you know, the '20s were roaring when woodrow wilson lived here. the other great historical note is that you could own liquor, have and possess spirits. you couldn't sell or trade spirits. and so wilson was able to move the contents of his cellar from the white house, the treasury agents came in and inventoried the contents of wilson's wine cellar and transported it here to s street just after they moved in. we have one bottle which is great fun, which actually is whiskey and it says there beneath the dust, "for medicinal purposes only." so there were some exceptions to prohibition. some great bottles of french wine going back into the 1920s. and then some of the items certainly remain in the cellar. some vintage from 1949 that edith wilson probably enjoyed in her time in the house as well. we associate woodrow wilson with prohibition, but as a constitutional amendment, wilson really played no large role in its promotion, and, in fact, wilson actually vetoed the act. it passed over his veto and the act was what meant -- led to the -- how the amendme

and elected woodrow wilson. >> i wrote down somewhere the actual totals on the vote. but my memory is he got 27% of the vote, and as you said in the beginning, got the most vote of any third party candidate. what did you learn in writing about this third party candidacy that would be of value in 2012 if there's a third party candidate? >> well, the candidacy, the party's candidacy did produce a progressive minority in the senate. which was -- had a good deal of power as a swing unit. but what i think is more relevant to today's political situation is that when a large minority of the country believes itself to be disenfranchised, excluded from power, excluded by a combination of shared privilege between lawmakers and corporate executives and professional politicians, when the large citizenry begins to feel they are excluded, they become extremely angry, very passionate, and very unified. and the tea party movement, which in no way matches the sophistication of the progressive movement, nevertheless has got that unifying feeling. these people feel excluded from power a

in 19 in 1920 galassi woodrow wilson's administration, 15.4% of all personal income taxes are paid bythose earning $5000 a year or less. by the 10 coolidge left office in 1929, that figure has shrunk to a miniscule zero. 0.4%. those earning 100 grand a year or more at pages 29.9% in 1920. by 1929 and coolidge left office, the figure climbed to 65.2%. that is, when coolidge to sybase, 90% of the american people pay no income tax at all. quote, it is only a tiny exaggeration to note that historian tom silver to say that coolidge mellon completely remove the burden of federal and can taxation from the backs of poor and working people. calvin coolidge cut federal income taxes. he produced a budget surplus each of the 60s of his presidency. he could do all this because he not only understood economics and government. he understood human nature. in february 1924, he informed the national republican club. if we had attacks whereby on the first working day the government took 5% of their wages. on the second day, 10%. on the 3020% on the fourth day 30% on the 50/50% and on the sixth day, peop

and you can see this in both woodrow wilson's and theodore roosevelt's clashing conceptions of what being progressive meant. they also saw government as a countervailing power to concentrated economic power. and it does seem to me that at the heart of our republic whenever it was successful is this sense of balance between public and private using different parts of our system to hold others in check. we're not only madisonian in our constitution, i think we're madisonian in our social life. and again, my biggest difference with my conservative friends is they tend not to see concentrated economic power as justifying government intervention on behalf of a more democratic system. there are two other points i want to make before i close. the first is sid talked about the problem with the term "public option." and i do think that we are -- those of us who respect the progressive tradition actually also respect the word "public." and i'd actually like to defend the word "public." a few phrases. public schools, public libraries, public health, public responsibility, public service. i think if

. >>> this tour of the woodrow wilson house was part one of a two-part program. you can learn more about woodrow wilson at woodrowwilsonhouse.org. >>> all day today, american history tv is featuring america's first ladies. who do you think was our most influential first lady? vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >> lisa kathleen graddy is the curator for women's political history here at the smithsonian. tell us where we're at in american history museum. >> you're in the first lady's exhibit. welcome to the newest version of the exhibit, by my count, the ninth version of the first lady's exhibit since it began in 1913. so we're almost 100 years old and the longest lived exhibit at the smithsonian institution. >> and this iteration just opened up. so tell us the concept behind it. >> we tried few new thing. the challenge the first ladies collection and exhibit is always to balance. to balance the great interest in the dresses and the china with other kinds of stories about the first ladies, and we're always trying to find a wa

