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the city of washington, d.c. is also working on a statue of frederick douglass that will go as part of the national statuary collection inside the u.s. capitol with d.c. finally getting two statues to go along with the other 50 states' statues that are inside the capitol. there's another statue going up, but we'll talk about that later. that was the first part of the question. the second part of the question was, where is the only statue of an african-american woman? and, of course, that statue is also in lincoln park, and that's a statue of mary mcleod bethune. now, one of the interesting things about these two statues in lincoln park is how they're positioned. the freedom's memorial, the statue of lincoln and archer alexander, sits in the exact center of lincoln park, and when the statue went up, lincoln faced the u.s. capitol. so lincoln faced west. when they decided to put the statue of mary mccloud bethune in lincoln park, they put mary mccloud bethune in the east end of the park. so the setup in the park wa

i found some descendants in washington. who knows what some of you will tell me after i complete here but these are just some of the stories i've been able to find and in no way is this a comprehensive complete version of the african-american contributions to the city. .. [applause] >> afternoon. welcome to the center of the book i am the director of the library center for the book which is the reading promotion from the library of congress. we promote reading and all of the states through a network of states. we also are involved in some wonder fall activities in the library of congress one being the book festival this a be our tenth anniversary at the national book festival this year on september 25th and i hope that many of you will keep it track of us and best of all come to the national book festival. it will be a wonderful day. being here at the library of congress is the opening of a young reader center the first of such an will at the library of congress where kids under 16 are quite welcome as long as they have an

>> this is the washington monument. everyone notices it. the magnificence and the beauty of the capital. >> but it has the hot in there. >> it was taken at night. a very dramatic photo. i like to live. i think it was a good image. ÑiÑi-- i liked it a lot. i think it was a good image. >> and in this picture on the cover and then thisçó one, teenagers in their cell at oak hill, a detention center outside of washington, d.c., a reputation for bad management and drug activity. this is in 2005. >> by now the center has been closed. i am very glad to know that it is closed. i see that they are opening a new place. they're trying to improve conditions for the future. >> how did you pick to go there? >> it was important for me to show what is happening for the kids in the city. i managed to get access -- first at the photograph the kids without showing their identity, and i put together a photography workshop for the children. i spent two weeks of the teaching of photography. >> homeless peaky -- peoples sleeping in webster square, a few blocks

it will be washington ball. they say thornton was the last to touch it. >> phil: here's that block by maxiell. nice move by thornton. maxiell has enough time. he has those long armed, able to get up and reject that attempt. >> steve: javale mcgee, hit up and in by blatche. andray blatche, 11 points and 5 rebounds now. he's 5-9 from the field. thornton will shoot it and rim it. miller tried to save it. knocked out of bounds by maxiell, washington ball. john kuester's team, he became head coach on july 9. they made the playoffs last year but were eliminated by levin. >> phil: it was the first time in seven years. >> steve: that was the longest active streak in the east. here's "rip" for three, no good. blatche trying to save it, it's kept alive but a foul will be called on richard hamilton with mcgee trying to bring it up the court. just the 2nd team foul. coming up at half-time, bill sits down with javale mcgee to talk to the 2nd year star from nevada, an emerging young star, who had 8 dunks against atlanta last

and washington back to silicon valley. these are not places that often times communicate, and when they communicate, they tend to speak in different languages almost as if they were english and mandarin as opposed to, you know, tech and beltway speak. and we stand, i think, as the intermediary here in washington to help make that communication flow both ways back and forth. i think the advantage of that is that we're able to help washington not regulate or legislate without understanding what's important to a small energetic start-up company with really great innovations coming down the pike. i think for the company we're able to help them understand the nuances about social norms, about, you know, long standing public policy, certainly about the law, and people's feelings about important questions of the day. >> host: recently, and before we go any further, cecilia kang is also joining us, she writes the post tech column, and we should mention that her boss, the chairman of the board of "the washington post," donald graha

