing the smart thing staying out of bed. it's a good home choice for me. >> yoin the party. >> robin wins the slippers of the day award. >> she does. she always does. >>> we have representatives from the program here in times square right now to mark a very special day. we're 100 days away from the special olympics world games. in los angeles. which will air exclusively on espn. and abc. and our rob listenin will be on the coverage team for the

. >> reporter:today marks the eighth anniversary of the virginia tech shootings.e deadliest shooting rampage in modern u-s history. on april 16th, 2007. 23- year-old seung-hui cho college campus in at the school. >> mark: a federal bankruptcy judge may have saved general motors billions of dollars. he ruled yesterday to uphold "bankruptcy shield". this could keep g-m from facing lawsuits that accuse the company of concealing an ignition-switch defect. two-point-six million vehicles were recalled because of the defect, which 84 deaths. g-m still must pay an estimated 400-million to compensate victims affected switch problem. >> reporter:boeing is considering making planes with larger overhead luggage bins. the airplane manufacturer debuted them in hamburg germany this week. the bigger bins can now fit six standard-sized bags. which is two more than the current planes. but delta and alaska airlines have already ordered them. hundreds took to the streets of berkeley yesterday to protest wage inequality in the u-s. the group toured the city on foot chanting slogans fo

. >> caller: hey calling here from virginia tech. >> shoutout to brian who does a lot of alumni work. >> caller: i had a question about pvh corp. i was curious what you thought about that? >> i think pvh has bottomed. okay. and i think that the ceo -- that stock did dip underneath 100 and it was such an buy buy buy opportunity. did i tell people? no, it got lost to the shuffle. it goes back there again and i want you to buy buy buy. dave in california. >> caller: hey boo-yah, jim from southern california. >> love it wish i were there but we had our first nice day here. >> caller: i got to ask you. biotechhad a huge run. i have a position there h what's your short term long term idea? >> i like abbv. my friend who runs it -- they were still buddies. she loves the calm boempt she's going to be right. tomorrow is j and j. we'llary hear what they have to say. i think they're okay in abbv. stocks are trapped because people can't think big enough about what a company might be worth. you know what? it's time to think bigger. "mad money" tonight. we had a nice run over the past year. i have a

had her sights firmly set on going to virginia tech. and news of her sudden death has the entire school community in shock. broad run high school in ashburn is in mourning over the loss of senior varsity softball player madison small. principal david spage shez died after becoming ill over the weekend. >> we had a vigil here last night. it was organized actually by the softball team and i didn't count how many people came. somewhere between 400 and 500 people here speaking to her circle and involvement here. >> reporter: as the sad news spread, social media lit up with messages of remembrance. those who knew her well holding on to fond memories. >> came into class every day way positive attitude smile on her face. she was kind and empathetic to every student in the classroom. everybody just loved her. >> i don't know how today will play out. yesterday was such a big shock. and just so unexpected. >> reporter: with the grief comes questions. still unanswered. what caused madison's death, and could anyone else be at risk? a statement from

. >>> google executive chairman eric schmidt will get the commencement address next month at virginia tech. >>> a group students from loudoun county hoping to compete in the world robotic competition is expected to make a major announcement today. check out this video. this is the team dubbed as outsiders. the team experienced a major setback when the school suv with their robot and equipment was stolen. we don't know what today's announcement will be. we're hoping that they found their equipment or they got a new one. but we'll let you know. follow the nbc washington app and on twitter to be the first to find out about the announcement. they're so talented. a shame if they couldn't compete. >>> let's get right to the forecast on this weather alert day. >> we're closely monitoring the progress of a lean ofine of storms in ohio, kentucky and tennessee. there are severe watches out. the line of storms that will likely be affecting us are the ones here in tennessee and kentucky the ones farther north and west will be passing up into pennsylvania. but these moving in to west virginia into virg

we are virginia tech.ies and their families today wherever you might be. it is a tough day in the hokie nation but it is also a reminder that everybody together creates something wonderful as well. so i'm off tomorrow. the dow's on the move. disney's on the move. "closing bell" starts right now. go hokies. >>> good afternoon. welcome to the "closing bell," everybody. i'm kelly evans down here at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm scott walk wapner in today for bill grif fet.fethgriffeth. >>> take a look at netflix. check out these two ipos on their very first day of trading. party city and etsy. big gains across the board for those three. etsy just going nuts today. doubling from its $16 price. we'll have much more on all three of these stocks coming up and track how they close in this final hour of trade. >>> talk about firing on all cylinders, guns. they're controversial. they've also been a big winner for investors. did you know smith & wesson went up nearly 60% alone? we'll talk about if

