the william mary quarterly is the leading journal in early american history. over the past 40 years, until last october, there was not a single article published, it comes out four times a year, not a single article on constitutional history. the beginnings of the constitution or the constitutional issues involved in the imperial crisis, nothing until october of this last year and i think that's a kind of straw in the within. we have to understand historical interpretation goes in fashion. over the last half century there have been other issues that have preoccupied the historical occupation. issues of race, women, legitimate issues that have preoccupied graduate training and the writing of history in graduate schools and in undergraduate schools. now in law schools constitutional history has been continued and it's always there. but i'm talking about the undergraduate schools that simply neglected that. i think change is coming. fashions change. some of the other older issues have become tired and young people are looking for new issues. i think this article

william and mary died childless, they had no children, so they picked another king, selected him. so, again, we have four changes in the course of 100 years and england soldiered on. england continued to grow. commerce grew. england itself grew. there was, in that period of time, the country thrived. in that period of extreme, you would think turmoil, possibility for turmoil, there was little disruption. so this is the world into which burke was born, the world of a politician, spent many, many years in parliament, was in leadership only a very short time, was in opposition much of that time. but burke's philosophy, i think, was shaped by those extremely important, potentially disruptive events which england survived and not only survived but thrived. through that whole period, parliament gained strength. in part because it was the vehicle for selecting the new king. parliament, actually, when they restricted the thrown, there was no parliament. but parliament came together, created the restoration, delivered the throne to charles ii and then passed an act legitimizing themselves.

william and mary died childless and had no children, so they came to another roadblock. they picked a house of hanover and found a germany elector, and they selected him, and we have four changes in the course of 100 years and england soldiered on. the merchants in england continued to be successful. they continued to grow. english commerce grew. commerce among themselves grew. there was in that period of time the country thrived. in that period of extreme you would think turmoil, possibility for turmoil, there was little disruption. this is the world into which burke was born, the world in which he became a politician, spent many, many years in parliament, was in leadership only a very short period of time, was in opposition much of that time, but burke, burke's philosophy, i think, was shaped by those extremely important potentially disruptive events which england survived and not only survived but thrived. through that whole period parliament gained strength in part because it was the vehicle for selecting the new kings. parliament actually when they restored charles

. >>> taking the edge off tonight, a senior at the college of william & mary is the latest person to ask out a celebrity via viral video. lina said new york knicks star jeremy lin would be the perfect date for her formal. >> here are the reasons why you would be my perfect date for formal. first off there's a lot to do in williamsburg. >> well, lina hasn't heard back just yet but says her fingers are still crossed. we'll keep you posted. now you have the news edge. we'll see you tomorrow night. have a great night, everyone. >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment updates. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte.

this is the north and south parlor of the president's home at the college of william and mary. the furnishings in the home were donated to the college by alumni of the college. and it's mainly furnished with english and american antiques, except for the piano here in the corner. this came to live here when president and mrs. readily took residence. and they are music lovers. they love sharing this home with the students on the campus. so they regularly invite students in to play for events, and to just have them here in the home and enjoy it. mrs.reevely very much wants this to feel that a family, a real family lives here, and they do occupy this floor in the house, and there are two floors above this that are their private quarters. >> reporter: the old and the new -- >> the old and the new mixed together here. >> reporter: there are 12 gardens on the tour, like this one the president's house box wood garden, where you can take the time to smell the flowers. for more information on this tour and other upcoming events, go to myfoxdc.com. >> paul, thanks. that's going on next we

you had been to a conference on federalism in william & mary. >> yes. and i had gone to a couple of those meetings with people from the british isles, lawyers and judges. remember those that warren berger initiated? i've gone to a couple of those. but i certainly wasn't well-known in the judicial community of the nation. >> justice sotomayor, where were you in your career? >> i was almost at the beginning. my second year after graduating from law school, two years after i graduated in the d.a.'s office in manhattan. and i remember having conversations at lunchtime in that awful yale cafeteria talking about how long it would take for a woman to be appointed to the supreme court. and there were bets being taken whether it would happen in our lifetime or not. so the unlikelihood or the fact that it was still something we weren't sure of bespeaks how historic it became, that only two years later sandra was appointed. >> what did it mean to you at that time in your career? >> well, in law school there were no women on the supreme court. there was no woman on