one-way travel between washington and new york will go for as little as $49 or washington to philadelphia for $35. the discounts require a 14-day advance ticket purchase. >>> there's a lot of excitement over new expectations for apple's iphones. this year it could be available for verizon wireless and sprint nextel customers. since the launch in 2007, the iphone has been available in the u.s. only to at&t subscribers, but the wall street -- but "wall street journal" reports they plan to release an iphone that will work on technology used by verizon wireless and sprint nextel in the u.s. >>> big doings at see on the hill university. students who arrive next year will be getting a free ipad. they are replacing text books with computers and allowing them to down load text books cheaper and they will get a mac book pro. it is a catholic liberal arts college. of course we say free. they are paying tuition but it is wrapped in. >> it could increase attendance there which will help as well. >> a nice bonus. >> some great minds are being honored today here in washington. they will be inducted in

gay marriage became legal in washington d.c. today. same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses at the city's main courthouse. washington is the sixth place in the nation where gay marriage is now legal. it joins connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire and vermont. the american cancer society is now urging doctors to tell male patients more about the risks of prostate cancer screening. new guidelines released today warned the p.s.a. blood test can detect false positives and lead to unnecessary treatments. millions of american men now get the blood test. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, a look at two big political stories from two of the country's largest states. we start in new york. new york politics suffered two body blows this week. one occurred in washington, where longtime congressman charles rangel was forced to temporarily step aside from his influential po

. >> tonight on "world news" from washington, making history. president obama celebrates landmark changes in american health care. >> this vote on health care was the end of the democratic party as we know it. >> gosh. >> have the mainstream media flipped from calling obama the new jimmy carter to the new fdr? >> yes, they've flipped, but the facts on the ground flipped, too last summer when they were most critical, obama and his administration, they were in trouble. they were losing control of the debate over health care. and so it was reported that way. by the time the world had turned and the thing had changed, it was a major victory, and it was worth reporting. >> maker victory, absolutely, but for months we heard pundits calling barack obama too detached, do too ineffective, a now -- >> we love to win, we love to lose, we love to affiliate ourselves with the winners and losers. we do it when people win. now, he's not a failure. he's doing the great things. now we can say, okay, let's promote the winner. our country loves to be number one, n

of washington. >> democrats have been making the case that if perry's the nominee, then bill white, the former mayor of houston, who's raised a ton of money, is a viable candidate to win, even in this year, the governorship. i'm sorry, you look back and you're like, wait a minute. in this kind of anti-democratic environment, a democrat can win texas? why is this true? >> texas is very independent. and texas sometimes goes opposite of the national mood. bill white is a -- was a popular governor of the largest city in the state. he has $5 million cash on hand. he's running a campaign as a fiscal conservative, as a moderate. he's the first credible democratic statewide candidate that we've had in years in texas. one that's had the money to run a competitive race. he's got a real shot. and the fact that perry has moved so far to the right gives white the opportunity, i believe, in the general election. >> do you buy that? >> it's the wrong year. it's the wrong year for him. perry has done a good job rel

part of the washington post online. if there's a group of 10 of us, different kinds of civilian business leaders in the washington region. we write about topics on success twice a week. the current blog that is posted is asking the question, can toyota recover its reputation? the one that proposed today or tomorrow is about will jay leno bounce back and how do you recover what was once a successful show? anything having to do with how people get back on their feet or to become successful, we have a lot of blogs around tiger woods, can he ever regain success? i was very pleased to be invited. i enjoy writing. that's in the washington post online. >> this is from your own blog, january 21. my democratic friends are saying i've lost my mind. my republican friends are wondering what i'm up to. for one thing, senator elect brown's chevy truck with 200,000 miles on it sparks new hopes for my possibility of my own senate seat some day. my truck has 165,000 miles on it, o.k. it's a honda crv, barely classified as a truck. first

the washington, d.c. national guard as they return home after one year in iraq. one of the guardsman has been deployed to the middle east five times. >> and he could deploy again. john henrehan was there. >> reporter: the buses rolled in from the airport. these members of the washington, d.c. national guard have been deployed in iraq for the past year. daniel was awaiting her husband. >> i couldn't get her fast enough. i was driving a little bit crazy. >> reporter: we were there after daniel spotted her husband after his fifth deployment, anthony perry on his third deployment is encouraged by the progress in iraq, but he was serious, as he reminded us, there is a price for the progress. you never forget the casualties. >> it happened. it is a part of life. it happens here. >> this sergeant was on his second deployment to iraq. >> i'm so glad that he is back home. i can't en express. i missed him dearly. i'm so glad that he is home safe. >> reporter: waters got to hold her 3-month-old granddaughter. >> my