it will carry experiments from students of virginia tech university of colorado and three other schools. leon: update on that deadly crash at a disney attraction. today, walt disney world confirms the man killed in the exotic driving experience was an instructor, not a park visitor. the park says that he was driving a lamborghini. gary terry, the instructor was in the passenger's seat and terry was killed when watson lost control of the car. a family friend says they don't watson and call it a freak accident. ringling brothers circus is in fairfax county this week. the circus has said it will stop using elephants in its performances in the next three years. so we're wondering where will all those elephants go? check this out. this is the ringling brothers center for elephant conservation. this facility opened 20 years ago in central florida with just about half dozen elephants. today, it has 29 and by the end of 2018, 13 more will be joining that group there. >> they're an endangered species, asian elephants and they were always the symbol of ringling brothers barnum & bailey. and we kn

a blood drive was held at the virginia tech national regional campus at falls church today. that drive will continue until 7:00 p.m. leon: unexpected move by the vatican today. it's ended its controversial takeover of the main umbrella group of u.s. nuns. the vatican took over the leadership conference of women religion in 2012 claiming that group undermined catholic teaching on the preshood and homosexuality. it signals a major shift in tone and treatment of u.s. sisters under pope francis. retired pope benedict the 16th is celebrating his 88th birthday today. he's doing it with a party. the vatican newspaper released these photos showing benedict celebrating at his old summer residence. these are the first proof that he's used that residence. pope francis held mass in benedict's honor this morning. alison: when in bavaria, you got to have a beer, right? a water main break created a major mess this look at this gushing water out here. this happened 15 miles northeast of sacramento. crews were able to stop the gusher two hours after it was reported. right now, california is

. >>> now to a day of service and remembrance at virginia tech. it was eight years ago today that 32 people were killed when that gunman opened fire on the blacksburg campus. today students and faculty signed banners to honor those who lost their lives. and many visited the special memorial at the school in the victims' honor. members of the corps of cadets surrounded the memorial and stood guard for 32 minutes. instead of a big ceremony, school officials urged students to do something positive and not focus on the violence. >>> politician tigss who lose elections often wind up lobbying or doing other government-related kinds of work. not former ward 1 councilmember jim graham. tom sherwood reports he's going into the nude dancing business. >> reporter: this is darrel the nightclub business 36 years and now at his longtime nude nightclub house on georgia avenue, he's hiring former d.c. council meb jim graham. he'll be on stage at the house two nights a week starting this sunday. >> is he going to be on stage fully clothed? >> i hope. >> reporter:

. >>> well, it's now been eight years since a gunman opened fire on the campus of virginia tech killingudents and faculty members. today members of the corps of cadets surrounded a memorial on campus, standing guard for 32 minutes, one for each victim. students signed banners and walked by the memorial to pay their respects. school officials also encouraged them to make this a day of service. >>> 153 years ago today the slaves were freed in the district of columbia. today celebrations around the city are marking this emancipation day. pat lawson muse joins us with details on how you can participate. >> it's a day filled with events to mark the day when more than 3,000 slaves were freed in d.c. right now there is a concert under way at freedom plaza that runs until 8:30 tonight and features performances by brian la nair as well as eric bennett. the festivities started this morning with the parade featuring community groups, civic organizations and first responders. people we spoke to say this day is a reminder to reflect. >> i think people should appreciate and think back from the past o

. >>> today virginia will remember those lives lost in the virginia tech shootings. a statewide silence will take place at 9:43 this morning. it marks eight years since the shootings that killed 32 people. there will be a remembrance event on campus including tributes and exhibits. there will be a 3.2 mile run to honor each life that was lost. >>> a judge is refusing to stop a virginia woman's college from closing its doors. sweet briar college announced it was closing last month. yesterday, a local judge refused to stand in the way of the closing. but he did issue an injunction. it forbids the college from spending any charitable contributions for 60 days and an appeal is expected. >>> new this morning, we now know when you'll be able to watch the wizards start their playoff run. they released the schedule against the toronto raptors after 1:00 this morning. they'll play next tuesday night. game 3, the first game in washington is a week from tomorrow. april 24th, that's a friday night. you can still buy tickets from the wizards for as little as $55. not too bad. >>>