the william & mary quarterly described her book "revolutionary backlash" as both path-breaking and field-changing. the "journal of the early republic" likewise described the book as powerful, rich, and finely textured. as reviewer after reviewer has noted, the book compels us to rethink the meaning of politics, individual rights, male backlash, and women's history in the early republic. please join me in welcoming professor rosemarie zagarri. [ applause ] >> thank you, rob. and thanks to president boren and to the university of oklahoma and to all of you for coming. this is just a special occasion. i'm really honored to be among such a distinguished panel of delighted that so many people care enough about the founding to come out and to listen to us talk about it. we think about it a lot, but we wish other people would think about it more, too. when the delegates to the continental congress gathered in philadelphia in the summer of 1776 to vote on the question of american independence, it's virtually certain that no one in that room with the possible exception of john adams was thinking about the

a saenor at william and mary is asking jeremy hin oig senior formal. lin may not have much in common on the court as you'll see here, she's not much of a hoops player, but she did make a creative video which includes an assist from her college president. >> come on down to william and mary, jeremy. come see the beauties of the colonial capital. and meet our women. >> thank you. so there you have it. jeremy, will you be my date to formal? >> we don't know if jeremy lin will say yes or no, but we do know the william and mary president is very proud of the women on his campus. >> did he say meet our women? >> he did. >> lin-nou gchgh already. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm don lemon. carol is on assignment. happening right now, breaking news to tell you about. new pictures of u.s. troops in afghanistan posing with the bodies of suicide bombers. this morning the military in full damage control. >>> suspicions and concern. ft. bragg, north carolina today, looking for one of its own after a mysterious disappearance where a 23-year-old army private kelly bor

juan williams, mary katharine ham. thank you both. jenna: never know. maybe he was. eric holder had this to say. he is in chicago speaking right now. we're fom lating a response now. it will be an appropriate response. we respect decisions made by the courts. he goes on to say we're confident health care reform will stand constitutional muster. that is coming from the attorney general. we'll wait to see that response. jon: interesting. jenna: three pages due tomorrow. jon: single-spaced. jenna: single-spaced. that's what we know. we don't know about the font or anything else but that is what we're expecting. this is big story in new york city. investigators are trying to figure out what caused another deadly crane accident at a construction site in manhattan. rick has more on this following it from our newsroom. >> reporter: we're down in the u.s. newsroom because we're trying to get more details on this terrible accident that killed a construction worker. this is on the west side of manhattan, not far from the hudson workers. workers there building apart breaking in

mall of america, a food court, even william and mary and maybe i have not immersed myself as i should seto i wondered what people thought. anybody familiar with socrates cafe? started in 1996 during the clinton did the industry should. people were polarizes and discourse was interrupting interrupting, and i felt democracy could not drive a that was the only model. as a means or developing the virtues they celebrate of a difference. can you imagine a? but imaginative play they had of the wanting to know what other people thought. i tried to take those virtues taken or to the "constitution cafe" project. when socrates started we thought clinton may be impeached now thankfully we have come together eyes widened. [laughter] you are laughing. why are you laughing? we are more polarized than ever? there is different points of view to celebrate defense of perspective. trying to put herself in places where the chances are good to have different points of view. we take the time to listen of why we are coming from the difference is that typically we try to have 2/3 participants agree of what ne

mary katharine ham, a writer at "the daily caller". she is a fox news contributor and fox news political analyst juan williams is here as well. o see you both. mary katherine after the president did the slow jam of the news last night with jimmy fallon then he talked about this secret service scandal and talked about this and said it was a couple knuckleheads. on the whole the guys do an amazing job. 'nough said? >> i agree with his sentiment we don't want to look down upon all the guys and who work in the secret service and women who work in the secret service who are mostly great people that put their lives on the line. that goes without saying. maybe addressing first time on jim any fallon's show and using term knucklehead didn't treat it with seriousness it should be treated with. it came off flippant. i like to see janet napolitano taking questions from someone other than jimmy fallon or a late night host of the this is a problem having prostitutes along with the secret service advance team and somebody we would to all know about. rick: juan, what do you think about the president's response to this and what do you think a

here now toible aize juan williams and mary katharine, both are fox news analyst reverend wright is back. i'm in a gadd move. levity on the campaign trail. juan, what do you make of this? he hit all the notes. he was talking about thomas jefferson. he said a pedophile. he talked about pedophile and he talked about teddy roosevelt, the race to supreme court, voluntary, hagel, he went down the whole list of people to trash, i guess. >> i don't think there is any shortage of race baiters in society. they keep you and me in business because they are outrageous. there is something deeper going on here. i think it's that you have race as a major issue. especially as the presidential campaign is approaching. and i think people are playing on it for better worse. >> laura: you think he is doing this for publicity or what? >> no, no. i think that's generally who he is i think he has been playing to race. he has a lot of anger over racists. this guy down in florida the guy who wanted to burn the koran in weekend in the midst of the whole trayvon martin case he decides he needs to have a march in s