i called mary matalin in washington. she was in the phone book at the time, not quite as -- as famous then as she is these days. and i asked her if i could talk about lee. she said she hadn't been able to talk about him and that she was reluctant to do so, but she might give me 10 or 15 minutes. about an hour and a half later we were still talking. and it became apparent that people who'd been around atwater over the years and who had watched him rise and then be struck down by this tumor were still not quite over the shock of his death and what it had done to them and certainly to the republican party and to camp -- cam -- campaigns subsequent to the '88 campaign. and it's just -- it was a fascinating story. it had almost -- elements, almost,of a shakespearean tragedy: a guy who came out of nowhere, who had no -- no particular political calling except for what he made -- what he made on his own, and who at the age of 29 was in the reagan white house and at the age of 38 was chairman of the republican national committee.

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. great to have you join us on this thursday morning. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> let's find out what we can expect for today. >> we will look for the clouds to be on the increase. there are some sprinkles off to the west. we will have sunshine this morning. temperatures in the 40's this morning. it will be breezy and mild with showers developing by the later half of the afternoon. sun up at 7:04. >> we are powerless on the highway. we have no worries along 270. good between fredericksburg and springfield. i will take you to traffic on 95. read on the right if southbound. headlights on the left out of newington. -- red on the right is southbound. there is an accident on route 4 that has been moved to the shoulder. alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> 5:01.

host: page free from " the washington post -- from "the washington post -- page 3 from "the washington post," "mitch mcconnell said to reporters and house democrats that they would be taking a colossal risk if they approve the senate version of health-care legislation before the senate had removed some of the bill's most contentious provisions. now that democrats have lost their supermajority in the senate, some variation of this delicate process is the only way health care bill can become law. house democrats will have to decide whether they want to trust the senate to fix them political problems -- to fix their political problems. florida and labor unions. they will be voting when they passed the senate bill to endorse the cornhuskers kickback, the louisiana purchase, the gator-aid, the closed-door deal, the special deal for the unions, which mayor may not bother the democrats, i do now know," mcconnell said." who is the problem, is it us? caller: not to get partisan, but i agree with the last caller. host: what you mean? caller: they of the party in power. there has got to be some s

i have to do it from here in washington. we have met together to talk about these issues months before the hearing. google, microsoft, other companies like that, in order to do business in china had to make a very difficult decision. in response to the inquiry we said the opposite. weather is a lot in place, where there is a report from one of our producers going back to a company regarding infringing content, we work with the law of that country. let me give you a concrete idea and how it is different from the center ring discussion that was taken to mean. in germany, austria, 30, 40, 50 years of history of having that one in place. >> so, when some of our users have been to see contents. we take down the infringing content, but always after our users this with their bare hands on facebook. very different from what other companies have been forced to do a round world. i think that the senator misunderstood the important of the letter -- importance of the letter. >> with 400 million users around the world, your story is a gr

it said, "washington, our nation's capital." and then i discovered the beautiful washington when i came by myself for the first time. i saw the monuments, but then while doing this assignment, i discovered another washington. that gave me the desire of discovery. it was like peeling an onion, what is happening in those neighborhoods on the other side. >> what is the accent? >> the accent is from venezuela. i came to the states about 12 years ago. i moved to new york to work. >> when did you first come to this country? >> many years ago, i had traveled to the united states. >> we will go into that later. i wanted to ask you before we move on from this picture, what is the symbolism? >> this is the washington monument. everyone notices it. the magnificence and the beauty of the capital. >> but it has the fog in there. >> it was taken at night. a very dramatic photo. i liked it a lot. i think it was a good image. it is a powerful image. >> and in this picture on the cover and then this one, teenagers in their cell at oak hill, a de