presidents like woodrow wilson, especially woodrow wilson during and the lead up and aftermath of world war i who have said, look, these are -- these are desperate times. and i've got to be able to act and i can't be slowed down by this elected body who doesn't want to do my will as quickly as i want it to do. if you look back to that era you will see a lot of individual liberties were violated and the government expanded to the federal level at the expense of the state. we need to not make those kinds of mistakeses again and again and again. this is the kind of thing that, if left unchecked, will easily turn into another one of those mistakes. >> and i caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle of upholding rules. i hope they remember that tomorrow when we have a special guest. i'd like to yield the balance o arizona. thank you, general, for how generous you have been with your time this morning. two more things and i'll shut up and let you take the remainder of our time. assume they are going to be void 12 months from now, 18 months from now, what's the practical impact of h

something is rival woodrow wilson will play out a few years later. roosevelt is seeing this bellicose warrior type but in fact he had a slow and speak softly and carry a big stick. he spoke softly like the united states navy had managed to keep the country out of the war while he was president. the peace emissary business leaders to edward vii died, the king of england, he gets to go to england hand gets to be the emissary of the united states at the funeral so he gets to dress up in a tuxedo. he looks like a pink one among all wills. they have these plumed hats and outfits with metals. standing out as usual. you are not going to do that. won a few people who could tell him what to do. in england, the seat of power. the league gives another speech. he promised people on the ground in africa that he would support them. the british government -- he made a speech at the guildhall, very famous old building in london in which he basically told the british they were not being strong enough. >> what convinced him to come back into office? >> he never meant

state department adviser who is a fellow at the woodrow wilson center. is a really grim image of what is happening and yet we have hillary clinton saying that she thinks that the opposition forces will be increasingly capable of defending themselves. is that realistic? >> i sympathize with the fact that the options here are very grim. the administration has three objectives. they are to establish safe havens. they need to help what -- to help what is not a population without the capacity to fight the instruments of state power. this could endure for quite some time, the killing, the shelling. worse if they decide to retake arms and put it into one of the main centers of opposition. the west will look increasingly bad in the weeks to come. >> the u.n. announced that they have this list of senior syrian officials. they are accused of crimes against humanity, they have appointed an envoy, does that make any difference? >> it is making us all feel a lot better right now but unless it can find a way to emboldened the opposition. this will go on for quite some

hannah nixon herself according to melvin small voted for woodrow wilson in 1912. at least in 1916. maybe it's recreational reading. in addition to the l.a. times, good house keeping on the saturday evening post, both of which may have pis america. hoover's america to some degree. some of the members of his committee of 100 helped push his 1946 and 1948 campaigns. frank jorgenson, he said i entrust fdr and distrusted him. i think he was befuddled a lot of the time and fooled by stalin. he was in the san francisco bay yarea and he told his own employer that governor fdr who he met in national economy and the stock market. "when the two of us got to economics, he seemed to think that all industry consisted of stock market operations." earlc. adams, a local guy, helped fund the 1950 run. "the new deal, the fair deal, the new frontier, all that is hog wash. it's a lot of rhetoric. builds up the pie in the sky for people and people get up hopes and ambitions and mean their goals never get met." these are some of the people that nixon surrounded himself with in the phase of his career. ro

. >> reporter: woodrow wilson. if you want to try presidential trivia, this is the place.ho was the first president to play the saxophone on the arsenio hall show? >> got to be bill clinton. >> reporter: how many states are named after a u.s. president? >> there's washington state. >> reporter: the tallest president. >> abraham lincoln. >> reporter: thank you. too easy. the heaviest president was howard taft. who was the first president? >> george washington. >> reporter: who's the first after ban american president? >> obama -- first african american president? >> barack obama. >> reporter: how many of the u.s. presidents signed the declaration of independence? was it two, four, six or none? >> oh, my. >> we should know this. we're teachers of. >> reporter: the answer is two. >> i was going to say that. >> reporter: four presidents have been assassinated while in office, link on, garfield, mckinley and ken -- lincoln, garfield, mckinley and kennedy, six presidents survived attempts. what u.s. president won a pulitzer prize for his book profiles in courage? was it roosevel