you had been to a conference on federalism at william and mary. >> yes, and i have gone there are a couple of meetings with people from the british isles, lawyers and judges -- remember those? warren burger initiated it. i've gone to a couple of those. but i certainly was not well known in the judicial community. >> justice sotomayor, where were you in your career? >> almost at the beginning. my second year after graduating from law school in the da's office in manhattan. i remember having conversations at lunch time in that awful cafeteria, talking about how long it would take far women to be appointed to the supreme court. there were bets being taken whether it would happen in our lifetime or not. so the unlikelihood, or the fact it was something we were not sure, the speakes how historic it became. only two years later, sandra was appointed. >> what did it mean to you at that time in your career? >> there were no women on the supreme court or the court of appeals in my state in new york. most large law forms at the time were a few hundred lawyers. today there are thousands. but back the

here now toible aize juan williams and mary katharine, both are fox news analyst reverend wright is backvity on the campaign trail. juan, what do you make of this? he hit all the notes. he was talking about thomas jefferson. he said a pedophile. he talked about pedophile and he talked about teddy roosevelt, the race to supreme court, voluntary, hagel, he went down the whole list of people to trash, i guess. >> i don't think there is any shortage of race baiters in society. they keep you and me in business because they are outrageous. there is something deeper going on here. i think it's that you have race as a major issue. especially as the presidential campaign is approaching. and i think people are playing on it for better worse. >> laura: you think he is doing this for publicity or what? >> no, no. i think that's generally who he is i think he has been playing to race. he has a lot of anger over racists. this guy down in florida the guy who wanted to burn the koran in weekend in the midst of the whole trayvon martin case he decides he needs to have a march in support of the man who sh

told jurors that no one in her family wanted her sister to mary william balfour.ent on a violent rampage sparked by jealousy. he is pleading not guilty. >> john edwards will be back in court today for his trial. >> is accused of violating campaign finance laws to cover up an extramarital affair. tahman bradley reports that edwards' once loyal aide is taking the stand. >> they're trying to convince edwards of violating campaign finance laws. the star witness of the prosecution, andrew young, will be back on the stand today and to tell what he knew about the affair. they accuse the former senator of an illegal scheme to hide hunter from hisill wife and voters. >> this was completely john edwards' plan. >> there was a voice mail. but young is far from perfect as a witness. he improperly contacted other witnesses in the case to ask about their planned testimony. he also had a one-night stand with one of them during the 2008 campaign he said that he fathered a baby with rielle hunter which we later learned was john edwards' child. >> john edwards did not engage in crim

william balfour. the singers and her family was against him mary and her sister. william balfour has pleaded not guilty to three murders. turning to the trayvon martin investigation, city leaders in sanford rejected the resignation of the police chief. bill lee had been criticized for how his department handled the death of the 17-year-old. accused of killing the unarmed teenager is now free on bond. george zimmerman is in hiding. he was fitted with a gps device so police can keep track of him. one of the man accused of killing an alexandria community activist is now being linked to two other murders. tyrone lewis was arrested in january and charged in the murder of actress lenny harris. yesterday prince george's county police announced they charged him and kelvin walker with the murder last october of 17-year- old justin isaacs. police have also charged tyrone lewis with a 2007 murder of a taxicab driver. >> metro riders may have been exposed to a contagious infection. >> it happened last friday after a bus driver went to work with viral meningitis. now more from

protect consumers by increasing oversight of energy markets, mary katharine ham of the daily little caller is a -- daily caller and juan williamsalways good to see you both. mary katherine, a good idea from the president or political gimmick? >> this is political problem for the president so he come up with a political sew using. solution. this thing polls badly, let's do something bad to it. if juan and i poll badly the president would come up with a new scheme to regulate us. that would be a tragic mistake. juan and i are popular cause celebre and voters like us. because regulators don't, expand regulatory power and take $52 million of your dollars to do it. take the president at his word that actual rampant speculation is happening here. that means the federal government and its regulators in place now are doing a terrible job at their job. so why would i give them $52 million more dollars? rick: all right, juan, very popular with the voters i hear. let me get your take on this. is it something, i mean a lot of folks have come out and said, even some conservatives have said this morning, you know what, these ideas the presid