eight years ago the deadliest shooting in america, seung-hui cho shot can killed 32 people at virginia techversity and injured more than 20 more afterwards he killed himself since the years of that shooting some of the survivors become gun control advocates and better campus security. >>> the university of boston marathon bombings is also being observed this week. church bells rang in boston yesterday as people paused to remember the moment when two bombs exploded at the race's finish line, three people died and more than 200 others were hurt last week tsarnaev was viktd in the bombings, the sentencing phase begins next week whether tsarnaev should be sentenced to death or spend his time in prison. >>> appears the nfl is losing patience with efforts to build a stadium with the raiders of oakland, according to the bay area news group visiting the raiders yesterday to get an update on development plans. after the meeting alameda county supervisors scott haggerty told the paper it was productive but not convincing enough progress was made the nfl wasn't available for comment but told the san d

he moved to the united states in 2009 and is a visiting fellow at virginia tech and a human rights and digital freedom advocate. welcome, nice to have you with us. next is jim slatery a former congressman from congress from 1983 to 1995. currently a partner at wiley ryan, llp, the first former congressman to visit iran since the revolution and attended the world against violence and extremism conference in tehran in december of last year. he's been involved in interfaith dialogue with iran for ten years. jim, welcome. >> thank you. >> and next is michael fing, former senior director for middle east affairs at the national security counsel from 2005 to 2008 and currently a senior fellow at the washington institute. during his tenure at the white house, my coal was responsible for coordinating u.s. policy towards the middle east including an emphasis on iran's nuclear and regional activities and his national security adviser, i did whatever he told me to do on the subject of which he worked. >> that's not how i remember it. >> welcome michael. next is a former congressman from california

ba from the university of michigan ann arbor and his phd in public a ministration policy from virginia tech. each will speak in turn after which we will open it up to q&a. [applause] >> thank you, peter. tax reform often times especially when people are talking about radical plans such as the flat tax people think, well, it is all about the tax rate. a system with high tax rate or at tax system based on one low rate. today's panel is looking at another big part of tax reform understanding the definition of taxable income and in particular looking at two competing. some of how to tax n come. i have a couple of powerpoint slides that will help make this issue more understandable. and as i said, the issue of tax rates for those of us who want certain types of tax reform, we think it is important to have a low marginal tax rate on breaking behavior because presumably those are good things in our society and when you have a high tax rate you discourage people from being productive. i i have an image i found on the internet. i think this really boils down to the essence of supply-side economics.

released 130 days later and moved to the united states in 2009 and is of a visiting fellow of virginia technd human-rights and digital freedom etiquette. welcome. next we have a former congressman from 1983 through 1995. currently a partner and is the first former congressmen to visit iran since the revolution to. >> up next is michael former senior director for the national security council through 2008 and currently a senior fellow at the washington institute. during his tenure at the warehouse the was responsible for coordinating security policy to the middle east including an emphasis on the nuclear rand regional activities in national security advisor i did whatever he told me to do. [laughter] we'll come. up next is a former congressman from california through 2013 and currently a senior advisor. as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee he wasn't one of experts. so with that we will begin until maybe 1035 given the late start with the conversation among us up here and at that point you open to new questions please wait for a microphone and identify yourself and ask a questio

but a few years ago he was shot several times in the virginia tech shooting. and she said, thank god he lived, and it changed his whole life. and all he wants to do now his work in a nongovernmental group to give children a safer future. we all find our purpose in our own way. but if you work at it, it will come. i wish you well. thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. president, the students have submitted some really excellent questions that are, i think, very stimulating. but the first one is a softball. i cannot let you take too long on that. it will be great fun, i think. it is the teacher in me. [laughter] what does going to georgetown mean to you? how does it influence your purpose? president clinton: i will try to give a short answer. i think i told you this before. when i wrote my other biography -- when i wrote my autobiography, my editor made me take out 20 pages i wrote about georgetown. there is still a lot in there. they say, you cannot possibly remember all these people and teachers. but i do. it had a profound impact on me because i met people f