they also founded the washington school of ballet. she mentored the like of shirley mclain and george engel. she died in 2008, leaving a large legacy to the dance world at large. ms. moore was a close friend of mary day. she has compiled a book about day and former students and dancers, talks about everything about mary day, and welcome, elvi. >> y know i followed everything about mary, but found out she actually didn't want a biography written about her? >> no, she wanted dance to be written about, or how dance developed in the nation's capitol. but i thought tracing her life and knowing about what she did really did that. >> tell me what's in the book. >> the first part is really a compilation of my conversations with her, taped conversation, so it's more like a history of the washington ballet, washington school of ballet, everything that happened from 1944 until 2004, i think it was, because that's when we stopped our conversations. the second part, however, is a compilation of essays from many, many of her students, people that s

>> i have a different blog in the washington post. i was invited to be one of the guest panelists on a blog called on success, which is part of the washington post online. and there's a group of maybe about 10 of us who are different kind of civic and business leaders here in the washington region. and we write about topics on success twice a week. so the current on success blog that's posted asks the question can toyota recover its reputation? the one we are going to be posting i think today or tomorrow is about will jay leno bounce back? how do you recover what was once a successful show? anything having to do with how do people get back on their feet or to become successful -- we had a lot of blogs around tiger woods, can he ever regain his success? so i was very pleased to be invited and i enjoy writing. so that's twice a week in the washington post online. >> here's from your own blog from january 24, 2010. my democratic friends are saying i've lost my mind. my republican friends -- yes, i have one or two -- are wondering what i'

he is in washington. and nicole kurokawa is also an independent voting analyst, also in washington tonight. so you just heard my conversation with six retiring house members. joe, we'll start with you. is there a role independents can play to help ease the partisanship? >> the system is not really set up at this point and the whole political culture to give much credence to independents because as your interviews noted, say there's someone in congress who wants to show even a modicum of independence, they're immediately characterized and demonized and pushed into a non-compromising position -- >> so whose fault is that anyway? the parties' faults or the people back home, the constituents? >> it's definitely the constituents because we have what i call the talk radio political culture that you see, whether it's talk radio or the new media. so people are insisting -- people only want to listen to people they already agree with and read people they already agree with. the mindset. >> let me ask omar this. on

desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. las autoridades federa estan recomendando retirar del mercado miles de los llamados "canguros" para transportar a bebes por el pelnos exa.. tres bebes han muerto a causa de estos proctos, conocidos como slings o los llamados canguros de la marca infantino.... los modelos slingrider y wendy bellissimo son utilizados por muchos padres para transportar a sus pequeÑos... un millon han sido retirados del mercado... "estos niños pueden morir asfixiados pues si estan contra el cuerpo de la mama o el papa y estan contra la tela, se le pueden bloquear las vias respiratorias y tambien si estan en una posicion encorbadas dentro respiratorias" segun la comision de seguridad de oductos de consumo, e modelos representan peligro de asfixia para bebes menores de cuatro meses... pediatras dicen que en estos casos, los bebes son tan pequeÑos para poder protegerse por ellos mismos... "no tiene la misma fuerza, no tiene el poder de su cuello para mover, entonces e

"good morning washington" begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. i'm doug mcelway. >> and i'm alison starling. thank you so much for joining us on monday. students in -- one closing in maryland. >>> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. let's start with brian van de graaff. it is march. we can say goodbye to affect your. >> this morning we're talking 30's. 36 downtown. lots of sunshine. we will push near 50 with breezy conditions. we are watching for clouds. right now, not looking like a big deal on tuesday night. let's say good morning to lisa baden. >> welcome, everybody. 95 is fabulous between baltimore and richmond. we're good on 81, the dulles toll road, and even 270, moving smartly between frederick and the beltway. newschopper 7 in just below a while. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news out of chillum. a car hit four people. three people were transpo