but just like woodrow wilson, i think people were by 1920 sort of tired of reformers, they were tired of activism. it would have been interesting to see what he might have done if he had been president. and that's another thing about roosevelt which is interesting, is how he resonates down to today. president obama just made a speech in kansas talking about theodore roosevelt and progressive stuff, and so roosevelt is this really interesting amalgamation of, you know, speak softly, carry a big stick in foreign policy, but then progressive stuff at home trying to put in place reforms for the people, trying to look out for working people and, you know, it's a message which comes down to us today. he just had charisma. he had personal magnetism. he was, you know, not the best speaker in the world. in fact, if you hear the recordings, he sounds sort of like a reedy version of fdr, you know, we've heard fdr's speeches, but only a few of roosevelt's survived. he wasn't a very, you know, didn't sound very good, but he sold what he was doing. he was a very, you know, not a great orator, but h

woodrow wilson, world war i. franklin roosevelt, world war ii. lyndon johnson, the vietnam war. george w. bush, the wars in afghanistan and iraq. you name it, every president who's disclaimed any desire to get america involved in a war somehow manages immediately or shortly after the presidency to do just that to get america involved in the war. just switch here for one moment. do we have the slide up? i don't know why i'm getting that thing. willkie gave roosevelt a bit of a run for his money doing obviously far better than hoover or landon. still, roosevelt wins by 12 points. wins pretty easily in the electoral college. holds the entire south, as he would every single southern state in all of roosevelt's four elections. usually by majorities of 60% or more. willkie's strength is confined to the plain state area and the midwest, primarily. it's a pretty thumping victory for roosevelt. certainly not a ratification of the idea that america should get involved in the war, but a ratification of this idea that roosevelt pushes right at the beginning of his third term in office. by t

state department advisor aaron david miller, currently a scholar at the woodrow wilson center.he picture we get from both those reports is really grim of what's happening inside syria and yet we have hillary clinton today saying she thinks the opposition forces will be increasingly capable of defending themselves. is that realistic? >> i sympathize, or i guess empathize with the fact the options are very grim. the administration has three objectives in tomorrow's meeting, one is to consider humanitarian options, safe havens corridors of assistance. number two is to toughen up the sanctions if possible. number three is try to help solidify what is still a very disorganized opposition, does not have the capacity and frankly will not have the capacity over time to dislodge a regime that still controls all the instruments of power. that's the real problem here. this could endure for quite some time. the killing, the shelling, and it could actually get worse if the syrians decide to retake homs and try to put an end to what is now one of the main centers of opposition. so the west,

hannah nixon herself according to melvin small voted for woodrow wilson in 1912. at least in 1916. maybe it's recreational reading. he read, in addition to "the l.a. times" as a young man, good housekeeping and the saturday evening post, both of which may have praised 1920s america. hoover's america, to some degree. some of the members of his committee of 100 helped push his 1946 and 1948 campaigns. frank jorgenson, he said i entrust fdr and distrusted him. a rot of us fell he had been soft on communism. i think he was befuddled a lot of the time and fooled by stalin. john francis, he was a big fund-raiser in the san francisco bay area for nixon and many elections between 1952 and 1968. he told his own employer william randolph hearse, that governor fdr, who he met in '33 did not understand fundamentals of the national economy or the u.s. stock market. "when the two of us got to economics, he seemed to think that all industry consisted of stock market operations." earl c. adams, a local guy, helped fund the 1950 run. "the new deal, the fair deal, the new frontier, all that is hog w