he will day -- as degree from williams and mary college, a master's from harvard john f. kennedy school of government and he holds a degree from georgetown university law center. please give a warm welcome to douglas shulman. [applause] >> thank you, theresa. it is good to be back at the national press club. i have done this in the last couple of years. right as we round up filing season at the end, as we approach april 15, april 17 this year, spring is a great time in washington. the flowers are blooming, the trees are blooming, lots of kids are here on spring break. anyone who visits washington also is always impressed by the permanence and the timelessness of the buildings, the statues, the colonnades. it really speaks to the legacy of this great nation. and in my job, as someone responsible for an important institution in government, it reminds me of the people who have come before me trying to make this government a little bit better and the country better. and it reminds me of the enormous progress that men and women have made over the years trying to move the natio

we begin with lynch and his wife mary who reportedly came to the district in the second decade of the century. two of their sons, william and james, became the first most well-known members of the family through the middle years of the century, with james achieving the greatest prominence. in turn, james and his wife anna, raised four children in the golden era of life in washington with two of their sons, james t. and william h.a., expanding on that solid found indication into the 20th century. today we will see how the family interfaced on a daily basis with almost all of those who lived, worked and toiled in this internationally famous yet intimate neighborhood. lynch was the illegitimate son of an unknown black woman, and ralph wormley whose wife was elizabeth talo wormley. the wormleys were a wealthy family of virginia plantation owners. whose primary residence was rosevale, in virginia, and elizabeth was the daughter of john talo, a planter who built the octagon house near here. her brother, benjamin olo talo, was a residents of la fayette park on madison place. as we will see later, this connection played in to t

william, fauquier. but charles county and prince george's, calvert, st. mary's, anne arundel, will probably not have a freeze and probably not in fairfax county either. but there might be a few spots out in western fairfax county where it -- it borders on prince william county's line. there may be scattered frost there. temperatures now are right near the freezing mark. parts of northern virginia, maryland, frederick at 32. so is culpeper and a couple of degrees above freezing now in manassas. gaithersburg down to a chilly 36. now waldorf, la plata, that area, dow to just the mid 30s. here's the forecast for manassas. by 10:00, it will be in the mid 50s. lots of sun today. by noontime, we'll be climbing into the 60s. by the middle and toward the end of the afternoon, it will be near 70 degrees there. so quite a dramatic change from the cold start this morning. then by late evening, back into the 50s. and then by dawn tomorrow, a lot of clouds around. starting off wednesday morning. low to mid 50s. and might have a sprinkle in the morning. a greater chance maybe

he will day -- as degree from williams and mary college, a master's from harvard john f. kennedy school of government and he holds a degree from georgetown university law center. please give a warm welcome to douglas shulman. [applause] >> thank you, theresa. it is good to be back at the national press club. i have done this in the last couple of years. right as we round up filing season at the end, as we approach april 15, april 17 this year, spring is a great time in washington. the flowers are blooming, the trees are blooming, lots of kids are here on spring break. anyone who visits washington also is always impressed by the permanence and the timelessness of the buildings, the statues, the colonnades. it really speaks to the legacy of this great nation. and in my job, as someone responsible for an important institution in government, it reminds me of the people who have come before me trying to make this government a little bit better and the country better. and it reminds me of the enormous progress that men and women have made over the years trying to move the natio

the actress testified yesterday, none of the family members wanted their sister to mary william ballfour. balfour said he could kill her family if she left him. >>> james murdock in the hot seat, once again, blaming others for keeping him in the dark about the phone hacking scandal. speaking under oath, he defended his record as head of the newspaper group saying they prevented him from making a clean sweep. before the scandal broke, he was the heir apparent of news corp. >>> new video just into cnn showing a shelling outside of damascus. once again, this is amateur video. we cannot verify the authenticity but gives an idea of what syrians are facing every day. at least 11 people killed today. two, a result of torture. all this despite the u.n. security council's greem to send in more monitors. >>> the army private accused of leaking vast amounts of secrets is trying to get the charges dismissed. he's in court armed with claim that is military prosecutors with held information and can't prove he tried to aid the enemy. that's the most serious charge against him. >>> police in baltimore m

