those include cabrini college, lincoln college, west virginia university, new jersey seat hall university. that will cut tuition rates by 50%. in time for valentine's day, the personal finance list is released for the best city of symbols. baltimore came in at number four. santa cruz, california at number three, bloomington, illinois at number two, and ann arbor michigan topping the list. they looked at the average household income and the cost of living plus a cost of a day and night. experts say the university towns were likely to receive high marks. what do women really want for valentine's day? we took to the streets to find out. >> ask a man but the men what fort -- ask amana what -- ask a man what women want and they have different answers. what is the worst thing you can get for valentine's day? >> candy and flowers. >> they added another favorite. >> it was just as big teddy bear. why? >> chocolate, roses, teddy bears are off the list. >> roses are not bad. you put some thought into it. >> flowers are on the list. we did not hear anyone that nothing lingerie. stores offer little b

they include west virginia's university of charleston. duquesne university and see hall university in new jersey -- seton hall. >> that is good news. some women may prefer a good cup of coffee to roses on valentine's day. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning, to you. >> happy valentine's day. some news about the defense industry. they are going through some major changes. the recent budget involves cutting thousands of soldiers from active and reserve duty. that would be the first time that has been done since the aftermath of the cold war. the joint strike fighter might be cut by eliminating 13 planned aircraft. we'll get the latest report on retail sales. we were out shopping last month. there was a rise in january led by a bigger demand for autos. stock futures indicating a little bit of weakness. moody's cutting the debt rating of six countries, including portugal. europe still has a lot of problems. greece had appealed their bailout package and they may be able to get an international bailout. coffee will be a par

and that is how natalie tennant-- the first female student to be selected mascot of the west virginia university mountaineers-- finds herself leading another kind of charge: a controversial-- critics say quixotic-- push to bring us voting to the internet. can you imagine then a day when all of us are voting online one way or another? >> i could imagine the day. i can't tell you when that day is. >> reporter: should it happen? >> i think that folks should have the opportunity. well, i think that you use what we have. i mean, look at what were using now. >> reporter: she did not have to look far to see the problem: her husband erik wells, a democratic state senator and a u.s. navy reserve lieutenant commander, found it all but impossible to vote while he was deployed this past year in afghanistan. >> the ironic part is i'm in afghanistan trying to help a fledgling democracy and i have difficulty back in my own democracy getting the opportunity to let me know how i need to vote. >> reporter: commander wells ended up faxing in his marked ballot relinquishing his constitutional right to secrecy. ther

. >>> emotions run high in the trial of a west virginia university lacrosse player and the testimonyought george huguely to tears. >>> and the backdrop of man's inhumanity to man. coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist chuck bell and we've already had a little rain and snow this saturday morning. how much more is on the way? your weekend forecast is straight ahead. >> thank you. all that and more when you join us for news for today in less than two minutes. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. welcome to "news4 today," this saturday, february 11th. we had a wintry mix. is mother nature playing here? >> she's been playing with us all winter but seriously cold winter-like weather is on the way. we already had a little bit of snow. in montgomery county, already 2 inches of snow and another round of snow coming your way for your saturday afternoon. as you make your plans to get out and enjoy your weekend, pack the winter coats. you will actually need them th

west virginia. this is some of the great images i can get from the university of wisconsin. here is great weather coming our way. heard about the cold out in europe? is what is going on. there is a cold front in africa a stream in going way to the south. temperatures and venice is 25 degrees. in the ukraine is four below zero. worst whether they had. some of the canals are freezing in venice. at home, it is a pattern where we have a stream little dipake a briefly. large it has been a mild winter. getting a break in alaska. to come our way. as we go through the next 24 hours, we have a little of only behat will temporary. it will be bringing in some cold air. last front coming through, there will be some changing to some wet here as moving out of into saturday. sunday morning will be one of days this winter. as you head out, temperature's only around freezing. that is close to our low temperature. then in the cold front begins coming our way. overnight tomorrow night some showers changing into wet snow. get intoer as we saturday. by sunday morning, a lot of spots will be in t

this is the university of charleston in west virginia. it's slashing tuition 22% this year.did this after enrollment dropped for the first time in a decade. officials have hoping the lower rate will help attract more students. >>> the figure shows how many americans get a check from the government and the figure is alarming. allison, nice to see you again, by the way. we're talking a lot of people. nearly half the country here. >> when you talk about half the country, guess how much that equals? it means more than 148 million people, brooke, are getting some type of government assistance and that includes everything from medicaid to food stamps to social security, medicare or unemployment benefits. part of the reason that it's gotten so bad up to this point is because of the weak economy. people can't find a job. also, millions of baby boomers, they're hitting that social security age, although that's not need based. still, listen to this. all of these programs, guess how much that adds up to? $2 trillion with a t. that's government spending, money going to americans for pub