except right in washington mid-50s and in southern maryland. we'll have cloudy day with occasional showers throughout the day. coming back again by mid to le morning and afternoon and overnight. warming up and drying out mid-week. how is the traffic? >> going to be a tough commute for folks around the area. be cautious out there. over at the american legion bridge approach right side outer loop left side inner loop. no incidents to report. some areas some pretty dense fog has developed here in the course of the last couple of hours. let's go virginia, take a live look along the 95 corridor. lorton interchanges so far so good up to the capital beltway. no major accidents on the roster. we'll try to keep it that way. back to you. >>> it's 4:42. ahead local college studio audience with a cause. >>> why a group of georgetown students spent part of their weekend chained to a statue. >>> fbi raids targeting militia trina groups. >>> what led up to a police shooting that ended with a toddler being rushed to the hospital. . >>> in central moscow 35 peo

we will have that s >> you are watching "good morning washington" this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> welcome back. our top story today, republicans are vowing to repeal the health care bill that president obama signed into law yesterday. tomorrow, the president had to i like to start selling the one other trillion plan to a skeptical public. the israeli prime minister tell to closed-door meetings for president obama at the white house yesterday. no reporters were allowed to be there. it comes about some construction. oprah is now settled a defamation lawsuit that was filed by the former head mistress of her school. they came to an agreement during a private meeting. the staff was dismissed after some students said they had been abused. >> it is not hard to believe the new census data shows the metro region is getting even more crowded. we are live with some surprising numbers and some of the reasons behind it off. >> if you have noticed, more cars on the road. there is a reason. issues that d.c. is a magnet for people looking for jobs and looking for more vibrant life s

come back at 5:00 and thank you for coming to washington, d.c. cherry blossom festival is this weekend. all right. you want to go -- i think the blossoms are all out. >> thank you.

two days later, the "washington post" ran an article on an east coast serial rapist. that is when an e-mail began circulating that tied the suspicious man to the unsolved rapes. police have issued estimate and say "in part, there is absolutely no information which remotely ties the suspicious male to the east coast rapist." police say regardless, people should be extra careful on those running paths. >>> still ahead tonight, a gas station manager fired and facing some charges she gave gas away, a lot of it but she insists it was for a good cause. we will tell you about that. >>> also,ome georgetown university students say their dramatic protest yesterday paid off. >>> plus, the best-paid athletes in the world and the one team that brings in more cash than any other. >>> what you got, buddy? >> rain wreaking havoc on the golf course. we are all over the place. nationals lost a starting shortstop and caps try to put out the flame at home. tell you all about it when news4 at 6:00 continues. >>> those georgetown students who chained themselves to a statue chu for eight ho

but yesterday democrats in washington said they know better. the president and his allies in congress made up their minds to turn aside any pretense of bipartisanship and plow ahead on a partisan bill. a partisan bill by the way that americans don't want. in a last-ditch effort to get their way, it they stick themselves to a flawed vision of reform over the wishes of the public. and what is that vision? it is a vision of health care whereby the federal government will become more involved in health care decisions of health care decisions of every man, woman and child in america. where small businesses get hit with a new job-killing taxes. where medicare is slashed for millions of seniors. insurance premiums go up, and federal taxpayers are required for the first time ever to cover the cost of abortions. the administration and its allies in congress have tried repeatedly to jam this vision of health care through congress without success. now they are doubling down. they have got one more tool in their arsenal. they they have got one more tool in

and washington leads 45-39. are you a little bit surprised. >> phil: a little bit but we have another half. you have to keep it low key. >> steve: as flip saunders said. you have to play 48 minutes not 12 or 24. steve buckhantz with phil chenier. leading by 6 and they led by as many as 8. the playoff situation. denver obviously is headed to their 7th consecutive playoff appearance in the nba. but starting in the east, you can see the battle for that 8 8th and final spot. >> phil: yeah especially the last two teams, toronto and chicago. they were in like the fourth, fifth position, and now they are out of the picture, at least chicago is. toronto lost five straight. the team with the hot hands, milwaukee. they won the last six games and are moving on up. >> steve: there's no chance they will move into the 4th spot it doesn't look like. >> phil: does look like. >> steve: here's the west. >> phil: eight teams all above .500. houston and memphis in the bottom fighting and clawing their way in. it's interesting where