. >> before the tease, say hello to debra herschman classmate of mine at virginia tech.e sure you don't text while driving. you know what it is? shifting. >> i'm think of extra lamm chopb chops as well. >> tell debra to give us a go hokies. more from the energy conference and the bp ceo exclusively on cnbc. back after this. pulls you back into your lane... even brakes all by itself. it's almost like it couldn't crash... even if it tried. the 2015 m-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> check this out. it's a live map of cyber attacks happening around the globe right now. you'll notice activity from all the usual suspects china, russia, north korea. iran, a new threat. the danger lies not in the sophistication or volume but in how willing they are to cause destruction. eamon javers is coming to us from the conference in san francisco. >> this is the floor of the rsa cyber security conference. there are tens of thousands of researchers here talking about all the latest developments in cyber security. but i'm

a few years ago, it was shot several times in the virginia tech shooting. she said, it changed his whole life. all he wants to do now is work to give children a safer future. we all find our purpose in our own way. if you work at it, it will come. i wish you well. thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. president, the students have submitted some really excellent questions that are stimulating. the first one is a softball. i cannot let you take too long on that. it will be great fun, i think. it is the teacher in me. [laughter] what does going to georgetown mean to you? how does it influence your purpose? >> i will try to give a short answer. i think i told you this before. when i wrote my other biography i took out 20 pages i wrote about georgetown. [laughter] they say, you cannot possibly remember all these people and teachers. it had a profound impact on me because i met people from all over the world, both my teachers and my fellow students that i never would have met otherwise. it was only graduating class i think in american history that produced three

. >> bradesco and virginia tech. we'll watch all of that. cigna, $196. cordoni later on. revenue up 11.4. >> humana going over that yesterday was one of the big disasters of the day. humana didn't fit the pieces that unitedhealth had given. now i'm concerned about that. that is a domestic group. that's when people were hiding. >> cigna was at $90 not that long ago. people want to take profits. especially if they feel they can go buy. >> conoco. >> conoco was a good quarter. what's happened is that group got oversold. if you look at them they are back to where they were when oil was at $90. they don't represent great bargains. they don't. that's why i don't expect a flood of deals. the deals should have occurred when whiting was at $30, noble was at $40. where were the deals? why didn't they move? >> they raised primary equities. >> some of the pe money was samsung at pkr is not a home run. >> how did sampson end in the bible? >> got a bit of a haircut. >> yes, it is. you may have some who played oil and gas who perhaps were a bit gun shy. >> yes. remembe

but a few years ago he was shot several times into virginia tech shooting.and she said thank god he lived, and it changed his whole life and all he wants to do now is work in a nongovernmental group to give children a safer future. we all find our purpose in our own way. but if you work at it, it will come. i wish you well. thank you very much. [applause] >> [background sounds] >> mr. president the students have submitted some really excellent questions. i think very stimulating. the first one is a softball, and i can't let you talk too long on it because it's going to be great fun i think but there's some other good things coming along. it's the teacher in me. what did you going to georgetown mean to you? how did it influence your purpose? >> i'll try to give you a short answer because i think i told this before, but when i wrote my autobiography, my editor make me take out 20 pages that i wrote about georgetown. they're still on in there about it, he said you can't possibly remember all these people. all the teachers in everything, but i do. and it had a p

was released 130 days later moving to the united states in 2009 and he is a visiting fellow at virginia tech and a human rights and digital freedom advocate. welcome. next is jim slatry. a former congressman from 1983-1985 and a partner at rilely ron llc. he is the first former congressman to visit iran since the revolution and attended a conference in terrain in december of this year. he has been involved in interface dialogue with iran for ten years. welcome. next is michael thing, former director for middle east affairs at the national security council from 2005-2008 and a senior fellow at the washington institute currently. michael was responsible for coordinating national security policy toward the middle east including emphasis on iran's nuclear activity and as national security advisor i did whatever he said. >> not how i remember it. >> next is howard berman a former congressman from california from 1983-2013 and currently a senior advisor at burlington. as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, he was one of congress' leading experts on international relations. howard grea

i mean here in our country, virginia tech one guy with two pistols kills 32 people.'t take much to go in and create a slaughter. >> what are you hearing about what's going on in kenya right now? because it sounds awful. >> no question. the irony here is that al shabab has actually been losing ground and territory and power in its power base of somalia, but it's maintained this ability to strike out outside the country and that's become more public. this was an internally focused group until a couple years ago. of course the westgate mall and now this. >> stand by. we have much more coming up on this story. also another important story we are following, feminism north korean style. kim jong-un apparently will allow a visit by some international feminists including america's perhaps best known feminist. he's bringing back his country's at the same time demeaning so-called pleasure squads. stay with us. the promise of the cloud is that every organization has unlimited access to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instan