woodrow wilson did. theodore roosevelt did. but none kind of led and directed the national agenda on policy as much as fdr. he really -- anyone even remember who the leaders of congress was? you know? maybe, you know, a political junkie like you do, zach. but most people have no idea who the speaker of the house or you know, the majority leader. joe robinson. these names don't mean anything to anyone because fdr was so much at the center. it was the roosevelt's new deal program, which is not entirely true because there were very important figures notably senator robert wagner who are very important in forging a lot of new deal programs. but nonetheless, more than ever before, legislative leadership came to be identified with and focused upon the presidency. which both expanded presidential power and created political jeopardy for presidents who, for example, like jimmy carter were unable to deliver on those props and expectations. what else? regarding the presidency or policy. one area -- yeah. >> the federal government was now

you know, woodrow wilson said we'll be neutral both in fact and in spirit, and fdr said, you know, we'll just be neutral in fact. we're not neutral in spirit. it's quite clear, you know, that germany and its allies represent a fundamental threat, not only to europe but to latin america, where there's a lot of nazi subversion going on. ultimately, if the united states becomes isolated to the united states itself and to the survival of democracy all over the world. so there's no question, you know, that fdr wanted the power and the ability to aid the victims of aggression, but he faced a very, very powerful isolationist sentiment in the congress and in the american public and a very important isolationist organization known as the america first committee, which took shape in 1940 to kind of push for american isolation. their position was we must never, under any circumstances, become involved in the european war. we don't care if britain is going to go down along with france. that's not our quarrel. and their chief spokesperson was this guy, charles lindbergh. who is he, and why did americ

the principal at woodrow wilson high school sent a letter to parents asking them to talk to their kids about respecting the school and properly throwing away gum. he wrote, "i spent two hours scraping gum off the atrium floor last week." probably not the best use of his time. dwayne cummings owns a gum cleaning company and says a delay clean system is fast, effective, and environmentally friendly. >> other processes will use from 2,000 to 5,000 of gallons of water, i use five. when the gum is dissolved, it emulsifies and stays where it is, it dries up. >> the district spent $115 million on the renovation at the school. that includes a new four-story glass-enclosed atrium. >>> take a look. a wildlife tour in alaska went from serene to very, very scary when a grizzly bear charged tourists. this video taken in august of 2010 was just posted on youtube. the group was in the middle of a four-hour sightseeing tour when the bear came out of the woods. the group stood still as the nearly eight-foot-tall grizzly bear circled their camp. at one point the bear even sniffed the head of one of the

on the 50th anniversary of the civil war, woodrow wilson would give a speech in which he doesn't mention slavery as he commemorates the civil war. as a result, tomahassi is trying to reclaim this history for black americans as well as white americans. >> and he makes the somewhat controversial point, which i would agree with, that -- and taking a number fairly prominent civil war historians to task, the tradition is to talk about civil war as the great tragedy of american history. in some ways that's inarguably true. yet the outcome was sort of unarguably good and moral. you know, partly -- perhaps in fact, because not enough blacks do study the civil war and because of political whitewashing and the focus of the meaning of the war, and the tragedy or not over the nobleness of the lost cause gets lost. and he draws valuable attention to that. >> we have been talking about the atlantic's special commemorative issue on the civil war. how can people get this edition? >> thank you for asking. you can go to our website and find a link to order a copy of the magazine. we'll very happily send i

taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge this morning.n update on your traffic situation coming up in just a moment. >> at the 136th annual westminster kennel club, america's dog show, the pekignese. >> this you have it. malachi beat out a handful of other breeds. the first time in more than 20 years a pekignese has taken home the top prize. >> do you think the dogs feel like they're pampered. >> they like like it's over the top. >> oh, yeah. >> that winner, he or she did not even look like a dog to me. >> hair was so long. >> long and luxurious. can you imagine the money you would spend on grooming that animal and -- just absurd. >> i like my dogs a little more rough and tumble. >> a little more outdoorsy animal type. >> you got to. if you are taking a dog for a walk this morning, it should be nice and dry. wouldn't want to ruin their hair or their paw nails that smell like fritos are doritos. we learned that from the weather guys. >> amazing how many days we've been in the 50s in the past month or so. 55degrees. we'll be right here agai

