protests like that have become common. some students and alumni are upset over a decision to pick glenn mcconnell to come the college s next president. many are annoyed by his past involvement in civil war re-enactments and his ownership of a confederate memorabilia shop. a reporter has been following this story from the very beginning. good to see you. walk us through first of all the thinking how do the board of trustees come to this decision? you would think they could have seen this kind of backlash coming. right. the board of trustee members say they selected glenn mcconnell
and a reminder tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. is our debate. i ll be back tomorrow at the same time, but for now, jim costa is next. nice to see you in person. this doesn t happen very often, but nice to see you. i m jim aacosta. let s get you up to speed on this november 21st. after months of talks the congressional supercommittee is expected to announce today it simply cannot agree on a debt reduction package. everybody is pointing fingers on what caused the mess. we ll explain that on capitol hill in about ten minutes. speaking of the supercommittee, already markets are reacting badly to fears that the debt committee won t reach a deal. u.s. stocks opened sharply lower today. right now the dow is down over 300 points. this follows last week s losses on wall street, the worse in two months. former fbi director, louis freeh, will lead the internal investigation into the penn state scandal. jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys, some on campus. freeh pledged a
finished it a ma mo out is not surprising to me. does juror sweatshirt say the george washington? yes, sir. you don t to call me sir. even though i probably could be your dad. what a shame. jamie, how many hours did you do and how long did it take you? i did about 175 hours during the school year and since september and up through may 1 str and a little few after the official challenge ended. so lots of different service project, everything from weekly volunteering to some of the bigger service events, organized. so shakir talked about how many students involved? upwards of 4,100. go ahead, jamie. same number. 4,1 hundred had hundred people participated including student, fashion come, staff members and even our board of trustee members. do you feel you made a difference. absolutely. i was able to make a difference with 175 hours of service and gw