that i have done with my colleague, paul freedman at the university of virginia, and with mike franz at boden and others have done like darrol west who used to be at brown and now is at brookings, really there's been one major article that has found that negative advertising has a demobilizing effect. all of the other work has either found, sort of a null effect or no really effect or that it mobilizes, negative advertising informs people. again, we can all point to an outrageous commercial or two or three, or four. but on average, negative commercials are more likely to be factualally correct and negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. the other commercial i guess you should have shown is is a, cartoon of people singing eisenhower, eisenhower, and do it for the whole 30 seconds. that was a positive ad. after the 50th time, that might have been tough watching it, and we can talk about how much information was it in. but i would rather have the daisy commercial, a negative ad, a nuclear ad than an ad that was just eisenhower, eisenhower, eisenhower on this cartoon. now, i ham a.m. not completely polyannish, ther

. >> ron paul will be in springfield, virginia and that goes for newt gingrich as well. he's holding a rally at the university of west georgia. we'll have the candidates plus your phone calls on the c-span networks tonight. the senate has been debating a bill that pays for bridges, roads and transit programs for a couple of weeks. while negotiations have continued off the floor on what amendments will be allowed to the bill. today majority leader harry reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell spoke about it on the senate floor. >> i sfoek wipoke with the pres last evening at an hour set aside at the request of prior and alexander. a good debate took place on the senate floor. senator prior and snore alexander are exemplary in trying to work things out. they are good legislators because they understand that no side gets their way. i've been here a long time, and i've been fortunate to get a piece of legislation passed that i sponsored and worked toward, but i've never, ever had a piece of legislation that i introduced that wound up with that piece of legislation. always, there are changes. that's the legislative pro

. >> the university of virginia murder trial expected to resume today after an unexpected suspension yesterday. >> there's growing concern about a number of robberies in the west washington. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning. approaching 5:00 on this friday, february 17. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. we begin with traffic and weather. checking with lisa baden in a moment. first, the forecast with adam caskey.

earlier this month, george washington university dealt with an outbreak last week the virus forced an elementary school in west virginia to close. >>> michael jackson's form personal physician says he needs to be released from jail. today dr. conrad murray will ask a judge to let him out of jail while he works on his appeal. murray's lawyer says his client needs to find a job to help support his seven children. in november, murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star singer's death. he was sentenced to four years in prison. >>> breast augmentation was the top cosmetic surgery of 2011. the surgery that's been performed since the 1960s but not without problems. in fact, in europe today, there are questions about safety. joining us to talk about those concerns, dr. hopping. always great to see you here. it is still very popular, obviously. lot of people are still doing it. let's talk about silicone versus saline. are they both safe? is one better than the other? >> no. they are both safe. the fda approved them. saline has been around longer. the silicone was part of that moratorium where they were tak

west end near the mall till this afternoon. >>> in charlottesville jury deliberations begin today in the george huguely murder trial. the former university of virginia lacrosse player could get life in prison if convicted of murdering his former girlfriend yeardley love. she was found dead in her apartment in may 2010. huguely admits to kicking a hole in the door of her bedroom but says he didn't kill her. medical experts explain several reasons why love might have died from blunt force trauma. >>> today maryland lawmakers are going to look at expanding possibly gaming in the state. this comes a week after prince george's county executive rashern baker announced his support for a billion dollar casino on national harbor. he talked about it right here on 9news now in the morning. right now only slots are allowed in the state. maryland voters would need to approve any expansion into table games like blackjack or poker before it become as reality. >>> english is now the only official language in frederick county, maryland. county commissioners approved the measure last night. 4-1 was the vote. all official actions in the county must now be done in engl

west side of the beltway. this traffic report is brought to you by volunteers of america. >>> back over to you. >> thank you. a jury has convicted former university of virginiaayer george huguely from chevy chase, found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of yeardly love from cockysville here. the jury is recommending huguely spend 26 years behind bars. the formal sentencing is scheduled for april 16th. >>> two baltimore law firms are involved in a lawsuit against facebook, the suit claims they are monitoring users internet activity after they log off. facebook claims it has no merit. >>> and arraignment begins for bradley manning at fort meade today, accused of giving classified information to wikileaks, he faces 22 counts including a charge that faces life in prison and is expected to face court-martial in may. >>> the grand prix is moving forward, they approved a contract with the new promoter. contract with the new promoter. it will be ,, are made with sweet cherries and the crisp, clean taste of our cranberries. i cannot tell a lie. 'tis tasty. okay, george washington, did you take my truck out last night? 'tis tasty.