across the woodrow wilson bridge, no incidents to report.trip between prince george's county and virginia. if you are traveling route other toward new york avenue, we had some construction overnight. watch out for that. everything should be wrapping up. 95 northbound at dumfries, we had a disabled vehicle. that is cleared out of the way up towards springfield. 395 looks good from the beltway up past duke street towards the 14th street bridge. no problems heading on to the freeway at this point. 66 running incident-free as is 270. nice trip out of frederick all the way in. here we are in clarksburg. you can see the lanes wide open but it looks like down towards the split in bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> a programming note to pass along. former astronaut an ohio senator john glenn will join us live this morning at 7:30. at 7 >>> to the race for the white house, now, and republican rick santorum is getting pushback over comments he has made about president obama and faith. this as so

>> she died of bright's disease, same disease that took woodrow wilson's wife shortly after wilson became president. >> what's bright's disease? >> it's acute nephritis. >> kidney disease. they had one child alice roosevelt longworth.

taking a live look right now at the woodrow wilson bridge. you can see it pretty clearly out there.old start to your monday. i'm sarah simmons. i'm wisdom martin. >> the game ends here to the end zone. hernandez is there. incomplete. new york giants given last rites

. >>> there's something sticky even icky threatening the $100 million renovation at woodrow wilson high school. gum is carelessly tossed away on school grounds. the principal sent a letter to parents urging student to respect the school. cleaning gum off sidewalks and floors can cost $200 to $10,000 depending on the size of the job and how much gum there is there. >>> a maryland marine is one of the our area's newest millionai millionaire. he hit the $3 million jackpot playing slots in las vegas earlier this month. he was in nevada for a training mission and decided to take a detour and it sure paid off. >> my friends were around me, and when it stopped on the dollar sign, i'm like, dude, what does that mean? oh, my god, you won! instantly we're taking pictures right there. this is awesome and crazy! >> are you single? >> yes. >> reporter: he's single, ladies. >> i don't want someone to want me just for my money, though. >> he plans to use some of the winnings to help out his family. by the way, we wondered what happened to erica gonzalez. she did not appear at the end of that report at

taking a look outside at the woodrow wilson bridge. things picking up out there. our temperatures are going to be picking up as well later on this morning. we'll check in with tucker later on on that. >> welcome for fox 5 morning news. tucker barnes is here now to talk about weather as you are all the time. >> it feels like i'm here all the time. >> of a been pretty consistent all winter long. >> it feels like spring has been here all the time. >> i can't believe much stuff is coming up. i was out in the yard. >> i think we need to start introducing the allergy index again because i've got something going on already. >> i have been hearing a lot of people complain about it. going to be just fine today. expecting lots of sunshine. a little cooler than yesterday with high temperatures back into the low to mid-50s. yesterday, we were in the 60s. right now, 45 degrees. humidity, that is in the comfortable range, 42%. wind are out of the north at 15. gusting to about 25. we are having a cold front come through as we speak. this one is one of these very quiet ones that

from what wall -- woodrow wilson international center, a discussion on the middle east and u.s. for nforeign-policy. at 10:30 we will be live on c- span3 with a discussion of cyber security legislation. panelists include michael chertoff, former head of the u.s. homeland security department and former national intelligence director, mike mcconnell. in a few moments, today's headlines in your calls a live on "washington journal >" ." president obama will speak at the ground-breaking ceremony of the national museum of african- american history and culture. just before noon, a mitt romney rally in arizona. that state's primary, along with michigan is next week. in about 45 minutes, we will talk about their role of contraception, abortion, and women's rights in the presidential campaign. our guest is the president of the feminist majority foundation. the president ceo of american crossroads, stephen