now the top story, reaction, joining us from washington, mary katherineham and juan williams. when are you going to file for disability? come on! it's easy! get in there, file, juan! >> actually i don't think it's all that easy. i think like 60% plus of people who apply never get it. >> bill: 40% do! that's good odds, juan! >> that's not good odds. that means six out of ten don't get it. >> bill: what's the down side of applying if four out of ten do? let's go in and game? >> that would mean you were just a lazy bum or i was a lazy bum who just was trying to game the system, play on the system. you asked her and said, are you being horrible? bill, look, first of all, you're a very generous person in person. personally, i know that because i know you've given to some things i care about. i'm going to have here a nonideological discussion and say this to you. first, the eligibility standards for much of this haven't changed under president obama. you're talking about -- >> bill: but the scrutiny has. are you telling me -- >> are you talking about numbers back to 07 -- >> bill: j

now the top story, reaction, joining us from washington, mary katherineham and juan williams. when are you going to file for disability? come on! it's easy! get in there, file, juan! >> actually i don't think it's all that easy. i think like 60% plus of people who apply never get it. >> bill: 40% do! that's good odds, juan! >> that's not good odds. that means six out of ten don't get it. >> bill: what's the down side of applying if four out of ten do? let's go in and game? >> that would mean you were just a lazy bum or i was a lazy bum who just was trying to game the system, play on the system. you asked her and said, are you being horrible? bill, look, first of all, you're a very generous person in person. personally, i know that because i know you've given to some things i care about. i'm going to have here a nonideological discussion and say this to you. first, the eligibility standards for much of this haven't changed under president obama. you're talking about -- >> bill: but the scrutiny has. are you telling me -- >> are you talking about numbers back to 07 -- >> bill: j

mary's, farther west. prince williamnty, fairfax, montgomery counties, loudoun, fauquier, mid 30s this morning. even over the next couple of hours, it's going to drop down to near freezing. by 9:00, back into the 40s to near 50. and still a few high clouds around. and sunrise this morning at 6:34. by noontime, should have lots of sunshine, and we'll have temperatures climbing to around 60 degrees. by late afternoon ought to hit the mid 60s and then back down to the 50s after sunset tonight. should be good weather for tonight's nationals game. and then a chilly start to saturday, upper 30s, near 40, probably no frost or freeze. saturday afternoon, yes, a warmup coming, to the mid 70s. highs reaching mid 80s sunday and monday. a touch of summer moving in end of the weekend. first part of next week. tuesday could get afternoon thunderstorms as a front sweeps through. after that, cooling down with some sunshine back. danella, how's traffic? >>> if you're traveling in northeast d.c., we have an accident now. 14th street north

mary's, mid 50s. then west of the potomac, prince william county and in to stafford, spotsylvania, low to mid 50s there. here's the view from space. we have a weak front triggering light sprinkles of rain. the areas in green, western maryland, northern west virginia into ohio. that weak front will be moving in midday, bringing in showers. for la plata in charles county, it will be into the mid 60s by noontime. upper 60s middle of the afternoon. that's when we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness running through. we have a small chance of a shower. a 20% to 30% chance in the evening. by midnight, low 50s. by this time tomorrow, 40s as we start off tuesday morning. we're going to have a big cooldown after the front goes by. winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. into the evening hours, a chill moving in after midnight. down to the low to mid 40s by dawn on tuesday. and during the afternoon tomorrow, highs just in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. we'll have a blustery wind tomorrow, too. gusting to around 30 miles per hour. then the wind diminishes a bit on wednesday. mostly cloudy, another front comi

ken and mary, why is what gregg williams did as a coach any different than owners paying incentive bonuseses and sacks. >> because one is legal and one is not. >> judge jeanine: that is the issue. all right, guys. let's take a look at this. you know who that is? that is boxing legend oscar de la hoya in fish nets. he may want to stay away from women's undergarments here on out after a hooker sues him for emotional distress because she says de la hoya put on her panties during a night of partying and said that she was afraid he would ask her to have sex again. this woman is a hooker. isn't that what she does? does this lawsuit make sense? >> i think it is a low blow. i think the judge scored the card right. >> by dispolicing it. >> dismissing it by fining her and her attorney $500 each. >> judge jeanine: and that is the question. you agree, right, not that it was a low blow. >> i agree. >> how does it hooker say i was afraid he was going to ask me for sex and i was afraid to leave. >> i think she was counting on a big pay day. why? because this is embarrassing. what star wouldn't pay you hu