west side, old court road. 95 in and out of the tunnel. visit toyota and test drive 2012 camry, all new camry, it's ready, are you? >> top of the news, almost two years since university of virginiatudent love from cockeysville was found dead in charlottesville. her former boyfriend is about to stand trial for her murder, andrea fujii is live with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, don, good morning, everyone. jury selection begins today, the jurors will be asked to decide if yeardley love's death was premeditated murder of a horrible accident. she was 22 years old when she died, killed at the hands of her college boyfriend, 24-year- old george huguely of maryland. media descends on the college town where his murder trial gets underway today. >> attention a trial by the national media we haven't seen here before. >> reporter: the lacrosse players were having problems with the relationship before her death. questioned by police, huguely admitted he kicked down to door of her apartment and shook her as her head hit the wall. his defense team says huguely didn't intend to kill her. george huguely only learned that yeardley love had died when he was told that by a

i mean, he's the university of colorado, he's ohio state, he's brown, he's vanderbilt, he's west virginiat ohio state. it's an incredible, incredible resume. i don't know if it's great or they wanted to get rid of you but it's pretty darn good. but anyway, the fact of the matter is i asked him to get the university presidents together and they're going to come with a capital bill for the first time in our history that doesn't have universities just going for themselves. they're working together. it is a sea change and a cultural change. now, we are also asking gordon to increase graduation rates for all of our universities. no more 14%. it has to be a tackle. we have to be patient but we have to demand it gets done because it's not fair to our families and our students to not get graduated. the emphasis should not be on enrollment. it ought to be on graduation. now, let me also say to you -- [applause] >> i've told gordon, i see up there in university in akron, kent state they get great program there. he said i want one. you can't have them, gordon. we don't want them competing with one a

west side of 695. megan back over to you. >>> thanks good morning. no testimony today in the case of george huguely because it's president's day. jurors will begin deliberate on wednesday. former university of virginiaoss player is accused of killing yeardley love in 2010. his attorney acknowledged in closing arguments saturday his client did play a role in yeardley love's death but blamed his action on youthful indiscretion and their volatile relationship. we will let you know what heaps happens wednesday but get updates on abc2news.com. another update in a bit. the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. while the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. ♪ >>> well, that's mirror laanda lambert, brandishing a handwritten poster on stage. take notes. her feud with chris brown keeps escalating. we're going inside this back and forth in just a bit. good morning to you, america. a happy holiday to you. george, as you can see is off. my pleasure to sit to robin's left. >> good to have you, josh. >>> al

work that i've done with my colleague at the university of virginia, with my friends, with travis at washington state, that others have done like darrell west who is now at brookings, a number of other scholars have done, willie there's the newly one major scholarly article that is found that negative advertising has he been mobilizing effect. all of the other work has either found sort of a null effect, no real effect, or in fact that negative advertising mobilizes, negative advertising actually informs people. again, we can all point to an outrageous commercial or two or three or four, but on average, negative commercials are more likely to be factually correct, and negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. the other commercial i guess you could have shown, my favorite commercial, a '30s -- 830-second car 10, eisenhower, eisenhower, eisenhower. that's a positive ad. we all agree that's a positive and. after the 50th ad that might have been like watching the eisenhower and it wouldn't talk about how much information there was actually in it, but i would rather have the d.c. commercial, a negative ad, nuclear ad, then an ad

done with my colleague paul friedman at the university of virginia, with mike frand at bowden and travis at washington state has others have done like darrell westwn who's now at brookings, a number of other scholars have done really there's been only one major scholarly article that has found that negative advertising has a demobilizing effect. all the other work has either found sort of a null effect, no real effect or, in fact, negative advertising mobilizes, negative advertising actually informs people. again, we can all-point to an outrageous commercial or two or three or four. but on average, negative commercials are more likely to be factually correct. and negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. you know, the other commercial, i guess, you could have shown which is my favorite ike commercial is a 30-second cartoon of people eisenhower eisenhower eisenhower eisenhower and i won't do it for the full 30 seconds, i promise you. that's a positive ad. we all agree that's a positive ad. now, it was a little, you know -- after the 50th 15-second ad it might have been tough watching the eisenhower ad and we can talk about how mu