. >> i think he's talking about people like woodrow wilson.party crasher mitt romney had an unwelcomed guest in an event in minnesota. a protester unexpectedly showered him with glitter. it wasn't one of the first times a candidate was glitter bombed. here's how he responded to that protester. >> there's a guy, wave your hand. there he goes. how are you? hi there. how are you? good to see you. i'm happy for a little celebration. this is confetti. we just won florida. we're just going to win the white house next. i have glitter in my hair. that's not all that's in my hair. i glue it on every morning whether i need to or not. >> i have no idea what that means. the collection of audiocassetwk gets getting better. a big controversy between two groups dedicated to women's health. why has the susan g. komen foundation decided to stop funding planned parenthood? >>> i'm sue herer a a are your market wrap. the dow slipped today. the s&p up 1. the nasdaq up 11. applications for first-time jobless benefits fell by 12,000 to 367,000. holding below the 40

. >> i think he's talking about people like woodrow wilson. who people said liked everybody but nobody in particular. next up, party crasher mitt romney had an unwelcomed guest to contend with during an event in minnesota. a protester unexpectedly showered him with glitter. it wasn't one of the first times a candidate was glitter bombed. but his follow-up stands alone. here's how he responded to that protester. >> there's the guy. wave your hand over there who threw the glitter. there he goes. how are you? hi there. how are you? good to see you. i'm happy for a little celebration. this is confetti. we just won florida. we're just going to win the white house next. i have glitter in my hair. that's not all that's in my hair. i'll tell you that. i glue it on every morning whether i need to or not. >> i have no idea what that means. the collection of awkward jokes by romney just keeps getting bigger. up next, the obama administration announced that u.s. combat operations in afghanistan will stop as early as next year. and republicans like mitt ro

the mideast expert from the woodrow wilson center and long time journalist, of course.s an interesting thing in the times. he just left the president's national security staff. his portfolio was iran and making the case that even here we are at the brink of where iran looks like they are trying to start a war with either the united states and israel that now is the time for the connection. do you buy that? >> all of the six major powers who were engaged believes there is one more round. >> that are is serious. >> it's serious. they try to find little ground. there is a recognition that iran probably down the road will get some right of enrichment and the question is how much. there have been a number of developments with loading fuel and that is in any progress, an ominous step on the road to a nuclear capability even if it is for a peaceful energy program. >> can the united states policy or any administration ever publicly accept the idea that iran could have the rights to develop nuclear power that somehow they could be trusted and only develop power for domestic use.

taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge this morning. shouldn't be a problem getting around out there right now at least but later on today, it could be an issue. that will be our big story on this wednesday is wintry weather that is heading into the area. >> it is back. >> and it is not back in a big way. i want to emphasize, it won't be a major storm. worst case scenario would be an inch or two of snow. >> it doesn't take much. >> the roadways are pretty warm. it doesn't take a lot to cause some problems around here. just be ready for it. no problem with the morning commute. this will arrive late morning, early afternoon. i think that could be a bit tricky particularly north and west of the city. look out for. here is what we know about the weather. precip arrives early afternoon. if you are out to the west and to the north, it will arrive a little earlier because the storm system is moving west to east. late morning, early affect. it will likely start as a rain- snow mix here inside the beltway but very quickly transition to snow. and

. >> reporter: woodrow wilson. how many states are named after a u.s. president? >> washington state. >> reporter: wait a minute. you're giving him the answer? >> reporter: the tallest president? >> abraham lincoln. >> reporter: thank you. too easy. the heaviest president was howard taft. who was the first president? >> george washington. >> reporter: who's the first african american president? >> barack obama. >> reporter: how many future u.s. presidents signed the declaration of independence? was it two, four, six or none? >> oh, my. >> we should know this because we're teachers. >> reporter: okay. answer is two. four presidents have been assassinated while in office, lincoln, garfield, mckinley and kennedy. six presidents survived assassination attempts. what u.s. president won a pulitzer prize for his book profiles in courage? was it roosevelt, grant, kennedy or eisenhower? >> kennedy of. >> reporter: what president had a pet mockingbird named dick? was it jefferson, fillmore, eisenhower or nixon? >> has to be nixon. >> reporter: virginia is the birthplace of