washington's won 9 of their last 11. right here in this first half, oregon trailing cal by 13. >>> and we're back here at staples center. one team has punched for the semifinal round for the pacific life pac-10 tournament. cal halfway to doing the same. tonight, two more games. stanford taking on arizona state and oregon state and washington. ny fson. d ent m, dre youults are ally at ri for 1n1 rus et's togethe and the getour ccin you'tectelf lp p e spf th flu vs ar e tst tiv evenflu. getactsu.go together, we can all fight the flu. >>> welcome back to the acura halftime report. jerome randle, pac-10 player of the year, didn't miss a shot in first half 378 of 8 from the floor. 2 of 2 from the free-throw line. for a total of 22 points and his top-seeded cal bears up 13 over oregon. welcome back inside staples center. miles, it seems like oregon is playing as if they didn't know that jerome randle was the player of the year in the conference. >> absolutely. ernie kent at halftime maybe need to adjust his defense. and limit

gay marriage became legal in washington d.c. today. same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses at the city's main courthouse. washington is the sixth place in the nation where gay marriage is now legal. it joins connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire and vermont. the american cancer society is now urging doctors to tell male patients more about the risks of prostate cancer screening. new guidelines released today warned the p.s.a. blood test can detect false positives and lead to unnecessary treatments. millions of american men now get the blood test. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, a look at two big political stories from two of the country's largest states. we start in new rk. new york politics suffered two body blows this week. one occurred in washington, where longtime congressman charles rangel was forced to temporarily step aside from his influential post

in the mid-30s in washington right now. it's right in the upper 30s, upper 30s right near the bay and a few locations in central virginia and the shenandoah valley, a little below freezing also on the eastern shore and out in the most. a lot of cloudiness around today, maybe a little sun this morning. cloudy the rest of the afternoon. overnight tonight we may get a little light rain around the metro area this evening changing to wet snow after midnight, maybe an inch on the ground. all road surfaces will be wet as we get going on wednesday. rest of wednesday maybe a little passing snow shower or light rain shower from time to time. blifr northwest wind. a look at the weekend and warming trend in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> authorities tell us they have close ad stretch of the brentwood parkway between v street and mound olivet road because of a pedestrian accident. also we're getting reports of a beltway crash inner loop of the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. let's head over and see how the volume is on 95 between

"washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. up next on c-span, "q&a" with michelle easton. after that, prime minister gordon brown at the house of commons, and then another chance to see the speech by prime minister brown on the global economy. . >> michelle easton, you say in a little note on your web site that when you founded the clare boothe luce policy institute in 1993, you received permission from mrs. luce's family to use her name. who's her family? >> well, i went and spoke with her stepson, henry luce, the son of the famous henry luce who did time magazine. and i did it because our corporate attorney, bill olson, said, "you don't have to ask the family for permission, but it's a good idea." so i went up and met with him. he was in the luce foundation offices in manhattan. and he was a nice fellow, quite gruff, and he heard me out. and he said, "well, i don't agree with what you're doing, but she'd like it." so, i could use the name. >> why didn't he agree with what you were doing? >> because he was something of a rino

. >>> we're following breaking news in northwest washington. that's where police are searching for suspects after a mother's car was stolen with her baby still inside. it happened this morning at noh capital and pshg streets northeast. someone dumped the car with the baby safe inside in the 200 block of m street behind dunbar high school. that's where news 4's elaine reyes joins us. >> reporter: barbara, police are looking at cameras stationed around this area and behind dunbar high school. they're trying to figure out who the suspect . right now they are about three blocks away from here where this all started, trying to talk to people, gather some information and canvass the area, as well. now, this all ended again behind dunbar high school. police found a 1-year-old boy strapped into the back seat of an suv, a white suv. investigators say someone jumped into that running vehicle parked behind a home behind north capital and p streets north west. the boy's mother had run inside to grab something, but moments later she heard tires squealing, h

that will be followed by the winner of washington state/oregon state and arizona state/stanford. knezevic on the drive. does not go. here's tajuan porter. playing his final game as on oregon duck. he has been a marvelous player. he now has 24 points. another three-pointer for the all-time pac-10 scoring leader from three-point range. >> don: why not finish it off the right way? i know that coach kent, every time he talks about tajuan porter, he speaks with a lot of conviction about the type of kid he is. >> steve: california seniors will continue to move on. but for the one senior and there's a chance that joevan catron can be back. for a guy like porter who knows this is literally his last college game, what is that like? >> don: it depends on circumstances. not one of the better teams at oregon that porter has been on. for me, we lost in the elite eight. we were supposed to go to the final four. there's disappointment. the expectation level the whole bit. it's an interesting feeling because, you know, for me i was going to play at the next level, i don't know if he can or not,