. >> professor at virginia tech and have worked on a poll in december.t the rebel held, so you're breaking that up within the east. -- rebel held. you do 200 with the phone but in the first wave, the face to face how many people -- there was a little over 40 i think it was. >> so we're talking about 240 people, only 40 of whom were face to face for that particular -- >> and some of those may have been by phone as well. >> are you confident that that you know you can do face to face poll in an area where there is a war going on? >> that is a challenge and that's why the telephone was used. there are down sides to the telephone too. whenever you're dealing with doing surveys in a conflict area, you know, there's some compromise involved and you should always look at the numbers with some question in your mind. if you see a robust effect, you can have some confidence in it. but if it's down to some pretty granular differences, i wouldn't stress them too much. but what we found was a rather strong readiness to distance themselves from russia and to say that

>>anny hong: today marks the eighth anniversary of the virginia tech shooting it remains a deadly shootingn modern u.s. history and was 16th 2007 to to three- year-old kill 32 people at the college campus before taking his own life he was major in english at the school >>michelle apon: a hunter is getting back glass and death threats for foreign share of social media take a look at says what might happen to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal and then lie next was smiling she soon received a tax and death threats online offers a look i am all for supporting women and how and thailand and support to woman who was killing hamas and most another person wrote of hope on this someone shoots her as is down to her smiling while she's dying so she knows how the drive feels>>mark: the jar to produce on december 12, 2014 the recall was issued after consumer from small piece of glass in the beech-nut dark recess is one person suffered a minor month injured from the glass. >>mark: the mass a general merle's bitterroot of dollars he will yes the to pull all makers so-called ban

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas virginia tech. mr. brady: madam speaker, i want to thank my colleagues jim mcdermott, and marsha blackburn for joining me in leading the fight to make this middle class tax provision permanent. this provision is about tax fairness and equal treatment. if taxpayers and income tax states can deduct their state and local income tax, so should residents of sales tax states. that in america is just fair. this provision helps hardworking taxpayers keep a little more of what they earn, which is ever more important to families given the stagnant paychecks over the past number of years. more than 10 million american taxpayers in nine states depend on this commonsense deduction, and the dollars that stay in the local community help grow their economy rather than grow washington's economy. a permanent state and local sales tax deduction provides certainty to american families makes federal budgets scorekeeping more honest, and removes the as tirrisk from this temporary provision so the pro-growth tax reform can ad

gohmert, virginia tech for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you madam speaker. several years ago there was an author who wrote a book about millionaires in america, and it was amazing most of the millionaires built a business built a farm, and the number one most commonly driven vehicle by millionaires in america was a ford f-150 truck. they were workers. and there was a time in america when we looked around and we saw somebody work 16 hours a day like my aunt and uncle did and build together a farm and we were proud of them. well, my aunt lili died and the fdic dumped land out by her place before the land could be sold. and so the i.r.s. came in and eventually sold every acre of her land. the family was called in, let's try to at least buy some of her assets from her home, her little modest home. i bought this music box from aunt lili. it plays amazing grace, but she didn't get amazing grace. her heirs didn't get amazing grace. they ran into the amazing greed of the united states congress. let's take the green eyed monster and put it where it belongs and begin

gentleman from wisconsin virginia tech. mr. ryan: at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the chairman of the subcommittee, mr. roskam. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman, for yielding. one of the questions that i get at home a lot is how did the lois lerner scandal happen. how did it come to pass that that happened? and how do you make sure that it doesn't happen again? mr. marchant's bill doesn't deal necessarily with lois lerner 1.0, but deals with lois lerner 2.0. it's a prohibition against this very cavalier attitude we have seen coming from the i.r.s. and that's to be cavalier about taxpayer information. it hasn't just been leaked through emails. it's been leaked in other sources and other ways and shapes and durations, but the effect is the same and the effect is devastating. so this takes away any ambiguity that somebody can use their own private email account and begin to do official activity. if that's the br