woodrow wilson was our only ph.d. president. there is a reason for that. ers and walls that separate the academy from government. he was right. we need the best of both worlds in order to come up with wise and judicious policy. i invoke his spirit here today. he may not have been the embodiment of his own fondest hopes, but i hope this spirit -- but i invoke his spirit today because we will need his help. the region is roiling with uncertainty and confusion. rarely has american influence been as constraint in dealing with these problems. three in particular. i offer them as a way to, i guess, define and highlight some of the challenges that are facing the united states. number one is the problem with iran, which continues to suck all the oxygen out of the conversation. we have a budding crisis. there is no question about that. there's no good means to resolve it. second, the air of spring, arab winter come arab awakening. the changes are literally transforming the arab world as we know it. finally, the problem of the promised land, what to do about the isra

taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. got some traffic moving along out there.things aren't going too rough. chilly start to the day. but it will feel kind of like yesterday. >> it will. it will be just be a gorgeous day. temperatures right back in the 50s. yesterday worked out well. >> very nice. >> repeat performance today. get out and enjoy because we have some changes tomorrow in the way of clouds and maybe some wintry weather. >> oh! >> not a big deal. it only takes a little bit around the washington area. >> to put people into a panic. >> yeah, exactly. let's do temperatures. we mentioned the cool temperatures. warmer than it was 24 hours ago. remember yesterday morning, we had a lot of 20s. this morning, we're generally in the 30s and 40s. in washington, we are aat 45 degrees. we are bouncing all over the place. 37 in winchester. ocean city, you were in the 20s yesterday. you were at 40 yesterday. 43 at patuxent naval air station. looking at our sentinel sat- rad. generally clear skies a half few clouds pass through particularly south across the lower eas

. >> i am joined by robin wright, fellow at the woodrow wilson center, author of rock the casbah.od morning. >> let me have you react to the chairman of the joint chiefs, general dempsey, and backed up by britain's foreign secretary. are they right? >> there's a lot that can happen between now and military strike, that involves another round of diplomacy which both sides expect. the iranians just responded to european union and said they would like talks as soon as possible. we have a basic problem in how to deal with iran because the chinese and russians that both have a veto at the u.n. security council have opposed tougher sanctions, and that's made putting the squeeze on iran harder. so that involves another round of diplomacy to prove whether or not the iranians are serious about compromise with the world. >> i had a talk with an israeli official friday who basically laughed at the idea of diplomacy moving the bar for iran at all, and you know, there are practical questions as "the new york times" puts it, if israel was going to mount an attack, they have to fly across more t

the principal at woodrow wilson high school in northwest washington asked parents to talk to their children about respecting the school property by properly throwing away gum. he wrote, "i spent two hours scraping gum off the atrium floor last week." probably not the best use of his time for a lot of people. dwayne cummings owns a gum cleaning company. he says a dry, steam cleaning system is fast, effective, and is environmentally friendly. >> where other processes use 2,000 to 5,000 gallons of water a day, i use five. so when the gum is dissolved, it goes nowhere else but where it is. it emulsifies and stays where it is, it dries up. >> the district spent $115 million on the renovation at the school that included a new four-story glass-enclosed atrium. >>> occupy d.c. protesters in freedom plaza will not be going anywhere for a while it seems. the national parks service says it's finalizing its -- an extension of the protesters' permit. it will allow them to stay through april 29. the previous permit was set to expire this coming tuesday. demonstrators have been at freedom plaza since octo

and -- woodrow wilson center. let me start with you, nick. of all the things you have witnessed about through the years and heard about and reported on, what is going on in syria a. i know we can't get in the way we'd like to. what is your sense of the apparent atrocity going on there. >> we have a government that seems to be devouring its own people. it is firing artillery on its own cities, civilian areas and most recently seemed to have dispatched militias that have been killing families, men, women and children in their homes. the thousands and thousands of people have died already. it looks as if we are heading toward a civil war with. >> nick, instantly you tweeted out earlier to your followers, you were coming on the show. what should america be doing now? a very pertinent question and there was a huge range of responses i was looking at. from all that you read when you got those responses, what do you think is the best response? what should america be doing? >> i wish i could say that some of our followers produced the magic solution,