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it is one of the most riveting structures in washington. stately answer ring, simple get rich with federal symbolism, gilbert selected several design elements that made the building truly this thing. he chose as the exterior construction material the imperial marble from vermont which was stunningly looming as -- luminesce in sunlight. he employed high ceilings for detail in the public spaces to convey the gravity of the court's work. now for some, the court was simply too grand. some and likened it to the car -- to the temple at karnak and suggested that justice is right in on the backs of the elephants. a number came to the court only four arguments. as a result, when hugo black spoke to the court in 1937, he was able to select a choice corner office suite even though he was the most junior justice. but it was skillfully executed by tap and was not to create a building for the comfort of the occupants but to establish a home for the court that would convey to the nation and the world the vitally important and distinct role in the supreme

. >>> bipartisanship, forget about it in washington. it looks like divide between the white house and republicans getting wider. president obama says he is making 15 of these so-called recess appointments. one in particular has republicans howling mad this weekend. labor lawyer craig becker is nominated to the agency overseeing relationships between unions and employers. now he has the job through this recess appointment. candy crowley asked about this particular appointment. >> republicans wrote him and said please don't do a recess appointment with craig becker to the national relations board. they think he's a union plant, if you will. they think he will do check card. they think he's bad for the board. yet the first thing the president did, of course, was to god and do that appointment. >> he made a series of recess apointments because, candy, we are in a position where the republican party has taken a position to try to slow and block progress on all fronts, whether it's legislation or appointments just to make the comparison at th

winick in washington. thanks, t.j. >>> the president used 22 pens to sign the bill, giving away 19 to supporters, 2 for the archives and one for themselves. you can see what effect that it has been otherwise usually smooth signature. also, a tribute to ted kennedy. a note left on his grave by his son, patrick kennedy, which read, dad, the unfinished business is done. we'll dig deeper into health care and the hysteria from both sides, with james carville and kevin madden on "good morning america." >>> also from washington, it was a lengthy and mostly unseen white house visit for israel's prime minister. there was no sighting of benjamin netanyahu with president obama, despite two, separate meetings. earlier on capitol hill, netanyahu received a warm welcome. his state has been owe shadowed on his decision to build new apartments on land claimed by the palestinians. >>> d there's fallout of a hit squad murder by hamas in january. it's widely believed it was carried out by israeli agents. now, t british gover

talking now, more about the breakdown between israel and washington. >> washington wants this man to reconsider, but netanyahu was having none of it. >> the jewish people were building jerusalem 3000 years ago and the jewish people are building jerusalem today. [applause] jerusalem is not a settlement. it is our capital. he said that middle east peace could not be imposed from the outside, but insisted he was serious about dialogue. >> from the first day we have called, i have called on the palestinian authorities to begin peace negotiations without delay. and i make that same call today. president abbas, come negotiate peace. >> negotiations took a nosedive a few weeks ago when vice president joe biden visited. he was incensed when israeli planners granted permission for 600 new homes. mr. netanyahu apologize for the timing, but not the principles. despite these smiles, divisions linger. >> new construction undermines the trust and dangers proximity talks and a further step towards full negotiations that both sides say that they want and need. it exposes daylight between israel and

when the buds turn pink washington sees green. financial park service estimates visitors will spend a whopping $126 million over 16 days. >> the festival attracts over a million people with 45% of them being outside of the washington area. it is extremely important to washington and our economy. >> for a city tourism industry that got socked with record snowfall this wind cherry blossoms are a welcomed sign of spring. >>> today is the first good day we have had in a while to walk the basin there and check thing out. we have several more days like that. easter weekend one of the best we have ever had. let's look at what we are seeing. you have to take it in more one time. drink it in. savor it. there it is. lots of people out and about as we can see from the weather net camera downtown. as we look at the next seven days we'll keep more of the beautiful weather. 77 thursday. 80 friday. we keep it going into easter sunday. we are back at 11:00. thank you for joining us. [ male announcer ] it's our hottest offer of the season, but it'