. >> after the virginia tech shooting, this dinner fell right after it, so the president just got up and said let's try to remember the victims and told no jokes at all. so sometimes they skip the comedy. >> what are people saying on social media, that they want to hear from the president? but b, he has to be ready for the worldwide reaction on social media after whatever he does choose to say and how he chooses that walk that line? >> i think right now, it's anticipation. people are waiting and tweeting pictures. trying to bide time. this say primetime show. but i think people will want to hear him address these things. i think, if you can hit that point, right, where you can do it in the right way and the right tone, and that's very, very hard to do, but if you can do what, i think people will appreciate it, and i think that has that ability to go viral, where people are retweeting and your message goes out the right way. now, it could also go the wrong way, where you say the wrong thing, it goes viral, and in this age of tweeting, we have facebook and everything you say can be skr

in public administration and policy from virginia tech. each will speak in turn for 10 to 12 minutes after which we'll open it up to q&a. please welcome dan mitchell. >> thank you peter. tax reform oftentimes, especially when people are talking about radical plans such as the flat tax, people think it's all about the tax rate. should you have a system with high tax rates based on redistribution and class warfare? should you have a tax system based on one low rate? today's panel is really looking at another big part of tax reform. and that's understanding the definition of taxable income and in particular looking at two competing theories of how to tax capital income. and i have a couple of power point slides i think will help make this issue more understandable about defining the tax base. as i said the issue of tax rates is important. for those of us who want certain types of tax reform, we think it's very important to have a low marginal tax rate on productive behavior. why? because presumably work, saving investment, entrepreneurship, r

in terms of yesterday in virginia, a high-tech area, california massachusetts where there's new industries being developed, there's no labor union there. so labor has a particular responsibility which is to look out for people in their union roles who pay uses and their families. you've got a lot of this depending -- as tip o'neill would say, all lipsticks local. i mean clearly you'll get a different view from the senator from virginia than you get from the senator from pennsylvania. i think you're right, i think paul ryan's probably got a case. there's going to have to be a good number of democrats who step forward. more than, say the 20 or so we hear in the house. but it doesn't make sense for trading states like new york and washington state and california and states where there's a lot of financing of trade where people are trading all the time, where industry depends on international trade to be against this thing. does make sense for the rust belt areas. i think a lot of people are under union discipline now, they don't want to make enemies of organized labor, they're opposing it bec

but a few years ago he was shot several times in the virginia tech shooting. and she said, thank god he lived , and it changed his whole life. and all he wants to do now his work in a nongovernmental group to give children a safer future. we all find our purpose in our own way. but if you work at it, it will come. i wish you well. thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. president, the students have submitted some really excellent questions that are , i think, very stimulating. but the first one is a softball. i cannot let you take too long on that. it will be great fun, i think. it is the teacher in me. [laughter] what does going to georgetown mean to you? how does it influence your purpose? president clinton: i will try to give a short answer. i think i told you this before. when i wrote my other biography, -- when i wrote my autobiography, my editor made me take out 20 pages i wrote about georgetown. there is still a lot in there. they say, you cannot possibly remember all these people and teachers. but i do. it had a profound impact on me because i met peopl

. >> i believe it was the year after the virginia tech shooting, this dinner fell right after it, soet's remember the victims and then told no jokes at all. sometimes they skip the comedy. >> what are people saying on social media that they want to hear from the president, but b, he has to be ready for the worldwide reaction on social media after whatever he does choose to say and how he does choose to walk the line. >> i think right now is anticipation. people are talking about how they're waiting for it, and they're just trying to bide time. i think people will want to hear him address these things. i think if you can hit that point where you can do it in the right way and the right tone, and that's very, very hard to do. but if you can do that, i think people will appreciate that, and that has this ability to go viral where people are retweeting and your message gets out the right way. it could also go the wrong way where you say the wrong way and it also goes viral. in this age of tweeting, everything you say can be scrutinized. >> absolutely. >> now what is the tweet going to be

teches. the supreme court of virginia denied hughley's appeal twice. >>> right now defense secretary ash carter is preparing to meet with japan's prime minister. we have new video in. this is of carter visiting the country. this is part of a trip to improve u.s. far east relations. on the table defense guidelines carter and leaders already agreeing on relocating a military base. this has been a controversial issue with a lot of locals there. carter heads to south korea next. >>> a patient being treated for ebola at the national institutes of health's clinical center in bethesda is improving and upgraded from fair to good condition. the worker contracted the disease while volunteering in an ebola treatment unit in sierra leone. the patient arrived at nih last month. >>> a developing story now in if south carolina where a police officer is in jail for shooting an unarmed black map whon who was running away from him. video of the attack led to the arrest. tracie potts is "life" onon live on capitol hill to tell us how the family is reacting. >> reporter: in it is beliefdisbelief. and we'll show yo