people are not very crazy about washington's solutions these days. a bill that spends about $2.5 trillion, 2500 pages, massive government takeover here. big tax increases, that is what folks are leery of and don't want washington making all of those decision. especially if they think it might interfere between them and their doctor. and that is a fundamental difference between us, and one of the reasons it is hard to reconcile our two approaches here, to give you an example, the tax cuts that my friend bob menendez talks about are really direct subsidies to the insurance companies and a deal was made with the insurance companies and we'll force everybody to buy insurance, and, then we, the federal government, will pay you, insurance companies, directly, and it's not a tax cut to people, the people never see the money, it goes directly to the insurance companies. it is one of the things that we don't like, and, the polls by the way, most recent polls, the cnn poll, three days old, 25% nissan support this plan. and 25% say, absolutely stop working on i

washington, d.c. caller: i definitely appreciate the hard work that everyone is trying to do in congress. you are great politicians, i will give you credit for that, but politics need to end right now. we all know a constitutional amendment is not going to pass. why don't we focus on something that's can really be done? we see the future and it is not looking great. i do not think we are going to wind up like greece, but let's get something that will really pass, not politics. host: what would you like to see? do you have any suggestions? caller: pay as you go is great. start paying for what is out there. i think a flat tax is unfair. -- is fair. if you raised taxes 15% across- the-board, no more sales tax. right now, it is not fair. guest: i love the spirit and temperament in your comments. i think you are selling the american people short on this one, reg. you sound like my kind of guy. i believe in the people. i do not believe in this city. i have been here 10 years. since then, my opinion of the a

from washington, we have a few showers and sprinkles there. and then right around washington, still a few showers, more toward northwest and as you head to maryland, davidsonville got showers on the way out to annapolis on the freeway there and loudoun county we have a few showers there. a wide view of what's going on with live doppler nine thousand. it is hit and miss showers here and there. the heaviest of the rain is holding back. a lot of showers through the morning hours. not that bad. 67 degrees with a thunderstorm here and there think the morning hours. lingering clouds on tuesday with showers possible and we are cooler as the front passes through. you know what? this is a fairly quick-moving storm. it is done by tuesday afternoon and wednesday up to 65. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, this is looking better. showers will be here but at least the temperatures are not that bad. we are looking pretty mild here. upper 50s to around 60s, 63 degrees. dress for the rain showers, the umbrella. look for something to keep us dry if you see

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"good morning washington" continues right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. 6:00 on this thursday. i'm doug mcelway. >> and'm alison starling. great to have you joining us. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we start with brian van de graaff. one is on top? >> it will be a cool start to the day. we could see 70 degrees. rain will move in tonight. temperatures will drop. kind of a spread with temperatures. 62 at lunchtime. the rate should hold off until tonight. it will linger until tomorrow morning -- the rain should hold off on cults by. >> northbound baltimore- washington parkway, an accident is completely gone. 66 is building in volume. that is the normal stuff. inside the beltway is pretty decent. good in rosslyn. nothing out of the norm on 95. we take you live to bridging a travel on 95 this is to get up to the bill white and is moving at a slow pace. now to alison and doug

there are over 13,000 registers lobbyists in washington, d.c. that's more than 25 lobbyists for every single member of the house and senate. they spend almost $3.5 billion, and their money, of course, buys a tremendous amount of influence. we have the best government money can buy. as a candidate, then-senator obama promised to keep lobbyists out of his administration. remember? for all of his words the president has not banned them outright. here's drew griffin, of cnn's special investigations unit. >> reporter: he was the surprise appointment that literally announced president obama's first broken campaign promise. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> reporter: william lincoln fi, number two, weeks after mr. obama became president. a shock because william lynn spent most of the last decade as a lobbyist for rathon. it is, of course, the same old revolving door we've seen from administration to administration. except it was supposed to be different in this administration. remember this? >> take on lobbyists than any other ca

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